Naomi Barton

When her BFF asks this question at the bus stop, there was no way 10-year-old Emilia could know that the global pandemic of COVID-19 was about to turn her life upside down. Based on true events, this story follows the journey of Emilia, who lives in South Korea with her teacher mother, where they both enjoy their international school community. Life is wonderful until the rapidly spreading global pandemic of COVID-19 prompts her mother to take Emilia...

Jessie Brown wishes everything would go back to normal. She's been dumped by her best friend Hayley, and bullied by the new girl Alexis... and the school year has only just begun! Jessie blames a rock she found at Whale Bay. It has special cultural significance and too late Jessie discovers that if it's taken without permission it brings bad luck. It could even explain the strange dreams she's been having...Then the worst thing ever happens. Alexis...

Just Keep Going is a story of blended families, new friendships, marine pollution, a magical stone, a persistent dolphin, and a young girl with a strong will to succeed, adapting to life in a new country. Becky always loved visiting her dad in New Zealand until she returns during the pandemic. Now he's got a baby with her new stepmum and everything has changed. Worse still, her windsurfer hasn't arrived yet, so there's nothing for her to do but wait...

The clues are in the crumbs when Murder comes to town! Using her bakery and expertise, Madeline Flynn helps the sheriff's twin nephews with their cookie sales-until strange things happen at the community center where they sell them. With a puzzling death, vandalism and a nasty scam, the danger on their doorstep can't be ignored. Maddie is once again whisked up in an investigation that will take all her sleuthing skills to solve. Gran, a posse of girlfriends,...

Haunted House. Haunted Heart. Sara O'Neill is on the run and her family's abandoned old colonial home in rural New Zealand is just the sanctuary she needs. The house needs repair, but it's safe from the abusive husband she left behind. Unfortunately, a dangerous presence is haunting her new home, threatening her chance at peace. How can she create a new life when ghosts from the past refuse to stay gone? After the death of his wife, parenting their...

Twisty scares with heart Ghosts, sea monsters and a rest home for troublesome witches all feature in this collection of paranormal stories set in Wellington New Zealand. By turns spooky and laugh out loud funny, these tales stew with malevolence and mischief. Climb aboard the ghost bus for a wild ride of sci-fi, fantasy, horror and humour and hop off a little more in love with Aotearoa's capital city.

Her mother dead from a drug overdose, 13-year-old Olivia is rescued by Cathie Tulloch, her mother's friend throughout the years they were held captive in Japanese prison camps in Sumatra in WWII. Welcomed into the Tulloch's remote family home in the Australian tropics, introverted Olivia is claimed by dramatic, generous, controlling Cassandra Tulloch as her sister and best friend. Moving to the UK at 18, Olivia finds her independence, and partner...

She’s closed her heart to protect her family. Can he open it back up to let love bloom? Harper is determined to fill the void left by her late parents. And though handsome Tane stirs her grieving heart, she can’t allow anything to distract her from caring for her younger siblings. But denying her feelings has her headed for a breakdown. Tane longs to sweep Harper off her feet. Though she’s brushed aside his confessions of love, he’s sure...

Choose and grow your own business with confidence What if you could increase your income, health and happiness with a few simple steps? How would your life be different if you had more financial freedom, time flexibility, energy, motivation, confidence and self-belief? What if you could hit your business, personal and financial targets easily and make a huge difference in this world? Imagine waking up every morning with no boss, looking forward to...

“The Dove's Nest and Other Stories” is a collection of both finished and unfinished short stories written by Katherine Mansfield. The collection was published posthumously, not long after Mansfield's death in 1923, by her husband, John Middleton Murry.