Fiction, Small Town & Rural
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The Warbler's Call
by Mirjana Vincic Katic
Stephen is successful, incredibly wealthy, and happily married with two amazing kids. Yet, he is unsatisfied. As time ticks on, Stephen finds the trappings and luxuries of his life—the consumerism, the waste, and the ego—distasteful. He dreads...
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Miss Putnam's Garden
by Margaret Schweitzer
Growing up in rural Ontario, Shirley knows how difficult life can be. With an abusive father and a loving but ailing mother, she relies on her farm and a lot of hard work to survive. While enduring economic downturns, harsh winters, and a world...
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Nodoken
An Almost True Story of Newfoundland by D. Patrick Schaan
He was brought in to save Nodoken, and now he may be the end of it all. Jacob Handsome was born in a small town in Saskatchewan. His life was full of challenges but he managed to pursue his dream and was accepted into the University of...
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Toadstool Manor & Yorkshire Pudding
by Murray Pellowe
Before Archie was born, his parents, the archduke and duchess of the former Atomauria, travelled to England and found themselves in Pudding, a small hamlet in Yorkshire County. Immediately upon arriving, and without much thought, they purchased a...
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The Oasis
A Tale of Hope by Chris Nicholson
The storm raged on throughout the night. Nora could not sleep but dozed on and off during the bleak hours. At times there were loud creaks and groans followed by a bang severe enough to shake the house as the ice proved too heavy for some tree...
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The Chronicles of Paisley • Corners
by Cheryl van Daalen-Smith
Canadian nurse Kick Cavendish has always wanted to make a difference, and she's hoping her new post as Paisley • Corners’ new public health nurse will help her do just that. The rural Ontario hamlet instantly enamored Kick, who had also dreamed...
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Full of Grace
by Rosemary Hurren
Murder is always big news in small town Ontario. When Grace Inglehook’s terminal cancer is in remission, she makes plans for her one or two remaining years. But all her dreams shatter the morning she wakes up bleeding. Upon her death local...
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Man in the Meadow
by Roger Groening
When a man is found dead in an aster meadow near Northford, Saskatchewan, on a lovely fall day in 1975, Sergeant Arnold Powell is tasked with unravelling a puzzling case with entirely too many potential suspects. The dead man in question, Clayton...
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No Love Is Greater Than a Parent's Love
by Mirjana Vincic Katic
Imagine if one moment of indiscretion changed the entire course of your life, catapulted you into single parenthood, and required that you give up all of your youthful dreams. What would you do? For Mary Watson, the feisty protagonist of No Love...
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Hiding Amongst the Clouds
A Sequel to A Complicated Goodbye by Laurie Carmichael
REBECCA HAS A PLAN FOR MURDER … THE PROBLEM IS, IT’S HER OWN! After learning that the long-term affair between her best friend, Olivia Proctor and her husband, Jake Adams has serious consequences, Rebecca Adam decides to take matters into her own...
