Was he a jilted lover, a world-weary tycoon, a fugitive from justice, or simply a burnt-out vagrant? No one in the small northern New Brunswick community knew. The hermit who lived in the upriver wilderness of Hart's Hollow was a complete mystery to the locals and they were content to leave it that way. Until February, when Toronto newspaper reporter Mitch (Michelle) Wallace arrives and decides he'd make great story material. With dogged determination, Mitch sets out to meet the man and uncover the secrets of his veiled past.

Her interest in the hermit is purely professional she tells herself. Recently betrayed by the man she believed loved her, Mitch has hardened her heart against ever again becoming romantically involved. But as she slowly unravels the truth about the hermit, she finds herself falling more and more under the spell of winter in this pristine country and discovering, for the first time, the true meaning of love.

Gail Macmillan always wanted to be an author. She was thirty years old when her first novel was published by Avalon in 1974. Since then she has gone on to write a variety of stories and articles for magazines in Canada and the United States, and two books on her favorite dog, the Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever. For a 1992 article on this breed, Gail was awarded a Maxwell Medal in New York by the Dog Writers' Association of America for the best article in a canine magazine or newspaper.

Gail's other interests include reading, horses, and canoeing. She currently lives in Bathurst, New Brunswick, with her husband, Ron, and three dogs - a sheltie mix, and of course, a pair of Nova Scotia duck tolling retrievers.

The Hermit of Hart’s Hollow is her seventh romance for Avalon.

You may find out more about Gail's interests and achievements at her web site, www.gailmacmillan.com.

Avalon titles by this author:
PROMISE PENDING
SOMEONE SPECIAL
HELD ACCOUNTABLE
THE HERMIT OF HART'S HOLLOW