Canadian Cities: Where Romance Meets Mystery
I love setting my stories in Canada. From swanky Yorkville cafes to shadowy corners of the Distillery District. Picture a chance meeting in Union Station’s Great Hall, where thousands of lives intersect daily.
Listen to the rain drops hitting Vancouver’s pavements. Do you feel that compulsion for closeness? That primal need to stay dry? The constant downpour creates a noir-like setting where rain-slicked alleys enhance both romance and danger. It invites intimate encounters—offering renewal, growth, and connection.
Then there’s Montreal, where the unique cobblestone laneways of that city’s Old Port streets preserve secrets that are more than three hundred years old.
I discovered this power of place while researching my latest novel. Standing in the rain outside Kensington Market, watching vendors set up in at sunrise, I realized every city corner has potential for connection and conflict. A brush of shoulders between strangers at a crowded café. A shared umbrella moment that changes everything. The way streetlights paint wet cobblestones the colour of gold–and like the swiftness of a shadow, ordinary moments become turning points.
Self-care 🤗 A Luxury?
I was blown away by your feedback to my daily habits in last month’s newsletter. Thank you.
Since so many of you expressed an interest, I’ve attached a simple Self-Care Daily Tracker. It’s a fillable PDF. Use it anytime. Think of it as your gentle nudge to make time for yourself. It’s simple, customizable, and a way to celebrate the little acts of care that add up to something big.
Novel Update
Sometimes the most dangerous code to crack is the one guarding your heart…
As the plot develops in my next heart-throbbing story, more than secret passwords collide between my heroine and the man she loves to hate. When they finally confront each other in a police station lobby, of all places, their volatile first meeting ignites with mutual attraction. Heat radiates between them as accusations fly, and neither can ignore the electric current charging the air.
Get a room already.
Backing away from the heart-pumping, heat-flaring, sweaty-palms challenge, Harrison warns Silken to stay away from his family. His ice-blue eyes bore into hers with an intensity that makes her wonder if he’s really trying to protect his family’s secrets—or something else entirely.
And Silken? Well, she does him one better and vows to uncover the truth behind her mentor’s death—no matter the cost.
But in a world where corporate espionage meets deadly secrets, their growing attraction might be the most dangerous hack of all…
Stay tuned for the multiple explosive encounters, and the truth they will uncover together.
