I am so pleased with the initial reaction to Leaving Home, book 3 in the Rocky Mountain Front series. This is Dylan’s and Megan’s story, but I’ll let some of the reviewers tell you more … “Megan finds herself starting over, leaving North Carolina, she lands in Montana where the … Read More
Choteau–Setting for Home Is Where the Heart Is
On the Rocky Mountain Front, about two hours south of the Canadian border, lies the small town of Choteau, Montana, population 1,691. The county seat, the town is most famous for dinosaurs and David Letterman. Like a lot of small towns, it has a mixture of old businesses, some of … Read More
Release Day! Second Chance Christmas Is Available!
Today is release day for Second Chance Christmas. As is appropriate after Thanksgiving, I am thankful for many people who have collaborated in the creation and publicity for this book. Julie Sturgeon and Tara Gelsomino from Crimson Romance (an imprint of Simon & Schuster) have been stalwarts for a long … Read More
Cover Reveal: Second Chance Christmas Romance
Second Chance Christmas, my latest Christmas romance set in my town of Missoula, Montana, hits the shelves on November 27, 2017! This book has a new twist. I’ve upped the intrigue. Not only do Reese and Findlay need to find their way to each other, but they need to figure … Read More
Not a Romance: Wind River
DH and I decided to escape the smoke a bit and go to the movies. We chose “Wind River,” set on the Native American reservation for the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho (traditional enemies) Native American tribes in Wyoming. It is an excellent movie, but definitely not a romance. The … Read More
Montana Cherries
About 27 miles long, Flathead Lake is the largest freshwater lake after the Great Lakes. It’s a mecca for hot Montanans in the summer. My DH and I often drive up the west side of the lake on our way to Glacier National Park. The views are beautiful, and … Read More
Travel, Like Romance, Takes Unexpected Turns
Travel to Yellowstone–Not without Adventure My DH and I had been looking forward to our camping trip to Yellowstone National Park for months. It’s the 100th anniversary of our national parks, and we were eager to travel to one before the year ended. Two years ago our trip had been … Read More
Cover Release: Love on the Wind
Love on the Wind by Casey Dawes Mountain Vines Publishing Releasing on October 12, 2016 All Becky wanted to do when she was growing up was to get out of Hardin, Montana, a small town with a conservative bent close to the Battle of the Little Big Horn National Monument. … Read More
Montana Music and Small Towns
A chunk of the story, Christmas in Montana, that I just finished, takes place in a small Montana town–Phillipsburg, population 840. This past weekend, my DH and I swelled that population to close to 4,000. The occasion was the 2nd Annual Aber Day Kegger Reunion, a classic in the Montana … Read More
Exploring Montana Summer 2016
After I explained our recent vacation to him, a friend asked, “Why don’t you just stay home? It would be easier.” Because then there would be no stories. This one began on a mid-July Friday morning. We headed northeast, over a mountain pass, through Great Falls, then down into the … Read More