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The Maker of Spells by Jenny O’Kell

March 31, 2025 by Alison Manley

O’Kell has woven an intriguing world, with alliances between powers, a seemingly delicate system of magic…

Cover of The Favorites. The bodies of two ice skaters, one holding up the other. The woman being held up is curving her back and looking up. The title and author's name are in gold text over the image.

The Favorites by Layne Fargo

March 10, 2025 by Alison Manley

There’s not much more you need to do to sell me on a book than to tell me it’s about figure skating.

An orange background with large block and designed letters forming the title which fills the image. Running behind the letters is a dotted line ending in an arrow, arriving at "Medina." An illustrated light skinned man in a light blue shirt, tan pants, and a dark blue jacket sits on the "a" of "Medina." A woman with brown skin wearing a dark blue hijab, brown scarf, pink coat, and blue pants holds a suitcase and stands on the "M" of "Medina." The author's name and previous book title are in smaller letters at the bottom of the image.

Love from Mecca to Medina

March 21, 2024 by Laurie Burns

This book connects to S.K Ali’s previous book Love from A to Z, but it is not necessary to read the first one to read this one; Love from Mecca to Medina can certainly stand alone.

A grey and sepia cover with a transparent woman's face over a view of a lake and a ferris wheel in the background.

Flicker by Lori Hahnel

March 21, 2024March 21, 2024 by Carrie Stanton

Flicker by award-winning author Lori Hahnel is part of the University of Calgary Press’s Brave & Brilliant Series, 2023.

A side view of a lighthouse looking over the ocean, and a pink sky. The author's name is in pink text at the top of the image, the title is in light purple text just below.

Promise at Refuge Point by Donna Alward

March 3, 2024March 2, 2024 by Sue Slade

Valentine’s Day marked the release of the much anticipated and long-awaited final installment in Donna Alward’s Jewell Cove series, Promise at Refuge Point. It was also a well-timed snow day here in Nova Scotia and it enabled me to binge-read this contemporary Summer Fling, Small Town Romance. The sixth in a series set in a …

A monochromatic blue cover showing a figure, face down, through underwater plants. The title is in white text and fills the whole image.

The Cure for Drowning by Loghan Paylor

February 29, 2024 by Lucy E. M. Black

The Cure for Drowning by Loghan Paylor is a rich, beautifully wrought family saga about love, truth and identity. Every family has stories that help to define who they are. The McNair family, struggling Irish farmers in southern Ontario, proudly trace their story back to their great-great-grandfather who fell in love with, and married, a …

A New Season by Terry Fallis

August 22, 2024July 10, 2023 by Sarah Butland

From beloved and bestselling author Terry Fallis comes a novel unlike any of his others. A thoughtful exploration of aging, loss, family, friendship, and love, all with his trademark humour and heart.

The Real Me and The Real You by Morgan Jessome

July 3, 2023July 1, 2023 by Sue Slade

Nova Scotia author Morgan Jessome’s debut young adult, The Real Me and the Real You is a charming coming-of-age romance.

Two for the Road by Chantel Guertin

June 19, 2023 by Sue Slade

A tender, funny and wise new novel about a romance bookshop owner who embarks on the adventure–or misadventure–of a lifetime in search of her own happily ever after.

The White Hare by Jane Johnson

October 8, 2022 by Alison Manley

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.

Excerpt: Falling for You by Barb Curtis

May 28, 2024March 7, 2022 by James M. Fisher

The following is an excerpt from Barb Curtis’ newest novel, Falling for You (Sapphire Springs Book 3). It is reprinted here with the author’s permission. It will be released March 29, 2022

Northern Survival by Diane McGyver

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 by Allan Hudson

Northern Survival by Nova Scotia author, Diane McGyver, is an action-packed story of adventure as a result of a plane crash where there are only two survivors in the Canadian wilderness. One of the main characters, Olive Tweed is on vacation, doing research for a new novel. The other is a famous American actor, Jonathan …

The Forgotten Home Child by Genevieve Graham

May 28, 2024January 13, 2020 by Emma Rhodes

In The Forgotten Home Child, Ms. Graham forthrightly tackles the issues surrounding the implementation of the British Home Child program in England and its consequences to the children once they arrived in Canada.