This is the first of two spotlight posts for my upcoming release.

I like to read about strong, independent women, so when the opportunity came to write a story about women and the suffrage movement, I jumped at it. Rolinda—or Rollie to her friends—owns a newspaper in a small town called Whispering Pines, west of Colorado Springs and north of Manitou Springs. She is a spinster, by choice, mostly because she’d never found a man she wanted to marry. Her brother, Paul, owns the livery, and he, too, enjoys the single life.

Rollie is advertising manager, typesetter, editor, publisher, and printer of her newspaper, which comes out every week. And she likes running a business that way. Nobody to answer to except herself, her readers, her advertisers, and the Lord. And sometimes she

wished she didn’t have to answer to her advertisers.

She is fearless when it comes to her passion for women to be able to vote at all levels, and she stays up to date on what’s happening nationally and in Europe. During the timing of this story, in 1895, women all around the world are working to gain suffrage, and Rollie wants to be part of something important.

When her brother Paul is arrested on suspicion of bank robbery, her heart is torn. The sheriff is certain he has his man, so she works tirelessly to prove her brother innocent.

Smack dab in the middle of her comfortable life, along comes Lucas Bryant, a contender for state senate for the following year. He’s looking for a wife who will bolster his self-confidence and win the women in his constituency to his side—even though they can’t officially vote. Lucas is of the mind that most men vote to appease their wives, so a beautiful woman on his arm will be a win-win for him.

At least, this is what Rollie sees.

She has no time or interest in such tomfoolery—particularly when she learns he refuses to take a public stand with regards to suffrage, and he is comparing her against another as to whom he might offer the honor of marriage.

Compared to the young and beautiful Angela Harvey, Rollie feels like a five-year-old nag in a three-year-old auction. So Rollie chooses to ignore the persistent Lucas—until he obtains information pertinent to her brother’s case.

Can the pair work together to free her brother? And does God have plans for them beyond this single task?

The book releases March 7^th, but you can preorder the ebook here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMW1MCQY

Check out the other books in the Series: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B9YF8CC5

About Donna:

A hybrid author, Donna writes squeaky clean historical and contemporary suspense. She has been published more than 60 times in books; is a member of several writers groups; facilitates a critique group; teaches writing classes; ghostwrites; edits; and judges in writing contests. She loves history and research, traveling extensively for both, and is an avid oil painter. Donna also coaches writers who struggle to produce the first draft of their next book. You can check that out at www.DonnaSchlachter.com/Tapestry

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