Just Stab Me Now by Jill Bearup

Just Stab Me Now by Jill BearupA desperate mother. A dubious escort. And a deranged author who won't leave them alone. Caroline Lindley is determined that her new romance novel will be her best one yet. Fantasy! Formal gowns! Fencing! And, of course, a twentysomething heroine to star in an enemies to lovers plot with all of Caroline's favourite tropes. But Lady Rosamund Hawkhurst is a thirty six year old widow. She has a war to stop and two children to get home to and flatly

A coming of age story like no other

all while her neighbors' passive-aggressive behavior begins to morph into something far more threatening

common-law and transient marriages

with a broad and enduring appeal

In the first half of the 20th century Flash Jack was a well-known and respected artist who primarily catered for the crews and passengers of steam ships that serviced the coastal towns of Western Australia and sailed north to Singapore

and why the Earth's atmosphere is set to become the world's next battleground

from its source to its mouth

That's where my spirit is

and a Sydney schoolgirl loses her way

The sandpit is empty

A devastating picture of a world where the ceaseless drumbeat of terror alerts

asks acclaimed journalist Lucy Jones