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Historical fiction
Heirs of Montana traces the Chadwick and Selby families from wartime migration into the difficult work of establishing ranches and households in Montana Territory. Travel, Indigenous conflict, weather, livestock and competing land claims make survival a collective undertaking rather than a simple story of individual conquest. Across four…
Golden Gate Secrets brings three women to San Francisco, where missing relatives, concealed identities and political corruption draw them into investigations reaching across class and ethnic boundaries. The city’s prosperity and modern confidence rest beside organised vice, unequal power and institutions willing to protect influential men. The trilogy…
The Heart of Alaska centres on the Curry Hotel and the railway tourism industry developing near Mount McKinley during the 1920s. Guides, hotel workers, naturalists and visitors depend on transport and wilderness expertise in a landscape promoted as accessible but never entirely controlled. The trilogy combines romance with…
The Jewels of Kalispell follows a Montana town negotiating the loss of railroad importance and the opportunities created by new civic institutions and Glacier National Park. Court reporting, libraries, conservation debates and theatre place the heroines within public life rather than confining their choices to the household. The…
Treasures of Nome follows the Powell sisters on a family dairy outside a town transformed by the gold rush. Music, travelling entertainment, medicine and sled-dog transport connect the household with mining camps and remote settlements while declining family health threatens its security. The trilogy is a family saga…
Willamette Brides follows women in 1870s and 1880s Oregon as legal investigation, medical education and ethnographic work draw them into conflicts over Native communities and state power. Portland’s commercial growth exists beside discriminatory law, reservation poverty and attempts to provoke violence for political gain. The trilogy combines romance…
Land of Shining Water explores Minnesota communities shaped by seasonal ice cutting, stone quarrying and mining. Family businesses and ethnic neighbourhoods create strong bonds, but promises made between generations can also become instruments of control. The trilogy’s heroines confront duty, long-standing feuds and assumptions about women’s proper work.…
Brookstone Brides follows the women of the Brookstone Wild West Extravaganza, an all-female touring show built around trick riding, sharpshooting and staged frontier spectacle. Public fame gives its performers unusual mobility, but life on the road also exposes them to financial exploitation, violence and secrets carried from town…
The Hope of Cheyenne follows families rebuilding their lives in the young Wyoming town created by the Union Pacific. Ranching, railroad commerce and harsh weather offer opportunity while also magnifying grief, debt and the insecurity of households formed on a rapidly changing frontier. The trilogy’s romances develop through…
Sapphire Brides is set amid Montana’s late nineteenth-century sapphire discoveries, where miners, cutters and investors compete to control valuable stones. Remote camps and international gem markets connect frontier labour with family fortunes and carefully concealed fraud. Each novel pairs romance with danger created by greed, coercion or false…
The Broadmoor Legacy follows three cousins within a wealthy New York family whose social position is tied to a grand Thousand Islands estate. Travel, courtship and public health crises reveal the insecurity behind inherited privilege as poor decisions and concealed financial dealings threaten the family’s future. Rather than…
Yukon Quest follows travellers drawn north by the Klondike gold rush and by personal crises that make remaining at home impossible. Sea voyages, mountain passes, winter trails and isolated settlements expose the gap between promotional dreams of wealth and the physical reality of reaching the goldfields. The trilogy…
Song of Alaska follows the Lindquist family and those drawn into its circle in early twentieth-century Sitka. Shipping, fishing, music and inherited wealth connect the town to the wider Pacific while its small community ensures that family secrets cannot remain private indefinitely. The trilogy traces love across generations…
Ribbons West continues the Baldwin family story during the Civil War era as journeys, photography and railroad development carry its characters deeper into the West. Distance from established communities creates freedom but also exposes travellers to violence, isolation and commercial schemes. The novels present westward movement as morally…
Ladies of the Lake is set around Great Lakes shipping, port development and the commercial networks linking Duluth with eastern cities. The heroines encounter shipyards, passenger steamers and family enterprises whose success depends on dangerous labour and volatile investment. Each romance places private loyalty beside wider obligations to…
Striking a Match is set in an East Texas lumber town whose prosperity depends on forests, sawmills and dangerous industrial labour. The Vandermark family’s business and community ties bring opportunity, but fire, racial violence and economic rivalry threaten the stability they have built. The trilogy follows Deborah Vandermark’s…
Lone Star Brides follows women seeking security and a fresh start in late nineteenth-century Texas. Ranching, cattle wealth and frontier law create opportunities, but violence, hidden identities and unequal marriages make personal safety precarious. The novels treat romance as a process of learning trust rather than a reward…
Love on the Santa Fe follows women whose lives are tied to the railway towns and desert communities of New Mexico Territory. The Santa Fe system brings employment, tourism and outside capital while changing older patterns of trade and sharpening differences of class and culture. The trilogy joins…
Pictures of the Heart is set at Seattle’s 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, where official photographers, performers, exhibitors and visitors create a temporary city devoted to progress and spectacle. Cameras preserve public images while theft, prejudice and family secrets reveal what the fair’s displays leave outside the frame. The trilogy…
Desert Roses is set around the Grand Canyon’s El Tovar Hotel and the railway tourism network that brought affluent visitors to the South Rim. Harvey Girls, guides and hotel workers form a permanent community behind the landscape marketed to travellers as remote and romantic. The novels connect dangerous…
Brides of Seattle follows women connected to the Madison Bridal School in a city expanding through migration, commerce and western investment. The school promises refinement and marriage, but its residents bring private histories that complicate every attempt to define respectability or a suitable future. The trilogy combines courtship…
The Bridal Veil Island trilogy centres on a fictional Georgia sea island as outside investors attempt to turn an isolated community into an exclusive resort. Land ownership, hurricanes, tourism and new employment unsettle older loyalties while drawing residents and newcomers into relationships they did not expect. Each novel…
A Minnesota Legacy follows connected families through Minneapolis’s transformation from a fast-growing milling city into a modern industrial and reform-minded metropolis. Inheritance, medicine, business and charitable work place each romance within the moral consequences of wealth and rapid urban change. The series treats Christian faith as an active…
Ribbons of Steel follows the Baldwin family through the expansion of American railroads and the industrial ambitions that connected eastern finance with western settlement. Engineering, surveying, construction and corporate rivalry make the railway both a practical achievement and a source of conflict. The trilogy combines family saga and…
Ladies of Liberty follows affluent Philadelphia women who move beyond conventional social roles to investigate injustice, defend vulnerable people and expose crimes concealed by wealth. Journalism, law, charitable work and urban politics place each heroine in conflict with men who assume that status should keep women compliant. The…
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