liberty forrest, author

Hi, I’m Liberty Forrest, and welcome to my little corner of the internet!

Don’t you just love novels? I sure do! They take us anywhere and everywhere, exploring endless possibilities and delighting our imaginations.

I’ve been reading since I was four, and writing since… well, I can’t remember!

Since I got serious about it, I’ve published more than a dozen books, and have had numerous articles in dozens of publications around the globe.

But what lights me up most? It’s writing fiction. I love playing with the endless possibilities for storylines, and subplots that make the main plot even richer. I adore creating flawed characters who feel like real people, the kind who might live next door, and who are doing their best to navigate life’s twists and turns, just like you and I.

My first series was a nod to my lifelong abilities as a psychic and medium, and how life-changing it is to truly know that there’s more after ‘this’ part of life.

So I began with an emotionally rich — and, let’s be honest, deeply harrowing — paranormal family saga fiction series. It follows the beleaguered Montgomery family as they deal with an initial tragedy.

This unearths the cracks in their relationships and as they struggle with their own inner demons, they find themselves heading down dark and twisted paths with dire consequences through the latter half of the 1950s…

All are on Amazon. Get the Prelude here: Grave Truths on Amazon

And on a much lighter note…

Equally, I’m a dreamy, romantic Pisces! So of course I love a great romance! Throw in some meaty, substantial stories with characters who feel as real as your best friend or your own family, and presto! You’ve got my “later in life, small-town clean romance” novels, full of hope, heart, and humour.

These ones are written under my pen name, Ruby Ashford. (Why a pen name? Because I learned that this is best when my own name is attached to very different genres)

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Book 1 - “When Love Heals” is available now!

“When Love Heals is a deeply romantic story with intrigue and depth. Ruby plants seeds of wonder throughout, fueling her readers' curiosity. Page after page, I am drawn into Ivy and Noah's complex lives and can't put the book down. I highly recommend this book to anyone who believes in love.”—Karen Schwartz, ON Canada

Books 2 and 3, coming late summer / early autumn 2025

Up Next:

As “Ruby Ashford,” I’ll be releasing a paranormal women’s fiction series with a delicious romantic element. These will be stories of women at midlife who are facing relatable issues but with a paranormal twist. Perhaps they discover magical abilities or they navigate a supernatural element, but these strong, female leads are on journeys of inner strength, self-discovery, and resilience.

Oh, and a li’l (or maybe not so li’l) romantic theme, too! Hehe!