Harrisville Mark — Gordon Smith

On the night that Scott Venebal encounters the vision of a lost child along the shores of Lake Huron, he becomes certain that this destiny, and that of his wife, will find him. Scott is tormented by the vision and seeks answers to something he is told by that child. The next day, he meets with Bertha Morgan who tells Scott a story of romantic providence. In the years just before World War I, Mary Capstone and her mother come to live in the small town of Harrisville. It is there that Mary meets Aaron Kershaw and Adam Davis. Passionate struggles for the possession of Mary's heart by both men initiate a chain of events which forever change lives and the small town they call home. Nature conspires to help those who find themselves caught up in fragile relationships; crows foreshadow and announce change, snow owls signal the arrival of healing and a fire forever protects those most in need. Told with Mark Smith's signature lyrical grace and inventiveness, Harrisville is an iridescent, impressively enthralling story of hope and redemption.