Women making their way, one step at a time…
Welcome to Stella Mare, the fictional village in the Canadian Maritimes where family life is lived large.
A Heart for the Homeless
Dorie loves dogs. So much, she’s off rescuing them when she should be working. When her friend Chad needs her help with a poodle, she’s there. And then the fun begins.
Domestic Arts
Evie returns home after a break-up, only to discover her father needs her more than she expected. Cleaning out the house puts her in touch with the art of her ancestors, and she finds a new way to answer the age-old question: “What’s a woman worth?”
A Home out of Ashes
When Rett’s husband goes out West for school, leaving her with the three kids and suddenly unemployed, she makes the best of it, trying urban homesteading, homeschooling, and selling bread at the local market. But suspicion hovers like a cloud, and she has to clear her name, avoid the amorous neighbour, and keep her marriage alive. No problem!
The Helping Heart
Oldest sister Helen comes home to Stella Mare and drags her three sisters out on the hike of a lifetime…the perilous Fundy Footpath. But can their fragile relationships survive the challenges?
Other books by Annie Ballard
I love to write and read books about families, stories about people like you, making choices that take them beyond the everyday, but always looking for that elusive thing….happiness.
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