Steeped in the intriguing history of Niagara Falls, this is an epic love story as rich, spellbinding and majestic as the falls themselves. 1915. The dawn of the hydroelectric power era in Niagara...

Cathy Marie Buchanan’s stories have appeared in several of Canada’s most respected literary journals: The Antigonish Review , The Dalhousie Review , Descant, The New Quarterly and Quarry . She holds...

“I grew up in this area and I know every whirlpool that is described. Buchanan is right-on in her description and the lore. She deals with the important themes of progress versus environment and also the class system in a period setting that is perfectly rendered. The main character, Tom Cole, is truly the Rhett Butler of the Cataract. He is a great Canadian hero. The romance is more mesmerizing than the whirlpools. Anyone who cannot read this book in one sitting has a heart colder than Niagara Falls in February.”
— Catherine Gildiner is the critically acclaimed author of the national bestseller Too Close to the Falls.