Bøker av Joanne Tracey

Small towns can have long memories...With the dress bought and the church booked for her wedding to Angus McGuire, Ainsley St James ran from Mannus Ridge vowing not to return until she'd achieved her career goals.Almost fifteen years later she has it all - an inner-city apartment, a sports car, and a wardrobe of designer fashion to match her high-flying banking career.Until she loses it all. Suddenly single, homeless, jobless, and finding that rock-bottom is a moving target, Ainsley has no choice but to return to Mannus Ridge with her tail between her legs.While her family welcomes her home with open arms, others aren't happy she's back or ready to forgive her for jilting Angus so close to their wedding - and Angus is at the top of that list.To complicate matters, her family's hotel, The Royal, is in trouble and with the bank threatening to foreclose Ainsley knows she will do whatever it takes to save the pub - and her parent's livelihood - even if that means staying in Mannus Ridge.As Ainsley falls back under the spell of her hometown - and Angus - she realises there's more at stake than simply saving the pub. Someone, it seems, wants to destroy The Royal, and without The Royal what would happen to Mannus Ridge?With her family and her town counting on her can Ainsley manage to turn the fortunes of The Royal around - and have a second chance at love with Angus... all before Christmas?

When Chipwell antique dealer Philomena Barker is asked by Detective Inspector Robbie Dawkins to assist with identifying some stolen antiques, she's only too happy to help. It's not long before Philly and Robbie identify a pattern - someone is breaking into the homes of elderly farmers in North Yorkshire and stealing their treasured antiques. The investigation takes a deadly turn when their prime suspect is murdered, and Philly and Robbie will need all the help they can get if they're to solve this puzzle. With Robbie due to retire this case will be his last; but with the murderer one step ahead can Philly solve the case before it's also her last?

Richie doesn't think he's ever been as happy as he is right now. He and Max are about to have a baby and move into their new home on the shores of Queenstown's Lake Wakatipu. His garden design business is booming and everything he ever dreamed of is within his reach.Richie's sister Jess is also feeling on top of the world. She's about to be an aunt for the first time, is running a campaign to be nominated as godmother, and her Queenstown café, Beach Road, is going from success to success. To put a cherry on top of her already beautifully iced cake, her boyfriend Nathan is showing no signs at all of going back to his job in Australia and for the first time in her life she's in a relationship with someone who doesn't seem to be just in it for the season.As for Millie, she's overjoyed at the thought of being a grandmother and can't wait for the baby to arrive. With Richie and Max back in Queenstown to stay, and even Jess looking like she could be settling down at last with a man who is perfect for her, she and her husband Cam can finally begin to ease into retirement and maybe even take a trip or two.But then a stranger arrives in town - and he brings with him secrets that Millie had thought were buried forever, secrets that threaten not only her happiness but that of Richie and Jess too.

Be careful what you wish for - you might just get it...Even after he trampled all over her heart, Calliope Jones knows for sure that Jamie Aldridge is the love of her life and she's prepared to do whatever it takes to win him back. But when she impulsively signs up for a belly dancing class, she wasn't expecting to have her life turned upside down. Before long Jamie is back and telling her that he made a mistake in leaving her. Callie knows she should be ecstatic - all her dreams are coming true. Then a blast from her past reappears and seems determined to sweep her off her feet. Callie knows that she's way out of her depth. Can she shimmy her way to true love?

A vintage coat, a hot new co-worker, and a stranger's bucket list - what could go wrong?

Brad and Abby were always meant to be together. Best friends in childhood, they fell immediately in love when they found each other again many years later.Yet when Brad proposes, Abby says no. She is distraught when, soon after, Brad leaves Melbourne - and her. Something is holding Abby back from saying yes to Brad, and she's convinced that it has to do with what happened to her father deep in a Balinese rainforest nearly twenty-five years ago.If Abby and Brad are going to get a second chance at first love, Abby will have to find a way to discover the truth behind the lies that protect the family secrets that have been kept for many years.

Do you only get one chance at a happy ever after?Kate and Neil met at a protest march in Sydney in August 1985 - Kate was marching, Neil wasn't. It was love almost at first sight.Over thirty years have passed, their children have grown, and Kate and Neil have gone from being happily married to being happily separated. That is until Neil asks for a divorce - and another wedding brings up feelings they'd both thought were long gone.Kate and Neil fall in love all over again, but the repercussions are unexpected and far-reaching. Will Kate be able to overcome a whole new set of challenges to find her happy ever after?