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FOOL ME ONCE

by Karly Lane From the bestselling author of Return to Stringybark Creek comes an enticing new rural romance. Farmer Georgie Henderson manages a cattle property in regional NSW, when an unlikely meeting with Michael Delacourt at a rowdy B&S ball sends them on a whirlwind romance until she discovers a shocking secret.

BALANCE

by Felicity Harley With nine years as the founding editor of Women’s Health, Felicity Harley opens the floodgates on how women are trying to stay afloat: plagued by perfectionism, riddled with doubt, ruled by screens and hurtling towards burnout. Using her own experiences and insights from leading experts, she finds clarity in the chaos.

LEGACY

by Nora Roberts Adrian Rizzo is a beautiful young woman with a successful business, and a wonderful family and friends. When she receives a death threat in the post, she puts it down to someone’s jealousy. What Adrian doesn’t realise that it’s more than just spite. Someone is very angry about her happy life and will stop at nothing to bring it crashing down.

THE MAIDENS

by Alex Michaelides From the author of the global No. 1 bestselling debut The Silent Patient comes a spellbinding literary thriller. St. Christopher’s College, Cambridge, is a closed world to most. For Mariana Andros, a group therapist struggling through her private grief, it’s where she met her late husband. For her niece, Zoe, it’s the tragic scene of her best friend’s murder.

CURATE

by Lynda Gardener and Ali Heath Doyenne of the unique and decorative, Australian interior stylist, Lynda Gardener, is always on the hunt for finds to enhance her homes and decorating projects. Her ability to curate and display these personal treasures has created a trademark style. ‘Curate’, the highly anticipated book by Lynda with journalist and stylist Ali Heath, reveals how to create a home that is truly individual.

STILL

by Matt Nable When Senior Constable Ned Potter looked at the body of Charlotte Clark he knew that it had been a bad death. What he didn’t know then was that this was only the first. Or that he was about to risk everything looking for answers. A gripping thriller by renowned Australian actor, novelist and scriptwriter Matt Nable.

THE BOY’S CLUB

by Michael Warner The Boys’ Club is the must-read inside story behind the power and politics of AFL. It reveals how the fledgling state administrative body evolved into the Australian Football League and its meteoric rise to become one of the richest and most powerful organisations in the land. A fascinating insight into key figures and their networks.

THE OTHER HALF OF YOU

by Michael Mohammed Ahmad Bani Adam has known all his life what was expected of him. To marry the right kind of girl. To make the House of Adam proud. But Bani wanted more than this — he wanted to make his own choices. Being the first in his Australian Muslim family to go to university, he could see a different way.

UNWELL WOMEN

by Elinor Cleghorn From the ‘wandering womb’ of ancient Greece, the rise of witch trials in Medieval Europe, through the dawn of Hysteria, to modern day understandings of autoimmune diseases, the menopause and conditions like endometriosis, feminist cultural historian Elinor Cleghorn unpacks the roots of the perpetual misunderstanding, mystification and misdiagnosis of women’s bodies.

WIDOWLAND

by C.J.Carey Thirteen years have passed since a Grand Alliance between Great Britain and Germany was formalised. Edward VIII rules as King, yet all power is vested in Alfred Rosenberg, Britain’s Protector. The role and status of women is Rosenberg’s particular interest. This is an alternative history with a strong feminist twist recognising the subversive words from the voices of women.

THE EXPLODING LIFE OF SCARLETT FIFE

by Maz Evans Scarlett Fife has BIG FEELINGS. And when she has BIG FEELINGS, they explode out of her like an oversqueezed stress ball. If she loses her temper one more time, she’s going to miss out on her trip to Mega Awesome Sicky Fun World. From the bestselling Maz Evans comes a heartfelt and hilarious new series, perfect for fans of Roald Dahl’s Matilda.

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PALACE OF THE DROWNED

by Christine Mangan Sequestered within an ageing palazzo, writer Frances Croy finds comfort in the emptiness of Venice in winter. Desperate to rediscover the success of her first novel, she attempts to return to the page. A young woman appears claiming a connection from back home, one that Frankie can’t quite seem to recall and she struggles to make sense of what is true.

THE MENOPAUSE MANIFESTO

by Dr Jen Gunter Menopause is not a disease — it’s a planned change, like puberty. The only thing predictable about menopause is its unpredictability. Factor in widespread misinformation, a lack of research, and the culture of shame around women’s bodies, and it’s no wonder women are unsure what to expect during the menopause transition and beyond.