"My search for the origins of the whale culture has now taken me from the first findings on the East coast of Greenland across the Arctic Ocean and down the Bering Sea to the Aleutian Islands. Here I have found evidence that they originated in the Pacific,...

A Marriage To Scandalise The Earl / Eva Shepherd. Too scandalous...to wed the Earl? To save money, Lucy is to be married off before the Season even starts! So she arranges one clandestine night of fun - disguised as a maid - resulting in a thrilling kiss from...

"The hunt for a stealthy predator takes a damaged J-Psy to the heart of falcon territory in this new Psy-Changeling Trinity novel from New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh... Justice-Psy Eleri Dias knows the end is near for her, her mind one step...

Lost cowboys! Killer Cinderellas! Green Machines! Glass Ballerinas! Stealing a car, screaming in static, spitting up, skydiving on Jupiter. We Scream in Static / Re-Draft 24 unleashes the imaginations of Aotearoa-New Zealands finest young writers! Be prepared...

"The Trinity Accord promises a new era of cooperation between disparate races and groups. But a century of distrust and suspicion can't be so easily forgotten, and it threatens to shatter Trinity from within at any moment. As rival members vie for dominance,...

"Is it madness that leads British librarian Claire Dawson to throw away her safe job in Central London, for a potentially life transforming experience at a 400-year-old Domaine in the South of France? The Wounded Vine is an enthralling story of love, lies and...

"In 1892, young English settler William Thompson suddenly dies an agonising death. His Auckland neighbours know of scandalous goings-on between his wife, Alice, and his best friend – who is soon on trial for murder. Meanwhile, Alice has had a new baby, but who...

"In the ruins of suburbia everyone is just trying to grow and preserve some veggies, catch a fish or deer or two, avoid government officials and their eviction notices, and keep up with the local goss. Meanwhile, Anton, a specialist in birdsong, arrives...

"London has ground Daniel down. Grasping for an escape from the urban drudgery of his life, he is enticed by a free trip and the promise of ten thousand dollars, all for the simple delivery of a package for an acquaintance. Finding himself quickly ensnared in...

"In a small town in New Zealand, lifelong friends, Rachel, Julia and Chicky, are celebrating the end of school, enjoying the liminal space of the summer holidays before their lives will be transformed by university, careers and adulthood. The arrival of...

Short Stories inspired by fragments of conversation overhead on a Coromandel beach. Each tale springs from these fleeting moments, weaving fiction with the essence of real events.

"Embark on a journey into the heart of motherhood with a story that captures its trials, tribulations, and the transformative power of support and love. This book is a tribute to mothers everywhere, highlighting the incredible journey of early motherhood and...

"With the help of a charming Kiwi and the otherworldly guidance of Aunt Dimity, Lori Shepherd goes down under in New Zealand to search for the Pym sisters' missing brother, unraveling a web of secrets that has haunted the Pym family for...

"Taken in as the young ward of Lord Drakon after her parents were slaughtered by enemy Wytchlings, Amylia Sylvers is forced to start a new life in Lylican. There, she is raised to be an obedient wife and submit to the men who have given her sanctuary. Eleven...

"After a devastating blow that cleaves Amylia's family apart, time has run out for Asteryn as they desperately try to unite the remaining territories, clutching the fractured pieces of their own court together. Attica advances, bringing with them demons of the...

"Amylia thought her greatest trial was behind her. But as she struggles to regain her strength - both physically and with her volatile magic - the looming threat of war draws ever closer. After two territories fall victim to brutal attacks and the stakes...

"What happens when a first-born bargain goes wrong?Princess Gisele has spent her life preparing for an evil fae sorcerer to claim her. That was the bargain her mother was tricked into: one royal first-born in exchange for spinning straw into gold. But it's...

Thea, a young woman crippled by guilt, flees to Central America to escape her life. In Guatemala, she meets the charismatic Chris and his partner, Sarah, and the three of them form a tight bond. But everything changes when a tragedy occurs. Thea soon finds...

"Once Were Warriors is Alan Duff's harrowing vision of his country's indigenous people two hundred years after the English conquest. In prose that is both raw and compelling, it tells the story of Beth Heke, a Māori woman struggling to keep her family from...

"Hong Kong riots in 2014 and 2019 and the Umbrella Movement. China's reaction to the riots. A young Christchurch man (Harry) and his search for answers to his late father's trips to Hong Kong and further afield after being alerted by police his past activities...

"Sam Healey grew up in a home filled with love, where her parents' biggest wish was for her and her sister, Cherie, to thrive and lead full lives. When Cherie dies suddenly, Sam embarks on what she believes will be a straightforward trip to Wellington to...

"Robbie is a young woman with Spastic Cerebral Palsy, has limited speech, and spends most of her waking time in her wheelchair. Robbie is starting to understand her own worth in society, and already the local Police have found that she is a valuable asset to...

For six centuries, the utopia of Elusis has thrived—a society of supernatural gifts, peace, and prosperity. But beneath the surface, secrets stir. Arkarian Story, a long-lost warlord, lies frozen in a hidden cryo tank, his name a whisper of fear and rebellion....

"Bridget Crawford is in a bind. The bank's threatened to foreclose on her farm, her ex-husband's returned to town, and someone's stolen her cattle. Veterinarian Hugh Jacobs is also in a bind. Tui Dancer, a horse in his care, has suddenly lost his winning form,...

"Woman and Land Rover Missing? A valuable Land Rover disappears - and with it, Sarah Oakes - the enigmatic woman behind the wheel. Freelance journalist Giles Jackson is given the assignment of a lifetime: fi nd the 42-year old Land Rover named Geraldine and...

When Adam hears that his brother Theo is dead, fallen overboard from his fishing vessel and washed ashore on the Bounty Islands, he knows something isn't right. Adam joins forces with Theo's girlfriend, Emma, and what begins as a quest for answers quickly...

When she found a lost little girl in front of her shop, dressmaker Evelyn Flooks decided to raise Sabrina as her own daughter. So, when Sabrina announces her engagement, Evelyn gifts her the ring she herself was given, to truly show Sabrina that she is...

Nissa abandons her school camp to track down the mysterious lights, she finds herself lost in a dangerous wonderland. But she's not the only one in danger -the bush and the creatures are under threat too; and she wants to help. What can a school kid do where...

"Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell meets 'A Tale of Two Cities' in H. G. Parry's 'A Far Better Thing', a heart-rending fantasy of faery revenge set during the French Revolution. The faeries stole Sydney Carton as a child, and made him a mortal servant of the Faery...

"Elizabeth Victoria Anne, a beautiful child born to privilege, led a life of comfort and education under the watchful eyes of her parents, Birmingham City Councillor David Pritchard and his socialite wife, Eunice. Her idyllic existence, filled with fine art...

"In a comical Kiwi adventure, a group of bad-ass women band together to reclaim stolen property, confront societal beauty standards, and navigate the chaos of drugs and gangs they are exposed to by their next-to-useless male receptionist. Zoe owns a boutique...

"Born into a wealthy but unimportant family, Fulvia is raised in the peace of the Etruscan countryside but longs for a life of excitement and influence. When her father dies and her inheritance is threatened, she makes her way to the city of Rome to secure her...

Vows will bind them...passion could ruin them! After decades under Accorsi rule, King Tiberius has fought to reclaim his crown. Yet the violent coup has left his kingdom divided. To unite his people and quell any discontent Tiberius is left no choice...but to...

Getting back out there could mean consequences, both good and ugly. I've seen ugly. But on this side of paradise, I've also seen good.Loss is no stranger to Sam Cardiff, having lost his grandpa and ex-girlfriend. Now, three years later as a med student, he's...

"Life can be perfectly good. Life can be everything you have ever dreamed it could be. Until it isn't. Paisley has worked hard to have everything in her life the way she had wanted it to be since she was a little girl. Until, after one fateful basketball game...

Determined spinster vs carnivorous wallflower...In a corner of rural England, Fern Oakby makes a living through her knowledge of botany. An unusual case erupts during a storm when a Boston ivy turns monstrous and...carnivorous.However, the solution is not as...

The genre-defining and beloved first book in Nalini Singh's New York Times bestselling Psy-Changeling series. "My favorite series of all time! Slave to Sensation is where the magic started, and I will never shut up about it."-Ali Hazelwood, #1 New York Times...

'In the past, we had always spent our summer holidays in remote places. That had always been my mother’s preference. This year was different . . . As the long summer holiday stretches ahead, ten-year-old Alix wants to spend every second on the beach and in...

With their latest collection of thrilling short stories, The North Shore Writers Group takes you on a journey that spans a multitude of genres. Readers will find romance with unintended consequences, corruption, menacing cows, portals to alternate universes,...

Dante has come to the small coastal town of Te Kohe, New Zealand, for a fresh start in life. But he doesn't want to open a BnB, or save a charming bookshop, or start a romance with a single mother in need of rescuing. He just wants to forget about his past...

"Firestarter’s first Tête-bêche comes in the form of a two-for-one “deal” by Manawatū writer, W.D. Muirhead. Not only does this wee Pocket Book come with two stories…it comes with two cover options in our brand new sleeve format – a cross between a book and a...

"Zelle and Callum used to be best friends, but they haven't spoken in three years: not since the tragedy that wrenched them apart, and Zelle moved away. But now Zelle is back, and their lives are about to get a whole lot more complicated. Zelle is in denial...

Short, short stories, sometimes known as flash fiction or microfictions, are one of the trickiest forms to write. Create a resonant world in fewer than 300 words? Not so easy! In this collection of 100 stories, a range of New Zealand writers, both well known...

"Gordon and Sarah Rutherford are normal, happy people with successful fulfilling lives. A son they adore, a house on the beach, a safe, friendly and honest community in a picture-postcard town on the Ayrshire coast. Until one day Bonnie the lab comes in from...

"She gazes at her mother's face in the black and white photograph, her vision blurring as tears build. Could this wartime wedding portrait be the key to finding out why her mother went missing, all those years ago? Brides of Bold Street is filled with...

"Sylvie's life has changed forever. When the Fates gifted Sylvie the unbreakable bond of two males, she thought things couldn't get more insane. Yet as she lies in a cell, trapped under the boot of a male that hates her kind and will do anything to break her,...

She's mindfulness and measured steps. He's energy and impulsive charm. When opposites attract, can they find balance-or will they burn out? Ella's life is carefully paced. Living with fibromyalgia means every choice matters-from how much energy she spends to...

"This companion publication, The whistle of wind through feathers and dogskin by Sascha Stronach, was commissioned to sit alongside and contribute to the exhibition and was freely available for attending patrons to take home. It builds on the whakapapa of the...

"A gripping dual-timeline tale of revolution and family secrets. Versailles, 1789. A young girl must draw on every shred of her courage and loyalty, as her adoptive family is plunged into the chaos of the French Revolution. As her world spirals out of...

"The year is 1841. Victoria is on the throne, but women are not in control of their own destiny, and Elisabeth Godwin is facing a grim future after the death of her husband. Her brother-in-law is desperate to avoid ruin and determined to remove the threat she...

"Dana Osborne is looking forward to some quiet time after going undercover with a rock band to solve her last case. But she's forced into action when an old friend starts to receive mysterious threats, and Detective Wade McNeish once again proves about as much...

"Brad never wanted to fight again but when the call went out, he stepped up to protect his home. He's searching for peace both in his life and in his heart. He's sacrificed so much, and he's beginning to wonder when it will be enough. His people, the people of...

'These three comic novels revolve around the local creek featuring a gold strike, the sudden appearance of a geyser and the theft of a valuable stamp, threatening damnation and salvation for the sleepy New Zealand coastal community of Kotuku. In the first...

"As the summer holiday stretches ahead, with her older sister more interested in boys, her mother disappearing on long walks and her father, beer in hand, watching the cricket, the youngest in the family often finds herself alone. At the beach, she meets Kahu,...

When the bones of a mother and her child, wrapped in a Shetland lace shawl, are dug up from a forgotten graveyard, two worlds collide. Ariel is rural tough, raised in the defiant republic that is Whangamomona. When her childhood nemesis is found decapitated...

"England 1939. Women answer the call to defend their country, the first women to do so since Boadicea, two thousand years earlier. Among them are four remarkable women: Officer Diana Buckingham, 19 year old Edith with her brilliant mind, fearless Australian...

Revenge is best served...at the altar! Flora McIntyre became Apollo Constantinides's PA to avenge the family he tore apart. And she's succeeded. Her carefully staged, compromising photos of them just cost him his convenient, reputation-restoring bride. Except...

"A dramatic, heart-pulsing medical romance from Alison Roberts, perfect for fans of Sarah Morgan and Jo Bartlett. Can opposites attract when under pressure? More at home in a bustling city A&E department, surgeon Jennifer Allen is thrown out of her comfort...

"After a turbulent police investigation comes to an end, Professor Rose is on her own personal mission. With a new lease of life after discovering her birth mother and reuniting with a long-lost plant, Eustacia finds herself with burning questions. Who...

"In a continuation of the family saga following the lives of Tamar and Andrew Murdoch, in the years leading up to and immediately after World War One. Tamar's children become the focus of the continuing story, in particular her illegitimate eldest son, Joseph,...

His billion-dollar takeover...comes with a baby! PA Phoebe Copeland was married once - never again. But a steamy vacation encounter with a stranger she'll never see again? More than fine! Until he walks into her London boardroom...he's billionaire Edoardo...

A heart-rending tale of enduring love ' "My name is Sarah, I'm 26, I live with my parents at The White Hart Inn, and I'm a ..." She hesitated. What else could she say? The facts were so cold and didn't remotely tell the story of her life. "I'm a widow. No,...

"Dear Reader, You want my advice? Never look a gift horse in the mouth. You don't want to see the rotten teeth. In this case, the gift is a scholarship to attend the prestigious Neveah University. The rotten teeth? Well, they came in the form of my brand new...

"Aodhan and Illium. Adi and Blue. Sparkle and Bluebell. Friends become lovers, their future a wild unknown. Finally reunited in New York, they must now learn to navigate the monumental shift in their relationship. But for these two members of Archangel...

"The past was meant to stay buried. But someone is digging it up - one body at a time.Six years ago, the Melbourne Spotlight current affairs team covered a shocking crime spree - a series of brutal, seemingly random attacks. As the body count rose, the police...

"In a sinisterly skewed version of England in 1979, thirteen-year-old triplets Vincent, Lawrence and William are the last remaining residents of a New Forest home, part of the government’s Sycamore Scheme. Each day the boys must take medicine to protect...

"Jessamine is a long way from home. Her home in the Midwest, that is, not New Zealand, where she grew up. She ran from her husband in Kansas, a former military man whose long silences and cutting words were tearing her apart, leaving everything behind to live...

"Look, mate, what th' hell is th' bloody Guvmint up to in banning sheep from pubs then, eh? It's a slap in th' face to an animal that built this bloody country, plus, by association, to us buggers on marginal land trying t' make a bloody dollar out of their...

"Penrose and Pyke go together like fire and kerosene in this pulse-racing Victorian-era mystery. Trouble's brewing in the Devil's Half Acre. A death in an alleyway, a tragic accident in a factory, rumours of a murderer loose on the streets. It's enough to give...

"To the children of Broomfield, he looked just like an angel fallen from heaven... not like a murder victim at all. It's 1962, and all is not as it should be in this sleepy rural town. An elderly war widow wakes up to discover the naked body of a young man in...

It’s 1985 and Obi’s on the cusp of teenagehood, after a childhood marked by poverty, dysfunctional family dynamics, (dis)organised crime and violence. His dad’s delusional, his mum’s real sick, the Rainbow Warrior just exploded, and it’s time for Obi to grow...

It's a chilly Auckland winter, but for Hana Westerman and her family, it is a time of excitement. Matariki is approaching - the small cluster of stars also known as the Seven Sisters is a sacred constellation in Maori culture, heralding a time of new...

"Te Motu Kairangi Miramar Peninsula, Wellington 1912. Doctor Matti Loverock spends her days and nights bringing babies into the world, which means her daughters - seven-year-old triplets Ada, Oona and Hanna - have grown up at Wonderland, the once-thriving...

"Victorian New Zealand sets the stage for an extraordinary story of two brothers bound by blood but divided by empire. Hohepa, born to a British captain and a Maori mother, navigates a precarious path between two worlds during a time of mounting colonial...

"In the cold Wellington winter, Omar's grades are slipping, his mum is unwell and his best friend is growing distant. Two decades earlier in Mogadishu, Asha and Yasser are falling in love and starting to build a life together while a burgeoning war threatens...

"WIFE. WIDOW. MISTRESS. Three women collide at Rory's funeral, a man to whom they were all connected in different ways . . . Juliet never planned to be the other woman, but Rory was the only man she'd ever loved. She was sure that he would leave his annoyingly...

"All I had experienced, all the stories I had read or dreamed came to me the moment I, a stranger, turned the key in the lock of the unknown house.'In a sweltering basement in downtown Baltimore, Mavis Halleton, writer, ventriloquist and gossip, is struggling...

"Dr. Felicity Slade has come to the small coastal town of Morriston for a quieter life - and to distance herself from gorgeous paramedic Angus McBride. She's always known that Angus thrives on the drama and danger of his job with the Specialist Emergency...

"Unfinished business with the new doctor in town. Dr Jennifer Tremaine usually has everything under control, she is the master of multi-tasking. But when an unexpected storm, bound for her rural town in New Zealand everything is thrown into chaos. And suddenly...

"A vengeful band of Irish clansmen slaughtered everyone in Macha's small coastal village and encouraged by the bombastic rantings of a delusional Catholic priest, they've now come for her. In fear for the life of her unborn child, she flees with nothing but...

"Jess is the only one in her group who hasn’t lost her virginity. Genevieve is being held captive in a dug-out with her gymnastics nemesis from 40 years ago. At night, Jade absorbs catcalls like Mario powering up on mushrooms. From heaven, the Dream Team...

"It’s spring when Oceanic Airways Flight 462 from Hong Kong vanishes off the west coast of Auckland. Emergency services rip into action, first trying to locate the plane, which has 342 passengers on board, and then to uncover the cause of the disaster. DS Maki...

Wedding Date With The ER Doctor by Sue Mackay: An invitation...to be her fake boyfriend! As an emergency doctor on a rescue helicopter, Dr Rosie Carter takes more risks than most - except when it comes to her heart - which she protects fiercely! But when her...

Manhattan Marriage Reunion by JC Harroway: The doctor's plan? Win back his wife! Neonatal heart surgeon Harper has accepted a job at the same Manhattan Memorial Hospital as her ex-husband, but that doesn't mean she wants a reconciliation. Letting go of their...

A widow to defy the duke / Eva Shepherd. She'll share the Duke's bed...but she won't be his wife! Growing up believing he was the illegitimate son of a duke, Isaac Radcliff is shocked to discover his late parents had been married - and he's the new Duke of...

"Geography professors in a failed marriage of convenience inconveniently reconnect for an emergency mission in this swoony yet cosy historical-fantasy rom-com. Professor Elodie Tarrant is an expert in magic disasters. Nothing fazes her-except her own personal...

"When the past collides with the present, everyone's secrets are at risk-including the dead's.The ghosts of Paris are gathering for a once-in-an-afterlifetime event: a recreation of the 1889 World Fair, hosted by none other than Gustave Eiffel himself. The...

"Sydney, 1871. Twenty-five-year-old widow Tatty Crowe is the owner of busy undertaking firm Crowe Funerals. Life and business are good until Tatty notices how many women are dying after unlawful abortions, and after a terrible tragedy strikes close to home,...

"Paige Beckett has blown it this time. The whole world just watched her bail on her reality TV fiance. It's humiliating. As a doctor, she's supposed to be smarter than this. Yet no matter how hard she tries, she keeps disappointing people. Now she's in hiding...

A one-night baby...Type-A event planner Stella Warren has known from childhood she can't count on anyone but herself. Arriving on the tropical island of Avali, she has only one thing on her mind - giving her best friend the wedding of a lifetime. But when she...

"Rugby league player Zac Fearon wants one thing - a quiet life. Kind of difficult when his sister has just dropped her two kids on his doorstep and disappeared into the ether. Not that the kids don't love his grumpy uncle vibe, but he's way out of his depth...

"Pro rugby league player Finn Chalmers seems like he has it all - money, brains, good looks. But there's one thing the man they call 'Charming' can't get - and that's the attention of his best friend and unrequited love Cara Holt. When a stalker targets Cara,...

"A princess on the run...Oliana is sick of being the perfect Pacific daughter. Right before she takes up royal duties, she hops a plane to the other side of the world. She knows that if she ever wants to experience freedom, it has to happen now. Armed with a...

"He needs a win...Prince Manu of Avali has one goal - to secure a championship that will honour his late friend. Too bad he's stuck in the worst team in the league. He's got a plan though - finish the season, reestablish his reputation as a great player, and...

"Boys of the Southern Cross is a semi-historical novel about the Boer War 1899-1902, the combatants from the British Empire and the farmers who continued a guerrilla warfare. Containing historical data about Winston Churchill, Kitchener, Baden-Powell and...

"A tsunami has devastated a small Kapiti Coast community. The government mandates managed retreat - a decision manipulated by Adrian Stokes, a powerful businessman with an agenda of his own. A resourceful and colourful collection of villagers defy the order to...

"Marjorie Forsythe, reluctant wife and mother, has yearned for the time she can be on her own, and finally, the day has come. It is 1970s Wellington, and the city beckons her to explore a different life, where her options and choices are based on her talents...