Our last giveaway for the year!

In Son of Hydra, Shelley Dark crafts a gripping narrative that intertwines myth and modernity. The story follows a protagonist whose lineage is steeped in mystery, tracing roots back to an ancient force - the Hydra. Themes of identity, resilience, and the eternal struggle between light and darkness permeate the novel, offering readers a tale that is both timeless and urgent.

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In Light and Shadow, Candida Baker blends fact and fiction in a poignant novel narrated by Rosa Maria de Martinez—Florado’s imagined daughter—who sets out to uncover the truth of her family’s past. Her search takes her from Mexico to the United States, and finally to Australia’s Snowy Mountains, where horses and landscape offer solace and connection.

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Crimson Velvet Heart is a visionary novel on the life of Princess Marie-Adélaïde, the mother of King Louis XV of France. Both strange and enthralling – Carmel Bird’s exquisite language and rich understanding of history and human nature capture the spirit and the mystery of love and loss.

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Another Gus Hawkins mystery from the author of Bone Lands (winner of the 2025 Danger Award for Best Crime Fiction), perfect for fans of Chris Hammer and Garry Disher, and lovers of Australian history.

Based on the gold-mining town of Sofala near Bathurst, this story is deeply immersed in a well-loved landscape for anyone who loves outback Australia.

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During her battle with illness, Lucy Ellis found solace in writing a novel about the mysterious death of Amy Robsart, the first wife of Robert Dudley, the man who came close to marrying Elizabeth I. As Lucy delves into Amy’s story, she also navigates the aftermath of her own experience that brought her close to death and the collapse of her marriage.

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Her family’s story made Henry Lawson famous. But was it his to tell?

Inspired by Lawson’s classic Australian story, ’The Drover’s Wife’, Kyra Geddes melds fact and fiction in The Story Thief - a stirring family saga set against shifting landscapes and pivotal moments in Australian history.

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Three women connected in time to a medieval quilt and an ancient tale of forbidden love.

Australian textile conservator, Theodora Harris, is grieving her grandmother’s death when offered an internship to restore a medieval quilt depicting a legend steeped in Celtic folklore. While the hero Tristan is lauded in the design, his true love, Isolde’s story is missing. Theodora’s past is incomplete too.

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In the dying days of the Roman republic, a remarkable woman steps out of the shadows and beyond the boundaries imposed on her sex, driven by an unstoppable ambition. Kaarina Parker's stunning debut novel, told in the compelling voice of this brilliant woman from history, brings Fulvia and the society in which she lived vividly to life.

We have another giveaway! Enter to win A L Booth’s DEATH AT BOOROOMBA.

A L Booth's Death at Booroomba is an engrossing historical murder whodunnit, set on the NSW South Coast post WWI. It tells the story of a traumatised young WW1 veteran who uncovers the dark secrets of a small rural township as he searches for the murderer of his half-Russian benefactor.  At the same time, he must come to terms with the legacy of war and all that he has lost in his turbulent years in the trenches.