PHANTOM SIBLINGS

In his youth in Toronto, only child Julian Whitely had to compete with three dead siblings for his mother's attention. On bad days back then, he often saw the ghosts of those infants slide along his bedroom walls, causing him to doubt his sanity as well as his mother's state of mind. Many years later during his thirtieth wedding anniversary in Vancouver, Julian chances on the snapshot of a teenage love. Recalling his cruelty to the girl, he's propelled on a mission of atonement fuelled by a desire and need to resolve a long-ago infatuation that now, alarmingly, is jeopardizing his marriage, his job, even his very life. Horrified yet ecstatic, Julian discovers he's not who he thinks he is, nor is anything what it seems.

About the Author

Carolyn Taylor-Watts grew up in rural New Zealand but has lived the greater part of her life in Toronto. After a long career as a registered nurse, she began writing, and since 1999 has published newspaper articles, short stories, and three books of non-fiction. These were published under her former name, Carolyn Matthews. Her fascination with 20th-century Greco-Turkish history and the aftermath of the 1922 war between the two sides led to many years of research, to travel in Greece and Turkey, and eventually to the writing of the historical novel, Helena: An Odyssey. When not writing, Carolyn enjoys reading, travel, music, film - and her families both here and in New Zealand. She loves hearing from her fans.

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