The Donkey Cutter by Gregory Koop
Years after the death of her mother, Mareika Doerksen moves through her adolescence with feelings of loss, confusion, and isolation as she seems somewhere between not being a child and not being a complete woman.
Historical Fiction
Anangokaa by Cameron Alam
ANANGOKAA is the evocative coming-of-age story of a young woman who must determine what sacrifices she is willing to make for the life she longs to live.
The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry
From the New York Times bestselling author of Becoming Mrs. Lewis comes a “heartrending, captivating tale of family, first love, and fate” (Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author) about a woman who stumbles across a mysterious children’s book that holds secrets about her missing sister and their childhood spent in the English countryside during World War II.
The Porcelain Moon: A Novel of France, the Great War, and Forbidden Love by Janie Chang
Set against the little-known history of the 140,000 Chinese workers who were brought to Europe as non-combatant labour during WWI, The Porcelain Moon is a tale of forbidden love, identity and belonging, and what we are willing to risk for freedom.
The Broken Heart of Winter by Judy LeBlanc
The Broken Heart of Winter speaks to the capacity of the human spirit to love, to adapt, and to carry on.
At Face Value: The Life and Times of Eliza McCormack/John White, Second Edition By Don Akenson
At Face Value spins the tale of John White, a trusty Tory backbencher in Canada’s post-Confederation Parliament who was unusually sympathetic to women and Indigenous communities.
The Current Between by Valerie Mills-Milde
The Current Between is Valerie Mills-Milde’s third novel, and it has been my pleasure to …
Eight Strings by Margaret DeRosia
An enthralling coming-of-age debut novel about a young woman in late 19th-century Venice who becomes a man to join the male-dominated world of the theater as a puppeteer.
The Other Daughter by Caroline Bishop
The Other Daughter is an unforgettable novel about the bond between mothers and daughters—and the fight of women, generations over, for the freedom to choose their own path.
Sisu’s Winter War by Liisa Kovala
A twisting journey through time and place, exploring family, relationships, war, and memory, Sisu’s Winter War is a historical novel focused on Meri, a Finnish woman who is shaped by the First Soviet-Finnish War, and the ripples that spin across her life throughout the decades.
The Lost English Girl by Julia Kelly
The acclaimed author of the “sweeping and beautifully written novel” (Woman’s World) The Light Over London weaves an epic saga of love, motherhood, and betrayal set against World War II.
Fayne by Ann-Marie MacDonald
In the late nineteenth century, Charlotte Bell is growing up at Fayne, a vast and lonely estate straddling the border between England and Scotland, where she has been kept from the world by her adoring father, Lord Henry Bell, owing to a mysterious condition.
Paper Roses on Stony Mountain by Diana Stevan
An Inspirational Family Saga, that started with the Award-Winning Sunflowers Under Fire, continues to resonate with readers worldwide.
The White Hare by Jane Johnson
The White Hare is a spellbinding novel about mothers and daughters finding a new home for themselves, the secrets they try to bury, and the local legends that may change their lives.
Cold Edge of Heaven: A story of love and murder in Canada’s Arctic by Whit Fraser
Abandoned at a desolate Arctic outpost and haunted by memories of forbidden desire, Constable Will Grant preserves his sanity by investigating the mysterious deaths of two troubled Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers.