R. A. Soames Ordre des livres

We all have our secrets, events in our past that have shaped the who we are today. In her eightieth year, Imogene knows her time is drawing near, and can’t help but wonder how different life would have been if events had not occurred in the way that they have. Had Imogene not had to endure the horrendous acts of callous and brutal mental, physical and emotional abuse that she lived through, would she have aged a different woman? Imogene takes us on a journey back to the ‘innocent’ days of early 1900 Australia. A journey that begins with the pleasures of young love and that is soon to be shattered by a betrayal of the most horrendous nature. Amid the systematic abuse, and repeated betrayals, Imogene finds friendship in the most unlikely of companions. A friendship which shall be strengthened by shared pain, joy and happiness; and one that shall last a lifetime. Love, lust and abuse and betrayal, can Imogene overcome these demons of her past before it is too late for her to tell the horrendous truths of harvest season?

The Australia of 1962 was a far cry from the one we know today. For Tabitha, that year holds some of her most treasured as well as some of her most heart-breaking memories. Following the sudden death of Tabitha's husband many years later, Tabitha confronts the memories of her youth. On a journey of self-discovery and the search for the unattainable love from her teenage youth.Teenage love, lust and desire sees three friends endure a year fraught with contention as they each battle the demons both within and outside of themselves. Trying to find their place in a changing society, the three teens are met with obstacles which they shall need to overcome, either together, or separately, this is their time to make their mark.Life does not always turn out how we expect through. As one of the friends struggles with their sexuality in a climate that does not welcome 'difference', the others are caught in their own battles to fit in with societies and their peers' expectations of them. Suicide, teenage pregnancy and illicit love affairs, what will become of the three friends?

Denise and Paul Banks are excited about taking their family - Son Andrew, his wife Gloria and their four children on a South Islands Cruise, to celebrate their forty fifth wedding anniversary. Long-time Cruisers, the Banks' are accustomed to the frivolities that occur whilst at sea. Illicit affairs, shameless over eating not to mention the myriad of false truths many of the passengers' weave to 'become' someone different for this short time.Little do the Banks, or indeed their family, realise that their dream holiday will be cut short all too soon - with the discovery of the bloodied and brutally murdered body of one of the passengers, prominent Sydney business magnet, Luke Devereaux.Try as she does not to meddle in the crime, Denise finds herself entangled in the web of lies that surrounds the murder. Threats, deception and an intricate web of lies unfold as Denise, with the assistance of Chief Inspector Eton Elyse, uncover a crime most cold hearted and callous indeed.