Melinda and the Wild West: A Family Saga in Bear Lake, Idaho,Used

Product Description In 1896 Melinda Gamble a very elegant, very nave young woman from Boston decides to give up her life of monotonous comfort for the turbulent uncertainty of the still untamed Wild West. Driven by her intense desire to make a difference in the world, Melinda takes a job as a schoolteacher in the small town of Paris, Idaho, where she comes facetoface with a frightening bank robber, a vicious grizzly bear, and an intense blizzard that leaves her clinging to her life. But it is a ruggedly handsome and very mysterious stranger who challenges Melinda with the one thing for which she was least prepared love. Review "Linda Clarke is a fresh new face in the fiction market. Her vivid descriptions, engaging characters, and clever word usage make reading her work a pleasure. I look forward to enjoying her books for many years to come." Betsy Brannon Green, bestselling suspense author"Such memorable characters! What an incredible blessing in the lives of her future readers Kerry Blair, bestselling mystery author"A writing style that opens the mind in a way that lets usfeel the thoughts and emotions of the characters. It is impossible to avoid becoming part of the story... She writes historical fiction as if she were taking the reader back in time." Lloyd E. Reid From the Publisher Linda's knowledge of and interest in the historic Old West provides a fascinating plunge into the lives of her fictional, yet undeniably real characters. Her adeptness at intertwining fact and fiction allows the past to spring to life with the newness and intrigue of unexplored territory. Courtney Littler, Editor for American Book Publishing From the Inside Flap "Linda Clarke is a fresh new face in the fiction market. Her vivid descriptions, engaging characters, and clever word usage make reading her work a pleasure. I look forward to enjoying her books for many years to come." Betsy Brannon Green, bestselling suspense author "Such memorable characters! What an incredible blessing in the lives of her future readers." Kerry Blair, bestselling mystery author "A writing style that opens the mind in a way that lets us?feel the thoughts and emotions of the characters. It is impossible to avoid becoming part of the story... She writes historical fiction as if she were taking the reader back in time." Lloyd E. Reid "No matter what, readers can rest assured that Clarke's passionate nature will shine through in her literary skills. Bottom line: if your heart's still beating, you'll leave?with thoughts racing." Brittany Bombard, Editor of the Adirondack Daily Enterprise About the Author Linda Weaver Clarke travels throughout the United States, teaching a "Family Legacy Workshop," encouraging people to write their family history and autobiography. She is the author of eight novels: the historical romance series, "A Family Saga in Bear Lake, Idaho," which includes: Melinda and the Wild West a semifinalist for the "Reviewers Choice Award 2007," and a mystery series, "The Adventures of John and Julia Evans."