DIANA FRASER
Lantern Bay
Heartwarming romance by Diana Fraser writing as Sophie Haydon
Welcome to the world of the Mackenzie & Connelly families!
Want to escape your life for a few hours? Then take a virtual holiday to New Zealand by stepping into the world of the Mackenzie and Connelly families.
If you love romance novels centered on families and gorgeous settings, with no explicit sensuality, my emotional and suspenseful romances are a great fit for you.
01
Yours to Give
A dare, a marriage, a happily ever after?
Yours to Give is the first book in the Lantern Bay series of heartwarming, contemporary women’s fiction—high on emotion but with no explicit sensuality.
YouTube sensation Laura McKinney has one goal—to live life to its fullest by accepting challenges from all around the world and filming them. She believes long-term relationships are for idiots, and marriage is ridiculous.
Max Connelly reckons that makes her exactly his kind of woman. But Max is pursuing his own dream, building his mountain resort into the place to be in the southern hemisphere. He knows what her publicity could do for his resort so he issues his own challenge—to get married. After all, it wouldn’t mean anything to either of them. Would it?
02
Yours to Treasure
A celebrity chef returning home to face her past mistakes, a principled ex-rugby player who wants a life away from the spotlight, and a heartbreaking secret which threatens to tear them apart…
Celebrity chef Rachel Connelly has it all—brilliant career, friends and family. But, at 28, she wants a relationship with a man who doesn’t consider using compromising photos of herself to be a career move, and who doesn’t believe it’s his manly duty to make love to as many women as possible. After one failed love affair too many, she realizes she needs to sort herself out and there’s only one way to do that. Return to the place where it all began—Belendroit, her family home—and uncover the secrets surrounding a decision she made ten years earlier.
Ever since his birth mother uprooted him from his happy childhood, ex-professional rugby player Zane Black, has been determined to succeed—but only on his terms. He’s principled, he’s focused, and he refuses to compromise on anything. Particularly when it comes to protecting the two things in the world which are most important to him—his loved ones and his people. But when he has to hurt one loved one in order to protect another, his black and white world shatters...
03
Yours to Cherish
An enigmatic archaeologist, a caring doctor with a weakness for mysterious women, and a secret which threatens to destroy everything he holds dear...
Archaeologist Madeleine MacGillivray arrives in Akaroa, New Zealand, with a backpack and a story she refuses to tell.
Mysterious women are a weakness of Dr Gabriel Connelly’s—especially if they’re beautiful. But, despite an undeniable chemistry, Madeleine insists on remaining friends only.
However, Gabe has six months in which to change her mind; six months in which to unlock the mystery surrounding the lovely, mysterious Madeleine. But, after he discovers the truth, will he wish he hadn’t?
04
Yours to Keep
An open-hearted hippy, a secretive property tycoon—a recipe for heartache.
Amber Connelly is the youngest in the Connelly family and is adored by her family for her sunny, quirky personality. She loves nothing more than to hang out with her family and friends, create her art, and bake inedible cakes. So what is she doing, her family wonders, lusting after a straight-laced property billionaire? Okay, he has muscles to spare, but he wouldn’t be seen dead in a tie-dyed t-shirt and the chances of him playing a guitar around a campfire are approximately zero.
David Tremayne is focused and tough for a reason—because he’s had to be. Raised by an alcoholic father, he worked hard to provide and care for his two siblings. He has no intention of having a family of his own—he’s done that already. He’s free to focus on what matters most to him—his business interests and beautiful women. So what does he see in the free-spirited Amber? Her beauty, her generous heart, or is it something else? Something she can give him, something she’s totally unaware of?
05
Yours Forever
A second chance at love…
Ten years ago, Rob Connelly’s mother died, and he turned to his girlfriend, Flo Pelletier, for love and emotional support which she hadn’t been able to give him. So he’d looked elsewhere for comfort. A one-night stand had turned into a commitment which had exiled him from both his home and his happiness. But now he’s back and Flo doesn’t want anything to do with him.
Rob’s apparent rejection of Flo had only confirmed what she’d always felt at a fundamental level—she can’t trust in love and can rely only on herself. From her hippy parents to her boyfriend, everyone she loves leaves her. So, what choice does she have but to keep her heart armor plated, and her affections solely focused on her home, friends and paying guests?
But with a house as shaky as her finances, Flo has no option but to accept Rob’s offer to renovate the house to keep her business afloat. But will their relationship heal, or will it founder amid Flo’s insecurities, Rob’s new responsibilities and secrets which literally emerge out of the woodwork?
06
Yours to Love
It's Christmas at the Connellys and anything could happen—maybe even finding a love which could last forever?
Charlotte Kincaid is ‘Miss Perfect’. She’s a smart lawyer, works hard for the community and is drop-dead gorgeous. At least that’s what everyone else sees. But, inside, Charlotte is an emotional wreck. She believes her secret is safe because no one can see past her glossy image to the real her, right?
Wrong. The elusive Cam Connelly returns (late) for his brother Rob’s wedding after traveling all over the world for years, refusing to put down roots. Because who needs a home and family? Certainly not the incredibly intelligent, stubbornly principled, eco-warrior Cam. But then he meets Charlotte who intrigues him with her combination of smarts and well-hidden vulnerability.
