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New Release Roundup - June 2021

I hope you find one or more new books to enjoy among these new and upcoming June book releases from my fellow scribes. Content ranges from clean reads to spicy.

The Heart's Charge by Karen Witemeyer

Historical Christian Romance | June 1, 2021

The Warrior Kings Collection by Ashley York

Historical Medieval Romance - June 1, 2021

Runaway Hearts by Alexa Aston

Historical Western Romance - June 8, 2021

The Case of the Peculiar Inheritance by Samantha St. Claire

Historical Western Cozy Mystery - June 22,...

The McKenzie Sisters are Coming Soon

The McKenzie Sisters Mystery Series was created by my pal Samantha St. Claire, and she was kind enough to invite me along for the fun.

The Case of the Copper King

by MK McClintock

Ride the rails to Durango at the turn of the century with Cassandra McKenzie, a woman cunning enough to solve the toughest cases in some of the Rockies most rugged and beautiful places.

Read the full description and preorder >

The Case of the Peculiar Inheritance

by Samantha St. Claire

Step into Denver’s bustling ...

Glacier Waters

Nature never fails to amaze. From one month to the next, the landscape gradually shifts to make way for new wonders and beauty.

I go up to Glacier Park often during the quiet seasons. It's a nice place to ponder and relax and imagine myself living 150+ years ago alongside the people in my books. Oh, how I envy them at times. Their lives were certainly not easier, but perhaps simpler.

The Gallaghers wake each morning to tend to their cattle, horses, and children. The Whitcombs oversee the mine...

Delicious and Zesty Lemon Bars with Tea and Books

Sunshine, flowers, and springtime treats. Yes, it is that time of year when I am wishing we still had four feet of snow on the ground, gray skies, and ferocious storms. We are experiencing what I like to call and "off year" in Montana. These are those in-between years when everyone is tricked into thinking the weather is always nice up here, but when the next winter rolls around . . . watch out. Well, not me, because I like winter.

Back to spring.

I do love flowers, and treats, and tea, and b...

A COWBOY OF LEGEND by Linda Broday - Hell's Half Acre

It is a pure delight when I get to welcome another author to visit Tales & Tidings. Linda Broday writes immensely entertaining historical western romance novels, and her newest release, A Cowboy of Legend, will no doubt live up to her . . . legend (Sorry, couldn't help it.). Let's Join Linda now in Hell's Half Acre. What's that, you might wonder? Well, read on to find out.

Hells' Half Acre

Thank you so much for having me, MK. This is such a treat. I’ve long admired your work and like that we sha...

Mining, Soiled Doves, and the Rocky Mountains

Research brings many rewards, chief among them the acquisition of knowledge, and my favorite kind of research is delving into the past. History is filled with a plethora of wisdom, accomplishments, heroics, cautionary tales, and fascinating stories. For my contribution to the McKenzie Sisters Mystery series, I traveled back in time to 1899 Colorado, specifically Durango.

This historically-rich town was not the original setting, but as Cassandra (aka Casey) and I were getting to know each other,...

Writers for Hope Auction 2021 - Closed

Updated 4/11/2021 - Congratulations to Lorinda Ravo, winning bidder, and one of many who made this year's auction a success!

The 2021 Writers for Hope Auction is now open for bids from April 5 to April 9, 2021. This is a wonderful cause that you can learn more about here.

I've participated a few times over the years, and like last year, this year's auction item is a signed Montana Gallagher book bundle PLUS get a character named after you. Last year's high bidder selected their mother for the h...

Writers for Hope Auction 2021

The 2021 Writers for Hope Auction is now open for bid from April 5 - 9, 2021. This is a wonderful cause that you can learn more about here.

I've participated a few times over the years, and like last year, this year's auction item is a signed Montana Gallagher book bundle PLUS get a character named after you. Last year's high bidder selected their mother for the honor, and it is her name that was bestowed on Katharine Kiely in The Healer of Briarwood.

There are a lot of great offerings to bid...

Reflections in Glacier National Park

Our souls need time for solitude and self-reflection, and it is in nature where we can always find both.

It had been a little while since I ventured up to Glacier, and most of the roads are still closed. The colors are still in the transitional phase from winter's end to springs beginning, so at first glance the landscape might appear a little dull.

Then comes the moment of chastisement, when I take another look and of course, it is impossible to look upon such grandeur and not find the wonde...

Relieve Stress with Tea and Books, Plus Strawberry Coffee Cake

“There are times when we stop, we sit still. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper.” -James Carroll

There is an abundance of peace in Caroll's words, and many more words and thoughts just like it are needed now, possibly more than ever before.

It feels, to me, that though our world appears more at peace than a century, two, or more ago, that there is an underlying vibration of growing stress and anxiety, and it continues to escalate.

We seek comfort in a variety of w...