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Environmentalists try to stop logging of an indigenous forest.
Vanessa Denton gave her life for Gaia and Mathews Bush despite a solemn promise from Mike Simmiss, President of the Save Our Forests Association (SOFA). The tragedy drives Mike to revive a flagging campaign against logging the forest. Time is running out, and the chance of success seems against the odds but, not compromising, Mike grasps every last opportunity. Will it be enough? SOFA goes up against big business, the new owner of the forest, Jackson-Halberd (NZ) Ltd, contending with the company’s successful Managing Director, John Baron, and its unscrupulous board member and stro | |  | | Hillsend
Family and strangers brought together over a hot Christmas in the Marlborough Sounds.
A Londoner entrusts her brothers with answers that her orphaned daughter will seek from a young age... A successful English photographer, now residing in Auckland, attempts a lasting relationship, but is still trying to get over his disastrous marriage... A New Zealand-born fashion model turned businesswoman, lives with emotional scars from her teenage experiences in Milan and... In the quick sale of a luxury holiday home in the beautiful Marlborough Sounds, something is left behind. The story threads come together in an unforgettable summer vacation at Hillsend. | |  | | Island of Regrets
Unravelling a puzzle leads four treasure hunters on a search that could become homicidal.
History and fiction mix in this enthralling modern-day novel of suspense. Stolen diamonds are missing; a fortune is at stake and evidence overlooked for a hundred years points to a location.
Natalie Siever wants to break out and do something 'crazy' with her life. Alex Barry discovers a puzzle that he and Natalie might be able to untangle together. Frank Redwood intrudes in their lives and seizes his opportunities. Rick Wilson is more interested in bird-watching.
A lonely, mist-shrouded dot of land in the Southern Ocean holds the secret to the puzzle and will lead them on a | |  | | Losing & Winning
New Zealand teacher, Ryan Gibson, intends to claim his million dollar Lotto prize but finds his winning ticket stolen.
A chase across the world.
| |  | | Political Secret
On the run from the Russian Secret Police.
p style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px;">span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt;">font color="#00000a">In a random incident on the Moscow Metro, Lee St John, a press attaché with the New Zealand embassy, gains access to an American secret with the potential to start World War III. On the run, h/font>/span>span style="margin: 0px; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt;">e is tailed back to his own country by Russian agents. /span>
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A love story where the juxtaposition of family life in two different cultures is dramatic and eminently readable
p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ansi-language:
EN-NZ">font color="#00000a" face="Calibri">Security contractor, Matt Couper, returns from Iraq with memories of a fifteen year old Assyrian girl, Tara Nasrim, whose life he saved. Five years later, as a refugee, Tara shows up in New Zealand. Even there, Islamic extremism rears its head. Religion clashes with love, vengeance is pursued, and Matt’s world overturns./font>/span>
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