Enter to win five book packs, each consisting of a copy of Torn and a copy of All That And Everything.

Award-winning author, Karen Turner's debut novel, Torn, is a historical romance set in the Regency era that explores the darkly human nature of relationships.

Set against a backdrop of love and treachery during the turbulent years of the Napoleonic Wars, this sweeping saga tells the story of a young girl, Alex Broughton, and her journey to womanhood. As events progress, Alex experiences the devastating effects of war, unrequited love, and suffers a cruel betrayal from an unlikely source.

Unlike many -Jane Austen' style stories that often feature chaste lovers and scandals strictly kept -behind closed doors', Karen set out to look at the damaging effects of love and betrayal in graphic detail, all the while remaining faithful to the historical era.

Karen Turner is an Australian author, and as an escape from the corporate world, she discovered a passion for fictional prose, which led to a rather eclectic compilation of short stories, All That and Everything. First published in 2009, many of the short stories have won literary awards, including the Society of Women Writers Vic Biennial Literary Award.

Torn is the first of a planned trilogy, with the second book, Inviolate, to be launched in 2014.
RRP: $37.90