Based on a missing-persons case from 1898, this gripping tale transports readers back to a time when the disappearance of one woman shook the very foundations of a town. In the quiet settlement of Goddenville, Newfoundland, the year 1898 was marked by a chilling mystery. Rosamond Barrett, a respected twenty-one-year-old woman, vanished on November 11 while on a simple errand to buy material for her wedding dress. Her disappearance sent shock waves through the community, and despite extensi...

In 1821, fourteen-year-old Devon Crimmin watches his closest friend die at the hands of a brutal ship’s captain – and learns that justice can be bought. When the killer walks free and Devon’s father pays with his livelihood and his life, a seed of vengeance is planted that will shape Devon’s future. Years later, Devon becomes a police constable in Brigus, carrying the weight of loss, a forbidden love, and a hatred that has only deepened with time. His heart still belongs to Julia Danson, n...

Inspired by True Events Harbour Grace, 1920 Frank Fallon, a veteran policeman, finds himself demoted and transferred back to his hometown. Having left the community in 1905 after being rejected by his first love, Constable Fallon never wanted to return to the place of his childhood. Although they were young budding lovers, Marie Callahan's denial of him for the love of another is still a painful memory. An opportunity to join the Constabulary in St. John’s had presented him with an escape ...

In How to Develop a Reading Habit: Reading for Personal Growth, discover the transformative power of reading as a tool for lifelong learning, self-improvement, and personal fulfillment. This guide offers practical strategies to help you incorporate reading into your daily life, select books that inspire and educate, and set achievable reading goals. Whether you're a busy professional, a student, or someone looking to deepen your knowledge, How to Develop a Reading Habit empowers you to mak...

Inspired by True Events In 1927, a schoolteacher, Nicholas Peddle, was found dead at the foot of Lover’s Leap, Harbour Grace, with a superficial stab wound to his neck. Just metres away from Peddle, another body, likely an assailant, was also discovered. The double murder of Nicholas Peddle and his attacker is the only cold case of Sergeant Frank Fallon's long career with the Newfoundland Constabulary. The slain schoolteacher was a man of secrets, and the list of suspects in the investigat...

It is 1918 and Grace Pike is eleven. A precocious outcast at prestigious Victoria Street School in Harbour Grace, she is severely challenged as a young adult reader. A difficult year of studies is made worse when her mother, a recent war widow, is faced with a proposition which could change the future of both the family and the town they call home.But when Grace encounters two visiting children at the Fairy Ring, a magical cluster of trees on an abandoned farm, everything changes. ...

Patrick Collins has the life that he has always wanted: a loving family and supportive friends who help him in following his dreams. He has an accomplished baseball career and a unique passion to change the world. That is, until illness strikes. Plagued by fatigue, arthritis, chronic sinus infections, mood swings, and seizures, Patrick is left without a guide in his search for what is wrong with him. Doctor after doctor runs tests and comes up without a diagnosis. The family is told it is ...

There was once a time, not so long ago, where our sporting heroes were treated with veneration. Players were players and their watchers were passive. Heroes lived on pedestals - they weren't public property.This book explores the many ways this dynamic has changed over the years. From the Barmy Army's loud but loyal support of the England cricket team to the jeers that greeted our returning footballers after the World Cup, the relationship between athlete and fan is now quite drama...

There was once a time, not so long ago, where our sporting heroes were treated with veneration. Players were players and their watchers were passive. Heroes lived on pedestals - they weren't public property.This book explores the many ways this dynamic has changed over the years. From the Barmy Army's loud but loyal support of the England cricket team to the jeers that greeted our returning footballers after the World Cup, the relationship between athlete and fan is now quite drama...

Harbour Grace Newfoundland June 1884 Sergeant Sean Ryan, an officer with the Terra Nova Constabulary, is transferred from St. John’s to police the very troubled and tense Catholic community of Riverhead, Harbour Grace, a place he thought he had left behind him. Just five months ago, the now-infamous religious riot known as the Harbour Grace Affray saw five men tragically killed—a lone Catholic, Patrick Callahan, and four Protestants. Only a week into his new posting, Sean is thrust into ac...

This is the first study to draw on international research carried out across four EU member states to add to the neglected area of the creative economy of peripheral regions.Economies are dynamic entities and subject to constant flux. Driven by changing tastes, new ways to make and disruptive innovations, new routes of economic development present themselves at ever increasing rates. This study is concerned with the rise of the creative economy. UNCTAD has marked the emergence of t...

He called me his princess and he promised me a ring, our life together was going to be Epic but when I turned 18 and my wolf cried "Mate", He rejected me and claimed another girl in front of my eyes before he disappeared from my life, until……one night he caught me in that nightclub, I couldn't believe it was him but I was sure it was him but then he pinned me to the wall and whispered through gritted teeth. "I don't know you, and certainly do not love you. You have got the wrong man. But I...