In 1725, Antonio Vivaldi wrote the music for The Four Seasons. He penned a poem for each of the four seasons: Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring. Each season has its reason, its significance, its purpose, its own symbolism. Life is like the four seasons. Spring is Melanie Harris’s story. She is a talented young violinist with a valuable Grancino violin. There is a secret inside her violin, a secret only she and her mother should know; but somehow others have found out. The story follows a journey of Melanie’s growth as a musician, the people she meets, the friends she makes, the losses she suffers. Vivaldi’s music is the cornerstone of Melanie’s musical career as well as her life as she takes her instrument and her music around the world. Each stage of Melanie’s life progresses like a season of the year, a musical/poetic symbol as in Vivaldi’s music. Melanie is the music she loves best, The Four Seasons.

PublishAmerica (Nov 7 2005)

ISBN-10: 1413776159
ISBN-13: 978-1413776157
Paperback: 256 pages

In 1725, Antonio Vivaldi wrote the music for The Four Seasons. He penned a poem for each of the four seasons: Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer. Each season has its reason, its significance, its purpose, its own symbolism. Life is like the four seasons. Summer is but one of the seasons of the year; one of the seasons of Vivaldi’s masterpiece The Four Seasons. Summer is the story of Hope Jones, a young Gitxsan fiddler from northern British Columbia, Canada. Hope has a rare musical talent and what everyone believes is a very valuable Stradivarius violin. Is it the mysterious missing ‘Juliet’? As Hope grows and matures in her music, she learns more about her violin, the romance and mystery that surrounds it and the very dangerous family that continually threatens her in their attempts to claim it. Hope’s life follows the four seasons of Vivaldi’s music, much like life unfolds through the seasons. Summer is but one story in Vivaldi’s musical journey.

Summer is the sequel to the popular novel, Spring published by PublishAmerica (2006).

Baico Publishing (December 2007)

Martha Kapakatoak is a young Inuit girl with a passion for music. She has a talent and an instrument that was passed down to her by her ancestors. She is a self-taught pianist because in Iqaluit, the capital city of Canada’s newest territory, Nunavut, there are no piano teachers. In fact, her piano is the only real acoustic piano in the entire community and it is sadly in need of repair and a good tuning. A square piano, the instrument was brought over to Canada’s Far North in the mid-1800s, and dragged across the tundra on a dogsled. It is the family’s most treasured heirloom, and one of the music world’s greatest unsolved mysteries. Autumn is Martha’s story, a story that takes music from the concert hall to the vacant spaces of the northern tundra. It is a story that interweaves with the other stories from The Four Seasons series and its characters. Melanie Harris, the famous violinist from Spring (PublishAmerica, 2005), the first book in The Four Seasons series, and Hope Jones, the Gitxsan fiddler-turned-classical violinist from Summer (Baico, 2008), the second book in The Four Seasons series, join Martha in an adventure of music and mystery and a race to discover the piano’s true history before someone else gets hurt. Emily-Jane Hills Orford’s Autumn is the third book in The Four Seasons series. It follows rave reviews of the first two books, which were described as having “a classic charm� (Strings May 2008) with a plot that “grows on you with its deepening chords and situations� (Writer’s Digest 2009).

Baico Publishing (December 2009)

Canada’s musical heritage begins long before white man invaded this land. The beginning of European music in this country began with the voyageurs who opened up the land for future settlers. As these men (and sometimes women) paddled their way across this great land, they sang. Music was a source of entertainment, a means to ease the tedium of life in the wilderness and a way to keep the strokes of the paddle in time with one’s fellow voyageurs. It was a hard life; but music carried the voyageurs across thousands of miles of uncharted territory. Songs of the Voyageurs is a collection of stories and music from Canada’s first explorers, the voyageurs.

Baico Publishing (July 2010)

Ottawa author, Emily-Jane Hills Orford is pleased to announce the premiere launch of ABC (Association for Bright Children, Ottawa Region Chapter) Saturday Take-off’s first student-written book of short stories, Beyond the Ordinary. Each story is an extra-ordinary story about an extra-ordinary Canadian, written by truly extra-ordinary young Canadian writers. For six weeks, eight truly amazing young author’s, Charlotte Creskeyallan, Samantha Downs, Cecilia Lee, Grace Shimokura, Velda Wong, Alex Xiao, Chuheng Xing and Brontë McGillis explored the stories of some truly extra-ordinary Canadian stories. These young writers wrote about parents and grandparents. Then they did some research and wrote stories on Canadian personalities from the past – Canada’s first international opera star, the owner of the first Canadian horse to win the Kentucky Derby, hockey players from the Original Six, the creator of the Jalna stories, a Canadian doctor who made international medical history, a murderess who inspired writers both past and present, and a Bishop who ate his boots to ward off starvation. These are truly extra-ordinary people with stories that helped embroider the complex fabric of Canada today. These stories need to be shared and preserved for generations to come. These stories are our stories, stories of truly extra-ordinary Canadians, those people who have gone beyond the ordinary to make this country what it is today. Beyond the Ordinary is only the first of many ventures the author plans to undertake.

Baico Publishing (June 2008)

Ottawa author, Emily-Jane Hills Orford is pleased to announce the launch of yet another ABC (Association for Bright Children, Ottawa Region Chapter) Saturday Take-off student-written book of short stories, Beyond the Ordinary… and More. Each story is an extra-ordinary story about an extra-ordinary Canadian, written by truly extra-ordinary young Canadian writers. For six weeks, several truly amazing young author’s have gathered to spend their Saturday mornings learning the craft of writing, editing and preparing a manuscript for publication. Their stories are our stories, stories of truly extra-ordinary Canadians, those people who have gone beyond the ordinary to make this country what it is today. These young writers wrote about parents and grandparents. Then they did some research and wrote stories on Canadian personalities from the past – people associated with the building of the National Dream (the Canadian Pacific Railway), the young man who adopted a bear named Winnie that became a favourite to children around the world, a Canadian classical music icon, a First Nations impersonator/conservationist, a farmer who grafted the popular McIntosh apple, one of the men who made the great discovery in the Klondike that sparked a gold rush, a First World War flying ace, an historic photographer, a politician who promoted the idea of hydro-electric power, and a dog from Meaford, Ontario, who impersonated all that is good in Canada and in Canadians. These are truly extra-ordinary stories that have embroidered the complex fabric of the Canada we know today. These stories need to be shared and preserved for generations to come. In Beyond the Ordinary…and More, we have presented a small collection of valuable stories. Read them and enjoy the richness of a truly extra-ordinary country. Beyond the Ordinary…and More is only one of the many ventures the author has undertaken with young people.

Baico Publishing (January 2009)

Calixa Lavallée and Marc Lescarbot were composers. Catherine Parr Traill and Susanna Moodie were writers. Emily Carr and Frances Anne Hopkins were artists. Anne Leonowens and Frances Hawkins were teachers. Étienne Verrier and James Dickson were mapmakers. George Storm was a murderer. These people all had one thing in common. They were extra-ordinary people with extra-ordinary talents. These people were a vital part of this fascinating mosaic known as Canada. Little known people or little known deeds make for an interesting read through Canada’s history. It Happened in Canada is a collection of short stories about extra-ordinary people with extra-ordinary stories. The author comes from a long line of storytellers. Each one of these people she brings to life with a unique story that needs to be told. It is important to remember that it is people like these that have made our country what it is today, a great nation and a great place to live.

Baico Publishing (April 2007)

What makes a great Canadian? It must be something deeper, stronger, more profound than mere fame and fortune. Greatest is not measured in success, but rather in the humble means by which an individual does a job and does it well, sees a need and fulfills it, acts where action is required without being asked. These are the qualities that are so uniquely Canadian. Following the tradition of the first book, It Happened in Canada, It Happened in Canada Book 2 is a collection of stories about ten more truly extra-ordinary Canadians, including a First World War soldier, a marine photographer, a doctor, a piano builder, a gardener, a farmer, two writers, a legend and a dog.

Baico Publishing

It Happened in Canada Book 3 is another collection of stories to sing the praises that are long overdue. The Canadians in this book come from a wide range of backgrounds and offered a wide variety of talents. Our sweet nature is found in our sweet tooth, the famous Nanaimo Bars and Eastern Canada’s maple syrup. The creative Canadian is found in our writers and painters, many of whom, sadly, we have all but erased from our libraries and galleries. The industrious Canadian changed time, made a mark on women’s rights, and recorded our natural habitat. These are the Canadians that made our history, that made our country such a wonderful place. Canadians would do well to learn more about Canadians, to promote the lesser known talents and gifts, to support our own talent before importing talent from outside the country. Through knowledge comes excellence, and, extra-ordinary though we Canadians might be, we do excel at excellence.

Baico Publishing (2012)
ISBN: 978-1-926945-96-5

When Henry Marsh became Bishop of Yukon in 1962 and took his wife, Margaret, north, he was 64 years old and Margaret was 50. It was a daunting task, a diocese in debt, a rugged land with many miles of dirt-roads or no roads at all between each tiny parish. Bishop Marsh undertook his ministry with the same love and compassion and energy that had helped him build a thriving parish in north Toronto, the Church of St. Timothy. Margaret Marsh supported her husband in all that he did and took her creativity with her on this northern adventure. She took countless photographs. She catalogued and photographed, for her own research, bird and flower species. She wrote stories and articles which she sent to publications all over North America. She was Editor of Northern Lights, the Anglican magazine of Yukon. Her greatest creations were her wonderful letters to those of us who stayed in the south, those of us who continued to live ‘Outside’ Yukon. Her Notes and Nuggets are what her title suggests, little snippets and treasures of her life and the Bishop’s life in this northern frontier. Margaret’s writing is a fitting tribute to a very powerful creative force, a strong loving couple, and to the north that she quickly came to love. Letters From Inside: The Notes and Nuggets of Margaret Marsh with Mrs. Orford’s insightful introductory comments is an invaluable research tool of the 1960s in Canada’s far north.

Baico Publishing (November 2006)

The long awaited story of Emily-Jane Hills Orford’s grandmother has finally been published. This is the story of Margaret Murray Downer (née Dickson), who was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1902. Her life spanned the twentieth century and two continents. She was a vital force alive and a fond, beloved memory after her death. She was full of love, laughter, tears of joy and sorrow, and, most importantly, stories. She was a vivid storyteller and a great friend, companion, and, for the author, a wonderful grandmother. When she passed away, Margaret left a wide collection of notebooks full of her daily jottings. She had written something each day of her life. One of these journals was a scratch pad entitled, Personal Notes. This is Margaret’s story, jottings of a life well lived, as recalled and remembered by her granddaughter, the author.

Moose Hide Books (October 2008)

The twentieth-century marks one hundred years of strife and political unrest, wars and struggles for individual freedoms. Nowhere is this better illustrated and documented than in the arts. Writing, music and the visual arts have made their mark throughout history. In the twentieth-century, one sees so many styles or expression, that it is almost impossible to categorize and document it all. Artists have sought to represent and to de-represent the world as they saw it. Artists have sought to challenge all the confines of visual expression. Artists have indeed brought their blatant comments on society and all its woes to the forefront. The Creative Spirit: Stories of 20th Century Artists is a collection of short stories based on the life of twenty artists who made their contributions to the visual statement of the twentieth-century. These stories seek to open up minds to understand and appreciate what the creative mind expresses.

Olivia McGuire was born in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Currently a student in Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Ms. McGuire studied art at various summer camps in Mississauga. She has done illustrations for the Chamber Music Society of Mississauga and her work was exhibited at the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga in 2000. Her illustrations for The Creative Spirit demonstrate her artistic talent and her love for detail.

Baico Publishing (March 2008)

For thirty-five years, James Charles MacLeod Clarke (1920-2006) toted a military-issue rifle and a Bible as he sledded, walked, boated, and flew across thousands of miles of northern tundra to minister to his scattered congregation. He slept in whatever shelter was available: tents, snowhouses, and poorly insulated houses. Most important to his service in the North, James Clarke (Jamie to his friends and family) was loved and trusted by the Inuit and all who lived in the North. Fluent in Eskimo (Inuktitut), German, and several other languages, he is best remembered for his mischievous smile, quick wit, and his glorious whistle. Wherever he went, he whistled. He whistled popular songs, children’s songs, folk songs, operas, as well as his favourite music, church hymns. The Whistling Bishop is the story of the late Bishop James C.M. Clarke’s life. It chronicles a life that began as a minister’s son through his growing-up years in Belleville, Ontario, and Toronto, until the Second World War took him overseas trained as military intelligence. After the war, his ministry began in Calgary before taking him to Canada’s far north at Fort Chimo (now Kuujjuaq) on Ungava Bay. The Whistling Bishop is a story of love and courage. It is also the story of how the power of music (even in the form of whistling) can transcend the many language and cultural barriers to win hearts and bring all humans together.

Baico Publishing (October 2008)

Jamie stood at the rear of the Peterhead boat. It was good to be out on the waters breathing in the fresh, cold air. He had spent weeks burying the dead from the measles epidemic that had decimated the population of Ungava Bay just a few months ago. The disease had wiped out a tenth of his people. It had been a long, arduous task to bury so many. Each person was given their due respect with proper burial honors. Each family had trekked up the steep hill behind Fort Chimo bearing the remains of their dearly beloved, taken by the dreaded measles, carrying them to their final resting place in the newly consecrated cemetery. It was a hard climb, weighed down by the physical and emotional burdens of the occasion.

Jamie hoped and prayed to God that he would never again have to bury so many people at one time. It was enough to make any man teeter on the edge and fall into the grave himself. He certainly felt like he was falling. Only his faith kept him sane. That and his sense of awe as he witnessed his community bond together and carry on. Never before had he seen such strength and determination to survive in the aftermath of such devastating loss.

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“Ukulele Yukon� is Ned and Charlie’s story. It is also the story of Bishop Henry Marsh and his wife, Margaret, who ventured north to Yukon in the 1960s to be their spiritual leader. Ned was Metis; Charlie was Loucheux. Today, the boys would be known as First Nations; but in the 1960s, they were either Metis or Loucheux. Both boys came from isolated communities in Canada’s far northern territory, Yukon. The boys were best friends at the Indian Residential School in Carcross. The Canadian government had made a law way back in 1911 that forced all Indian and Metis children to leave their families and live at a residential school where they would learn how to be “white�. In the 1960s, Choutla Residential School in Carcross was one of the last of the residential schools. That is when Charlie and Ned met Bishop Henry Marsh and his wife, Margaret. Choutla was run by the Anglican Church and Henry Marsh was Yukon’s Anglican Bishop. The children called him Ukulele Yukon, because he always carried his ukulele with him ready with a song in his heart and a song on the tip of his tongue. Ukulele Yukon and his wife were the childrens’ friends. They did not like the residential schools. They did not like the children being taken from their families and never learning the ways of their ancestors. They taught Ned and Charlie and all the children at Choutla that it was O.K. to be Indian and it was O.K. to be Metis. Ned was a strong believer in what Ukulele Yukon told him. Ned knew that Indians and Metis did not have to be the losers. Ned was proud of being Metis. Charlie followed his example and was proud to be Loucheux.

Baico Publishing (2006)

ISBN-10: 1897072783
ISBN-13: 978-1897072783

Women are amazing! How many times have women heard that phrase over the years? Certainly not enough! Women do many things, have done many things. Women are caregivers, teachers, friends, mothers, daughters, sisters. Women work at home; they work in the outside world. Women are missionaries, medical professionals, lawyers, leaders and faithful followers. The bottom line, though, is that women make a difference. Women reach beyond their societal prejudices to do that little extra, to make this world a better place for themselves and for all of us. Sadly, too often, the commonly heard phrase is: “Behind every great man, there is a woman.� Never have we heard anyone quote: “Behind every great woman, there is a man.� Perhaps it has something to do with a woman’s perseverance: her ability to do things by herself, for herself, and without the help of others, particularly a man. Women can and do love. They also nurture, encourage, legislate, and, quite simply, they accomplish, they live. Throughout history, women have done all of these things and more. Women have made a difference and their stories, most of which are relatively unknown, speak of their abilities to go the extra mile, to give just a little bit more, to reach out and care. Amazingly Extra-Ordinary Women is a collection of these stories: from the women who outshone others as young girls, to the women as adults who selflessly gave of themselves in so many different ways.

Baico Publishing (2013)

ISBN: 978-1-927481-75-2

Life is a series of snapshots, a collage of images that flash through one’s mind, triggering memories of years gone by. Jean Hills, born Jean Downer, was, among many other things, a photographer. A creative individual, she captured life’s fleeting moments on film: black-and-white, colour slide, colour print and 8 mm movie film. She adjusted the lens of her camera (her camera changing over the years to accommodate advancing photographic technology and her growing artistic sophistication) to alter the light exposure. In other words, she adjusted the F-Stop on the camera lens to create the image that she wanted. In a way, Jean’s life was a series of F-Stops, an adjustment of the lens to allow or disallow more light to illuminate the subject. F-Stop: A Life in Pictures is one woman’s story, Jean’s story, a creative journey through life.

Baico Publishing (December 2011)
ISBN: 978-1-926945-68-2

The following excerpt is the Introduction to Emily-Jane Hills Orford’s latest book: F-Stop: A Life in Pictures (Baico: 2011). The book was named Finalist and received a silver medal in the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. The Introduction was entered as a short story to the Kenneth Galbraith Literary Award and was named one of the finalists in 2009.

London, Ontario, Canada – December 2007

I should be doing something, anything. My body will not function. It does not seem to read my mind nor does it respond to my commands. In short, my body is no longer working. I just lie here, mostly in a daze, thinking about all of the things that I should be doing, could be doing, yet cannot do. I do not understand why this is happening to me. I have never been one to lie around idle. My hands have always been busy and my mind has always been active. I should be teaching, taking care of Norman, looking after the great grandchildren, painting, knitting, sewing, working on my embroidery, baking, taking pictures, reading, doing my pottery, working on my genealogy, writing to someone, talking on the phone, helping sort out a problem…. the list is endless. I never could run out of things to do. So why this? Why now?

A voice is singing to me. Norman, bless his heart, is singing me a love song. For sixty-one years we have stood together, loved one another and took care of each other. Usually it was Norman who was very sick. This is the first time that it is me and I do not like it one bit! I should be singing along with him. Music is my great gift. It is a gift I have shared and passed on to so many others: my children, my grandchildren, my students and the many choirs that I have led. I had so much fun leading choirs at church and helping young voices sing their praises to God. I wish I could still sing. I want to sing. There is so much that I want to do. There is too much yet for me to do. I have so many unfinished projects. Now, I am unable to even sit up without rolling over sideways. I think, I try to talk; but nothing comes out. What is that song? Norman is singing me a song. I should know what it is.

“Let me call you sweetheart, I’m in love with you.� He is singing me a love song from our courting days. The song actually came out about eight years before we met. Leo Friedman wrote the music. It was a bestseller for many years. I know all of these details. Music is my life. At least, it was.

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Joseph Alon Tomah has some serious issues to sort out. Not only is he sure that his parents’ deaths were no mere accident; he also believes that there is a long list of mysterious deaths in the family that are slowly tracking their path to his door. His music quickly becomes his solace, his passion as he excels in both performance and composition. His Rugeri cello is a treasure; but it is not his only cello and they are all valuable instruments. Is it the instruments that make him the target? Or, is it his heritage, his ancestry? These questions and more plague his mind as he struggles to recover all that he has lost. Winter is the chilling conclusion to Emily-Jane Hills Orford’s popular Four Seasons series. Like Vivaldi wrote in his poems, there is a time and a reason for each season and everyone must live through the four seasons of their life.

Baico Publishing (September 2012)
ISBN: 978-1-927481-07-3

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada – Autumn, 1981

“Joseph Alon Tomah, what are you doing?� Aunt Eloise called out back. As she leaned against the door to prop it open, she rubbed the small arch of her lower back. She had to admit that she was starting to feel the aches and pains of her age. She really could not complain. She had turned seventy this year. She had outlived everyone else in the family. Her sister had died in Paris, along with her husband, just as the Germans marched into the city and took what they thought was theirs by right. Her own husband had died shortly after the war, leaving her a widow. She and her husband had not been blessed with children. When her older sister’s daughter, Adina, arrived from Germany at the beginning of the war, the couple had taken on the role of parenting her niece. She knew that her husband would have liked to raise a boy, but unfortunately, Adina’s twin brother, Alon, had died before the ship reached port in Halifax.

Adina, too, was dead, recently taken tragically, along with her husband, when their station wagon had careened off a cliff onto the sandy banks of the Bay of Fundy. Joseph was their only child. Adina had married in her late thirties. She had thought she was long past childbearing age when Joseph came along. It had been difficult carrying and then raising a child, especially a first child, in her early forties. Joseph, like any child, had never thought of his parents as old. Or, perhaps he did, in that timeless way that all children perceive adults as having existed in an age long before the dinosaurs.

“Joseph Alon Tomah,� she called again, louder this time, but still eliciting no response from her niece’s son. She shook her head sadly. Oh, how she wished it had been her in the car rather than Adina. Her niece still had so much to live for and, now, sadly, it was Eloise’s job, once again, to raise a child that was not her own. Eloise was Joseph’s only living relative. She had taken to calling him Joe. She couldn’t erase from her mind the other Joseph, her brother-in-law, Adina’s father. The younger Joseph didn’t seem to mind being called Joe. At least, if he did, he never let on. If Joe ever considered his parents as old, he must consider his great aunt as ancient. His ancestry dictated deep respect for all of his elders. After all, Joe was part Mi’kmaw and very proud of it. His father, John Tomah, was from the Bear River Muin Sipi ancestral group. Joe was proud of his Mi’kmaw heritage, perhaps too proud. He had balked at leaving his home, at coming to live in Halifax, to live with his aging great aunt, a white woman at that.

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Food intolerances and allergies are becoming increasingly more common. As our natural food sources become genetically altered and the processed foods use more diverse preservatives and additives, the possibility of anyone having a reaction to what is eaten is really quite substantial. What one may think is just an upset stomach or food poisoning, may, in fact, be something quite different. It may be an allergic reaction to something in the food product that was recently consumed. When award-winning author, Emily-Jane Hills Orford was first diagnosed with multiple food allergies and intolerances, it caused a major change in the way that she looked at food, the way that she purchased food and the way that she prepared food. This book is her journey to eating well, eating healthy and eating delicious (and, of course, eating sweets and chocolate as well).

Baico Publishing (2013)

ISBN: 978-1-927481-71-4

Edited by Carroll Allen, Recipes Only Cookbook is a classic Canadian collection of recipes by Canadian recipe authors, including Emily-Jane Hills Orford. With colourful illustrations and clear recipe instructions, this cookbook is a must have in any complete recipe library.

McGraw-Hill Ryerson (1989)

ISBN-10: 0969399006; ISBN-13: 978-0969399001

After experiencing an unhappy first year of his life, Duke believes that he has found his forever home. This is Duke’s story of adjusting to life in a new home, a family that he quickly grows to love. Duke thrives and learns some tricks. He quickly discovers that his ability to howl is rewarded as a talent. Where he was once beaten for howling, his new musical family encourages it.

Duke has boundless energy and his new family introduces him to agility where he excels. Duke discovers that he has a dignified name, something that he has to live up to. All Duke can do is try his best. When he excels in obedience classes and agility events, Duke realizes that he has found his niche. Life is good, especially when he learns how to be a Duke.

Christine F. Anderson Publishing and Media www.publishwithcfa.com

ISBN-13: 978-0692273630

All Gerlinda wanted was to be like every other girl in her class. She wanted to be accepted. Gerlinda uses her talent in athletics to attract the attention she so desires. It’s difficult, however, since her very abusive father, once a Nazi Youth, leaves his mark for the world to see. Often covered in bruises and burn blisters, wearing scanty, thread-bare dresses, unclean and smelling bad, Gerlinda is the brunt of bullying at school. This was the 1960s, a time when people looked the other way, a time when a young girl had to make her own way just to survive. And all she really wanted was to belong.

Christine F. Anderson Publishing and Media www.publishwithcfa.com (2016)

ISBN: 978-0692693780

There are so many possibilities that affect the course of history. One change, one small item overlooked, can make a world of difference, not only in a person's life, but in the history and well-being of an entire nation. And then there are those multiple scenarios of what if? What if King James VI of Scotland didn't succeed in amalgamating Scotland with England? What if there had been another heir to the throne of Scotland? One who would secure its independence? Would Scotland have remained free and independent and a nation of its own well into the twenty-first century? And would Scotland, this independent version, make its own decision to join the European Union when its southern neighbor was choosing to pull away?

"Queen Mary's Daughter" presents another plausible timeline, one that incorporates both historical fact and fiction with the endless possibilities of time travel.

Clean Reads Publishing cleanreads.com (2018)

ISBN: 978-1-62135-740-7

Mary’s family has moved into a huge Victorian mansion. She loves her gigantic new house, especially her room. But then she begins to meet the house’s other residents. Mrs. Murray was murdered in Mary’s new house. At first she tries to scare the new residents away, but there seems to be a force connecting the ghost to Mary. Even the stranded Brownies, the little people who live between the walls, feel that connection. When Mary becomes deathly ill, the Brownies and the ghost team up to try to rescue her, only to encounter a witch and her evil minions. Time is running out. They must rescue Mary from a fever-induced dream world before she is trapped there forever.

Mrs. Murray's Ghost [YouTube]

Tell-Tale Publishing (August 2018)

There is a hidden treasure in the grand old mansion on Piccadilly Street, in a place called London, but not the real London of English fame. There’s also a lot of mystery and a murder that’s been unsolved for decades. But it’s the treasure that captures Mary’s interest. Mary lives in this house along with her family, her Brownie friends and a ghost. When the ghost reveals her secret about the hidden treasure, there’s no stopping Mary, her Brownie friends, or her enemies from searching for this treasure. Why the intrigue? Apparently there’s a little bit of magic connected to this treasure. And so the adventure begins. Who will find the treasure first?

Mrs. Murray's Hidden Treasure [YouTube]

Tell-Tale Publishing Group, LLC (May 5 2019)

There are powers at play that continue to seek amalgamating Scotland to England – powers from the past and powers from the future. It’s the late 1800s and Queen Victoria wants more than mere access to the Scottish retreat at Balmoral Castle. But King Henry I of Scotland, direct descendent of Queen Mary Elizabeth I, the time traveling royal daughter of Mary Queen of Scots, is determined to keep Scotland free and independent and a powerful, progressive nation in its own right. The struggle to protect what is his by birthright becomes a battle that must be fought in the past, the present and the future and in other parts of the world. And, in the midst of each battle, there are choices to be made. Very difficult choices

Clean Reads Publishing (2019)

ISBN: 978-1-62135-842-8

Home is where the heart is, or so they say. It’s also been said that a home is a person’s castle. But home is also with family and friends. Mrs. Murray longs for home, the family home, a castle an ocean away. The Brownies also crave for home, the same castle Mrs. Murray considers home. And Granny? Mary’s Granny hasn’t been home since she was Mary’s age. It’s time to visit the homeland, Scotland. Mary’s excited to tag along with Granny, Mrs. Murray and the Brownies. And then there’s the witch. The one they thought they’d killed. And the treasure. The one they had found. And it all ties together, for better or for worse. Join the adventure in book 3 of the popular “Piccadilly Street Series�.

Tell-Tale Publishing Group, LLC (2020)

ISBN: 978-1-952020032

It’s been a year since Mary and Granny returned from their adventures in Scotland. Witch Penelope is still frozen, or so everyone believes, but strange things are starting to happen again. And there’s another ghost in the house, a male ghost with a gun. Is anyone safe? With Mary’s Halloween/birthday party coming up, the danger intensifies, and not just for Mary and her family.

Tell-Tale Publishing Group, LLC (Dec 20,2020)

ISBN-10 : 1952020093
ISBN-13 : 978-1952020094

Priya, a name that suggests beautiful. Amell, a name that suggests all powerful. One is a beautiful young lady; the other a beast. Their paths have crossed before, only Priya doesn’t remember Amell from her past. Or does she? And what does it all mean? The Amell she meets is part beast. So are the others at Castle Mutasim. Is she one of them, too? How can this be? What manner of creature would experiment on other living creatures, to mutate them into something bizarre and, sometimes, downright dangerous? Priya has to know. She wants to know. And she wants to make things right.

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Tell-Tale Publishing Group, LLC (Feb. 25 2022)