My Christmas shopping is done (sorry, you probably didn’t want to hear that), and so is my Christmas book (I hope you like hearing that). I’ve always wanted to write a Christmas story, and I finally did it. Christmas with Charlie is a novella, related to the Mountain Women series, but it can be enjoyed …
Although characters in the Mountain Women Series are fictional, parts of the best were inspired by women I have known and admired: the women of my extended family, along with friends, colleagues, and neighbors. Many have passed on, but they are remembered with love and appreciation. Like Edna Kelly, an elderly neighbor who introduced me …
The 14-book Mountain Women series brings to life the struggles, triumphs, friendships and loves of a group of women in a small West Virginia town in the early 1900s. But equally important are the men who are family, friends, and lovers. Though the stories have an abundance of disreputable men, there are just as many …