Secrets and Surprises - format ePub

February Frolics: A Fairy Tale InterludeShe appeared on the village green with the February dawn—a girl with silver-blonde hair, a tent the colour of morning mist, and a smile that made the snowdrops...

When three friends—Amelia, Sophie, and Charlotte—arrive in the dusty outback town of Garnet Creek, they expect nothing more than a quick stop at the campground attached to an abandoned hotel. What they...

Professor Melissa McIntyre makes one mistake, but that mistake makes for an unforgettable night. . The tropical island holiday after her beloved grandfather's funeral was supposed to be balm for her soul,...

Another sweet outback romance from award-winning author Annie Seaton. Dane McDougal has purchased land to build a luxury fishing lodge at a remote beachside location on the Gulf of Carpentaria.  Reclusive...

Evie sailed into life at Pentecost Island excited to have a place to belong after ten years of living alone on her boat. She uses her skills to landscape Ma Carmichael's Resort and cements her friendship...

The one passion they had in common was the one that would keep Jack and Sienna apart.Sculptor, Sienna Sacchi, is about to have everything she's ever dreamed of, when Jack Montgomery comes strolling back...

Helicopter pilot Ellie Porter loves her job. Soaring above the Kakadu National Park, she feels freed from the questions around her father's suicide and the heavy loss of her beloved family farm. But when...

When Jaclyn Douglas is posted to Bindarra Creek Central School as the new principal, she has plans to bring the school forward. Hiding a difficult past behind an aloof exterior, this committed career...

Five years ago, Cleo Ainslie, fled Bindarra Creek with a broken heart, and is now content with her life.Or she thinks she is, until two close but meddlesome friends, decide to interfere in her life, when...

From best-selling author, Annie Seaton, the third book in the Pentecost Island series, a beautiful story of female friendships, and the unbreakable bond that sees friends stay together through the ups...

The Daintree breeds survivors - those who can weather the storms, heat and floods that come hand in hand with its beauty.Doctor Emma Porter is one such survivor, living in an isolated cottage as past...

From best selling author, Annie Seaton, a beautiful story of female friendships, and the unbreakable bond that sees friends stay together through the ups and downs of life. When Pippa Carmichael inherits...

Tamsin Jones has invested a lot of time and energy catering at the new eco-resort developed by her friend, Pippa, on Pentecost Island. The dynamics of the work team—and their lifelong friendship has changed...

Four popular Bondi Beach stories  in one anthology.Beach House: Rosie Pemberton has her life mapped out, and her tarot cards agree. The cards take a turn, though, when her aunt leaves the old house on...

  Matt McDougal looks after the family fishing business. He takes the bookings, runs the store and looks after the finances … because he gets seasick on the charter boats.When nurse, Sara Sweeney, comes...

When Clare Templeton joins the adventure charter to the remote waterways of the Kimberleys as a hostess, she is in hiding and has no skills as a hostess working on a luxury cruiser.Don McDougal steps...

Cosamian Dastou is the last living Saint. His immunity to the Social Cypher, a system of mass-hypnotism that regulates and controls modern life, means that some people worship him, and many think of him...

How do you save someone you love when they have become the most dangerous person in the galaxy?Captain Barnaby Blackwater was a friend, a pirate, and a hero. Now he commands the Crocodile Cult, the most...

                                                     A Powerful Second-Chance Sports Romance Where the Heart Is the Real Battlefield ⚾ Drama On and Off the FieldFor veteran umpire Brad Perkins, baseball...

A startling tale of  astrophysics gone wild.Experienced Astronaut Dev Camber prepares his spacecraft for landing.But not one bit of his training prepared him for for the  escalating mayhem swallowing...

When It's Winter in Our HeartsClara Bellmonte loves Raymond Trust, a humble gardener. Then, at seventeen, her father informs her that the time has come to introduce her to Raphael Monie, the young man...

The British government faces an ultimatum from a vigilante quartet who threaten to execute a minister for passing an unjust law. As the deadline approaches, the police lock down the city, but the four...

A young detective infiltrates a gang of counterfeiters, only to find himself trapped in a house of secrets dominated by a menacing patriarch. The investigation focuses on a specific, locked room where...

The majestic and dangerous river serves as the backdrop for a colonial commissioner who rules with a firm but fair hand. Facing witch doctors, tribal disputes, and external agitators, he relies on his...

A judge known for his merciless sentencing is forced to confront the reality of the criminal world when he becomes a target himself. Stripped of his robes and authority, he must navigate a dangerous underworld...

A quiet life is shattered when Diana is identified as the lost heir to a Balkan throne, drawing the attention of assassins and political schemers. She is swept into a vortex of international intrigue...

A young man leads a life of profligacy and vice, but at every turn, he is thwarted by a whisperer who shares his name and appearance. This spectral twin acts as a moral check until a violent confrontation...

A narrator details the calculated precision of a murder, claiming his acute senses are proof of sanity rather than madness. However, the perfect crime unravels when the killer begins to hear a sound that...

A painter trades his wife’s spirit for the vibrancy of his art, stroke by obsessive stroke. As the colors on the canvas flush with life, the woman in the chair turns to marble, sacrificed to the immortality...

Two angels glide through the cosmos, observing the physical stars born from the passions of their past speech. They realize that the vibrations of their voices have the power to create and destroy celestial...

A cataleptic constructs a coffin with escape hatches and bells, terrified of waking up underground. His worst nightmare seems to come true in a confined wooden space, only to be revealed as a claustrophobic...

Rats become the unlikely saviors of a man strapped beneath a scythe swinging in a measured descent. Just as the heated iron walls force him toward the central pit, a hand reaches out to snatch him from...

A razor-wielding fugitive with superhuman strength leaves a trail of carnage that no human could replicate. Dupin looks past the gruesome details to the impossible window, deducing that the culprit is...

A mutiny is only the beginning of a voyage that includes cannibalism and a ship of the dead. The survivors drift into a milky, warm ocean where the water is not like water, approaching a shrouded white...

Through the gaslight of London, an observer tracks a decrepit figure who refuses to stop moving until the sun rises. The pursuit reveals a soul so terrified of solitude that it must endlessly swim in...

Kate commands an organization of thieves with military precision, targeting a shipment of gold in a heist that relies on perfect timing. The tension mounts as the plan encounters unexpected obstacles,...

A female thief with a distinct code of honor plagues the wealthy elite, stealing not for greed but to balance the scales of justice. Her exploits become the stuff of legend as she outwits the best detectives,...

A mysterious figure in a slouch hat haunts the criminal gangs of London, delivering a rough justice that the courts cannot provide. The police are torn between hunting this vigilante and using the evidence...

In a twist of metaphysical terror, a sinister doctor masters the art of projecting his spirit into the bodies of unwilling victims. A young man must fight a battle on a spiritual plane to regain control...

A dying criminal leaves behind a fortune and a coded will, sparking a deadly contest between honest heirs and the London underworld. The mysterious Angel must decipher the complex gambling codes before...

While the police tear apart furniture and probe with microscopes, the stolen document sits openly in a card rack. Dupin exposes the thief's arrogance, proving that the best camouflage for a secret is...

An ebony clock dominates the seventh room, its hourly chime freezing the blood of the revelers. When a figure dressed as a corpse stalks through the colored chambers, the Prince learns that no fortress...

A foul odor emanates from a pine box in the captain's cabin, fueling the narrator's wild theories about its contents. Only when the ship goes down does the tragic truth emerge: a husband would rather...

In a paradise of multicolored grass and flamingos, a lover questions if finding new happiness is a betrayal of the dead. The spirit of his first love returns not to haunt, but to absolve him of his earthly...

At Botshelong Hospital, love doesn't arrive with roses.It arrives with tension, ambition, jealousy… and temptation.Nsizwa is a 25-year-old cleaner from Daveyton—handsome, disciplined, and admired by many....

Soul in the WallsBy Riaan HayesMae Harper thought buying the old house on Breaker Road would be a chance to start over.The place was cheap, quiet, and far away from the life she wanted to forget. The...