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Life Orbits The Barn
...and other short stories
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Lyndenn Behm draws on personal experience to tell stories set in the world of Prairie farms, small towns and First Nations. Some of the tales are pure in their sincerity; others are comical and may seem far fetched, but people who have lived in...
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A Convenient Grave
An Abram Cole Mystery
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When Inspector Cole moves to a small town in Eastern Ontario, hoping for a quieter posting than his job in the city, the last thing he expects is to get caught up in two 10-year-old missing person cases. Always willing to lend a hand, teenage...
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Nowhere to Hide
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Josie Bateil had one remaining option to escape the harassment and terror that's been thrust upon her. RUN! She uprooted her entire life. She left behind family, friends plus a career she loved. For two years, Josie kept running, constantly...
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Operetta on the Prairie
A Novel
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Englishman Ed Brown has been left standing at the altar. Hoping to leave behind memories of his ex-fiancée and get a fresh start, he takes a teaching job in Endon, a rural Alberta town, rather crudely described by a local as a one-horse town at...
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The Irish Within Us
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Strange things happen in Ballybeg when three distant cousins come together as the summer solstice approaches. In the spring of 2016, newly retired Kara leaves her home in Canada on a genealogical quest to rediscover her grandfather’s ancestral...
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Too Soon Old
Too Late Smart
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Now in her nineties, a woman reflects on the seminal decision she made, to flee an abusive husband in Vancouver and take her little boy to live with her on the remote, northern farm that her late parents had created from the wilderness. As she...
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Fountain Garden
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Lexi Davies Kirk, a middle-aged woman who is about to be divorced from her wealthy husband, has a lot on her plate. Both her parents—the bitter and comedic Oscar and the beautiful Annabella—are residents of Fountain Garden, the care home on Cody...
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Bullies
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The tragic death of a twelve year old child takes place in a small, close-knit rural community. Who would have thought this could happen here? This is the story of an elementary school student who takes his own life, and the rippling eff ects it...
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The Life of Marcy Young
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When her beloved grandmother is hospitalized with a grave heart condition, Marcy Young returns to her hometown of Masonville, Ohio to be with her in her final days. Once there, she learns a shocking secret: her grandmother has amassed a...
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The Dance of a Windmill
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Seventeen-year-old Edward is bitter and volatile when he shows up at his aunt and uncle’s farm in Cherry Lake, B.C., to grieve his dad’s death. For two years, he’s been caring for his mother through addiction and mental health struggles, and now...
