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Trillium

Trillium
  • Author(s): Margaret Lindsay Holton
  • Location(s): Beamsville, Grimsby (Ontario), Hamilton, Niagara Falls, Ontario, St Catharines
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1750 to 2001

Starting in the mid 1750s, three very diverse young men arrive to the southern shore of Lake Ontario to start new lives. Thomas Hartford, a young British foot soldier is the first of the three to admire the magnificent...

Two Weeks in Toronto

Two Weeks in Toronto
  • Author(s): Amelia Doyle
  • Location(s): Toronto, Dublin
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Ciara Walsh is dreading the thought of boarding the plane from Dublin to Toronto alone to attend her sister Gabriella’s wedding. Also, successful dentist Ethan O’Leary could imagine better things to do than driving to Galway to celebrate both...

A Town Called Solace

A Town Called Solace
  • Author(s): Mary Lawson
  • Location(s): Northern Ontario
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1972

Clara’s sister is missing. Angry, rebellious Rose had a row with their mother, stormed out of the house and simply disappeared. Seven-year-old Clara, isolated by her distraught parents’ efforts to protect her from the truth, is grief-stricken and bewildered....

Casket Cache

Casket Cache
  • Author(s): Janice J Richardson
  • Location(s): Niagara Falls
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): present

When hard-working Jennifer inherits a funeral home in Niagara, she’s determined to build the reputation of a business people can trust. A casino pit boss is murdered, A burglar breaks into the funeral home, Jennifer finds a mysterious cache...

Old City Hall

Old City Hall
  • Author(s): Robert Rotenberg
  • Location(s): Toronto
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

A talk-show host confesses to the brutal murder of his young wife. The evidence is cast iron. But when a determined detective, an ambitious rookie prosecutor and a defence lawyer keen to make her mark piece together the details...

Promises To Keep

Promises To Keep
  • Author(s): Patricia Sands
  • Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur), Lyon, Provence, Toronto
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Falling in love with the south of France was no surprise to Katherine. Choosing to walk away from her past and start over was completely unexpected. Her future seemed full of promise. A new country, a new lover, and...

Wild Fires

Wild Fires
  • Author(s): Sophie Jai
  • Location(s): Toronto, Trinidad and Tobago
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): contemporary

The only things Cassandra knows about her family are the stories she’s heard in snatches over the years: about the aunt and cousin she never got to meet, about the man from the folded-up photograph in one of her...

The Recession Groom

The Recession Groom
  • Author(s): Vani
  • Location(s): India, Toronto
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Parshuraman Joshi, 27, handsome, Hindu-Brahmin, IT Professional, settled in Canada, earns a five-figure Canadian dollar salary ! These are credentials that would make any young man hot on the Indian wedding market, so it’s no wonder that Parshuraman’s family...

Ayesha at Last

Ayesha at Last
  • Author(s): Uzma Jalaluddin
  • Location(s): Toronto
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

AYESHA SHAMSI has a lot going on. Her dreams of being a poet have been overtaken by a demanding teaching job. Her boisterous Muslim family, and numerous (interfering) aunties, are professional naggers. And her flighty young cousin, about to...

Bellevue Square

Bellevue Square
  • Author(s): Michael Redhill
  • Location(s): Toronto
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 978-0857302670

Jean lives in downtown Toronto with her husband and two kids. The proud owner of a thriving bookstore, she doesn t rattle easily not like she used to. But after two of her customers insist they ve seen her...

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