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The Man from Shenandoah
Ride to Raton
Trail of Storms
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Mother's Wisdom: Lessons from Sons and Daughters, Leatherwood Press
Slim & The Schoolmarm
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Jessie Bingham put heartbreak away to tend to her sister's needs, but when she settled for second best in love, she didn't foresee that James Owen would come back into her life.
The aftermath of the Civil War creates cruel circumstances for the Bingham family. A brutal attack on Jessie's sister, Hannah Fletcher, drives the extended family to flee to the West. They are soon joined by Heppie Bingham's beau George and his brother, Ned, who bring news that the Binghams are being pursued by cronies of Hannah's attacker. Even after they fight off that onslaught, poverty, bad weather, and Hannah's frightful secret plague their journey. Nursing her battered heart when she hears James Owen took a wife, Jessie accepts Ned's offer of marriage. But a stop on the trail holds surprises that launch Jessie into a bewildering tangle of values, emotions, and high adventure.
REVIEW by Shirley Bahlmann, author of the "Odds" pioneer series COMMENTS by Dan Olsen, owner of The Write Impression
Carl Owen doesn't intend to lose anything—not his land, not his cattle, and certainly not his girl—ever again!
The young cavalryman returns from the Civil War to find the family farm destroyed, his favorite brother dead, food scarce, and his father determined to leave the Shenandoah Valley to build a cattle empire in Colorado Territory. Crossing the continent, Carl falls in love with his brother's fiancée while set to wed another girl, but he might lose everything if the murderous thug Berto Acosta has his way. Carl battles a band of outlaws, a prairie fire, blizzards, a trackless waterless desert, and his own brother—all for the hand of feisty Ellen Bates.
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RIDE TO RATON Will a journey to Santa Fe for a young man and his unintended bride end in marital bliss or disaster?
Estranged from his family, James Owen leaves home to make a new life for himself. The turbulent world of post-Civil War Colorado Territory is fraught with danger and prejudice that increase his bitter loneliness as personal setbacks threaten to break him. Then James's journey brings him into contact with another wayfarer, beautiful young Amparo Garcés, who has come from Santa Fe to Colorado to marry a stranger. Through a twist of fate, their futures are changed forever when their lives are merged in a marriage of convenience. James and Amparo undertake a hazardous horseback trek over Raton Pass to Santa Fe, battling their personal demons, a challenging language barrier, and winter's raging storms.
Review from ROUNDTABLE REVIEWS Review from ROMANCE JUNKIES
NON FICTION BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR AND HER FRIENDS: LDS STORYMAKERS: WRITING SECRETS
A comprehensive guide to writing fiction & nonfiction in the LDS market
WONDERING HOW TO WRITE AN LDS BESTSELLER? Drawing on a wealth of knowledge, fourteen authors give you the answers to the pitfalls and problems faced by writers everywhere in this comprehensive volume. Whether you've written all your life, or have just begun to experience the joys of putting pen to paper, this book has what you need, to keep you going, achieve more, and—most importantly—do it right.
Written in the same easy-going manner as its companion volume, PUBLISHING SECRETS, LDS STORYMAKERS: WRITING SECRETS offers just the right encouragement and advice needed when faced with two hundred empty pages. Learn from the extensive experiences—both good and bad—of fourteen successful LDS authors as they explain how, and how not, to write your story.
Written and compiled by: Linda Paulson Adams, Shirley Bahlmann, Anne Bradshaw, James Dashner, Janet Kay Jensen, Josi S. Kilpack, Tamra Norton, Rachel Ann Nunes, Lisa J. Peck, Tristi Pinkston, BJ Rowley, Marsha Ward, Linda Shelley Whiting, and Julie Wright.
LDS STORYMAKERS: PUBLISHING SECRETS
A comprehensive guide to getting your book published in the LDS market
WONDERING HOW TO BREAK INTO THE LDS PUBLISHING WORLD?
Tap into the minds and combined experience of thirteen successfully published LDS authors as they smooth your path to publication. Your questions can all be answered in this comprehensive volume.
Within these pages you'll find encouragement from people who have "been there, done that." They're rooting for you, cheering you on, and challenging you to stay the course and follow your passion.
Written in a friendly, conversational manner, and packed with intriguing, insightful—and sometimes humorous—experiences, LDS STORYMAKERS: PUBLISHING SECRETS is sure to become a well-thumbed addition to your writing reference library.
"Enlightening and highly informative, in an easy-to-follow format, this book is a must for every aspiring LDS writer." Written and compiled by: Linda Paulson Adams, Shirley Bahlmann, Anne Bradshaw, Thom Duncan, Josi S. Kilpack, Rachel Ann Nunes, Lisa J. Peck, Tristi Pinkston, BJ Rowley, Gordon Ryan, Marsha Ward, Linda Shelley Whiting, and Julie Wright. |
