relationships

Norah’s life and novelist career are thriving and her once solitary existence is opening to a newfound love, but her enduring desire for a deep connection with her often dismissive mother, Úla, still feels elusive. After the mysterious disappearance of her grandmother, Norah finds a peculiar box while sorting the contents of her Nana’s old barn. This recovery turns Norah’s life into a whirlwind of discovery. Secrets and revelations pour forth from a mysterious family diary that details the intricately connected stories and lines of her foremothers.

The book gives a young reader a glimpse of the future, with a recommended timeline for key life events. Mature readers, who have already experienced much of what is discussed in the book, should come away with a new found understanding and perhaps even closure. Ms. Creant is a controversial, entertaining, yet informative look at everything which influences human behaviour including: relationships, life, health, biology, philosophy, sociology, theology, politics, genetics—even physics. E. A. Barker shares twenty-four “inappropriate” stories of life with women.

Flowers For Broken Women is an encouraging collection of poetry created for broken women (and girls) who love, courageously, in spite of their scars.

Time heals all wounds but memories linger like a lullaby sung in hushed tones, drifting out of an open window and into the night sky. Nighttime Lullabies is a tale of love as it comes into our life, hovers over us, leaves and, sometimes, comes back for a second chance.

Continue into the elite world of South Coast High School as decisions are made and hearts are broken. As the end of senior year looms, Tash Bennett and her friends at SCHS must all face the reality of what their future may hold. The only problem is, Tash has no idea about what she wants or even who she wants. But it might not even be up to her since fate has other ideas. As friendships are tested and relationships end, Tash faces her toughest challenges yet as she navigates her way into the adult world.

There is a fine line between what true love is and what the fantasy of love promises. As term two kicks off for the students at South Coast High School, Tash Bennett finds herself questioning her relationship after confronting her past. With the news of the loss of someone close to her, Tash flies east to say a final goodbye. However, when she encounters her ex, she is conflicted as to whether he should stay with Dean when her feelings for Lucas are only getting stronger.

Affluent teen Natasha Bennett returns to South Coast to complete her senior year at South Coast High School. While some things haven’t changed since she’s been gone, such as her friendship with Brad Hamilton, some are very different. As Tash settles back into her hometown, she catches the attention of the cliquey elite at SCHS and finds herself caught between the affections of two best friends and at the wrath of the most popular girl in school.

You would think that living in the limelight, being front-page news, and being the daughter of the most influential man in South Coast would be every girl’s dream. Not in the case of Amelia Saber. Nursing a broken heart, and tired of having her successes and failures published, Amelia flees South Coast for England to start a new life outside the shadow of her father. But can she really escape who she is? Amelia soon begins to realise that no matter where she goes, her past is still her past, and that home is a little closer than she initially thought it to be.

Dream job? Check. Man to make every woman you know stop and turn? Check. But when having one means giving up the other, what’s a girl … excuse me, woman to do? Eloise Grant, a successful and driven Public Relations Consultant, has worked her whole life to make sure she never has to depend on anyone but herself. But when she’s offered the promotion of a lifetime, depending on herself means leaving her friends, her family, and the man she loves behind. Whatever choice she makes, Eloise’s life is about to unravel. Smart and engaging.