Tania Park

Paul Sanders arrives home early from six months working overseas and falls into bed exhausted without turning any lights on.The same bed as the naked Abigail Sharpe, who is recuperating from a serious accident.

The weekend was awesome, right up until the time I murdered a man.'Research scientist, Shane Douglas, has discovered a cure for pancreatic cancer. He is about to release his final report when strange things occur and Shane figures someone is after his discovery. He goes to great pains to hide his research while his adversary goes to equally great pains to find it, including robbery and murder.Investigating his suspects leads him to realise he doesn't know the men he has worked with for the past ten years as well as he thought.The only person he can trust is himself.

The only man to ask the insecure university student, Emma Nicholls, out, is a possessive bully. After Emma finds the courage to break the relationship, Greg Saunders doesn't take it kindly and begins stalking her to get revenge. Despite moving to a new house several times to hide from him, he keeps finding her, even when she returns to the remote family farm for the Christmas break.

'I was seven years old. Do you honestly think I would tell the truth so that I could get beaten again the minute the police left' Just as an elegant swan emerges from the gaucheness of a young cygnet, Melanie Jones struggles to escape the darkness of a terrible abusive life. Deep shame and fear are constant companions. Her music is the one haven where she is able to nd temporary reprieve from the awfulness of her life. Her mother's tragic murder is the turning point in Melanie's life.

Living with a new identity in a dierent state on the other side of the country, Amy Masters is stunned and terrified when her ex-husband turns up at her place of work. After almost killing her, he is supposed to be still in jail. Amy spends the next week of her life in hiding as she makes plans to escape the clutches of Rico and his family crime gang once again. It is a week when details she never dreamed about, are revealed.