Rain Trueax: 14 books

A slice of life with bonus short " Curly Learns a Lesson" A Montana Christmas is about the meaning of Christmas where it comes to family and ranch living. As a novella, it’s a slice of life taking characters from an earlier book, From Here to There, moving them three years ahead to Montana...

It's 1865 and the Civil War has just come to an agonizing end-- even impacting far off Oregon with its destructive divisiveness. With a loving family, successful businesses, and active theater life, Raine Stevens has all she could want except a love of her own. She prefers life without the...

Some say life is a cycle, but it’s really a spiral. Seasons come and go, but when they return, it’s to a new place. A sixty year old widow, Rose has her life set out in a comfortable way-- bridge, tea with friends, family dropping by, and a nice little home. She went through a depression when...

The "Last Taggert" Needing new inspiration, answers to a mystery, and healing from the death of her father, English professor, Wilhelmina Butler heads for a log cabin in the high country of Arizona. In the Mazatzals, Willy hopes to write the great American novel, something she can...

Still recovering from an unwanted divorce, with a family who no longer needs her, retired history and political science teacher, Diana Ashburn sells all she owns, buys a Class C motorhome, and leaves Chicago for an adventure-- with no plans for what she hopes to find.  As Diana and her two Chihuahuas...

In Arizona Territory, 1883, a woman’s options were limited by her social status which  Abigail Spenser resented. Despite her father’s wishes, she planned to remain a spinster to avoid another man ruling her life—right up until she saw a way out. Was it safe? Who asks that question when an exciting...

In 1851, Independence, Missouri, a big wagon train waits to begin the 2200 mile trek to Oregon. Seventeen year old Amy Stevens shares her excitement at the journey with her best friend-- only to be disappointed in his less than enthusiastic reaction. When he suddenly kisses her, Amy, who fancies herself...

He had long loved her, a secret impossible love. At lonely campfires across the west, where death waited in the shadows, he had dreamed of her. Then word arrived that what had been impossible was no longer. When he came to convince her to be his own, she put up barriers. He could overcome those. Could...

As a Pinkerton agent, Belle Stevens Morgan has led an adventurous life, far from her beloved family. On assignment in Oregon to investigate counterfeiting, she is posing as a governess in the employ of a wealthy and ruthless man. Lies are her stock in trade. To her regret, she has never forgotten...

A novel of personal growth, the hero's / heroine's quest and sensuality.     Grace, a young girl in Tucson Moon, returns to Tucson after getting the education she did not originally want. The man in her girlhood heart has returned to Arizona after fighting with the Rough Riders in Cuba. Grace needs...

It happened at the Pendleton Roundup 1974. Bronc and bull rider Billy Stempleton knew just what he wanted and how to get it. He needed to win his events long enough to buy the ranch of his dreams. He knew that is right up until he met the right woman at the wrong time. Sara had no idea what...

Moving to Tucson and living in Rose’s Cottage provides a wellspring of inspiration for Lily Jacobs’ art. It also helped her avoid a man in Chicago, who was threatening with his unwelcome attentions. After years of doing her father’s bidding, Lily is now a woman of means, free to choose her own...

They had no reason to be together-- nothing in common-- except, maybe a few past lives where the passion was sizzling—with a minor complication—he always ended up dead. Couldn’t happen again.   Her fear that it could led her to try to convince him not to go with her on a archaeological...

Priscilla is young woman looking for answers. Cord O'Brian is a man with a gun, a badge and a lot of problems, especially when his young, estranged daughter arrives unexpectedly. Sometimes the unexpected takes people to places they never intended and the answers come from the unknown. Cord and Priscilla...