AustLit

'Sometimes a girl just has to do what’s in her heart …

'By day Miles Franklin, named after the famous author, is a successful lawyer. But by night she writes historical romance novels under the pen name Emma Browning. When Miles’s assistant covertly enters her boss's novel in one of Australia’s biggest literary awards—and it wins—Miles’s perfectly ordered world is torn apart.

'Lars Kristensen smells a rat. As the CEO of Iconic International, the company publishing Miles’s prize-winning novel, he’s determined to meet the author and uncover her true identity.

'But Miles is equally determined to protect her privacy—and to keep writing—even if it means mastering pole dancing, and choreographing a love scene in the back of a horse-drawn carriage … Well, she is a romance writer, after all.

'Miles has the grit to keep her secret, but Lars has the smouldering looks and arrogance of any romantic hero she has ever imagined.

'Hmm. Sometimes a girl just has to turn the page …'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Everyone loves Charlotte Ahearn. She’s friendly, funny, smart and kind – and she’s a brilliant baker – so why has she moved to a country town where nobody wants to know her?

'Dunbarton doesn’t seem to get that Charlotte is just there doing her job – convincing the town that the local silver mine should be allowed to expand. If only a certain local farmer called Nick MacLeod didn’t have to make that task so much harder – and personal.

'But will that same Nick MacLeod eventually remember that the pair met briefly ten years before, and back then there was no resentment or hostility, only a burning possibility of something special … something perfect?' (Publication summary)

'Beth is an absolute wreck. She is certain that she has some kind of disease -- a fatal one, most likely. She is also very single and quite keen on her boss colleague, Dr Brendan Roberts. He seems to fancy her, too -- well, until The Morning After.

'Beth knows it's time to sort out her messy life, but she has no idea where to start. Enter Shane -- a slightly dishevelled forklift driver. He may not be suave or wealthy, but he does laugh at Beth's jokes and remember how she likes her coffee. Plus, the more they hang out, the healthier she feels.

'But when Shane suddenly cuts off all communication, Beth starts to think there's no such thing as The One, and she decides to stop being slapdash and move on. Only life is never that simple, and Beth must take a chance if she hopes to find the cure to her ills.

'Lovesick is a light-hearted romance about getting sick, getting better and taking risks.' (Publication summary)