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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Outback bachelor	Margaret Way	"The daughter of a humble ranch hand, Skye McCory grew up dreaming of dating Keefe McGovern, heir to the famous McGovern cattle empire and way out of her league. Now a high-flying lawyer, Skye is bac…	OL15449046W
Mac Slater vs. the city	Tristan Bancks	Mac and his reluctant friend Paul head from Australia to Manhattan to continue their work for the Coolhunter website, and once there they discover a group of young inventors whose work is meant to be…	OL15488036W
Not a Marrying Man Harlequin Presents	Miranda Lee	40 year old British billionaire Warwick Kincaid likes to take risks -- though they don't include marriage and children. Twelve months is his limit when it comes to relationships. Warwick asks beau…	OL17566896W
Love's heritage	Louise Pakeman	In response to her mother's dying request, Maggie Townsend is on her way to England, with the address of a grandfather she barely knew existed. However, when Tim Fenton, a fellow Australian she meets…	OL17877410W
Australian story	Graham Bauer	This book contains in-depth, behind-the-scenes profiles of favourite Australian Story features from the last four years, as chosen by the Australian Story team.	OL17909179W
In falling snow	Mary-Rose MacColl	Traveling to France during World War I to bring home her fifteen-year-old brother, who ran away to enlist, Iris, a young Australian nurse, decides to stay in Paris to help establish a field hospital …	OL19968133W
Death of an Airman	Christopher St. John Sprigg	"George Furnace, flight instructor at Baston Aero Club, dies instantly when his plane crashes into the English countryside. People who knew him are baffled - Furnace was a first-rate pilot, and the p…	OL20010410W
Head over heel	Chris Harrison	"On a trip to Dublin, Chris Harrison falls head over heels in love with Daniela, the Italian girl with eyes the color of Guinness, a girl who persuades him to leave his Australian life and follow her…	OL20052572W
Mad Meg	Sally Morrison	424 pages ; 20 cm	OL21107520W
The local wildlife	Robert Drewe	Welcome to the Northern Rivers, where the 'local wildlife' can refer to more than just the exotic native fauna. After a decade spent in this picturesque corner of Australia, home of chocolate-coated …	OL24175715W
Boy he cry	Roger Averill	"Two young Australians arrive unannounced on a remote Melanesian island and ask its residents if they can live with them for a year. Granted this request, cut off from the outside world, living witho…	OL24204637W
The jerk next door	Komal Kant	Single, lacking cooking skills, and too awkward to function, Isla Matthews is content to spend her nights alone, and her days struggling to keep her cute little flower shop afloat. That is until a su…	OL28589511W
Secrets of the sea	Nicholas Shakespeare	Torn by tragedy from his early life on a remote farm in Tasmania, Alex Dove has returned years later to start over. A chance encounter with quiet, alluring Merridy Bowman—a young woman similarly haun…	OL40766W
The Australian's Society Bride	Margaret Way	Parties at the luxurious Blanchard estate draw the cream of society. Dressed to impress, glamorous women swathed in diamonds and designer outfits make a beeline for Boyd Blanchard, heir to the family…	OL5236087W
The stranger house	Reginald Hill	For more than five hundred years weary travelers have been coming to the Stranger House&#8212an out-of-the-way inn in the tiny village of Illthwaite in Cumbria, England. Now two very different visito…	OL57011W
Almost French	Sarah Turnbull	A delightful, fresh twist on the travel memoir, Almost French takes us on a tour that is fraught with culture clashes but rife with deadpan humor. Sarah Turnbull's stint in Paris was only supposed t…	OL5801440W
The virgin's price	Melanie Milburne	He needed a convenient marriage. He bought a virgin wife!Australian millionaire Bryn Dwyer was looking for a wife—quickly, conveniently and temporarily. But not one of the empty-headed bimbos he usua…	OL5810787W
Everything tastes better crumbed	Dave O'Neil	A book dedicated to the big questions and the hard hitting observations of life in today's world of fast cars, fast food, and instant and bigger everything. Written by the only Australian BIG enough …	OL6233829W
The Secret of Lost Things	Sheridan Hay	A missing manuscriptA young woman's voyage of discoveryAnd the curious bookshop where it all begins...In this charming novel about the eccentricities and passions of booksellers and collectors, a cap…	OL8053013W
How the Light Gets in	M.J. Hyland	A powerful debut from an Australian novelist that features one of the most likeable but contrary figures you are likely to meet in contemporary fiction. Lou Connor, a gifted, unhappy sixteen-year-old…	OL9012787W