Every Five Minutes is a B.R.A.G. Medallion Award book. Gina, if that is her real name, wakes to an autumn morning and, against her better judgement, selects a light dress to wear to work. Deliberately, she misses the bus and walks into the city, then turns and walks back home. This is not a day for work. Tomorrow, in her navy pantsuit, she will be there. Today she will spend with a white dog and a remarkable man. Every Five Minutes is also about the colour cornflower blue, beaches, parks, city streets, exotic places, coffee, flowers, polished stones, a unicorn and a swan, words, theatre,...

Is there really a stowaway in one of the lifeboats? And what's the truth about Germans and deckchairs? On a cruise ship full of passengers from different countries there's bound to be plenty of fun. Seventeen Seas follows a voyage through ten countries, fifteen ports, across seventeen seas, for forty-six days. Stories of the journey itself and the multiple destinations are told through the viewpoint of a variety of characters. "Seventeen Seas is a travel-book with a difference." Excerpts - - In such a closed community rumours are bound to spread. And they did. - Step after step, eyes fixed...

Everyone says you can't go back, but Mary has to do it. It's the only way she can silence a voice from the past. And find her childhood friend, Ana. Kui is pushing her, Ana is resisting. Between the two women there's much to be resolved. The plum tree and the manuka have both gone, but a lemon tree thrives. The mystery that surrounded the last voyage of the Marakihau might never be solved; but if Ana returns, their friendship and some things from the past can be recovered. Can't they? "I love Every Five Minutes from the same Author, and am delighted to find this book shows her beautiful...