"Betrayal is a bitter poison . . . After a nerve-racking investigation, Professor Eustacia Rose's life is returning to normal. She is finally back teaching at UCL and her relationship with Matilde is blossoming. But when a man is found dead with a needle in...

"Teenager Jesse loves her friends, her little brother and her parents - even when they're both arguing, which they seem to do all the time these days. And she also loves playing interactive computer games, from her hospital bed in the children's cancer ward....

"When Olivia Peterson randomly inherits half a hotel, she jumps at the chance to escape her complicated life back on the mainland. She is, after all, the most hated woman in the country at present, and there's every chance the press will leave her alone when...

"A beautiful young French woman finds and loses love in Fiji, a blood feud erupts in an island village, coastal erosion exposes the gruesome remnants of an inter-tribal massacre. These and other stories range across the islands of the South Pacific. Where...

"This beautifully presented new edition of Nor the Years Condemn brings Robin Hyde's important novel back into print. First published in 1938, Nor the Years Condemn explores the experiences of returned servicemen and women in the aftermath of World War I....

"Set in 1930s New Zealand, the novel follows Wednesday Gilfillan, an independent woman who rejects societal expectations in favour of a life defined by artistic and emotional freedom. On an isolated island, she creates a home for her remarkable children and...

"Marketing executive Alison Morris bets her reputation on a project to sell empathy in a perfume bottle. Her husband, Jim, is inspired to try a similar thing in a game he's developing - sinking all their money into EmPath, where people progress by learning to...

"The unforgettable detective duo from The Doctor s Wife are back, and this time the stakes are even higher. When DS Ramesh Bandara is asked to head up a homicide investigation in a small New Zealand beachside town, he has no idea he s stumbled onto something...

A Harley Street surgeon and his nurse are nervous to operate. The patient is the Home Secretary - and they both have good, personal reasons to wish him dead. Within hours he does die, although the operation itself was a complete success.

"From Enoch to the Tower of Babel, this is an imaginative and exciting retelling of the story of Noah, from his early years to the post-flood world. True to the Genesis narrative, an historic adventure of what was, what might have been, and what is yet to...

"I'm not supposed to feel this way... I never wanted to disappear more than while around my family. Briar Lane, the girl only useful for one thing: my surname. A business handshake and pawn to be traded. My father's chess piece shuffled between empires. That...

"Being hired by a ranch for the summer sounds picture-perfect, right? Except your new boss looks a whole lot like every fantasy and day dream you've ever had come to life-oh and he's already accidentally seen your favorite "toy". I've always been the...

"Jena Morgan, Atlantic City's favorite go-go dancer, may have overreacted when she found her boyfriend balls deep in a stripper called Candy. Instead of washing her eyeballs with bleach, she drank a bottle of tequila and bought a house off the internet. A...

"Harry Boyle's genius IQ has failed him. The alpha geek stupidly followed relationship advice from Invertary's resident evil mastermind-eighty-seven year old Betty. That's how he ended up trapped in an abandoned mine waiting to be rescued by his high school...

"Josh McInnes' biological clock is ticking and he wants to get married-now. After 20 years singing soppy love songs, he knows that there is no such thing as romantic love. There's only hormones and lust. At thirty-five, he's tired of his playboy lifestyle. He...

"When Claire Holloway boards a luxury cruise with her three-year-old daughter, Lily, she hopes to leave the past behind. Calm seas, new memories, and a chance to breathe. But paradise shatters when Lily vanishes somewhere between the buffet and the endless...

"Rex Macare returns to New Zealand after several years on the front line of the Cold War in Germany, a pilot in the Royal Air Force. He is still young and restless and keen to make some real money. He puts the word around that he's a pilot for hire and it's...

"I've told myself a million times over the years that I'm past my feelings for Willow Austin. But I'm a filthy liar and this moment is proof." Willow Austin thought she had it all: an amazing family, the opportunity to get out of the tiny town she grew up in,...

A page-turning literary mystery set in a small community, where family and class tensions threaten to erupt after a brutal attack on a young student. "The nights aren't too cold yet, lucky thing. Otherwise we'd be having a different conversation." Jessica...

"One child. Two years in hiding. Three lives in mortal danger. In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, near Anne Frank's house, another Jewish girl is hidden. Her name is Elli. Her father has been executed at Mauthausen concentration camp. Her mother is fleeing for her...

"On the remote West Coast of the South Island, vast forests stretch out between mountain ranges and rugged beaches. There, in the small town of Koraha, not a lot happens - until a young girl with blood on her hands walks out of the bush and into the local...

What does a wealthy Auckland stay-at-home mother and wife do all day? What really goes on when the cat's away? On the surface Sam has everything any woman should want: successful husband, nice house, holiday home, two lovely kids, and a desirable, expensive...

"My plan was to visit my boyfriend back home in Crimson Ridge for the holidays. Except, my surprise trip, after shutting up my florist shop for the festive season, only ended up revealing the worst kind of betrayal. Now, I'm hiding from the guy I just caught...

"Mitch Harris has it all. As a successful music manager, who isn't hard to look at, he has women falling at his feet. And that's just the way he likes it. For years he's laughed as, one by one, his buddies have found their women and settled down. He vowed it...

"Kirsty has planned the perfect Leap Day wedding. And it's all falling apart...The Scottish Highlands are in the middle of the worst snow storm in decades. Cell towers are down, electricity is out and roads are closed. In true Invertary style the town's folk...

"Being good is so freaking hard. And boring. Flynn Boyle has only been doing it for a couple of hours and already he's had enough. For some reason everybody thinks he's out of control when all he's doing is living his life, having fun and trying to get over an...

"A mysterious greyness has descended on Whitehaven. Something has happened to the colour. Rumours start flying around all over the place. Is something wrong with the sun? Is it because of the chemicals the farmers are using? Mrs Rafferty announces that God is...

"Godfrey applies skills drawn from TV detective shows to attempt to solve the mystery disappearance of a local gay bartender in 1960s NZ, while exploring his own sexuality. Reggie was still missing after five days, and Gladys Harris was saying things about...

Sinister happenings plague Peregrine Jay's production of "Macbeth" at the Dolphin Theatre, until Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn is called in to investigate a bizarre murder during a performance.

"Amber, a 29-year-old archaeologist, returns home to her parents' home in the remote Marlborough Sounds with her debonair lawyer boyfriend, Malcolm. Little does she realise he is an arch manipulator and possibly a killer. All seems well until they arrive at...

"New York, 1942: Avery is engaged to be married. Longing for adventure instead, she jumps at an unexpected offer to trade her libraryjob for undercover intelligence-gathering in Portugal. But her new life in Lisbon, known as the Capital of Espionage,...

"Opening on the battlefields of Gallipoli, Traitor follows the story of young New Zealand soldier, David, as he is forced to confront the clash of love for his fellow man versus love for his country. Sent home in disgrace, broken and made anew, David attempts...

"Skulls, Hitmen, and Deadly Secrets—One Explosive Mystery His life at a crossroads, Ric Peters is torn between his perilous job and dreams of a future with Elaina. But their trip to New Zealand throws them into chaos as they are swept up in a whirlwind of...

Jamie, a forty-one-year-old drug addict recovering from surgery, goes somewhere he hasn't been in years - home, to Timaru, where his brother happens to be a chemist and his sister a doctor. Surely they, with their access to pharmaceuticals - and their blood...

"David Munro has everything a man could want - a beautiful wife, two adoring daughters, a top academic position and a circle of devoted friends. But he also has another life, lived mainly at night and frequently in what he comes to know as "The gardens of...

Chemistry sizzles when a determined business grad and brooding, tattooed landscaper surrender to their forbidden attraction in this steamy and heartfelt romance about protecting the ones we love. Poppy Crushing on your best friend's dad? Bad idea. Moving in...

Passion ignites when a sweet barista and widowed father give in to their forbidden attraction in this steamy, emotional romance about the power of love to heal grief.DaisyI never planned on being a virgin at twenty-five, stuck in a dead-end job. And I...

In Pastoral Care, Auckland writer John Prins gives us nine clear-eyed, witty and beautifully written stories centred on daily life in twenty-first-century Aotearoa New Zealand. On the shores of Lake Pukaki; in kitchens, bedrooms and Lego-strewn living rooms;...

The kings and queens of France are back-and they're a royal pain in the ass. GoPol has fallen, Gaspar has returned to me, and the existence of ghosts has become public knowledge. While the rest of the world scrambles to understand the dead, I'm just trying to...

"Evie’s always fallen for a certain type of guy, and every single one of them has broken her heart. So, when Leo is brought in as her new boss, Evie’s first reaction is “Uh oh”. He seems like her exact type, only hotter. Will she make yet another mistake? But...

"Eight-year-old Kahu craves her great-grandfather's love and attention. But he is focused on his duties as chief of a Māori tribe in Whangara, on the East Coast of New Zealand - a tribe that claims descent from the legendary 'whale rider'. In every generation...

"Kate Wildburn is in trouble. She is an extrovert, a lateral thinker and a talented pianist. She is also a good wife and mother, and an attractive woman. Richard, her surgeon husband, is balding, aggressive, hard on his children - and is he having an...

"Heist In the Hutt" is about a gang of out-of-town criminals who were active in both Australia and New Zealand in the late 60s and early 70s. They are all dangerous people and are armed on all their criminal enterprises. They keep low profiles and have...

"He was her soul mate, but he deserted her. Now he's back. And still keeping secrets. For five years, Willow and Charlie were voted 'Most Disgustingly Happy Couple' by their friends. Until the morning Willow woke to find a note on her pillow: Charlie had gone....

"A billionaire's body discovered; a gruesome death; lives changed forever. Tumultuous family dynamics and business intrigue add suspense when murder disrupts the tranquil beauty of rural New Zealand. Pressured by her boss to solve the high-profile case,...

Libby Prescott is struggling to make sense of her life. Separated from her husband Tom and grieving the loss of her father, she flies home to New Zealand from Hong Kong to join her siblings for the funeral. As they gather to talk about their shared history,...

Fiona Gilchrist packs up her life and moves to Provence to be reunited with her sisters. She takes up an opportunity to work with vet Christophe Brabant and feelings develop between the both of them.

"To amuse his house guests Sir Hubert Handsley devises a new form of the murder game. But when the lights go up there is a real corpse, with a real dagger in its back - and seven suspects have had ample time to concoct amusing alibis“--Provided by publisher.

"From famine-ravaged Ireland to the glittering goldfields of Australia and New Zealand comes the captivating true story of Julia Eichardt, a woman who defied every hardship life placed before her. Born into poverty and shaped by loss, Julia's fierce...

"In a world ravaged by pandemics and poisoned by acid rain, experimental pharmaceuticals are used to genetically engineer the population to adapt to the toxic atmosphere. However, unexpected results have created drug-dependent individuals and powerful...

"Steve Polson is the beleaguered owner/manager of a construction company in the town of Tumanako in the central North Island of New Zealand. His company, the major employer in the district, is battling a saboteur who is endangering the health of the community....

"Danger can hide in plain sight. After being injured while breaking up a gang fight in Auckland, Senior Constable Mitch Cramer temporarily transfers to New Zealand's subtropical north, hoping for a quieter pace. But just days before Christmas, things are far...

The Macintyre family has run a forestry business in Hawke's Bay for more than a quarter of a century, and their entire future is invested in their pine plantation. Things are looking rosy until Luke Macintyre has a bulldozer accident, and insurance issues mean...

"Ana Chaya Scotney (Ngai Tūhoe) delivers a joyful solo performance, which weaves together poetry, prose, movement, and sound, with the verbatim voices of whānau from Te Urewera, Pōneke, and Tāmaki Makaurau. Agnes takes us on a sprawling journey that mirrors...

"On the morning of her granddaughter's first day of school, DI Nyree Bradshaw receives a chilling call: there's been a double homicide on a private island in the Far North. One victim is the woman who inherited the island over her two brothers. The other...

"Robbie feels as though life is passing her by without any way to change it. Being confined to a wheelhair due to Spastic Cerebral Palsy, and having a speech impediment as a result, she feels unworthy, and overlooked. A tragic accident occurs, and Robbie...

"The Forgiveness Files is the third book in the series about Robbie Mount. On Thursday morning, Robbie learned about a family tragedy. On Friday, her family removed her from a very present danger. Then came Saturday. Robbie, the wheelchair detective, goes on...

"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...

"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...

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...

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...