Bridge Character Between Cripple Creek and St. Charles Historical Fiction Series

Miss Hattie here . . .

I suppose some folks might assume I've always lived in Cripple Creek,
Colorado. Why, they might even figure I haven't done anything but run Miss
Hattie's Boardinghouse on Golden Avenue. Truth is, I was once the age of our
dear Sinclair Sisters. And younger.

My hair might have grayed on me, but you can be certain my Cripple Creek
adventures won't be my last. Nor were they my first.

The days of my childhood didn't dawn in a mining camp or anywhere in the
mountains of Colorado, but in Saint Charles on the banks of the Missouri River.
Oh, you might also like to know that's where I first met Boney Hughes. Or as the
Sinclair Sisters like to call him, Mr. Boney.

Remembering those bittersweet days, I can't help but breathe a wistful
sigh.

I was but fifteen years of age, quilting with Mother and my dear friends in
Elsa Brantenberg's circle, when talk of the caravan going west first buzzed
through Saint Charles like a restless bumblebee.

Maren, Emilie, and Caroline probably wouldn't want to hear this, but I like
to think of The Quilted Heart novellas as my stories too. After
all, I was there with them.

You can take a peek at the three Quilted Heart Novellas at the links below:

Dandelions on the Wind, Now available, only $1.99!

Bending Toward the Sun, Available for Pre-Order, only $1.99!

Ripples Along the Shore, Available for Pre-Order, only $1.99!

© 2013 Mona Hodgson, Author and Speaker