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Andrea Baxter's summer in Anderson's Arm, a fishing village in Newfoundland, turns to unexpected adventure, when she, her cousin, and…
her uncle are arrested for illegal scallop dragging by the St. Pierre et Miquelon coast guard. Once they're rescued from the police station, Andrea ends up staying on St. Pierre, finding mystery, adventure, and romance. Grades 5-8. 1994.
Mary has been happily married to Jonathan for seven years, but he cannot father a child. He wants to do…
anything he can to make her feel fulfilled - even if it means giving her to his own brother. Mary is torn. Can the infidelity be justified, and what consequences will it bring? 1989.
Postwar New Brunswick. Mary Jameson, the widow of a lumber magnate, hopes to stymie the prophecy she receives from a…
fortune-teller - that her oldest son will be powerful and her younger son will bring glory upon the family, but they will be the end of the family. When Will, the brash older brother, suffers a fatal logging accident, and Owen, the intellectual younger son, returns a wounded hero from WWII, it seems the prophecy may come true. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. 2006.
Reef is back in Halifax, which brings back memories of Leeza and the terrible way their relationship ended - with…
a restraining order. Leeza is feeling stifled by her mother's "concern" and wishes she was studying out of town. Despite Reef's best efforts to stay away, circumstances quickly unfold to push him and Leeza ever closer together, so Reef must face his demons and make some tough choices - or else risk losing everything, including the only girl he has ever loved. Sequel to "The first stone" (DC41431). For junior and senior high readers. Some descriptions of violence and strong language. c2011.
On a beautiful morning out in the meadow, Nipper Mooney experiences both the phenomenon of lost time and the death…
of his father. Soon he is sent to All Angels, a rigid Catholic school where Nipper, a sensitive and inquisitive boy, only finds more questions. He survives this claustrophobic and often violent world by becoming a reader, a dreamer, and developing a scrappy toughness, as he journeys through the beauties and horrors of childhood. Some strong language. 2001.
After her mother's death, Jane insists on staying with her father, and goes with him to California. She misses Sinclair,…
the cousin she grew up loving, and thinks perhaps returning to him in Scotland will bring her the true love she desires. Or have her senses been clouded by youthful infatuation? 1971.
Anna Reardon and her brother, James, do not have much of a life in Boston. Their mother is a prostitute,…
and basically, they are raising themselves. When James sees Karl Lindstrom's advertisement for a "mail-order bride," he convinces Anna to write Karl. Desperate to change their way of life, Anna misrepresents herself in her letters. Now, in Minnesota, the truth is coming out. Descriptions of sex. 1991.
Virginia Keile secretly dreams of having a second chance to love the tall, dark Cornish farmer she foolishly lost 27…
years ago. Her life since has taught her harsh lessons about marriage and children, but now she is back in Cornwall with her children, to try and fill an empty house with love. 1973.
The last person innkeeper Megan Hamilton wants to ever see again is Elliott Bailey, who she feels is responsible for…
her brother's current predicament. But the heat between them is undeniable. Sequel to "Sugar Pine Trail", followed by "Season of wonder". 2018.
Just released from prison, Jase Hollister has one goal: stay out of trouble. Strawberry Valley, Oklahoma, sounds like the perfect…
place for him and his two brothers-by-circumstance to settle down and live a nice, simple life. But model citizen isn't exactly this rugged bachelor's default setting - especially when it comes to a certain hot-blooded Southern beauty. Brook Lynn Dillon has always been responsible. Not that it's done her much good. The down-on-her-luck waitress is broke, single and fun-deprived. Until Jase comes along. He is dangerous, sexy and tempting as sin, and the sizzling passion between them is undeniable. But can it melt her resistance? After all, the right kind of trouble might be just what they both need. 2015.
Since her parents’ mysterious deaths many years ago, scientist Cora Sparks has spent her days in the safety of her…
university lab or at her grandmother Etta’s dress shop. Etta’s dearest wish is to work her magic on her granddaughter. Cora’s studious, unromantic eye has overlooked Walt, the shy bookseller who has been in love with her forever. Determined not to allow Cora to miss her chance at happiness, Etta sews a tiny stitch into Walt’s collar, hoping to give him the courage to confess his feelings to Cora. But magic spells - like true love - can go awry. 2014.
Like his father before him, Octavio runs the Notre-Dame bakery, and knows the secret recipe for the perfect Parisian baguette,…
but also like his father, Octavio has never mastered the art of reading, and his only knowledge of the world beyond the bakery door comes from his own imagination. Just a few streets away, Isabeau works out of sight in the basement of the Louvre, trying to forget her disfigured beauty by losing herself in the paintings she restores. The two might never have met, but for a curious chain of coincidences involving a mysterious traveller, an impoverished painter, a jaded bookseller, and a book of fairytales, lost and found. c2012.
At the age of nineteen, Seth Sileski had everything. A superb athlete and scholar, handsome and popular, he was the…
pride of Thunder Point. Destined for greatness, he lost it all in a terrible accident that put an end to his professional football career when it had barely begun. Seth has come to terms with the turns his life has taken. But now he's been presented with an opportunity to return home and show the people of Thunder Point he's become a better, humbler version of his former self. Sequel to “The Promise”. Followed by “The wish”. 2014.
Devon McAllister flees danger with her daughter and ends up in Thunder Point, Oregon, where she meets widowed father Spencer…
Lawson, a man who can teach her about safety and stability. Includes sex, violence and strong language. Sequel to "The newcomer", followed by "The chance". 2013.
When ninety-nine-year-old heiress Josephine Bettendorf Warrick summons Brooke Trappnell to Talisa Island, her 20,000 acre remote barrier island home, Brooke…
is puzzled. Everybody in the South has heard about the eccentric millionaire mistress of Talisa, but Brooke has never met her. Josephine's cryptic note says she wants to discuss an important legal matter with Brooke, who is an attorney, but Brooke knows that Mrs. Warrick has long been a client of a prestigious Atlanta law firm. Over a few meetings, the ailing Josephine spins a tale of old friendships, secrets, betrayal and a long-unsolved murder. She tells Brooke she is hiring her for two reasons: to protect her island and legacy from those who would despoil her land, and secondly, to help her make amends with the heirs of the long dead women who were her closest friends, the girls of The High Tide Club, so named because of their youthful skinny dipping escapades: Millie, Ruth and Varina. When Josephine dies with her secrets intact, Brooke is charged with contacting Josephine's friends' descendants and bringing them together on Talisa for a reunion of women who've actually never met. Bestseller. 2018.
Margaret is the grand-daughter, daughter, sister, wife, and widow of Cape Breton miners. She reflects on life in Glace Bay,…
on her marriage to Neil, and on the true price of coal. Strong language. 1995.
After their parents died mysteriously, young Abby and Mallory Evans were adopted by their uncle. Shortly afterwards, Mallory was institutionalized…
because of her behaviour. Now as adults, the sisters are reunited, but someone wants the past kept hidden. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. c2000.
1862. As the American Civil War heats up, Southern Confederates flood into Montreal and Halifax, planning secret missions against the…
Union, missions they hope will provoke a war between England and the United States. Erryn Shaw, a British aristocrat banished to the colonies, is convinced to spy for the British. On a mission to Montreal, he gets wind of a sinister plot - and he can't seem to find a way to stop it. Some descriptions of sex and violence and some strong language. 2007.
In her home on Empire Avenue, Donna Whalen was stabbed 31 times. Her friends, family, and neighbours believed it was…
her abusive boyfriend, Sheldon Troke, but the evidence is all circumstantial, providing a daunting challenge for police and prosecutors - and the course of justice takes many unpredictable twists and turns before the truth is finally revealed. Based on a true story. Explicit strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. c2010.