Canadian Fiction

First love and family turmoil in a meaningful YA story. Sixteen-year-old introvert Samantha Cross is falling in love for the first time. There’s only one problem: she’s falling for her older sister’s boyfriend, Ben Swift. Her sister Veronica is beautiful, outgoing, and confident. Samantha is used to her sister getting all of the attention and everything she wants, even if she doesn’t like it. But now they’re being torn apart by love for the same boy, their parents’ separation and mother’s declining emotional state, and their move away from Calmer Cove into city life in St. ...

"A journey, with a life of its own, one of those books that you wish would never end. like a 3D movie on the inside of your eyelids. You read, stop, digest, and are hungry for more." Young Celtic Annish, once adopted by an indigenous community now dreams of an exciting Hunter-Warrior's life rather than the traditional domestic role set out for her. A moving solo hunter's adventure odyssey unfolds bringing Spirit World visions, Ancestor guidance, powerful mysterious forces and life defining soul challenges. As a hunting expedition ends a bigger mission ensues, fulfilling an ancient prophecy....

Known for his stick-handling as much as for wrangling cattle on his family's ranch, Country Maddox becomes an overnight sensation with his viral hot takes on hockey highlights. But when he's invited to join Hockey Evening in Canada as a guest announcer, he's about to go stick to stick with the one adversary he can't outskate: his own failed love life.

He's a refreshingly different hero, definitely not young and six-packed, but... Retired reporter Jake Scott knows a thing or two about exposing the truth and unmasking frauds. Unfortunately, he walks a fine line between helping and interfering in investigations. Homicide Detective Dani Perez, with whom Jake has a shaky personal relationship, doesn’t always appreciate it, but he can’t seem to help himself. The affable and shrewd, yet old fashioned, Jake is hot on the trail of a case when a body discovered in a bog and three suspects lead him to the doorstep of The Guardians of Truth, a ...

The Williams family gave into an odd, overwhelming desire to purchase and move into a Victorian home they had come upon by chance...but shortly after moving in, strange things began to happen. It became abundantly clear that the Williams' new home was haunted.

Oracle est un suspense psychologique, où l'on suit Nate Russo, un médium du FBI qui aide à résoudre des enlèvements et des homicides en touchant les proches des personnes disparues. Son don unique a toutefois un prix terrible: il voit les moments d'horreur ayant précédé la disparition des victimes. Ce polar captivant, écrit par l'auteur à succès Andrew Pyper, traduit de l'anglais par Cécile Arbus et interprété par Patrice Labbé, combine enquêtes criminelles, éléments surnaturels et intuition.

The Wolf Pack has finally made progress in their trek north as they reunite with the rest of their group at the Canadian border. The small town of Coutts is fortified by the US Military with a seemingly impenetrable fence surrounding it. It's truly secure, and they can have some semblance of a life again. Things change when they realize there's a secret buried in Coutts, something they may not be prepared to face. Not only do things begin to destabilize within, but the Reclaimers return, bringing with them a vengeance and a plan to bring the group to its knees.

Things aren't going Milo's way. His acting career is floundering, he got dumped, his miserable father vanished, and people keep moving into his house. He finally decides to take action - to help the only person he really likes, the autistic boy next door who's being bullied. But, well, that doesn't really go his way either.

Ce roman raconte l'histoire d'Almanda Siméon, une orpheline amoureuse qui va partager la vie des Innus de Pekuakami. Elle apprendra l'existence nomade et la langue, et brisera les barrières imposées aux femmes autochtones.

A wedding is on the horizon for Lane Winslow and Inspector Darling. As one of the few Russian speakers in her community, Lane is obliged to act as translator and hostess for Countess Orlova, an elderly Russian woman who has tracked her missing brother to the Nelson area. Nelson PD investigates, but then the murder of a lone hunter in the hills above King’s Cove takes top priority.

Rien ne va plus pour Nadeige et Émy-Lee. À peine revenues de leur croisière dans les Caraïbes, celles-ci ont peine à se remettre de leurs émotions. Dévastée par sa rupture avec le beau Maxime-Alexandre, Émy-Lee poursuit tant bien que mal son année au collège. Non seulement elle a le coeur brisé, mais la distance qui la sépare de sa BFF lui rend cette épreuve quasiment impossible à surmonter.

This is the 3rd novel in the UNDERCOVER HILLBILLY SERIES. In this story, Billy Hill travels to the tiny town of Linden, Texas. After bailing a pretty attorney out of a financial jam, Billy is faced with what can only be described as a very stinky mystery. Can a home-schooled hillbilly from the backwoods of northern Vermont solve this smelly puzzle? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who took up writing novels as a retirement hobby. Always a proponent of quantity over quality, Donald has churned out more than 90 novels since he retired in 2009. Please check ...

“Soul Skin’ can best be described as bliss in literary form—it is a mind-bending, sweeping story of impossible journeys made so believable by Jan’s incredible literary talent.” - New York Book Pundit Reader's Favorite Book Award and Bookworks Book of the Week Award "Soul Skin Woman have you had enough?" is an exceptional, inspiring book with an important message and deep meaning." - NY Literary Magazine Woman have you had enough? An inspiring tale of hardship, wisdom and discovery, Soul Skin is a celebration of those of us who do not fit into ‘normal’. Deeply moving, Soul Skin...

Demonstrating once again why he is one of Canada's most loved jokesters, Black masterfully captures the laughter that often bursts out of the seams of everyday life. From an unexpected drag race to a Google search for a picture of the illusive "Arthur the Meek", you just never know when a regular day is going to turn into comedic genius. Black provides uproarious insight into uses a matador might have for a teacup, mango, or simply some paper towel....

Émile: Dégage, j’ai dit. Moi: Ben là... Émile: Je suis sérieux, je veux plus te voir. Moi (en me relevant lentement): Je sais pas ce que t’as, aujourd’hui, mais t’es méga plate. J’étais venue pour te demander un service, pis tu me jettes dehors! T’es...t’es rien qu’un débile! Émile (calmement): Ouais, je sais.... C’est tout ce que je suis. Un vrai de vrai débile. Émile le débile, c’est pas comme ça que tout le monde m’appelle, de toute façon?

While researching why Freud failed to win a Nobel Prize at the Nobel Archives in Sweden, a psychiatrist makes an unusual discovery. Among the piles of papers in the "Crackpot" file are letters addressed to the executor of Alfred Nobel's will, written by several notable Nobel laureates - including Rudyard Kipling and Marie Curie - each offering an explanation of why and how Stonehenge was constructed. Diligent research uncovers that Alfred Nobel added a secret codicil to his will, a prize for the Nobel laureate who solves the mystery of Stonehenge.

“A well-plotted and highly-emotional historical novel. A FINALIST and highly recommended.” - A Wishing Shelf Book Awards Finalist "It was difficult to tell what was lightning, air fire or ground fire. It seemed we were trying to navigate a sky filled with fireworks within the middle of a storm. The plane shuddered, losing altitude in a dive that was too steep and too fast. Concerned that the stalling engine's fire and tail rip may ignite the load of ammunition within, I instinctively banked, aiming offshore to the water below." Maddy survived and now she wants to know why. Racked with ...

Adam is many things, but a single dad was one that he never planned on becoming. He was twenty-three when the plan he had for his life crumbled at his feet. He went from a playboy to a struggling father of a two-year-old boy. Still, he did it. Adam accomplished what he thought was impossible. And now, at thirty-three, he doesn't think that his life can get any better. His son is his world, and his business is one of the most known hockey training facilities in Vancouver. But when he posts a job listing for a new hockey trainer, he gets a response that lights a flame inside of him.

Quinten Aspinall is determined to fulfill a promise he made to his deceased father to keep his family together. To do so, he must travel to Canada to find his younger siblings, who were sent there as indentured workers while Quinn was away at war. He’s also solicited by his employer to look for the man's niece, Julia, who ran off with a Canadian soldier. If Quinn can bring Julia back, he will receive his own tenant farm, enabling him to provide a home for his ailing mother and siblings.

It’s early spring of 1947 in idyllic King’s Cove, and the Hughes ladies, mère et filles, are gardening and sorting through the jars of food that have been put up for the winter. But while cleaning up after the roof of their root cellar has caved in slightly, they are horrified to discover a small skeletal hand embedded in the mess. Panicked, they call Lane Winslow, the ex-British secret service agent, and, not without some misgivings about the state of their tense relationship, Lane calls Inspector Darling.