Linda O'Connor

I’ve fallen in love and I’m having a ton of fun with it! I’ve fallen in love with geocaching! I received a new phone for Christmas, and I’ve finally been able to download an app for geocaching. If you’re not familiar with geocaching, it’s basically a treasure hunt – people hide caches and post latitude […]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Have you ever wondered how the four-leaf clover became a symbol of luck? According to folklore, the leaves of a four-leaf clover represent hope, faith, love, and good luck. The fourth leaf of a clover is an uncommon mutation and therefore rare, so it’s thought that if you find one, you’re […]

Valentine’s Day is a wonderful reminder to tell the people in our lives that we love them and to let them know how grateful we are that they are part of our lives. It takes energy, compromise, time, patience, and acceptance to nurture a relationship. It sometimes takes difficult conversations – ones we’d rather avoid […]

I walk in a local conservation area every day and in the past few weeks, I’ve seen an owl every day or so. The owl is never in the same spot, so it’s a bit like playing “Where’s Waldo?”, and it’s very well camouflaged so it’s a magical moment when I do see it. Owls […]

Do you ever have moments when advice you heard growing up pops into your head? My mom’s  “Don’t sweat the small stuff” is a frequent one for me. Sometimes when I’m tired and debating whether I really need to floss my teeth before bed, my grandmother’s voice echoes in my head,   “You only need to […]

It’s day 9 of the 10-day Countdown!! It’s time to share the blurb. Here’s what Love and the Hockey Heist is all about.     Love and the Hockey Heist is the second book in the Laugh-out-Loud Hockey Caper Romance series. Dr. Piper Roblin invites her new neighbour over to join a book club meeting, so she can […]

It’s the start of another countdown!! Woohoo! This time, it’s the second book of the Laugh-out-Loud Hockey Caper Romance series, Love and the Hockey Heist. My latest series is a fun one! I love doing escape rooms with the challenge of clues to decipher and puzzles to solve. I thought I’d weave that type of […]

In Perfectly Reasonable, Margo MacMillan is a painter-turned-doctor-turned painter. She’s trying to sort out whether a medical career is right for her and, in the meantime, painting houses pays the bills. When I wrote her character I decided to let colour play a big role in her life – in her job, her hobbies, and […]