Heléna arrives in Australia after a long sea voyage, and is sent to a migrant camp at Bathurst, where she is told there is no chance of pursuing her music career in her new country. She begins work in a factory in Brisbane, but eventually moves to Sydney, where new friends help her to pursue her dreams. ...
Davy Cunningham is arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and of handling stolen goods, which is a mystery to his family and friends who know he is capable of no such thing. ...
Billy is a novel written by the author of the best-selling book ‘800 Horsemen’. Based around historical facts. This is a story set at the outbreak of WW1 and deals with the life of a young part-Aboriginal ...
Welcome to the colourful world of Africa and to the difficult journey of Aisha a young girl who suffers from a fistula after a complicated birth. Walk with her as she is ostracized from her community and shunned by society ...
At seventeen, Elizabeth Hunter has more than enough to worry about in surviving her unstable mother, her final year of school and some unsettling dreams without Jill Waters deciding to be her friend as well. Jill, always cheerful, is determined to find the real Elizabeth behind the stubborn front, while Elizabeth is trying to make decisions about her family, beliefs and love-life. ...
Atariah has a dream…a dream that she holds on to despite its improbability… the dream of freedom! But when you are trapped in a world that offers little more than hurt and pain and your own mind is ensnared with frustration and doubt where can you turn for such freedom? Do you wait for it to find you or do you set forth to take it for yourself?...
At the turn of the twentieth century, Australia, in a spirit of growing independence shrugs off many of its ties with the "Old Country". Some class distictions linger, boundaries between men and women are still clearly defined and social conventions strict, but with common decency and good manners valued highly, people act kindly toward each other......
From Darkness He Came is a stunning fiction that encapsulates the truth that “All life is sacred”. Journey with Phelan Jefferson, a person who is so focused on his own pain and teenaged angst that he is blind to the suffering of others and the privileges he enjoys. Read as he is awakened not only to why his own life is so precious but also why the privileged few cannot afford to simply enjoy luxury without reaching out to those in need....
In the thousand years that have passed since Adam and Eve were cast from the Garden of Eden, their descendants have multiplied and spread across the face of the planet. In recent times rumours have been heard regarding a strange race of beings, the Nephilim, said to be the giant offspring of unholy alliances between the fallen sons of God and women of great beauty....
For Heidi Jordan, young and lovely, life is neatly mapped out and right on target. Her university grades are high, her future in the medical field all but guaranteed and her only dark secret is well kept. Until the first of October, that is, when Heidi discovers that reckless choices can have desperate consequences, and pain and anguish cannot be outrun....
Twenty-year-old Czech music student, Heléna, meets and marries Stefan only months before the outbreak of World War Two, while preparing for a career as a concert pianist. Stefan is heavily involved in the underground movement in their homeland, as is Heléna’s father....
A Time To Heal - Read as one of the main characters Doctor Susan Curtis faces the birth of her first child alone, bitter at being rejected by her fiancé and family....
Horde is what can only be described as Paretti’s this present darkness meets the visitation, this is the story of Gabriel Wordsworth, a third generation preachers son, who at age 16, learns that for hundreds of years, his family has been at the centre of dark spiritual forces bent upon destroying his lineage, and the angels assigned to protect his family. ...
Australia’s most famous Aboriginal painter is dead...supposedly killed when a heavy object tumbled onto him in his studio during an earth tremor. But then doubts arise. For a start, the police now suspect murder. And why was the victim heard earlier predicting his own violent death? ...
Leaving all to follow God’s call.... Jenna Ramsey believes God is calling her to leave teaching and pursue full-time ministry training. She boldly steps out in faith, determined to overcome her self-doubt and to grow in her gifts of leadership, teaching and encouragement. But some disapprove – are theological studies and ministry truly something women should undertake?...
Jocelyn’s journey begins on a stony rutted track heading nowhere as she faces the grim reality of her husband’s death. Jack, a Christian Aboriginal, himself a widower with a young child, walks beside her in her grief, sharing his faith and easing her burden. ...
“Justice at Baragula” concludes the 3 book "Baragula" series and tells of Bradley Hunter who has now fufilled his ambition to be the policeman stationed at Baragula. Years before, Brad risked his relationship with his teenage sweetheart, Madeline Honeysuckle, to leave the area for his essential training and experience. Now he realises she has changed so drastically from the happy girl she had been, his hopes of reviving their relationship seems hopeless. ...
Despite encountering rejection, discouragement and injustice, Laura Harding is determined to prove that those with perceived disabilities can achieve whatever they want to in life. At times Laura needs all the strength she can muster to hold onto her dreams – but will it be enough? And can she ever have faith in a God who seems to have let her down in so many ways?...
Miriam is desperate. Her mind is a fog of drug-induced forgetfulness. She has forgotten her past, her family, even who she is. But who is the disturbingly familiar girl in the shopping centre? ...
Drought. The word conjures up images of parched landscapes, dying livestock and withered crops. For those whose livelihood is dependent on the produce of the land, drought brings financial burdens and troubled souls....
Adventurous and Quirky... Mundis Veridis and the end of the world is the story of how one little green fallen higher being called Mundis Veridis was sent back in time by Satan to get the names and the numbers of those demons who with such “lack of insight” allowed the nation of Israel to be reborn. ...
Tragedy often happens, unnoticed and unexplained, within seemingly-ordinary city life. Add a day of frustrations to a lifetime of guilt—and so much might be lost in one despairing act....
Christian mother of three, Sarah Glen, loses her life under unusual circumstances when her car is forced from the road in what appears to be a random act of road rage. What follows is a breathtaking story of adventure and excitement as Sarah explores the limitless wonder of her new home … Paradise....
Steve Honeysuckle has vowed never to marry a non-Christian, but when he realises his attraction to Jillian Davidson, he tries to avoid her but finds himself very involved in her life when her twin brother is injured by cattle thieves on their large outback property. ...
Forgiveness is the most attractive of the virtues. Until you actually have someone to forgive. When Melissa Stonelea’s born-again Christian husband Grant is found strangled in the bondage room of the city’s classiest brothel....
Emily Parker's actions as a teenager not only impacted her own life but the lives of many others. Now, six years later, she returns reluctantly to her home town of Baragula only to discover the man at the heart of those actions, Matthew Davidson, is the community's respected doctor....
Signed Sealed Delivered is the story of Megan Trevallyn, a young English governess who stands accused of a heinous crime. Journey with her as her heart is broken by a traumatic fraudulent report. ...
Every choice carries a price as Abby discovers when she marries Joel. If she had known when Joel first walked into Clancy’s what lay in store, she would have stopped the relationship before it got started. However, by the time she found out it was too late. The choice was made. Or so she thought....
Mikaela Gordon has a fulfilling job, a beautiful house, and the man of her dreams. Choosing to settle down in the small country town of Turramore, she is looking forward to a life of blissful happines....
Mr Jonathon Fordham, the most eligible bachelor in Sydney and heir to a noble title in England, treats matters of the heart like a game. Living in the newly forged Australian Colony in 1844, Jack Fordham buries his past beneath an indifferent facade....
This is bestselling author Naomi Reed doing what she does best - storytelling. In a single volume she captures the entire sweep of God's plans and purpose for the world. And she does it through the voices of women, which is exactly why it works. Women all over the world gain strength through hearing each other's stories....
Waterdogs – the strange, elusive clouds that signal the coming of precious rain to the country. Just one of many things Mikaela Gordon must learn in her new life…...
Wrongly accused and sentenced to seven years transportation, Katie Donovan is not the only one leaving behind everything familiar to travel to a distant land … On the journey Katie finds friends and a new faith but it is in a distant land that her faith will face its greatest challenge. Will she stand the test?...
Where Two Rivers Meet is a sensitively written novel about life. It describes the joys and hardships of families in Australia during the 1890’s....
In the 36 hours between Jesus’ death and resurrection, Joanna, the sister of Mary, plumbs her own grief and loss by listening to the voices of the generations of women before her who have clung onto the promises of God. ...
First of the Batemen Family Series "Nobody Hugs Rod Green" is the story of Clare Bateman - a high school student thrust into new circumstances when she finds herself in the midst of a country town and a home......
Pastor Jim Reezall is renowned as the hellfire preacher always calling for fire and brimstone to rain down on the sinners of the world. So when he dies in a wild bushfire there are some who believe he got what he deserved. Enter private detective Johnny Ravine, asked by the pastor’s daughter – with whom he is trying to develop a relationship - to solve the mystery of his death. It quickly becomes apparent that it was murder. And very soon Johnny learns that huge sums of money – possibly millions of dollars – are missing from charities administered by the pastor. Was the pastor really using the money to pay off gunrunners? And, if so, why? The answers – along with the truth about Johnny’s long-lost father - come in a thrilling climax set amidst a raging Yarra Valley bushfire....
As David was anointed king as a young man, he went into a series of circumstances that were discouraging – years of hiding and fighting from the one who ruled. Yet he continued to serve God faithfully while he waited for the throne. Why does God allow difficult circumstances, and delay that which is our destiny? Only He knows the answer... In the midst of living out my life in a small country town, I have not always found the way easy, but God is so faithful and has brought many good things out of times of difficulty and discouragement.....
Her life used to be a place of laughter…a safe haven. Would her aspirations of becoming a top photo/journalist materialise, or will they be trampled underfoot…along with herself?...
In Sydney, Australia, in the 21st century, it is still difficult to be different. Despite anti-discrimination and equal opportunity laws, there are social stigmas firmly in place and Toni is again fighting for survival. Will her secret have to remain hidden forever?...
Pastor Lydia Waters has a career plan.it is straight-forward, logical and more than likely to succeed. That is until she is stymied by her boss, the slightly sinister, can’t-quite-put-my-finger-on-it-but-I-wish-he’d-stop-smiling-at-me-like-that- Reverend Gordon Bates....