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THE COURAGEOUS BRIDES COLLECTION

Remember when I said I'd be revealing some big news soon? Okay, so maybe you don't remember. I know, you have a life, right? Well, whether you recall it or not, I do actually have some big news . . . three horn-blowers to toot about, but I'll only reveal one today. Authors love their cliffhangers, you know.

Coming next July, my story, THE DOCTOR'S WOMAN, will be featured in the upcoming Courageous Brides collection. Here's a blurb . . .
EMMALINE LARSON is no stranger to loss. Living in a land as wild as the natives who roam it, she's lost her father, her betrothed, and when DR. JAMES CLARK crashes into her world, she loses the last thing left to her -- her heart.

That's the short version. The historical part of it centers around the Dakota Uprising of 1862. You've all heard of the Cherokee Trail of Tears, right? When natives were forced to march to a reservation under horrific conditions? Well the same thing happened in Minnesota, but on a smaller scale. About 1600 Dakota women, children, elders and a few men were marched in November for a week to an internment camp at Fort Snelling. Many died, especially having to live in tents down by the river, crammed in a small area, until May.

I live by Fort Snelling, and that story has always captured my interest. Talk about potential for conflict. The heroine is a young lady who's father has just died, so she's on her way to Minneapolis to live with her aunt. Her plans are upset when soldiers from the fort come looking for her father, not knowing of his death. He was a doctor, and their military doctor hasn't arrived yet. She goes to see what she can do.

Of course that's when the hero, the replacement doctor, arrives fresh from Harvard. He's all Mr. Uppity Do-it-by-the-book and she's more holistic, natural cures. Sparks fly, especially when the natives are herded to the fort. He can't care for all of them, so he asks her to stay. Bad combo, right? Until the end of the story, that is.

So, interested? I'll share a cover reveal here and who the other authors are that will be included in the collection. Stay tuned . . .