My blurb …
Setting: 1861. A mining camp. Father, son and daughter who passing as a male. Yet another gold field. Father spends the gold as fast as it’s found on liquor & gambling while son & daughter toil long hours. Della is also expected to do all the things a woman would – laundry, shop, cook, clean. The law is fair, tough and swift. And Della Wolfe, known as Del, wishes she was anywhere but Bear Valley.
Category: Historical
Books where the History of the area is a key aspect of the story. Mail order & Western Romance book will rarely appear in this category. Most books will deal with American history.
Answering Liberty’s Call
The year — 1778. Based on the author’s 6th-great-grandmother, Anna Stone does the unthinkable. With her family ill & starving at Valley Forge, she defies custom & rides alone — it’s 200 miles on horseback. She’s a mother of three & a healer. She feels she has to go despite the dangers of the terrain & people who prey on travelers. That alone makes for a good story, but she learns about a plot to overthrow Gen. Washington and now her ride is even more important …
The Surgeon’s Daughter by Audrey Blake
This is only a small part of this book. There is so much more. Dr. Croft’s battles with an envious and far less learned doctor. Daniel, Nora’s almost-finance, works with Dr. Croft. How a diphtheria epidemic is handled. Midwives knew so much about birth, but their knowledge was ignored by the medical profession. You will…
Never Look Back by Lesley Pearse
The story of Matilda, a little flower girl in Victorian England who was lucky. “Lucky” is defined as Opportunity *and* (hard) Work. One day she saves a minister’s daughter from being trampled by horses and is offered the opportunity of working & living with their family. The missus is not an easy woman to work for or live with. But Matilda works hard and when the minister is called to New York City, she accompanies the family. Her story involves the Wild West, wagon trains, San Francisco at its beginning, the Gold Rush, and romance. This saga is about a strong woman who took opportunities – or “lemons” – and made them work
Centurion Witness
Calix, the centurion, is a highly decorated, skilled soldier and a known leader of men in the Roman Army. He is also haunted by something he did in a recent battle. In his last assignments, he interacts with the governor of Judea and Pontius Pilate. And he meets Jesus. What else happens in his last months of service?
Claiming Her Legacy
The only thing left for Willa and her sisters is the farm. It’s their legacy and their lives depend on making the bank payment. But a woman does not go after an outlaw for the bounty. Gideon is the one man that can help her but his past eats at him & whiskey makes it go away… The year 1890; the location is Oklahoma Territory.