Susan Bowden
Personal Information
Description
Susan Bowden was born in 1936 in Dorset, England and currently resides in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Susan's formal university training was interrupted by a writing career. She primarily works in the genres of historical and suspense fiction, although she has written romance novels and a young adult novel. Susan has been a speaker at conferences for the Manitoba Writers' Guild and the Canadian Authors Association. She has also served as a mentor in the Manitoba Writers' Guild mentorship program. She has done several interviews with Peter Gzowski on "CBC Morningside," and on "Arts Tonight" with Eleanor Wachtel and has appeared as a regular opera quiz panelist on CBC's "Saturday Afternoon at the Opera."
Books
Homecoming
Say goodbye to daddy
Trapped in a marriage dominated by her alcoholic husband, a mother takes her young son away from their wealthy estate in Scotland to start a new life in Canada. But her husband sends private investigators--armed with a court order--to find an return his son. And when a handsome stranger steps forth to help protect her boy, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to him. But who is he? And why does he keep a photo of her son in his wallet?
House of shadows
Despite her parents' misgivings and the distrust of her new collaborator, novelist David Moreton, photographer Vivien Shaw eagerly accepts the chance to work with Moreton on a book about Barbados, and soon finds her life in danger.
Touched by Thorns
Betrayed by her betrothed, Katherine Radcliffe is stripped of her beloved Radcliffe Manor, but a handsome Irish soldier, Captain Brendan Fitzgerald, now the rightful heir to the manor, could return her ancestral home to her--for a price.
Family secrets
"Written from the viewpoint of a parent/psychologist, Family Secrets offers insights into the developmental needs of gay and lesbian children in a way no other book has done. School counselors, psychologists, marriage and family counselors, teachers, school administrators, and the parents and siblings of gays and lesbians will all learn new levels of acceptance from reading this honest, helpful, and encouraging book."--BOOK JACKET.
Returning
Helen's well-ordered life is turned upside down with the arrival of the daughter she gave up for adoption thirty years earlier.
Separating
When her husband announces that he is leaving her for a woman half his age on their silver anniversary, Riona embarks on a journey that could lead to an unexpected new romance, but old bitterness may destroy her chances for a passionate future.
Sisters at Heart
Arriving at the English estate of her father looking for financial assistance, Anne Barry Dysan weathers the suspicion, contempt, and jealousy of her long-lost sister, hoping that the power of love will reconcile them.