Janet Sketchley is an Atlantic Canadian writer who likes her fiction with a splash of mystery or adventure and a dash of Christianity. Why leave faith out of our stories if it’s part of our lives? You can find Janet online at janetsketchley.ca.
Random facts: Janet's super-power is untangling yarn and Slinkies™; there are over 50 varieties of tea in her house; she's Canadian but she worked at the busiest McDonalds in London, England; she's taken basic fencing lessons; and she once rode an elephant.
She's also a wife, mom, daughter, friend, neighbour… a Christian growing in faith, trying to balance relationships and responsibilities. Can you relate?
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365 Daily Devotions to Warm Your Spirit and Encourage Your Heart "Tenacity" is persistence. Holding on. Not giving up. It's a quality we need as Christians, and the beautiful thing we discover as we spend time with the Lord is the depth of His tenacity toward us. We may falter, but His hold is sure, His love unshakable, and His grace without limit. Like the wild rose thrives with its roots...
Who would want Ciara dead? And why? Against all odds, Landon Smith and her ordinary-hero neighbour Bobby Hawke survived a murderous plot six weeks ago. Now, she's determined to leave solving mysteries to the experts—like handsome local police officer Dylan Tremblay. But when a friend is nearly killed in a daring daylight attack, Landon can't sit this out. Not when she knows the anger of being a...
**Finalist in The Word Awards (suspense category)** Intimidation. Threats. A reluctant stalker. Single mother Carol Daniels thinks she out-ran her enemies, until a detective arrives at her door with a warning. Minor incidents take on a sinister meaning. An anonymous phone call warns her not to hide again. Now she must cooperate with a drug lord while the police work to trap him. Carol has...
**Finalist in The Word Awards (suspense category)** "Asking questions could cost your life." Two years after the plane crash that killed her fiancé, Amy Silver has fallen for his best friend, artist Michael Stratton. When a local reporter claims the small aircraft may have been sabotaged, it reopens Amy's grief. Anonymous warnings and threats are Amy's only proof that the tragedy was deliberate...
**Finalist in The Word Awards (suspense category)** A grieving woman is abducted by a serial killer—and it may be the answer to her prayers. Despite her husband's objections, 40-something Ruth Warner finds healing through prayer for Harry Silver, the former race car driver who brutally raped and murdered her niece. When a kidnapping-gone-wrong pegs Ruth as his next victim, Harry claims that by...
Need a little daily encouragement this December? Give yourself five minutes and pour a cup of your favourite hot beverage. Let's read a Bible verse or two and remind ourselves of the Reason for the Season. In your busyness and life circumstances, good or bad... In your relationships, sweet or strained... These short, uplifting readings will strengthen your spirit and inspire your heart. May...
FINALIST IN THE 2020 WORD AWARDS The secrets of Captain Hiltz may not have died with him. When Landon Smith returns to the Green Dory Inn, she finds innkeeper Anna Young still shaken by the recent vandalism and unable to cope when the inn is targeted in an online vendetta. Prickly neighbour Bobby Hawke can help with Anna's cyber woes, but when the attacks escalate to physical threats, Landon...
**Novella-length** Trouble at the Green Dory Inn. Landon Smith vowed never to return to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Despite her faith, the memories might undo her. But a shadowy figure has been skulking around the Green Dory Inn—seen only by her friend Anna. Loyalty demands she stand by this woman who's been a second mother to her. No matter the cost. With the police unable to find solid clues, and...