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Scotland, 1849. The O'Donnell girls are driven from their Wicklow home by starvation and an Anglo-Irish landlord. After losing their father, the three sail to Glasgow with thousands of others in search of a new start.

After their father dies in a tragic accident, heiresses Evelyn, Georgia and Olivia Belle are left with a massive hole in their finances. With the world's media and National Crime Agency looking on, their family home, cars, and other assets are sold at auction, leaving the sisters penniless, homeless, and jobless. Shunned by their celebrity friends, the sisters must learn to fend for themselves for the first time in their lives.

Genevieve hates cruises, but Peter, her husband, has bought this one for her after the worst year of her life, and she couldn’t tell him she didn’t want to go. Still traumatized after a family tragedy, both of them have gone into hiding behind small talk and silence. A cruise is the last place where Genevieve could imagine making a friend, but when she meets Thomas, a morbidly obese man, she finds him easy to talk to. Thomas himself has a past—one which has poisoned the only relationship he cared about. By the end of the cruise, all of their lives will have changed.

Sixteen-year-old Alison Brennan’s mother, Bernadette, is an agoraphobic hoarder, and her father Harry seems to have no past. Struggling every day, Alison seeks the help of a school counsellor. When an old homeless man is found dead in a Melbourne park, Alison's life changes. Somehow, the man's death is connected to her family and the Polish Home Army. Fighting for her future, can Alison unravel the mystery of her family and the dead man, and find a way to place her trust in others again?

Life hasn’t been easy for Cady Caldwell, struggling first with her drug-addicted parents, then mistreated by the husband she though would be her savior. But there has always been one thing to keep her going: protecting her younger sisters and ensuring their lives are happy. Forced into hiding to escape her abusive marriage, Cady is shunted off to Garrison, Montana, to live with a paternal grandmother she doesn’t know…and doesn’t want to. It seems that those two sisters, and an equally determined grandmother, are hell-bent on looking after her...and getting her to live again.

Young Ephraim Goldman is the author of a perennial best seller. A celebrated academic lion, he hobnobs with the movers and shakers of his era, such as Einstein, Berenson, and Bertrand Russell. Ephraim's son Bernard is a young writer desperate to make his own reputation in the literary world. After a shrewd publisher hires Bernie to write his father’s biography, he stumbles across a startling photograph. As the mystery of his father slowly unfolds, Bernard has to come to terms with both the present and the future.

Born to a rich family, young Albornoz's father hopes he would pursue a military career. But to his disappointment, the boy displays more interest toward matters of the church, and in seeking understanding on what is right and wrong. Meanwhile, fisherman Edmond and his wife eke out a humble existence—until a surprising opportunity presents itself. Soon, their lives intertwine with unexpected consequences.

Famed Hampshire restaurant Marble's Marvels is struggling. Poor food, few customers. And competition with the Italian restaurant across the road is not helping. Kate and Aiden Marble are out of ideas. Aiden is still struggling to cope after a tragic accident split their village in half two years ago. Kate tries to hold everything together, knowing that unless things change soon, they will lose the restaurant. Out of the blue, a chef turns up and offers to cook them the best food they've ever tasted in exchange for a job as sous chef. Is there something magical about the new chef?

After the death of his twin brother, Catholic priest Rupert Brown gains guardianship of his 15-year-old niece, Neti. Burdened with grief and questioning his faith, Rupert tries to recreate a family home for Neti, made more difficult by the sudden return of her mother after a 10-year absence. When neuroscientist Athena Nevis invites him to take part in her research on heightened religious experiences, Rupert begins to question his life-long vocational choice of the priesthood. Soon, Athena and Rupert come face-to-face with their values, and spirituality.

Beneath a façade of palm trees and sunshine, homelessness and addiction are bubbling to the surface. It can be hard to shake the brands others place on you; Derek, currently homeless, knows this better than most. Meanwhile, 17-year-old Melissa has a new boyfriend. Her best friend hates his guts but won't say why. Melissa and Jess find themselves drawn into a battle for reconciliation between their friends. With their help, painful truths from the past stand a chance of release, and a family receives the gift of restoration.

A blackmail letter arrives at an inopportune moment, and the recipient’s name is blurred out. Who is the ruthless missive meant for? In the powerful sequel to Watching Glass Shatter, Olivia is the first to read the nasty threat. When the mysterious letter falls into the wrong hands, her sons try to figure out who’s seeking revenge on them. Across the span of eight hours, members of the Glass family contemplate whether to confess their hidden secrets, or find a way to bury them forever.

A Loafer’s Guide to Living is a story of disrupted lives during a search for the rarest of conditions: equilibrium. Bernard Goldman is the son of a famous father, and can’t get over it. His life is in shambles, as he gets grief from everyone and everything around him.

The second book in John Reinhard Dizon's Generations series tells the story of Teodulfo Dizon: a teenager from Bical, the San Pedro District of the Philippine Islands. Son of a decommissioned Spanish officer, Teodulfo works as a house boy in the US military sector and makes connections that change his future. He and his friends seize a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel to America, where they eventually find themselves in San Antonio, Texas. Soon, Teodulfo becomes a dynamic figure within the Filipino community as well as with the Mexicans. But will his dreams become legend?

On Christmas Eve 1969, a letter from Australia House, London, brings welcome news for newlyweds Anna and Joseph Fletcher. Young and idealistic, Anna falls passionately in love with their adopted land. Seven months later, an unexpected event causes their life to take a tragic turn. Years pass, and Anna retreats to a fictional world she has created. But when a different challenge presents itself, does she have the courage to take the risk...or will she take refuge in fantasy?

When Catherine Tedder’s husband dies suddenly in September 1822, she is left alone with two small girls, Margaret and Sarah. Accepting the proposal of James Blay Jr. sees her trapped in a marriage of convenience - for him. Struggling with the vagaries of her wayward husband, Catherine and the girls are forced to adapt to his tyranny. Moving them between Hobart and New Norfolk, James refuses to let the girls attend school. It's 1823, and Catherine's rights as a wife are limited.

Aria never imagined that she would find true happiness and love after living the life she had. She’d felt heartbreak, she’d fallen and feared, and she’d hid from the hell her life had become. But she also fought. She bled. She grew stronger and stood taller as the love of one man, the love of her life, stood beside her. His love had carried her through the worst of times, and the best, and she refused to let him go without a fight.

At the age of 21, Sydney Grey returns to her quaint hometown of Stoney Creek and begins renovations on her childhood farm. When she discovers a set of journals written by her mother - presumed to have abandoned her family 20 years ago - a long-hidden mystery is uncovered, leading Sydney to fear that her mother’s disappearance was the result of foul play.

After losing her husband, Janet Porter’s life in the wooded heights of Oregon's Willamette Valley has begun to settle down. Everything changes when her son Nate calls from Iraq with unsettling news. Returning home on a medical discharge, Nate doesn't want the accolades or service medals he's offered; he wants to be left alone.