PLEASE WELCOME Canadian author MARGOT JOHNSON!!!

I’m excited to introduce my sixth book, Some Other Way!

Some Other Way explores themes of motherhood, second chances, and competition. I know a young woman who gave up a baby in a private, open adoption, and she has remained involved in her child’s life in a surrogate-aunt type of relationship. Hearing about that experience was the seed of an idea that grew into Some Other Way.

While the plots differ, all my books have a few things in common.

• Determined women who chase their dreams and find love along the way.
• Characters who tend to love dogs, especially golden retrievers (which happen to be my favorite.)
• Happy endings—because who doesn’t want everything to work out okay in the end (even when it seems impossible)?
• Speaking of happy, I’ve started posting about all kinds of happy things because in real life, we can all use more good news, happy thoughts and amusing anecdotes to make us smile. I’d love to hear your additions. Dog photos are always welcome too! Follow me on Facebook and sign up for my newsletter for more fun!

A few fun facts inside and outside my writing life:

• I was a figure skating coach and I have an upcoming novel set around a small-town skating rink.
• My first job after graduating with an English degree was writing ad copy at a radio station. That’s where I learned to write under pressure.
• My books are set close to home in some real and some imagined locations. I’m proud to be from the Canadian prairies and like to give others a glimpse of this part of the world.
• I currently serve on the Board of Directors of Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild, and I’m happy to help support SK authors.
• I love dogs (especially golden retrievers) and so do many of my characters. My dream job is running a doggy hotel, but I think I’ll stick to writing.
• I almost won a car on the TV game show “Let’s Make a Deal.”
• I walked a half marathon in just over three hours.
• My dad was a journalist, author, and editor, and he instilled my love of reading and writing. I hope he would be proud of my work, even if romance wasn’t his genre.
• My sister Donna Gartshore is also a writer. She writes for the Harlequin Love Inspired line.
• When people ask me for writing advice, I say, “Just do it!” Get your words on paper. You can always fix them later.

Our story:

Maybe what she wants is not what she needs…

Jayne Jones’s life is full as surrogate aunt to her birth daughter, given up in open adoption five years ago, and as leader of the Adopt-a-Dog service. She yearns to expand the overcrowded dog shelter on a coveted piece of adjacent land. When Dr. Evan Scott, her high school crush, returns, he complicates everything by becoming her formidable opponent.
Back in his hometown to join a medical clinic that wants to expand onto the same property, Evan is ready to forget past hurts and embrace a fresh start with the cute girl—now attractive woman—he remembers. But should Jayne bare her heart to the good-looking newcomer? And will her secret change his mind?

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