Queen of the Rockies

Courage is choosing to do the right thing regardless of the cost... As Montana emerges into statehood, one woman must decide if social pressure will prevail when she hides an endangered child, risking her own future happiness.Queen of the Rockies, book 1 of 6, opens the series.1889 (Helena, MT): As the gold rush era, the people of Helena MT must create a new source of income via tourism or become another gold mine ghost town. Calista Blythe enters the first Miss Snowflake Pageant celebrating Montana at Christmastime to expose the plight of street urchins. But hiding an orphan could unravel Calista's reputation, and her budding romance with pageant organizer, Albert Shanahan, if her secret is revealed. Will love or societal pressure prevail?Courage is choosing to do the right thing regardless of the cost...Romantic, comedic adventure set in picturesque Helena, Montana written by a bestselling author who is also a professional genealogist.

Can she release her prejudice to love again?August 1910, Idaho-Montana BorderThe fiery pain at her new husband's murder might equal the disaster blazing across the Pacific Northwest. Stranded in the treacherous railroad camp, baking bread for survival, Juliana Hayes has no desire to marry a railroad ruffian like Lukas Filips, or anyone else. Can she release her prejudice to love again? Or will either one of them survive The Big Blowup to find out? Based on true history when three million acres burned out of control on the border of Montana and Idaho darkening the skies all the way to the East Coast. It's a wonder anyone survived!Includes travel tips article for the Trail of the Hiawatha, insightful Book Club Questions to get discussions going, and author notes detailing behind-the-scenes research for readers.Also available in paperback and large print editions.

Song of the Rockies, Book 2, Queen of the Rockies Series:1890 Helena, Montana ~ Song of the Rockies is the story of a sweet music teacher and eleven boys given one chance or else! Evan Russell lost everything-his ranch, his wife, and now after trusting relatives with his young son, even his little boy is gone. What about that man who won't give up hoping for a lost son? Can two such different people create love out of chaos? Mirielle Sheehan, a music teacher at an exclusive boys' school, believes scholarships for disadvantaged boys will solve the plight of hopeless homeless children. Mirielle's challenge is to turn eleven street ruffians of various ages into stellar, disciplined boys with a future. Most think guttersnipes like this should be sold into indenture to learn a trade or pressed into the military. Get those miscreants off the streets! Evan Russell, new mining millionaire, lost everything in the disastrous winter of 1886. Then his wife died leaving him with a son. Relatives in Helena offer a safe home for the child while Evan must find work in the mines. When he returns, he's devastated to learn the entire family perished in a fire, and his son has never been found. Though he gained a fortune, he's lost everything he valued! How can a beautiful symphony of the heart come from such chaos?

Heart of the Rockies, the 3rd book in bestselling Montana author, Angela Breidenbach's, Queen of the Rockies series. Could she believe in herself when no one else did? 1892, Helena MT: Delphina O'Connor believed God-given dreams for women didn't stop at marriage and children. Hers might not include a husband or family at all. So, when Hugh Thomas rescues the new swimming instructor at the elegant Broadwater Natatorium from near drowning in the Victorian-styled resort pool, how can anyone believe the freedom to enjoy swimming, competition, and a healthy body is an appropriate activity for a proper lady? Hugh is about to find out status quo is the starting line for a courageous woman with a dream! Explore the elaborate true history of the Broadwater Hotel and Natatorium through romantic fiction, though you'll meet several iconic people from Montana's true history in these pages. You might even meet your own ancestor as Angela Breidenbach weaves genealogical and historical tidbits like Easter eggs into this fun glimpse of Montana's elegant past. Once the richest city in the world with millionaires galore, this Gilded Age society exists only in our memory. But what a memory she left us! Heart of the Rockies explores the real-world question: What do you do when you think differently than the world around you?Lovely story that shares the early days of women in synchronized swimming nearing the turn-of-the-century when traditional sensibilities conflict with modern ideas. How does a traditional man learn to love a woman with modern ideas?