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Amazon #1 Bestseller in Frontier & Pioneer Western Fiction Praise for Kari August: “Entertaining, original, exceptionally well written . . . impressive storytelling talents.” Midwest Book Review The harsh and rugged Colorado frontier of 1875 is not the type of place most would consider suitable for a recent widow to establish a home of her own. Yet that is exactly what Henrietta Schodde determines she will do as she impetuously buys a cabin in the newly forming settlement of Estes Park. Despite assurances from Henrietta that the locals appear amiable, her relatives are concerned and ...

Winner of the 2021 Global Book Awards Gold Medal for Westerns . . . With the passing of her beloved father, Ava Butterfall is suddenly plunged into financial despair and must work for the first time in her life. Being adventurous and smart as a whip, Ava boldly accepts a position in the rough frontier of Wyoming—but finds herself unprepared for the disaster that awaits her. Soon hopelessly lost in the mountains, she warily seeks shelter at the isolated cabin of Hesh Schodde, a rancher who has begun anew in the remote location of Jackson Hole. Hesh is not pleased with taking in Ava who ...

Amazon #1 Bestseller in Frontier & Pioneer Western Fiction . . . Winner of the 2022 Global Book Awards Gold Medal for Westerns . . . "This is one book about the historical west that you won't want to miss. There's great chemistry between the main characters . . ." V.E. VINE VOICE AmazonAmbitious and sophisticated William Winthrop has quit Boston to enter frontier politics in the new state of Wyoming, where opportunities abound. There, William meets Blaine Wallace, a fiery and independent suffragette, living near the town of Buffalo, who he believes is the perfect person to advise him on ...

Winner of the 2023 Global Book Awards Gold Medal for Westerns . . . In 1899, the frontier is alive and well in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, breeding bitter land disputes, gun fights and outlaws. Despite this, Mitch decides to open his struggling cattle ranch to paying guests. What he does not expect is the motley group of visitors who arrive to experience the “Old West,” including delicate-appearing Eira. Eira realizes she has lived a lonely, sheltered life, but so far has not found the courage to get out of her rut. She now finds herself in Jackson Hole, only to please her uncle, who has ...

“Gripping story” “This is one of those stories that grab your attention and holds it right to the very end.” - Amazon Reviewer In 1873, James Nugent, better known as Rocky Mountain Jim, is a hunter and trapper in Estes Park, a settlement just forming in the Colorado Territory. Scarred not only physically from a vicious grizzly bear attack, but emotionally from previous war experiences, he now lives alone in his cabin. When strong-willed Englishwoman, Isabella Bird, visits the area, and Jim acts as her guide in a treacherous ascent up Longs Peak Mountain, an unlikely but undeniable ...

“Historical fiction at its very best . . . lots of laughs to go along with it.” Amazon Reviewer Unexpected attractions develop when Sally and her brother Will, from sophisticated Boston, encounter adventurous Caroline and her brother Teddie, from the rugged Colorado frontier. But their courtships are soon ended when they find themselves pulled apart by vastly different ambitions. Yet as the thwarted lovers attempt to make their own way in a rapidly changing nation, they find themselves unable to forget the person they once adored. Based on true events, Catching Currents captures not ...

When King Richard III must contend with his unruly sister Margaret, he can only groan for she is clever, opinionated, and willful. She has always preferred explanations and reasoning to merely obeying commands. But Margaret, now the Duchess of Burgundy, has an important quest. She has recently found that her acts of charity and good intentions have not received the recognition they deserve, and she is determined to reshape her legacy. If along the way, she can experience some genuine romance—something her tyrant of a husband could never provide—all the better. Or so she assumes, until ...