Talents come in many shapes and forms. This novel explores a future reality and discovers the one talent neither Belinda nor William can control - love. Their relationship creates a raft of problems both struggle to overcome.William's talent is to move through space between locations in the blink of an eye. Belinda uses her talent to lift objects of great weight with her mind. William and Belinda, both genetically altered, meet years after leaving the government rearing-nursery. The late development of their talents allowed them to escape a life devoted to the government's defence departments. Releases to be adopted into the community, they have thrived but if their skills are now discovered they will be conscripted by the government and never be free again.Can they trust each other enough to allow love to bloom? Can they risk the renewed attention of the Defence Department?

James stops time to save Sarah life. He recognizes she is g-altered, like him. Their relationship is fraught, each with secrets and when Sarah becomes pregnant against James' wishes their safety and that of the child is put at risk. Conscription by the Defence Department becomes a possibility - fear drives them apart. They deny their relationship, but did they fool the authorities ? And what of the talents the unborn baby appears to have? Can James save Sarah and his child - even if he has to stop time again to do it?

Jill Corban meets Dr Michael Scott while on holiday with family in Alice Springs. Although the attraction is mutual, Michael has made a promise to his grandmother and a future with Jill, who is genetically altered, isn’t on the cards. Their love seems doomed as they deal with a kidnapping and a research field trip where Defence Department agents are on the trail of a woman the Aborigines are calling ‘little lizard’. Will James Corban’s skill to stop time, and little Stella’s ability to ‘jump’, untangle this lover’s knot? Discover the beauty of the Red Desert and how the power of love can change a life, for Love’s Red Heart beats within us all.

For all her talents the one thing Stella Corban has no control over is the power of love. Will her heart put her family’s safety at risk? Stella Corban’s choice is hard - fall in love and endanger her genetically altered family, or lose the one man who makes her heart joyful. For three generations they have avoided conscription by the Defense Department but Matt’s acquaintance with the Minister of Defense frightens Stella into avoiding further contact with him. Matt Saunders is not a man to be thwarted. Stella is the woman he wants, and he pursues her from the outback to the city and beyond. Would discovering her talents shatter Matt’s passion? Can he be relied on to keep a secret? Can she risk her safety and the family’s security by falling in love, or will a life-threatening event remove any choice she has?

For Thomas Winters, single and lonely, meeting Kate Bentley is the chance of a lifetime. Shy and hesitant, Thomas courts her with gentle determination. When he discovers she can see memory bubbles and collects them to return to her father’s failing mind he suspects she could be g-altered. He asks his old friend William Corban to investigate. Their romance falters when Thomas adopts Suzie, a genetically-altered child from the “Nursery” where he grew up. A misunderstanding on Kate’s part sees her cut Thomas from her life, but when her father, wanders from the house she turns to Thomas, and his dog Buster, for help. Kate realizes her future is tied to this gentle man who has won her heart - but has she left it too late?