Walnut Springs Press Month: Spotlight on Deborah Weikel

Spotlight on

Author Deborah Weikel

Deborah L. Weikel holds a Bachelor’s degree in elementary education. She enjoys craft-making and is an avid collector of vintage dolls and toys. Deborah resides in the scenic Columbia River Gorge in Washington State.

Deborah is the author of 2 Walnut Springs Press titles including Under a Lakota Moon (2009) and Wild Irish Rose (2010).

 

Walnut Springs Press Books

by Deborah Weikel

Title: Under a Lakota Moon
Author: Deborah L. Weikel
Release Date: May 2009
Publisher: Walnut Springs Press (Facebook | Twitter)
Genre: Historical Fiction

As a divorcee in 1870 St. Louis, Rosalynn McAllister is a branded woman. When she is presented with the opportunity for a new life with her sister's family in Peaceful, Minnesota, Rosalynn believes it is what God wants for her. But Rosalynn arrives in Peaceful only to find that her sister Susan has run off, her brother-in-law Mike is dead, and her niece and nephew are in the custody of the town's minister. Furthermore, Mike's handsome half-brother, Lone Wolf Larson, who now owns the family farm, stirs feelings in Rosalynn that both excite and confuse her.

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Title: Wild Irish Rose
Author: Deborah L. Weikel
Release Date: June 2010
Publisher: Walnut Springs Press (Facebook | Twitter)
Genre: Historical Fiction

It is May 1865. When Rosaleen O'Shay and her mother lose their factory jobs and then her father and brother are injured in a coal mine cave-in, the family is in serious trouble. Rosaleen worries they will never save enough money to fulfill their dream-to leave Pittsbugh and buy a farm in California. Hoping to have a better life, Rosaleen's father secretly arranges to marry her off to Blaise Cameron, a young man on his way to his parents' ranch near Stockton, California. In a twist of fate, Blaise turns out to be the soldier from the street-the one Rosaleen considers a blackard.

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