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D A CARTER
About The Author
D A Carter lives in the middle of a farm in a small rural area. He has been a forestry worker, fisherman, small business owner, teacher and educational materials writer and spends his time writing a wide variety of genre novels and illustrated children’s books. He is passionate about animals and marine life and lives with his wife, dog and a variety of wild and farm animals. They are lucky to have a family of Eastern Quolls living under their house and this led to one quoll ending up in the family bed, hiding under a pillow. This prompted the children's book, There's a Quoll in my Bed!, which you can find on Amazon.com.

If you follow the URL below, you can look at a video of the Quolls playing in the front yard.                                                          https://youtube.com/shorts/bWcHQWzLloU?feature=share



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Recent Novels
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When Jack arrives in the small coastal town of Stormleigh, he thinks he's just passing through. But the past has been waiting for him.

A chance encounter leads Jack into the heart of a community that once turned its back on his mother, Briony—a young outsider who carried both secrets and scars. As Jack peels back the layers of silence, he unearths a history of betrayal, shame, and a long-hidden act of violence that shaped the lives of everyone involved.

Told with restraint and emotional force, The Weight of Forgetting, is a novel about truth, legacy, and the brutal complexities of forgiveness. Jack must reckon with the possibility that one of the very men responsible for destroying his mother may also be his father—and decide whether knowing the truth is worth the price.

A quietly explosive story of reckoning, love, and resilience—this is a novel that stays with you.

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 He thought Luke’s death was the end. It was only the beginning.

Miller has kept his distance—from people, from the past, and especially from the fatal night that left his colleague Luke broken at the base of a cliff. But when Sar and Ellis arrive, uninvited and full of dangerous charm, they stir the ashes he thought he’d buried. And they want to talk about Luke.

Because Luke had a secret. A breakthrough tied to one of the most lethal creatures on earth: the cone snail. Its venom, if harnessed, could change medicine—or make someone very rich. Now that secret may have survived Luke’s fall. And everyone wants a piece of it.

 In Deadly Spiral, science, seduction, and survival twist into a taut psychological thriller where every truth is toxic, and no one gets out unscarred.

 

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When Del left the city to escape a collapsed life and a broken heart, she didn’t expect to land in the middle of a conspiracy rotting an island from the inside out.

Drawn into the orbit of Quinn—a taciturn former operative with his own buried past—Del finds herself hunted, lied to, and manipulated by a man who owns the island in all but name. Maddox is the kind of predator who gives freely, waits patiently, and takes everything. Now, with a trail of bodies behind them and the police in his pocket, survival means taking justice into their own hands.

What begins as a quiet escape spirals into a deadly cat-and-mouse game across rugged farms, windswept coastlines, and lawless night waters. Del has never killed anyone. But as the tide turns, she learns that some lines you only know you’ll cross once you’re already on the other side.

First Rule in Life – Trust No One is a taut rural-noir thriller about power, complicity, and the quiet courage it takes to choose your own ending. Gritty, emotional, and razor-sharp, survival comes with a cost, and nothing stays buried forever. 

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In
the surf-soaked town of Seaward Bluff, fifteen-year-old Vaughn finds solace in
waves and wildlife. But when tragedy strikes his tight-knit friend group, he
must confront the cost of silence, the power of jealousy, and the complexity of
first love. One Final Ride is a powerful coming-of-age story about
friendship, grief, and the decisions that define
us.

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Recent Children's Books
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Johnson: The shark who loves to eat outboard motors

Johnson is a shark with                     more teeth than anyone else in the ocean—and one very strange craving.

He’s not interested in fruit, vegetables, or even cake. Johnson loves fish... and outboard motors.

Johnson: The Shark Who Loves to Eat Outboard Motors is a laugh-out-loud story with bold illustrations, unexpected turns, and a gentle message about change, second chances, and looking after the sea. Perfect for ages 3–7, this is one story kids will want to dive into again and again.

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There's a Quoll in my Bed !

When a sleepy young boy finds a mysterious tail poking out from under his pillow, he quickly discovers he’s sharing his bed with a rather unexpected visitor—a quoll! But how did it get there? And what do his parents plan to do about it?

Follow the hilarious late-night adventure as the family tries to coax, trap, and reason with a very determined (and slightly cheeky) marsupial. With playful rhymes, a mischievous dog, and a quoll who simply won’t budge, this story is perfect for bedtime laughs and repeat reads.

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Squid Magic

A magical, rhyming picture book that helps children learn colors through the eyes of a color-changing squid!

Cynthia Squid wants a new dress—but instead of going shopping, she discovers something even more amazing: she can change colors all on her own! From emerald green to ocean blue, sparkling gold to stormy gray, Cynthia’s undersea journey is full of surprises, emotions, and a little bit of magic.

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I want to do something splendid… Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead… I think I shall write books.
- Louisa May Alcott