At 39, verging on 40, Kate Shaw finds herself unemployed, living with her mother and facing foreclosure. To help her family avoid financial disaster, she accepts a writing assignment on how to make like a Jane Austen character and marry well (read: land a rich man). 

Chatelaine book review: The Jane Austen Marriage Manual by Kim Izzo

Life as a gold digger is acceptable when you're faced with financial ruin - isn't it?

romance

Living

Books

A family finds itself in the midst of a tense battle.

Chatelaine book review: On Sal Mal Lane by Ru Freeman

book reviews

A daughter goes missing, and a friendship unravels.

Chatelaine book review: Just what kind of mother are you? by Paula Daly

mystery

Chatelaine book review: The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

A PI is forced to choose between love and family.


summer reading

The Jane Austen Marriage Manual by Kim Izzo

On Sal Mal Lane by Ru Freeman

Just what kind of mother are you? by Paula Daly

The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

Loyalty by Ingrid Thoft