Small Town & Rural

April 19, 2021 by

The kids call her Lighthouse: no lights on up there. In a small town, everyone knows when you can’t read. But Cathy is just distracted by the light, lines, and artistry of everyday life. She is a talented artist growing up in tiny Mariners Cove and yearns for acceptance. She dreams of enrolling in art school, but getting there will be a struggle. Hutch Parsons is everything Cathy is not: charismatic, popular, smart. Overflowing with energy, he is confident in his plans for the future. But one icy evening his world is upended and those plans are swept away. Dancing between points of view, Catching the Light explores the ordinary lives of two extraordinary people. With gorgeously lyrical language and a strong sense of place, this tender novel announces a bright new voice in Atlantic fiction. Winner of the 2014 Percy Janes First Novel Award for an unpublished manuscript.

October 22, 2025 by

Coastal Healing

October 22, 2025 by

At 27, Heather Hatfield returns to her coastal hometown in Nova Scotia, her military career in ruins and her future uncertain. Seeking solace in the familiar rhythm of the waves, she hopes to rebuild the confidence she’s lost. But when a routine fishing trip turns into a dramatic rescue, Heather is thrust into the spotlight as an unexpected hero. As the media swarms and the past she’s been running from threatens to resurface, she must decide: will she let her past define her, or will she find the strength to rewrite her own story?

September 25, 2023 by

The Untimely Resurrection of John Alexander MacNeil

September 25, 2023 by

After willing himself back to life with sheer stubbornness, ninety-year-old John Alexander MacNeil finds Death sitting at his kitchen table.

October 29, 2020 by

When the Hill Came Down

October 29, 2020 by

Keefe Williams lives a childhood of neglect and disconnect, feeling completely invisible. Known only for the story of the night his parents died and the freak event that killed them, he suffers silently holding on to the one thing in his life that sets him apart. When Keefe is a teenager Summer Barkley moves to the community. She is oblivious to the entrenched story of Keefe Williams’s life, giving him an opportunity to finally be someone separate from his tragic past. As their relationship develops, Keefe can claim his true identity. 
Through Keefe’s art and Summer’s writing the need to truly explore and understand the past becomes something from which they cannot run. When the Hill Came Down explores greed, jealousy, love, loyalty and the very fabric of a community full of stories whose threads intertwine. The colour, texture and multi-faceted of any story in any community, bear scrutiny. Nothing is ever exactly the way it seems.