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RACHEL STONE writes stories of hope and redemption, set against vibrant Canadian backdrops. Her debut novel THE BLUE IRIS, about broken people coming to terms with the past while reclaiming their futures at a Toronto flower market, is a Booklife Editor’s Pick, Kirkus “Get It” Pick, NYC Big Book Awards Distinguished Favorite, and has earned worldwide critical acclaim and multiple awards including the 2025 International Book Award.

Rachel’s uplifting personal essays have appeared in The New York Times, SheDoesTheCity, Please See Me, Women Writers, Women’s Books, and others, while her inspiring “story behind the story” has been featured in Publisher’s Weekly, the 2Lives Podcast, and more. She’s a dynamic speaker, active member of the Women’s Fi
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The Blue Iris

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I went into this book somehow having missed all the hype, so I didn't have a clue what I was in for and that made it even better. I was all in from the first gorgeously crafted page. The tension was perfect, the characters and their struggles grippin ...more
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Atmospheric, engaging, and brimming with emotion, this heartfelt story and the layered characters within kept me turning the pages and stuck with me long afterwards. Through Charley's journey, Basi beautifully renders the pull of land and loss, the p ...more
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"I’ll be honest—I’m not typically a romantic love story reader.

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Compelling characters, gripping narrative and smooth writing with mystery threaded through made this story unputdownable for me. I picked it up after devouring the author's Even If Your Heart Would Listen (nonfiction), and before I was even halfway t ...more
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Even If Your Heart Would Listen by Elise Schiller
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With compassion, honesty and rigorous attention to factual detail, the author offers not only a wrenching account of losing her daughter to heroin but a gorgeously rendered portrait of the beautiful soul behind the disease as well as the loving famil ...more
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This book had me from go, and like author Jen Sinclair, just kept getting better and better. STAGES is a poignant, masterfully rendered story of the power of grief in reshaping us, and the human spirit in overcoming the pain life throws at us, as we ...more
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