She's running from herself. He'd do anything to save her.
Olivia Petersen had it all. Or so she thought. Until one devastating night, her world fell apart.
Now, Liv Peters is torn between the person she used to be and the person she longs to be, haunted by the past version of herself. From city socialite to loner, she's well aware of the mistakes she's made in her life. Too many things have happened to ever go back.
When Liv finds solace in Cliff Haven, a small seaside town nestled below the cliff she resides upon, she believes she has a chance to reinvent herself. But her plans to live out her meagre existence anonymously are threatened when she meets EJ, a dreamy bartender that wears his guitar around his neck and his heart on his sleeve.
With his flair for music and his love of life, EJ has the ability to make Liv feel alive again. But behind his grey-green ocean eyes, he hides his own pain, and when their worlds collide, their secrets could destroy them both.
If Liv can let go of her demons for good, maybe there's a way out of the darkness. Maybe they can save each other.
Told from the perspectives of then and now, The Other Version is a bitter-sweet love story that delves deep into the human psyche.
One phone call can change everything…
Kristen Riley has a tough exterior and an elastic heart, forged from the abandonment of her father at a young age. She’s always held her cards close to her chest, never allowing anyone to get too close. Except for Alex Henley – the boy, who at sixteen was a fun-loving prankster that never took life too seriously, and as a man, hides the deep-seated fear that he will never be enough behind a veil of nonchalance.
Despite their reluctance to dive head-first into a fully committed relationship, they’ve always known they were endgame and when Kristen notices a quiet change in Henley’s character, an understated attentiveness and maturity, she opens up to the possibility of a future with him. Then without warning, Henley does the one thing she can never forgive him for. He leaves.
Six months later, Henley arrives back in Cliff Haven, the seaside town they’ve always called home, with a mysterious blonde in tow. But the man that returns is a far cry from the one Kristen once knew, his easy-going nature and cheerful disposition suppressed by a constant storm cloud hovering above his head.
Kristen is furious, determined to leave Henley in the past, but she can’t deny that her heart still belongs to him. She wants answers that he isn’t ready to provide. Why did Henley leave the life they were building behind? Who is the enigmatic blonde woman that doesn’t leave his side? And does she know more than she’s letting on?
Told from dual POVs, Versions of Us is a story of second chance love and finding hope in the darkest of places.
An empowered survivor. An optimist risking it all. Both of them running from lives that consume them.
Things haven't always been easy for Mackenzie Riley. Having grown up on the proverbial wrong side of the tracks with the absence of parental guidance, she'd quickly become entangled in the twisted web wound by her abusive criminal ex-boyfriend.
Now residing in Cliff Haven with her half-sister, Mackenzie wants nothing more than to put her old life behind her and start over. But after a chance encounter with a stranger, she soon learns that no matter how desperate she is to shut the book on the past, some chapters won't stay closed.
Dylan Abbott is the epitome of positivity. Or at least that's how it appears on the surface. Little do the customers of the rustic seaside tavern he runs know, this charming, carefree surfer leads a double-life, with obstacles of his own to overcome. But his unwavering passion for a life of adventure and sunshiny disposition are no match for Mackenzie's pessimistic attitude and sassy one-liners.
The last thing she needs in her life is a man, but after one fake date for his overbearing parent's benefit that exposes his deeper side, Dylan quickly weaves his way under Mackenzie's skin.
Despite being polar opposites, the pair manage to find mutual ground, realising that if they can both find the courage to trust again, family can be found in the most unlikely of places.
But after everything she's been through, can Mackenzie learn to confide in a man with so many secrets?
And will Dylan's father threaten to ruin it all?
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‘Tis the season for second chance love…
Kayla McKinley thought she was content with her life. After scoring her dream job and moving to the city, she’d spent years climbing the ladder to success, but when she returns to the small seaside town of Avalon Cove to spend Christmas with her family, she can’t deny the inescapable feeling that something is missing.
Evan Connelly hasn’t been the same since the girl that lived across the street marched right out of town with his heart stuck to the bottom of her cherry red converse sneakers. Christmas, once their favourite holiday, had never been the same again either. Now that she’s back, will he make the same mistakes and let her go again?
With a dash of holiday mayhem and a sleigh load of soul searching, Kayla begins to wonder whether there may have been another reason for her leaving.
Did she really want the life she created or had she simply been running away?
A sweet and swoony festive romcom that will have you believing in the magic of Christmas... and reaching for your favourite cocktail!
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277 pages, Paperback