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When Eve first met James in Australia, she thought she’d found a love to last a lifetime. Then the tug of home draws her back to England for good, and James declares he has no intention of coming with her – ever.
Crushed and at a crossroads, Eve is inspired to open an Aussie-style café in the heart of her local community, offering a program of activities for her customers to enjoy alongside their morning latte.
By Christmas, The Melbourne Community Café is a thriving hub serving the best coffee this side of the northern hemisphere, and their little staff of three soon open their hearts as well as their doors to those around them, inviting in a mysterious stranger who threatens all they’ve achieved.
With the local handyman and an amorous Italian restaurateur competing for Eve’s affections, could her inability to let go thwart her second chance at happiness?
Gemma’s debut novel, Meet Me At The Melbourne, won Dick and Angel Strawbridge of the TV show Escape to the Chateau’s Literature Competition in 2020 and was originally published through The Chateau Publishing Limited in 2021. It was re-released to e-book and paperback in an updated edition in 2024.
You can read a sample chapter of Meet Me At The Melbourne here.
Marry Me At The Melbourne (Coming Soon)
Eve and Thom are getting married.
Well, that’s what Eve had assumed would follow Thom’s proposal. But when presented with the opportunity of a dream wedding by the stunning Italian Amalfi Coast at a mere fraction of the cost, Thom makes it obvious he does not share her level of enthusiasm.
Perhaps it’s because the wedding will be held on the property of a certain roguishly handsome Italian restaurateur, whose intentions towards Eve have previously proven less than honourable?
Meanwhile, The Melbourne Community Cafe is left in the safest of hands. What could possibly go wrong?
You can read a sample chapter of Marry Me At The Melbourne here.
Isabelle Worthing is heiress to an old fortune, yet to everyone else she is just a regular teen. That all changes when her estranged grandmother passes away and the family retreat to Worthington Manor to make the necessary arrangements. When Issy wakes up in 1904 immersed in the debutante season, she has one task – to secure a husband, without screwing up history.
Adrift in her own time and butting heads with her mother, Issy must secure a match for her elderly ancestor, Lady Brampton, that does not alter their family’s trajectory. Her parents desire a match with the eligible Lord Eltham, but Lady Brampton diverts her attentions towards the dashing yet disgraceful Mr Walker. Issy however, is determined to defy all expectations and secure a love match.
The Debutante also follows the story of Issy’s own mother, Susan, who at 17 had travelled back to 1944 to endure a ‘season’ that was as unrecognisable as war-torn England, leaving its indelible mark on her heart and teaching her the value of the unbreakable mother-daughter bond.
You can read a sample chapter of The Debutante here.
Social workers: overworked, under-resourced, misunderstood. Still showing up.
Have you ever wondered what it might be like to work with some of the nation’s most vulnerable children and families?
Jenny Hurst is a Child Protection Social Worker entrusted with the Season children. Can she support this family to stay together, without falling victim to her own burnout?
Lisa Season only ever wanted to be a mum. Is the prospect of having her children permanently removed enough to motivate her to make the changes necessary to avoid losing them?
All Autumn Season wants is to be part of a normal family, like her best friend, Starr. Will her mum do what it takes to keep Autumn and her siblings together?
Fractured is a novel informed by the author’s experience of working in child protection social work in the UK and Australia.
You can read a sample chapter of Fractured here.
The Beachside BnB (Coming Soon)
You can read a sample chapter of The Beachside BnB here.
Gemma Frances 