Dreams and Promises

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, 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. 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. We have compiled the collection in chronological order. 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. Rendezvous: 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. Prairie Storm: 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: When Dot McGuire's fiance 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? With Glowing Hearts: 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: 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. My Baby Wrote Me A Letter: 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?