All I want for Christmas

For those who mark Christmas, it’s the season to celebrate the Nativity, gather with family and friends, put up sparkly decorations, exchange brightly-wrapped gifts and more. It’s also a time of joy and renewal, love and hope and to observe the turning of another...

Blooms, books and a summer blogging break

Here in Canada, we’re on the cusp of summer. With these warm, sunny days, vibrant pink wild roses and purple iris are interspersed with peonies, bright-eyed daisies and honeysuckle. After a long winter, June always brings me a sense of hopeful promise. It’s the...

A very Covid new year: Choosing to ‘rewind’ on 2025

Happy New Year…or not! As those who follow my author Facebook page know, I haven’t had the best start to 2025. A very Covid new year I rang in the new year with Covid and spent most of the holiday season either unwell myself or caring for sick family. I’m behind with...

Celebrating publication week for “A Rancher’s Return”

As some of you know from my October newsletter and social media, my latest book as Jen Gilroy, A Rancher’s Return from Harlequin Heartwarming, was published earlier this week. It’s a sweet second chance contemporary western romance and although the fourth (and final)...