Good Intentions is a sharp Australian debut about first love, ambition and moral compromise. After exposing corruption together at university, Jake and Nadia fall in love — until Nadia leaves. Ten years later, she returns to Sydney after a finance scandal, while Jake has become a respected investigative journalist. When they end up on opposite sides of a biotech startup scandal, old feelings and rival ambitions collide. It’s a tense, emotionally charged literary romance with themes of corporate greed, journalism, power, ethics, and whether good people can survive in morally grey systems. Fans of Dolly Alderton and Diana Reid may enjoy its mix of messy relationships, social commentary and contemporary Australian setting.