TWICE IN A LIFETIME
Narrated by Connor Swindells (Sex Education) and Shalom Brune-Franklin (Baby Reindeer) comes a heart-wrenching story of love and loss from debut author, Briana J Newstead.
Two hearts scarred by loss. One unexpected love that could heal them both.
Jo Savvides hasn't touched a guitar since the tragic accident five years ago that left her reeling with survivor’s guilt. Caleb Evans carries a heartbreak so deep he’s vowed never to fall in love again. When fate brings them together on a world concert tour, neither is prepared for what follows.
Caleb runs a tight ship as the workaholic tour manager. There isn’t room in his life—or his business—for Jo’s impulsive nature. But when their guitarist drops out mid-tour and Jo is the only one who can keep the rhythm of the band, an unexpected bond is forged.
With Caleb’s steady support, Jo slowly rediscovers her talent and begins to feel alive for the first time in years. Yet while Caleb can start to hear the music of his heart, he doesn’t want to listen—he knows how this song ends. As these two begin to fall for each other, they must decide whether they’re brave enough to accept their connection. Because allowing someone in means letting go of the past.
Set against the backdrop of a European summer, TWICE IN A LIFETIME is a deeply moving testament to the healing power of love and music, and the courage it takes to choose life after loss.
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IN TIME WITH YOU
On a warm July night in London, twenty-six-year-old Brett McKenzie steps onto the stage alone for the first time—focused on launching her newly solo career and not on the haunting memories of a past long left behind. But when she spots James Scott in the crowd, eight years after he vanished from her life with barely a goodbye, the past catches in her throat like a forgotten lyric.
Eight years earlier, in the outer suburbs of Melbourne, Brett was the magnetic heart of a pop-rock emo band chasing its first break, dating the lead singer and still finding her voice, while English-born James was the guarded teen carrying old scars and a notebook of lyrics no one had ever heard. When their worlds collided, music became their shared language—the place where they each finally felt seen. Through guitar lessons, study sessions, and a song that changed everything, they forged a creative connection that would resonate across the years. But ambition, fear, and timing pulled them apart before either could fully understand what they meant to each other.
Years later, fate draws them back into each other’s lives, rekindling a connection that once shaped who they were. But with their lives, ambitions, and hearts still in flux, the path forward isn’t simple—and the choices they make could cost them everything.
Spanning a decade of near-misses and second chances, IN TIME WITH YOU is a story about identity, belonging, and how some connections—no matter how fleeting—can alter the course of a life.
THIS TIME IT'S US
Five years ago, Dan Savvides walked away from the only life he'd ever known—and all the mistakes that went with it. But now, standing atop his swanky LA apartment building after being booted out of the successful rock band he just gave five years of his life to, those mistakes are catching up to him. His sister is getting married—and to the best friend of his ex’s new husband.
London-born Greta Collins has just flipped her world on its head. After twelve years of being moulded and painted into whatever the next photoshoot demanded, of being dumped by men who fall in love with the pretty exterior but out of love with the woman underneath, she’s kicking the modelling career her mother pushed her into to the curb and starting fresh. Although right now, she’s not even sure she knows who Greta Collins really is.
When Greta and Dan are asked to stand as groomswoman and bridesman at the same wedding, alongside their respective exes, complicated and painful doesn’t begin to cover it. Bonding over their failures—in life and in love—what starts out as self-deprecating humour soon becomes a camaraderie, and the one place they can be their messy selves without judgement. But when a reckless kiss sparks a hasty lie about a relationship, Dan and Greta are faced with two choices: blow up the lives and relationships they're so desperately trying to rebuild, or spend four weeks faking it on a couples' holiday in Provence—with their happily married exes.
Set against the vibrant streets of London and the sun-drenched landscapes of Provence and Italy, THIS TIME IT’S US navigates the overlap of family, friendship, and love—and the hilariously complicated chaos that comes with it. It’s a story about messy hearts, unexpected sparks, and the courage it takes to embrace who you are.