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Where light meets water  by Susan (Editor) Paterson

Where light meets water

Susan (Editor) Paterson

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"An evocative novel of love and art, and one man's journey to find his place in the world. Where Light Meets Water is a moving debut traversing nineteenth-century London, Melbourne and New Zealand's rugged South Island. London, 1847. Sailor Tom Rutherford has...

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The deck  by Fiona Farrell

The deck

Fiona Farrell

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"A little way off in the future, during a time of plague and profound social collapse, a group of friends escapes to a house in the country where they entertain themselves by playing music, eating, drinking and telling stories about their lives. There are...

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The democracy game  by Riley Chance

The democracy game

Riley Chance

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"Populist political parties are increasing their influence across the world. It couldn't happen in New Zealand, could it? Journalist Grace Marks is investigating two unrelated stories - New Zealand's alt-right, and the emergence of a new organisation,...

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City anointed  by Michael (Fiction writer) Burrows

City anointed

Michael (Fiction writer) Burrows

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"Drawn into another inter-realm battle, Liberty and her friends are immersed in an epic quest, deep in earth's history. The fate of Geneva hangs in the balance, and requires an experienced team to deliver it from ruin and annihilation. The throne is in pieces,...

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The cousins  by Robert Christensen

The cousins

Robert Christensen

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"Two passionate cousins seeking adventure and causing strife for their family. Torn apart, they search for their own identity. Thor, the smiling, calm Dane, attracts, many to his side. Elise Marie, the Viking warrior, burns many souls. But she has one goal....

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Laras House  by Tina Clough

Laras House

Tina Clough

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"Lara, thirty-nine and widowed, always thought she was good at assessing people's motivations. Growing up with an alcoholic and abusive mother taught her to be alert to signs of trouble coming her way, but now she begins to doubt her own judgement. When she...

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Twelve hours of murder  by Rodney Strong

Twelve hours of murder

Rodney Strong

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Can a murder be cozy? Read away and find out. Flitting from Wellington, New Zealand across the globe to small town England the 12 tales within have humour, mystery, and of course murder. Featuring protagonists from the Silvermoon Retirement Village and Ghostly...

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The secret service of tea and treason  by India Holton

The secret service of tea and treason

India Holton

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"Two rival spies must brave pirates, witches, and fake matrimony to save the Queen. Known as Agent A, Alice is the top operative within the Agency of Undercover Note Takers, a secret government intelligence group that is fortunately better at espionage than at...

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Precious little lives  by Lyndsay-Jean Campbell

Precious little lives

Lyndsay-Jean Campbell

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''When the worst, the most disastrous thing possible happens, is Francie's life in 1940s New Zealand ruined, and if so, who is to blame?1940s. Wartime in New Zealand - two islands in the South Pacific. A small population living under the threat of Japanese...

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Seduced  by Clark James

Seduced

Clark James

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"Seduced – The story of a Cottage commences with soul mates Julius (8) and Salina (12) fishing from the Kawhia wharf, and briefly relates their rural town adventures, until Julius discovers Salina, now 20, with another youth. The discovery and consequences...

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The cottage  by Clark James

The cottage

Clark James

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"The Cottage commences with Leda arriving at the cottage as a storm breaks: a storm that brings an Asian fishing boat ashore, with three green-clad women being pursued by gun toting fishermen? Leda is embroiled in a new mystery, especially when out of the...

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El Flamingo  by Nick Davies

El Flamingo

Nick Davies

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"With no role in sight and nothing to lose, actor Lou Galloway heads to Mexico to drown his sorrows. After a mezcal too many, he is mistaken for a rogue assassin known as El Flamingo. Before he can decide whether he wants to find a way out, he is enthralled by...

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Kind  by Stephanie Johnson

Kind

Stephanie Johnson

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"Kerry-Anne is kind, unlike her foster sister Joleen, who is a different kind of person altogether. Being locked down for Joleen will mean behind bars. For Kerry-Anne's ex-husband, the National MP Lyall Hull, lockdown will also take on a new meaning when he...

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Invincible  by W. J. (William J.) author. Moloney

Invincible

W. J. (William J.) author. Moloney

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"This is the incredible story of one man's journey through a world war and then onto world-wide sporting glory. It is a story of friendship, redemption and hope. Of luck and guts, loneliness and terror, kindness and salvation, sportsmanship, resurrection and...

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Who disturbs the kūkupa?  by Kayleen M. Hazlehurst

Who disturbs the kūkupa?

Kayleen M. Hazlehurst

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"A lone man stands apart from a formidable enemy. Caught behind enemy lines after the Battle of Mount Olympus, Sonny Wirima must make his way through mainland Greece and the Aegean Islands to find his lost Māori Battalion, with only his instincts and...

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To Shula with love  by Justine Orme

To Shula with love

Justine Orme

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"Betrayed by her friends and shunned by those who should have protected her, Shula is forced to face the Truth. From the lushness of the foothills to the rarefied air of the mountain peak, Shula learns to fall in love with Jesus, and find who Truth really is....

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Howling in the wilderness  by Diana Harris

Howling in the wilderness

Diana Harris

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"The Treaty of Waitangi - dramatised and seen from a different point of view. It is 1823 and Henry and Marianne Williams are on their way to New Zealand, full of optimism in their quest to bring the Gospel of Peace to the Maori people. But the Maori, in...

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Scars of salt and silver  by Indiana. author. Rose

Scars of salt and silver

Indiana. author. Rose

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"What would you do if you lived in constant fear of your past? Haunted by the pirates who burned your city, exploited by the people who pulled you from the ashes? Freya Willowray carries a life debt: to repay her saviours with secrets. She wants freedom. She...

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Finding home in Dolphin's Cove  by Kellie Hailes

Finding home in Dolphin's Cove

Kellie Hailes

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"All Kenna Sanders has ever wanted is to find a place she can call home. So when her grandmother leaves her failing bait shop business to her, Kenna sees a chance at building a stable life in the Cornish village she was born in but never knew. But her...

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Broken is beautiful  by Jane Shearer

Broken is beautiful

Jane Shearer

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How do you mend the broken, be it toasters, relationships or people? Julia once re-created broken objects to be better than before. Now she's lost the will to repair anything, including herself. A series of earthquakes triggered Julia's descent into apathy and...

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The laughterhouse  by Paul Cleave

The laughterhouse

Paul Cleave

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"Theodore Tate never forgot his first crime scene: ten-year-old Jessica found dead in the 'Laughterhouse', an old abandoned slaughterhouse with the 'S' spray-painted over. The killer was found and arrested. Justice was served. Or was it? Fifteen years later,...

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Trust no one  by Paul Cleave

Trust no one

Paul Cleave

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"In the exciting new psychological thriller by the Edgar-nominated author of Joe Victim, a famous crime writer struggles to differentiate between his own reality and the frightening plot lines he's created for the page. Jerry Grey is known to most of the world...

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Better the blood  by Michael Bennett

Better the blood

Michael Bennett

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Hana Westerman is a tenacious Maori detective juggling single motherhood and the pressures of her career in Auckland's Central Investigation Branch. When she's led to a crime scene by a mysterious video, she discovers a man hanging in a secret room. Hana and...

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A box of exs in my garage  by Michelle Kelly

A box of exs in my garage

Michelle Kelly

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"Sally Gelee is a commitment-phobe looking for lasting love. She works in a rest home, it's a nice, safe environment; the men there aren't fast enough to catch her and they pose no threat. Being a commitment-phobe, that suits her, but she's also a hopeless...

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Not worth your tears  by Sarah Delany

Not worth your tears

Sarah Delany

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"A secret meet cute, enemies to lovers, grumpy hero, second chance romance. Four magical words to solve almost any relationship problem Let me give you some worthwhile advice Pissed off a girl? Reduced a girl to tears? Made the most colossal mistake of your...

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Ally for life  by Tania Roberts

Ally for life

Tania Roberts

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"As the solitary Land Girl on a farm in 1940s New Zealand, Alice fights her own battles to prove her farming abilities while working alongside stern and heartless men. Being trampled by an escaped sheep only seems to confirm what her new boss presumed; she's...

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Falling for the forbidden duke  by Eva Shepherd

Falling for the forbidden duke

Eva Shepherd

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Falling For The Forbidden Duke / Eva Shepherd: A weekend with the duke, a temptation she must resist!Illegitimate Georgina Daglish is used to staying in the shadows and letting her half-sister, Olivia, shine. So when they arrive at Luther Rosemont, Duke of...

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They Whisper in My Blood  by Franciska Soares

They Whisper in My Blood

Franciska Soares

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"Perpetual Gabral, a Portuguese-Indian living in Queenstown, New Zealand, had always found herself being pulled by emotions she didn't quite understand. What starts off as a compulsion to delve into her family's past and look for answers, emerges as an urgent...

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Pinot & pūhā  by Nikki Perry

Pinot & pūhā

Nikki Perry

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After an unconventional and nomadic childhood, all Mel wants is a successful business and a stable life. She's focussed on the new bookshop she's just opened with her best friend Ellie and the wine and cheese evenings they're about to start. But Mel is up...

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Tied up in tinsel  by Ngaio Marsh

Tied up in tinsel

Ngaio Marsh

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"Holed up at Hilary Bill-Tasman's manor estate for Christmas, Troy Alleyn is to paint the man's portrait and, while she's there, view the Druid Christmas pageant. Along with a pack of eccentric guests, Troy enjoys the festivities-- until one of the pageant's...

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Nellie  by Sue Towler

Nellie

Sue Towler

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1850, London, England. Nellie is encouraged to travel with her two companions to New Zealand, leaving behind her sad and tragic past. She thrives in her new life in the colonies until she returns to London to settle the estate of her late uncle, of which she...

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Going zero  by Anthony McCarten

Going zero

Anthony McCarten

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"Ten people have been carefully selected to Beta test a ground-breaking piece of spyware. Pioneered by tech-wunderkind Cy Baxter, FUSION can track anyone wherever they are on earth. But does it work? Each participant is given two hours to 'Go Zero' - to go...

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Golden heart  by Kate Genet

Golden heart

Kate Genet

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"A new wind is blowing. Selena makes the decision to take Rue to Wilde Grove, to get to the heart of her dreaming, for it is certain that Rue has lived before as a priestess of Wilde Grove. But what is the lesson Rue needs to learn? With Morghan giving Rue a...

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Find your north star  by Rohan West

Find your north star

Rohan West

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"William Robertson is a torn man. Nearly four and a half years since his once beloved eldest brother, Albert, fled the clergy to elope with a woman, the couple are now blacklisted from both families and William has come to despise Albert for the effect his...

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Landed  by Sue McCauley

Landed

Sue McCauley

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It's the early 1990s in Timaru, and Brewer Howland has killed himself. His wife, Briar, is left stranded in a rapidly changing world. The future she took for granted has been obliterated and she must invent a new one. But how does a sixty-something widow go...

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The last days of joy  by Anne Tiernan

The last days of joy

Anne Tiernan

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"When her secret surfaces...can her family survive it? Meet the Tobin family...Joy, the complicated, troubled mother. She's spent her life running from her past while trying to raise her children as best she can. Conor, the high-achieving son. A high-profile...

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One of those mothers  by Megan Nicol Reed

One of those mothers

Megan Nicol Reed

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The residents of Point Heed keep nice houses and sign up as parent help at the local school. Occasionally they cheat on their taxes. Sometimes they fantasise about having sex with someone other than their partner. And every now and then they do drugs. But that...

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I am not your Eve  by Devika. author. Ponnambalam

I am not your Eve

Devika. author. Ponnambalam

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"A polyphonic novel of Teha'amana, Tahitian muse and child-bride to Paul Gaugin, from her point of view conveyed through the myths and legends of the islands. 'A feminist masterpiece.'"-- Publisher description.

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Leaving behind  by Ravi Kulatunga

Leaving behind

Ravi Kulatunga

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"All his life, Malcolm Tutt wanted to be found. Now on the eve of turning fifty, he realised that sometimes life may never find you and if you wanted it bad enough, sometimes you would have to go and look for it yourself. The only problem was that he would...

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Whitestone  by P. J. (Penelope Jane) 1963- author. Merton

Whitestone

P. J. (Penelope Jane) 1963- author....

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"Jaz is back, on another journey of discovery with opposition from the black, unscrupulous people and even the land itself. This time, however, she is not alone, with support from both her friends and some unlikely allies. This is a story of fighting, horses,...

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The weir  by Brian Millard

The weir

Brian Millard

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Another ten stories from the author of The Rip and other stories. Praise for The Rip 'Brian Millard paints wonderful pictures with words as well as his brush.'Janis Flannery. Sydney. 'The Rip kept me turning the pages. Many-layered prose by a writer at the...

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Ruin  by Emma Hislop

Ruin

Emma Hislop

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Women and girls walk a perilously thin line between ruin and redemption in these stories as they try-with varying degrees of success-to outmanouver the violence that threatens to define their lives. There's the physical violence of men against their bodies-and...

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It was in our hands  by M. C. (Maya Cohen) Ronen

It was in our hands

M. C. (Maya Cohen) Ronen

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"Sunny, a seasoned, long-time activist who fights to liberate enslaved and exploited victims, is herself an escapee from a farm where she was kept as a slave. Years of battling for total liberation did not dampen her highly developed sense of justice. But time...

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Winter's death  by Shauna Bickley

Winter's death

Shauna Bickley

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"Lexie discovers the body of bestselling crime novelist, Beth Weaver, and finds herself at the top of the inspector’s suspect list. Top of Lexie’s list are the three couples who are Beth’s only neighbours on the isolated Illwinter Road. The prospective Member...

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How to get fired  by Evana Belich

How to get fired

Evana Belich

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"Wry, real and astute, these linked stories are from an exciting new talent. In BurgerKai, Mel is given a motivational talk on what she says is 'failing at a stupid, screwed-up sales job, selling stupid plastic shelving'. Her days at Pacific Wave Plastics are...

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A respectable veneer  by Rachel Doré

A respectable veneer

Rachel Doré

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People are not always what they seem. When Ruby narrowly escapes 1950s Auckland with her young daughter and seeks to build a new life in the Manawatu, she discovers it is easier to change her surroundings than her reality. Set against the conservatism of the...

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The Food of Love Cookery School  by Nicky Pellegrino

The Food of Love Cookery School

Nicky Pellegrino

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"In a remote Sicilian mountain town, four women arrive at a cookery school, each at a turning point in their lives. Moll is a foodie and an exhausted working mum on the holiday of a lifetime. Tricia, a top London lawyer, is taking a break from the demands of...

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Golden days  by Caroline Barron

Golden days

Caroline Barron

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Nostalgic and tender as a bruise.' - Jacqueline Bublitz, before you knew my name Becky thought she'd left Zoe Golden and that summer far behind. Until now. Set in 1995 against the backdrop of Auckland's burgeoning party scene, Golden Days is the story of an...

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Expectant  by Vanda Symon

Expectant

Vanda Symon

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"A pregnant Sam Shephard investigates the murder of an expectant mother in Dunedin, as it becomes clear that the killer is ready to strike again ... Queen of New Zealand Crime, Vanda Symon, returns with a shocking, twisty new Sam Shephard thriller... The...

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The antique chef  by Kayleen M. Hazlehurst

The antique chef

Kayleen M. Hazlehurst

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When successful financial adviser Lewis Hammond moves to a small country town he leaves behind his former occupation. A cross-dresser since childhood, Lewis has come to try out his life as a woman. Louise's Vintage Cafe is an overnight success. High teas and...

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P.S. come to Italy  by Nicky Pellegrino

P.S. come to Italy

Nicky Pellegrino

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"Can you fall in love with someone you've never met? When Belle started writing to Enrico, she certainly wasn't looking to fall in love! Everything about his life in southern Italy is so different to hers - but somehow, across half the world, a magical...

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Resisting the single dad next door  by Louisa George

Resisting the single dad next door

Louisa George

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Resisting The Single Dad Next Door - Louisa GeorgeNew doc in town? Irresistible!Carly lost her husband years ago and its finally time to move on from the beautiful island they called home. Until she meets new neighbour, GP Owen and his adorable son. Carly...

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Agenda 2060  by A. I. Fabler

Agenda 2060

A. I. Fabler

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"A novel about the near-future of society, in which utopian aims can have unintended consequences "A laser-focused, irresistible lampoon of woke culture", says Kirkus Reviews With Identity Politics and Artificial Intelligence rapidly changing our world, what...

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Odd girl roar  by Merren Tait

Odd girl roar

Merren Tait

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"When I called the mayor a cockwomble, it didn't go down well. Jewel Bauer has always been the underdog in whatever situation she lands in, and unfortunately her 'act now, think later' approach to life - or, as she puts it, being the biggest numpty this side...

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The tui has landed  by Jodie Shelley

The tui has landed

Jodie Shelley

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"Are we calling it 'encouragement' now? I like it. Less in your face than 'blackmail'." Becky, unlucky in love and facing unemployment, won't let life get her down. Anahera, stepmum to three boisterous boys, has found love but is struggling to find her place...

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A little fire  by Jane Mander

A little fire

Jane Mander

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"These previously uncollected stories encapsulate Jane Mander's appeal as a short fiction writer. They are lively to read and demonstrate her finesse as a prose stylist, but they have another attraction: a focus on strong and distinctive female characters and...

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Birnam Wood  by Eleanor Catton

Birnam Wood

Eleanor Catton

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"Birnam Wood is on the move ...A landslide has closed the Korowai Pass in the South Island of New Zealand, cutting off the town of Thorndike, leaving a sizable farm abandoned. This land offers an opportunity to Birnam Wood, a guerrilla gardening collective...

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Finding Prester John, 1121-1122 AD  by Murray J. (Murray John) Peat

Finding Prester John, 1121-1122 AD

Murray J. (Murray John) Peat

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"Archaeologists Mac and Steve find themselves back in time looking for a man whom the kings and emperors and popes of Europe wanted desperately to find too. Islamic forces were pressing against Christendom. Tales existed of a powerful warrior in the east who...

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The otherworld  by Kate Genet

The otherworld

Kate Genet

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"World to world to world. Selena must face the task of being where she is, of finding her path in the country that is her new home. But now that Rue and Clover are safe, what exactly is her purpose? She is used to walking the worlds, but has never before...

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The miry bog  by Patricia Snelling

The miry bog

Patricia Snelling

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"Retired Detective Inspector Ann Grieves, now private investigator, probes the dark secrets of Arcadia, a remote religious sect in West Auckland where abuse of adults and children is rife. After blowing the whistle on their narcissistic leader, a young dairy...

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The Villa Girls  by Nicky Pellegrino

The Villa Girls

Nicky Pellegrino

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"THE VILLA GIRLS is the story of four young women who decide that wherever they are in the world and whatever they're doing they'll meet every few years for a holiday together somewhere sunny. Despite life taking them in very different directions, their...

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Hamlet, prince of robots  by M. Darusha Wehm

Hamlet, prince of robots

M. Darusha Wehm

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"Elsinore Robotics is on the cusp of a breakthrough-the company is poised to create the first humanoid androids powered by true artificial intelligence. Their only rival, Norwegian Technologies, lost a publicly streamed contest between their flagship model,...

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The London girls  by Soraya Lane

The London girls

Soraya Lane

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"London, 1941. The Blitz. When a Royal Navy memo arrives at head office, requesting female recruits to sign up as motorcycle dispatch riders, delivering highly classified orders across the country, three women jump at the chance to sign up for the most...

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A bumpy year  by Olivia Spooner

A bumpy year

Olivia Spooner

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"Pregnant. Single. Dating. It's going to be ... a bumpy year! Trish Kirkpatrick never expected to find herself unmarried, pregnant, and not entirely sure who the baby's father is. With her ex, Pete, and her colleague, Elliot, in line for daddy duty while...

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Under Italian skies  by Nicky Pellegrino

Under Italian skies

Nicky Pellegrino

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"Stella has life under control and that's the way she likes it. But when her boss dies suddenly, Stella starts to question her life choices and finds that she has little to show for herself other than her poky London flat. In order to build the life she has...

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The Hamiltons: Brock  by Carole Brungar

The Hamiltons: Brock

Carole Brungar

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"Meet Brock. He's heading for a major collision with the past, and he can't see her coming. Is Adelaide the cause of it, or will she be the person who puts him back together? Set on the rugged and beautiful west coast of New Zealand, Brock lives an idyllic...

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Boyo  by Lynn John

Boyo

Lynn John

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"It's an engrossing discovery of the extraordinary lengths to which our young Welsh protagonist is prepared to go - up and down the entire country in his bright-red sports car as he pursues his Kiwi love on her quest to win the Miss New Zealand Beauty Contest....

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A secret never to be told  by Lynn John

A secret never to be told

Lynn John

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"Few people can keep a secret safe. For a secret to have been kept for 231 years is incredible - especially when it is about the life of such a famous person as composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. If the contention of this story is valid, it will rock the world...

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The reluctant bride  by Serena Black

The reluctant bride

Serena Black

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"Calliope Harrison might be down on her luck but the last thing she expected was her old childhood neighbour, Gabriel St Croix to turn up on her doorstep and become an aggravating thorn in her side. Then he asks for the impossible... one year of wedded...

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The Genison cavalry  by Sean Ackland

The Genison cavalry

Sean Ackland

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"Luke Sawyer is an ex-slave and former Union soldier-turned-lawman. Along with his partner, Jack McCrae, Luke is tasked with finding Charles Lee Ringo - a maniacal cult leader with a loyal army of disgruntled former confederates. In order to capture Ringo, the...

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Death on the Walk  by Wendy M. author. Wilson

Death on the Walk

Wendy M. author. Wilson

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"A body plunging off a cliff, a new craze for pedestrianism and the related gambling, a constable willing to walk ninety miles without stopping, and a testing undercover assignment for Mr. Hardy. When a race walking champion is forced off a cliff to his death,...

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One summer in Venice  by Nicky Pellegrino

One summer in Venice

Nicky Pellegrino

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"Addolorata Martinelli knows she should be happy. She has everything she thought she wanted - her own business, a husband, a child. So why does she feel as if something is missing? Then when her restaurant, Little Italy, is slated by a reviewer, she realises...

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The road to Madhapur  by David Whittet

The road to Madhapur

David Whittet

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"You will never make a doctor. The professor's harsh words threaten to end Theo Malone's medical career before he sees his first patient. The idealistic Kiwi is determined to prove the professor wrong - until the death of a child from meningitis during a...

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Blind date  by Joy Cowley

Blind date

Joy Cowley

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"“It is all about vision beyond seeing.” Rose Gillander has had two marriages to good men who were ambitious and somewhat self-absorbed. There has not been much room for the sort of love she craves. Now aged eighty-five, sensible, reserved Rose has lost most...

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Kiwi yarns  by Ricky Masterman

Kiwi yarns

Ricky Masterman

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Kiwi Yarns is a book of twenty-seven short stories about New Zealanders, in New Zealand settings and themed to highlight New Zealand situations. The book contains five sections featuring Kiwis in towns, Kiwis in the country, Real Kiwi experiences, Kiwis...

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A sinister consequence  by Paul W. Feenstra

A sinister consequence

Paul W. Feenstra

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"In late summer of 1879, an unexpected, early morning door knock alters Leonard Hardy's life when a neighbour discovers an unidentified body outside his home. Naturally curious, he sets out to learn the identity of the dead man, but a series of peculiar events...

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Captain's fancy  by Anthony (Suspense fiction writer) author. David

Captain's fancy

Anthony (Suspense fiction writer) author....

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"Captain's Fancy is set during four tumultuous decades in the middle of the twentieth century, a time when ordinary people did extraordinary things and heroes were marked by their deeds. Lives were framed by experiences and loves were lost due to circumstances...

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Wild places  by Katherine Mansfield

Wild places

Katherine Mansfield

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A beautiful new hardback edition of Katherine Mansfield's best stories. Katherine Mansfield was the only writer Virginia Woolf envied. Mansfield transformed the short story genre with her work, creating stories miraculous in their intensity yet seemingly so...

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For murder press 3  by Pauline Hayes

For murder press 3

Pauline Hayes

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"A phone call from the anxious husband of a murdered woman brings Private Investigator, Benedict Aberthorp, into the sinister world of his first murder case. When his new client tells Benedict he is the police's prime suspect, Benedict agrees to help him. But...

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Transit lounge  by Jenny Purchase

Transit lounge

Jenny Purchase

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"Cryptic fable, social commentary, black comedy, subverted myth, potted history, cautionary tale, psychological drama, flight of fancy, slice of life, redemption story - Transit Lounge explores the artistic possibilities of short fiction while introducing the...

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Night lark  by Nicky Webber

Night lark

Nicky Webber

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"It's just a Lark until Grace disappears and local authorities stall their investigation. Laura flies to Sicily to uncover who is behind her younger sister's mysterious disappearance. Grace's ability to hide the truth from Laura leads to a series of events...

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Fractured truth  by Karl William Fleet

Fractured truth

Karl William Fleet

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"Justin Truth isn't immune to the pressure to make profits, and his tenuous grip on reality begins to slip. Will his mistakes - deadly mistakes - become more apparent to those determined to catch and expose him? With mounting pressure on Justin, cryptic...

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Criminal truth  by Karl William Fleet

Criminal truth

Karl William Fleet

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"With no moral compass, Justin Truth aggressively seizes control of corporate giant, Soda-Cola. But being on top of the corporate world isn't enough for Justin when he compares himself to ruthless billionaire, Peter Gordon. Peter is hell-bent on making his...

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Corporate truth  by Karl William Fleet

Corporate truth

Karl William Fleet

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"From inside his high-rise office, ruthless sociopath Justin Truth surveys his panoramic view of New York City. This is his city. His country. His America. Justin is on a mission to conquer the corporate giant, Soda-Cola. He will threaten, backstab,...

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All roads lead to you  by Jackie Ashenden

All roads lead to you

Jackie Ashenden

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Finn Kelly guides hikes across the rugged wilderness he calls home. When jewelry designer Bethany Grant moves into town and proceeds to involve herself in every aspect of his life, he finds himself thinking he could use a friend. Bethany is drawn to dark,...

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An unjust death  by Terry Carson

An unjust death

Terry Carson

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''Luke, has had more than his fair share of bad luck. Orphaned at a young age and later due to a misunderstanding expelled from his missionary foster family, he is trying to make his own way in rapidly changing colonial New Zealand. On board ship returning...

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Stranded with the paramedic  by Sue. (Susan) author. MacKay

Stranded with the paramedic

Sue. (Susan) author. MacKay

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Stranded with the paramedic - It started with a storm... Will it end in for ever? Brooke Williams is taking control of her life... but the only thing this paramedic can't control is the weather! So when her beachside break is struck by torrential rain she...

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How to resist the single dad  by J.C Harroway

How to resist the single dad

J.C Harroway

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How to resist the single dad- GP trainee Stella Wright left the idyllic Cotswold village she grew up in, never planning to return...especially not to train at the local practice under Dr. Aaron Bennett. Now, being back is the least of her problems! Aaron is...

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The moonstone  by Kay Mills

The moonstone

Kay Mills

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"Avrin dreams of becoming a warrior. But Destiny has other plans. Born through the magic of the moonstone will her hands be the right ones to guide its power? A corrupt tribal leader seeks to pervert the power of the moonstone and control her Destiny. Avrin...

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Kaleidoscopes in the dark:  by B. G. Rogers

Kaleidoscopes in the dark:

B. G. Rogers

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"...The stories in Kaleidoscopes in the dark paint the more sinister elements of the psyche in technicolour. The collection writhes with black humour, remnants of fairytales and gothic themes.... Dip your toes into new dark fantasy worlds with these eleven...

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Life and death in Birkenhead  by Kim. author. Tarrant

Life and death in Birkenhead

Kim. author. Tarrant

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"Within the Auckland suburb of Birkenhead lurks a monster, one the local residents entrust with their recently departed loved ones. He has been inflicting his depraved atrocities unnoticed. But what happens when he turns his attentions to the living?"--

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From the sky  by J. M. Antony

From the sky

J. M. Antony

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"Abel Kinkade and the crew of the H.M.S. Viritus are stranded on uncharted shores. His older cousin, the fearless marine Lieutenant Vincent Luther, must hold order amongst the men before they fall to chaos and bloodshed. The lives of the innocent are at stake...

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Murder for a song  by K. M. Jackways

Murder for a song

K. M. Jackways

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"Bewitching songs and small town secrets. In the quaint town of Ledstow, Esther lives a good distance from her nosy parents, talks to anyone who will listen about musicals, and jams on her ukulele. But when murder comes to her workplace, everyone is a suspect....

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In her blood  by Nikki Crutchley

In her blood

Nikki Crutchley

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It’s been a long time since Jac Morgan was in her New Zealand hometown of Everly. She needed to be far away from her past and all the rumours about her involvement in the housefire that killed her mother. Now, though, Jac’s younger sister Charlie is missing,...

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Blood & bone  by Steve Hogg

Blood & bone

Steve Hogg

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"Gardeners, Sam, Danny and Rupert, live a comfortable lifestyle, supported by a more profitable side business, selling cocaine to clients in Auckland City and Waiheke Island. Their world is sent into a tailspin, when Danny is kidnapped and tortured by a Samoan...

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Tauhou  by Kotuku Titihuia Nuttall

Tauhou

Kotuku Titihuia Nuttall

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An inventive exploration of Indigenous families, womanhood, and alternate post-colonial realities by a writer of Maori and Coast Salish descent. Dear grandmother, I am writing this song for you. I am a stranger in this place, he tauhou ahau, reintroducing...

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Archangel's resurrection  by Nalini Singh

Archangel's resurrection

Nalini Singh

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"For thousands of years, the passion between Alexander, Archangel of Persia, and Zanaya, Queen of the Nile, burned furious and bright, seemingly without end. But to be an archangel is to be bound to power violent and demanding. Driven by its primal energy,...

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The axeman's carnival  by Catherine Chidgey

The axeman's carnival

Catherine Chidgey

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''Everywhere, the birds: sparrows and skylarks and thrushes, starlings and bellbirds, fantails and pipits - but above them all and louder, the magpies. We are here and this is our tree and we're staying and it is ours and you need to leave and now. Tama is...

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