Year-end roundup

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…

What a prosaic title for a blog entry. But every writer knows what this means: A home for those towering piles of books that have been accumulating on tables, on other shelves, in the bathroom closet, and on the floor of every room. Or maybe that’s just me. Our local Borders is one of the…

In a world as large as Magnificent Devices, people and ships and steam trains are on the move in every book. World events can be affected by the smallest choices made by ordinary and extraordinary people. It’s not hard to get mixed up about what happened when … and if you’re me, you discover you…

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…

Love is a Mystery: Six Novels of Love, Laughter and Lawbreaking Six best-selling authors’ romantic mystery novels in one boxed set, featuring heroes and heroines who are fearless, funny, and very good at sleuthing out crimes. Available June 1, 2014, for only 99 cents for 90 days—over 1,400 pages of summer reading at a 90%…

The sweetest song comes from a forgiving heart. —Whinburg Township Amish proverb The summer Simon Yoder broke her heart was the summer Cora Swarey lost her ability to hear the music in Colorado’s high country. She thought God had brought them together, but when Simon dropped her to pursue an Englisch woman, she wondered how she’d ever…