October 2022 Media Bites Catalogue

Jillaroo From Jacaranda MANDY MAGRO Falling in love was never part of her plan ... A captivating contemporary romance about new beginnings and risking it all, from bestselling Australian author Mandy Magro Rose Jones is twenty-two, and has followed in her mother Molly’s footsteps working with horses as a champion barrel racer. Hard on the heels of being dumped by her fiance comes Rose’s determination to chart her own path in life from now on. But meeting handsome bull rider Ty Parker wasn’t part of the plan. After bonding at the Jones’s family Christmas, Rose accepts Ty’s offer of a quaint country cottage on his outback station as a bolthole to focus on her writing work and sorting through her feelings. Here among the beauty of the bush landscape she finds surprising adventure and friendships, but is taking a risk on love worth the gamble of breaking her heart all over again if it all goes wrong? Bestselling Australian author Mandy Magro returns with a standalone rural romance, set in the world of Mandy’s novel Jacaranda .

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Released: 05/10/22 TPB | 400pp AU $22.99 NZ $32.99 Imprint: HQ Fiction

Would You Rather A L L I SON ASH L E Y

The Witches of Moonshyne Manor A coven of modern-day witches. A magical heist gone wrong. A looming threat Funny, tender and uplifting, this novel explores the formidable power that can be discovered in aging, found family and unlikely friendships. Marais’s clever prose offers as much laughter as insight, delving deeply into feminism, identity and power dynamics while stirring up intrigue and drama. Released: 05/10/22 TPB | 374pp AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 Imprint: HQ Fiction B I ANCA MAR A I S

Would you rather play it safe in the friend zone, or risk it all with a modern marriage of convenience? ‘A pitch-perfect mix of all the best romance tropes, Would You Rather is what happens when friends to lovers, fake-dating, and mutual pining are elevated to perfection. Allison Ashley gives me all the feels, and I love every one of them!” - Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis .

Released: 05/10/22 BPB | 374pp AU $19.99 NZ $19.99 Imprint: HQ Fiction authorallisonashley

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