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Gabriele Wills
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Gabriele Wills
Catherine and Heathcliff, because theirs is such an intensely emotional and dramatic relationship, augmented by the bleak, compelling setting.
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The Summer Before the Storm
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Elusive Dawn
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2008
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A Place To Call Home: A Novel
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2003
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Under the Moon
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2012
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Moon Hall
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2004
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Lighting the Stars
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Once Upon a Summer
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Lighting the Stars (The Muskoka Novels Book 4)
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Elusive Dawn by Gabriele Wills (November 21,2011)
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Once Upon a Summer
This new book is not part of the epic "Muskoka Novel" saga, which is complete at 4 books - at least for now.
Based on a novel I began in 2000 but soon abandoned, Once Upon a Summer became a joyful, escapist COVID project in 2020 after I published Lighting the Stars, which took over six years to research and write. I was ready for something shorter and more contemporary, but still set in the la
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"I've read all of Gabriele Wills' books, including the Muskoka series, which I re-read at least once a year. I had high hopes for Once Upon a Summer, but felt there was similarities between characters and similar events outlined, but not detailed, in "
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"Good book. It’s the first one I have ready by Gabriele Wills. It’s not my usual read but enjoyed it. I really enjoyed reading about local areas and cottage country. Like because I knew these places I could relate. It gave me dirty dancing, the notebo"
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"Lovely, immersive, and genteel. Kinda like Downton Abbey set in Muskoka -- we start with idyllic pleasures and minor family dramas of the wealthy families in Muskoka, then in the latter half of the novel, the beginnings of World War I begin to intrud"
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Lighting the Stars (The Muskoka Novels Book 4):
"Love the first 3 no el if this series and this one didn’t disappoint! It felt so go to reconnect with the characters I love so much and meet new ones.
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Thanks Gabriele for accepting my friendship request.All the best,
James Piper
