Outside the Box: Women Writing Women

by Orna Ross

Outside the Box: Women Writing Women brings unlikely heroines together in a limited edition box-set:

Blue Mercy by Orna Ross
Will you identify with mother or with daughter? When Mercy Mulcahy was 40 years old, she was accused of killing her tyrannical father. Now, at the end of her life, she has written a book about what really happened on that fateful night of Christmas Eve, 1989—and she desperately needs her daughter to read it.

Crazy for Trying by Joni Rodgers
In 1970s Montana, a female voice on the radio is unheard of, but seeking to escape the shadow of her infamous mother—a radical lesbian poet who is larger than life, even in death—zaftig, bookish Tulsa Bitters heads west, determined to reinvent herself as a late-night disc jockey.

My Memories of a Future Life by Roz Morris
If you were somebody’s past life, what echoes would you leave in their soul? Could they be the answers you need now? When concert pianist Carol is forced by injury to stop playing, she fears her life may be over. Enter her soul mate Andreq. Is he her future incarnation or a psychological figment? And can he help her discover how to live now?

The Centauress by Kathleen Jones
Bereaved biographer Alex Forbes goes to war-ravaged Croatia to research the life of celebrity artist Zenobia de Braganza and finds herself at the centre of a family conflict over a disputed inheritance. She discovers a mutilated photograph, stolen letters and a story of indeterminate gender, passion and betrayal. But can she believe what she is being told?

My Unchoreographed Life by Jane Davis
Ballerina Alison Brabbage turns to prostitution when pregnancy and motherhood forced her into retirement. Struggling from day-to-day, the ultimatums she sets herself slip by. But there is one time-bomb she can't ignore. Her daughter Belinda is growing up. Soon she will be able to work out who Alison is—and what she does for a living.

One Night at the Jacaranda by Carol Cooper
On a hope-fuelled night in London, lives intersect as a disparate group of singletons meet in their quest for someone special. Undercover journalist Harriet is after a by-line, not a boyfriend, but soon she has to choose between the comfortable life she knows and a bumpy road that could lead to happiness.

White Lady by Jessica Bell
Sonia Shâd, the wife of Melbourne’s leading drug lord, yearns for sharp objects and blood. But now that she’s separated from her husband and rehabilitating herself as a “normal” mother and mathematics teacher, it’s time to stop dreaming about slicing people’s throats and raise a respectable son. Easier said than done. Especially when she discovers her husband is back in town.

Kindle Edition

First published February 20, 2015

About the author

Orna Ross is an award-winning historical novelist, poet, and founder-director of the global non-profit for self-publishing writers, the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi).

An international bestseller, she enjoys book sales in 120+ countries worldwide and her awards include the Goethe Historical Fiction Grand Prize Award for fiction, Gold Literary Titan award for poetry, the Romantic Novelists Association's Indie Champion Award, The Writers' Digest's Top Websites for Writers, and The Bookseller's Top 100 people in publishing.

In what she describes as “the best move of my writing life”, Orna took her book rights back from her publishers in 2011. The experience has made her a passionate advocate for the commercial and creative empowerment of authors through self-publishing and selective rights licensing.