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No pressure. No diamond.Burlesque performer Charlie Summer is on a mission.She and her two best friends, known collectively as the "e;Bling Brigade"e;, are taking their act on tour in the Australian Outback.The aim is to raise funds for their own burlesque academy, so they can empower other women with confidence-building dance classes.But their striptease skills won't, in fact, be the only thing funding the school . . . along the way they'll be thieving jewels!Reporter Liam Chasewater finds himself in the Outback when he's down to his last chance. After screwing things up in love and at work, he's lost joint custody of his two-year-old daughter.If he gets his next magazine assignment right — following the troupe on tour — he'll get his life back on track.What Liam doesn't count on is sparks flying between him and Charlie. Though hooking up with an exotic dancer and interviewee, with suspicion wafting around her, won't look good on his record . . .PUBLISHER NOTE: Outback Adventure Romance. M/F Mainstream content of 31,298 words.

Christelle is like any other twenty-something living in Sydney – except for one huge secret. She enjoys cocktails with girlfriends, luxury brand launches, gossip and shopping. For an added touch of spice, there''s also the sizzling connection she has with her new boss, the gorgeous Jasper.Then Christelle''s hapless and naïve younger sister arrives unannounced and things begin to fall apart. Not only does Christelle have to deal with her sister''s exploits and embarrassing mistakes, she also has to live with the fear that her escapades will reveal the truth: Christelle and Trixie are half-fairy, half-human. To make matters worse, Christelle has fallen for Jasper, but knows that taking the relationship any further threatens exposure. And no love could survive that, could it? Cityglitter is a charming, magical romance that leaves in its wake a glitter of fairy dust. With inner-city fabulousness and sophistication, this fun celebration of love will add more than a touch of sparkle to your life.

On the night of her 35th birthday, Flora Brunelli is full of regrets. The celebrations have turned sour and life hasn''t gone according to plan. She wishes she could be 20 again. Then she finds herself zapped back in time, landing in the summer of 1998 when she was 20 years old. The Spice Girls are at the top of the charts and the X-Files is the hit TV show. It''s also the week Flora''s life unravelled.For Flora, this is a chance to change her future: win back the love of her life, stay friends with her former best mate and succeed in landing her dream job. It should be easy. But her ex''s best friend, Lance Devic, who she never really noticed before, keeps popping up and messing with her head. And after a while Flora begins to wonder if living in the past really will deliver her the happiness she seeks?

After a regrettable incident at the office Christmas party, up-and-coming fashion editor, Winnie Cherry, is banished to coastal South Australia to set up a beach lifestyle magazine – 300km from nowhere. Her friends joke that she''ll marry a rich cray fisherman and stay there for good, but Winnie has other ideas. Determined to get back to Sydney within two months, she gets to work and starts counting down the days. Until she meets handsome freelance photographer Alex Bass, and sparks begin to fly. As Winnie is increasingly drawn into the close-knit local community, she starts to question whether city life is really what she wants. That is, until Alex drops a bombshell that casts dark storm clouds over all her coastal dreams . . . OTHER BOOKS BY CARLA CARUSO: Cityglitter Second Chance Secret Santo

Holly Plume is a bookseller by day and a romance blogger by night, dishing out scathing reviews under her pseudonym, Sultry Scarlet. When she scores an invite to the publishing event of the year, Holly couldn''t be more excited. Finally a chance to meet her favourite author, the mysterious thriller writer known only as AJ Ruffo.When Holly literally falls into the arms of the mysterious and charming Santo Randolfi, she''s sure it must be AJ. After all, Santo has tousled good looks, dark curls, luscious lips . . . He''s exactly what she''d imagined. But when Santo reveals he''s actually the author of a romance novel Holly recently slammed on her blog, keeping her online identity a secret becomes vital.As Holly struggles to keep Santo from learning the truth, she realizes just how much she likes him. But when he discovers who she is, will their relationship be over before it''s even begun?