A burnt out war correspondent who's sworn off love. A smart-ass soldier home for the holidays. Will a fire, a favour and a snowball fight lead to Christmas kisses in the city? After a devastating tragedy Marnie Fitzpatrick is all out of love. That is, until her elderly neighbour asks for a favour that involves her grandson Ed Stone. Marnie is drawn back to a career she doesn't want, with a man she absolutely can not be attracted to. Ed Stone is on leave from his job in the army. The last thing he needs is an entanglement or relationship. But he doesn't account for the charms of his gran's neighbour and can't explain why he needs to know her secrets and more about her past. And who the hell doesn't like Christmas? The Bad News beginnings book...how it all started. Bad News newsroom series where secrets and scandals are all in a day’s work. Read all about it… Praise for Louisa George: 'This story was wonderfully written. The author had my attention with every word.. I couldn't put it down. I laughed, I cried and I laughed some more...' Goodreads review Also by Louisa George: Something Borrowed series: Something Borrowed Something About You Something Beginning With Mistletoe Something Secret Something Blue Healing Hearts Medical Romance series: Still The One One More Time No One But You The Two Lives of Charlotte Evans The Summer of Lost and Found

When the only thing worth fighting for is love … There are two things ex-boxer and casino tycoon Rey Doyle is an expert in: fighting and gambling. He trusts no-one, but he needs a fiancée to help seal a business deal and part-time casino waitress Kate Wilkinson agrees to the pretence. Undercover journalist Kate is on a mission to expose Rey Doyle for the pitiless criminal he is, but the more she learns about Rey and his past, the more she begins to admire the man. When the chance to bring him down arrives will she take it? Or will this bad boy billionaire claim her heart instead? Book 1 in the Bad News newsroom series, where secrets and scandals are all in a day's work. Read all about it… (Adapted from a novella previously published as A Deal With the Devil) Praise for Louisa George: 'This story was wonderfully written. The author had my attention with every word.. I couldn't put it down. I laughed, I cried and I laughed some more...' Also by Louisa George: Something Borrowed Something About You Something Beginning With Mistletoe Something Secret Something Blue Healing Hearts Medical Romance series: Still The One One More Time No One But You The Two Lives of Charlotte Evans The Summer of Lost and Found

From award winning author Louisa George. A novel with humour and heart. Life is rosy for dance studio owner Charlotte Evans, who is about to marry beloved fiancé, Ben. But when Ben finds a lump in Charlotte's breast, it sends her on a journey of self-discovery which she knows she must do alone. Because Charlotte is adopted, and she suddenly, desperately, needs to know who she is and where she comes from. But her secret obsession with the past starts to consume her, tearing apart her future with Ben. As her wedding day draws closer, and her past merges ever more into her present, Charlotte must decide on the future she really wants… (Previously published as The Other Life Of Charlotte Evans) What readers are saying about Louisa George: "Many of the pages made me smile with joy…" "This story was wonderfully written. The author had my attention with every word.. I couldn't put it down. I laughed, I cried and I laughed some more..." "Ms George brings the characters to life on the pages…"

Dagdron Obor and Earl Valorington have moved on from the Arches of Avooblis, and Earl has big plans to spend the summer preparing for their third and final year at the Adventurers’ Academy. But then Dagdron’s dad disappears, the sinister and powerful Backer attacks them, and Wendahl gives them a quest to rescue Dagdron’s mom from Avooblis. Dagdron and Earl join with their academy companions, Elloriana Loftloomburg and Lita Valk, to search out Mazannanan’s secret treasure all while trying to stay off the radar of Headmaster Gwauldron and uncover the identity of the Backer. Along the way they realize that a traitor may very well be among them and that they might not survive to become full-fledged adventurers after all. Book 3 in the Adventurers' Academy Series.

The contributors to this book include political party strategists from all of the parties elected to Parliament. Rodney Hide, upset victor in Epsom in 2005, tells how it was done. Media personalities, including Radio New Zealand's Kathryn Ryan, describe what it was like covering a campaign where the likely winner changed with every new poll. New Members of Parliament the Maori Party's Pita Sharples and Labour's Shane Jones speak about their first campaigns, successful beginnings to new political careers. Listener and Dominion Post political columnist Jane Clifton provides her usual witty and insightful observations, describing MPs both new and old, brought into Parliament by the 2005 election. The book includes first-hand accounts of the campaign from United Future's Peter Dunne and Labour Cabinet Minister Steve Maharey, new Green Party leader Russel Norman, and the National Party's campaign manager Steven Joyce. Academic commentators frequently seen on New Zealand television including Therese Arseneau (TV3), Jon Johansson (TV One; Sky TV), Colin James (TV One) and Nigel Roberts (TV One) offer their perspectives on aspects of the campaign, including National's mischievous use of billboards and Don Brash's use of rhetoric on sensitive Treaty issues.

Who killed Baubles the Clown? The beloved performer Baubles, hired to entertain children with Sparkles his Shetland pony, is found slumped over in the corral strangled by his trick lasso. Lily Rock's librarian, Meadow McCloud, wants to help find the killer but she has a personal crisis to deal with. Between Christmas errands and the plentiful expectations that come with the season, she's feeling pretty overwhelmed. Plus there's the secret she's kept from her daughter, Sage, that keeps threatening her peace of mind. If that isn't enough, Sage is overwhelmed with her concerns. On winter break from the Lily Rock Academy, she's keeping her eye on Elf One and Elf Two at the town's wrapping station. But when her old friend Brad drops by wearing an unfamiliar fancy ring, she suspects he knows more than he's saying about Baubles's demise. The Christmas pageant. Booths at the fair. Cinnamon Rolls. Secrets revealed. Oh, and the matter of a pesky murder. Can Baubles's murderer be brought to justice before jingle bells ring? Or will a killer on the loose make this a silent night for all of Lily Rock?