I didn’t expect the research for A Lady in Defiance to break my heart. If you have read my Defiance books, you know I’ve gone to great...

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She lifted the lid on her trunk and sighed at the sight of her corset. Why did she keep that thing around? She picked it up,...

I know most often I focus on ladies in defiance–women who do amazing things or survive incredible situations. However, I was having a...

I would like to thank reader and friend Jeannette Shields for tipping me off to this intriguing lady in defiance–a real one! I get so...

Jack Colton : My minimum price for taking a stranded lady to a telephone is 400 dollars. Joan Wilder : Will you take 375 in traveler’s...

Last week I gave you some thoughts on who and what inspired my character of Charles McIntyre. This week, I’d like to dish on his...

Quirt Evans I often get asked if any of my characters are based on an actual person. Sometimes, they are, sometimes they’re straight out...

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

Love conquers all. Eventually, right? One of my favorite stories of a determined man finally winning the heart of his beloved is the true...

Apparently, author Amélie Wen Zhao hasn’t heard the famous Lincoln quote: You can’t satisfy all of the people all of the time. As...

Abortion. Yeah. I’m going there. As a history freak, I’m pretty well acquainted with how hard life was for the women who settled...

I couldn’t resist sharing this tale with y’all. I was doing a little research and stumbled across the story of  Kate McHale...

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22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.  1...

Christmas in the West in the 1800’s. For some reason, I get warm-and-fuzzy feelings thinking about the wide open spaces, deep snow, tall...

As a nation, not only have we become deeply divided, but we’re divided over stupid things. Maybe–here’s a crazy thought–if we were a...

Can you hear me now? I mean literally. Have you ever thought about listening to an audiobook? Several of my books are available for...

This post first appeared at Cowboy Kisses, May 2017 by Heather Blanton A simple question on the surface, I thought a quick Google would...

How did all this come about? It’s one crazy God-story! Actor Matt Williams I was on facebook private messaging with my assistant when I...