When Ri travels across the world to reunite with his first love Al, he carries only a suitcase, a tin of ashes, and a heart scarred by loss. In Brighton, he stayed to care for David—the man who held their small chosen family together—through the ravages of AIDS. In Melbourne, Al found the birth family he’d always longed for… and a way to outrun...

Marcus – Against the Odds is a powerful, deeply moving novel tracing the life of Marcus Watson, a sensitive and intelligent young man navigating the brutal terrain of childhood trauma, identity, and self-discovery in 1980s Britain. From the oppressive silence of a working-class home ruled by an abusive father, through the isolating corridors of...

Brighton, 1986.
David Vintner is twenty-one, living in a seaside cottage with his closest friends, Al and Ri—a chosen family bound by laughter, secrets, and the fragile hope of a future that feels possible at last. But when a single phone call shatters that illusion, David is thrust into a world of hospital corridors, whispered fears, and...