Bøger af Noelene Jenkinson

Escaping personal upheaval, city accountant BILLIE GIBBS, takes a break in a friend's country lakeside shack.Local farmer, NOAH SUTTON, arrives at the shack to investigate the unexpected visitor on a neighbouring property. He wants her to stay but needs her to leave.Resisting an instant attraction in the face of mysterious happenings around the lake, Billie believes Noah is not all he seems and sets out to discover why. Will she find the refuge she sought or danger? LAKESIDE HIDEAWAY uncovers the fallout of broken families, heartbreak and the challenge of an untimely romance.

Following her grandmother's death and mysterious legacy, nomadic artist, Piper Thorne, embarks on a mission to reclaim a stolen family treasure and right a wrong.Rugged adversary and private investigator, Ben Powell, is not the only thing standing in her way.Mountain Shadows is a compelling rural romantic suspense, infused with indigenous culture and set against the majestic backdrop of the rocky Grampians Mountains.

Life took her to unexpected places. Love brought her home.When UNICEF worker, Lucy McCarthy, returns to her hometown of Mundarrah, Australia, for her father's funeral she is confronted with a shocking secret that changes her life.When old high school boyfriend and successful businessman, Flynn Pedersen, supports her while she sorts it out, their old attraction is rekindled. But knowing Lucy's commitment to her work with children overseas, Flynn holds back when she returns to Indonesia.From popular rural fiction author, Noelene Jenkinson, comes a heartwarming small town romance about life's challenges and new beginnings.

Scotsman, Duncan Penross, lands on the pioneering shores of the colony of Port Phillip in 1838, the dawn of its pastoral era. Driven by fierce ambition and a lust for women, he is determined to build an empire.Isabelle Waring emigrates from northern England to also forge a new life and is employed by Duncan Penross as his housekeeper. He marries her to bear his sons. As his family grows, their lives and fates unfold with tragedy and struggles yet always the hope of love.As secrets and lies emerge, can Isabelle stay loyal or will she find happiness elsewhere?From cottage to bluestone mansion with its flamboyant peacocks on the lawn, this engrossing Australian saga is filled with the lives and passions of a pioneering pastoral family in the nineteenth century.

Whitney Leighton has managed a small antiquarian bookshop in Melbourne, Australia, for ten years. She is still reeling from the news that the owner has decided to sell up when one windswept spring day handsome Zach Chandler calls in to collect some rare books.With just one meeting, he asks Whitney for a date. With an instant attraction and after a whirlwind romance, they fall in love.However, their backgrounds are vastly different; she comes from a working class family, his are fabulously rich and against the hasty match.From the bustling streets of cosmopolitan Melbourne to the rugged opal fields of outback Coober Pedy, will their love be enough to survive the obstacles in their path?

Kate Reed and her brother, Pete, had been raised in their family homestead, Darnleigh, in Australia but now they are being forced to sell. After their mother was killed in a plane crash, their father had drunk himself to death leaving them heavily in debt.Matt Thornton, their neighbour on Grey Gums, offers to buy the property, but Kate deeply resents him because he had been the pilot of the plane in which their mother died.But, finally, when Kate returns home, she is forced to confront six years of resentment and her real feelings about Matt.

THE HAUNTED GARDEN is a modern day fantasy adventure.A ghost. A school girl. A family secret.City girl, Evie Watson, hates that her family has moved to the small country town of Barralong away from her friends. Until she meets a ghostly being in the garden of a deserted old villa. Evie hears her sad tale and decides on a mission to help the dark soul and set her free.With her new friend, Cooper, they snoop around the villa grounds at the risk of being caught. But they can't finish the mission alone. How to convince their parents to believe in a ghost and help them achieve their goal?THE HAUNTED GARDEN is a story about dealing with change, the importance of family and believing that sometimes miracles do happen.

"Three women arrive in Tingara for different reasons and become friends. Romance enters their lives along the way as each struggles to find what they need."Workaholic accountant, Hannah Charles, takes a leap of faith and a badly needed holiday in a house swap from the Cotswolds to converted St. Anne's church in Tingara, Australia.Easy going architect-cum-artist, Will Bennett, has family estrangement issues and lives an alternative lifestyle in the small country town.Can an untidy artist and a guilt ridden runaway overcome their differences and distance enough to let love grow?From a chocolate box cottage in the Cotswolds to Gum Tree Lane in a winter deep Australian country town, and on to the Mediterranean, HANNAH'S HOLIDAY is a flight of adventure across the world all about letting go and moving on.

A cottage, a secret and a betrayal.For Jennifer Hale, with a rebel sister and ailing mother, a cottage in the small Australian country town of Bundilla holds the key to a dream. Or more correctly her mother's wish, after years of living in church manses as a minister's wife, for a home of her own.For city architect, Sam Keats, his aunt's cottage with its treasure of old letters and diaries unlocks a mystery stretching back to the Vietnam war, exposing long held family secrets and a betrayal of promises.From Australia to America and Malaysia, Jennifer and Sam must each confront their own ideals and personal issues to find the courage to open their hearts enough to build a possible future together.

Wombat Creek, Australia: The heart of the lush pastoral country and stud merino sheep flocks in Western Victoria.Ethan Bourke owns Karingal Park sheep station, fighting personal demons, torn between a long term comfortable relationship and his instant attraction for a radical newcomer to the district.Single mother, Summer Dalton, inherits the small 100 acre farm, Greenbanks, and arrives in the Western District to investigate settling on her grandfather's property, the scandal of her family's past still in people's memories.Ethan offers to buy Summer out. Planning to stay, she rejects his bid, hoping to succeed and become part of the local community. They struggle to resolve their attraction against the odds of a jealous old flame and Ethan's snobbish alcoholic mother who throws down the ultimate vindictive challenge.

What happens when romance bursts into your life but you don't want it?Sophie Nash is in danger of losing her outback pastoral station Casuarina Downs in South Australia's panoramic Flinders Ranges.So when charismatic geologist Charlie Kendall arrives on her property to camp with his students, she doesn't have time for love. Besides, Sophie has seen personal loss devastate her family and vowed never to lose her heart. But Charlie's charms are hard to resist and his family might just have the solution to her problems.And, like a boomerang, Charlie keeps returning. What's a woman to do?

Irish teacher, Meghan Dorney, breaks away from her floundering engagement by accepting a six month posting to Mallawa in outback Western Australia.Widowed wheat farmer, Dusty Nash, of Sunday Plains pastoral station, desperate to let go of his heartbreaking past, is instantly captivated by the spirited Irish redhead who has blown into the district with the chilly winter winds.Thrown together in the small isolated community, each resists their budding attraction while they resolve personal issues and tragedy. When Dusty finally learns the truth about the district newcomer, can he overcome his hurt enough to forgive and love?From the vast and rustic Australian outback to the jewel green Irish countryside, WHISPERS ON THE PLAINS, takes you on a journey of personal discovery and redemption toward true love.

Wrongly disgraced and her career left in tatters, palaeontologist Darcy Manning embarks on a mission to expose the fossil smuggling syndicate responsible, to clear her name and reputation.But how will she resist alluring country boy and fellow fossil hunter, Mitch Beaumont, when he is such a crucial piece of the puzzle?Set on Matilda Station in outback Queensland, Outback Treasure is one woman's story of a search for truth and justice, even at the risk of her own heart.

Three sisters. Three journeys. One place to call home."Tragedy compels three estranged sisters to reconnect"DAISY SHELDON seeks a sense of family and belonging. Feeling a need to settle in one place for a while, she chooses the small coastal town of Inlet Creek on the New South Wales south coast that holds childhood memories. She soon realises where her heart really lies, hoping she has not left it too late.After tragedy, MADDIE HARWOOD-WEST seeks to rebuild her life. Her father wants her to stay and help him run the family sheep station but Maddie is torn. So she takes a break to reconsider her future in the family beach shack on the coast at Inlet Creek. She meets a local fisherman who is not what he seems but when he learns about her past, Maddie fears rejection.LILLY HARWOOD seizes her chance to break free from her unhappy life in London and escape back to Australia. When outside issues arise and threaten her family, Lilly needs all her courage to fight them and trust enough to open up her heart again.Together, the Harwood girls laugh, cry and each find second chances in love and life.

EMMA'S PLACEBook #1 Tingara Series"Three women arrive in Tingara for different reasons and become friends. Romance enters their lives along the way as they struggle to each find what they seek."Thirty-something jeweller, Emma Hamilton, returns to her childhood home town of Tingara, a charming historic village in the foothills of the Victorian Alps.Builder, Malcolm Webster, commutes to Tingara from nearby Bendigo each weekend to work on restoring a beautiful old Victorian homestead.When Emma and Mal meet, attraction flares but he is younger and, wary after her failed marriage, Emma is not in the market for romance. Will Mal's humour and charm break down her barriers?From a sleepy country town aflame with romance and autumn colour to a mystery in the harbour side city of Sydney, EMMA'S PLACE, is a fun journey to finding the true place of a woman's heart and life.

Anne Gray is forced to marry for the chance of a better life. Until she learns the truth about her husband and her life is in jeopardy. She flees Devon and escapes to Australia.James Barratt emigrated from Sussex to Australia to make his fortune. After an unfortunate romance, he vows never to fall in love again.In Australia, Anne changes her name and answers James' advertisement for a wife. But her blossoming romance and future is threatened when her past returns to haunt her and, once again, she is forced to flee. Homeless, Anne struggles to resolve her future until surprising truths are uncovered.

Elly George, CEO of her own company in Melbourne, offers to mind her godchild while her best friend is in hospital after an accident. Realising she needs help, she hires male nanny, Rusty Webster.Living together in her penthouse apartment, attraction sparks between them. But Elly isn't in the market for a husband. Believing she is not maternal she has chosen a career and resists romance. Divorced Rusty comes from a large family, wants a wife and kids of his own, and is determined to succeed second time around.When Rusty leaves for his work in the Northern Territory, Elly misses him and fears she has lost her chance for love. She struggles to overcome her doubts and take a risk on happiness but will Rusty still want her?

Marine biologist, Sophie Brookfield, travels to Jewel Island on the Great Barrier Reef of Australia to complete her thesis research on green turtles.After meeting tourist operator and helicopter pilot, Drew Mitchell, she is attracted by his magnetic charm. Sophie finds herself falling in love but believes heartbreaker Drew is bound to another and only considers her a holiday romance.Heartbroken, she returns to Sydney, convinced she will never see him again and must pursue her dream alone.

Under witness protection and relocated with a new identity on the tranquil Gippsland lakes, Clare Rayne cannot release her fear of the past. Until Blake Fielding pulls up in her driveway and calmly announces he will be staying in the cabin next door.Clare discovers Blake is a counsellor sent to help her and, as they work together, they fall in love.But, facing demons of his own, Blake resists involvement and leaves when their consultations are complete. Will he return, or must Clare face her future alone?

"Three women arrive in Tingara for different reasons and become friends. Romance enters their lives along the way as each struggles to find what they seek."Dumped redhead, Maggie Ellis, buys a neglected cottage, Lakeside, in Tingara on acreage to start her life over and fulfil her dream of owning a garden nursery.Divorced truck driver and single dad, Nick Logan, has his hands full enough raising three sons alone without getting distracted by his new neighbour.Can Maggie and Nick lose their caution to overcome personal issues and allow their love to grow?From spring to summer, two Stony Creek Way neighbours in MAGGIE'S GARDEN share a moving and heart-warming story of discovery, releasing past emotions on the path to creating a family of their own.