Melissa meets her neighbour during orientation week at university. He’s cute, confident and her adversary in the Great Debate. Will the right sparks fly?

Melissa Bourne and Andrew Wyatt were neighbours in the country town of Bangalow in Australia. Friends, good friends were all they'd ever been. This situation suited them both until Andrew found someone else. Surprised at her jealousy and with an international job offer in hand, Melissa left the country. She accepted a job offer in Boston, met Jonathan Brinkley, married and settled into life in the U.S..Five years later she returns to Bangalow for a visit with her father, shortly after the death of Andrew's mother. The two meet briefly at the funeral, and the day before she flies back to Boston providing an opportunity to rekindle their relationship and to recognise that their feelings for each other go beyond friendship. Melissa returns to the States in turmoil. \ \ \ Over Byron Bay is a story of friendship. A deep friendship that neither Melissa nor Andrew were prepared to risk for love. It's a story of heartbreak and hope. Of two people with extraordinarily bad timing. It's a story or relationships within and between families. It's a turbulent story of running away and of new beginnings set between Bangalow, Boston, Brisbane and Byron Bay. A debut novel which will take the reader on an emotional roller coaster ride. \ \ \ 'Poor timing and agonies of conscience are ever present in this sweet love story' Jackie BatesThe Northern Rivers SeriesBoy from Bangalow (Prequel)Over Byron BaySubstitute ChildRoman RouletteMissing in MyanmarNonsense in the North

Scott Wyatt had been a constant presence in her life, which was surprising given that he had died before she was born. Because of this, Charlotte Wyatt never quite felt that she was an only child. In fact, some days she felt like the substitute child – born of grief to replace the memory of a child who only lived a day. No one ever called her ‘Substitute child’ to her face. But she heard it in the words not said. For example, when her mother would introduce her, she could swear that she could him them thinking, ‘Oh you’re the child who came after Scott died.’ Her mother had been married before she met her father. There was definitely a back story to their relationship … And so to now… A deckhand in France discovers a bottle with a letter inside. The bottle has floated all the way from Byron Bay in Australia to the south of France. The discovery prompts a whirlwind journey for Charlotte Wyatt into the world of paparazzi, European royalty and the criminal underworld. Substitute Child is the story of a student travelling to the other side of the world to collect a bottle with a love letter to a brother she never knew and a journey to discover who she is and what she wants from her life. All the while responding to three potential suitors, including Scott, her lifelong nemesis who may have been named after her brother. The Northern Rivers Series Boy from Bangalow (Prequel) Over Byron Bay Substitute Child Roman Roulette Missing in Myanmar Nonsense in the North

Unable to leave Rome due to an air traffic controller strike, Charlotte accepts an invitation to a party on a super yacht. A friend disappears and then Charlotte becomes an accidental stowaway as the yacht heads for Sicily. Inadvertently caught up in the international slavery trade and forced to choose between several unbearable options, Charlotte embarks on a bold plan to save the women captured by the Monk, and in doing so, to save herself. Mystery/Adventure/Thriller set between Rome, Naples and Taormina in Sicily.

The Australian bush has a reputation for being dangerous, what with snakes, spiders and stinging trees – and that’s just the start of it. A too-good-to-be-true sailing trip results in Scott’s disappearance from waters near Hamilton Island in Australia. Now considered by police to be an integral part of an international drug smuggling operation, Charlotte relies on a sympathetic police officer and an aboriginal tracker named ‘Nonsense’ to travel deep into Cape Conway, to disrupt a drug exchange and to find her Scott, improving their chances of a happily-ever-after. All the while helping plan her best friend’s wedding.