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All rights reserved. https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=373866&CF=BIB <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Wainwright, Holly<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Pan Macmillan Australia.<br /><br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - WAIN - Available - 010341673<br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - WAIN - Onloan - Due: 25 May 2024 - 010223115<br />Hampton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - WAIN - Available - 010223139<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=535166&CF=BIB It is 1921 and at Cassowary House in the Straits Settlements of Penang, Robert Hamlyn is a well-to-do lawyer and his steely wife Lesley a society hostess. Their lives are invigorated when Willie, an old friend of Robert's, comes to stay. Willie Somerset Maugham is one of the greatest writers of his day. But he is beleaguered by an unhappy marriage, ill-health and business interests that have gone badly awry. He is also struggling to write. The more Lesley's friendship with Willie grows, the more clearly she see him as he is - a man who has no choice but to mask his true self. As Willie prepares to leave and face his demons, Lesley confides secrets of her own, including how she came to know the charismatic Dr Sun Yat Sen, a revolutionary fighting to overthrow the imperial dynasty of China. And more scandalous still, she reveals her connection to the case of an Englishwoman charged with murder in the Kuala Lumpur courts - a tragedy drawn from fact, and worthy of fiction. It is 1921 and at Cassowary House in the Straits Settlements of Penang, Robert Hamlyn is a well-to-do lawyer and his steely wife Lesley a society hostess. Their lives are invigorated when Willie, an old friend of Robert's, comes to stay. Willie Somerset Maugham is one of the greatest writers of his day. But he is beleaguered by an unhappy marriage, ill-health and business interests that have gone badly awry. He is also struggling to write. The more Lesley's friendship with Willie grows, the more clearly she see him as he is - a man who has no choice but to mask his true self. As Willie prepares to leave and face his demons, Lesley confides secrets of her own, including how she came to know the charismatic Dr Sun Yat Sen, a revolutionary fighting to overthrow the imperial dynasty of China. And more scandalous still, she reveals her connection to the case of an Englishwoman charged with murder in the Kuala Lumpur courts - a tragedy drawn from fact, and worthy of fiction.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Tan, Twan Eng, 1972-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Edinburgh : Canongate Books, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />313 pages ; 20 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">7 reserves</span><br /><br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - TAN - Onloan - Due: 16 Jun 2024 - 010725060<br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - TAN - On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 16 May 2024) - 010917380<br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - TAN - Onloan - Due: 02 Jun 2024 - 010725015<br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - TAN - In-transit from Brighton Library to Beaumaris Library (Set: 20 May 2024) - 011022762<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=540412&CF=BIB "Left unable to walk by a childhood illness, Lady Jennifer, sister of the Duke of Wilby, has grown up to make a happy place for herself in society. Outgoing and cheerful, she has many friends and enjoys the pleasures of high society-even if she cannot dance at balls or stroll in Hyde Park. She is blessed with a large, loving, and protective family. But she secretly dreams of marriage and children, and of walking - and dancing. When Ben Ellis comes across Lady Jennifer as she struggles to walk with the aid of primitive crutches, he instantly understands her yearning. He is a fixer. It is often said of him that he never saw a practical problem he did not have to solve. He wants to help her discover independence and motion-driving a carriage, swimming, even walking a different way. But he must be careful. He is the bastard son of the late Earl of Stratton. Though he was 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 between the two. A duke's sister certainly cannot marry the bastard son of an earl. Except sometimes, love can find a way"-- Provided by publisher. "Left unable to walk by a childhood illness, Lady Jennifer, sister of the Duke of Wilby, has grown up to make a happy place for herself in society. Outgoing and cheerful, she has many friends and enjoys the pleasures of high society-even if she cannot dance at balls or stroll in Hyde Park. She is blessed with a large, loving, and protective family. But she secretly dreams of marriage and children, and of walking - and dancing. When Ben Ellis comes across Lady Jennifer as she struggles to walk with the aid of primitive crutches, he instantly understands her yearning. He is a fixer. It is often said of him that he never saw a practical problem he did not have to solve. He wants to help her discover independence and motion-driving a carriage, swimming, even walking a different way. But he must be careful. He is the bastard son of the late Earl of Stratton. Though he was 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 between the two. A duke's sister certainly cannot marry the bastard son of an earl. Except sometimes, love can find a way"-- Provided by publisher.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Balogh, Mary<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>New York : Berkley, [2024]<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />359 pages : genealogical table ; 24 cm.<br />Ravenswood novel ; 3.<br /><br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - BALO - Available - 010982234<br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - BALO - Available - 010977445<br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - BALO - Onloan - Due: 04 Jun 2024 - 010977452<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - BALO - Onloan - Due: 22 Jun 2024 - 010977438<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=546412&CF=BIB "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's 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. In this sexy, breathtaking sequel to the #1 bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath, Sarah J. Maas's Crescent City series reaches new heights as Bryce and Hunt's world is brought to the brink of collapse-with its future resting on their shoulders"-- "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's 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. In this sexy, breathtaking sequel to the #1 bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath, Sarah J. Maas's Crescent City series reaches new heights as Bryce and Hunt's world is brought to the brink of collapse-with its future resting on their shoulders"--<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Maas, Sarah J.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.<br />Crescent city ; 3<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">14 reserves</span><br /><br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - On order<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - 813.00 - On order<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - 813.00 - On order<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - 813.00 - On order<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=545658&CF=BIB In the small town of Los Lobos, California, three women join a local indie bookstore's summer book club-devoted entirely to romance novels-and become life-long friends as they navigate the messiness of motherhood, second chances and becoming the person you've always wanted to be. In the small town of Los Lobos, California, three women join a local indie bookstore's summer book club-devoted entirely to romance novels-and become life-long friends as they navigate the messiness of motherhood, second chances and becoming the person you've always wanted to be.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Mallery, Susan<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Toronto, Ontario : Canary Street Press, [2024]<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />400 pages ; 24 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">6 reserves</span><br /><br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - MALL - In-transit from Beaumaris Library to Sandringham Library (Set: 20 May 2024) - 010976820<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - MALL - On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 10 May 2024) - 011018390<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=546788&CF=BIB Joyce Carol Oates assembles an outstanding cast of authorsincluding Margaret Atwood, Tananarive Due, and Megan Abbottto explore, subvert, and reinvent one of the most vital subgenres of horror. Joyce Carol Oates assembles an outstanding cast of authorsincluding Margaret Atwood, Tananarive Due, and Megan Abbottto explore, subvert, and reinvent one of the most vital subgenres of horror.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Oates, Joyce Carol<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>New York, USA : Akashic Books, 2024.<br />266 p. 20 cm.<br /><br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - On order<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=547437&CF=BIB The third and final companion novel to The Break and The Strangers opens on the day Cedar Sage Stranger has been both dreading and longing for has finally come: her sister Phoenix is getting out of prison. a poignant and unwavering epic told from a constellation of Métis voices that consider the fallout when the person who connects them all goes missing The concept was simple. You sit a bunch of people in a circle--everyone who hurt, everyone who got hurt, all affected--and let them share. Some people, it helped them heal, for sure. Others went in angry and left a different kind of angry. Learned how the blame belonged on the system, the history, the colonizer, the big things that were harder to change than one bad person. The day that Cedar Sage Stranger has been both dreading and longing for has finally her sister Phoenix is getting out of prison. The effect of Phoenix's release cascades through the community. M, the young girl whom she assaulted, is triggered by the news. Her mother, Paulina, is worried and her cousin is angry--all feel the threat of Phoenix's release. When Phoenix is seen lingering outside the school to catch a glimpse of her son, Sparrow, the police get a call to file a report--but the next thing they know, she has disappeared. Amid accusations and plots for revenge, past grievances become a poor guide in a moment of danger, and the clumsy armature of law enforcement is no match for the community. Cedar and her and Phoenix's mother, Elsie, continue down different paths of healing, while everyone in their lives form a circle around the chaos, the calm within the storm, and the beauty in the darkness. The third and final companion novel to The Break and The Strangers opens on the day Cedar Sage Stranger has been both dreading and longing for has finally come: her sister Phoenix is getting out of prison. a poignant and unwavering epic told from a constellation of Métis voices that consider the fallout when the person who connects them all goes missing The concept was simple. You sit a bunch of people in a circle--everyone who hurt, everyone who got hurt, all affected--and let them share. Some people, it helped them heal, for sure. Others went in angry and left a different kind of angry. Learned how the blame belonged on the system, the history, the colonizer, the big things that were harder to change than one bad person. The day that Cedar Sage Stranger has been both dreading and longing for has finally her sister Phoenix is getting out of prison. The effect of Phoenix's release cascades through the community. M, the young girl whom she assaulted, is triggered by the news. Her mother, Paulina, is worried and her cousin is angry--all feel the threat of Phoenix's release. When Phoenix is seen lingering outside the school to catch a glimpse of her son, Sparrow, the police get a call to file a report--but the next thing they know, she has disappeared. Amid accusations and plots for revenge, past grievances become a poor guide in a moment of danger, and the clumsy armature of law enforcement is no match for the community. Cedar and her and Phoenix's mother, Elsie, continue down different paths of healing, while everyone in their lives form a circle around the chaos, the calm within the storm, and the beauty in the darkness.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Vermette, Katherena, 1977-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>St Lucia, Qld : University of Queensland Press, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />252 pages ; 20 cm.<br />Stranger family ; 3.<br /><br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - VERM - Onloan - Due: 12 Jun 2024 - 010978497<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=547629&CF=BIB How well do you ever really know your husband? And how did Libby - a thoroughly decent straighty one-eighty who's never even had a speeding ticket - end up with Ludo? Loyal country girl Libby Popovic lives a golden life with her confident financier husband Ludo and their two children, Harrison and Ana. When Ludo is jailed for financial fraud, and her friends and family lose tens of thousands of dollars as a result, Libby feels agonisingly complicit for hosting the final investor pitch in their home. Matters go from atrocious to worse when her possessions and home are repossessed, Libby is sacked and a priceless family heirloom is wrecked. While camping out at the rural goat farm where she was raised, she's forced to re-evaluate her life choices. A warm, funny and outrageously unfair novel about deception, financial fraud and goat's cheese, and the possibility of starting your life all over again when everything goes south of the border. How well do you ever really know your husband? And how did Libby - a thoroughly decent straighty one-eighty who's never even had a speeding ticket - end up with Ludo? Loyal country girl Libby Popovic lives a golden life with her confident financier husband Ludo and their two children, Harrison and Ana. When Ludo is jailed for financial fraud, and her friends and family lose tens of thousands of dollars as a result, Libby feels agonisingly complicit for hosting the final investor pitch in their home. Matters go from atrocious to worse when her possessions and home are repossessed, Libby is sacked and a priceless family heirloom is wrecked. While camping out at the rural goat farm where she was raised, she's forced to re-evaluate her life choices. A warm, funny and outrageously unfair novel about deception, financial fraud and goat's cheese, and the possibility of starting your life all over again when everything goes south of the border.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Foster, Liz<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Boon Wurrung Country ; South Melbourne, VIC : Affirm Press, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />312 pages ; 24 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2 reserves</span><br /><br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - FOST - Onloan - Due: 30 May 2024 - 010991458<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=548393&CF=BIB Cyrus Haven and Evie Cormac return in Robothams latest psychological thriller, which finally unlocks the secrets of Evies past and reaffirms why Stephen King has proclaimed this author an absolute master.The mystery of Evie Cormacs background has followed her into adulthood. Cyrus Haven and Evie Cormac return in Robothams latest psychological thriller, which finally unlocks the secrets of Evies past and reaffirms why Stephen King has proclaimed this author an absolute master.The mystery of Evie Cormacs background has followed her into adulthood.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Robotham, Michael<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>New York, USA : Scribner, 2024.<br />352 p. 23 cm.<br />Cyrus Haven, 4<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">27 reserves</span><br /><br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - On order<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - On order<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - On order<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - On order<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - A823.00 - On order<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=548446&CF=BIB It's a blazing summer when two men arrive in the village. They're coming for gold. What they bring is trouble. Cal Hooper was a Chicago detective, till he moved to the West of Ireland looking for peace. He's found it, more or less -- in his relationship with local woman Lena, and the bond he's formed with half-wild teenager Trey. So when two men turn up with a money-making scheme to find gold in the townland, Cal gets ready to do whatever it takes to protect Trey. Because one of the men is no stranger: he's Trey's father. But Trey doesn't want protecting. What she wants is revenge. Crackling with tension and slow-burn suspense, The Hunter explores what we'll do for our loved ones, what we'll do for revenge, and what we sacrifice when the two collide. It's a blazing summer when two men arrive in the village. They're coming for gold. What they bring is trouble. Cal Hooper was a Chicago detective, till he moved to the West of Ireland looking for peace. He's found it, more or less -- in his relationship with local woman Lena, and the bond he's formed with half-wild teenager Trey. So when two men turn up with a money-making scheme to find gold in the townland, Cal gets ready to do whatever it takes to protect Trey. Because one of the men is no stranger: he's Trey's father. But Trey doesn't want protecting. What she wants is revenge. Crackling with tension and slow-burn suspense, The Hunter explores what we'll do for our loved ones, what we'll do for revenge, and what we sacrifice when the two collide.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>French, Tana<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[London] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />409 pages ; 24 cm.<br />Cal Hooper ; 2.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">20 reserves</span><br /><br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Crime - FREN - Onloan - Due: 15 Jun 2024 - 011004249<br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Crime - FREN - Onloan - Due: 21 May 2024 - 010999560<br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Crime - FREN - Onloan - Due: 24 May 2024 - 010999546<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Crime - FREN - Onloan - Due: 17 Jun 2024 - 010999553<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - 823.00 - On order<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=548731&CF=BIB When Mona Ramsey married Lord Teddy Roughton to secure his visa-allowing him to remain in San Francisco to fulfil his wildest dreams-she never imagined she would, by age 48, be the sole owner of Easley House, a romantic country manor in the UK. Now, with her adopted son, Wilfred, Mona has opened Easley's doors to paying guests to keep her inherited English manor afloat. As they welcome a married American couple to Easley, Mona and Wilfred discover their new guests' terrible secret. Instead of focussing on the imminent arrival of old friend Michael Tolliver and matriarch Anna Madrigal, Mona will need to use her considerable charm, willpower and wiles to set things right before Easley's historic Midsummer ceremony. Hurdling barriers both social and sexual, Maupin leads the eccentric tenants of Barbary Lane through heartbreak and triumph, through nail-biting terrors and gleeful coincidences in 1980s San Francisco and beyond. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers. When Mona Ramsey married Lord Teddy Roughton to secure his visa-allowing him to remain in San Francisco to fulfil his wildest dreams-she never imagined she would, by age 48, be the sole owner of Easley House, a romantic country manor in the UK. Now, with her adopted son, Wilfred, Mona has opened Easley's doors to paying guests to keep her inherited English manor afloat. As they welcome a married American couple to Easley, Mona and Wilfred discover their new guests' terrible secret. Instead of focussing on the imminent arrival of old friend Michael Tolliver and matriarch Anna Madrigal, Mona will need to use her considerable charm, willpower and wiles to set things right before Easley's historic Midsummer ceremony. Hurdling barriers both social and sexual, Maupin leads the eccentric tenants of Barbary Lane through heartbreak and triumph, through nail-biting terrors and gleeful coincidences in 1980s San Francisco and beyond. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Maupin, Armistead<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Doubleday, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />235 pages ; 24 cm.<br />Tales of the city series ; 10.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">15 reserves</span><br /><br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - MAUP - On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 09 May 2024) - 010988694<br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - MAUP - In-transit from Brighton Library to Sandringham Library (Set: 19 May 2024) - 011021208<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - MAUP - Onloan - Due: 11 Jun 2024 - 011021185<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - MAUP - On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 07 May 2024) - 011021161<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=548768&CF=BIB It is 1941, and Antwerp is in the grip of Nazi occupation. Wilfried Wils, novice policeman and frustrated writer, has no intention of being a hero. He just wants to keep his head down; to pretend the fear and violence around him aren't happening. But war has a way of catching up with people. When his idealistic best friend draws him into the growing resistance movement, and an SS commander tries to force him into betraying his fellow policemen, Wilfried's loyalties become horribly, fatally torn. Should he comply, or fight back? As the beatings, destruction and round-ups intensify across the city, he is forced into an act that will shatter his life and, years later, have consequences he could never have imagined. A searing portrayal of a man trying to survive amid the treachery, compromises and moral darkness of occupation, Will asks what any of us would do to stay alive. It is 1941, and Antwerp is in the grip of Nazi occupation. Wilfried Wils, novice policeman and frustrated writer, has no intention of being a hero. He just wants to keep his head down; to pretend the fear and violence around him aren't happening. But war has a way of catching up with people. When his idealistic best friend draws him into the growing resistance movement, and an SS commander tries to force him into betraying his fellow policemen, Wilfried's loyalties become horribly, fatally torn. Should he comply, or fight back? As the beatings, destruction and round-ups intensify across the city, he is forced into an act that will shatter his life and, years later, have consequences he could never have imagined. A searing portrayal of a man trying to survive amid the treachery, compromises and moral darkness of occupation, Will asks what any of us would do to stay alive.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Olyslaegers, Jeroen<br />Film/TV tie-in edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London, UK : : Pushkin Press, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2019<br />349 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - OLYS - Available - 010980919<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=548773&CF=BIB 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? 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?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Kelsall, Léonie<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Cammeraygal Country ; Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />419 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - KELS - Available - 010915980<br />Hampton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - KELS - Onloan - Due: 11 Jun 2024 - 010915973<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=549024&CF=BIB 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. 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.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Steel, Danielle<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Macmillan, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />302 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - STEE - Onloan - Due: 12 Jun 2024 - 010984115<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - STEE - Onloan - Due: 03 Jun 2024 - 010984139<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - STEE - Onloan - Due: 14 Jun 2024 - 010984122<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - STEE - Onloan - Due: 24 May 2024 - 010984108<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=549027&CF=BIB 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? 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?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Bianco, Jenna Lo<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sydney, New South Wales : Macmillan, Pan Macmillan Australia, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />ix, 357 pages ; 24 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">10 reserves</span><br /><br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - BIAN - Onloan - Due: 15 Jun 2024 - 010916345<br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - BIAN - Onloan - Due: 12 Jun 2024 - 011005659<br />Hampton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - BIAN - On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 16 May 2024) - 011005642<br />Hampton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - BIAN - Onloan - Due: 04 Jun 2024 - 011005680<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=549038&CF=BIB A captivating literary journey that delves into the intertwined lives of a town, its people, and a region shaped by revolution and war. The war broke out and she decided to call her dad. Weeks and weeks they do not speak, and the weeks become months and then they are so many years. She imagines herself starting this story. She imagines how she will tell this story later to someone else. We hadn't spoken for years but then the war broke out... As conflict plays out across an unnamed region, its inhabitants deal with the fallout. Families are torn apart and brought together. A divide grows between those on either side of the war, compromises are struck as the toll of violence impacts near and far. We learn about those who are left behind and those who choose to leave in a great scattering. As the stories of those affected play out, they weave together to show the whole of a society in the most extreme of circumstances. Even after the last shot is fired, their world will never recover. From the acclaimed author of The House of Youssef, Australiana and The Lovers comes a powerful new novel that asks again if it's possible to ever measure the personal cost of war. A captivating literary journey that delves into the intertwined lives of a town, its people, and a region shaped by revolution and war. The war broke out and she decided to call her dad. Weeks and weeks they do not speak, and the weeks become months and then they are so many years. She imagines herself starting this story. She imagines how she will tell this story later to someone else. We hadn't spoken for years but then the war broke out... As conflict plays out across an unnamed region, its inhabitants deal with the fallout. Families are torn apart and brought together. A divide grows between those on either side of the war, compromises are struck as the toll of violence impacts near and far. We learn about those who are left behind and those who choose to leave in a great scattering. As the stories of those affected play out, they weave together to show the whole of a society in the most extreme of circumstances. Even after the last shot is fired, their world will never recover. From the acclaimed author of The House of Youssef, Australiana and The Lovers comes a powerful new novel that asks again if it's possible to ever measure the personal cost of war.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Kassab, Yumna<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Gadigal Country ; Ultimo, NSW : Ultimo Press, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />258 pages ; 24 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - KASS - On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 20 May 2024) - 010984696<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=549039&CF=BIB "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. "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.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Gover, Janet<br />First Australian paperback edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sydney, NSW : HQ Fiction, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />311 pages ; 24 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Average rating: </span><span style="vertical-align: middle;"><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-blankstar.gif" alt="☆" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-blankstar.gif" alt="☆" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-blankstar.gif" alt="☆" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-blankstar.gif" alt="☆" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-blankstar.gif" alt="☆" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-blankstar.gif" alt="☆" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-blankstar.gif" alt="☆" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-blankstar.gif" alt="☆" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-blankstar.gif" alt="☆" /></span> (1 review)<br /><br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - GOVE - Onloan - Due: 03 Jun 2024 - 010984566<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=549040&CF=BIB 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? 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?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Adnams, Cheryl<br />First Australian paperback edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sydney, NSW : HQ Fiction, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />327 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - ADNA - Onloan - Due: 07 Jun 2024 - 010984511<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=549046&CF=BIB When a violent brawl erupts at a suburban junior soccer game, some onlookers are shocked. But others saw it coming. Rivalry, parental pressure, coaching bias, inequity, and many other factors have played a part in turning Saturday mornings into a pressure cooker. Thirteen-year-old Audrey is a talented young football player. But does she want to play for Australia or does she just want to please her father, Ben, whose own thwarted sporting career looms large in his ambitions for his daughter? Audrey's mother, Jonica, doesn't know whether to be more concerned about her anxious daughter, her overbearing husband, or the only other girl on the team, Katerina, who is causing trouble on and off the field. And Katerina's mother, Carmen, is so busy looking for opportunities to give Katerina more game time that she fails to notice what is really capturing her daughter's attention. When Griffin, a naturally gifted player with spectacular skills, arrives, the tension within the team reaches boiling point. But who is going to crack first - the parents or the players? When a violent brawl erupts at a suburban junior soccer game, some onlookers are shocked. But others saw it coming. Rivalry, parental pressure, coaching bias, inequity, and many other factors have played a part in turning Saturday mornings into a pressure cooker. Thirteen-year-old Audrey is a talented young football player. But does she want to play for Australia or does she just want to please her father, Ben, whose own thwarted sporting career looms large in his ambitions for his daughter? Audrey's mother, Jonica, doesn't know whether to be more concerned about her anxious daughter, her overbearing husband, or the only other girl on the team, Katerina, who is causing trouble on and off the field. And Katerina's mother, Carmen, is so busy looking for opportunities to give Katerina more game time that she fails to notice what is really capturing her daughter's attention. When Griffin, a naturally gifted player with spectacular skills, arrives, the tension within the team reaches boiling point. But who is going to crack first - the parents or the players?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Viggers, Karen<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Cammeraygal Country ; Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />343 pages ; 24 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">8 reserves</span><br /><br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - VIGG - On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 07 May 2024) - 010916000<br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - VIGG - Onloan - Due: 08 Jun 2024 - 010994756<br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - VIGG - Onloan - Due: 28 May 2024 - 010994732<br />Hampton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - VIGG - Onloan - Due: 08 Jun 2024 - 011004256<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - VIGG - On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 13 May 2024) - 010994749<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=549493&CF=BIB 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. 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.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Murray, Natalie<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Cammeraygal Country ; Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />458 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - MURR - Available - 010915959<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=549495&CF=BIB "It's 1997 in Melbourne, Australia, and Mark Ward is struggling to make sense of the world following the sudden death of his mother. His father, Dylan, had abandoned him and his mother when Mark was still a child, and Mark has always believed he died in a car accident shortly afterwards. For most of his life, he has carried an unjustifiable sense of guilt about his father's absence, overlaid with memories of him as a cruel and unloving man. Clearing out his mother's house, a bereft, rapidly deteriorating Mark is shocked to discover a collection of letters written to her by Dylan -- some of which postdate his supposed death. Discussing life and love, fears and dreams, set against the backdrop of his bohemian travels across the United States, Dylan's letters become beacons for Mark, who sees in them a final chance to achieve closure, as well as his own redemption. With a burning suspicion that Dylan may still be out there, Mark decides to retrace the journey taken by his estranged father twenty years earlier ... Alone in a foreign land, the search for peace soon becomes a battle with loneliness, addiction and nihilism as Mark begins to see in himself reflections of the father he grew up resenting." -- Back cover. "It's 1997 in Melbourne, Australia, and Mark Ward is struggling to make sense of the world following the sudden death of his mother. His father, Dylan, had abandoned him and his mother when Mark was still a child, and Mark has always believed he died in a car accident shortly afterwards. For most of his life, he has carried an unjustifiable sense of guilt about his father's absence, overlaid with memories of him as a cruel and unloving man. Clearing out his mother's house, a bereft, rapidly deteriorating Mark is shocked to discover a collection of letters written to her by Dylan -- some of which postdate his supposed death. Discussing life and love, fears and dreams, set against the backdrop of his bohemian travels across the United States, Dylan's letters become beacons for Mark, who sees in them a final chance to achieve closure, as well as his own redemption. With a burning suspicion that Dylan may still be out there, Mark decides to retrace the journey taken by his estranged father twenty years earlier ... Alone in a foreign land, the search for peace soon becomes a battle with loneliness, addiction and nihilism as Mark begins to see in himself reflections of the father he grew up resenting." -- Back cover.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Murphy, Liam<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sydney, NSW : Echo Publishing, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />357 pages, 24 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Average rating: </span><span style="vertical-align: middle;"><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-blankstar.gif" alt="☆" /></span> (1 review)<br /><br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - MURP - Onloan - Due: 29 May 2024 - 010916222<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=549575&CF=BIB 2008. The house Maxine and Seb have just bought was a bargain - a huge Georgian townhouse on the edge of Peckham Rye, it needs a lot of work but Max couldn't resist it. Now they are in, though, nothing seems to be going right - and as the problems mount up, Max starts to doubt her relationship as well as her decision. Is Seb all he seems to be? And why are the neighbours so evasive about the house's previous owner? 1994. Cookie and his parents have been forced by his dad's gambling debts to move into the attic room of a big old house, as lodgers. Tensions run high between them and their elderly landlady, and there's something odd about the place that Cookie can't quite put his finger on... 1843. Horatio built this house for his beloved wife, who then died in mysterious circumstances. After a second death on the premises, both his servants and the locals are starting to talk. Horatio's grief is tinged with shame and guilt. What is he hiding? And will the house ever be free of his legacy? 2008. The house Maxine and Seb have just bought was a bargain - a huge Georgian townhouse on the edge of Peckham Rye, it needs a lot of work but Max couldn't resist it. Now they are in, though, nothing seems to be going right - and as the problems mount up, Max starts to doubt her relationship as well as her decision. Is Seb all he seems to be? And why are the neighbours so evasive about the house's previous owner? 1994. Cookie and his parents have been forced by his dad's gambling debts to move into the attic room of a big old house, as lodgers. Tensions run high between them and their elderly landlady, and there's something odd about the place that Cookie can't quite put his finger on... 1843. Horatio built this house for his beloved wife, who then died in mysterious circumstances. After a second death on the premises, both his servants and the locals are starting to talk. Horatio's grief is tinged with shame and guilt. What is he hiding? And will the house ever be free of his legacy?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Allott, Susan<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : The Borough Press, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />330 pages ; 24 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">4 reserves</span><br /><br />Hampton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - ALLO - In-transit from RFID Self Issues Hampton to Hampton Library (Set: 20 May 2024) - 010977254<br />Hampton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - ALLO - Onloan - Due: 06 Jun 2024 - 010999041<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=549638&CF=BIB "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. "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.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Bailey, Tessa<br />First edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>New York, NY : Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />369 pages ; 21 cm<br /><br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - BAIL - Available - 010994183<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - BAIL - Onloan - Due: 30 May 2024 - 010994213<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=549658&CF=BIB "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. "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.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>McAlister, Jodi<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Cammeray, NSW : Simon & Schuster Australia, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />390 pages ; 20 cm.<br />Marry Me, Juliet ; 3.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">4 reserves</span><br /><br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - MACA - Onloan - Due: 24 May 2024 - 010998907<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=549664&CF=BIB 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. 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.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Stephens, Mary-Lou<br />First Australian paperback edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sydney, NSW : HQ Fiction, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />432 pages ; 24 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">9 reserves</span><br /><br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - STEP - Onloan - Due: 12 Jun 2024 - 010977124<br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - STEP - Onloan - Due: 11 Jun 2024 - 010999089<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - STEP - Onloan - Due: 14 Jun 2024 - 011003501<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - A823.00 - On order<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=549665&CF=BIB 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. 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.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Callen, Alissa<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Sydney, NSW] : HQ Fiction, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />356 pages ; 24 cm.<br />Bundilla series ; 4.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Average rating: </span><span style="vertical-align: middle;"><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://bayside.spydus.com/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /></span> (1 review)<br /><br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - CALL - Available - 010978909<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=549672&CF=BIB Reenter a world where the celestial and earthly realms merge, where immortal and mortal lines blur, and experience love, sacrifice, hope, and adventure. Now together in one place, these fantastical stories are set in the enriched world of The Celestial Kingdom Duology - filled with magic, adventure, and friendship. With stories that take place before and after the two novels, this collection includes the tales of Chang'e, the Moon Goddess, and Houyi, the Sun Warrior, from special editions, as well as a never-before-read epilogue to the duology, another story of Chang'e and Houyi, and stories from both Liwei and Wenzhi's perspective. More, each story will be illustrated, illuminating the text and adding richness to Sue Lynn Tan's wonderful prose. Reenter a world where the celestial and earthly realms merge, where immortal and mortal lines blur, and experience love, sacrifice, hope, and adventure. Now together in one place, these fantastical stories are set in the enriched world of The Celestial Kingdom Duology - filled with magic, adventure, and friendship. With stories that take place before and after the two novels, this collection includes the tales of Chang'e, the Moon Goddess, and Houyi, the Sun Warrior, from special editions, as well as a never-before-read epilogue to the duology, another story of Chang'e and Houyi, and stories from both Liwei and Wenzhi's perspective. More, each story will be illustrated, illuminating the text and adding richness to Sue Lynn Tan's wonderful prose.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Tan, Sue Lynn<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HarperVoyager, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />xv, 153 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm<br /><br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - TAN - Onloan - Due: 11 Jun 2024 - 010977148<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=549849&CF=BIB "'Women can be heroes, too'. When twenty-year-old nursing student, Frances "Frankie" McGrath, hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on California's idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different path for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurses Corps and follows his path. As green and inexperienced as the young men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is overwhelmed by the chaos and destruction of war, as well as the unexpected trauma of coming home to a changed America. Frankie will also discover the true value of female friendship and the heartbreak that love can cause"-- Provided by publisher. "'Women can be heroes, too'. When twenty-year-old nursing student, Frances "Frankie" McGrath, hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on California's idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different path for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurses Corps and follows his path. As green and inexperienced as the young men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is overwhelmed by the chaos and destruction of war, as well as the unexpected trauma of coming home to a changed America. Frankie will also discover the true value of female friendship and the heartbreak that love can cause"-- Provided by publisher.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hannah, Kristin<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Macmillan, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />471 pages ; 24 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">58 reserves</span><br /><br />15 copies <br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=549871&CF=BIB Malaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantara's family is in terrible danger: her fifteen-year-old son, Abel, has disappeared, and her youngest daughter, Jasmin, is confined in a basement to prevent being pressed into service at the comfort stations. Her eldest daughter Jujube, who works at a tea house frequented by drunk Japanese soldiers, becomes angrier by the day. Cecily knows two things: that this is all her fault; and that her family must never learn the truth. A decade prior, Cecily had been desperate to be more than a housewife to a low-level bureaucrat in British-colonised Malaya. A chance meeting with the charismatic General Fuijwara lured her into a life of espionage, pursuing dreams of an "Asia for Asians." Instead, Cecily helped usher in an even more brutal occupation by the Japanese. Ten years later as the war reaches its apex, her actions have caught up with her. Now her family is on the brink of destruction--and she will do anything to save them. Spanning years of pain and triumph, told from the perspectives of four unforgettable characters, The Storm We Made is a dazzling saga about the horrors of war; the fraught relationships between the colonized and their oppressors, and the ambiguity of right and wrong when survival is at stake. Malaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantara's family is in terrible danger: her fifteen-year-old son, Abel, has disappeared, and her youngest daughter, Jasmin, is confined in a basement to prevent being pressed into service at the comfort stations. Her eldest daughter Jujube, who works at a tea house frequented by drunk Japanese soldiers, becomes angrier by the day. Cecily knows two things: that this is all her fault; and that her family must never learn the truth. A decade prior, Cecily had been desperate to be more than a housewife to a low-level bureaucrat in British-colonised Malaya. A chance meeting with the charismatic General Fuijwara lured her into a life of espionage, pursuing dreams of an "Asia for Asians." Instead, Cecily helped usher in an even more brutal occupation by the Japanese. Ten years later as the war reaches its apex, her actions have caught up with her. Now her family is on the brink of destruction--and she will do anything to save them. Spanning years of pain and triumph, told from the perspectives of four unforgettable characters, The Storm We Made is a dazzling saga about the horrors of war; the fraught relationships between the colonized and their oppressors, and the ambiguity of right and wrong when survival is at stake.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Chan, Vanessa (Novelist)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />339 pages : map ; 24 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">12 reserves</span><br /><br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - CHAN - On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 12 May 2024) - 010984573<br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - CHAN - On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 17 May 2024) - 011020201<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - CHAN - Onloan - Due: 13 Jun 2024 - 011021222<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=549874&CF=BIB Her life is so full, so why is she hungry? For Piglet - an unshakable childhood nickname - getting married is her opportunitt to reinvent. Together, Kit and Piglet are the picture of domestic bliss - effortless hosts, planning a covetable wedding ... But if a life looks too good to be true, it probably is. Thirteen days before they are due to be married, Kit reveals an awful truth, cracking the façade Piglet has created. It has the power to strip her of the life she has so carefully built, so smugly shared. To do something about it would be to self-destruct. But what will it cost her to do nothing? As the hours count down to their wedding, Piglet is torn between a growing appetite and the desire to follow the recipe, follow the rules. Surely, with her husband, she could be herself again. Wouldn't it be a waste for everything to curdle now? Her life is so full, so why is she hungry? For Piglet - an unshakable childhood nickname - getting married is her opportunitt to reinvent. Together, Kit and Piglet are the picture of domestic bliss - effortless hosts, planning a covetable wedding ... But if a life looks too good to be true, it probably is. Thirteen days before they are due to be married, Kit reveals an awful truth, cracking the façade Piglet has created. It has the power to strip her of the life she has so carefully built, so smugly shared. To do something about it would be to self-destruct. But what will it cost her to do nothing? As the hours count down to their wedding, Piglet is torn between a growing appetite and the desire to follow the recipe, follow the rules. Surely, with her husband, she could be herself again. Wouldn't it be a waste for everything to curdle now?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hazell, Lottie, 1993-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Random House UK, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />285 pages ; 24 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">3 reserves</span><br /><br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - HAZE - Onloan - Due: 16 Jun 2024 - 010988151<br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - HAZE - Onloan - Due: 25 May 2024 - 010978510<br />