Anna Maynard – författare

Sunny Moritz needs a change. She''s thirty-three, single, weary of tedious romances with the wrong kind of men and, according to her disappointed parents, drifting about like a tumbleweed. Her former high school crush, orthopaedic surgeon Adam Harrison, might be meeting all her physical demands (and requiring a subtotal of zero emotional headspace), but what about the rest of her life?When Sunny decides to start beekeeping, the man with the information she needs is an odd, enigmatic and indecently sexy Antarctic scientist. Surely, though, she''s way too pragmatic to be affected by his magnetism ...But as her hunger for meaning starts to bloom, Sunny begins to think that maybe it''s not too late to reconnect with her parents, maybe it''s time to start dancing again and maybe even she could have a lasting relationship.Dancing with Bees is easy to read, but hard to put down. In the tradition of Emily Henry and Marian Keyes, this delightful novel bubbles with charm, warmth and humour, but also speaks of the important things in life - like love.PRAISE FOR DANCING WITH BEES:''a romance as sweet as honey with observations as sharp as a bee sting.'' STEPH VIZARD''A laugh-out loud funny debut that''s both sexy and heartfelt. A real winner!'' MAYA LINNEL''A book that weaves together everything from love and lust through to family and friendship into a story that''s familiar and entertaining, light yet deep. I couldn''t put it down.'' HANNAH MOLONEY''Fun, funny and tender. This bittersweet rom-com pulses with music, friendship and love.'' KATIE MCMAHON

Disciplined and pragmatic, Mary Roberts feels she's got her life under control. She's recently moved to Hobart, she's nearing the end of her training as an emergency doctor, and she keeps a tight handle on the wellbeing of her mother and her sister back home in Sydney.But when it comes to her long-term boyfriend, Felix, Mary's always had a blind spot. That is until she finds another woman's G-string in their bed ...In need of a temporary escape, Mary signs up to help run a wilderness expedition medicine course. She soon discovers that rock climbing, plunging into freezing cold water, and working in the close company of a grumpy yet disconcertingly magnetic retrieval doctor is pushing her way out of her comfort zone.Suddenly, everything she thought she knew about herself is starting to unravel. The question is, what will the fallout be? A breakdown in her relationship with her sister? Her mother's brittle mental health reaching the point of catastrophe? Or - most dangerous of all - could Mary Roberts finally be ready to fall in love?