Genre: Young Adult Fantasy (with elements of romance).Word Count: 73590Seeing what's hidden can endanger lives.Seventeen-year-old Shadow thinks their country is in bad shape if her Pa is considered one of their greatest heroes. To her he's the bitter man she has to escape before he learns the secret she's kept her entire life. Getting away, with the help of her brother Irlan, is meant to simplify things. Instead, they become involved in plots against...

Genre: Young Adult Urban Sci-Fi/Superheroes.Word Count: 77310 When Douglas bursts into the bookstore, Gina is meant to be on the beach enjoying the end of the school holidays before she starts her final year of high school, not working an extra shift. Along with two teenage boys, she's kidnapped by a crazy gunman talking about human experimentation and a highly contagious virus that was meant to create a super army. Instead it brings death. If the...

Genre: Young Adult ContemporaryWord Count: 65654Maddy hates living with her overbearing father and is determined to live with her mum. She's sick of not being able to be herself. But no one is listening to her wishes and when she learns why, she begins to fear that not only will she be stuck living with him until she finishes school, but her family has other secrets they're keeping from her.This story was written by an Australian author using Australian...

Genre: Contemporary Short StoryWord Count: 7530Trying not to be late to school, once again, Taylor almost ignores the noise in the garden shed. Thinking it's probably Lucas playing a trick on her, even though he's never played one on her before, she nearly walks away. He's notorious for them. But what if it isn't? What if it's something far more sinister?This story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling.

Genre: Fairytales Retold.Word Count: 12118As the head gardener, Lenard's father must find out who is stealing the fruit from the king's golden apple tree. Neither of his older brothers have been able to discover the culprit and Lenard wants his chance to prove himself. Instead his family continue to treat him like the sickly child he once was. Someone needs to solve the mystery because no matter how great a king is, it's never good to fail them.This...

Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy.Word Count: 75810When Quinn's sister disappears she follows her, ending up in the realms of the Fae. Stuck in a strange world and constantly surrounded by danger, she has to figure out how to rescue her sister and return home, while trying not to catch the attention of a vindictive Fae. Somehow she needs to do all of that as well as avoid the Wild Hunt, a pack of Fae and Demi Fae and their overly large wolves, which...

Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy.Word Count: 58374When Audrey and her family become lost on a rural road, they end up with more problems than just car troubles. Kidnappers, an imprisoned knight and Fae who are rapidly losing their sanity, but not their magic. Audrey doesn't know if she'll survive let alone save those she cares about.This story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling.

Genre: Young Adult Contemporary (with elements of romance).Word Count: 56360Ellie likes her life just the way it is. So it's not perfect. Whose life is? Not to mention she could easily name a dozen girls from her school that would love to swap places with her. But then, they don't know her carefully guarded secret and she's going to make certain they never do.This story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling.

Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Horror (with elements of romance).Word Count: 55300Everyone knows about stranger danger. Never talk to a stranger. Don't take candy from a stranger. And no matter what, never, ever accept a ride from a stranger. In a moment of anger at her parents, eighteen-year-old Alyssa ignored these basic rules. Now she's facing the most terrifying situation of her life. A world of demons, sacrifices and swords suddenly becomes...

Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy.Word Count: 55355Amber learns that her family has a more interesting past than even she could have imagined. That past is now creating problems for her. Negotiations, attacks by an unknown enemy and her mother discovering some of her secrets causes even more complications. The only thing that hasn't changed is that someone wants her dead. She needs to find out who it is before they can succeed and she doesn't get the...