There’s just something about an action packed novel, that combines the basic human notions of fear, hope and love together.

It was Helene Young’s first novel Wings Of Fear that first introduced me to the genre, and her subsequent novels that got me hooked and determined that I’d be a fan for life. Romantic Suspense is a a genre that has been around for years, but one that is making a strong movement recently especially in Australia thanks to the likes of Bronwyn Parry and Helene Young. But who can she trust? Nick Lawson, the dangerously attractive stranger with secrets, or an old friend who’s never let her down?Ī compelling story of danger and desire by the award-winning author of Burning Lies. Ellie’s been in his dreams ever since, even if she doesn’t remember him…Īs a storm rages and floodwaters rise, Ellie struggles to save her community. He remembers all too vividly his last lethal assignment in Afghanistan when Ellie’s sister, Nina, was shot and killed. In a coastal backwater, that decision returns to haunt him. As an international photojournalist, she’s used to violence in war zones, but she’s shocked when it erupts in the sleepy hamlet on the north coast of New South Wales, threatening all she holds dear.īattle-weary Nicholas Lawson walked away from his military career leaving unfinished business. What will it take to convince him she’s right this time?Can they put aside their old animosities to outwit, outrun and ultimately out-fly the traffickers? Or will another death shatter Lauren’s life completely?Helene Young has been awarded Romantic Book of the Year by Romance Writers of Australia for Shattered Sky and Wings of Fear.Format: Ebook (Supplied by Netgalley and the publisher)Įllie Wilding has been running from her past, but when the residents of Half Moon Bay call for help she knows it’s finally time to return home. That will mean joining forces with the cynical navy officer Callam Granger, who’s already shown his contempt for her. As she pursues the men into the isolated country of Cape York, she’ll need all the help she can get. For the international smugglers operating below the radar of the navy and Border Watch, sinking a pleasure craft is just part of their day’s work. Gripping romantic suspense from Helene Young.On a routine surveillance flight east of the Australian coast, Captain Lauren Bennett’s crew pick up a mayday call.

Shattered Sky by Helene Young