Survival, Love, and Loyalty on a Homestead 100 Miles Off the Grid

2025 Canadian Word Guild winner -1st Place in Life Stories!

Dark hardships play out against the brilliant purity of nature in this achingly poignant novel of survival, love, and loyalty. Dave’s dream is to carve a ranch out of the wild meadows of the Canadian wilderness. Kate’s goal is to survive the hardships and dangers while yearning for tender romance. Her search for spiritual empowerment opposes his old-fashioned religion.

How much will a woman do for the man she loves?
The story will whisk you off like a time machine back into the wild country on one of the last homesteads in British Columbia. Getting there requires access by a bush plane or a three-day tractor and wagon trip on a rough 4X4 trail. That’s only the beginning of the challenges they must overcome while Kate raises her young stepson and the children they desire. The hardships of isolation, poverty, and harsh climate challenge her growing faith and their very survival.

With grit and ingenuity, can Kate learn how to be poor and proud of it? You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and when you flip the last page, you’ll breathe deeply!

This is a standalone novel with spiritual depth. Themes of redemption, reflection, and personal transformation underlie Kate's survival skills. "It’s an essential work written with finesse and color, and power. Highly recommended!"

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