A Place Called Rainwater

Jazz Age #3

by Dorothy Garlock

When her small 1920s Oklahoma town booms in the wake of an oil discovery, spunky Jill, the niece of the local hotel owner, is harassed by locals before reluctantly accepting protection from neighbor Thad, who mistakes her for a flapper. 75,000 first printing.

Genres: Romance, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Fiction, Historical, Mystery, Westerns

416 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Dorothy Garlock was a best-selling American author of over 60 historical romance novels, most of them set in the American West. More than 20 million copies of her books are in print, in 18 languages. Her books have been on the New York Times best seller list seven times. She was named one of the 10 most popular writers of women's fiction four years in a row, from 1985-1988. In 1997, she was awarded the Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award. Garlock is also a member of the Romance Writers Hall of Fame.

Garlock worked as an editor, agent and publicist for most of her writing career. She was a native of Texas who grew up in Oklahoma then married and moved to Iowa. Garlock donated many of her manuscripts and other unpublished writings to the University of Iowa libraries.


Pen names include:
Johanna Phillips
Dorothy Phillips
Dorothy Glenn