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It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake

A quirky, feel-good romantic comedy about creating the life you wantNoni didn't expect to be starting over again at the age of thirty-six. But eighteen months after the end of her long-term relationship, she knows it's time to find out what's next. While an encounter with a sexy blonde firefighter is a welcome entry back into the dating world, Noni soon realises she's looking for more than just a series of brief—if pleasurable—encounters. That's how she finds herself travelling to Europe to track down the one that got away: the alluring, elusive Molly. But Europe has other surprises in store, not least of which is Beau, a tall, sexy, tattooist from Edinburgh...Claire Christian is a writer and theatre-maker who lives in Brisbane. She has had four plays published by Playlab, and was one of the YWCA Queensland's 125 leading women in 2013. Her debut novel Beautiful Mess won the Text Prize for Young Adult & Children's Writing in 2016....
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Every Step She Takes

Genevieve has secrets that no one knows. In Rome she can be whoever she wants to be. Her neighbors aren't nosy; her Italian is passable; the shopkeepers and restaurant owners now see her as a local, and they let her be. It's exactly what she wants. One morning, after getting groceries, she returns to her 500-year-old Trastevere apartment. She climbs to the very top of the staircase, the steps narrowing the higher she goes. When she gets to her door, she puts down her bags and pushes the key into the lock . . . . . . and the door swings open. It's unlocked. Sometimes she doesn't lock it because Rome is pretty safe. But Genevieve knows she locked the door this morning. She has no doubt. What if someone is in her apartment, waiting for her: She should leave, call the police. But she doesn't. Instead, she goes in. The apartment is empty, and exactly as she left it . . . except for the box on her kitchen table. A box that definitely wasn't there this morning. A...
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The Gallery of Forgotten Dreams

At 12, Eliza Reid discovered the Library of Broken Promises with its magical books and helped solve its mystery. But it turns out it was too soon to celebrate victory. Something sinister is brooding in the depths of another place full of magic — the Gallery of Forgotten Dreams. Unnamed fear begins to spread among people. Nightmares come to haunt them at night. Eliza's own life and mental health are on the line. It's time for Eliza to dive into another mystery, this time full of shadows and darkness. But she won't be alone. It is time to unite once again in the face of the unknown enemy!
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