Scattered

To lose her family was unthinkable ... To find them will take a miracle.While working in Europe nineteen-year-old Maggie never dreamed that her family would be ripped apart and scattered across the sea with her young brother and sister sent to Canada as part of the Home Children Migrant Scheme.Desperation sends Maggie on a search from England to Canada with a harrowing shipwreck leaving her stranded on Sable Island. Eventually arriving in Halifax Maggie is devastated to discover the trail to find her sister and brother has gone cold.An offer of help from industrialist Thaddeus Tharaday seems like an answer to prayer but is the wealthy Tharaday her benefactor or nemesis?With the help of a dashing newspaper reporter Maggie begins to unravel the web of deceit surrounding her siblings disappearance. However the closer she gets to the truth the more dangerous her quest becomes.With lives on the line and the threat of everything she loves being torn away can Maggie entrust the scattered pieces of her heart to the one who will never leave?Set in Victorian-era Nova Scotia Scattered weaves together elements of mystery adventure faith and romance to take readers on a journey of hope and courage that will resonate with their hearts today.