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This eagerly awaited sequel to Dear Carrie, Letters From the Eastern Sierra 1878-1899 is Kathleen Haun's second work of historical fiction, set in the wild beauty of the Eastern Sierra. The saga of the Eastman and Perry families continues in a memoir written by Whitney Eastman in 1940 to reveal the long-hidden events occurring in her life between 1900 and 1908. Raised by doting parents and a loving community, Whitney marries and moves north to Bridgeport expecting an equally happy life on a cattle ranch. But she soon discovers that the cloistered security of her childhood was poor preparation for dealing with stunning revelations about her new family, devastating loss, and betrayals that challenge Whitney and those she loves as they weather the passing storms in their lives.

Wolfe Studies: Essays and Critical Reviews is written to start verbal fistfights and maybe settle a few.  It is an uncompromising, no-holds-barred critical look at various portrayals of and approaches to Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin, and company, from films of the 1930s to television in the twenty-first century, and more.  Based on dedicated research into the attitudes, opinions, and statements of actors, authors, directors, critics, readers, writers, and viewers, Wolfe Studies undertakes a clear-eyed observation behind the curtain at what, why, and how these characters are presented.  You might even come to want to take a verbal swing at the author yourself.  You’ll like it.  Or hate it.  Or both.  It is a must-read for the Nero Wolfe devotee.  “In an ever more homogenized world, both real and fictional, Wolfe and Goodwin are not just different from each other; they remain exceptional from everything else.”

Father Don Osuna shares memories covering fifty years of travel experiences with his good friend, classmate and fellow priest, Tony. "As in Kerouac's classic On the Road and Steinbeck's evocative search for America in Travels with Charlie, Don uses a travelogue format to explore the values of friendship, leisure, travel and play.""We've had a lot of enriching experiences," the author writes, "as we covered much of globe. If you're interested and have the time, buckle up, come along and join Two Padres on Holiday

In 1873, the little town of Whitegrass, Texas, located on the Pecos River, is full of hope and ambition. Reverend Josh Hill and his wife, Sarah, minister to a small congregation at the Whitegrass Community Church. Unfortunately, others have grander ambitions, and the murder of a close friend, followed by the arrest of an innocent man, launch Josh and Sarah on a journey that will test Josh's faith.

In Kathleen Haun’s sixth historical fiction novel, packed with actual events of the 1880’s, Amanda and Roger Murphy (introduced in No Trees for Shade) learn that sometimes secrets are revealed in layers.  These secrets dramatically impact the lives of those who are keeping them, as well as those who uncover them.  Meanwhile, the fortunes of once fabulously wealthy mining towns like Bodie in California and Virginia City in Nevada, are changing rapidly, as are the lives of their citizens –- and the society in which they live.