In spring 1874, the American economy is descending into a depression, following the collapse of Jay Cooke's financial empire. Amid the chain of bank and business failures set off by Cooke's bankruptcy, Jubilee Walker struggles to keep Warner and Walker Outfitters solvent.Jubil's grand plans for developing Yellowstone National Park into a popular tourist destination were dashed when Cooke's business failed, but he is still determined to help fulfill the park's potential-not to menti...

Fall 2025 The Bookfest First Place Award for Young Adult Historical FictionThe thrilling newest installment in award winning Jubilee Walker seriesIn 1872, six hundred miles between Bismarck and Bozeman remain to be surveyed for the Northern Pacific Railroad. But Sitting Bull is gathering strength to resist this incursion into the tribes' hunting grounds.Citizens and politicians question the need for the rail line and doubt that it c...

The 2024 Goethe Book Awards Long List for Historical Fiction2024 Independent Press Award "Distinguished Favorite" in Western FictionSpring 2024 The BookFest First Place Award for Young Adult Historical FictionWhen seventeen-year-old Jubilee Walker loses his mother in 1867, he has no idea that during the next two years he will be riding a wagon train across the plains, befriending a Pawnee scout, climbing mountains,...

Fall 2024 The BookFest Second Place Award for Young Adult Historical FictionFor decades, mountain men told tales of the exotic geography surrounding the source of the Yellowstone River, and Jubilee Walker, to the dismay of his fiancée, Nelly Boswell, can't resist the opportunity to see it for himself. When Jubil joins an expedition to explore the region, he and his companions brave an unforgiving wilderness to find that the truth is even stranger than the legends.

I can’t borrow him.He’s not a sweater or a skirt.He’s not even her favorite dress—the lucky one she wears on first dates. The one she probably wore on her first date with him.In my defense, I didn’t know who he was. To me, he was a cool, calm, confident stranger. He was perfection for the entire hour and a half train ride while the concrete jungle turned into a rolling green landscape.To an outsider, we probably appeared more friends than hopeful lovers. But...

LAKE STARLIGHT BUZZ WHEELPRESS RELEASE: Rumor around town is a certain matriarch of the Bailey family is having a BIG BIRTHDAY! It’s even spurred a few of the Bailey kids to return home to celebrate with their beloved great-grandmother, Dori. In fact, now that there are twenty-six Bailey great-grandchildren the event is going to be overflowing with laughter and love. Also… I heard that Piper & Rayne have been speaking to some of the kids (i.e. Calista, Maverick, Ea...

He’s not your average Joe from the corner bar.He’s the heir to the crown.I should know, I’ve followed him for years.Not in a stalkerish way. Magazines and online gossip blogs are fair game when you’re royalty.But I do know every detail about him, down to the brand of boxer briefs he wears.All my studying of the man who plays a starring role in my dreams pays off when I win a dinner with him. As if that wasn’t enough, he barters a deal with me that ha...

It’s not every day you ask your older brother's teammate to be your fake boyfriend. But desperate times call for gorgeous, impulsive measures.Miles Garrett is a pro basketball player with a heartstopping smile and infamous cocky charm.But to me, he's always been more than a celebrity. Miles is the guy who puts friends and family first…and my college crush.When my sorority sister decides to bring my ex to our reunion, I need a plus-one who can have m...

She was always the one.Or so I thought.Turns out my instincts were dead wrong.Years ago I was faced with the choice between two women. Both were perfect in opposite ways. One was carefree and against commitment. The other was a woman you’d bring home to mom.I was young, naïve and stupid. I’m sure you can guess who I chose.Now, I’m older, wiser and know what the hell I want.So, when the same two women pop back into my life it’s my chance for a...

She’s got two strikes against her.Her name is Erickson and her parents own The Bagel Place.It wasn’t always that way. When we were nine, we were best friends. But then a feud between our dads ripped their successful business apart—and my best friend was ripped away too.Our paths were bound to cross again. When both our families vie for the same spot on a Food Channel’s reality show, the producers decide to change the format, aligning us as allies.In order to...

'Tis the season… for deliciously bad decisions.Last Christmas, I made a rookie mistake.I had a one-night stand with the Denver Kodiaks’ new golden boy.It was hot, reckless, and a play I’ll never make again.At least, that’s what I tell myself.Because forgetting isn’t so easy when I work at the team’s bar.When I see him twice a week, grinning, flirting, acting like he doesn’t remember.Now, everyone’s favorite rookie is ...

My teammate’s little sister is all I’ve ever wanted. Now I’ll do whatever it takes to keep her.I’ve loved her in secret for years. I kept her safe from the sidelines, even though I knew better.Everyone knows me as the good times guy, the player with a million dollar smile. Never taking anything too seriously.Except for her.She’s my end game. I’d sacrifice anything for Brooke, but my choices risk my team and the future of the Denver ...