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1 y separately published work icon The Implausible Story of Olive Far Far Away Tonya Alexandra , Sydney South : HarperCollins Australia , 2018 13519568 2018 single work novel young adult fantasy

'Forget gypsy curses and invisibility. Forget stupid boys who are supposed to be my true love and then dump me. I've got one mission now – fun.'

'Olive has been dumped by Tom, the one person who could see her. So she takes off to see the world with her best friend, determined to have fun despite the gypsy curse that renders her invisible.

'On the road, Olive makes the startling discovery that another boy can see her: Dillon, dark Irish trouble and irritatingly inclined to disappear on (possibly shady) adventures of his own.

'Olive must juggle her friends, untangle her feelings for the boys and try to defeat her own self–loathing. Entrenched in a world of magic and superstition, Olive's journey pulls her from the peaks of the Himalayas to the purr of New York City, climaxing on the stark Irish shore where, finally, Olive can be free.'

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1 y separately published work icon The Impossible Story of Olive in Love Tonya Alexandra , Chatswood : Harlequin Enterprises , 2017 11049958 2017 single work novel young adult romance fantasy

'"I get that I'm impossible. I get that I'm mad and rude – perhaps even a drama queen at times. But you'd be impossible if you lived my life ...You'd be impossible if you were invisible. Shakespeare was an idiot. Love is not blind. Love is being seen."

'Plagued by a gypsy curse that she'll be invisible to all but her true love, seventeen-year-old Olive is understandably bitter. Her mother is dead; her father has taken off. Her sister, Rose, is insufferably perfect. Her one friend, Felix, is blind and thinks she's making it all up for attention. Olive spends her days writing articles for her gossip column and stalking her childhood friend, Jordan, whom she had to abandon when she was ten because Jordan's parents would no longer tolerate an 'imaginary friend'. Nobody has seen her – until she meets Tom: the poster boy for normal and the absolute opposite of Olive.

'But how do you date a boy who doesn't know you're invisible? Worse still, what happens when Mr Right feels wrong? Has destiny screwed up? In typical Olive fashion, the course is set for destruction. And because we're talking Olive here, the ride is funny, passionate and way, way, way, way dramatic. This story is for anyone who's ever felt invisible. This story is for anyone who sees the possible in the impossible.' (Publication Summary)

1 Meet Tonya Alexandra Tonya Alexandra , 2014 single work interview
— Appears in: Reading Time , August 2014;
'Tonya Alexandra reveals how childhood shaped her novel Nymph, first book in the Love Oracles series…'
1 4 y separately published work icon Nymph Tonya Alexandra , Newtown : Walker Books Australia , 2014 6802081 2014 single work novel young adult fantasy

'Nymph is the first book in an exciting trilogy, The Love Oracles, by newcomer Tonya Alexandra. An idyllic Greek island. Obsessed demigods. A fallen nymph. A mortal boy. Merope, a beautiful but faded star nymph, is banished to Earth for displeasing the gods. She tries to fit in, go to school and live a normal “human” life. And then she meets Lukas … but relationships between men and goddesses are forbidden. Will their love grow? Or will Merope and Lukas feel the wrath of the gods?' (Publisher's blurb)

1 y separately published work icon The Love Oracles Tonya Alexandra , 2014 Newtown : Walker Books Australia , 2014 6802056 2014 series - author novel young adult fantasy
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