His mother refers to him as ‘the feckin’ eejit’. His father wants to put a bullet in his head. His sister sees him as an accident waiting to happen, and his best friend knows that being around him is like being caught up in a whirlwind of chaos.

Liam Murphy is unwittingly drawn into presenting a dating workshop as a side hustle. As the saying goes, ‘Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.’ Mayhem ensues, landing him in the hospital. He concludes his best friend set him up, and vengeance is his best course of action. That irrational decision lands him in jail.

During his stay in lock-up, he’s conned into participating in another venture. This time, he finds himself embroiled in the world of organised crime. 

The rewards are immense, but the risks are higher, especially when he steps on the toes of the Irish Mob. Can he survive? 

Meet Francis O'Reilly, a compassionate youth worker turned homeless shelter owner and the enigmatic Patti, blessed with mysterious, empathic talents. Their paths cross under the Dublin sun after Patti has an unfortunate encounter with a vicious emovamp. This sets the stage for an intriguing story of compassion, resilience, and unexpected connections, where twists and compelling characters unfold.

Torn between two intense relationships, Patti navigates a world of business opportunities and personal growth. At the same time, she embroils herself in the unfathomable tragedies and injustices of youth homelessness after accepting an offer to become a mentor at O'Reilly's shelter.

In this gripping narrative, secrets are unveiled, love is tested, and lives are forever changed. Will Patti find the freedom and happiness she seeks? Will O'Reilly continue his mission to help those in need? Join them on their journeys of self-discovery and renewal in this captivating story that delves into the complexities of life, love, and new beginnings.

Against the Odds rips open the locker-room door and drags you onto the ice with the

Melbourne Frostbite — a pack of ageing Australian ice hockey warhorses who refuse to die

quietly. They’re pushing seventy. Their knees are shot. Their livers are pickled. But they still

hit like freight trains.

After dismantling a team more than half their age in a savage semi-final, the Frostbite

team celebrate the only way they know how — beer spraying, blood dripping, insults flying

in a locker room thick with liniment and menace. These men aren’t clinging to the past. They

are the past — old-school, brutal, unfiltered — and still dangerous.

Enter Willow, a former Winter Olympian now steering Australia’s Winter campaign

through political quicksand. When the official fifties-plus squad collapses due to illness and

death, she needs a replacement team for the Winter World Masters Games in Finland. Every

road leads to Frostbite — brilliant and disciplined on the ice, yet catastrophically reckless off

it.

To see them in action, she attends the Molden Cup final. Down three-nil to a younger,

faster, surgically conditioned Melbourne Force side, Frostbite don’t panic. They slow the

game to a crawl. They lean. They grind. They make certain that every effort the Force team

makes, it hurts them on the scoreboard and on their bodies. By the final siren, the young

prima donnas are gasping, and the old-timers carve out a five-four comeback that feels like

armed robbery.

Willow makes an on-the-spot decision to take the Frostbite team to Finland with her,

knowing there was a reason Frostbite weren’t nominated in the first place. They’re wild, a

pack of drunks, and cause more mayhem than they’re worth. She’s forewarned - reign them

in, or it’s her head on the chopping block.

She’s aware the stakes are high because it isn’t just about attending an old-timers’

tournament. There’s a much bigger agenda.