Her first book.... available now!
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A novel of suspense, love and a powerful exploration of the secrets we keep and the things we do in order to survive.
A novel of suspense, love and a powerful exploration of the secrets we keep and the things we do in order to survive.
Yvette attended Maillet College, a private girls’ school, and earned a B.A. in Psychology from Carleton University.
Dedicated to learning, engagement, and community service, she forged a career grounded in the spirit of altruism and leadership. Yvette co-founded Cornwall Youth Residence, offering refuge to teenagers from dysfunctional families, and served as president of the Arnprior & District Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. She also co-founded the Ottawa Valley Music Festival, a summer-long celebration of classical music that spanned the Ottawa Valley for over twenty-five years. She served as a board member for the Victoria Order of Nurses, her local District Memorial Hospital, and performing art series.
Yvette embodies the belief that learning, active participation, and community service are the pillars of a fulfilling and successful life. Her commitment to growth and achievement extends to fourteen years of piano study. Writing is an additional journey, enabling her to delve into her life and uncover its inner meanings. Honour Above All is her debut publication.
Within the pages of this novel, you will encounter a captivating and dramatic exploration of honour, love, and deception—a soul-searching story about what we chose to reveal from our past and how we chose to act in the present.
Mary Clark, a promising young lawyer, is asked to handle the estate of a wealthy friend. In the process, she discovers a decades-old letter that will not only test her integrity and her skills as a lawyer, but her loyalty to her client. When her honour is called into question, star lawyer Patrick Coyle comes to her aid. Set in Ottawa and area in 1966, Honour Above All explores gender discrimination, childhood trauma, and the will to survive in a suspenseful legal drama that is also a satisfying romance.
This book has been published by OC Publishing @ (https://ocpublishing.ca/yvette-ward-macdonald). We extend our sincerest gratitude to Marianne Ward for her exceptional editorial expertise and unwavering support, which have been instrumental in bringing this novel to fruition.
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The novel spans approximately 100,000 words, filling 411 pages in its printed format.
The novel spans the years 1954 to 1966 in Ottawa and the Ottawa Valley, where she has spent most of her life. She has made significant efforts to accurately depict the time period by incorporating real historical events, settings, and even historical figures into the narrative, firmly situating it within the historical fiction genre.
She endeavours to write stories that are realistic and easy to understand, but still captivating.
It is not currently offered as an audiobook, but that option is always open. If you are interested in an audiobook version, please send us a message using the contact form below. We will notify you as soon as it becomes accessible.
The book is currently available to order at the following on-line locations Amazon Canada, Amazon US, Chapters/Indigo Canada, Barnes & Noble US, Apple Books. Or, you can ask your local bookstore to order one in for you.
In Honour Above All we peek behind the curtain of the wealthy families and ambitious lawyers of 1960s Ottawa. Mary Clark is equal parts bold and naïve in a time when the odds are stacked against women lawyers. How does she come by such an iron resolve? What hides in her murky past? A story layered with family trauma, it builds to a courtroom battle that challenges Mary’s ethics at every turn. Can she uphold her client’s wishes without losing everything she holds sacred? A legal drama with a dash of romance set in Mad Men–era Ottawa, you’ll be transported to a leather chair by the open hearth with a glass of good Scotch, reading into the night.
An Ottawa setting in the sixties, a young lawyer named Mary Clark struggling for a niche in a male-dominated field, a rich businessman’s will contested by his two unscrupulous children, and a mysterious trunk: these are some of the ingredients of Honour Above All. Add to these a thoughtful exploration of what it means to have integrity, Mary’s suspense-ridden trial for fraud, a dash or two of romance, and you’re ready to put your feet up and turn to page one of Yvette MacDonald’s debut novel.
Honour Above All is an amazing debut novel that could be a script for a movie, a courtroom drama. By itself, it is a primer on Estate and Probate law, with all the potential pitfalls that could befall a lawyer, culminating in dramatic courtroom testimony. Law schools, law libraries, should purchase it to use as an effective learning vehicle. Persuasive evidence that law and love can be complicated. Well done, Yvette Ward MacDonald!
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