Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
Book One of the Gadfly Saga
When beauty becomes rebellion ...
Creative.
Idealistic.
Opinionated.
Katherine Walsingham has absolutely no intention of becoming the sort of artist who simply paints fashionable pictures to please fashionable people.
She dreams instead of opening her own gallery in Manhattan—one devoted to beauty, truth and ideas.
Unfortunately, dreams have a habit of colliding with reality.
Life has little regard for carefully laid plans.
Business proves harder than expected.
And just when romance is the last thing she wants...
one of New York's most eligible bachelors quietly walks into her life.
Yet behind his family name lie whispers, old scandals and painful secrets that threaten to destroy everything before it even begins.
Can two people overcome the weight of the past...
or are some wounds simply too deep?
A Novel About ...
• Beauty in an age of compromise
• Art, philosophy and literature
• Family, friendship and faith
• Romance with depth and humour
• Discovering that life's greatest masterpieces are often the ones we never intended to paint.
Meet Katherine Walsingham
If you've ever met someone who simply refuses to keep quiet when confronted by nonsense...
you've already met Katherine.
An artist by vocation rather than profession, she possesses the rare gift—and occasional misfortune—of saying exactly what she thinks.
Her paintings become debates.
Her conversations become philosophy.
Her best intentions frequently become glorious disasters.
She is intelligent.
Idealistic.
Sometimes exasperating.
Always unforgettable.
Why readers enjoy Brushstrokes
Instead of another predictable romance...
Brushstrokes explores
• the struggle between ideals and reality
• the place of beauty in modern life
• the meaning of vocation
• family expectations
• humour amidst serious themes
• and the surprising ways love changes us.
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"Stories remain with us long after we close the final page.
I hope Katherine's journey remains with you for many years to come."
— E.A. Bucchianeri
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Vocation of a Gadfly
Book Two
Some battles are fought on canvas.
Others...
for the soul itself.
Follow Katherine's story as another member of the Reinold family steps into the foreground in a novel where the struggle between Good and Evil becomes frighteningly real.
About the Author
Her novels and research books share one common thread:
the belief that beauty, goodness and truth remain worth defending.
When not researching obscure historical mysteries or writing novels, she can usually be found pursuing yet another impossible research project accompanied by a cup of coffee and some chocolates.
