Yay! April 2012 a new book of mine will be released at Carina Press. Right now, it’s untitled. I originally titled it, Painting Howahkan, but they’ve suggested a title change. I’ll let you know what that is later. This is Ana’s story. You might remember her as one of Daphne’s friends from Consent to the Cowboy.

I want to thank all the readers who questioned me if I was going to write Ana’s story. At the time I wrote Consent to the Cowboy, I had no plans to do so. Boy, am I glad I did. I love this story!

Here’s a little summary of the unnamed book.

Small-town gal, Ana Reynold, lived life the way any twenty-four year old did in Podunk…one day at a time. She served beer at Chum’s Bar, tried to keep her beater car running, and dreamed of a better life. When her friend Daphne Norris introduced her to a wonderful woman named Sarah, Ana bartered for the first time in her life. She’d provide Sarah with a painting, if Sarah taught her how to cook in exchange. If things worked out the way she planned, she could advance into the cook position at Chum’s and work her way out of serving drinks. Maybe with the extra income she’d bring in, she could finally afford painting lessons.

Not many things will bring Howahkan/Kane off the Lakota reservation, but when his sister Sarah and her husband Darrell’s barn is destroyed by lightening, he leaves his home to help construct a new barn for his sister. At thirty years old, he knows it’s safer for a Lakota to keep to himself, raise horses, design saddles, and enjoy the freedom he finds in the land, and he’s at a point in his life where he wants to bring pride and worth to his people. He wasn’t expecting the young white woman serving food and drinks to the crew to capture his attention the way that she did.