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"And our children." I said quietly. "They take any young Mi´gmaw children they catch fishing. They take them away." "As I well know!" Marguerite said. "They put them in prison, oui? That's where they are?" "No. It's not where they are and you know that, Marguerite. You know exactly where they are." "Mon Dieu. Don't tell me that. I don't want to know that. I don't want to think that. Not about my grandson! Let's go back to talking about rum. The damned rum that's ruining not only your people but our young ones as well. Oh mon Dieu, help me stop thinking about my grandson."
Nowhere to go. Nothing to eat.The only thing that survived, the only thing that could survive, was love-but only in the strongest."Village? There is no village. They are saying there's no longer a village anywhere. They burned everything down. Down flat. Trees, houses, churches, barns, the wheat fields." She swept her arm fully from left to right. "Everything is gone. They even..." She shook her head. "I don't know if I can say it. They burned everything. Everything. Even the cows and the chickens and the sheep." Those strange eyes once again bore into mine. "You could hear them crying out. I never knew a cow could scream." She turned away from me. "I never want to hear that again."
He's alive! At the safehouse in Southern France, Ruby Draker is stunned as she monitors the security system and a photograph appears on the screen. The photograph shows the presumed-dead Robert Draker in a wheelchair at the Portland, Maine, physio clinic. The Draker family immediately jumps into action and flies to the US to save Robert. But they no sooner land than they realize that not only is Robert harder to find than they'd anticipated, there's a much larger situation of concern. Now they have to choose: save their beloved family member, or defend national security.
No matter where Grace Walker goes, her extra sensory power goes with her. She's an empath and sees things-terrible things. After a tragic accident at the place where she works, she decides to take a mental-health break on a remote West Coast island. But she no sooner gets to Galliano Island when a vision of the murder of an Indigenous woman draws her into a disturbing and threatening dilemma.
Retired ER nurse Maureen makes one stupid little decision about her latest online-dating-site prospect, and she ends up in a kettle of fish. "*Maureen Tries Online Dating* takes you on a roller coaster ride from one unexpected twist to another, paced to keep you on your toes and up all night. A memorable cast of characters both human and otherwise, with snappy and witty banter, explore the idea that there is so much about life that we don't understand and don't know, dismissing our foolishly human-centered point of view, while revealing a deep and imaginative world of what could be, frighteningly, possible. Set in an Ottawa both familiar and not, *Maureen Tries Online Dating* will horrify you while you laugh out loud, like Michael Crichton's *Sphere* meets *Gremlins*. And-ultimately-that it's never too late to start again and start living, no matter how old you might think you are."-Adam Jarvis, Sci-Fi writer and enthusiast "*Maureen Tries Online Dating* is a page turner. I read the entire book in one night. The reader is led to believe they know the direction the book is going; the truth is, you really don't have a clue. Adventures constantly open up to swallow the reader whole. An eclectic book complete with mystery, curiosities, Sci Fi, a wonderful humor, and a cast of colorful and funky characters, *Maureen Tries Online Dating* keeps you guessing until the very end. This is Sherrill Wark's best book to date. At times you will chuckle, furrow your eyebrows, or bite your bottom lip in anticipation of what exactly is at stake. Grab your favorite drink, a cozy blanket and hold on because you are in a for roller coaster of a ride!"-Catina Noble, author of Reader's Favorite *Everest Base Camp: Close Call* and *El Camino on a Wrecked Ankle*
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