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Nov 15, 20221 min read

NEW: Sweet Clean Christmas Romance

Just for fun, I wrote a Christmas time novella this year. It's a clean, sweet historical romance set in my favorite town: Prescott,...

Sweet Clean Suspenseful Frontier Romance

Karen Baney

Nov 14, 20221 min read

Historical Romance Reviews

Sweet Clean Suspenseful Frontier Romance

The Accidental Guardian (High Sierra Sweethearts Book 1) by Mary Connealy Buy on Amazon Genre: Historical Romance, Historical Fiction,...

Karen Baney

Nov 13, 20222 min read

Contemporary Romance Reviews

Delightful Cowboy Christmas Romance

The Cowboy's Christmas Reunion (Saddle Springs Romance Book 1) by Valerie Comer Buy on Amazon Genre: Contemporary Romance, Western...

The Railroad Magnate (Colter Sons Book 3) - Chapter 1 & 2

Karen Baney

Nov 2, 20229 min read

Colter Sons Series

The Railroad Magnate (Colter Sons Book 3) - Chapter 1 & 2

Chapter 1 My name is James Colter, the first-born son of the Colter family. Unlike my brothers, my position in the family never crosses...

Karen Baney

Oct 27, 20221 min read

Homestead House

Homestead House: Looms

This picture shows a loom and spinner that might have been used in the 1800’s. In some places where fabric availability was rare, women...

Karen Baney

Oct 20, 20221 min read

Homestead House

Homestead House: Kitchen

I love this picture from the Pioneer Living History Museum of a homestead kitchen. This particular picture comes from a cabin circa...

Karen Baney

Oct 13, 20221 min read

Homestead House

Homestead House: Irons

The row of irons, shown here, are varying in sizes. I’m not sure of the exact dates or eras, but I would guess they were between the...

Karen Baney

Oct 6, 20221 min read

Homestead House

Homestead House: Laundry

This washer machine, the 20th Century (model name), was first produced in the early 1900’s around 1910 by the Nineteen Hundred Washing...

Karen Baney

Sep 29, 20221 min read

Homestead House

Homestead House: Coffee Grinders

On a recent trip to a museum, I was excited to find these three coffee grinders. The one on the top right is an Enterprise coffee...

Karen Baney

Sep 22, 20221 min read

Homestead House

Homestead House: Meat Juice Press

On a research trip to a museum, I came across this fascinating little home appliance. It’s called a meat juice press. Landers, Frary, &...

Karen Baney

Sep 15, 20221 min read

history

Homestead House: Stove

These two pictures show two different iron stoves. The left picture was most likely made in the early 1900s and is much larger than what...

The 1860s Woman Part 3: On The Santa Fe Trail

Karen Baney

Sep 8, 20221 min read

1860s Woman

The 1860s Woman Part 3: On The Santa Fe Trail

While many women headed west on the Santa Fe Trail with their families, some hired on with the Army or freighters. Regardless of why...

The Roaming Adventurer (Colter Sons Book 2) - Chapter 1 & 2

Karen Baney

Sep 6, 20229 min read

Colter Sons Series

The Roaming Adventurer (Colter Sons Book 2) - Chapter 1 & 2

Chapter 1 I could tell you my name, but growing up at my house, I thought it was almost a curse word. If Mama said my name, Boone, with...

The Reluctant Cattleman (Colter Sons Book 1) - Chapters 1 & 2

Karen Baney

Sep 3, 20229 min read

Colter Sons Series

The Reluctant Cattleman (Colter Sons Book 1) - Chapters 1 & 2

Chapter 1 My name is Sam Colter. Samuel when Mama is about to take me to task, which is hardly ever. I am the second to oldest of the...

The 1860s Woman Part 2: Perception & Pursuits

Karen Baney

Sep 1, 20221 min read

history

The 1860s Woman Part 2: Perception & Pursuits

In the 1860s, while eastern states saw women as equals, that was rarely the case in the west. The patriarch still ruled in the west,...

Karen Baney

Aug 27, 20222 min read

history

The 1860s Woman Part 1: Occupations

In many of my novels, I love to put women in untraditional roles like: Horse Trainer / Hotel Clerk - A Heart Renewed (Prescott Pioneers...

Karen Baney

Aug 25, 20222 min read

Excerpts

When Sam Meets Ellie Mae

Excerpt from The Reluctant Cattleman (Colter Sons Book 1) Sam “Incoming female rider,” Boone announced as he skidded his black stallion,...

Karen Baney

Aug 22, 20223 min read

Excerpts

When Ellie Mae Meets Sam

Excerpt from The Reluctant Cattleman (Colter Sons Book 1) Ellie Mae When I reined in the mare near the house, Mrs. Colter was the first...

NEW RELEASE: The Reluctant Cattleman (Colter Sons Book 1)

Karen Baney

Aug 19, 20221 min read

New Releases

NEW RELEASE: The Reluctant Cattleman (Colter Sons Book 1)

A heartwarming western romance and coming of age story set in Prescott, Arizona in 1887. As Sam Colter takes on more responsibilities at...

I’m Not Sorry If My Characters Offend You

Karen Baney

Jul 30, 20222 min read

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I’m Not Sorry If My Characters Offend You

Okay, that probably sounds harsh and even the title of this post may offend you, but I do hope you will persevere and read on anyway....

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