Books published by Shawline Publishing Group

The scream carried on the wind, long and shrill...Then came a second scream, this time longer, louder and no doubting the terror behind it...In Three Sisters, Australian author, David Tooby, explores the causes and consequences of human difference: the different backgrounds, different opportunities, and different journeys that shape people and make them who they are.Set in an idyllic North Coast town of New South Wales, the story focuses on two main characters; Jim, a complex man who has lost his wife and is consumed by grief, and Bonny, a young mother who has suffered a similar devastating loss and is left isolated and vulnerable.Jim manages to claw himself back from the brink of suicide. But will he ever find purpose in his life again?Bonny is inured to violence, but she has never met a man as unpredictable and brutish as one she joins for a mid-week party on an isolated beach north of town.Their lives are thrust together when Bonny is assaulted, and Jim is compelled to intervene. And for those that survive, things will never be the same again...An exciting thriller from a rising talent and new Australian author in crime fiction.

Can she really get away with murder?LaVonda Robinette likes to take charge, and yes, she can be a little bossy, because sometimes that is the only way to get things done. But lately, LaVonda's life is spinning out of her control: Her husband of twenty-five years walks out, she has a horrible run-in with a colleague, and to make matters worse, she experiences her first hot flush in a crowded supermarket. On her birthday.It is enough to drive a person to murder.After her colleague is accidentally, but conveniently killed, LaVonda is left in a bit of a state. The appropriate thing to do would be to confess and accept her punishment. And she will. But maybe she could put right a few wrongs first? Not everything is as straight-forward as LaVonda would like though and bumping people off is proving to be rather tricky. Does she have what it takes? Will her newfound interest put herself, and her family, in danger?

Andrew Hood, Award-winning Australian writer has released a breakout novel to rave reviews and hunger for the next book...The book follows the death of a man, Isaac McGlynn, who gets to see his life flashed before his eyes as he crosses from this life, to the next. This transition provides him with a unique perspective on his life and shows him the true nature of those that he had cared for in his time. He sees that the lives of those loved are falling apart without him and he needs to make the ultimate deal with Heaven to save them.'It all started for me when I was driving home and someone on the radio said, 'When you die, you can't take anything with you' and it left me asking 'why not' and 'what if I could? And what would I want to take with me?' explains author, Andrew Hood. When asked what the book was about, he'd reply, 'Perspective. It is all about perspective. I invite my readers to consider the perspective they have in their own lives and question if they are seeing everything the way they should. Do they consider themselves a victim in life, or are they lucky with the opportunities they have? Sometimes it is all a matter of perspective.''There is no going back for me now,' he said. The sequel to The Man Who Corrupted Heaven will be called The Man Who Settled the Score and it is due for release 2021 by Shawline Publishing Group Australia.

Would Rose forfeit a new love for something that may not even exist...Or does the future hold for her a chance at true happiness...?Just when Rose is accepting romance into her life again, someone from her past arrives to turn her world upside down. Rose, a young widow, is given a cruise by her family for her 50th birthday and on which she is accompanied by her friend, Linda. One night, over dinner, Rose and Linda meet the cruise ship captain's father, Leon Gardner. Linda and Rose 'adopt' Leon, often taking him on their excursions and dine with him each evening for enjoyable conversation and laughter. Richard Gardner, the captain, upon being introduced to Rose becomes quite smitten. As he walks the decks one night, he saves Rose from falling into the pool...and from then on, they see each other often... Yet, Rose also has feelings for another male passenger on the ship, Abe Shah, who she also believes holds a connection to her late husband, and he may even be her late husband...For Captain Richard Gardner, a divorcee, his feelings for Rose may become complicated as his daughter, Dayna is very protective of both her father and her autistic son, and becomes jealous of the relationship Rose has with both of them, especially as Rose is adapt at talking with special needs children from her work in schools years earlier...This is the third book of a quartet. The quartet is about four women spanning three generations of one family.

I am a boy Oh yes, I am! There's nothing I can't do and everything I can...Creativity, authenticity, self-love... this book encourages it all. From exploring play time to expressing their feelings, I am a boy teaches our young people that it's normal to adapt to their surroundings and discover who they are in any way they feel is natural. A staple book for your household - minimizing stereotypes and supporting self-discovery.

Bindi and Tika just want to have fun splashing in puddles all day long! But Mother Princess wants them to take a bath. From adventures in the mud, to eventually taking a bath... Come with Bindi and Tika as they SPLISH, SPLASH, and SPLOSH their way through an exciting day with Mother Princess cleaning up after them every step of the way!

Bub & Tub's adventures are fun, exciting, and easy to enjoy. Tub is a small rather naughty black and white dog and his best mate, a small grey pony called Bub. They both like exploring and get into all sorts of scrapes. There are other animals too like Mr Roo, the Kookaburra family, and other dogs. Emily whom they belong too, loves them and they her. They all look out for each other, only Emily has the idea she looks after them, though it's the other way round. The animals all talk to each other, but the humans don't understand. They all live in the outback and the country around them is their playground. So, from swimming in the creek to making up a circus, to getting lost and found, the adventures are many and varied. Come along for an experience you will savour as animals show humans how to be the best they can be...especially when they are not looking..."A wonderful array of fresh, fun filled tales by a talented author who has a passion for storytelling and an obvious love of animals...each has a personality that shines through...thoroughly recommend this for all ages..." Patricia, IndieBooks Reviewer

Welcome to the selected short stories from one of Australia''s newest authors in adventure fiction, written for your indulgence... This collection will first take you on a bizarre global jaunt from England to Hong Kong, Japan and Indonesia during the Great Oil Escapade. Then across the sea, to the Amazon jungles within a tale of exploration and deification. We share in the experience of four scientists researching in the farthest cold of the planet to leap from Antarctica to Jupiter and back, raising serious questions in their minds. We chase James Banock, a purloiner of British munitions across Scotland to Norway then along a voyage across the North Sea, where action becomes life threatening as Banock''s ship explodes and sinks. To conclude the excitement and thrills, we find the solitude of memory filled by photographs and tales, which describes the author''s car-trip around Australia in 1967 and a youth filled with freedom and the future uncertain. Written for readers to enjoy, without EXPECTATIONS..."A collection of adventure tales that spring from story to story without time to catch a breath...a thrill and a laugh...great collection by a talented author...thoroughly enjoyed..." William, IndieBooks reviewer.

In order to reach the truth about the murders, they have to uncover the asylum''s darkest secrets... It is 1884 and the eager young Doctor Hamish Hart is drawn from his research to investigate the hanging deaths of a female inmate and her lover at the Dunwich Benevolent Asylum on Stradbroke Island. The Superintendent insists the deaths are suicide, the sad fate of star-crossed lovers. However, Hamish suspects murder. Driven by a passionate interest in social justice, Hamish, and his friend Rita, realise there is a view of the asylum that has been obscured from the authorities. Step into the dark world of mystery and intrigue with one of fictions newest medical detectives... Keep one eye on the future with the publication of book two in The Dr Hamish Hart Mysteries; The Plantation Murders Arriving everywhere great books are sold soon. "Splendid, exciting, and very intriguing...a wonderful book and a great opener to a new mystery series and sleuth...hungry for the next one as this one delivered so much more than expected with amazing locations and characters and plot...a great new author...5 stars" Caroline, Indiebooks reviewer.Dr Karen Thurecht has a PhD in medical anthropology and a lifelong interest in cultural belief systems relating to health and medicine. Karen has taught cultural history at the University of Queensland Medical School and the Griffith University Medical School, and supervised Masters and PhD students in Public Health across the country. Karen has previously published two non-fiction books, one relating to women''s health and the other about our need to understand our lives through story. Karen lives on North Stradbroke Island with her husband and is working on a murder mystery series set in Queensland in the 1880''s, involving an eager young doctor, Hamish Hart.

It is 1975 and a young dark-haired girl unnoticed by the world...and who works serving store customers in the modest family fruit shop... Her family migrated to Australia in mid-1960s from beautiful Italy...Gabriella works hard in the family''s fruit shop under the overbearing control of her father. She becomes depressed and introverted and isolated from the social world a teenager craves. She resents the fact her brother, Enzo, can study while she had to leave school at 15 to work. She finds she is torn living within the Italian and the Australian way of modern life. Knowing the only way out, and to get far away from her father''s control, is to marry a better man; then Gabriella meets Aldo, an older, single Italian at the wedding of her cousin. She is swept off her feet by Aldo''s charms and looks and having fallen in love with him, they wed soon after. But it does not take long for Gabriella to realise that Aldo is not the charming man she thought he was as his anger and violence grows towards her, she becomes afraid of her husband, the man she once loved. She gains the strength to leave Aldo and begins to live her life as an independent woman. Her father is outraged and commands Gabriella to return to her husband, but she stands firm in her resolve. And for the next part of her life, lives the life she chooses...Gabriella Campania, approaching womanhood, narrates her story.

While their country prepares for war, they prepare for the battle of their lives. The Gods have given their warning. A deadly threat will be born at the end of the ninth age and will find a divided world easy to consume. All will be destroyed in a storm of ice and fire, unless Three can be found to stand against the threat, and to bring all magical and mortal peoples together. A huntress and two runaways have been drawn together for an impossible Quest. Their world is threatened by disunity, by the growing sickness of Mother Nature, and by the ambitions of a Sorcerer who is hunting down one magical race after another. Book one in the ''A Fairy Tale'' trilogy...

In a time when the world is still recovering from the aftermath of World War II...A man leaves his history in the war and his devastating wounds of his murdered family. But the war will not fade far from his mind as memories flow from the deaths at Dresden to Germany; the deserters; the killing fields...littered by dead bodies...hospitals overwhelmed and refugee centres, so under-supported...Rolf Krieger arrives in Adelaide after leaving Germany for a new life. He uses his skills as a carpenter to gain work with Bill Kelly, a good man who becomes a friend and confidant. He finds love in the arms of Bill''s sister, Elaine, a war widow with two children. He experiences happiness, until events from his past track him down as a stranger who believes Rolf stole from a dying aristocrat as the war ended and now wants Rolf to repay the sin with his blood...They come together to rebuild their lives after the dynamics of a conflict that so far has ruined them...Peace will not be found at the end of this war...

Luke Barclay, a man inspired by tales of his youth becomes a modern-day bushranger. Stephen Owens, a veteran police officer on the hunt for a criminal yet burdened by concerns for his own family amidst the challenge of the pursuit. Across dusty plains and through wild Australian bush, the new kind of bushranger and experienced lawman play a game of fox and chicken. Perspective vary as minds begin to unravel but the goal of consequence and legacy remain unshakeable.Two conflicted men aspired by passions are blended into a tale of timeless tribute to the Australian outback, its people and the recent past of a glorified history.

TANYA HAS A SCORE TO SETTLE WITH THE RUSSIANWHO RAPED HER AND LEFT HER FOR DEAD…Tanya learns that the Russian has teamed up with Chechen terrorists led by a renegade Argentine Naval officer, who has a growing contempt for the British reign. Their Mission - to find a vessel loaded with munitions that had been hijacked by Argentine renegades during the Falklands War; and then the ship and the renegades who stole it vanished somewhere near the Antarctic Peninsula with no trace or clue. To find the munitions is the priority for the terrorists and nothing will stop them from delivering their justice onto the global political powers.Aided by her brother, sister-in-law and an Australian Antarctic expert, Tanya pursues the Russian criminal half way around the world to face her attacker at the Antarctic Peninsula. Her small band of supporters follow the terrorists' trail, unaware of the potential threat looming over the world; one of absolute destruction if the terrorists succeed in their cause.Her personal mission is vengeance on the Russian but what she may actually find is an unplanned, and unexpected, chance to save the world. But her small team may be no match for the Russian and his new allies, who are hellbent on the objective ahead and hold no tolerance for a woman's bittersweet revenge… Hugh Allan is a retired scientist. He and his family have travelled extensively around Australia and the world, including the Antarctic Peninsula. Hugh is an active member of Australian Bush Poets Association; the Fellowship of Australian Writers Queensland and an associate member of the Australian Society of Authors. He has had over forty poems and articles published in various magazines. He is known as a passionate author and supporter of all elements in writing."A tense and emotional tale of international crimes and conflicts, structured in great prose and narrative that engages for the full ride…action, drama and danger fill the pages of this exciting adventure packed novel…A must read for lovers of Matthew Riley and Alister MacLean…" Adrian, IndieBooks Reviewer.

A desire to embrace our differences; to strive for harmony in this world of terrorism and the absolute must to protect our children...I am Woman presents a nuanced view of how we could be living our lives in the near future; valuing parenthood, family and paid work, and where we treat one another with respect. A future in which we do things different to the past and perhaps, even in this present. A world where we can thrive to treat each other with greater respect and empathy within this fragile society. The #Metoo movement has shown us it is time for us to change behaviour and the ways women and men relate to one another. We do have the power to do this and make a positive difference in our world.¿It is now time that we question how to work and live, and how to achieve the mythical work-life balance so as contributors to our communities, we can protect and nurture our family in contemporary society.Anita Selzer's eye-opening journey to discovery shows us in the simplest, even perhaps obvious ways, how we can adjust the perception about success by sharing her experiences of life, love and laughs. The delicate honesty and realness of her narrative is compelling and moving but most of all, it is from the heart of a genuine and talented woman who believes in what we all know yet are trapped in our lives, often too busy or too unwilling to look beyond what is...to what can be...

WILL SHE CHOOSE HER LOVE FOR ANNIE OVER HER CHILDREN...?The routine of a twenty-year marriage: habitual, predictable. Something's missing. Something of her inner-self. Sophie feels disenchanted by life, stuck wondering if this is all there is.When Annie enters the room Sophie can't look away as the most beautiful woman she has ever seen moves elegantly through the display of artistic imagery in the gallery. Eyes lock like hearts beating at a tethered line, hooked. Have they met before, or is it just so right to be wrong?One glance, Sophie cannot stop thinking about her desire for the wild haired woman with intense eyes. Annie will open a new world for Sophie that goes beyond anything imagined. An awakening will occur. A deep friendship will form that bridges one another's souls as neither will expect, nor deny.Her past will be measured against the future as love grows between them and heavy choices will need to be made, the consequences either happiness or despair..."A marvellous and intimately moving tale of true love beyond gender and prejudice. The delicate narrative of women in love is beautifully sculptured through the story to bring us into the lives of the characters. 5 stars..." Joanne, Indie Book reviewer

"This was not the path I had chosen. It was picked for me, and I was forced to walk down its narrow line. It is not something I will accept; it is not something I will submit to. I will fight it, and I will overcome it. What will you do?"This place was familiar, in a way, somewhat recognisable but still as abnormal as it always was. The white tree in the middle of the lake glowed brightly, on one of the branches, sat a figure cloaked in darkness. The dark consumed and nullified the light. It was difficult to make out what it was, but it was monstrous. Large wings erupted from the back of the dark figure. A tail uncoiled itself and writhed between the branches. The dark figure scowled down at him. When it spoke, the very air seemed to quake and shiver with each word…ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rufin De Villiers is a passionate and intelligent writer who grew up on a small farm in the country with a canvas that was always vast and open to his every daydream. His head always filled with imaginary worlds, sometimes for fun, sometimes for escapism, always hoping to one day share them with readers and those who loved fantasy as much as he does. He has been writing stories ever since he could read, and has no plans to stop."An enlightening and unnerving thrill ride into the fantastical world of true imagination…A wonderful read to be thoroughly enjoyed by everyone who loves dragons and mythical adventures…Tolkien would be a fan…" Jeremy, IndieBooks Reviewer.

The Arbor girls are a force to be reckoned with…Maeve Fossard, a nurse during the bombings of Bristol in WW1 wants to escape the pain and suffering around her. A trip to a pub and a chance meeting with a stranger named Colin, changes her life. The shadow world of spies and politics, become a reality.Through two World Wars, the Cold War and into the Sixties; from England to Australia, she encounters ultimate highs and soul sapping lows.Every action has consequences. Her companions, Margaret and Allison, their fates entwined, join a rich tapestry of characters, in her endeavours to create an invisible dynasty of social reform which will continue through to the future and span the globe...

The whispers of the universe are shouting at you…The lives of two women collide as transformative effects of the supernatural guide them towards reconciliation and open pathways to a fateful retribution.Sentient beings; Grace finds the term misguided. Since her assault, a pact has been made—with her protective spirit; beyond—promising her glimpses of an unknown future, yet her secrets must remain hidden from all. A crushing blow was never part of the deal…A young woman, desperate to survive, longs for another world far from her own. Having fled war-torn Budapest for Australia, Izabella’s dreams for renewal abandon her.Spanning the twenty years following World War II, and set in beautiful Brisbane and amongst the dust of rural New South Wales, Emigree explores the universal emotion of bereavement and how a little magic will change lives forever…

On any normal day, the events of this day would be unimaginable…Expecting parents, Michael and Michelle Armstrong, look forward to the birth of their first child, Anna, yet Michael finds himself captive to a crazed ICE addict, leaving Michelle to suffer an unexpected difficult delivery…Braxton City is immersed in fear as a calculating killer abducts, rapes, tortures then kill’s young women without remorse and leaves nothing but battered corpses around the city; only to raise more questions than uncover needed answers for the police. Detective Paul Anderson, burdened by the case, learns of a female victim who has escaped the very serial killer they hunt…only what she knows will put her in grave danger and thrust the city into absolute shock if the truth she holds is revealed… A complex and utterly enthralling thriller that asks a burning question…What will happen to Anna the day she is born?