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Synopsis:~

She’s a Pinkerton detective. He’s working undercover for Wells Fargo. Neither has a clue about love.

Annie Beckman arrives at Last Chance Ranch in the Arizona Territory holding the classified ad she found. Miss Walker’s search for an heiress who is single and willing to remain so gives her the perfect cover. As a detective for the Pinkerton Agency, Annie’s latest clandestine task is to discover the identity of the mysterious Phantom, a train robber thought to be hiding out at the ranch.

Ranch hand and undercover Wells Fargo detective Jeremy Taggert is secretly tracking the Phantom too, but …

Character Spotlight ~ Lori Benton’s Willa, Neil, & Joseph

Meet a captive, a botanist, and a brave in

Lori Benton’s

historical novel

Burning Sky

Waterbrook Press

The Story

Abducted by Mohawk Indians at fourteen and renamed Burning Sky, Willa Obenchain is driven to return to her family’s New York frontier homestead after many years building a life with the People. At the boundary of her father’s property, Willa discovers a wounded Scotsman lying in her path. Feeling obliged to nurse his injuries, the two quickly find much has changed during her twelve-year absence—her childhood home is in disrepair, her missing parents are rumored to be Tories, and the young …

Bookish Question of the Week

I’ve selected another question from the responses I received when I asked for Bookish Question ideas!

This one is from one of my dearest friends, Tracy ~ she is a fellow bibliophile, writes fabulous reviews, blogs about life at Beyond My Picket Fence, and is a friend of the heart! A variety of this question was also asked by author Richard Mabry, and after some wonderful chats at ACFW with publishers, I know there are a lot of us who really want to know the answer to this one!

Here’s Tracy’s question:

What draws you to pick up

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Guest Post ~ Lisa T Bergren

Two Places You Might Not Visit in Italy (But Should)

Lisa T. Bergren

In my travels for researching the Grand Tour Series, I happened upon two locations I think everyone should see, when they get to Italy. Both made it into the pages of Glittering Promises, but to further whet your appetite, here’s more on each…

SATURNIA

My husband and I spent a glorious week in Tuscany a few years ago (I was WORKING, remember?). We rented a tiny villa on the top of a hill. Over to our right was the ancient hill city …

Character Spotlight ~ Melanie Dobson’s Lydia Caswell

Meet a reluctant spy in

Melanie Dobson’s

historical romance

The Courier of Caswell Hall

Summerside Press

The Story

An unlikely spy discovers freedom and love in the midst of the American Revolution.

As the British and Continental armies wage war in 1781, the daughter of a wealthy Virginia plantation owner feels conflict raging in her own heart. Lydia Caswell comes from a family of staunch Loyalists, but she cares only about peace. Her friend Sarah Hammond, however, longs to join the fight. Both women’s families have already been divided by a costly war that sets father against son and neighbor …

Glittering Promises by Lisa T Bergren

Synopsis:~

Wealth cannot buy peace … or direction.

For Cora Kensington, the Grand Tour was to be the trip of a lifetime. She discovered the family she never knew she had, and may have even found the love she longs for in Will. And yet her life has just become infinitely more challenging …

Hounded by journalists chasing the beguiling story of the newest American heiress, Cora fights to remain true to her past, reconcile her present, and still embrace her future. But as Will struggles with her newfound wealth, she begins to wonder if their love is strong enough …