What Lies West
A Novel of the American Frontier
Historical Fiction
LaDene Morton

Women Writing the West
2010 Willa Literary Award Finalist

{>}Dec. 10, 2011 It's All About the West
Click the above link to enjoy an hour of music and chat on "Around the Barn" on local KHTS 1220 AM, podcast. Two call-in guests join co-host Bobbi Jean and producer Mike in the studio. First up is Western historical fiction writer, LaDene Morton, author of What Lies West callin' in from Kansas City, MO. We highlight a couple of songs of The Cross Town Cowboys new CD That Old Prairie Moon. WMA award winner, singer/songwriter Dave Stamey joins us for the second half and we feature 3 songs off his new CD, Twelve Mile Road.

From Our Purveyor of Books:
I recently finished reading this terrific book, eagerly and slowly turning the pages one-by-one. Eagerly, because I just had to find out what happens to this engaging and entertaining cast of characters...and slowly because with each page turned I knew I was coming to the end.

From the Publisher:
What Lies West is set in the mid-nineteenth-century American West, where it seems everyone is pursuing their own dream. Carolina (Lina) Clark, young and recently-widowed, can't afford to dream, thanks to the bankrupt business left behind by her ne'er-do-well husband. Alone, desperate, and no other prospects, Lina takes a chance on a wagon train headed west, though she must throw in with two unlikely companions - a would-be madam, and a young man hell-bent on joining the cavalry. Soon, Lina finds herself searching for a dream of her own.

Lina's travels lead her across the Overland Trail, into the diggings of the California Gold Rush, to the center of a booming San Francisco, and finally to a small settlement along Puget Sound in Washington Territory. Just when Lina believes she has found her dream, and a place to belong, she finds herself caught between one man's single-minded ambition and another's plans for building a legacy. Now Lina must embark on a far more desperate search in order to protect the life she has come to love - a search for the truth.

Softcover. 618pp.

About the Author:
LaDene Morton is a professional writer, researcher, and the author of several non-fiction works. She spends her free time traveling and has lived along the Oregon Trail all her life. She currently resides in Kansas City, Missouri, with her partner, Roger, and two cats. This is her first work of fiction.

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