Recent Books

A selection of our latest published books. All copyright belongs to the individual Authors.



I came to reset my life. He came to catch a wave. Neither of us expected to fall in love.

I don’t do spontaneous. My entire life has been a checklist of promotions, perfectly curated plans, and proving I’m good enough to deserve my place at the top. So when my boss orders me on a forced sabbatical to a wellness retreat in sunny Noosa, Australia, I’m determined to treat it like another project to complete—and nothing more.Then I meet Kian Hurley. Surf instructor. Sunshine in human form. A man who lives by the tides, not a calendar. He’s chaos I can’t control, temptation I can’t afford, and the exact reason I came here to reset my priorities in the first place. But the more time we spend together, the more I wonder if maybe some rules are meant to be rewritten.Turns out the biggest risk isn’t falling for the wrong person. It’s daring to believe you might finally be free.



Released 2025

She has a list. He checks none of the boxes. Unfortunately for her, he might be perfect anyway.

Harper Weston doesn’t believe in leaving things to chance. As the COO of a rising startup, her entire life runs on spreadsheets, schedules, and carefully curated plans—including her love life. After too many failed relationships, she’s created The List: stable career, responsible, future-parent material. No exceptions.Nate Callahan is every exception. A charming travel photographer with a motorcycle, a passport full of stamps, and absolutely zero interest in corporate ladder climbing, he’s the exact kind of chaos Harper swore off. But when work throws them together on a high-stakes project in the middle of nowhere, Harper can’t ignore the growing pull between them—or how easy it feels to let her guard down when he’s around.She’s looking for someone safe. He’s willing to risk everything. And some rules are made to be broken.A slow-burn, opposites-attract romance about control, vulnerability, and the terrifying possibility that the wrong guy might be exactly who you need.

Tropes:

  • He falls first
  • Grumpy/sunshine (gender-flipped)
  • Opposites attract
  • Slow burn
  • Emotional angst
  • Workplace adjacent romance
  • Travel photographer MMC
  • Corporate, ambitious FMC


Released 2025

A coming-of-age novella about identity, art, and becoming.

From the bedroom floor of her childhood home in Melbourne to the galleries of London, Maya Huang has always seen theworld through the eyes of an artist—even when no one else seemed to understand. In a family driven by tradition andacademic achievement, Maya quietly nurtures her creative fire, sketching dreams in secret and chasing meaning throughcolour, light, and form.

As she navigates adolescence, cultural expectations, and the confusing terrain of identity, Maya begins to realise that her truth doesn’t fit into society’s neat categories. Through friendships, mentorships, and her evolving art, she uncoversnot only her place in the world but also who she truly is—and who she’s meant to become.

Spanning years of quiet rebellion, quiet longing, and powerful transformation, Maya’s Journey is a heartfelt exploration ofcreativity, her inner self, and the bravery it takes to build a life that is wholly her own.

Tropes:

  • Coming-of-Age / Self-Discovery
  • Career vs. Family Expectations
  • Love Triangle / Workplace Rivalry
  • Underdog
  • Mentor Figure


Released 2025

I swore I’d never work for Miles Fletcher. So, of course, he’s my new boss.

Three years ago, I read an interview that shattered me. A senior editor at one of the most prestigious publishing houses, Miles Fletcher, claimed that only people with raw talent would ever make it. That hard work could make you competent, but never great. I’d never met him, but I hated him.

Now I’m the newest assistant at Blackthorn Publishing, and thanks to a last-minute reassignment, I’m working for the man who represents everything I’ve fought against. He’s brilliant. Intimidating. Impossible to please. But he’s also sharp-eyed, maddeningly perceptive, and when he starts giving me real editorial work instead of busywork, I don’t know whether to be grateful or suspicious.

Because Miles Fletcher looks at my writing like it matters. Like I might matter. And if he’s right, if there’s something in me worth seeing, then I’ll have to let go of the story I’ve been telling myself for years: that I’ll never be good enough to belong here.

A slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance about ambition, anxiety, and the terrifying possibility that your biggest critic might be your fiercest believer.

Tropes:

  • Grumpy editor x anxious assistant
  • Enemies-to-lovers
  • Slow burn
  • Workplace romance
  • Power imbalance (handled with care)
  • Secret identity / hidden author twist
  • Professional jealousy meets creative admiration
  • Creative partnership romance
  • Emotional vulnerability
  • Career growth arc
  • He falls first (and hard)
  • "I was going to tell you" betrayal moment
  • Full-circle professional payoff epilogue


Released 2025

I’ve spent my whole life trying to prove I’m more than someone’s daughter, someone’s mistake, someone’s secret.

This was supposed to be a clean slate. A gallery installation, a rebirth in steel and spray paint. I’ve clawed my way out of my parents’ shadow, built something of my own, and for the first time, the art world is finally looking at me. Not Jaxon O’Connor’s kid. Not the girl who ran. Just...Riley.But Melbourne doesn’t let you outrun your ghosts. Not when they show up in high heels and a wedding ring, calling you “darling” like nothing ever happened. Sophie was the wildfire I never stopped craving. She was also the one who lit the match and walked away. And now she wants back in—just long enough to ruin me all over again.

She already took everything once. I won’t let her take me again.

Genre:literary/character-driven contemporary fiction

A character-driven contemporary novel about identity, betrayal, and reclaiming agency through art, set against the backdrop of Melbourne’s vibrant creative scene. Ideal for fans of emotionally rich fiction with flawed heroines and no guaranteed happy endings.

Tropes:

  • Coming of Age (in adulthood)
  • Art as a metaphor
  • Found Family
  • Breaking the cycle
  • Toxic Ex
  • Unresolved feelings
  • Betrayal by former lover
  • The Ex Returns


Released 2025

This is the second standalone novella in the He Falls First series: a grumpy/sunshine, slow-burn romantic comedy featuring a snake-loving STEM girl and the reclusive billionaire next door.

I’m just here to feed the snakes, not fall for the billionaire next door.

When I accept a week-long reptile-sitting gig in a mansion outside L.A., I expect peace, quiet, and maybe a few too many heat lamps.

I don’t expect him.

Eli Ward is reclusive, obscenely rich, and very much not a snake guy. He’s also tall, intense, unexpectedly kind—and the last person I should be thinking about when I’m supposed to be preparing for the biggest presentation of my life.

But between the late-night practice sessions, the shared slices of pizza, and the near-kisses that leave me reeling, I start to wonder if he's not as cold-blooded as he seems.

Because some things coil around your heart before you even know they’re there.And falling for someone like him?Might be the most terrifying thing of all.

Tropes:

  • He falls first
  • Grumpy/Sunshine Romance
  • Nerd Girl
  • STEM Girl Romance
  • Slow-burn tension
  • Herpetologist Heroine
  • Reptile Girl Romance
  • Snake Pet Romcom
  • Animal Lover Romance
  • Billionaire Neighbor Romance
  • Touches that mean way too much
  • Absolutely zero chill from the male main character
  • tropey romance novella
  • romcom with heart and heat
  • closed door romance with tension
  • short steamy slow burn
  • contemporary romance funny smart
  • romance novella with banter
  • smart heroines, smitten heroes
  • confident woman reluctant heroine
  • romantic comedy with depth


Released 2025
ISBN: 979-8282708424

A short, sharp, emotionally satisfying romance where the hero’s already in love—and the heroine has no idea.

I teach men how to be the perfect boyfriend—for someone else.

As a professional plus-one, I’ve perfected the art of being charming, witty, and completely forgettable. I show up, dazzle board members and grandmothers alike, then disappear before anyone gets attached. It’s all business—a way to fund my real dream: a coaching program for romantically hopeless men who can’t figure out how to date like adults.

Rule number one? Never fall for a client.

Then comes Hayden Byrne. Wealthy, infuriatingly handsome, and entirely too perceptive, he hires me for an exclusive three-month contract that could launch everything I’ve been working toward. But from our first fake date, it’s clear: he doesn’t need coaching. He’s attentive, confident, maddeningly good at flirting…and somehow he's using all my tactics on me.

The longer we pretend, the more real it starts to feel. And when he looks at me, he doesn’t see the polished persona—I think he sees me.

But I’ve built a whole business on being the woman men thank in their wedding toasts, not the one they keep.

I never planned on becoming the woman he won’t let go.

Tropes:

  • He falls first
  • Fake relationship
  • Slow-burn tension
  • Dating coach heroine
  • Touches that mean way too much
  • Absolutely zero chill from the male main character


Released 2025
ISBN: 9798281367134

When art ignites, some flames can't be contained.

Maya Huang runs Melbourne's most prestigious gallery with the same effortless grace she applies to navigating her elite social circle. But when she encounters Riley O'Connor spray-painting the wall across the street from her gallery, Maya sees beyond the "vandalism" to recognize raw talent. Despite Riley's open disdain for the commercial art world and everything Maya represents, an unexpected exhibition opportunity forces these opposing worlds to collide.

As they work together, their mutual attraction becomes impossible to ignore. But when complications from Riley's past resurface and Maya retreats to the safety of her mother's high-society expectations, what began as creative tension ignites into something far more dangerous. With both women torn between different worlds and haunted by their own fears, they must decide what they're willing to risk when everything they've known is challenged. Will they find the courage to create something new together, or watch their chance at love go up in flames?

In a city where art and passion collide, will Maya and Riley find the courage to create their own masterpiece?

Tropes:

  • Lesbian coming out
  • Enemies to Lovers
  • Art Gallery Romance


Released 2025
ISBN: 979-8311776325

Something is wrong with Time

See the trailer: https://youtu.be/Z6RC3s3XmCA

Time is breaking. Deadly time bubbles rupture history, and Isaac, plagued by recent errors, is the only hope.

But not only is his confidence shattered, Isaac learns he may be Time's unwitting saboteur. Whisked away to Jo's countryside haven, he finds renewed love and confidence with Chel, their moments vital for the impending struggle.

Yet, a more ominous menace lurks in a forbidden timeline, a formidable entity, equal in strength to Isaac, seeks to drown all life into the void.

Isaac, battling his insecurities, must reconcile with his mother and enlist her help to confront this darkness, eventually unveiling the origin of the Time Slicers. But the full truth? A secret destined for a single soul.

Some moments are best ignored.


Released 2023
ISBN: 978-0645346879

What if you could travel through time just by thinking it?

See the trailer: https://youtu.be/ySaoFmmzcD8

In a race against time, I am both the hunter and the hunted.

I’m Isaac, and I’m a Time Slicer. That means I can travel through time at will, but this gift has trapped me in a tangled web of timelines. Now, I’m lost in a world where the past, present, and future collide, desperately trying to return to my real timeline and to my wife. The irony? My very existence hinges on this quest—I must return or cease to be, thanks to a mind-bending twist in my family tree.

My powers are growing, setting me apart from other Slicers. But with great power comes relentless danger. The Cleaners are after me, ethereal beings veiled in beauty and menace. They travel through time, erasing what they consider errors—and to them, I am the biggest error of all. My only hope lies in an alliance with my father, a fellow Slicer I find in the future. With his friends Jo, Em, and the mysterious Kai, we uncover secrets buried deep in time lore. Our journey leads us to Norway, to the ancient Giske Island church where time fractured long ago, concealing a horror that has haunted history. Here, the true extent of my powers and the Cleaners’ malice unfold.

In the echoes of time, I stand at the brink of destruction or salvation. The final showdown awaits, and with it, a plan to end the Cleaners’ reign—forever.


Released 2022
ISBN: 978-1922850003

A Time Travel Novella prequel to the time travel novel 'Time Slicer'

It's 2021. Physics scientist Phillipa Harris had spent years perfecting a device that would change everything. She planned to use it on herself, to go back in time and fix things. But after the demonstration went wrong, the only thing that could fix everything was her unborn son, Isaac, from 22 years in the future.

This novella sets the scene for the time travel novel 'Time Slicer' - book two of the trilogy.


Released 2021
ISBN: 978-0645346800

Short 2 minute read.

I saw it happen—the blood splattering through the grass, people shouting, and the chaos that followed. I just stared, silently.

Adopted by the farmer and his wife, I had a perfect life on our watermelon farm. My room had the best view, overlooking fields and forests. But everything changed when Gerald was born.

Gerald claimed my room, my tree, and disrupted my peace. I watched as he destroyed nests and tortured animals, his eyes filled with cruelty.

One foggy morning, our conflict came to a head. What happened next would change everything.

It was Gerald’s fault. And I saw it all.


Released 2022