Category: Romance • The Miramichi Reader

At the Mountain’s Edge by Genevieve Graham

June 8, 2019March 10, 2019

At the Mountain's Edge (2019, Simon & Schuster Canada*), is a divergence from Ms. Graham's three previous novels, for she leaves the East Coast setting and heads north-west to the Yukon's frontier gold fields of the late 19th century.

Being Mary Ro by Ida Linehan Young

August 19, 2018May 5, 2018

might be forgiven if, after seeing the book’s cover, they think Being Mary Ro (2018, Flanker Press) is another stereotypical Victorian-era romance novel. In some ways it is, but Being Mary Ro is more historical fiction than it is romance, similar to Genevieve Graham’s Promises to Keep. Like that book, it is based on a historical incident and broadened to include fictional characters and other historical references.… Continue reading