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  • Published: 18 August 2020
  • ISBN: 9781761041099
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 528
  • RRP: $22.99

Centre Stage




MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR

A tantalising glimpse into the world of theatre and what goes on when the spotlight dims and the curtain falls.


A HIDDEN DARKNESS
Alex Rainford has it all. He's sexy, charismatic and adored by fans the world over. But he is not all he seems. What spectre from the past is driving him ever closer to evil? And who will fall under his spell along the way?

CONFRONTING THE PAST
Madeleine Frances, beautiful stage and screen actress. Years before she escaped Alex's fatal charm, but now she is forced to confront him once again ... and reveal her devastating secret.

TALENT AND TEMPTATION
Susannah Wright, the finest classical actress of her generation. Not even her awesome talent can save her from Alex's dangerous charisma.

DANGEROUS DESIRE
Imogen McLaughlin, the promising young actress whose biggest career break could be her greatest downfall. She wants Alex Rainford - but she doesn't know that he has the power to destroy her ...

Stars shine on centre stage. But what secrets lie hidden in the wings?

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  • Published: 18 August 2020
  • ISBN: 9781761041099
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 528
  • RRP: $22.99

About the author

Judy Nunn

Judy Nunn’s career has been long, illustrious and multifaceted. After combining her internationally successful acting career with scriptwriting for television and radio, Judy decided in the 90s to turn her hand to prose.

Her first three novels, The Glitter Game, Centre Stage and Araluen, set respectively in the worlds of television, theatre and film, became instant bestsellers, and the rest is history, quite literally in fact. She has since developed a love of writing Australian historically-based fiction and her fame as a novelist has spread rapidly throughout Europe where she has been published in English, German, French, Dutch, Czech and Spanish.

Her subsequent bestsellers, Kal, Beneath the Southern Cross, Territory, Pacific, Heritage, Floodtide, Maralinga, Tiger Men, Elianne, Spirits of the Ghan, Sanctuary, Khaki Town and Showtime! confirmed Judy’s position as one of Australia’s leading fiction writers. She has now sold over one million books in Australia alone.

In 2015 Judy was made a Member of the Order of Australia for her "significant service to the performing arts as a scriptwriter and actor of stage and screen, and to literature as an author".

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