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"... a beautiful descriptive story with well fleshed out characters that bring depth to the story" *
A missing sister.
A life on hold. Focus, ambition, goals – Paige lost them all when her sixteen-year-old sister vanished. It's hard to work for the things Leila will never get a chance to experience. What starts as just another day working at her brother’s wilderness retreat takes a dangerous turn when Paige is left alone with a rowdy group of clients. As darkness falls, a simple task turns into a harrowing encounter. When Paige fights back, it reawakens something she hasn’t felt for a long time. Somewhere, out there, is the truth. Somewhere, out there, is her sister. Can Paige use her newfound determination to track down the truth? This gripping, atmospheric story is the prequel to the Paige Turner Mystery Series. Sign up for my newsletter and get it free. (* Goodreads five-star review) |
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A woman gone in broad daylight.
A damaged family. Malicious gossip. Growing up in the small town of Oak Junction, Paige and Leila didn’t have everything, but they did have each other. With a fragile mother and much-older siblings the two girls relied on each other. Until the day Leila didn’t come home from school. With the pain of never seeing her sister again, and a family who couldn’t talk about it, Paige left for the city to pursue a career in journalism and tell Leila’s story. But things in the city aren’t working out so well. Paige can’t fully commit to her writing. She doesn’t have the guts to tell the person she’s in love with how she feels, and her family maintains a polite-but-distant relationship. When another young woman goes missing from Paige’s hometown and gossip starts to swirl again, can Paige step up, lean in, investigate and in so doing, get her own life back on track? (* Goodreads five-star review) |
About meI've spent my whole life writing - I wrote my first novel in a spiral-bound notebook when I was twelve.
Even that very early novel was inspired by (maybe stolen from?) my favourite childhood books. I loved mysteries with a strong sense of setting. I always wanted to write myself a part in those stories and work and play alongside the characters. I still love books that can pull me in and make me feel, "that's a place I'd like to live," "those are people I'd like to spend time with." Writers like Louise Penny, Dick Francis, Kathy Reichs, and Sara Rosett give me that feeling, and when not reading books by these, and other talented authors, I write my own. I write immersive, page-turning mysteries about ordinary people who have complicated histories. To help generate ideas for my writing, I hike, run, ride horses, and volunteer with my local food centre, and my best times are doing just about anything with my two university-aged children, my husband, and our sweet rescue potcake. |