Examines the careers and tragic lives of thirteen women performers including Bessie Smith, Frances Farmer, Judy Garland, Patsy Cline, and Janis Joplin

A Star Is Torn

Diana Simmonds

Robyn Archer

Biographies & Memoirs

E.P.Dutton

American tennis champ Julia Ross is at the top of her game and the top of the world. With corporate sponsors and adoring women falling at her feet, the gloriously talented athlete believes she is living a dream. And she is - until a career threatening injury wakes her to the harsh reality that fans are notoriously fickle and fair-weather friends (and lovers) are a dime a dozen. Australian painter Eliot Bancroft is wealthy enough to lead a very comfortable life, and her active lifestyle keeps her beautiful body tanned and toned. But for what? Trapped in a loveless marriage, Eliot has wrapped her life around her beloved seven-year-old daughter, ignoring her own inner feelings - and desires. A chance meeting between these two women will soon change their lives forever. And one of them will be forced to decide how high a price she dares pay for the embrace of the woman she loves. Previously published by Naiad Press 1997

Forty Love

LGBTQ+ Books

Literature & Fiction

Bella Books

Jody Johnson is the rising Queen of Country who's just been outed by the press. Adoring fans and groupies are fascinated by her cool image and unique voice, but they don't see the loneliness beneath her seductive exterior. 
On tour in the Australian Outback, the Johnson Band bus is marooned at Davanzo's, a dot-on-the-map truck-stop motel. Also marooned - not that she'd admit it - is painter Grace Davanzo. She helps her parents in their restaurant kitchen and avoids anything that might stir past dark memories. 
Grace is not charmed by the flirtatious musicians and definitely not by their leader. Yet there is a spark between Jody and Grace and it could be the one to start a bushfire, if they let it. Both are fearful, cautious and destined to go in different directions. Will Jody's next album be one of heartbreak, or of hearts on fire?\nOriginally published by Naiad Press.

Heart on Fire

Silver Moon Books

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