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A closeted Australian teen learns that there are some things love alone can’t conquer in this novel for fans of Heartstopper, Adam Silvera, and Sophie Gonzales.

Everyone knows Carter Cantwell: brainiac, music nerd, school captain. Total overachiever. What no one knows about him: all of it is a sham. The real Carter is an anxious mess still drowning in grief after tragedy ripped his family apart. He’s just gotten good at pretending.

Then he meets Remy. Brazen, charming, and everything he’s not, Remy blazes into Carter’s orderly world and turns his defences to ash. But as Carter juggles new responsibilities at school, old troubles at home, and this boy he can’t seem to stay away from, he starts cracking under the pressure.

With his secrets leaking out and all that he’s worked for falling apart in his hands, Carter faces the hardest choice of his life: succumb to his demons, or fight for the future he never knew he wanted.

But when you’re lost in the dark, how do you find your way back?

Much has been lost, but blood does not forget. And while the Old Blood remembers, what once was may yet be again…

The Hallowed Land, they called it. A bastion of light that stood throughout the Age of Discord, where none went hungry and peace was a promise to all. But when the Hallowed Land fell, that promise was shattered. The earth itself became tainted. No one has set foot within its borders in over a thousand years. Until now.

Healer’s apprentice Asa O’Dair would follow his adopted brother Kael anywhere. Even on a reckless jaunt into the Tainted Land. There, Asa spills blood on its once-hallowed soil, unleashing a cataclysmic force that corrupts the sun and awakens a terrifying power inside him. One others would kill to control. Or die to defend.

Whisked away from their quiet life by the Graceborn, who can wield the world’s latent energy, the brothers find themselves tangled in a plot to destabilise the Ten Dominions. Graceborn are going missing. Civil war brews in the north. And in the shadows, an enemy thought vanquished watches, because Asa’s power—and Kael’s mysterious lineage—is the sign their time has come.

DESIGNER. ADVENTURER. BUSINESSWOMAN. MOTHER.

Barbara S. has lived a life of many different threads. After growing up in Berlin in the shadow of the Second World War, she escaped the looming threat of communism as a young woman and moved to the other side of the world. In Australia, she built a career in Melbourne’s rag trade that spanned some forty years—all while raising a family and travelling the globe to work and explore.

Now, Barbara tells her story. From searching for love to running a business to navigating heartbreak and grief, she shares her struggles, triumphs, and adventures with friends along the way. Written with candour and reflecting her impeccable sense of style, this is a story of living life to the fullest and discovering the true meaning of home.

Note: This is a private publication for Barbara’s family and friends. It is not available for public sale. Please contact us for more information or to request a copy.