Mala Naidoo's books
Genres: General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Across three generations in colonised South Africa’s sugar fields, a woman must face her past to improve the present challenges she is called to clarify. The old hand of time ticks on, until decades later the truths she concealed demand to be heard to expose her lifelong angst for a forbidden love. Milly, Candace, and Sugar weave their family ancestry through letters and journals from the grave. Forgiveness is necessary to mend the broken walls of a silent, closed family, suddenly thrust into sinister revelations and heart-wrenching loss for those closest to them. A historical fiction/ women's fiction family drama on power, deception, and the aching need for self-determination.
Genres: General Fiction, Short/Flash Fiction Collection, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Will renewal be their claim or a struggle to attain? In their quest for renewal, four women tussle with the challenges of a dysfunctional family, work pressure, reputation, unknown genealogy, violence, and confidence building. Sasha, Moira, Ruby, and Rosa face diverse haunting situations from their past and present lives. Gripping personal stories told through honest fictional voices, but will decisive action set them free? Stories underpinned by the cruelty of fate, chance encounters, and the desire for autonomy and self-regard in the wake of crumbling confidence. What will these women from different walks of life choose as paths that defy their destiny?
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
A small coastal town with an abandoned mine and a tight-lipped leader, averse to change. What secrets will Viola Bardo unearth in her home school town of Blackwater Ridge? Her temporary leadership position tests her more than she ever imagined when her own past comes to light in an emotional revelation. Meet the the charming townsfolk who gather at Dukes Bar and Grill where truths unfold under the watchful eye of owner, Ellis McCrae.
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
A music teacher, closet poet, and justice seeker—how far will she go to protect family honour? Viola Bardo’s much-awaited Christmas break at her father’s art gallery is not what she expected when a web of deception triggers a series of events and uncanny revelations. Who is the stranger with the sad familiar eyes, lopsided gait, and swishing ankle-length coat—lurking wherever she goes?
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
All She Had Was Twelve Days… Viola Bardo has creativity in her blood and justice in her soul. She’s a music teacher, single, happy, and on the hop as a seasoned exchange teacher. Aurora Days is the story of Viola’s exit from Sydney to Athens in a time-tense search for justice when a foreign ambassador appeals for the return of his six-year-old son. Is Viola’s dual life as a schoolteacher and vigilante law agent questionable? Will she blow her cover and never teach again? She’s tough but never cruel, she’s an idealist with vulnerabilities that add to her charm. Her sweet tooth and poetic side are secret addictions until Sebastian enters her world with his heart-wrenching past, and the endearing personality of a little brother. Viola Bardo is every student’s and school principal’s dream teacher, although she is never with them long enough in her gallop across countries – wherever...
Genres: General Fiction, Short/Flash Fiction Collection, Suspense
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+
Every Life Has a Season. Every Season Has A Challenge Life’s Seasons is a collection of short stories in two parts of life’s major events and complications. Part 1: On the Beach– an unnerving tale set at a fictional picturesque beach house in 1978 – Vronegg Obrist is silent about what she saw one night from the upstairs balcony…until it returns a year later… Stilled Heart is a confronting story on the aftermath of war on the lives of Hans, Ingrid, and baby Lara in a small, friendly town. Dreams and visions in Wandering the Earth tells the tale of Jacob, a messenger of an old spine-chilling truth. The Call of The Outback is an Australian story charting a retired city police officer’s return to his outback hometown when he discovers a long-forgotten crime. In Oceans Away, a writer’s divorce and a series of uncanny events onboard a luxurious sea...
Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Womens Fiction, Suspense
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Change is inevitable... it’s the acceptance that matters... What Change May Come is a heart-stopping read on the lives of sisters Grace and Patience Sharvin who are confronted by the change they did not believe possible after all they had endured. Is it choice or destiny that decrees the road that sisters Grace and Patience Sharvin shall now travel? The Sisters Helping Sisters Organisation (SHSO) and City Hospital ER, constant swing doors of inhumane acts, become a selfless haven for the restless souls of the Sharvin sisters, as a medical doctor and social worker. Grace’s abuse as an intern at the hands of a troubled young man and Patience’s abduction by the chief of her cultural clan was not the last of their life’s convoluted journey. What Change May Come tells the story of Grace and her partner, Dr Keefe Daly, challenged by his past transgressions that elicit guilt, denial...
Genres: General Fiction, Thriller, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Who is behind the mission? Will they stay the course? Can Truth, Understanding, and Compassion save them? Chosen Lives charts the journey of unforgettable women from tumultuous pasts. They are head-hunted by a secret mission for a leadership training program in Thailand. Within an hour after departure, the flight veers off course to a luxurious, unknown destination. Patience a social worker, and Ming, a school teacher come to the fore in this compelling, contemporary tale. Selected as the mission’s trainers, for a New World Order, they are cut-off from outside communication. When the mission’s commander is revealed as deceptively gracious and militant, doubts fester leaving the recruits with confused despair, and the innate desire to shake up the future. Trust is compromised, and tension escalates until the shocking personal testimony sessions begin. Intimate truths open past wounds that force Patience and Ming to rethink their criticisms of others. From Canberra...
Genres: Historical Fiction, Thriller, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Two women face a life of torment when challenges beset them in a country ravaged by politically ignored gender-driven crime. A mother’s strength and courage in overcoming horrific loss, and the dangers that befall her daughters, are shrouded in one haunting, untold secret. Escaping to a new country cannot erase the memory and pain of past traumas. As sisters from different cultural backgrounds, their reactions to their inner demons and commitment to others, reveal the essence of their souls, as their mothers’ daughters. Souls of Her Daughters is a novel woven through complicated relationships with sisters and friends. Through tears and laughter, they share the light and dark in their fight for survival, from a crippling past. Will they survive the demons that return, uninvited to persecute them? A tale of terror, untimely loss, compassion, friendship and a mother’s undying love.


















