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Books > Local Author Showcase > Fiction - adults > Romance
Kate Petersen keeps her panic attacks to herself, until the day she experiences one in front of her boss. With her personal life in ruins, her job is all she’s got. When an important renewable energy assignment in an Eastern Cape surfing village comes up, she is allowed to take over only if she promises to get her anxiety under control. She decides not to tell her boss that he is sending her to the very place where all her troubles began with a tragedy which continues to haunt her. Determined to put the past behind her, she arrives in St Francis Bay ready to placate environmental opposition to her employer’s planned wind farm. Trouble brews when she begins to fall for Matthew Sykes, the attentive vet and surfer who is still grieving the death of his wife. Meanwhile, the parochial locals escalate their protests, from peaceful resistance to creepy threats, and Kate is forced to confront her worst fears as well as risk exposing her fragile state of mind to Matthew and her client. Then the violence intensifies and Matthew turns out to have a few secrets of his own. Kate understands that their growing relationship and her job are at stake, but she doesn’t know that her life is also in danger … Winner of the Strelitzia Award from the Romance Writers Organisation of South Africa in 2017.
Game guide Alexandra Carnell-Ellis is principled, doesn’t suffer fools, and is generally not too fond of ordinary people either. When she’s fired from The Plains, a commercial ‘Ferrari Safari’-type game reserve in the Karoo for being rude to guests, she’s determined to make a fresh start. She lands a dream job at an exclusive game reserve in Mpumalanga, but Alex arrives at the lodge with attitude, a few facts about her that aren’t strictly true, and a stolen dog in tow. Alex struggles to control her unruly tongue and almost immediately makes enemies with the camp manager and the owner’s terrifyingly scary girlfriend. She finds love in the form of the level-headed and attractive head guide, but it’s not long before everything goes wrong. After impulsively abandoning her vehicle and guests to rescue an abandoned baby baboon, a storm breaks over her head and she flees the reserve. Will she ever be able to find her way back?
June has worked hard for her family, but she is starting to feel like the dull accountant trope. She is safe and comfortable and bored. June wants more. On the eve of the new year, when the radio DJ encourages listeners to make the most of it, June feels like he’s talking to her, and she decides to make a vision board — magazine cutouts, silver glitter and all. Maybe 2022 is the year that June Cupido reinvents herself.
When you are accustomed to the finer things in life -designer shoes, champagne, VIP lounges, exotic holidays abroad, a luxury penthouse, expensive wheels -what independent young woman in her right mind would want to let them go? Certainly not the beautiful, ambitious and super-streetsmart Bontle Tau, the girl who has used her good looks and winning charm all her life to get exactly what she wants. The lifestyle doesn't come cheap, though, nor does maintaining the body that allows it (just ask Dr Heinz at the beauty clinic). Luckily, Bontle has a degree in MENcology, and there is no shortage of blessers at her penthouse door, eager to give her all the love and (financial) support she needs. Papa Jeff might be overweight and getting on a bit, and receiving some unwanted attention from the Hawks; and Teddy might not have fully come through for her on that messed-up tender business; but Mr Emmanuel, the Nigerian businessman with deep pockets and the possibility of conferring second wife statu could that be love? Keeping all her boyfriends happy and living a fabulous life is not without its challenges. With so many people clamouring for Bontle's attention -from her shebeen queen mother Gladys in Mamelodi, who is taking strain bringing up her teenaged brother, Golokile, on her own; to her girlfriends, Iris and Tsholo; not to mention her soon-to-be ex-husband, the ever-patient, ever-loving Ntokozo, Bontle barely has time to post on Instagram these days. Sooner or later something's got to give.
In a world where power and destiny entwine, Dumisani Ngcobo, a prince with unwavering determination, has always been groomed for the throne of the Twelve Kingdoms. He's been moulded by a lifetime of trials and tribulations, all leading to the moment he believes he's fated for. But when a haunting spectre from his past threatens to unravel the very fabric of his ambitions, he finds himself in desperate need of an unlikely saviour, the only one who can identify this ghost: Zizomila. Zizomila Mabhanga, a fiercely independent and successful businesswoman, is a force to be reckoned with. She's never been one to bow to anyone, let alone an arrogant prince like Dumisani. Yet, fate has a twisted sense of humour, and their paths collide in a way neither can ignore. Their magnetic attraction defies reason, and they are drawn together despite the glaring warning signs that surround Dumisani's enigmatic persona. As the dangers surrounding them intensify, their connection deepens, and soon, they find themselves ensnared in a love that's as intoxicating as it is perilous. Dumisani, driven by an unquenchable need to dominate, becomes addicted to Zizomila, making her his sole obsession and jeopardising the very plans he's spent a lifetime crafting. Zizomila, torn between her desire for independence and her inexplicable yearning for Dumisani, faces a choice that could shatter their world. The chains of their shared past traumas threaten to pull them apart, but their passion burns brighter than any obstacle. In Chains That Bind, a dark romance unfolds as a prince and an unlikely princess ignite a destructive passion that could set their world ablaze, leaving them to question whether they can break free of the chains that bind them, or succumb to the chaos they've unleashed in their quest to be together.
'n Houtkapper met 'n rustelose siel. 'n Legendariese olifantbul wat losbreek van sy trop . . . In die groen skemerwereld van die Outeniekwa loop hulle kringpaaie. Saul Barnard, deur sy mense verwerp en deur gewetenlose houtkopers tot kneg verneder; Oupoot, eindeloos agtervolg deur jagters. 'n Man en sy dier-broer - saamgegooi in 'n ongerepte oerbos, wat stuk vir stuk deur gouddelwers, boskappers en ander uitroeiers vernietig word."
‘Akwaba ndandingambonanga’, uvakalisa ukuzisola uFikile. Ukuthandana kukaFikile noNandipha kuqala ngendlela emsulwa kodwa ukudizwa kweemfihlelo ekukudala ziqhushekiwe, uthando olungavumelekanga nezinto eziyindaba yakwamkhozi kushiya ubomi bamakhaya esi sibini, nkqu nabantu basemaMpondweni, butshintshe unaphakade.
In Eiland in die son begin Willemien se stryd om oorlewing – saam met ’n geheimsinnige vreemdeling en ’n jaloerse miljoenêrsvrou – toe haar vliegtuig in ’n tropiese oerwoud neerstort. Hoe kán sy haarself so totaal vergeet in die arms van ’n vreemdeling? Dít terwyl sy op trou staan met Ian, wat óók in die ongeluk was, maar nou nêrens te vinde is nie. Andrea Smit besluit om haar pa op ’n avontuur te vergesel in Señor die seerower – min wetende dat haar pad op ’n tropiese eiland met dié van ’n aantreklike Spanjaard sal kruis; en dat sy sodoende in allerhande onmoontlike situasies sal beland . . . In Sluiers van wierook ontspoor Ida Herbst se planne om deel te wees van ’n soektog na water in Saoedi-Arabië se grootste woestyn. Sy moet haar vriendin Ansie opspoor, en die enigste oplossing is om haarself gewilliglik in prins Ibrahim Hazik se kloue te begewe. Boonop ontketen die geheimsinnige Georg ongekende emosies in haar hart.
Dit was nog nie behoorlik dag nie toe Kaatjie Danster, haastig op pad Halte toe, die kind van die weemoed in die voetpaadjie voor haar gewaar. Tjoepstil het hy gestaan en luister na die wind. Sy het dadelik geweet: Druppeltjie du Pisanie, kind van Waterwyser du Pisanie en KensTillie Moolman, het die lewe vir die dood verruil. Maar hoe Druppeltjie onder in die boorgat beland het, dit weet niemand nie. En die af-arm magistraat wat nou, veertien maande later, kom ondersoek instel na die oorsaak van sy dood, torring verniet aan dinge wat verby is. Want Toorberg se mense – die lewendes en die dooies – ken van geheime wegbere. Net oor een ding het magistraat van der Ligt dit reg: hoe meer getuies daar is, hoe verder wyk die waarheid.
Weens die resessie in Nederland word Will se vader gedwing om as skeepsbouer in Roemenie te gaan werk. Toe die oorlog uitbreek, moet die gesin vlug en so beland hulle in Soerabaja op die eiland Java in Indonesie. Aanvanklik is hulle betreklik veilig, maar nadat Japan die eiland beset het, word die vrouens in konsentrasiekampe opgeneem. Hier beleef hulle bykans ondraaglike ellende, maar hier bewys die Nederlandse vroue ook van watter stoffasie hulle gemaak is. Die Van Halewijns oorleef die kampe en ook die Indonesiese burgeroorlog wat net na die oorlog uitbreek. Aanpassing na die oorlog is egter baie moeilik en die gesin emigreer uiteindelik na Suid-Afrika, waar Will haar ervarings aan die skryfster toevertrou het. Mariel le Roux het daarvan ’n meesleurende verhaal gemaak: Die uiters moeilike omstandighede, die hartseer en ook die ligter oomblikke word in genoeg besonderhede geskets sodat ’n mens jou daarin kan inleef.
Die vertrek waarin ek my opgestopte voëltjies in glaskissies uitgestal het, het ek ontruim. Ek het die voëleiertjies en -neste, asook kassette met opnames van voëlgeluide in bokse gepak. Dit het my te veel aan Pa laat dink, en aan hom wou ek nie dink nie. Want dan het ek vir Annalisa gehaat, en ’n ma mag haar kind nie haat nie. Hulle is onder ’n kareeboom in die agtererf besig om na ’n janfiskaal te kyk wanneer haar tronkdokter-pa by Rosaria bieg dat ook hý ’n tipe laksman is. By Pretoria-Sentraal, waar hy die gehangdes se doodsertifikate uitreik, dien hy soms ook die genadeskoot toe. Maar sê nou van daardie tereggesteldes was onskuldig? wonder Rosaria. Nou, jare later, en kort ná die raaiselagtige dood van haar dogter Annalisa, onthou Rosarie die nonnetjiesuil wat sy en haar aweregse dogter grootgemaak het. Dit was voor Annalisa se rockmusiek van haar ’n kultusfiguur gemaak het, en voordat sy haar rug op haar ma gedraai het. Rosaria se worsteling strek verder terug as haar kind se dood. Haar verlede word verder oopgeruk wanneer Annalisa se dogtertjie haar verskyning maak – ’n kleinkind waarvan Rosarie nooit geweet het nie. Maar hoe het haar dogter gesterf? En hoe naby aan ’n laksman is Rosaria self?
Look closely around you. Have you ever asked yourself what happens to all the girls who are in the system?
Girls that are orphans… I’m leaving the agenda BARE for those who seek to find it. I have a story for you. No mercy… Back like I never left!
Tim Morgan The savage, senseless murders of children and the youth. It carries Treasure’s story from Book 1 and ends with the fight for life between Paul and Tim Morgan. We look at the disappearance of young people, human trafficking, cults and mental illness in men. This story is inspired by real-life events and researched data from global social ills and Jackie looks into SA political faces that have sex scandals as part of her research.
Wilmarié en Dirk ontmoet as tieners by die swemkuil op sy pa se plaas.
Drie jaar later vier hulle haar mondigwording en verlowing tegelyk,
maar Dirk verbreek die verlowing om met iemand anders te trou.
Fiona Viviers, ’n suksesvolle ortotis is in ’n ongelukkige verhouding
vasgevang. Anton Bruwer, ’n enkellopende spysenier, help Fiona in ’n
ongemaklike situasie.
Elandi vlug na Roodezand om weg te kom van die skindertonge wat haar
lewe verwoes het. In haar nuwe pos fokus sy op haar Wiskundeonderrig en
om geld in te samel vir die matriekafskeid.
Harriët se droom is om die beste kleremaakster in die Kaap te word.
Maar haar droom lê aan skerwe toe haar dobbelverslaafde pa haar aan ’n
dobbelb aas beloof om sy skuld af te betaal.
Eiva Richter het twee probleme: sy is blykbaar koud in die bed en het
nog nooit ’n klimaks ber eik nie. Sy steek dit weg totdat sy haar enkel
verstuit.
With the unexpected arrival of a package from South Africa, the epic love stories of three vastly different women slowly unfold. But what did the package contain that has forced the women of the Gordon household to finally reveal their secrets? Why did they conceal the truth from each other for so many years? As Hannah, Beatrice and Zendaya share their passionate tales from the depths of their hearts; they unravel relationships of racial segregation, forbidden love, societal stigma, seduction and abuse. What they are yet to discover is that one man links their stories. But whose true love is he? Embark on a journey of mystery, suspense, drama and love that spans across three generations.
Lyra en Andante is in Venesië in die Karnavaltyd, op soek na
waardevolle antieke items wat vir hulle nie net estetiese of
geskiedkundige waarde het nie, maar ook persoonlike en sentimentele
betekenis het.
Alichi, ’n kunswewer, moet nuwe verblyf soek, maar haar weefgetou is te groot vir ’n plek in die stad. Sy vind uitkoms op ’n plaas waar sy deel kan wees van ’n opheffingsprojek om plaaswerkers se vrouens op te lei in die weefkuns. Haar nuwe lewe tussen die Kleinrivierber ge word gekompliseer deur haar baas, Wikus, ’n gesogt e vrygesel. Hy kom tot haar redding wanneer sy bergop stap en v erdwaal. Sy wil nie los drade hê wat haar nuwe sprokieslewe gaan bederf nie en hulle besluit om uiteindelik dinge uit te praat. Sal sy hom met haar hart kan vertrou?
Ná trauma en verlies vlug Kayla na Dwarskersbos om rigting te soek.
Jack kom ook na die vissersdorpie om oor sy toekoms te besluit. Op die
strand sien Kayla hom elke dag op die rotse, maar steur haar nie aan
hom nie. Toe sy haar voet sny, moet sy Jack se
Toe Marina vra of sy haar derde roman in die stilte van die bos op sy
plaas kan kom skryf, sê Hugo ja. Marina was altyd ’n vaal meisietjie
met haar neus in die boek, maar dit pas hom.
Steffi trou met Dawid sodat sy haar erfgeld kan kry. Dis veronderstel
om net ’n huwelik in naam te wees, maar op ’n vakansie saam met haar pa
op Kreta, moet sy en Dawid tot haar skok ’n bed deel.
Louisa het ’n lysie met die eienskappe van haar droomman. Vir daardie
man bid en wag sy.
Chloe Basson is bang vir rillers en spoke. Nou moet sy die bekroonde
skrywer Zack Basson by ’n verlate kasteel op Lesotho se grens ontmoet. |
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