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1890. The lawless New Mexico Territory is overrun by criminals who steal money and land without consequence, and everyone carries a gun.
In Montaña Roja, robberies threaten Fred Harvey’s newest Harvey House restaurant. Disguised as a Harvey hostess, undercover Pinkerton agent Clare ventures west, risking exposure at every turn as she searches for answers the law won’t pursue—relying only on her instincts and her derringer to survive.
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Random Saturday
April 2022. [internal chukar monologue]: “WTH. It’s April 7th, people, and instead of building a nest and making babies I’m sitting here getting snowed on while Crazy Lady takes pictures of me through her window. Enough to make a bird fly south again.” [internal Dana monologue]: “I looked up and
Let’s get this Friday started!
On Wednesday this showed up in my feed. It’s a great song but it’s been a nonstop earworm ever since. I see no need to suffer alone, so here you go. Along with the original, of course.
#thiswritinglife
I love a good acknowledgements page at the back of a novel, where the author tells us where they got all their ideas. I try to write them for mine, too. Here’s the one I wrote for The Harvey Girl. It’s six pages long in the book, and it ain’t