The Hummingbird Effect by Kate Mildenhall
Category: Modern Fiction
An epic, kaleidoscopic story of four women connected across time and place by an invisible thread and their determination to shape their own stories, from the acclaimed author of The Mother Fault. One of the lucky few with a job during the Depression, Peggy’s just starting out in life. She’s a baggin ...Show more
Flamingo by Rachel Elliott
Category: Modern Fiction
A novel of love, homelessness, and learning to be fearlessIn the garden, there were three flamingos. Not real flamingos, but real emblems, real gateways to a time when life was impossibly good. They were mascots, symbols of hope. Something for a boy to confide in.First, there were the flamingos. And the ...Show more
The Mother Fault by Kate Mildenhall
Category: Modern Fiction
Imagining a near future Australia that is all too disturbingly familiar, The Mother Fault is an addictive thriller, a heart-pounding adventure and a moving portrayal of the lengths a mother will go to save her family. 'A triumph of a novel. Five stars. I loved it. Thrilling, confronting, page-turning an ...Show more
Fifty Shades Darker (Film Tie-In) by E L James
Category: Romance | Series: Fifty Shades Ser.
"Romantic, liberating and totally addictive, the Fifty Shades trilogy will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you for ever ...Daunted by the dark secrets of the tormented young entrepreneur Christian Grey, Ana Steelehas broken off their relationship to start a new career with a US publishing house. ...Show more
Gemini Falls by Sean Wilson
Category: Modern Fiction
Melbourne, 1930, as the Great Depression is taking hold: Thirteen-year-old Morris Turner, a little anxious by nature, feels more at home gazing at the stars than spending time with his detached father Jude, a detective, and older sister, Lottie. When a young woman is murdered in Jude's home town of Gemi ...Show more
The Natural History of Love by Caroline Petit
Category: Historical Fiction
For fans of Elizabeth Gilbert's The Signature of All Things, The Dictionary of Lost Words, The Natural History of Love is based upon the true story of 19th century French explorer, naturalist and diplomat the Count de Castelnau and his lover Madame Fone'eca; a sweeping historical narrative set in the wi ...Show more
Flora's Travelling Christmas Shop by Rebecca Raisin
Category: Romance
'Tis the season for mulled wine, mince pies, and magic under the mistletoe... Flora loves Christmas more than anything else in the world, so she's gutted when her Scrooge-alike boss fires her from Deck the Halls Christmas emporium. But now she finally has a chance to follow her dreams - and what better ...Show more
The Truth About Faking It by Cassie Hamer
Category: Modern Fiction
Lie to your friends. Lie to your family. Just don't lie to yourself... Funny, smart, heartfelt fiction for readers of Holly Wainwright from a distinctive new voice. 'Cassie Hamer is a merging of all that is wonderful about authors like Marian Keyes, Liane Moriarty and Sally Hepworth... She's here to st ...Show more
Nightflyers Illustrated Edition by George R. R. Martin; David Palumbo (Illustrator)
Category: Fantasy
Soon to be an original series on SYFY, a gorgeous illustrated edition of a classic novella from the #1 bestselling author of A Game of Thrones--a chilling mystery set on a seemingly haunted spaceship. Featuring fifteen original illustrations, this is the definitive edition of an electrifying tale that ...Show more
Books One to Two of the Heroes of Legend - The Archer and the Princess by L. A. Hammer
Category: Fantasy
Three young heroes find themselves in a world descending into chaos in this high fantasy novella. - Kirkus Reviews In this series opener, Hammer's prose evokes the romantic diction and mythological complexity of the high fantasy genre, sometimes to an eye-rolling extent: - Kirkus Reviews It's unclear ho ...Show more
Arzee the Dwarf by Chandrahas Choudhury
Category: Fiction
ARZEE THE DWARF is the story of the doubly marginalized Arzee - a half-Hindu half Muslim midget who works as a projectionist in a decrepit Bombay cinema theatre called Noor. It is about Arzee′s extraordinary urge to find an ordinary life. As Arzee curses his stars and retreats from life, he is kept from ...Show more
Someone Else's Child by Kylie Orr
Category: Modern Fiction
A gripping contemporary novel from a magnificent new talent that tackles the almost unbreakable loyalty of female friendships, the generosity of community and the lengths we will go to save a child. Ren will do anything for her best friend, Anna. The news that Anna's daughter Charlotte has terminal brai ...Show more