Rainbow Cove Christmas

by Renee Dahlia, Shirley Wine, Susanne Bellamy, Nora James

One gourmet party. Six potential couples. The taste of love? A collection of small-town Christmas romances by favourite Australian authors.


Every year, French chef Christophe Duval throws a lavish Christmas party at his country home in Marandowie. This year, the festivities bring together six potential couples. Will love be on the menu for everyone?

His Christmas Feast - Nora James

After his girlfriend runs off with another man, Christophe swears to stay away from women. That all changes when his sexy neighbour Emily turns up at the party. The trouble is, Emily is the queen of mixed signals and Christophe is along for a rollercoaster ride like no other.

Her Christmas Kisses - Susanne Bellamy

Flick is determined to find the money to buy her family’s restaurant after her parents’ divorce. Xander is a workaholic developer with a special needs sister, Jenny. When they meet through Jenny, it seems like the perfect solution to both their problems — or will their attraction cause more problems?

Her Christmas Homecoming - Shirley Wine

Marta has returned home to put her mother into care and clear out her family home, but the hardest challenge is seeing the man she left behind. Joe is grounded in the soil of this town, but Marta can’t see a future for herself here. Will they find their way back to each other?

His Christmas Pearl - Renee Dahlia

The last thing struggling oyster farmer Kiet wants to do on Christmas Day is deliver oysters to a fancy party. When Christmas-loving accountant Zoe spies Kiet shucking oysters, something about his competent hands draws her to him. Offering her business expertise seems like the perfect excuse to spend time together…

His Christmas Escape - Shona Husk

Nico has been doing his best to keep his family together and off the street since he was sixteen. Jade is travelling the world while studying law. Following Jade makes stepping off the path easy and soon freedom is within Nico’s grasp. But if he leaves, he can never come back…

His Christmas Pride - Renee Dahlia

When paramedic Mick discovers his online crush lives nearby and is just as gorgeous in real life, he’s hooked — but not ready to risk his heart. Sam loves chatting to the mysterious Velebit. When online friendship grows into something more, Sam knows it will never be serious. Velebit lives on the other side of the world…doesn’t he?

Books in the series

Renée Dahlia

Renée Dahlia

Renee Dahlia is an unabashed romance reader who loves feisty women and strong, clever men. Her books reflect this, with a side-note of dark humour. Renee has a science degree in physics. When not distracted by the characters fighting for attention in her brain, she works in the horse racing industry doing data analysis. She writes for two racing publications, churning out feature articles, interviews...

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Shirley Wine

Shirley Wine

Shirley Wine is from a family of seven where oral storytelling was encouraged, a throwback to her family's Irish roots. Born into a farming family, Shirley has lived and worked on the land alongside her husband for many years, and a love of the land runs as deep as the blood in her veins so writing rural romance was a natural progression for this author....

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Susanne Bellamy

Susanne Bellamy

Born and raised in Toowoomba, Susanne is an Australian author of contemporary and rural romances set in Australia and exotic locations. She adores travel with her husband, both at home and overseas, and weaves stories around the settings and people she encounters. Her Outback series, Hearts of the Outback, and Second Chance Love, one of the Bindarra Creek series with other authors, were inspired by...

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Nora James

Nora James

Nora James grew up in Australia, before spending several years in Paris where she studied, worked and met the Frenchman who would soon become her husband. In her mid-twenties she returned to Western Australia with her spouse, read law at UWA and travelled extensively through her employment as an international resources lawyer and translator.In 2016 she and her husband returned to France. She now writes...

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