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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Beneath the blonde	Stella Duffy	When Saz Martin is hired to protect Siobhan Forrester, the sexy lead singer of Beneath the Blonde, an easy assignment turns into a murderous one. And, to further complicate things, Saz isn’t so sure …	OL15286462W
Daisy chains	Kevin Ireland	"David Asquith is a bumptious, preposterous rogue, yet as the rest of the world slides into financial ruin he plans a radiant pathway to personal success and universal happiness. The catalyst for his…	OL18147869W
The mannequin makers	Craig Cliff	Marumaru, New Zealand. Colton Kemp, a department store window-dresser, is at home, watching his beloved wife die in premature childbirth. Tormented by grief, he hatches a plan to make his name and th…	OL19724211W
The wish child	Simon Vance,Catherine Chidgey	Germany, 1939. Two children watch as their parents become immersed in the puzzling mechanisms of power. Sieglinde lives in the affluent ignorance of middle-class Berlin, her father a censor who excis…	OL19763825W
How to stop a heart from beating	Jackie Ballantyne	The year 1961 is a pivotal one for nine-year-old Solly McKeen. She is a loner in a family of doubles: a 'single' with no twin of her own, and seen as a bit of an oddity by everyone in her dairy-farmi…	OL20867196W
Songs from the Violet Cafe	Fiona Kidman	320 pages ; 20 cm	OL21275530W
Final Proposal	Robyn Donald	An unlikely match... He's a farmer, she's an image consultant. He despises city women and she hates the country. But when a series of bizarre coincidences make Kear Lannion and Jan Carruthers neig…	OL21378841W
Mistress for a Weekend	Susan Napier	Nora Lang needs the most dangerous man she can find! Enter tycoon Blake MacLeod. He normally prefers sophisticated blondes that don’t require too much of his brainpower. But Nora’s a challenge...the …	OL21406486W
Ephraim's eyes	Bryan Walpert	The characters in these stories have had their lives disrupted by personal tragedy. Characters weave their own stories and enter into their own worlds as they psychologically resist grief but are dri…	OL21409354W
Ghosts of the Waikato	Wayne Palmer	In the year 2065, the world has changed. After the fall of the United States Empire, the formation of the Australiasian Alliance brought stability to the Asia-Pacific region, along with the powerful …	OL24688279W
The piano	Jane Campion,Kate Pullinger	The novel reveals why Ada has stopped speaking, the history of the piano, and the secret of Flora's conception.	OL24846196W
Miriam's talisman	Elenor Gill	Set in the UK, the story takes place in the months following the sudden death of Miriam, mother of Hannah and grandmother of the protagonist, Clionha, who are both deeply affected by her death, but i…	OL28171520W
Stand alone Stan	Phillip Mann	Set in modern Britain still ruled by the Roman Empire. The destinies of a Roman aristocrat and a British girl and boy come together when the bloody outcome of a jealous feud forces them to take refug…	OL28606143W
Avaro	Lila J. Petersen	Avaro and O Tayo have as their quest the defeat of the Nameless-One, an evil fallen angel who threatens the entire planet of H'trae. They are aided in their task by Rebecca, a princess of Cristacea, …	OL29317408W
The Golden Mask	Robyn Donald	She wasn't a child anymore! Eden knew little of life beyond her family's New Zealand sheep station. She realized exactly how little when Blade Hammond returned to Onemahutu. Five years had only e…	OL3475981W
A Summer Storm	Robyn Donald	His intentions couldn't be honorable "I find you profoundly, shatteringly attractive," Blaize Stephenson told Oriel. But what on earth could a man with his success and money see in a gawky primar…	OL3476063W
Savage courtship	Susan Napier	Who's been sleeping in his bed? "I can't deny that it's a common male fantasy to be seduced by a beautiful stranger who conveniently vanishes afterwards.... " Vanessa Flynn could kick herself! …	OL3498703W
The Bone People	Keri Hulme	At once a mystery, a love story, and an ambitious exploration of the zone where Maori and European New Zealand meet, Booker Prize-winning novel The Bone People is a powerful and unsettling tale satur…	OL3991459W
Fetters Of The Past	Daphne Clair	Jess Wilder had lost a child and a husband, and as a defense against ever being hurt again, she had adopted a devil-may-care attitude that left her with many acquaintances, but few real friends. S…	OL5809782W
Stairway To Destiny	Miriam MacGregor	It was her chance to break free Delcie Linden wanted to start living her own life. So when she was offered a summer job working for the renowned author, Brad Bellamy, at his sheep station in New Z…	OL8466359W