– Amy, NetGalley
‘Beautiful, heart wrenching love story. Set near where I live so very atmospheric. Glad I found something like this to settle into to fix my reading slump.’
– Valleri, Goodreads
‘This fascinating book is historical…Errington and Austin truly did fall in love and live in Preston, Ontario, Canada. Around the letters, the author has beautifully woven the fictional portion of the book.’
Maplecroft: A Heartbreakingly Beautiful Historical Romance Novel of Love and Betrayal, Based on a True Story
Best Beloved,
Are you up in your room this afternoon, I wonder, or are you sitting here beside me, looking out over the water — with your head resting on my shoulder…?
Told with original love letters, Maplecroft, the first book in the Maplecroft family saga series, tells the story of Austin and Errington who lived and loved in the once budding industrial town of Preston, Ontario, Canada. A love, troubled by long-enduring absences, mysterious illness, and an overbearing father whose portrait now hangs in the Cambridge Hall of Fame.
Over a century after their love blossoms, the discovery of the letters is made by Lauren. Suffering a recent tragedy, Lauren finds solace in the words of Austin and Errington and the old Muskoka cottage where the two stories intersect.
Transporting the reader to turn of the century Southern Ontario, this richly atmospheric historical fiction is the gateway to the heartbreakingly beautiful love letters of Austin and Errington and their deeply moving Edwardian love story. It’s about enduring love and the power to imagine when we find ourselves apart.
– Liz, Goodreads
‘What I loved most about this romance… was their letters. Austin and Errington were real people, and the author has cleverly left their letters more or less unedited, allowing these two passionate souls to speak for themselves in a world which discouraged such openness…’
-Lori, Goodreads
‘It was interesting that the story was based on real people and I really loved the inclusion of the letters and found myself wishing there were more of them…’
– Alex, Goodreads
‘I was so invested in Austin and Errington’s love story, and it was written so beautifully… It was a page turner, and I breezed through it in two days, I did not want to put it down…’
Mary-Clare Terrill 