EVENTS

In-person & online appearances:

  • November 28, 2024: Romance by the Book & Indigo present Sugar & Spice, A Romance Author Event. 7-9 pm. Indigo Kitchener. No registration required.
  • December 2, 2024: Novel Neighbor online event. Details to follow.
  • December 6, 2024: Angel Reading Series in-person event in Toronto. Details and registration HERE.
  • December 12, 2024: Niagara Falls Coast to Coast in-person event. Details to follow.
  • December 13, 2024: Grimsby Author Series in-person event. Details and registration HERE.
  • December 14, 2024: Writers’ Community of Durham in-person writing romance workshop. Details HERE.
  • December 15, 2024: The Gloss Book Club – Burlington chapter meeting. Join your chapter HERE.
  • December 16, 2024: The Gloss Book Club – Oakville chapter meeting. Join your chapter HERE.

Standing Event

Every Tuesday at 12.30 pm ET, please tune in to First Chapter Fun! Join fellow crime author Hank Phillippi Ryan and me LIVE on First Chapter Fun’s Facebook Group or Instagram to hear the first chapter of a different book and make sure your “to be read” pile of books stays completely out of control.

See www.FirstChapterFun.com for more details.

NEWS

  • November 2024 – The Globe & Mail names Only One Survives a Top-100 book of 2024.
  • October 2024 – The Christmas Countdown becomes my sixth Globe & Mail and Toronto Star Canadian bestseller.
  • August 2024 – The Christmas Countdown receives a Library Journal starred review here.
  • August 2024 – The Christmas Countdown receives a Library Journal starred review here.
  • July 2024 – Only One Survives is a Loan Stars Top-10 pick in Canadian Libraries. See here.
  • July, 2024 – MIRABooks acquires my eleventh novel, tentatively called A Killer Motive, for North American publication in fall of 2025
  • July, 2024 – The Revenge List releases in Estonia, published by Ersen and titled Kättemaksunimekiri.
  • October 4, 2023 – Putnam US / Penguin Random House Canada acquires The Christmas Countdown (writing as Holly Cassidy) for a publication in fall 2024.
  • June 2, 2023 – The Revenge List becomes my fifth Globe & Mail Canadian Fiction bestseller.
  • May 31, 2023 – The Revenge List becomes my fifth Toronto Star Canadian Fiction bestseller.
  • May 23, 2023 – The Revenge List is chosen as a Globe & Mail must-read book of the summer.
  • June 3, 2022 – Never Coming Home becomes a Globe & Mail Canadian Fiction bestseller.
  • June 1, 2022 – Never Coming Home becomes a Toronto Star Canadian Fiction bestseller.
  • May 2022 – Piper Verlag acquires German rights for Never Coming Home as a lead title for fall 2023.
  • May 2022 – Swiat Ksiazki acquires Polish rights for Never Coming Home for publication in July 2023.
  • May 2022 – Putnam US & Penguin Random House Canada acquire the holiday romantic-comedy The Christmas Wager (written as Holly Cassidy) for publication in fall 2023.
  • July & August 2021 – You Will Remember Me is a Target US Pick of the Month for July, and a Walmart Canada Book of the Month for August.
  • July 22, 2021 – MIRABooks acquires my seventh and eighth novels for North American publication in 2023 and 2024.
  • June 4, 2021 – You Will Remember Me becomes a Globe & Mail Canadian Fiction bestseller and stays on the list for 8 weeks.
  • June 2, 2021 – You Will Remember Me becomes a Toronto Star Canadian Fiction bestseller and stays on the list for 8 weeks.
  • June 5, 2020 – Sister Dear becomes a Globe & Mail Canadian Fiction bestseller and stays on the list for 6 weeks.
  • June 3, 2020 – Sister Dear becomes a Toronto Star Canadian Fiction bestseller and stays on the list for 6 weeks.
  • April 20, 2020 – Hodder & Stoughton buys Sister Dear, Her Secret Son, and The Neighbours for UK & Commonwealth distribution. See press release.
  • October 7, 2019 – MIRABooks acquires my fifth and sixth novels for North American publication in 2021 and 2022.
  • June 7, 2019 – Her Secret Son becomes a Globe & Mail Canadian Fiction bestseller.
  • June 5, 2019 – Her Secret Son becomes a Toronto Star Canadian Fiction bestseller.
  • May 28, 2019 – Official publication of Her Secret Son.
  • July 17, 2018 – MIRABooks acquires my fourth novel, Sister Dear, for publication in 2020.
  • March 13, 2018 – Official publication of The Neighbors.
  • March 5, 2017 – Signed a two-book deal with MIRABooks. Update: The Neighbors, was published March 13, 2018. Her Secret Son May 28, 2019.
  • June 2, 2016 – Official publication of Time After Time.
  • February 24, 2016 – Signed my first deal with AVON (HarperCollins UK) for Time After Time.