"Many devoted parents instinctively step in to protect and guide their children yet struggle knowing when to step back. While 'helicopter parenting' is widely discouraged, parents are often left without clear, practical alternatives.
In The Parenting Paradox: Loving Our Children by Giving Them Space to Grow, Dr. Jenny Brown offers a new perspective—not about loving less, but about shifting the anxious energy that often comes with deep parental care to a more constructive type of love. Dr. Brown sheds light on the cultural forces shaping today's intensive parenting, revealing how well-meaning advice can often undermine a parent's growth and confidence. Through real-life experiences and professional insights, she challenges the message that constant intervention is necessary for a child to flourish and instead provides a thoughtful, lasting approach to fostering independence.
Rather than offering a quick fix or the latest parenting trend, The Parenting Paradox provides a sustainable path forward. Dr. Brown helps parents navigate their own fears while giving their children space to build confidence and resilience. And in creating that space, parents also grow, gaining clarity in their role so they can become the loving leaders they aspire to be."
"An enemies to lovers lesbian romance about crossing lines that hold us back.
From the moment Freya looks in the window of the brash, new sex shop in Grasstree Flat she knows it will be nothing but trouble. For a start, it will clash with her own new-age store next door. And she's right. Outgoing newcomer Lily begins to intrude on Freya's well-ordered life. Freya's friends, lifestyle, and even her cat are all affected by Lily's magic touch. Even Freya's yoga classes rub shoulders with Lily's sexual-expression workshops. Lily stands for everything Freya has lost in life—playfulness, spontaneity, delight in the physical, and sex.
But does Lily have more in common with Freya than the wall that divides them?
Contains mature themes."
"A tasty workplace lesbian romance about racing the clock and romancing the hot new boss.
Coffee shop manager Clea Winneke is in quite a pickle. She's just inherited a failing Melbourne sausage factory which she can only keep if it makes a profit in its first year. Mix in Clea's total lack of sausage savvy with a mysterious saboteur, and it's a recipe for disaster.
Katrina Nordling works as a food scientist at Shamrock Sausages and can't understand why it's doing so badly. Worse, there's some random barista dropped in to run it, and Kat cannot afford the company to go under because of its novice CEO.
But what if Clea and Katrina join forces to get what they desire? And what if what they most desire changes as they get closer to their goal?
Contains mature themes."
"A closeted celebrity, a furious neighbor, and a whole lot of sexual tension charge this late-in-life, coming-out lesbian romance set in Sydney.
At forty-six, Maren McEvoy is Australia's most popular newsreader, but for how much longer? And now her ex-husband has moved in with his boyfriend, and her sixteen-year-old daughter has been caught carjacking. Something has to change. Laid-back Jacinta Fowler is furious. Her new neighbor's daughter with her nightly prowling and disdain for the law, is a serious threat to Jac's motorcycle tour business. It'd be so easy to stay mad except that the girl's mother, Maren, is all kinds of gorgeous. And intriguing. And incredibly famous.
But there's no way Jac should get involved with a closeted celebrity. That way leads to danger . . . Right?
Contains mature themes."
"A one-night-stand-to-forever spicy lesbian erotic romance between an incognito rock star and a flirty stranger.
Office worker Lucy Klint is feeling unusually bold when she invites home the sexy butch American with a raspy voice she meets in a Sydney laundromat. It's one night only . . . but what a night.
Rock star Persephone 'Seph' Hyder can't get the cute woman from Sydney out of her head. Lucy doesn't have a clue who Seph really is—like the fact she's a rich, world-famous singer. Or that she's at war with herself, her creativity, and her restrictive record label.
The one-night stands turns into much more, and restrained Lucy starts exploring light BDSM delights with Seph. Learning to let go is only half the battle for the two, though. What happens when Lucy learns the truth about who her wanderer lover really is?
Contains mature themes."
"After an overseas romantic getaway goes horribly wrong, Zoe Anderson finds herself wandering the streets of New Zealand, betrayed and miserable. The last thing the Canadian visitor expects is a beautiful stranger to come to her rescue.
Claire Evans, still raw from a shattered heart, usually loves the solitude of her remote property. But when she meets a young woman with a world of hurt in her eyes, a look she recognizes all too well, she offers to put her up for a few nights.
Those few nights turn into much longer as they make a deep connection, befriend an ornery barn cat, and finally admit to painful secrets.
A city girl meets country girl lesbian romance about overcoming the past and finding the courage to trust again.
Contains mature themes."
"Leo, Duke of Chandos, can't quite believe it. After many mistresses, and much mischief and merriment, he's fallen head-over-heels for his best friend's sister, Lady Theo Vivers. Now that she's come out, Leo is ready to give up his wild bachelorhood for wedded bliss. Yet despite his attentions, Theo regards him at best as a friend—at worst, as a brother. Determined to persuade her otherwise, he perseveres through the Season's most grueling social events . . .
Theo is quite aware that Leo is irresistibly handsome, charming . . . and decidedly unsuitable husband material. She also happens to know of his vow not to marry until he is much older. So, when a compromising folly leads him to announce they are betrothed, Theo dismisses it as the kind act of a friend—and assures him she will liberate them from the situation. Until then, she must play along—while hoping to interest two far more appropriate matches.
But between misunderstandings, romantic rivals, and a risky move that will put more than Leo's reputation on the line, the time they spend together as an engaged couple begins showing Theo just how devoted—and tempting—this allegedly reformed rogue can be . . ."
"Would you start another diet if you knew it would probably fail? Would you love your body if our culture didn't tell you it was wrong?
Lotta Dann's journey with extreme dieting and drastic weight loss led to endless praise for her skinny body. But no one knew what she had to do to maintain it.
When the weight came back on, Lotta started asking fundamental questions that she'd never considered before.
Why do we believe that to be healthy you must be skinny? Why do we think any measure of fat on our body is bad? Why do so many of us hate our bodies? And why do we spend so much time, money and energy trying to shrink ourselves?
The answers surprised her, angered her, and ultimately empowered her. She thinks they will do the same for you."
"Lesbian fiction's funniest odd couple is back, investigating tall tales, extinct creatures, and a crumbling house filled with secrets, in this offbeat Australian romantic mystery.
Partners in love, life, and earnest museum appreciation, Margaret Gale and Bess Campbell desperately need a break. Strict, meticulous ice queen Margaret has been fired for frightening her auction house customers, while free-spirited Bess hates her office job.
While holidaying in Tasmania, they receive a call for help that leads them to a creepy, old house in the wilderness. There, they meet a mysterious woman from Margaret's past, who warns she's being stalked and something terrible is coming.
What's going on? What secrets lie within Crossroads House? And why on earth are there hidden cameras around the grounds, recording everything that happens?
Unexplained incidents turn sinister, endangering Bess and Margaret—and their trust in one another. But they don't give up easily . . .
This sweet, eccentric sequel to A Curious Woman can easily be enjoyed as a standalone story.
Contains mature themes."
"In a radical new story about the birth of our species, The Origin of Language argues that it was not hunting, fighting, or tool-making that forced early humans to speak, but the inescapable need to care for our children.
Journeying to the dawn of Homo sapiens, evolutionary biologist Madeleine Beekman reveals the "happy accidents" hidden in our molecular biology-DNA, chromosomes, and proteins-that led to one of the most fateful events in the history of life on Earth: our giving birth to babies earlier in their development than our hominid cousins the Neanderthals and Denisovans. Faced with highly dependent infants requiring years of nurturing and protection, early human communities needed to cooperate and coordinate, and it was this unprecedented need for communication that triggered the creation of human language-and changed everything.
Infused with cutting-edge science, sharp humour, and insights into the history of biology and its luminaries, Beekman weaves a narrative that's both enlightening and entertaining. Challenging the traditional theories of male luminaries like Chomksy, Pinker, and Harari, she invites us into the intricate world of molecular biology and its ancient secrets. The Origin of Language is a tour de force by a brilliant biologist on how a culture of cooperation and care have shaped our existence.
"
"A chance weekend fling becomes an electrifying escape for two strangers—until they meet again under very different circumstances. A one-night-to-forever lesbian romance.
Uptight, icy Ava Harris, rocked by grief and terrible romantic decisions, moves to Melbourne for a new university job. She definitely doesn't expect to encounter the ghost of a dirty weekend in her first week there.
Kind, charismatic Sofia Juma, who runs a campus tutoring program for migrant students, barely recognizes Ava as the charmer she met months ago, given the woman's frosty brush-offs.
When the universe keeps hurling them together, and that old attraction flares again, Ava keeps giving in to Sofia's charms. Sex is easy, but intimacy takes courage. While Sofia is brave, a wounded Ava is still running scared. If she ever catches up, will it be too late?
A second chances romance about healing old wounds and learning that independence doesn't have to mean being alone.
Contains mature themes."
"Your ticket to a healthier brain and a healthier you!
Your brain, like every part of your body, needs and deserves all the TLC you can give it so you can live a long and healthy life. In Brain Health For Dummies, neuroscientist and author Dr. Sarah McKay walks you through some simple and easy steps you can take—right now—to get smarter, stay healthier, and better support the elders in your life.
This is the ultimate, evidence-based guide to help you understand how your brain works around the clock to keep you sharp, healthy, and happy. It offers straightforward advice to help you optimize your brain health, including:
● How to lessen your chance of disease and decline by managing common health risks
● Simple lifestyle tips to help you maintain a healthy brain at every stage of life
● Sex- and age-specific strategies to help keep your brain in top form
Optimal performance is something your brain works on all day long. Make sure you're living your best life by learning how to maintain your hardest-working organ with Brain Health For Dummies."
Join our community for the latest bookish news, reading recommendations, exclusive opening extracts, author events and competitions. It\'s all free. And enter a monthly draw to win a £50 Gift Card. See past winners here
