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From debut author Peter Fairchild comes a unique betrayal of a wannabe lawyer. In a story that circles the globe, Greg Mason leads us on an enthralling but bumpy ride to his life as an Australian corporate lawyer. It's an unlikely journey, grounded in harsh childhood realities, shaped by romance and service with Australian corporate regulators, and realised through his fortuitous employment as an in-house lawyer with a wealthy Chinese family. But is Greg intellectually and emotionally suited to the demands of the in-house vocation? [read more...]

The epic love story of Chloe and Jack continues in The Parisian Promise, the sequel to Finding Me and You. Could a deep love for someone else, lift you to heights that you never imagined you would ever achieve? Let Chloe and Jack take you on another enchanting journey as they reawaken their passion and settle down to life together in Australia. An invitation to a Spanish wedding takes them back to Europe, reuniting with their friends and they enjoy a fun-filled catch-up full of whimsy holiday cheer. A spur of the moment idea , drawn [read more...]

As World War two draws to a close seven Australian brothers of indigenous decent find themselves needing to transition back to civilian life and their families. Most head back to the rural area of their birth and where their parents still live as farmers. Two of the brothers see their future and fortune in the booming coal mines of New South Wales. They easily settle into mining life and eventually start their own business. Their lives are settled and prosperous until 1949 when they come into direct conflict with the powerful [read more...]

"Fate Accompli" is a story is about a girl – The Girl. She is living a perfectly normal life of a country-turned-city teenager until a devastating event shatters her dreams. She becomes known via an entity designated as Fate, who speaks to the reader as the Girl’s turbulent life unfolds. When born-again, she experiences beautiful revelations that fulfill her poetic nature with new understandings and wisdom. An intriguing read, especially about the loves of her life.

In this Literary Fiction novel follow her innocent early life then to be a victim of an insidious crime, a sex symbol and to being shipwrecked on a mystery island and given up for dead. Twist and turns appear in her survival mode. Her integrity is questioned about her personal life and newfound fortune. Brian Devcich can switch the mood from the hilarious, where you'll laugh out loud with comical moments of adversity, to the tragic moments reaching for a tissue concerning the emotional roller-coaster ride and discrimination of an [read more...]

The story centres around two young brothers who are evacuated from London at the start of the war. They were billeted with a group of boys similar in age, at a Rectory in Southern England, where they are hosted by the Rector and his four young adult daughters. It relates the adventures that the characters experienced during their stay. Having hurriedly left their home in London, to escape from the Blitz. Jamie 10, and his brother Al 12, arrive at their Billet, an ageing Rectory in Southern England, where they now have to live with [read more...]

This quiet volume invites you to consider the overlooked lives. If we struggle to know dysfunction, it’s because it doesn’t know itself. Seduction, gaslighting, gossip, lies, and exploitation are intriguing because they are the darkness looking back. Little betrayals and duplicities make up our everyday humanity. Who are the people we stop seeing? The middle-aged housewife? the homeless bloke? the parent lost in a dementia fog? the scrawny tweaker lurking in an alley? the faded wallpaper in an unused room? Kitty Gardner's [read more...]

John Bradshaw has pushed aside his abusive childhood to build a global empire. A year after marrying his beloved Elizabeth, a car accident sees her plunged into the dark cloud of coma. Johns’ devotion is unwavering, and they are gifted a miracle as Elizabeth finally wakes and they rebuild their bond of love. A sinister presence from John’s childhood, is unrelenting in his efforts to re-enter John’s life. Shane Olsen is masked in a veil of influence, but in truth he is a monster as Sydney is overshadowed by a growing number of [read more...]

The Cato Street Conspiracy of 23 February 1820 was an attempt by a group of radicals to assassinate the British Cabinet while they dined at the house of Lord Harrowby in Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London. This act aimed to precipitate a revolution, depose the King, change Britain into a people’s republic, and liberate Ireland. The conspiracy failed - but not without loss of life. Much has been written about this event, typically ending with the gruesome hanging and beheading of five plotters outside Newgate Prison on 1 May 1820, [read more...]

SUICIDE, ACCIDENT OR MURDER? George, a renowned psychiatrist, is treating a cabinet minister for autoerotic asphyxia, a dangerous sexual deviation. The minister is found dead, attached to his apparatus. George and Julia, a patient who is blackmailing him, become suspects. HIGH TREASON In trying to protect George, the minister gives him a copy of data which, in an act of high treason, he has sent to Iran. This allows the rapid development of a nuclear bomb. But George becomes the target of MI5, MI6, and arms dealers, who [read more...]