Northern Escape

by Cindy Folk

Overview

Hiding from a controlling and dangerous partner, Grace Rhodes goes off the grid when she joins an artists' retreat to escape to a remote area of Canada's Algonquin Provincial Park. There, she bumps into Cam, who brings back old memories-happy memories. If only she had done things differently in the past.

In the stunning beauty of the north with her newfound creative friends, Grace finds respite through poetry and reflection but is distracted when she stumbles upon two men searching for a missing friend.

The pursuit is on to locate the lost friend in the vast wilderness of the park, but the group soon learns of the cryptic messages he left behind in geocache boxes. Spun with hidden innuendo, the messages hint at something sinister.

Will they find him, or is he setting a trap? Will an old flame be rekindled, or is it too late? And what will happen if Grace's ex-boyfriend finds her?

Fast-paced and engrossing, Northern Escape sends the reader down a winding trail of secrets, lies, and dire consequences.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940164474379
Publisher:	Cindy Folk
Publication date:	07/08/2021
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	682 KB

About the Author

Cindy Folk was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. She attended the University of Regina, majoring in finance. The co-operative education program there took her to work terms in Toronto and Ottawa. After university, she moved to Ottawa, where she competed in rowing and had the opportunity to explore Eastern Canada and the United States. She moved home in 1998 and met and married her husband, Dan. They now have three children. Although her work environment is very structured, Cindy has always had a creative side that was bubbling just below the surface, waiting to be discovered. Writing has allowed that part of her to flourish. Northern Escape is her debut novel.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Prologue.................................................................................................................1

Chapter 1 I Wished to Live Deliberately ................................................................3

Chapter 2 Things Do Not Change; We Change.....................................................9

Chapter 3 What Lies Ahead..................................................................................17

Chapter 4 I Went to the Woods.............................................................................37

Chapter 5 To Look through Each Other's Eyes ....................................................53

Chapter 6 Related to the Earliest Times, and to the Latest ..................................69

Chapter 7 Under Our Feet as Well as Over Our Heads .......................................78

Chapter 8 Be His Friend .......................................................................................97

Chapter 9 Learn What It Had to Teach................................................................108

Chapter 10 In Dreams Awake..............................................................................130

Chapter 11 A Canvas to Our Imagination ...........................................................146

Chapter 12 Step to the Music .............................................................................164

Chapter 13 I Fear No Danger .............................................................................179

Chapter 14 I Am Invulnerable..............................................................................194

Chapter 15 It's What You See..............................................................................211

Chapter 16 Lives of Quiet Desperation................................................................215

Chapter 17 What Lies within Us...........................................................................229

Chapter 18 The Price of Anything........................................................................244

Chapter 19 Give Me Truth....................................................................................252

Afterword..............................................................................................................258

Acknowledgments ...............................................................................................260

About the Author..................................................................................................264

Editorial Reviews

"Cindy Folk's Northern Escape will definitely be added to my classroom library! This book offers insight into the impact relationships can have on our identity. Very few relationships start out unhealthy - teaching young women the signs to watch out for and empowering them to trust their guts is essential to healthy, happy relationships. Asking for help and leaning on others to gain strength are also true lessons to be learned in Folk's book. It's a quick, suspenseful read that leaves you remembering days gone by and the need to reconnect with the things you love, so you don't lose yourself in every day life." Nancy Pavloff

"A delightfully quick read with equal elements of heartbreak and suspense, Folk's debut novel is a great look at the resilience and strength of Grace. The first few pages reach out and grab the reader, drawing you into this carefully woven tale of domestic abuse and how Grace learns to trust and lean on others. Writing in her journal becomes her saviour as she accepts the she can be in control of her own circumstances. I loved the great descriptions of the Canadian northern lake setting." Amanda Irvine

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