The year is 1885, and what Clara Thomas desires most is a life beyond the ordinary. As one of Canada’s first female physicians, she yearns to start her own medical practice.

Fleeing a conventional life, Clara marries a handsome stranger in haste, shortly discovering he has a crippling addiction. Turning from him, she finds comfort in another doctor with a complicated past of his own.

In an age where a woman’s worth, rights, and choices are determined by her husband’s whim, will Clara be forced to bow to convention, or will she throw caution to the wind and follow her heart?

Christy K. Lee is a lifetime writer and storyteller. She is obsessed with stories of women who break all the rules, and is sometimes a bit of a rule breaker herself. When she's not writing, she can be found spending time in her classroom, in the local library digging through historical archives, or having a bevvie with a friend. Her second historical fiction novel, The Fort, set during the Fur Trade in Canada, is releasing July 2025.

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“A touching love story with well-drawn characters and rich with period detail, The Roads We Take illuminates the little-known history of Canada’s early women doctors.” - Maia Caron, author of The Song of Batoche

-Maia Caron, author of <I>Song of Batoche</I>