Dreams
and Promises
Genre: Women’s Fiction/ Romance
Release
Date: July 1, 2017
Dreams and
Promises includes six short stories and novellas written by authors who
live in beautiful British Columbia.
It’s our way of
honoring Canada’s Sesquicentennial.
Some of Canada’s
major cities were founded in the seventeenth century, but July 1st 2017 marks
150 years since our country became a Confederation.
Our stories
range from the era of the fur trade, to a commercial enterprise that opened up
the Canadian and American West, to present day James Bay, a thriving
neighborhood in the garden city of Victoria, British Columbia.
Among our heroes
are a World War One soldier suffering from amnesia, an RCAF pilot from World
War Two, and a pioneer prairie farmer.
A British war
bride, a suffragette and a modern-day university student are just three of our
heroines.
Our stories play
out in a land of infinite promise and sometimes heartbreaking challenges.
Thank you for
helping us celebrate our nation’s milestone birthday.
My Baby Wrote Me A Letter- Jacquie Biggar
A family's brush
with the past will threaten the fabric of their lives.
Grace Freeman is
eight months pregnant, and with her navy husband away on a mission, she craves
the security of her childhood home in Canada.
When she finds a
letter written by her long-lost mother, it creates a tear in the foundation of
those she loves.
Can Grace find a
way to bring her family peace, or will a message from the past destroy their
future?
Rendezvous-Anna Markland
Ian Donaldson is
a gentleman clerk with the NW fur trading company in 1815. Newly arrived in
Fort William from Scotland, he is immediately drawn to Nindaanis, a metis woman
with an illegitimate child. When the baby’s voyageur father returns for the
annual Great Rendezvous, Ian defies convention and fights for the woman he
loves.
With Glowing Hearts- Reggi Allder
Would you leave
everything to follow the man you love?
A Royal Canadian
Air Force pilot and a British nurse meet in London during the Blitz. Can the
love that blossoms between them survive the ravages of war?
Once Upon an Attic- LizAnn Carson
Kate is Jamie’s
ideal woman. His meddlesome grandfather agrees. Only two problems stand in the
way: Kate has uncovered Gramps’ long-hidden love story, and Gramps is… a ghost.
Prairie Storm- Sylvie Grayson
It’s 1918, and
prairie farmer Shane Narraway is doing his best to help feed the Allied troops
overseas. But his real goal is to marry Emily Waddell. With the war news
worsening daily, his brother fighting in Europe, and the outbreak of the
Spanish flu, Shane’s life is about to unfold in ways he never imagined.
When the Boys Came Home- Alice Valdal
When Dot
McGuire's fiancé is reported missing during the Great War, she accepts the
inevitable and builds a new life for herself. Then he comes home, suffering
from amnesia. Does her future lie in the old dream, or in the changing world of
the roaring twenties?
Jacquie Biggar is
a USA Today bestselling author of Romantic Suspense who loves to write about
tough, alpha males and strong, contemporary women willing to show their men
that true power comes from love.
She is the
author of the popular Wounded Hearts series and has just started a new series
in paranormal suspense, Mended Souls.
She has been
blessed with a long, happy marriage and enjoys writing romance novels that end
with happily-ever-afters.
Jacquie lives in
paradise along the west coast of Canada with her family and loves reading,
writing, and flower gardening. She swears she can't function without coffee,
preferably at the beach with her sweetheart. :)
Or email her via
her web site. Jacquie lives on Vancouver Island with her husband and loves to
hear from readers all over the world!
For this
anthology Anna Markland enjoyed writing about a more “modern” era
than the medieval times she normally use for her settings. Anna’s page-turning
adventures have earned her a place on Amazon’s All-Star list. You can find all
her books listed on her Amazon page.
Besides writing,
Anna has two addictions-crosswords and genealogy, probably the reason she loves
research. She’s also a fool for cats. Her husband is an entrepreneur who is
fond of boasting he’s never had a job.
Anna lives on
Canada’s scenic west coast now, but she was born and raised in the UK and loves
breathing life into history.
Escape with Anna
Markland to where romance began.
Reggi Allder writes
romantic suspense including Money Power and Poison and contemporary romance
including Her Country Heart, part of the Sierra Creek Series, where determined
women and alpha men intersect. She relates the tension between the hero and
heroine. They fight to keep their motivation when offered temptation and
untenable situations. Her characters struggle to reach opposing goals while
falling in love.
Reggi lives in
the west with her hubby and two dogs. She enjoys long walks and always brings
her camera as well as her dogs.
LizAnn Carson cheerfully
conjures up her own fairy-tale life, writing stories of romance and fantasy
(often with a humorous twist) from her base on beautiful Vancouver Island. In
her free time, you might catch LizAnn hiking, quilting, or watching her cats
sleep.
Sylvie Grayson writes
romantic suspense in contemporary stories such as The Lies He Told Me, and
sci/fi fantasy in Khandarken Rising:The Last War series. When she’s not
travelling, she works, plays bridge and spends time in her garden.
History
fascinates Alice Valdal; it’s where the best stories are found. She spends
hours happily doing research for her historical novels. The first two books her
Prospect series, stories set in the gold rush, originally published by
Kensington Books are now available as e-books on Amazon. She is currently working on a third book
for the series.
When not writing
she gardens, knits, plays with the cats and does her best to avoid
housework.
Thank you for sharing Dreams and Promises celebrating #Canada150!
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