Maggie of the Marshes is a heart-warming, character-driven work of commercial fiction that celebrates life on the Cape Shore of Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula in the early 1960's. The title character, a mystical old woman who communicates with both living and dead, appears at a convent door in St. John's and tells a traumatized young nun, Fiona O'Neill, that she will find the answers to her problems in Heaven Cove. Through Maggie and with the help of the unforgettable people of Heaven Cove, Fiona rebounds from a devastating ordeal, learns the secret surrounding her father's childhood, and finds her true home.
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Lighting the Beacon
A seventeen year-old boy with a lame leg has only minutes to climb the one hundred steps in his father's lighthouse. He must light the beacon in time to avert disaster.
The Rebirth of Rose
A woman trapped in an abusive relationship contemplates her fate. Can she summon the courage to escape?
Castles in the Sand, winner of the Houston Writers Guild 2012 Novel Contest, based on an award-winning short story, is a tale of tragedy and hope, set in Vancouver, BC in 2010.
Thirty-eight-year-old Justin Wentworth, a victim of an entitled lifestyle and a collapsing economy, loses everything and winds up living on the street. Attacked and beaten, he accepts assistance from a Good Samaritan. With help, Justin has hope. He struggles to achieve his ultimate goal--getting back his wife and little boy.
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