The Wylder West

  Sarita Leone's A Wylder Christmas invites readers to share the festive season in Wylder. Miracles as well as western mischief abounds in this frontier town as the schoolmistress loses her heart to a handsome widower.  Wondering what all the holiday cheer is about? Check out the blurb for this book:  Can a Christmas miracle bring a southern belle into the arms of a Union soldier? Violet Bloom leaves Charleston to come west as a mail-order bride. But when she steps off the stagecoach, she's greeted by tragic news. She vows to begin anew in Wylder, to lay haunting memories to rest, and find peace. Former Union soldier Thomas Harvey's dreams of homesteading are crushed, along with his heart, at the passing of his wife. He moves to town and struggles to survive—not for himself, but for his spirited young daughter. After Thomas rescues Violet during a snowstorm, neither has any thought of romance. But Christmas magic is in the air. It's a time of forgiveness and new beginn...

  Laura Strickland's A Walk on the Wylder Side is a pure western delight! This tale of a gunslinger and the sassy woman he meets in Wylder grabs readers' attention on the very first page.  Wondering what takes place between the pages of this one? Take a peek at the blurb : Outspoken, rebellious Cissy Arkwright was sent west from her Chicago home to work at a boarding house in Wylder, Wyoming. The last thing she expects is friendship with the handsome new boarder, a man with an air of danger and the power to make her smile. Buck Standish is on the run from his past. He'd like to put aside the life of a gun-for-hire, especially once he meets Cissy. But experience tells him the past has a way of catching up, pistols in hand. He's lost his heart to Cissy—should he protect her by hitting the trail again? Or stay in Wylder and fight for their future? Buy a copy of A Walk on the Wylder Side to feel as if you're walking on Wylder Street, too! Happy reading! 

  Wylder Hearts by Kim Turner is a western romance that has it all—cowboys, stolen kisses, and plenty of action!  Wondering what goes on in this Wylder adventure? Take a peek at the blurb :  Caleb Holt is the man to see for a good horse. Abuse an animal and he'll teach the lesson that goes with it. When he lands on top of a woman in the midst of a brawl and snags a passionate kiss, he sparks a fire he never expected. But it doesn't take the cowboy long to learn a lesson of his own… sometimes love comes with a price. Seamstress Laurel Adams is embarrassed by Caleb's stolen kiss. Though she is determined to raise her son alone, she wonders at the ease of falling for the handsome horseman. But when the husband who abandoned her returns, there is only one choice to make—the one that breaks her heart into tiny pieces. Pick up your own copy of Wylder Hearts and fall into the story! Happy reading! 

  The Wylder County Social Club by Nicole McCaffrey kicked off the Wylder West Series in a big way! Readers instantly fell in love with Miss Addie and "the girls" and, of course, Wylder.  Wondering what the hoopla is all about? Check out the blurb for this fun-filled romance:  Eliza Jane O'Hanlan is called west to care for her ailing mother. Raised by a spinster aunt, she only knows that her mother is a successful businesswoman. When she arrives in Wylder she is shocked to learn her mother is the town madam. But the secrets don't end there… Doctor Sam "Coyote" Sullivan saw enough suffering and dying in the war to last a lifetime. He is more than happy to help the town madam keep her girls free of disease—and worse. The moment she arrives in town, the madam's daughter makes it clear she doesn't approve of her mother's unconventional methods—or him. Before long, Eliza doesn't just have the town of Wylder in a stir. She has Coyote pretty stirr...

  First and Best Camp of the Trip  Frederic Remington Wouldn't you like to be a fly on the tent wall during and wild west cowboy campfire? I know I sure would! Or maybe a bird in a tree, listening to the tales of the trail as told by the ones who traveled the long, dusty miles.  I imagine what they talked about but imagination only goes so far. And the truth is, that while I conjure up all kinds of interesting stories, a lot of my research shows that much of what they shot the fat over were mundane topics. Lame horses. Shots taken and missed. The ever-popular weather. Sometimes, women —the ones they left behind as well as saloon girls they hoped to meet.  I read one account that was mostly a complaint about the food on the trail. Apparently campfire grub sometimes left something to be desired! There are no campfire scenes in A Wylder Christmas but that's only because of the season. Violet Bloom, Wylder's schoolteacher, faces enough trials in the story that I couldn...