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She's running from herself. He'd do anything to save her.
Olivia Petersen had it all. Or so she thought. Until one devastating night, her world fell apart.
Now, Liv Peters is torn between the person she used to be and the person she longs to be, haunted by the past version of herself. From city socialite to loner, she's well aware of the mistakes she's made in her life. Too many things have happened to ever go back.
When Liv finds solace in Cliff Haven, a small seaside town nestled below the cliff she resides upon, she believes she has a chance to reinvent herself. But her plans to live out her meagre existence anonymously are threatened when she meets EJ, a dreamy bartender that wears his guitar around his neck and his heart on his sleeve.
With his flair for music and his love of life, EJ has the ability to make Liv feel alive again. But behind his grey-green ocean eyes, he hides his own pain, and when their worlds collide, their secrets could destroy them both.
If Liv can let go of her demons for good, maybe there's a way out of the darkness. Maybe they can save each other.
Told from the perspectives of then and now, The Other Version is a bitter-sweet love story that delves deep into the human psyche.
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One phone call can change everything…
Kristen Riley has a tough exterior and an elastic heart, forged from the abandonment of her father at a young age. She’s always held her cards close to her chest, never allowing anyone to get too close. Except for Alex Henley – the boy, who at sixteen was a fun-loving prankster that never took life too seriously, and as a man, hides the deep-seated fear that he will never be enough behind a veil of nonchalance.
Despite their reluctance to dive head-first into a fully committed relationship, they’ve always known they were endgame and when Kristen notices a quiet change in Henley’s character, an understated attentiveness and maturity, she opens up to the possibility of a future with him. Then without warning, Henley does the one thing she can never forgive him for. He leaves.
Six months later, Henley arrives back in Cliff Haven, the seaside town they’ve always called home, with a mysterious blonde in tow. But the man that returns is a far cry from the one Kristen once knew, his easy-going nature and cheerful disposition suppressed by a constant storm cloud hovering above his head.
Kristen is furious, determined to leave Henley in the past, but she can’t deny that her heart still belongs to him. She wants answers that he isn’t ready to provide. Why did Henley leave the life they were building behind? Who is the enigmatic blonde woman that doesn’t leave his side? And does she know more than she’s letting on?
Told from dual POVs, Versions of Us is a story of second chance love and finding hope in the darkest of places.
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An empowered survivor. An optimist risking it all. Both of them running from lives that consume them.
Things haven't always been easy for Mackenzie Riley. Having grown up on the proverbial wrong side of the tracks with the absence of parental guidance, she'd quickly become entangled in the twisted web wound by her abusive criminal ex-boyfriend.
Now residing in Cliff Haven with her half-sister, Mackenzie wants nothing more than to put her old life behind her and start over. But after a chance encounter with a stranger, she soon learns that no matter how desperate she is to shut the book on the past, some chapters won't stay closed.
Dylan Abbott is the epitome of positivity. Or at least that's how it appears on the surface. Little do the customers of the rustic seaside tavern he runs know, this charming, carefree surfer leads a double-life, with obstacles of his own to overcome. But his unwavering passion for a life of adventure and sunshiny disposition are no match for Mackenzie's pessimistic attitude and sassy one-liners.
The last thing she needs in her life is a man, but after one fake date for his overbearing parent's benefit that exposes his deeper side, Dylan quickly weaves his way under Mackenzie's skin.
Despite being polar opposites, the pair manage to find mutual ground, realising that if they can both find the courage to trust again, family can be found in the most unlikely of places.
But after everything she's been through, can Mackenzie learn to confide in a man with so many secrets?
And will Dylan's father threaten to ruin it all?
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The things that haunt us can’t be ignored forever. Not without a price.
Cayden Hartley regrets the day he became the villain of his own life. When tragedy struck, leading him down a destructive path, he never could have predicted that a single act of revenge would cost him everything.
Now, returning to Cliff Haven to care for his injured mother, he must face the small town that still remembers his mistakes and the darkness that threatens to pull him under.
Single mother, Harper Conway, has learnt the hard way that appearances can be deceiving. She has no reason to trust the man with the haunted eyes who wanders into the café where she works, but while the town whispers their judgements, she sees a man determined to find redemption.
While Cayden fights to rebuild his life from the ashes, old demons resurface, threatening to tear it down. And as Harper stands by him, torn between her growing feelings and the need to protect her son, she learns that there might be more to Cayden’s story than the gossip that’s tainted his name.
As a menacing storm descends over Cliff Haven, old secrets are brought to light and Cayden will have to decide whether he’s ready to overcome the shadows of his past or remain trapped by the mistakes that have defined him.
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‘Tis the season for second chance love…
Kayla McKinley thought she was content with her life. After scoring her dream job and moving to the city, she’d spent years climbing the ladder to success, but when she returns to the small seaside town of Avalon Cove to spend Christmas with her family, she can’t deny the inescapable feeling that something is missing.
Evan Connelly hasn’t been the same since the girl that lived across the street marched right out of town with his heart stuck to the bottom of her cherry red converse sneakers. Christmas, once their favourite holiday, had never been the same again either. Now that she’s back, will he make the same mistakes and let her go again?
With a dash of holiday mayhem and a sleigh load of soul searching, Kayla begins to wonder whether there may have been another reason for her leaving.
Did she really want the life she created or had she simply been running away?
A sweet and swoony festive romcom that will have you believing in the magic of Christmas... and reaching for your favourite cocktail!
277 pages, Paperback
Could the man she wrote off be the one person to help her rewrite her entire life?
Lyla Hart has her life carefully mapped out – until the day she calls her boss a pathetic slimeball, quits her editorial job at a major publishing house and watches the best friend she once pined for marry someone else.
Officially unemployed, emotionally unhinged and under the influence, she accidentally accepts an invitation to join the infuriatingly charming yet wildly irresponsible, Jackson Rivers on an interstate road trip.
The problem? They can’t stand each other. The only thing they have in common is their best friend, Dan.
To Lyla, Jackson is a walking red flag with a guitar. To Jackson, Lyla is an uptight control freak.
But somewhere between Queensland’s tropical beaches and the New South Wales countryside, Lyla begins to see a different side to the man she could once barely tolerate. Behind Jackson’s easy smile lies a secret – and a kindness she never expected.
And Lyla might just be about to discover that losing everything was the best thing that ever happened to her.
