Maya is ’n suksesvolle eiendomsagent by haar flambojante verloofde, Douw, se agentskap. Een die kliënte vir wie Maya huis soek, is dokter Reinhardt Enslin. Hulle is aangetrokke tot mekaar, maar hy rou nog oor sy vrou wat dood is, en hy het twee kinders op universiteit.

Toe Maya uitvind Douw is ontrou aan haar en knoei met die agentskap, sneuwel hul verhouding. Is daar vir haar ’n toekoms saam met die aantreklike, innemende Reinhardt, of droom sy verniet?

Toe Zoey haar beste vriende se troue op Mauritius bywoon, moet sy Liam, die man wat haar kort voor hul huweliksdag verneuk het, trotseer.

Zoey neem haar gay vriend as haar kamma-verloofde saam om haar waardigheid te beskerm, maar sy kom gou agter dat haar hart steeds na Liam smag, al is hy nou weer verloof.

Nou moet sy besluit of sy haar hart of kop moet volg.

Toe Lianca op haar broer se troue met Paul van Huyssteen dans, weet sy hy is haar trouman, maar Paul het net oë vir die bruid.

Twee jaar later gee Paul se ouers Lianca werk én reël vir haar verblyf in die woonstelletjie op Paul se werf. Hy weet nie Lianca is die man wat sy verloofde gesteel het se suster nie.

Wat gaan gebeur as hy uitvind? Sal Lianca se omgeehart Paul se skanse kan oorkom?

Ná ’n huwelik vol leuens en ontrou, is Riana klaar met mans.

Tot sy een aand op aandrang van haar vriendinne ’n spoedafspraak-geleentheid bywoon en vir Jacques ontmoet.

Jacques is aantreklik, selfversekerd en laat haar hart vinnig klop. Ná sy egskeiding, het hy net op sy werk gefokus, maar ’n ligte hartaanval het hom sy prioriteite laat heroorweeg.

Van die eerste ontmoeting spat die vonke tussen Riana en Jacques. Maar kan hulle dit waag om weer te vertrou en lief te hê?

Isla Vosloo se lewe word bedreig ná sy haar nuwe baas aangekla het van teistering. Toe hy haar dreig en begin agtervolg, moet sy teen haar wense haar vriendin se broer, Janco Watermeyer, toelaat om by haar in te trek tot haar woonstel beveilig is.

Janco is ’n IT-spesialis by ’n sekuriteitsfirma en ’n hartebreker wat nie in verhoudings belangstel nie.

In die klein ruimte van Isa se woonstel, raak dit egter toenemend moeiliker om te onthou hoekom hy nie aan haar mag raak nie.

Dis twaalf jaar vandat Anika se pa afgedank is en hulle gesin van die Grahams se plaas af weggejaag is. Sy is seker die man wat haar as perdetemmer aangestel het besef nie wie sy is nie, en dit is goed.

Sy is terug vir vergelding.

Dis tyd dat die hoogmoedige Grahams besef hulle is nie beter as enigiemand anders nie. Veral die oudste seun, Ian. As sy hom tot ’n val kan bring, kan sy weer begin dink aan drome droom oor haar eie toekoms.

Maar die lewe loop soms onbeplande draaie ...

Ná ’n vernederende insident by die werk, verwag Mariechen Jonker onmiddellike ontslag. ’n Werksaanbod naby Kaapsehoop bied ’n welkome uitkoms, veral omdat sy by haar geliefde tante kan gaan bly.

Die restourasieprojek op Kaapsehoop is ’n lekker uitdaging. Maar dan begin sy vreemde drome droom waarin ’n karakter uit die dorp se delwersgeskiedenis sterk figureer – ’n man wat nes haar werkgewer, Heinrich Retief, lyk.

Op ’n spooktoer tydens die Wildeperdefees, ontdek Mariechen dat drome en werklikheid kan oorvleuel, en dat ware liefde kosbaarder is as goud.

Louisa het ’n lysie met die eienskappe van haar droomman. Vir daardie man bid en wag sy.

Haar mede-onderwyser, Bernard, het nie donker hare en blou oë soos Louisa se droomman nie. Boonop loop hy ná ’n slegte ervaring maar lig vir meisies.

Toe hulle saam op ’n skooltoer na die Karoo gaan, leer Bernard en Louisa mekaar werklik ken. Louisa leer gou die liefde steur hom nie aan lysies nie.

Nou moet sy kies tussen haar lysie-man en haar hart.

Emma keer ná sestien jaar na Silver Creek Ranch terug, salig onbewus van die chaos wat sy op die plaas veroorsaak. Sy was James, die eienaar se oudste seun, se jeugliefde, maar hy het nou ’n ander meisie. Emma en James het albei verander, en hul onskuldige kinderliefde verander stadigaan in iets onstuimiger.

Gaan Emma se gladde mond haar en James vir altyd uitmekaar dryf? Of gaan James dit reg kry om Emma finaal te tem?

1001 nagte, 1001 wonders, 1001 gevare.

Wanneer Herman Swart se tweelingsuster Herma onverwags sterf, val ’n deel van hom weg. Hy raak toenemend eensaam en onttrek in ’n wêreld van ou films. Hy sien haar in sy eie spieëlbeeld en hoor haar op ongeleë tye. ’n Bykomende traumatiese ervaring versplinter sy wêreld finaal en Herman verval in ’n diep koma. Hy bevind homself binne-in ’n avontuur, ’n nagmerrie, ’n wêreld waarin droom, fantasie, film, vervolgverhale, musiek en die gotiese ineenvleg. In hierdie vreemde, magiese realisme beweeg hy tussen plekke, ontmoet verskeie karakters en word weggelok deur die prinses, ’n meisie wat baie aan Herma herinner.

François Bloemhof het al plaaslik en wêreldwyd vir talle literêre eerstes gesorg, maar met hierdie unieke lees-luister-en-kyk-ervaring oortref hy homself. Die duisend en eerste nag het geen geduld met ou, veilige storiegrense nie.

Elle and Brent Mullen have it all: two delightful children, more than enough money and a perfectly-restored Victorian home in the plush green suburbs of Cape Town. But appearances can be deceiving.

Brent’s business decisions continue to disappoint, embittered by mistrust and entitlement. Elle - a social worker by choice - is unhappy, trying (and failing) to bridge the divide between two worlds of privilege and poverty. Until she meets her next case, Ethan who, at twelve-years-old, has seen it all. Born into a family of gangsters, life through his eyes reveals a pained struggle to defy his father’s expectatations.

In a city run by gangsters, Elle, Ethan and Brent find themselves drawn into a web of betrayal, where a wicked plot twist reveals how far each will go to get what they want.

When Louw Roodt vanishes after a work function, Kristien Liebenberg’s worst fear comes true: her lover isn’t coming home. Has Louw been in an accident? Is she having an affair? Has she been hijacked, assaulted, or worse, left for dead in the bushes and sand dunes of the Cape Flats? Or has it got something to do with their argument that morning?

Then news breaks of a murdered man found in a Cape hotel – the same hotel Louw was last seen in, on the same night. And it’s the very man who was the speaker at her work function. Was Louw involved in the murder? Is she on the run? That’s what the police say. Or is there a connection to her mother’s hijacking 21 years ago, an event which left Louw psychologically scarred?

Amid all these questions and a rising sense of dread, Kristien knows Louw is in trouble, and she needs her help.

Lester Walbrugh is from Grabouw in the Western Cape. His acclaimed short stories have been published in, among others, Short.Sharp.Stories’s Die Laughing, Short Story Day Africa’s anthologies, New Contrast and most recently, Hair: Weaving and Unpicking Stories of Identity. He has lived in the UK and Japan and is currently back in his hometown, working on his first novel.

Let It Fall Where It Will is Lester Walbrugh’s debut collection of stories. Set in the Cape and Japan, the stories showcase the stunning versatility of the author. Ranging from witty to poignant, they capture a fascinating diversity of voices and fearlessly explore contemporary topics of identity and sexuality as well as South Africa’s deeply troubled past. A few employ magic realism to great effect.

The book’s epigraph and title were inspired by Adam Small’s poem, ‘Die Here het gaskommel’.

Skye is looking for normal. She grew up different and it rankles. Home isn't normal; her mom isn't normal. Her brother, beloved as he is, isn't quite normal, either. Her marriage was kind of normal (Cam is a wealthy, handsome man who's nice enough) and now it's a dumpster fire. And look at South Africa—entirely NOT normal.

She's got PTSD and she's in mourning. She doesn't know who she is or what she wants.

She tries to anchor herself to tangible things: to her cooking, to her neighbour's children, to sex. But as she relives her past and tries to plan her future, she feels increasingly dislocated. Skye escapes when things get overwhelming, and realises almost too late that she's about to make everything worse.

Zandile the resolute continues the story of the eight Zulu brothers.

Rich, handsome, powerful, dangerous and the wealthiest and most powerful families in Johannesburg, Zandile is the wife of the first brother Nkosana, their love story is like a South African township Romeo and Juliet.

Their families hate each other but their love is so strong, it endures all the hatred, the deaths and even prison time.

The Broken River Tent is a novel that marries imagination with history.

It is about the life and times of Maqoma, the Xhosa chief who was at the forefront of fighting British colonialism in the Eastern Cape during the nineteenth century. The story is told through the eyes of a young South African, Phila, who suffers from what he calls triple ‘N’ condition – neurasthenia, narcolepsy and cultural ne plus ultra. This makes him feel far removed from events happening around him but gives him access to the analeptic memory of his people.

After being under immense mental pressure, he crosses the mental divide between the living and the dead and is visited by Maqoma. They engage in different conversations about cultural history, literature, religion, the past and contemporary South African life.

In Tasneem’s close-knit Muslim Indian community the stigma of divorce is a heavy burden to carry, and her mother insists on finding her a husband – even if it means orchestrating a traditional ‘samoosa run’. When she meets Aadil an unexpected connection sparks and they strike a deal: a pretend engagement to keep their families off their backs. But a simple ruse soon grows complicated because one of them is hiding a life-changing secret . . .