Books by Alicia Hope

In five pretty cafés, blend women friends and their modern day dramas with to-die-for coffees and scrumptious cakes and serve. Bon appétit! Five Aussie friends calling themselves the 'Cafe Birds' meet regularly to share the ups and downs of life, love, and bird ownership over skinny and not-so-skinny cappuccinos and cake. Paige's marriage to a PTSD-afflicted soldier and her newly established business both hover on the brink, but will the solution to one push the other over the edge? A devastating discovery rocks the foundations of Caitlin's world, thrusting her into the arms of an unconventional - did someone say imaginary? - new friend. Burdened with a generous helping of secrets, a bad-tasting batch of guilty conscience, and a disagreeable serving of gluten intolerance, dinner party doyenne Megan has a lot on her plate. As does lonely widow Nita, who feels her life and relationship with her recently 'Goth' teenage daughter have come adrift. And gorgeous Grace appears permanently typecast as trophy girlfriend to a succession of unworthy suitors, a situation that can't go on forever - not if her friends can help it! Readers of THE CAFE BIRDS had this to say: 'It made me laugh.' 'It made me cry.' 'It made me hungry.' It's LITERAL "chick" lit!' 'It made me want to meet ALL my girlfriends in a pretty café and laugh, cry and eat.'

Bad things often happen in threes.So they say, and that's certainly the case for up-and-coming professional trick rider, Abbey Miller. Already reeling from serious setbacks - terminal damage? - to her career and love life, Abbey is devastated by the sudden loss of her remaining family member. Grief-stricken and heartsick, she limps home to the Central Queensland cattle station she now owns, hoping to find solace. Instead she's confronted with a suspicious death, mounting responsibilities and dwindling resources, a close family friend in dire straits, and an enigmatic squatter trespassing on more than just her land. And when an easy way out presents itself, she faces some tough choices.Should she cut and run, or stay and ride it out?Defy her beloved uncle yet again, or redeem herself?Lower her guard, or fortify her battered heart's defences?Sometimes life offers a second chance and for the lucky, more than one. And on a long road, it can be the hitchhikers we collect along the way that make the journey worthwhile.For the horse lovers out there, this second story in the Long Road series will rope and hogtie your heart. ¿

Maggie''s in love, just not with the man she married, a situation the uber-capable HR officer never anticipated having to face. And when civil engineer Grayson travels to a remote Queensland town to relieve for six weeks, he isn''t expecting to have to summon the Flying Doctors, survive a tropical cyclone, or lose his heart.By the time he sets off on the long journey home, Maggie also finds herself on the road ... the long road to loving Grayson. And like most of Australia''s outback highways there are plenty of road blocks and obstacles to be negotiated along the way, so she''d better buckle up.Set in Queensland''s remote north-west, this romantic adventure provides glimpses of the inland''s rugged beauty and its fair dinkum, colourful characters.