Valerie writes real stories that inspire the reader to keep turning the pages. Her characters are people everyone can identify with and, by the time each story comes to an end, you feel as though, for a brief time, they have become part of your life. All of her novels centre on families and relationships and the interaction brought about by all of the human emotions. At the same time, there is also an element of mystery in her stories. Be prepared to laugh, cry and be surprised but never to be bogged down by excessive descriptive paragraphs that merely fill up space.

Livvy

This is the simple story of a woman who, as a child, in war-torn England, is sent away from home to live with strangers. This experience has a life-long effect, but she learns to cope and despite adversity, along the way, she finds true happiness with the help of a loving family.
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No Roses for Abby

In Toronto, after the accidental death of her son, Abby leaves an abusive marriage to build a new life with her daughter. She becomes the ownerof a florist shop and, in a chance encounter in a bookstore, meets the love of her life.
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Follow the Butterfly

Ella Taylor is imprisoned for the murder of her husband leaving her two young daughters in the care of their paternal grandmother. Cassie, the eldest, rebels and ends up in a foster home but remains devoted to her mother.
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Looking for Lucius

One of the strongest relationships within a family is between siblings. Ariel Regan is especially close to her brother, Luke. When he falls in love, moves to London, then travels to Brazil and disappears, she is compelled to search for him.
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Relative Truths

Charlotte Hamilton had always enjoyed being a wife and mother, with no real ambition to pursue a career but when she is led to believe her husband is cheating on her, she discovers things aren’t always as they seem. Suddenly, she is drawn into an affair of her own that, from the beginning, is doomed to end in tragedy.
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Avenging Portia

Avenging Portia tells the story of a two sisters. Sam leads a traditional life with her husband and young daughter while Portia marries into the affluent Barrington family, renowned in the business world, internationally. She soon finds herself the victim of abuse at the hands of her husband, Philip. Sam’s concern for Portia’s safety compels her to put her own safety in jeopardy.
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Becoming Hope

Millie Cartwright was an ugly child, growing up in east London and scorned by her mother and oldest sister, Ruby. At the age of fifteen, she runs away and cuts off all contact with her family. With a new look, a new name and marriage to a devoted and successful man, she finds the happiness she’s been looking for. Then tragedy intervenes and she is forced to follow a different path and finally make peace with her past.
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Beyond Hope

This sequel to Becoming Hope follows the moving story of Hope’s adopted daughter Chichi. As an adult, she journeys back to Nigeria to see her biological mother and is met with rejection. While there, she discovers the truth about the identity of her father and is determined to find him. He eventually enters her life at a time of great tragedy for the Grayson family but, within the same year, they have reason to celebrate when Chichi’s daughter, Emma, is born. Resigned to being a single mother, her world is turned upside down when her past catches up with her and she ends up living a life she never would have expected.

Namooh

Four-year-old Christopher Alexander is lost in the forest. He’s discovered by a pack of wolves who are able to communicate with him in his own language. They decide to call him Namooh and he forms a bond with the pack. But, eventually, he returns to his family and has to leave his new friends behind.
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