Eight Tips on Researching History By Milana Marsenich

Eight Tips on Researching History By Milana Marsenich When I first offered to write Idaho Madams for Farcountry Press, in the interest of fairness, I explained that I didn’t know how to research nonfiction. When they said yes to my proposal, my stomach tumbled. I needed to learn how to research histo…

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Idaho Madams By Milana Marsenich

Idaho Madams By Milana Marsenich Book Summary Fur, silver, and gold first lured men to Idaho Territory. Women soon followed. And what women they were! Molly B'Damn, Peg Leg Annie, Spanish Belle, Lou Beevers, Diamond Tooth Lil—the names alone promised excitement and intrigue. In fact, these madams l…

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Don’t Let Me Keep You By Kathie Giorgio

Don’t Let Me Keep You By Kathie Giorgio Book Summary Motherhood is a symphony, from the first movement, through crescendo after crescendo, to the finale.  Hildy Halverson, a genius in math and science, is pushed by her parents to step into a male-dominated field and change the world for women. But Hild…

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Celebrating Orange and Autumn

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Fall Pictures from the Prairie

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This tree

I couldn't get enough of this gorgeous tree with pink blossoms.

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The 10 Great Evils On the Earth

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My Year of Casual Acquaintances by Ruth F. Stevens

Book Summary When Mar Meyer's husband divorces her for another woman, she reacts by abandoning everything in her past: her home, her friends, even her name. Though it's not easy to start over, Mar is young-looking, fit, and ready for new adventures - as long as she can keep things casual. Wit…

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Valley of the Giants

It was a wet, cold, Autumn day, but a perfect day to go to the Valley of the Giants with Kayla.

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The Last Witch on Skye by Carolyn J. Nicholson and illustrated by E.M. Gales

It’s a  delightful middle-grade fantasy, set on the Isle of Skye and featuring eight full-page illustrations (including a map). "The Last Witch on Skye  has all the imaginative ingredients for a page-turner: a portal between the world of fairies and the world of humans; witches both good and bad;…

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All Money Ain't Good Money by Tracey Lampley

Book Summary Jinx Curry is a single mom who spends her days spying on cheating wives and husbands, but she aches for more importance. When her boss, Capricorn Hayes, finally assigns Jinx a missing persons case involving a congressman's missing granddaughter, Jinx jumps at the chance. Not only to…

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