Genevieve Fortin

Newly retired and ready to reconnect with herself, Joyce Allen realizes that she's not yet the person she knows she was meant to be. At the age of 56, she's committed to discovering happiness and begins her new journey by taking classes, attending concerts, and adopting the dog she has secretly wished for, Dingo. When Dingo is injured and a visit to the new veterinarian in town is necessary, Joyce finds herself quietly attracted to Dr. Amanda Carter, the intellectual dreamer who is many years her junior. Joyce knows that their age difference is too big an obstacle to overcome, and is content to settle for friendship with the thirty-two-year-old vet. But Amanda, for her part, can't see the gaping divide between them. All she knows is the warmth and attraction she feels for Joyce, and can't understand why age should matter at all. Join Genevieve Fortin as she weaves this heartwarming May-December romance of two women who discover the timeless truth of love at any age.

Dingo's Recovery

As an engineering geologist, Anais (Ana) Bloom is thrilled when she arrives in Sainte-Luce-Sur-Mer to study the effects of climate changes and rising sea levels on the shoreline of the Saint-Laurent River. Soon after she settles in at the quaint White Sheep Inn, she develops a friendship with the innkeeper and her canine companion. The innkeeper's granddaughter, however, is a whole other story. Melodie is attractive, perhaps, but she's also impulsive, has a bad attitude, and doesn't share an ounce of her grandmother's hospitality. Melodie Beaulieu has never planned to follow in her grandmother's footsteps and become an innkeeper. The only thing she's wanted all her life is to live by the sea, in her hometown. When Ana Bloom comes to the White Sheep Inn and threatens her entire way of living, she simply won't have it. She despises the scientist and her big theories and chooses to ignore her good looks and that damn red, unruly hair of hers. Ana and Melodie would gladly keep staying out of each other's way, but Mother Nature has other plans. Trapped inside the inn when a strong storm surge hits the beach community, they're forced to come together to face the terrifying event and its aftermath. Can they rise above their conflicting beliefs and let their attraction take the lead?

Rising Above

In 1888, the impoverished Levesque family becomes one of thousands of French Canadians forced to leave their beloved country and seek employment in the booming textile mills of Fall River, Massachusetts. Young Emilie Levesque's initial culture shock is eased by her intelligence and adventurous nature--and by her budding friendship with Angeline Fournier, the US-born daughter of a fellow immigrant family. As they grow into young women, their close relationship is a welcome respite from the stifling heat, dust-filled air, deafening noise, and mind-numbing work at the mill. Emilie knows she is different but has no words for what she is or what she feels. All she knows is that she wants Angeline with her always. Despite her own hidden attraction to Emilie, Angeline cannot conceive of life beyond what all 19th-century girls are taught to aspire to: a husband, a home and a houseful of children. A life-altering kiss and painful parting will lead the women on very different paths--until an unthinkable tragedy brings Emilie back to Angeline's side. But can these loving friends ever cross the forbidden boundary between the warmth of affection and the heat of desire? Water's Edge is a deeply moving historical romance by the bestselling author of First Fall and Two Kinds of Elizabeth.

Water's Edge

Two Kinds of Elizabeth

Audrey Eriksson gladly gave up fast-paced city living and all its complications years ago. Living in quiet St. Georges suits her perfectly and she’s quite content with her surroundings. But then an unexpected work assignment throws her off-kilter professionally, and a growing attraction to her neighbor threatens to upend her personal life as well. New to the neighborhood and absorbed in her own problems with a failing marriage, Marielle Demers welcomes her easy friendship with Audrey. Soon the nature of their friendship forces her to question her feelings and when she sees Audrey with another woman she realizes that she’d prefer to be the one who’s dating Audrey. She keeps the revelation secret as long as she can, but her feelings prove harder and harder to ignore. Can two women who prefer an uncomplicated life handle the messiness of falling in love?

First Fall

Ciel “CC” Charbonneau is blessed with a job she enjoys, a great boss and supportive parents and friends. Still recovering from a painful breakup, she is content to hide behind baggy clothes and the safe walls of her cubicle by day and her condo by night. Until her routine—and her world—is rocked by the charming, talented and strikingly beautiful new-hire Elizabeth “Liz” McLeary. Liz’s flirtatiousness and air of impulsive excitement soon have the more reserved and controlled CC falling deeply—but into what? Liz takes an immediate dislike to the other Elizabeth in CC’s life—her supervisor Elizabeth “Beth” Andrews. And the feeling is mutual (and then some!). Rumor has it that the lean athletic Beth has a secret crush on CC, but if she does, she’s been too professional to show it. Until now. Beth and Liz are as different as a slow-burning spark and a sizzling flame and CC will soon find herself torn between an all-consuming passion and exhilarating happiness. Or can she have it all? Genevieve Fortin is the author of the romance First Fall.

In 1888, the impoverished Levesque family becomes one of thousands of French Canadians forced to leave their beloved country and seek employment in the booming textile mills of Fall River, Massachusetts. Young Emilie Levesque's initial culture shock is eased by her intelligence and adventurous nature—and by her budding friendship with Angeline Fournier, the US-born daughter of a fellow immigrant family. As they grow into young women, their close relationship is a welcome respite from the stifling heat, dust-filled air, deafening noise, and mind-numbing work at the mill. Emilie knows she is different but has no words for what she is or what she feels. All she knows is that she wants Angeline with her always. Despite her own hidden attraction to Emilie, Angeline cannot conceive of life beyond what all 19th-century girls are taught to aspire to: a husband, a home and a houseful of children. A life-altering kiss and painful parting will lead the women on very different paths—until an unthinkable tragedy brings Emilie back to Angeline's side. But can these loving friends ever cross the forbidden boundary between the warmth of affection and the heat of desire? Water’s Edge is a deeply moving historical romance by the bestselling author of First Fall and Two Kinds of Elizabeth.

Genevieve Fortin

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