BOOK 1
The Road to Alright
Gracie Sheehan’s mundane mid-life existence implodes when she unexpectedly loses her husband Blair and her job within an eight-week span. To further complicate matters, Blair’s indiscretion creates a substantial financial burden for Gracie and her daughter Tess.
Livy Bless, divorced and living life through an adventurous career, offers to share her family’s estate home with Gracie until she settles herself and her financial affairs. A series of surprising events nudge Gracie towards new and unprepared roles, which include lover, dog-sitter, and that of a reluctant respite caregiver to Livy’s distant uncle, a crotchety recluse with his own history.
An insecure widow, Gracie is pulled from her Toronto roots to the tiny hamlet of New Pelham, where she is forced to question her own values, integrity and re-establish a new life.
Pages
416
Publication Date
September 27, 2022
ISBN-10
0228869285
BOOK 2
The Park Street Secrets
A vacated, historic government office which served as a post office, customs house, and finally a police station in Niagara Falls, Ontario is redeveloped into seven condominiums. Some new occupants have ties to its cultural heritage, while others bring secrets to keep there.
Siblings Lily and Rose must cohabit for one year or lose their inheritance, despite their animosity toward each other. Gracie Sheehan is determined to make a fresh start after many unexpected events force her to question her values and life goals. Young lovers move down the hall from Adrian Common, a single, self-serving customs broker who always gets whom and what he wants.
A feisty octogenarian, a messed-up pair of newlyweds and others form the medley of characters who move under the same roof. Add a building manager with secrets of his own, and discover how Park Street becomes a chaotic blend of love, betrayal and the need for human connection.
Pages
446
Publication Date
September 29, 2022
ISBN-10
0228869250
BOOK 3
Follow Polly's Lane
Follow Polly’s Lane exposes the separate dramas of two female neighbours with differing values after a violent storm implodes their private lives, bringing them together and then tearing them apart. This story revolves around a private, dead-end lane which provides access to three grand but dilapidated manors near New Abino, a small hamlet of Point Abino, Ontario. While the lakefront homes are deserted, their adjacent bunkies, historically used for the hired help, house four intriguing tenants.
Formerly an Irish nun turned nurse, Sonnet O’Brien understands the needs of the heart, unlike her unsavoury neighbour, who returns to Canada from the United States as a deported convict. Reba Adler and her neurodivergent son, with fifteen years between them, work to rebuild their lives after escaping the rigours and hardships of their Nova Scotia roots. A stray dog, fed and loved by most, appoints himself as the lane’s security detail and earns an important role. Unpredictable events bring out the best and worst in these tenants over two wintery months, and, as with the author’s previous novels, emphasize the importance of trust and human connection.
Pages
416
Publication Date
September 3, 2025
ISBN-10
1834185211
