Historical Fiction

One woman’s courage will change everything.

Angel of Mercy transports readers to 1914 Canada, where the world is on the brink of war and one young woman must choose between love and purpose.

Henrietta “Hettie” Steward dreams of continuing her work as a nurse, but society — and her husband — expect her to abandon her career for domestic life. When...

The Great War tests not only those who fight, but those left behind.

While husbands, brothers and sons march off to war, the women of Canada are left to endure the heartache, uncertainty and transformation that the Great War brings.

In Those Left Behind, the second installment of Melina Druga’s Echoes of the Great War Trilogy, the story shifts...

When the guns fall silent, hearts must learn to heal.

In Adjustment Year, the powerful conclusion to Melina Druga’s Echoes of the Great War Trilogy, nurse Hettie Steward and her husband, Alfred, return to a world forever changed. The war left invisible scars, and the life they once imagined no longer fits who they’ve become.

Set in 1919 Canada, ...

Before the Great War came the great journey.

In 1829, 19-year-old Claire Appleton faces a choice that will define generations when her husband, Harold, dreams of a new beginning in Upper Canada. Claire must leave behind her New Brunswick home and everyone she knows to brave a 900-mile journey through wilderness and hardship in search of a better...

Her courage will light the way — one act of compassion at a time.

1859, Canada West. Rose Goodwin is a devoted wife, mother and volunteer for the Simcoe County Vigilance Committee. When she’s asked to care for a gravely ill woman who has escaped slavery through the Underground Railroad, Rose’s comfortable world is upended.

Tending to Judith, a...

She’s everything a proper woman shouldn’t be — and that’s exactly how she wants to remain.

Ontario, 1884. Lucretia Goodwin is clever, determined, and dangerously outspoken in a world that rewards women for their silence. She’s content to pursue her teaching career, nurture her independence, and ignore the whispers that she’s “the unmarriable...

The war that changes everything.

Melina Druga’s Where Poppies Grow brings together three sweeping novels that trace the emotional and human cost of the First World War through the eyes of those who lived it and survived its aftermath.

Angel of Mercy – 1914. Newlywed nurse Hettie Steward defies convention to join the Canadian Army Nursing Service....

Before the Great War, there were generations of women who built the legacy.

Spanning nearly a century of Canadian history, The Trail Blazers traces the courage, compassion, and conviction of the women whose lives shaped the family at the heart of the Echoes of the Great War Trilogy.

From the struggles of pioneer life to the social awakenings of...