About Vicki Tapia: A native Montanan, Vicki Tapia has lived in south central Montana for most of her life. International speaker and advocate for breastfeeding and most recently, dementia awareness, she is the author of two books and numerous articles. Her first book, Somebody Stole My Iron: A Family Memoir of Dementia, began as a diary to help her cope with caregiving, after both parents were diagnosed with dementia. This memoir was a finalist in the 2015 High Plains Book Awards. Vicki’s … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Vicki Tapia
Olivia, Mourning by Yael Politis
Olivia, Mourning by Yael Politis Olivia wants the 80 acres in far off Michigan that her father left to whichever of his offspring wants to stake a claim. As Olivia says, “I’m sprung off him just as much as Avis or Tobey.” The problem: she’s seventeen, female, and it’s 1841. Mourning Free knows how to run a farm and Olivia has complete trust in him. The problem: he’s the orphaned son of runaway slaves and reluctant to travel and work with a white girl. He especially fears the slave catchers … [Read more...] about Olivia, Mourning by Yael Politis
Trail of Secrets by Laura Wolfe
Spending three weeks of her summer at the elite Foxwoode Riding Academy in northern Michigan should have been one of the happiest times of sixteen year-old Brynlei’s life. But from the moment Brynlei arrives at Foxwoode, she can’t shake the feeling she’s being watched. Then she hears the story of a girl who vanished on a trail ride four years earlier. While the other girls laugh over the story of the dead girl who haunts Foxwoode, Brynlei senses that the girl—or her ghost—may be lurking in the … [Read more...] about Trail of Secrets by Laura Wolfe
Murder in the Boonies by Maggie Pill
When the people renting the Sleuth Sisters' family farm move out unexpectedly, Retta suspects that at least some of them didn't go voluntarily. As the sisters deal with the menagerie of animals left behind--some usual, some exotic- things happen that range from puzzling to downright dangerous. What was Ben McAdams into, and did his odd views of society lead to murder? Trying to answer those questions leads Barb, Faye, and Retta to a desperate chase on Michigan's Mackinac Island as they work … [Read more...] about Murder in the Boonies by Maggie Pill
