Winter Snow has already helped solve a murder, but her boyfriend, Det. Kip Michaels, wishes she would stick to writing. When her friend Carla lets Winter know that an obit she wrote has been totally messed up, naming Winter herself as the deceased, she rushes to get it quashed before it ruins her reputation. Meanwhile, …
At 26 years old, Charity Trickett is ready to chase her dreams. Already a relatively successful production assistant on film sets in Vancouver, she leaves for Los Angeles after finding her boyfriend in bed with another woman. Awaiting Charity in Hollywood is a job with Casper, an up-and-coming director at Canopy Studios; it’s the perfect …
Brown-skinned Saksham and Zuri and an unnamed pale-skinned child referred to as “you” (a stand-in for readers) undertake a round-the-world journey, always just one step behind the ghost of the infamous pirate Captain Kidd, who’s apparently trying to purloin treasures “as revenge for the riches he lost all those years ago.” Their pursuit depends on …
For readers curious about that “lumpy, oatmeal-y, very important thing you keep inside your head,” the authors present a string of astonishing, sometimes stirringly gruesome revelations. Beginning with an ancient physician’s note about how it feels to poke a living brain exposed by a massive head wound, the narrative winds past 18th-century scientist Luigi Galvani’s …
Raoul Vernet has traveled from Belgium to meet with Louisa Jane Evans, the grandmother of Dr. Thomas Evans and his sister, Rosie. As she sits in the car of Thomas’ partner, Tedward, né Edwin Robert Edwards, who’s struggling to find his way through the pea-souper, Rosie confesses that Raoul had seduced and impregnated her, and …
Seventeen-year-old Indian Canadian Sana Merali loves all things love, especially Toronto’s Love Street, where she lives with her mother above their struggling flower shop. When gentrification threatens the tightknit community of small businesses on their street, Sana throws herself into organizing a “festival of love” that she hopes will restore their fortunes. Co-chairing the planning …
When his ex-boyfriend Pearson’s text messages make him late for his college scholarship interview and he’s turned away, 18-year-old Tyriq Howell pledges to stop letting his love life get in the way of his future. Tyriq receives another chance at the scholarship when mysterious and “stunningly handsome” student worker Desmond, 19, offers to wield his …
Rocco Vittori, a fallen star of Formula 1, is desperate to reclaim his place on the podium. Nico Angelini, a fiercely talented and trailblazing driver, is determined to rise to the top of a sport that’s long shut out women like her. The pair’s rivalry kicks off in the public arena of social media and …
As a 12th grader, she’s unable to avoid inquiries about her post-graduation plans. But Emiko, who lives in a small coastal town in British Columbia, is doing her best to deflect any talk about her future. Rather, she focuses on her shifts at Aunt Mitsuko’s café, festive celebrations like Obon and New Year’s Day, treating …
Darby Andrews is on the brink of marrying Jackson when something in her heart makes her write a letter to the one that got away. Resigning herself to her fate, she puts the letter aside, only for her sister Dahlia to send it—setting the stage for her long-lost love Leo Graham to reappear and help …
