Caitlin’s world crumbles when she loses her job as a graphic designer, a career that defined her for over a decade. Struggling to find new work, she lands a stressful job at a shoe store, where she faces a toxic work environment under a controlling boss. Just when she feels most lost, her first love, Stuart, unexpectedly reappears after vanishing from her life 15 years ago. His return opens old wounds and presents Caitlin with a tantalizing glimpse of a different future.
As Caitlin reconnects with Stuart, their past romance resurfaces through vivid flashbacks, stirring emotions she thought were long buried. Torn between the stability of her marriage to her devoted husband, Rob, and the rekindled spark with Stuart, Caitlin is forced to confront her deepest desires and regrets.
Caught in a whirlwind of emotions and doubt, Caitlin grapples with the weight of past mistakes and the uncertainty of her present. Will Caitlin rekindle an old flame or stay true to the life she’s built? Can she find the courage to pursue her dreams? And will she embrace the future she desires, or remain in the comfort of the familiar?
Lori Littleton has been a professional writer for more than 20 years. An award-winning newspaper reporter, she worked in several newsrooms in southern Ontario, including the Brantford Expositor, Niagara Falls Review and St. Catharines Standard. She is currently a freelance writer for the Hamilton Spectator. Her writing career also includes being an editor and writer for a variety of magazines, including Niagara Magazine, Niagara Weddings and Business Niagara and the Canadian Journal of Midwifery Research and Practice. She holds a B. Journ (highest honours) and an MA in English from Carleton University in Ottawa.
The London, Ontario native was also a St. Catharines City Councillor from 2018-2022 and is currently a consultant with IG Wealth Management. Lori enjoys long distance running, yoga, tacos, travelling, chatting with friends and reading. She lives in St. Catharines with her husband, Kris, and two of their three children, Addison and Ashton; their eldest daughter, Chloe, attends Ottawa University. They also have two cats: the very naughty Oliver and Lua, who is skittish.
Work
For more than two decades, Lori has written for a variety of publications and formats across North America including Niagara-based magazines, Surgite, Brock University’s alumni magazine and the Canadian Journal of Midwifery Research and Practice. She has worked in newsrooms around Southern Ontario and has also written speeches and performed various copy editing duties, including in Inuktitut.
If you are interested in hiring Lori to write or edit for your publication or corporate projects, please email
Questions about Lori’s book, In Repair, can be sent to the same email.