Memories are precious, and for Sian Bennett, they are fleeting. On 22 February 2011, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake rocks Christchurch, New Zealand. Sian was there, along with her husband and baby son. What happened that day is a mystery; all she remembers is waking up in hospital five months later, alone. Two long years pass, and the memories continue to disappear into the black hole that was opened up the day of the quake. Life becomes a perilous journey lived on a tightrope that stretches between the past and the present. Retreating to a lakeside cottage in Rotorua, she shies away from a world...

ABSOLUTION (Book 1): All it takes is a moment. The flash of oncoming headlights and a split-second decision tears your world apart. Jack McKenna fell in love with Ally Connor the first time he saw her. All through high school and beyond, it was the two of them against the world even though level-headed, pragmatic Jack and artistic, impulsive Ally couldn't have been more different. Their future was mapped out until one night, driving home from a concert with their best friend, their world came crashing down. Consumed by guilt, Jack walks away from everything and everyone. What follows is four...

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