Fiction, Historical, 20th Century
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Three Days Till Rapture
by Fisher Lavell
A tale of constancy and betrayal, brokenness and redemption, Three Days Till Rapture is a working-class novel set in the wilds of northern Manitoba in the 1950s. Grace is determined to save her errant young husband, Valentine Labeau – from...
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The Last Letter
A Klondike Goldrush Murder Spawns a Dynasty...and Destroys a Family by Robert L. McIntyre
The Last Letter is an epic tale of the rise and fall of the fictional Carmichael dynasty through three generations, during a period of explosive growth of the Pacific Northwest. During a punishing drought in the Midwest in 1898, a young...
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Destroying Max
by Robert Sanderson
Montreal, 1960. Max Marchand’s life is seemingly perfect. He has a beautiful wife, Erin, and together with their four teenaged children, they live in a large house in Westmount—Montreal’s most desirable neighbourhood. Max is successful in his...
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The Distance
Dreams and Despair by Judy Pollard
The Distance tells the story of two Swiss immigrants, Thomas and Wilbert, who arrive in British Columbia’s Kootenay region in the early 1900s, lured by promises of adventure and prosperity. Their dream soon fades, giving way to the harsh...
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Day of Epiphany
by Jerome J Bourgault
Inspired by True Events At the stroke of a pen, Sister Cassandra Lalonde has gone from being a teacher in an orphanage to a nurse in a psychiatric hospital, and her beloved students have been “reclassified” as mental patients. Set against the...
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Return to Pamplona
A Lover's Quest in Post-War Spain by Peter J. Meehan
Weaving together romance with political intrigue, this enlightening mystery immerses the reader in an entertaining lover’s quest. A decade after the Spanish Civil War, a visitor is captivated by the country’s romantic allure. Richard falls for a...
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The Primitives
by Darlene Barry Quaife
In the early months of the Spanish Civil War, Canadian-American archaeologist Dr. Grace “Shale” Clifden and her inexperienced field crew of well-met Canadians—Dorothy Livesay, P. K. Page, and Sheila Doherty—are documenting a rare discovery of...
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Bury Napoleon on Elba!
by James J Sebastian
Colonel Neil Campbell, the British Commissioner assigned to remain with Napoleon Bonaparte when he is exiled to the island of Elba, struggles with his moral failure, cowardice as he calls it, in having accepted an order to assassinate the...
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A Hyphenated Life
by Sylvia Barnard
Caught between the pressure to be a good Canadian girl, her duty to her immigrant parents, and her own personal desires, Angelika Langer must learn to translate not just the three languages she speaks, but also her own inner voice. Her parents...
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Letters from Gerald
by R. W. Butler
Soon after the war ended, a young Eleanor Hutchinson dreams of a job as an ornithologist. Without the training, experience and social standing the chances are slim. Undaunted she writes to the British Museum for advice and promptly receives a...
