Jay Lake, June 6, 1964 – June 1, 2014

This blog is a bit like a narrow-gauge train … it has its own track and rarely branches out where the bigger trains go. I haven’t had guest bloggers (would you like that?) or done book reviews (should I?) or that kind of thing, but once in awhile something comes along that jazzes me to…

Napoleon’s invasion of England is hidden in the clouds… It is 1819, and Cornwall is agog at the daring of the two young lady aeronauts who, earlier in the summer, flew nearly to France and back in their homemade air ship. Much more is riding on Loveday Penhale and Celeste Blanchard’s new and improved vessel—they…

A lonely prodigal, a cowboy rebel, a secret baby. A recipe for disaster … or for unexpected love? Joshua Miller is the youngest in the Miller family—and the one most likely to break his mother’s heart. The minute he can sneak away, he’s out with his Englisch friends, planning when he’ll jump the fence. It’s all good…

Book four of the Mysterious Devices series An earthquake strikes. A prince and the engineer who loves him are missing. But is it disaster—or foul play? Hot on the trail of their missing father, Daisy and Freddie Linden step off the airship Iris in San Francisco de Asis. At the moment they discover their best clue to…

In the beginning, there was no Circle M ranch. Thirty years ago, there was only the girl next door and the boy who was too shy to tell her he loved her … December marks one of the hardest winters the Miller family has seen in the few years they’ve been ranching in Montana. But…