Books by Kate Loveday

The old ways are changing, but they can't change fast enough for Joy Barron...Her ambition burns, and she wants it all - NOW.But success comes at a price. Is it worth it? What of love? And happiness?Joy is determined Redwoods will become a successful thoroughbred stud, and has long dreamt of breeding a champion racehorse. When David Cavanagh opposes her ideas she schemes to get her way, determined to make her dream a reality. She justifies her actions because it is all for the good of Redwoods, and winning races. As she continues on her wilful way tragedy strikes, and fills her with remorse. Thunder, the big, black stallion, gallops into their lives, and with him comes Josh Frazer.When David goes to America with an indefinite return date, Joy is devastated at what she sees as his rejection, and struggles with a lonely life A series of mishaps occur that seem to be accidents. Is someone trying to harm Redwoods? If so, why? Then the children go missing, and Joy must turn to Josh for help and comfort. But does Josh want more than she can give? Will she risk everything?Against the heart-stopping background of the prestigious Gold Cup race week David returns, and, Joy must search her soul to make the most difficult decision of her life.

A different time, a different place, but you will live this story as if it were your own Married Woman's Property Act of 1893 New South Wales Henceforth when a woman marries her property shall remain her own With the passing of the Married Woman's Property Act, Kitty Barron no longer needs to fear losing Redwoods should she choose to marry again. But her existence is safe and settled, if unexciting, and she is content with life as it is - until a chance meeting changes her mind. Meanwhile, her daughter Joy is emerging from pubescence into young womanhood, and longs to explore the world beyond Bulahdelah. When she and her friend Lily go to England to enjoy a London Season, the experiences they encounter force Joy to grow up in a hurry.

The Redwood Series is a sweeping saga of romance and adventure, spanning many decades in a time when women have few choices and life, and love are not easy.It is often a spur-of-the-moment decision that can become a turning point in life.So it is for Kitty Morland, a young woman in London in 1878.Cheated of her birthright and condemned to a soul-destroying existence, Kitty yields to temptation one fateful day and commits a desperate, criminal act. Realisation of its possible terrifying consequences forces her to flee to the other side of the world, to Australia, taking her widowed mother, Bella, with her.Fearful that her past will catch up with her she marries William, an English aristocrat, and moves from Sydney to Redwoods in Bulahdelah, a remote logging area in the mid north of New South Wales - a place of red-cedar forests, wild rivers, and the isolation of a pioneer village.Kitty needs all her courage and determination to survive a loveless marriage, dominated by a husband with a dark side to his character. She realises all too late that the passion she feels for Rufe Cavanagh, a charismatic and entrepreneurial colonial, is reciprocated Kitty finally has a chance for love and happiness but, torn between love and duty, she must make a difficult decision that will affect the lives of others.

Full of courage and resolve, this is a story about reinventing yourself, and the intrigues of Fate. A story of love, friendship, disillusion and retribution as a woman strives to change her life. It seemed as if it would be a fairy tale existence... When young and lonely Erin McDonald leaves Newcastle for a job in Sydney shortly after her mother's death she meets high powered business mogul Giles Brightman. He sweeps her off her feet, and she is thrilled when he proposes. Madly in love she marries him, but she soon realises he wants nothing more from her than to look beautiful and be compliant - ready to accompany him whenever he wishes, charming to his business associates, a good hostess, and ready to accommodate him in bed whenever he feels so inclined. Slowly Giles' violent side emerges, and after an attack that makes her fear for her life, Erin knows she must get away. With little money of her own, and a platinum credit card, she develops an audacious plan to give her a second chance in life - at Giles' expense. But Giles won't let her go easily. When she consults lawyer Aden Marlowe, the last thing on her mind is a new relationship. She tries to ignore her attraction to Aden, and throws herself into her efforts to create a specialised high fashion boutique. Aden is captivated from the start, but he has a secret, and must hide his feelings. Giles tries to sweet talk Erin into returning to him, but when his pleading fails he threatens her and demands the return of documents that he accuses her of stealing. Undaunted by his threats, Erin ignores him and continues with her plans, but her home is ransacked and her store vandalised. Aden suspects a sinister reason behind Giles' actions, and he and Erin work together to find the secret of the seemingly innocuous Phoebus shares. Can Erin overcome all the setbacks to find a new life...and a new love?