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When British hat manufacturer Christopher Brooke is arrested under Regulation 18B in June 1940, a slow process of personal disintegration begins, affecting his family irreversibly. Irish farm girl, Mary Byrne, arrives in England in July 1940 to work as housekeeper for Cynthia Brooke and her three children, bonding with the family. When Mary is shockingly expelled from the house upon Christopher's release from internment in 1943, her narration continues through the mouth of 15-month-old Katie, conceived on a prison leave.

Haunted by a shadowed figure all her life. Harlow doesn't know what normal feels like. Only she never expected the shadow she has named The Man to save her life. And she never realized that it wasn't the first occasion he had. Abruptly thrust into a life she doesn't remember and is not even certain she wants anything to do with, Harlow must learn to stay alive while Heaven and Hell try to stake a claim on her.

The Reddening Path is the story of Paméla. Adopted as an infant by a Toronto lesbian couple, Paméla travels to Guatemala as an adult to search for her birth mother. Her quest uncovers a tangle of political and romantic intrigue as she discovers her Mayan heritage and learns about the complexities of life in Guatemala.