Life is always uncertain. We cannot let the fear of what might happen stop us living as we choose.

—Susanna Kearsley in The Rose Garden

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About Susanna Kearsley

Susanna Kearsley (born January 17, 1966) is a New York Times best-selling Canadian novelist of historical fiction and mystery, as well as thrillers under the pen name Emma Cole. In 2014, she received Romance Writers of America's RITA Award for Best Paranormal Romance for The Firebird.

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But life, if nothing else, had taught her promises weren’t always to be counted on, and what appeared at first a shining chance might end in bitter disappointment.

—Susanna Kearsley in The Winter Sea

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