Meaghan Kent – The Scars That Bind Us

Writing has and will always be my first love in life.

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been writing stories. I used to sit in my little twin bed, writing tales of adventure in binders on lined paper in blue and black ink. They never amounted to much. And no one ever read them. But it was in that little girl’s twin bed that my biggest dream in life was born: to be a published author.

I always wanted to write fiction, specifically romance. And I always wanted to incorporate my love for the north as well as history into the work in some way. Literary history is what I studied in school, so is it surprising that my debut novel blends the literary genres as well? Women’s fiction with romance, with a teensy-tiny bit of history. Plus, the novel takes place on Manitoulin Island, which in my opinion, is the perfect escape in both fiction and reality.

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The Scars that Bind Us

You can run. You can hide. But you can never escape the scars of the past.

These are the hard lessons aspiring writer Kaydence Fletcher must learn. 

Fleeing to Lake Mindemoya on Manitoulin Island in search of freedom and inspiration, Kaydence buys a year-round holiday home that promises summers spent on the beach and winters skating on a frozen lake—the perfect place to start over and pen her debut novel. Or so she thinks…

Haunted by her past, Kaydence traps herself inside her A-frame cabin and becomes consumed by hysteric paranoia, loneliness, and her irrational fear of bears. 

It’s not until Calvin McIntosh mistakenly knocks on her door that Kaydence reluctantly steps outside the comfort of her walls and finds solace in northern Ontario. Swimming in waterfalls, the Aurora Borealis, muddy ATV escapades, and a canoe named Sheila, become the backdrop of her new Manitoulin Island identity. 

But can you really start over when you wear the scars of your past?

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