Royce's childhood was anything but calm. As an adult with famous parents, he preferred to live away from the public eye. All he needed was a boat, a crew, and his best friend Pete. That changed when Royce made a mistake that dropped him into the Gulf. Struggling for survival, his rescue isn't from above, instead it comes from the sea itself in the shape of a legend long thought extinct and relegated to stories.Fascinated with life above the waterline, Troller happens upon a fishing boat with a lone person on deck. When the sailor falls overboard, he doesn't stop to think about the consequences of rescuing the human. When he comes face to face with Royce. He's instantly enamored, but his people haven't shown themselves in centuries. Troller swims away, afraid he's risked his people's safety, unable to forget the man he saved.A year later, Troller uncovers a secret that has his people below the waves. Its knowledge could cost him his life. He...

Autumn wants the house, but Elijah wants her.Autumn Adler, a famous concert pianist, is making her solo comeback to the stage after a tragic accident, and she can't afford any distractions. Of all the things that could go wrong, she never expected her landlord to rent out the ground floor of her home to Elijah Wells - a game designer in the midst of building his own company. Autumn loves her townhouse, and she refuses to give it up. However, Elijah is equally stubborn. As the days pass, Autumn's efforts to make him leave only further his desire to win her over. It seems as though neither can win this battle of wills.Yet as Autumn's showcase approaches, a seemingly innocent gift turns into something far more alarming. Can the two call a truce and figure out what's going on?One house, two strangers, and a dark secret. What could go wrong?Readers! Please note that this novel contains themes of (but is not limited to):...

When her best friend Iris who also happens to be her roommate finds love and plans to move in with her boyfriend, Chloé is at a loss when she is forced into taking a complete stranger in her place.She must admit that her new roommate Alec, a handsome and charming man with a heart of gold, is the perfect fit after all.When the demons of her past start catching up with her again, Alec is determined to help Chloé conquer them, but neither of them thought that they would fall in love in the process.

Lea Mortimer has everything under control. As a highly sought-after consultant specializing in transforming dilapidated French country estates into boutique hotels, she relishes her freedom as a single, childfree woman. And her life is full, occupied as much by her impeccable historic renovations as by the aristocratic — and often exhausting — French families she works for.But after the heated divorce of her closest friend and cousin Stephanie Bryce, Lea finds herself taking Stephanie and her college-aged daughter to the Loire Valley in France for the summer. As they tag along for Lea's latest work assignment, despite their best intentions, they threaten to complicate the tightrope act of launching the hotel on time. And when Lea unexpectedly falls for the much-younger son of her boss, she quickly learns the beauty and danger of losing control.As affairs bloom in the idyllic chateau, wars of inheritance play out between the family, and betrayals threaten even the...

NEW WORK BY CELEBRATED NOVELIST AND ESSAYIST NICHOLAS JOSE, SET AGAINST THE TURMOIL OF THE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT IN EAST TIMORSet in Australia, East Timor and Washington in the lead up to the independence referendum in East Timor in 1999, The Idealist is a novel which explores the entanglement of private and public life. It is a political mystery, the portrait of a marriage, a reflection on friendship, and a study of a personality as it breaks down under pressure. Jake, an Australian defence analyst, is torn between his support for the people of East Timor, whose commitment to independence in the face of mounting violence, he has experienced personally, and his sense of responsibility for, and complicity in, the actions of his government. When he is found dead in the garage of his Washington home, after passing secret intelligence to his American counterpart, his wife Anne wants justice. The narrative is told from changing perspectives, moving through time and memory, in...