A contemporary story of fractured pasts, intriguing encounters, professional harassment and the capacity to live for others.
Set in London and Florence, Meryl, a budding writer, and Michael, a human rights lawyer, become entangled in a world of international crime. Life will never be the same. Will they pick up from where they left, despite the various characters who managed to enter their lives, or will they let go of the safety they once found in other's arms?

Vindication Across Time, the sequel to Across Time and Space, exposes how excessive power corrupts the very establishments' society is called upon to trust and obey. As the wheels of deception slowly untangle, those who were once maligned are vindicated while those who were trusted, face a dark future. Struggling between the worlds of mundane predictable existence, excitement in new places and unexpected encounters, Meryl faces hope and despair head on. Life choices set her on a rollercoaster trajectory, thrusting her into the dark world of international crime and its incumbent legal wrangling in the picturesque city of Florence. Truth, lies and hidden secrets emerge to leave her floundering when her resilience is tested. Vindication Across Time explores the necessity of patience and resilience when the dark forces of human nature attempt to strangle good.

Two women face a life of torment when challenges beset them in a country ravaged by politically ignored gender-driven crime. A mother’s strength and courage in overcoming horrific loss, and the dangers that befall her daughters, are shrouded in one haunting, untold secret. Escaping to a new country cannot erase the memory and pain of past traumas. As sisters from different cultural backgrounds, their reactions to their inner demons and commitment to others, reveal the essence of their souls, as their mothers’ daughters.
Souls of Her Daughters is a novel woven through complicated relationships with sisters and friends. Through tears and laughter, they share the light and dark in their fight for survival, from a crippling past.
Will they survive the demons that return, uninvited to persecute them?
A tale of terror, untimely loss, compassion, friendship and a mother’s undying love.

From a valley in Africa to the Cotswolds in England, a selection of short-stories destined to elicit tears, laughter and quiet understanding.

Heart-warming and Gut-wrenching stories on life’s challenges and celebrations.

The Rain - A Collection of short stories centres on the destructive and regenerative force of rain - physically, emotionally, psychologically and as a metaphor for life. From human cruelty to human determination, stories set in several locations, each showcasing the universality of anger, loss, fear, sadness, joy, hopes and dreams.

Stories that will capture your heart in a moment of recognition on the challenges and celebrations of everyday, ordinary lives. The Rain, title story, tells of a young couple’s struggle for survival in a rural location in Africa, under threat from destructive, relentless rain. A husband is desperate to provide a wholesome life for his three young children and pregnant wife – losing a child to the storm is a mother’s worst nightmare. Penelope is a story of a young, country woman's dream of success when two men crush her hopes. Who are they? Toby tells the heart-warming story of a loving Labrador who against all odds, puts human life before his own. Desert Quest, is a brother’s and sister's trek across the desert to find their ancestral beginnings. Romantic Re-Creation will keep you dreaming of the lives of May and June in the quest for their holy grail.

Tension, fear, hope and joy, in the rain of life underpins each gut-wrenching and heart-warming story. Solutions to the characters’ situations appear in mysterious or practical ways, while some are left unresolved. Each story weaves through struggles that are self-inflicted or perpetrated by forces beyond human control.

A soulful selection of short stories, on the shade and light of everyday life, in any situation, in any place.

Who is behind the mission?

Will they stay the course? Can Truth, Understanding, and Compassion save them?
Chosen Lives charts the journey of unforgettable women from tumultuous pasts. They are head-hunted by a secret mission for a leadership training program in Thailand. Within an hour after departure, the flight veers off course to a luxurious, unknown destination.
Patience a social worker, and Ming, a school teacher come to the fore in this compelling, contemporary tale. Selected as the mission’s trainers, for a New World Order, they are cut-off from outside communication. When the mission’s commander is revealed as deceptively gracious and militant, doubts fester leaving the recruits with confused despair, and the innate desire to shake up the future. Trust is compromised, and tension escalates until the shocking personal testimony sessions begin. Intimate truths open past wounds that force Patience and Ming to rethink their criticisms of others. From Canberra to The Hague, the initial interest in the missing passengers dwindles with rising speculations on gender politics at play.
Set in Australia with journeys to evocative destinations that create a profound understanding of the value of compassion for those who struggle to face the reality of their truths.
Are the passengers’ victims of a terrorist organisation under the guise of humanitarian pursuits?
Chosen Lives wrestles with hope for a New World Order amidst the fear of today.

Change is inevitable... it’s the acceptance that matters...

What Change May Come is a heart-stopping read on the lives of sisters Grace and Patience Sharvin who are confronted by the change they did not believe possible after all they had endured.

Is it choice or destiny that decrees the road that sisters Grace and Patience Sharvin shall now travel? The Sisters Helping Sisters Organisation (SHSO) and City Hospital ER, constant swing doors of inhumane acts, become a selfless haven for the restless souls of the Sharvin sisters, as a medical doctor and social worker. Grace’s abuse as an intern at the hands of a troubled young man and Patience’s abduction by the chief of her cultural clan was not the last of their life’s convoluted journey.
What Change May Come tells the story of Grace and her partner, Dr Keefe Daly, challenged by his past transgressions that elicit guilt, denial and a necessary call for action. Will their relationship survive the denial and trepidation of unexpected change?
Set in Australia, the story changes locations as horrific and unexpected events and situations arise in the lives of their close friends, and associates. The arrival of newcomers, the return of others, loss and longing, brings pain, joy and sadness as each character wrestles with unpredictable change.
Will the legacy of the childhood bond their mothers established, survive, or will they crack under the strain of irrepressible change?
Only time will tell ...
For a rollercoaster of turbulent emotions, with a dash of humour, truth, lies, forgiveness and commitment are unleashed. Join Grace and Patience in a page-turner read on their rocky path in the next stage of their lives.

A novel that tests human resilience in the wake of unspeakable change.

Every Life Has a Season. Every Season Has A Challenge

Life’s Seasons is a collection of short stories in two parts of life’s major events and complications.

Part 1:
On the Beach– an unnerving tale set at a fictional picturesque beach house in 1978 – Vronegg Obrist is silent about what she saw one night from the upstairs balcony…until it returns a year later… Stilled Heart is a confronting story on the aftermath of war on the lives of Hans, Ingrid, and baby Lara in a small, friendly town. Dreams and visions in Wandering the Earth tells the tale of Jacob, a messenger of an old spine-chilling truth. The Call of The Outback is an Australian story charting a retired city police officer’s return to his outback hometown when he discovers a long-forgotten crime. In Oceans Away, a writer’s divorce and a series of uncanny events onboard a luxurious sea cruise, question her sanity. Final View is a nostalgic and humorous reflection on the life of a glamorous mortician. Those Were the Days exposes the shenanigans of a group of university students who pass through the gates of deception, truth, and loss of innocence.

Part 2:
The Rain – short stories reflect the destructive and regenerative force of rain – physically, emotionally, psychologically and as a metaphor for life. Each story showcases the universality of anger, loss, fear, sadness and joy.

Random Heart Poetry: Light and Shade is a collection of voices and visions on race, culture, migration, gender, family, seasons and more on everyday experiences that speak to the soul in ‘aha’ moments.
While the shade poems capture moments of angst the light poems offer inspiration in embracing the beauty of life as one to be celebrated.
Random Heart Poetry reflects on the ordinariness of life experience.

~In our angst and joy, we are ONE under the sky of humanity~


Random Heart Poetry - Light and Shade,' is a collection of voices and visions on race, culture, migration, gender, family, seasons and more on everyday experiences that speak to the soul in ‘aha’ moments. Poems range from haiku form to sonnets and free verse.

While the shade poems capture moments of angst the light poems offer inspiration in embracing the beauty of life as one to be celebrated.

Random Heart Poetry - Light and Shade reflects the ordinariness of life experience illustrating Perfection in Imperfection and All Lives Matter.

All She Had Was Twelve Days…

Viola Bardo has creativity in her blood and justice in her soul.
She’s a music teacher, single, happy, and on the hop as a seasoned exchange teacher.

Aurora Days is the story of Viola’s exit from Sydney to Athens in a time-tense search for justice when a foreign ambassador appeals for the return of his six-year-old son.
Is Viola’s dual life as a schoolteacher and vigilante law agent questionable? Will she blow her cover and never teach again?

She’s tough but never cruel, she’s an idealist with vulnerabilities that add to her charm. Her sweet tooth and poetic side are secret addictions until Sebastian enters her world with his heart-wrenching past, and the endearing personality of a little brother.

Viola Bardo is every student’s and school principal’s dream teacher, although she is never with them long enough in her gallop across countries – wherever the call of justice takes her. She is a friend you would invite to tea, and one you could trust – but she is a loner caught between fate and her chosen worlds.

Who is the unseen doyenne Viola so loyally serves?

Enter the school hallways and secret staff meetings as the investigation deepens and darkens in a deadly twist on the periphery of a pulsating metropolis.

'Random Heart Poetry: Visions and Voices,' are reflections on life's angst and joy spanning the past and present. Poems in the collection include truth and justice, loss and longing, memories, a creative life, inspiration, and nature.

A music teacher, closet poet, and justice seeker—how far will she go to protect family honour?

Viola Bardo’s much-awaited Christmas break at her father’s art gallery is not what she expected when a web of deception triggers a series of events and uncanny revelations.

Who is the stranger with the sad familiar eyes, lopsided gait, and swishing ankle-length coat—lurking wherever she goes?

A small coastal town with an abandoned mine and a tight-lipped leader, averse to change.

What secrets will Viola Bardo unearth in her home school town of Blackwater Ridge? Her temporary leadership position tests her more than she ever imagined when her own past comes to light in an emotional revelation.

Meet the the charming townsfolk who gather at Dukes Bar and Grill where truths unfold under the watchful eye of owner, Ellis McCrae.

'Time and Place' are reflections of the past, present and future. Poems include meditations on dawn, the sea, a walk down the corridors of history, and grief as life's raw pain, truth and beauty. From city streets to country life, the ocean and mountains, to the impermanence of life - evocative for the current times.

With every shard a rainbow follows to lighten and brighten our earthbound trek. 'Rainbows and Shards' is a collection of poetic reflections on life's colours and shadows.

Will renewal be their claim or a struggle to attain?

In their quest for renewal, four women tussle with the challenges of a dysfunctional family, work pressure, reputation, unknown genealogy, violence, and confidence building.
Sasha, Moira, Ruby, and Rosa face diverse haunting situations from their past and present lives. Gripping personal stories told through honest fictional voices, but will decisive action set them free? Stories underpinned by the cruelty of fate, chance encounters, and the desire for autonomy and self-regard in the wake of crumbling confidence.

What will these women from different walks of life choose as paths that defy their destiny?

Across three generations in colonised South Africa’s sugar fields, a woman must face her past to improve the present challenges she is called to clarify. The old hand of time ticks on, until, decades later the truths she concealed demand to be heard to expose her lifelong angst for a forbidden love. Milly, Candace, and Sugar weave their family ancestry through letters and journals from the grave. Forgiveness is necessary to mend the broken walls of a silent, closed family, suddenly thrust into sinister revelations and heart-wrenching loss for those closest to them.

A historical fiction/ family drama on power, deception, and the aching need for self-determination.