New Release: “The Vigilante Vixen and the Stranger in the Cliffs” by T. G. Partain

Pearl Hawthorne, the main character in the Vigilante Vixen series, is such fun to write. In this episode of Pearl’s life, she travels from Vernal, Utah, headed for Denver. In many ways, her life has been disastrous. Abandoned as a child by her mother, later “rescued” by her uncaring father, and blamed for her associationContinueContinue reading “New Release: “The Vigilante Vixen and the Stranger in the Cliffs” by T. G. Partain”

Jacquelina Biggs King: Cherokee Woman Now Recognized in Arizona

Women Writing the West’s “Hottie Historian,” Janelle Molony, has recently brought long-overdue attention to Jacquelina “Lina” Biggs King, a Cherokee-descended Arizona pioneer interred in Phoenix’s oldest cemetery. Entrance to Phoenix’s Pioneer & Military Memorial Park. (Janelle Molony 2026) Entrance to City Loosley Cemetery at the Pioneer & Military Memorial Park. (Janelle Molony 2026) This April,ContinueContinue reading “Jacquelina Biggs King: Cherokee Woman Now Recognized in Arizona”

Primary Sources: Not Just for Fact-Finding

By Sheila Quinn Charming, But Insufficient Many of us are inspired to write family stories. Motivated by duty, nostalgia, or a desire to set the record straight, we feel set about recording the history of our ancestors. I inherited suitcases full of photographs, letters, maps, receipts, and even locks of hair from three generations ofContinueContinue reading “Primary Sources: Not Just for Fact-Finding”

New Release: “Crime on the Coast” by Marty Eberhardt

In this third mystery of the Bea Rivers series, Bea travels from the Sonoran Desert in full bloom to coastal California, where she has been invited to a small botanical garden conference in exclusive La Jolla. After a tense evening meal, the host director falls from 300-foot cliffs to the beach below. The police declareContinueContinue reading “New Release: “Crime on the Coast” by Marty Eberhardt”

Wintering with WWW: Eilene Lyon

By Eilene Lyon What Lies Beneath Colorado: Researching and Writing a Nonfiction Book in 13 Months Serendipity. As I was wrapping up the final draft of my first book, my publisher put out a call for Colorado authors to write a book in the What Lies Beneath series about pioneer cemeteries in my home state.ContinueContinue reading “Wintering with WWW: Eilene Lyon”

New Release: “Tetons by Morning” by Lucy Naylor Kubash

The books in my North Star Legacy series are contemporary western romance set in the Grand Teton country of Wyoming. The first book, Chance’s Return, was released last year by the Wild Rose Press. Former rodeo champion, Chance McCord, and Casey Girard, a midwestern librarian and widowed mom, meet and fall in love during summerContinueContinue reading “New Release: “Tetons by Morning” by Lucy Naylor Kubash”