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House of flame and shadow / Sarah J. Maas.

Bryce Quinlan never expected to see a world other than Midgard, but now that she has, all she wants is to get back. Everything she loves is in Midgard: her family, her friends, her mate. Stranded in a strange new world, she is going to need all her wits about her to get home again. And that's no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust. Hunt Athalar has found himself in some deep holes in his life, but this one might be the deepest of all. After a few brief months with everything he ever wanted, he's in the Asteri's dungeons again, stripped of his freedom and without a clue as to Bryce's fate. He's desperate to help her, but until he can escape the Asteri's leash, his hands are quite literally tied.
Author: Maas, Sarah J.
Published: London, UK : Bloomsbury, 2024.
Published: ©2024
834 pages ; 24 cm
Crescent city ; 3.
1 reserve

Miles Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Science Fiction & Fantasy - MAA - Onloan - Due: 25 May 2024 - W00189883
Tara Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Science Fiction & Fantasy - MAA - Onloan - Due: 03 Jun 2024 - W00189882

The Lawson legacy / Janet Gover.

"Kayla Lawson believes nothing is good unless it's perfect. This search for perfection has made her a successful high-end wedding planner. But all that comes crashing down when Kayla discovers she's pregnant. She retreats to the sanctuary of Willowbrook Stud to consider this imperfect future as a single mother. Connor Knight has never known perfection. A kid from the wrong side of the tracks and a motorcycle gang member, he's no stranger to trouble with the law. But he's trying to leave that past behind. By giving a run-down pub in Scone a new lease on life, he's hoping to rebuild his own. At Willowbrook, Kayla is reunited with her childhood best friend. Jen and her two kids have come to stay while her husband is awaiting trial for a crime he didn't commit. While struggling to decide her future, Kayla is suddenly exposed to what motherhood really looks like. When she meets Connor there's instant chemistry between them that can't be denied. But with her plans in tatters around her, is there any way to make the pieces fit? Or are the obstacles in front of them insurmountable?"--Back cover.
Author: Gover, Janet
First Australian paperback edition.
Published: Sydney, NSW : HQ Fiction, 2024.
Published: ©2024
311 pages ; 24 cm

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Heart of the river / Cheryl Adnams.

As floodwaters rise, can their love bring a fractured community together? Mildura, Northern Victoria - 1956. Isabel Hayward has ambitions of being a great chef. But cooking for the locals at the country pub she and her mother run doesn't really allow for experimenting with haute cuisine. When she meets local Italian farmer Matteo Sorrenti, their connection is instant and intense - much to the displeasure of Ross Burrows, one of the region's wealthiest sons, who has been keen on Isabel since they were kids. Isabel and Matteo's blossoming relationship has challenges to overcome: their cultural differences, prejudice, Ross' jealousy, and the worst flood in Australia's history. As the Murray River rises to its peak, threatening the Sorrentis' farm and the Haywards' pub, secrets are revealed that show Matteo, Isabel and Ross are inextricably linked by their fathers' wartime experiences. Will the secrets their fathers kept threaten Isabel and Matteo's relationship? Or can their love break down the remnants of prejudice left behind by the war?
Author: Adnams, Cheryl
First Australian paperback edition.
Published: Sydney, NSW : HQ Fiction, 2024.
Published: ©2024
327 pages ; 24 cm

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Love, just in : a novel / Natalie Murray.

Sydney TV news reporter Josephine "Josie" Larsen is approaching 30 and coming dangerously close to failing at life. Lost in a vortex of other people's career milestones, engagement parties, and baby showers, Josie is perennially single, abandoned by her globetrotting family, and invisible to her boss - except for the one time he tuned in while she was mid-panic attack on live TV. As a punishment, Josie is shipped off to cover another reporter's six-month leave at a regional bureau in Newcastle. But Josie has more waiting for her in Newcastle than yawn-inducing stories about bicycle lane protests. The city is also the domain of Zac Jameson - her best friend since high school. This should be a happy turn of events, but Zac has barely spoken to Josie for the past two years. Not since his fiancée tragically died in his arms in a car accident and he left Sydney to try and cope with his grief. Now thrown back into each other's lives, Josie and Zac have to navigate their neglected friendship and secret attraction to each other while struggling with their careers and mental health.
Author: Murray, Natalie
Published: Cammeraygal Country ; Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2024.
Published: ©2023
458 pages ; 20 cm
1 reserve

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Fangirl down : a novel / Tessa Bailey.

"Once golf's fastest rising star, Wells Whitaker's career craters before his eyes, despite the ongoing support of a beautiful redhead who always cheers him on from the sidelines, who he eventually invites to be his new caddy"-- Provided by publisher.
Author: Bailey, Tessa
First edition.
Published: New York, NY : Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]
Published: ©2024
369 pages ; 21 cm

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Not here to make friends / Jodi McAlister.

"Reality TV producer Murray O'Connell is the showrunner for reality dating show Marry Me, Juliet, and that means he's the boss: he controls the cast, the crew and the story. Until Lily Fireball turns up. Lily is everything viewers love to watch: she's feisty, dramatic, and never backs down from a fight. Her villain narrative should be easy to pull off, but Murray keeps getting in her way. Because before she was Lily Fireball, she was Lily Ong - Murray's best friend, and he's determined to stop her blowing up her life on television. As the season unfolds, Lily and Murray go head to head. Lily just wants to have some fun with her role, and Murray just wants to film the show he planned. Why won't she listen to him? And why can't Murray focus on the job, instead of the woman he thought was just a friend?" -- Back cover.
Author: McAlister, Jodi
Published: Cammeray, NSW : Simon & Schuster Australia, 2024.
Published: ©2024
390 pages ; 20 cm.
Marry Me, Juliet ; 3.

Miles Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Romance - MACA - Available - W00189753

The chocolate factory / Mary-Lou Stephens.

It's 1921, and after years of working for Cadbury's at Bournville, Dorothy Adwell is on her way to a new adventure in the colonies, helping to establish the Firm's new Australian factory. A promotion and a fresh start are just what she needs after the horrors of the Great War and the loss of her beloved husband. During the long sea voyage, she meets Thomas and is immediately drawn to him. The war has left Thomas damaged, both mentally and emotionally, and Dorothy vows to help him - if only he will let her. Maisie Greenwood is the oldest daughter of a war widow, living on a pittance in the Hobart suburb of Glebe. Her mother's health is failing, and with two younger siblings depending on her the security of a job at the brand-new Cadbury's factory is a godsend. With Dorothy's mentorship and her budding romance with fellow worker Frank, life begins to look a little sweeter. Cadbury's competitors have one goal: to steal the recipe for Dairy Milk, the most popular chocolate in the world. But the recipe is kept in a vault and the few who know it are legally bound to never divulge its secret. When chocolate spies target the new factory, Dorothy and Maisie become caught up in their plot. Can they protect the recipe, help those they love and fulfil their own dreams? A tangled web of ambition and intrigue melts into a tale as delicious and rich as chocolate.
Author: Stephens, Mary-Lou
First Australian paperback edition.
Published: Sydney, NSW : HQ Fiction, 2024.
Published: ©2024
432 pages ; 24 cm

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Snowy Mountains dawn / Alissa Callen.

Horsewoman Brenna Lancaster has no time for relationships. Unless a man looks good on a horse and lets her call the shots, she isn't interested. She'd rather wear a dress and heels than give someone else power over her life. Finance guru Wyatt Killian is a self-made man who has left the train wreck of his childhood behind. There is zero room in his workaholic world for downtime and distractions, let alone emotions or country girls. When Wyatt's corporate horse-riding retreat is led by a woman determined to unplug him from his urban life, it isn't just his laser focus that becomes compromised. Being in a saddle unlocks a part of himself that he'd long ago discarded. In a rare moment of nostalgia, he prolongs his stay in the high country. After Brenna becomes mired in a family secret that involves a historic feud and bushrangers, she has no choice but to involve Wyatt in the search for answers. But as Wyatt's past collides with his future, and the only home Brenna has known comes under threat, both must decide what they need to let go of and what is worth fighting for.
Author: Callen, Alissa
Published: [Sydney, NSW] : HQ Fiction, 2024.
Published: ©2024
356 pages ; 24 cm.
Bundilla series ; 4.
7 reserves

11 copies

Emily Wilde's map of the Otherlands : a novel / Heather Fawcett.

Emily Wilde is a genius scholar of faerie folklore, and has catalogued many secrets of the Hidden Folk in her encyclopaedia with her infuriatingly charming fellow scholar, Wendell Bambleby, by her side. But Bambleby is more than just a brilliant and unbearably handsome scholar. He's an exiled faerie king on the run from his murderous mother, in search of a door back to his realm. By lucky happenstance, Emily's new project, a map of the realms of faerie, will take them on an adventure to the picturesque Austrian Alps, where Emily believes they may find the door to Bambleby's realm, and the key to freeing him from his family's dark plans. But with new friendships for the prickly Emily to navigate and dangerous Folk lurking in every forest and hollow, Emily must unravel the mysterious workings of faerie doors, and of her own heart.
Author: Fawcett, Heather (Heather M.)
Published: London : Orbit, 2024.
Published: ©2024
352 pages ; 24 cm.
Emily Wilde ; 2.

Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Science Fiction & Fantasy - FAW - Onloan - Due: 04 Mar 2024 - Long overdue (Set: 27 Apr 2024) - W00189762

The Blue Gum Camp / Léonie Kelsall.

When the very sensible Charity meets the 'sworn-off-women-forever' Lachlan on a wild weekend at a bachelor and spinsters' ball, what could possibly go wrong - or is there a chance it could all go impossibly, incredibly right? Charity Farrugia is too sensible to believe she'll find love in a paddock. After all, at thirty-four, she's the one with the secure career and the mortgage. The one who took on the job of raising her two sisters when Mum got sick. Everyone knows she's the practical one. The responsible one. Yeah, the boring one. But it would be neither safe nor prudent to let Faith and Hope spend a weekend in the country without her, would it? Lachlan MacKenzie doesn't believe in all that once-burned stuff. He might be divorced, but his cheating ex is no grounds for him to swear off women. No, he has a far better motive. A secret that his brother, Hamish, and their increasingly distant father share. A reason that could cost him his livelihood. But Mum would have wanted him to keep an eye out for Hamish, so he reluctantly allows himself to be dragged to the local B&S. Charity has no intention of allowing her chaperone duties to be side-tracked by any local yokel. But meeting the intriguing farmer - who seems as reluctant as her to be at the B&S - might be an opportunity to prove to her sisters that she does have a wild side after all. But will she discover that what happens in the country sometimes refuses to stay in the country?
Author: Kelsall, Léonie
Published: Cammeraygal Country ; Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2024.
Published: ©2024
419 pages ; 24 cm

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Upside down / Danielle Steel.

Radiant at sixty-two, she is the epitome of glamour and a highly respected artist. But her success has come at a price: She has a strained relationship with her daughter, Morgan, who at thirty-eight still blames Ardith for putting her career before being a mother. Morgan is a successful plastic surgeon in New York City--and the distance from Ardith's Bel Air mansion is not lost on either of them. Ardith became a single mother when Morgan was seven, after her unfaithful husband died in a helicopter accident. In recent years, she has found amiable companionship with fellow actor Bill West. But Ardith's comfortable world is turned upside down when she hires a temporary personal assistant, Josh Gray, while Bill is away filming in London. Josh's rough-around-the-edges persona is the opposite of what Ardith is used to, but an unexpected tragedy brings them closer, stirring up conflicting feelings in her for this younger man. In New York, Morgan is swept off her feet by world-renowned TV anchorman Ben Ryan. Though more than two decades her senior, Ben is handsome, charismatic, and just as smitten as Morgan. But when a blackmail scheme puts his career--and their relationship--on the line, Morgan doesn't know where to turn. Perhaps . . . to her mother? As each woman navigates an unconventional romance, they cautiously approach each other on new terms and attempt to put aside their past for a new future. In Upside Down, Danielle Steel tells an unforgettable story of bold choices, second chances, and the hope of reconciliation.
Author: Steel, Danielle
Published: London : Macmillan, 2024.
Published: ©2024
302 pages ; 24 cm

Chinchilla Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Romance - STE - Onloan - Due: 11 May 2024 - W00189697
Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Romance - STE - Onloan - Due: 01 Jun 2024 - W00189695
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The Italian marriage / Jenna Lo Bianco.

The time has come. In order to secure the future of his family estate and fix his broken relationship with his father, workaholic lawyer Matthew D'Adamo needs a wife. Enter Sarah Browne, a free-spirited event manager, who is looking for an escape from the emotional and physical toll of her endometriosis, and the incessant buzzer of her biological clock. With an ironclad prenuptial agreement, Matthew and his 'wife', Sarah, are moving to Florence to fulfil the D'Adamo inheritance clause. There are just two problems. One: they've never met. Two: there's another claimant on the D'Adamo estate. Matthew and the other potential heir will have to compete for the inheritance. 'Faking it' from their first meeting at Sydney airport, Matthew and Sarah's resolve will be tested at every turn. Will they have what it takes? And who said anything about love?
Author: Bianco, Jenna Lo
Published: Sydney, New South Wales : Macmillan, Pan Macmillan Australia, 2024.
Published: ©2024
ix, 357 pages ; 24 cm

Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Romance - BIA - Available - W00189708
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The wedding of the year / Jill Mansell.

It's set to be a perfect day - until the chauffeur is asked to keep driving the bride around the church. This wedding definitely isn't going as planned. Lottie is a guest at the wedding when she sees Max. No kiss has ever matched the last one they shared fifteen years ago. They were on the brink of a beautiful love story, until a shocking event tore them apart. Now here he is, still ridiculously good-looking, teasing Lottie in the old way - and that overwhelming electric attraction is back. But Max is way out of bounds. Isla owes Cameron everything. But she doesn't love him. Which is a shame, because they're about to be married. Ruby has been the perfect wife. When she discovers the truth about her husband, her response is reckless and delicious. But after that, nothing will ever be the same again.
Author: Mansell, Jill
Published: London : Headline Review, 2024.
Published: ©2024
372 pages : map ; 24 cm

Chinchilla Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Romance - MAN - Available - W00189940
Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Romance - MAN - Onloan - Due: 17 May 2024 - W00189941

Bride / Ali Hazelwood.

A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into. Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast-again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold an historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres and their mortal enemies, the Weres, and sees little choice but to surrender herself in the exchange. Again. Weres are ruthless and unpredictable, and their Alpha, Lowe Moreland, is no exception. He rules his pack with absolute authority, but not without justice. And, unlike the Vampyre Council, not without feeling. It's clear from the way he tracks Misery's every movement that he doesn't trust her. If only he knew how right he was. Because Misery has her own reasons to agree to this marriage of convenience, reasons that have nothing to do with politics or alliances, and everything to do with the only thing she's ever cared about. And she is willing to do whatever it takes to get back what's hers, even if it means a life alone in Were territory . . . alone with the wolf.
Author: Hazelwood, Ali
Published: London : Sphere, 2024.
Published: ©2024
399 pages ; 20 cm

Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Romance - HAZ - Onloan - Due: 27 May 2024 - W00197530

Girl abroad / Elle Kennedy.

When nineteen-year-old Abbey Bly gets the opportunity to study abroad for a year in London, it's the perfect chance to finally slip out from under the thumb of her beloved but overbearing retired rock star father. She's ready to be free, to discover herself - but first off, to meet the girls she's rooming with. That is, until she arrives at her gorgeous new flat to discover those roommates are actually all boys. Charming, funny, insufferably attractive boys. And off-limits, with a rule against fraternising between housemates after unwanted drama with the previous girl. Abbey has never considered herself a rulebreaker. But soon, she's lying to her father about her living situation and falling for not one, but two men she can't have: her rugby-player roommate and a broody musician with a girlfriend. Not to mention, her research for school has gotten her tangled in a deeply hidden scandal of a high nobility family, surrounding her in secrets on all sides. If there's any hope of Abbey finding love, answers, or a future in London, she'll have to decide which rules - and hearts - might be worth breaking.
Author: Kennedy, Elle
Published: London : Piatkus, 2024.
Published: ©2024
425 pages ; 20 cm

Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Romance - KEN - Onloan - Due: 13 May 2024 - W00197493

Always remember / Mary Balogh.

Lady Jennifer Arden and Ben Ellis know that a match between them is out of the question. Yet their hearts yearn for the impossible. A match between them is out of the question. Left unable to walk by a childhood illness, Lady Jennifer, sister of the Duke of Wilby, has made a happy place for herself in society - even if she cannot dance at balls or stroll in Hyde Park. She is blessed with a loving, protective family, but secretly dreams of marriage, children, walking - and dancing. When Ben Ellis comes across Lady Jennifer as she struggles to walk with the aid of primitive crutches, he understands her yearning. He never saw a practical problem he did not have to solve, and he wants to help her discover her independence. But as the illegitimate son of the late Earl of Stratton he must be careful, for although raised with the earl's family, he knows he does not really belong in the world of the ton. Jennifer is shocked - and intrigued - by Ben's ideas, and both families are alarmed by the growing friendship and perhaps more that they sense developing. A duke's sister certainly cannot marry the illegitimate son of an earl. Except sometimes, love can find a way.
Author: Balogh, Mary
Published: London : Piatkus, 2024.
Published: ©2024
359 pages : genealogical table ; 20 cm.
Ravenswood novel ; 3.

Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Romance - BAL - Available - W00189984

The last days of Lilah Goodluck / Kylie Scott.

"When Lilah Goodluck saves a woman's life as they're crossing a busy L.A. street, the last thing she expects is five unwanted predictions as a reward. Who gives someone the winning lotto numbers then tells them they've only got a week to live? And who believes in that nonsense anyway? But when three of her predictions come true within twenty-four hours, Lilah's disbelief just turns to mild panic. She's further horrified when she nearly runs a car off the road that belongs to Alistair Lennox, who just happens to be the illegitimate son of the British king. While Alistair is intrigued by her preposterous story, Lilah is adamant about resisting the heat between her and the playboy prince. If she denies he's her soulmate, then the last prediction can't come true, right? As the days count down, they become maybe friends . . . and they maybe more. But between the relentless paparazzi and some disapproving royals, finding time for love isn't easy, especially when her days may be numbered"-- Provided by publisher.
Author: Scott, Kylie
Published: London : Piatkus, 2024.
Published: ©2024
296 pages ; 20 cm

Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Romance - SCO - Available - W00197489

The other Bridget / Rachael Johns.

Named after a famous fictional character, librarian Bridget Jones was raised on a remote cattle station, with only her mother's romance novels for company. Now living alone in Fremantle, Bridget is a hopeless romantic. She also believes that anyone who doesn't like reading just hasn't met the right book yet, and that connecting books to their readers is her superpower. If only her love life was that easy. When handsome Italian barista Fabio progresses from flirting with love hearts on her coffee foam to joining the book club she runs at her library, Bridget prays her romance 'curse' won't ruin things. But it's the attention of her cranky neighbour Sully that seems to be the major obstacle in her life. Why is he going to so much effort to get under her skin? With the help of her close friends and the colourful characters who frequent her library, Bridget decides to put both men to the test by finding just the right books to capture their very different hearts. She soon discovers that not all romances start with a meet-cute, but they might just end in happily ever after.
Author: Johns, Rachael
Published: [Southbank, VIC] : Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2024.
Published: ©2024
490 pages ; 24 cm
8 reserves

11 copies

Island in the sun / Katie Fforde.

When Cass is asked by her father to take on an unusual photography project in the Caribbean Island of Dominica, she really can't see a reason to say no. But the remote island has just been hit by a severe hurricane, leaving destruction in its wake. Cass is travelling with Ranulph who is searching for the rare stone carvings her father wants her to photograph. Their hunt leads Cass down a path of bravery and self-discovery, and she soon falls for Ranulph, who has been by her side every step of the way. But does he feel the same way about her?
Author: Fforde, Katie
Published: London : Century, 2024.
Published: ©2024
371 pages ; 24 cm

Chinchilla Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Romance - FFO - Available - W00197522
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The night island / Jayne Ann Krentz.

Talia March, Pallas Llewellyn, and Amelia Rivers, bonded by a night none of them can remember, are dedicated to uncovering the mystery of what really happened to them months ago--an experience that amplified innate psychic abilities in each of them. The women suspect they were test subjects years earlier, and that there are more people like them--all they have to do is find the list of others who took that same test. When Talia follows up on a lead from Phoebe, a fan of the trio's podcast, she discovers that the informant has vanished. Talia isn't the only one looking for Phoebe, however. Luke Rand, a hunted and haunted man who is chasing the same list that Talia is after, also shows up at the meeting place. It's clear he has his own agenda, and they are instantly suspicious of each other. But when a killer begins to stalk them, they realise they have to join forces to find Phoebe and the list. The rocky investigation leads Talia and Luke to a rustic, remote retreat on Night Island in the Pacific Northwest, where the Unplugged Experience promises to rejuvenate guests. Upon their arrival, Talia and Luke discover they are quite literally cut off from the outside world when none of their high-tech devices work on the island. It soon becomes clear that Phoebe is not the first person to disappear into the strange gardens that surround the Unplugged Experience retreat. And then the first mysterious death occurs.
Author: Krentz, Jayne Ann
Published: London : Piatkus, 2024.
Published: ©2024
309 pages ; 24 cm.
Lost night files trilogy ; 2.

Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - KRE - Onloan - Due: 24 May 2024 - W00189736

All that we are together / Alice Kellen ; [translated from Spanish by A. Nathan West].

"Three years without seeing him. Three years without Axel. How do you move on from a broken heart? Three years have passed since Axel Nguyen shattered Leah Jones' heart into a million pieces, and Leah has spent every moment of those three years distracting herself from the devastation. She tries to move on with Landon, a guy she meets in college, but she can only truly escape thoughts of Axel when she's painting. At least one good thing has come out of all of it: her dream of exhibiting her work is finally coming true. Axel is achingly aware every day of how much he misses Leah. The moment he learns about Leah's exhibit, Axel can't think about anything else but to go see her. Being in the same room with Leah, as beautiful and magnetic as he remembers, leaves Axel desperate and Leah breathless in his presence. He offers to be her agent; she accepts. One work trip to Paris later leaves Leah and Axel full of pent-up attraction and wondering if their whirlwind romance is a forever kind of love or if it's better off left in the past."-- Provided by publisher.
Author: Kellen, Alice, 1989-
Published: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Casablanca, [2024]
Published: ©2024
468 pages ; 22 cm.
Let it be ; 2.

Chinchilla Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Romance - KEL - Available - W00189825

Bloodstream / Emilee Carter.

Life in the fast lane is not quite what Faith Jenson expected. After a job offer from the CEO of the World Endurance Championship, Faith's world is flipped upside down. Within weeks, she finds herself leaving her tiny London flat behind for an open-ended trip around the world. As the new social media manager for Revolution Racing, Faith is ready to finally get her drivers in front of the world. With their easy charm and gorgeous looks it's going to be easy. Well, that's what she thought. Julien Moretz is the obstacle she never saw coming. The renowned World Champion hates social media and is determined to thwart Faith's plans. But for Jules, Faith is more than just an annoying co-worker he's desperate to avoid. The chemistry between them is undeniable, but if they give in to temptation they may just bring the racing world down with them.
Author: Carter, Emilee
Published: London : Penguin Books, 2024.
Published: ©2024
345 pages ; 20 cm

Chinchilla Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Romance - CAR - Available - W00189742
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Rootbound / Tarah DeWitt.

Tait Logan is proud of the life she's built for herself. Despite her world-shattering divorce, not having any genuine connections with other humans apart from her sister Ava, and the fact that the remainder of her family is estranged from her life, she's happy... happy-adjacent, at least. She's rebuilt herself through her photography; her dream career, the one thing she does still have. When that career contracts her to do an assignment on her estranged family's home, Logan Range-a now famous ranch functioning as the setting for a popular TV show-she's left with no choice but to agree. It's only a six-week assignment, after all. She has no plans to set down roots, or get to know the family that, seemingly, has had no interest in a relationship with her since her parents' divorce when she was seven. Henry Marcum is a cowboy who has dedicated his life to the Logan family and to their ranch. He owes them for raising him, rescuing him, and giving him purpose... He also owes them for every hardship he's inadvertently brought their way. So, when Tait Logan shows up after 20 years of near total silence, he takes it upon himself to protect the people he knows and loves. It's a rocky start when Tait and Henry first collide; he is naturally wary of her intentions, and she is more than perturbed by their literal collision - which results in her broken camera, during her first night on location, no less. But as the pair get to know each other better, they're thrown off balance time and time again by their growing feelings, and by the story of the Logan family as it becomes increasingly less clear from their perspectives.
Author: DeWitt, Tarah
Published: London : Piatkus, 2024.
Published: ©2021
xii, 304 pages ; 20 cm

Chinchilla Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Romance - DEW - Onloan - Due: 10 May 2024 - W00189853
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The co-op / Tarah DeWitt.

LaRynn Lavigne and Deacon Leeds had one short and contentious summer fling when they were teens-certainly nothing to build a foundation on. But a decade later, when their grandmothers have left them with shared ownership of their dilapidated Santa Cruz building, they're thrust back together and have to figure out how to brace up the pieces. LaRynn has the money, but in order to access her trust, she has to be married. Deacon has the construction expertise, but lacks the funds. A deal is struck: Marry for however long it takes to fix up the property, collect a profit, and cut ties. Thrust into a home without walls, LaRynn and Deacon quickly learn that it's easy to hide behind emotional ones, even in a marriage. But with all the exposure and pitfalls that come with living with the opposite sex (and none of the perks, much to their growing mutual frustration) they'll also have to learn what it means to truly cooperate as a team.
Author: DeWitt, Tarah
Published: London : Piatkus, 2024.
Published: ©2022
xv, 283 pages ; 20 cm

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Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Romance - DEW - Onloan - Due: 20 May 2024 - W00197611

The next big thing / James Colley.

This is a heartwarming, hilarious and quintessentially Australian debut about young love, small towns and underdogs overcoming the odds. . NORM has lived in Norman his whole life. It's where he grew up with his dad, where he went to school and met his best friend Ella. But the town is dying: the river has dried up, and with it all the jobs. One night at the pub, on the anniversary of his dad's death, Norm announces a plan. He's going to build a Big Thing - like Coffs Harbour's Big Banana or Ballina's Big Prawn - to drive tourism to the town and give it a future. And to show Ella that she could have a future here too, maybe even with him. ELLA, meanwhile, plans to leave Norman for the big smoke. She's tired of being a big fish in a small pond, especially when that pond is running out of water. Ella encourages Norm's big idea nonetheless. If it works, Norm will have a four-metre-high reminder of her. And if not, at least they'll have one last perfect summer together. Will Norm from Norman build a Big Thing in time to save his town, and to convince the girl of his dreams she belongs here too - or is it too late?
Author: Colley, James
Published: North Sydney, NSW : Pantera Press, 2024.
Published: ©2024
308 pages ; 24 cm

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Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - COL - Onloan - Due: 29 May 2024 - W00189849

The man of her dreams / Sarra Manning.

Meet Theo. Handsome, sexy, funny. kind. And he can cook. He is literally the man of Esme's dreams. But Esme's sensible enough to know that you cannott just manifest your perfect boyfriend then have him turn up on your doorstep. Or can you?
Author: Manning, Sarra
Published: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2024.
Published: ©2024
360 pages ; 24 cm

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A quantum love story : a novel / Mike Chen.

"Grieving her best friend's recent death, neuroscientist Mariana Pineda's ready to give up everything to start anew. Even her career--after one last week consulting at a top-secret particle accelerator. Except the strangest thing happens: a man stops her...and claims they've met before. Carter Cho knows who she is, why she's mourning, why she's there. And he needs Mariana to remember everything he's saying. But just as they figure out this new life, everything changes. Because Carter's memories of the time loop are slowly disappearing. And their only chance at happiness is breaking out of the loop--forever"-- Provided by publisher.
Author: Chen, Mike
Published: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Mira, [2024]
Published: ©2024
358 pages ; 21 cm

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Greta & Valdin / Rebecca K Reilly.

"Siblings Greta and Valdin have, perhaps, too much in common. They're flatmates, beholden to the same near-unpronounceable surname, and both make questionable choices when it comes to love. Valdin is in love with his ex-boyfriend Xabi, who left the country because he thought he was making Valdin sad. Greta is in love with fellow English tutor Holly, who appears to be using her for admin support. But perhaps all is not lost. Valdin is coming to realize that he might not be so unlovable, and Greta, that she might be worth more than the papers she can mark. Helping the siblings navigate queerness, multiracial identity, and the tendency of their love interests to flee, is the Vladisavljevic family: Maori-Russian-Catalonian, and as passionate as they are eccentric."-- Provided by publisher.
Author: Reilly, Rebecca K.
Published: London : Hutchinson Heinemann, 2024.
Published: ©2021
323 pages ; 23 cm

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Ruthless vows / Rebecca Ross.

Two weeks have passed since Iris Winnow returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over. Roman is missing, and the city of Oath continues to dwell in a state of disbelief and ignorance. When Iris and Attie are given another chance to report on Dacre's movements, they both take the opportunity and head westward once more despite the danger, knowing it's only a matter of time before the conflict reaches a city that's unprepared and fracturing beneath the chancellor's reign. Since waking below in Dacre's realm, Roman cannot remember his past. But given the reassurance that his memories will return in time, Roman begins to write articles for Dacre, uncertain of his place in the greater scheme of the war. When a strange letter arrives by wardrobe door, Roman is first suspicious, then intrigued. As he strikes up a correspondence with his mysterious pen pal, Roman will soon have to make a decision: to stand with Dacre or betray the god who healed him. And as the days grow darker, inevitably drawing Roman and Iris closer together...the two of them will risk their very hearts and futures to change the tides of the war.
Author: Ross, Rebecca (Rebecca J.)
Published: London : Magpie, 2024.
Published: ©2024
ix, 420 pages ; 24 cm.
Letters of enchantment ; 2.

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Expiration dates / Rebecca Serle.

Daphne believes the universe has a plan for her. Every time she meets a new man, she receives a slip of paper with his name and a number on it - the exact amount of time they will be together. The papers told her she'd spend three days with Martin in Paris; five weeks with Noah in San Francisco; and three months with Hugo, her ex-boyfriend turned best friend. Daphne has been receiving the numbered papers for over twenty years, always wondering when there might be one without an expiration. Finally, the night of a blind date at her favourite Los Angeles restaurant, there's only a name: Jake. But as Jake and Daphne's story unfolds, Daphne finds herself doubting the paper's prediction, and wrestling with what it means to be both committed and truthful. Because Daphne knows things Jake doesn't, information that - if he found out - would break his heart. Told with her signature warmth and insight into matters of the heart, Rebecca Serle has finally set her sights on romantic love. The result is a gripping, emotional, passionate, and (yes) heartbreaking novel about what it means to be single, what it means to find love, and ultimately how we define each of them for ourselves. Expiration Dates is the one fans have been waiting for.
Author: Serle, Rebecca
Published: London : Quercus, 2024.
Published: ©2024
256 pages ; 24 cm

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