Haven

by Irene Bennett Brown

Overview

Laila Mitchell has little money, her medical
knowledge, a medicine kit, and the clothes
on her back when she sets out to search for
her last living relatives in 1890’s Oregon.
Stranded in the Snake River Canyon, she
settles into a small mining community
named Venture and from there she serves
as practical nurse to scattered miners and
settlers. Laila is soon entangled in the
hardships of frontier life, guardianship of a
“wild child”, and reluctant attraction to
peach rancher and hotel owner, Ash
Corbett. As she faces problems with courage
and verve, a magical, never-dreamed-of
future opens. Which can be hers, if only
she can let go of her heart-breaking
past.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012189035
Publisher:	RIVEREDGE BOOKS
Publication date:	03/13/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	257
File size:	343 KB

About the Author

I was born in Topeka, Kansas but from the age of nine, Oregon’s Willamette Valley has been home. As a child in one-room schools where I was often the only student in my class, I read, reread, and lived vicariously books like HEIDI, CADDIE WOODLAWN, MAMA’S BANK ACCOUNT, and LITTLE WOMEN. Jo in LITTLE WOMEN and Katrin in MAMA’S BANK ACCOUNT, writing away in their dusky attics, fueled my own dream to be a writer.
Author William Least Heat Moon is surely correct when he says “our passions at age 12 will always be with us and indicate our intended career.”

A writer who can’t not write, I pounded out my first seven books on a manual typewriter borrowed from a neighbor. Payoff for sore arms from throwing the carriage was national publication of my children’s books: in hardcover by Atheneum, E.P. Dutton, Thomas Nelson and David McKay, and in paperback book club editions by Viking Penguin, Scholastic, and Junior Literary Guild. Awards and honors include a Spur Award from Western Writers Of America and nomination for the Mark Twain Award for BEFORE THE LARK, the Evelyn Sibley Lampman Award for significant contribution to children’s literature, and inclusion on several best books’ lists.

THE PLAINSWOMAN, published originally by Ballantine, was my first novel for adults and a Western Writers Of America Spur Award finalist. Other novels include my Women Of Paragon Springs series from Five Star Publishing: LONG ROAD TURNING, BLUE HORIZONS, NO OTHER PLACE, and REAP THE SOUTH WIND. A love story set in Oregon’s Hells Canyon, HAVEN, a single title, was also published by Five Star. My historical novel, THE BARGAIN, was released by my own company, Riveredge Books, in 2007. WHERE GABLE SLEPT, a mystery, followed in 2010.

When not following my favorite pursuits, writing and reading, you’ll find me enjoying travel and exploring historic places with my husband, Bob, a retired research chemist, and spending time with our growing and busy family.

Founding Member: Women Writing the West
Member:
Western Writers of America
Authors Guild
Sisters in Crime
Mystery Writers of America

Editorial Reviews

" believable characters and rich prose that evokes the wilderness of the Snake River Canyon."

Candy Moulton

"A fine frontier romance set in an unusual and beautiful locale. Readers will be especially interested in the heroine's crusade to help stamp out addicting, worthless patent medicines plaguing America during the 1890's depression."
Miles Swarthout, Screenwriter for The Shootist, John Wayne's last movie

Miles Swarthout

"Give yourself a treat and read the story of an excting, terribly spunky women and her dream of independence. Authentic regarding time and place, HAVEN is a keeper to be enjoyed again and again. Dorothy Garlok, New York Times bestselling author.

Dorothy Garlock

"Strong portrayals of Laila and Tansy, a wild child, and their efforts to survive on the frontier. The book is recommended for readers intrigued by women's roles in the development of the west."

Jetta Culpepper

"A colorful portrait of late 19Th -century Oregon and one woman's search for family,freedom, and love."

Kathe Robin