Gaylene Dutchyshen
When I was thirteen, I wrote my first novel in a blue Hilroy scribbler, a sappy romance/mystery. I always knew I wanted to be a writer and continued to write and dream, searching for my voice.  My first novel, A Strange Kind of Comfort, was released in January, 2020. Click on the link to find out more about me.
On Veil Creek
November, 2024
Marissa Nychuk and her brother Tommy’s young lives are shattered by an unspeakable family tragedy. Tensions spiral at home until a desperate act of violence tears the siblings apart.
Forty years later, they are called home when their mother is dying. Marissa yearns for a death-bed confession and Tom still harbours suspicions about what happened that eventful day on Veil Creek. Together, they must confront their tumultuous past and unravel their family’s darkest secrets.
A compelling drama born of the unyielding Canadian prairie, On Veil Creek is a troubling, yet tender story about grief, trauma, and the capacity to forgive.
A Strange Kind of Comfort
January, 2020
In the town of Ross Prairie, Caroline Webb and Sarah Bilyk are bound by family, duty, and a decades-old act of betrayal. On opposing sides of a long-simmering feud between their husbands' families, the two women meet again after years of estrangement when Caroline moves into the same nursing home as Sarah's father. Seeing each other sparks memories of young love, as well as those leading up to a fateful summer day that changed everything. Together, Caroline and Sarah uncover a truth that alters their lives forever, proving that love will overcome heartache and that friendship survives time.
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