Heather Blanton

Never Take A Whale Bone Corset to an Indian Fight

Doing research for my new book, I came across an amazing story of a woman with a steel backbone … and ribs to match! Juliet Constance...

In Time for Christmas by Heather Blanton BOOK GIVEAWAY #LadiesInDefiance

Who’s ready for another giveaway??!?!?! Charlene needs a miracle. God has one waiting … a hundred years in the past. A time travel...

Hang Your Heart on Christmas BOOK GIVEAWAY #LadiesInDefiance

Howdy Ya’ll! How about a little book giveaway to get everyone in the Christmas mood??!?!?! Up for grabs is my Western Romance Novella,...

If She Could Drink and Wear a Badge, She Sure as Heck Should be Able to Vote

Phoebe Wilson Couzins was, to say the least, a trailblazer for women. She was one of the first female lawyers in the United States, the...

The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Vote

Hang Your Heart on Christmas Novel Excerpts

CHAPTER ONE U.S. Marshal Robert “Dent” Hernandez signed the voucher and slid it back across the desk to the sheriff. “That’ll do it.” Two...

Lilian Heath, the First Female Doctor in Wyoming, Was Happy to Overstep Her Bounds

Lilian Heath. Such a demure name. She was anything but. In the 1880’s, Lilian’s pa got her a job assisting Dr. Thomas Maghee, the...

Rachel and Grace Martin — How the Girls With Guns Sent ’em Running!

The painting would imply the waylay was more exciting than it actually was. When it comes to South Carolina’s Revolutionary War history,...

Agent 355–Her Name Might be a Mystery, But is Her Identity Really Still a Secret?

The study of our heroes and heroines is more often than not like trying to track a rabbit. The critter turns, runs, spins, leaves...

Eleanor Dare of the Roanoke Lost Colony — English Grit & American Spirit

I wonder who they were, why they were there, what did they hope to find in America? I am especially fascinated by Eleanor White Dare. Why...