Thirty-Eight Series

Ask yourself, how many days does it take to fall in love? Nolan Parker and Clara Lawrence never saw eye to eye. In fact, if you asked Clara she would tell you that Nolan hated every thing about her. They never shared any form of connection besides Alex Lawrence. She was Alex’s bratty sister and he was Alex’s best friend, they never stood a chance. Five years have passed and almost 12,000 miles have kept them separated, both living completely different lives. Unchanged perceptions and expectations should have kept them apart but when Nolan returns, the foundations of their ‘relationship’ is sure to change. Their story was meant to end the day Nolan left for Stanford. But what if seeing each other after five years was the game changer? What if this was their one chance to rewrite their relationship or were they always destined to never be more?

Clara Lawrence never thought one simple word could define the rest of her life. She has a decision to make. But the constant lingering thought that she's held for the last six months has made it difficult. The past never seems to go away. No matter how much she tries to run from it, Nolan Parker haunts her.  Nolan Parker finds himself with everything he could ever dream of, except one thing, the love of his life. Clara Lawrence broke his heart and now he's slowly living a life after her. But when he sees her in his lobby months later, will they reconcile or will they pick up where they last left off, breaking each other's hearts all over again?

No amount of white sand or distance could bury their past. Some things are just never meant to be forgotten. When Julian Moors returned from Thailand he left behind all his belongings, his father and only brother in Melbourne and moved to Sydney. One girl shattered his world and left him with more questions than answers. Behind the persona, Stevie Appleton tries to outrun her past. Nightmares and memories have started to collide, putting her future and her heart at risk. No one can know the secrets she tries to keep locked away, even if it means betraying the people she loves the most. Everyone has a story but not everyone has a past quite like Stevie and Julian.  When they meet years later, don't expect a happy ending. The past holds skeletons and not even these skeletons can be buried.

Bros before hoes or so the saying goes. However, Maxwell Sheridan threw that saying out the window the minute he hooked up with his best friend, Alex’s, poisonous ex. The moment he slept with her, he was hooked. Sloppy seconds was not his style, but she was a cruel addiction he couldn’t overcome. He thought his days of betraying his best friends were behind him. But Max learnt the hard way that history had a way of repeating itself. That was until one moment on a bridge would change it all. Josephine Faulkner is struggling. Mentally, physically, and emotionally. Life has caused her to grow up. Gone are the wild days, black hair, and dating men her ambassador father would never approve of. But juggling work and life has meant that university hasn't been high on her priority list. When Maxwell Sheridan finds her on a bridge, dropping small stones into the lake, a friendship and connection between them blooms. He offers to tutor her. She offers him her compassion. But their undeniable attraction and friendship will be tested. And her name… Andrea Wallace.  Book five in the the Thirty-Eight Series, With the First Goodbye can be read seperately from the other books in the series. The Thirty-Eight Series reading order: #1 Thirty-Eight Days #2 Thirty-Eight Reasons #2.5 What We'll Leave Behind: A prequel #3 What You Left Behind #4 All We Have #5 With the First Goodbye #6: With the Last Goodbye (Coming soon)

Sydney. The ‘it’ capital of Australia. Yet, Allison O’Connor wants nothing more than to escape from its grasps. The infamous Kings Cross bores her. And in order to stay clear of the lifestyle that slowly chokes her, she decides it’s times to finally become an adult and move to Melbourne. It also means going after the one man that she can’t quite forget. But in doing so, Ally soon discovers that moving to Melbourne could spark the biggest fight she’s ever faced: The fight for Robert Moors’ reluctant heart. Robert Moors has one thing on his mind: making the Australian National Rowing Team and with that, The Olympic Team. All he’s done is train and ensure no distractions get in the way of achieving his dream. However, Fate has other plans. And her name, Allison O’Connor. The young socialite’s all sorts of trouble that Rob and his image doesn’t need. But staying away from her is a lot harder than he’s ever imagined. She’s everything he never knew he needed. And she’s everything that could obliterate his career and his chance at The Olympics. They both have choices to make. But with all choices comes consequences. And some consequences will destroy everything they worked hard to create and call theirs.

It was always bros before hoes—except when Josephine Faulkner got involved.  The saying had been obliterated for Maxwell Sheridan the moment he met her. His Josephine. She had become his everything without even trying. It’s too damn bad that Max broke her heart. Left her behind to seek redemption for his past mistakes. Life with Josie was perfect. He had found his La Vie En Rose … Or so he thought.  One moment outside her apartment building changed it all.  Josephine Faulkner’s world erupted with a single phone call. She became numb with a revelation, and her beliefs held no meaning the moment Maxwell Sheridan left her. Gone was the perfection she thought they had found together. All the good taken away by his decision.  But his goodbye wouldn’t destroy her.  Josie has more important things to worry about than the shattered pieces of her heart. Because not even Max can stop her from saying the one goodbye that means the very most.  The very last goodbye that will hurt her in ways Maxwell Sheridan couldn’t.   The final book in the Thirty-Eight series --Conclusion to Max's story.  The Thirty-Eight Series reading order: #1 Thirty-Eight Days #2 Thirty-Eight Reasons #2.5 What We'll Leave Behind: A prequel #3 What You Left Behind #4 All We Have #5 With the First Goodbye #6: With the Last Goodbye

One chance meeting on a white beach in Thailand would set their story in stone. Eighteen and fresh out of high school, Stevie Appleton is about to embark on a form of freedom she has never known. When offered the chance to go to Thailand to celebrate the end of high school, she takes it. What she doesn’t know is that saying yes would lead to meeting him. Having just finished his Bachelor, Julian Moors can’t wait to party away the last three years of university. All he wants from his holiday in Thailand is to relax on the beach, drink and have the time of his life. However, the moment his eyes land on the beautiful blonde reading on the beach, he knows he can’t stay away. All his other wants no longer matter. What does matter is getting to know the girl behind the mockingbird.  Enter Stevie and Julian’s memory vault.  No names. No past. Just right now. Seven days to fall in love. Seven days until their end. Seven days until they both wake up heartbroken. And four more years until they meet again.