This Used to Be Easier is my first small town romance, and exploring the setting was one of my favourite parts of writing the book. The town of Chapel Creek might be fictional, but I drew a lot of inspiration from personal experience and from my family history. Just like Meg's family, my dad's parents owned a general store in rural Canada for decades. Most of their customers were cottagers from all the lakes in the area, including my mom and her family. My parents (pictured a