Rita Joe is a Native girl who leaves the reservation for the city, only to die on skid row as a victim of white men’s violence and paternalistic attitudes towards First Nations peoples. As perhaps the best-known contemporary Canadian play and a poetic drama of enormous theatrical power, The Ecstasy of Rita Joe had a major influence in awakening consciousness to the “Indian problem” both in whites and Natives themselves.Cast of 5 women and 15 menWith a preface by Ch...

A new girl in town, hidden identity, small-town romance from USA Today Best Selling Author, Elena Aitken.He’s falling for a beautiful stranger. She’s guarded and unsure. The truth of her past could destroy their new love.The last thing Officer Rhys Anderson expects to encounter at the end of his quiet Sunday afternoon shift is a beautiful stranger stranded on the side of the road.All Kari Fox wants to do is run as far away from her life—and...

Rebecca Duprey is working day and night to keep the family sheep station, Bluestone Ridge, afloat. But Bec's father, who's been in a wheelchair since a farming mishap, keeps second-guessing her decisions. Now, to add Bec's woes, her unfaithful ex-boyfriend has started lurking around, and the adjoining farm she'd hoped to buy has been snapped up by a guy from the city called Matt Harvey.After leaving his job in advertising, Matt became a bestselling novelist. But since the death of ...

Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates is a riveting story of love violently lost and found in late 20th century America. In this novel, Oates returns to the Buffalo, New York, region to brilliantly explore the dangerous intersections of romance and eroticism, guilt and obsession, desire and murder. Little Bird of Heaven, a soaring work by the New York Times bestselling author and a nominee for the 2009 Man Booker Prize—one of the world’s most prestigious lit...

"With the right person, marriage isn’t a life sentence. It’s a life."Ever since falling in love at The Springs, Rhys and Kari have been living a fairy tale, but fairy tales aren't real. Or are they? When Kari runs from the idea of forever, Rhys will have to fight for them. But will it be enough?**Please note this is a short story in the Springs Series and is best enjoyed after reading Falling into Forever and the rest of the Springs Series**

A female physician with an adopted black daughter? The townsfolk of Idaho Bend will never accept Dr. Mercy Gabriel-even when faced with a deadly cholera epidemic. But all Mercy needs is one man willing to listen…and to trust.Four years of war command turned Lon Mackey into a footloose gambler who can't abide attachments. Yet he can't help getting riled by the threats Mercy keeps receiving. Her trailblazing courage could reignite his faith and humanity. And his loyalty could make he...

In a magical world where being different is the norm, why must Rye Woods fear for her life if the truth about her hidden identity is revealed?When Rye Woods, a fairy, meets the beautiful dryad Flora Withe, her libido, as squashed and hidden as her wings, reawakens along with her heart. But Rye is a poor builder's labourer with a teenage sister to raise, while Flora is a wealthy artist-celebrity with a tree-top condominium and a sporty, late-model flying carpet. If those aren't obstacles en...

A hilarious tale of history come to life, from former children’s laureate and master storyteller, Michael Morpurgo.Living with a ghost can have its difficulties, I discovered, even if he is your friend.Remember Sir Walter Raleigh, who laid his cloak in a puddle so Queen Elizabeth I could walk across? Well, Bess meets his ghost and finds out she’s his ancestor!How will Bess explain Sir Walter to her family? Especially when he breaks her brother’s fis...

Another great title in the best-selling Go Girl series. Bec loves swimming- and she loves being the fastest in the class! But when she joins junior squad, Bec discovers there's more to swimming than just winning…

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HEARTWARMING CHRISTIAN ROMANCE: readers say this feel-good novel is one you'll remember long after you've turned the last page.Rock star Jackson Bell has just given his heart to God. Resolved to abandon his wicked lifestyle, he heads home to Owatonna, Minnesota to seek instruction in Christian living from the girl-next-door he's secretly loved for years. Dismayed to find Laney Ryland in the midst of a faith crisis, he quickly formulates a plan: he'll help Laney get her faith back, ...

Previously published in the print anthology The Mysterious Mr. Quin.While staying with the Keeleys at their country house, Mr. Satterthwaite happens to be in the library while the younger guests are holding a séance. Among the nonsensical messages are two clear ones: “Quin” and “Laidell.” Before long, there is a tragic death in the house, and Satterthwaite, with a little help from Mr. Quin, correctly determines that it wasn’t suicide, but murder!