THE SWAN releases this week!!

By Kristy McCaffrey

I'm excited to share that the next Wings of the West book is almost here. The Swan is Book 11 but it can definitely be read as a standalone. This one features Anna Ryan, the eldest daughter of Logan and Claire from The Dove. She and Malcolm Hardy, her love interest, appeared in the novella The Songbird.

I started with the idea - what if The Magnificent Seven were women?

Dr. Anna Ryan - newly arrived to Conleyville in the Chickasaw Nation to assist with a surgery on a little girl

Blanche Threadgill - owner of the Threadgill Orphanage

Jane McDougal - a no-nonsense older woman who knows her way around a gun

Roberta Sturgeon - a black lawyer with retribution on her mind

Dolores Walker - Anna's cousin who is harboring a secret

Drusilla Perez - an elderly Chickasaw healer

Isabel Lawson - a young Chickasaw woman who must learn to stand up for herself

Together they'll face Webb Delmont, a man trying to take over their town. And along the way, Anna must convince Malcolm they belong together, because Malcolm's past is irrevocably tied to Delmont.

Twin Territories
November 1899

Dr. Anna Ryan has been spurned by the Dallas medical community for the simple reason of being a woman. Wanting more than a rural practice alongside her mother, also a doctor, Anna accepts an invitation from a mentor to join a private hospital for disabled children in Oklahoma City. But when she falls in with a band of women attempting to protect the rights of Chickasaw orphans, she’ll need more than her medical training to survive.

Malcolm Hardy has skirted the line between lawlessness and justice since escaping the mean streak of his father and his no-good half-siblings a decade ago. In Oklahoma Territory he created enough distance from his family name to find a quiet purpose to his days. But then Anna Ryan walks back into his life, and his hard-won peace is in jeopardy.

The last time Malcolm saw Anna, she had been a determined girl he couldn’t help but admire. Now she was a compelling woman searching for answers that could lead straight to him. But one thing was clear—Anna’s life path was on a trajectory for the remarkable while Malcolm’s was not. Surrendering to temptation would only end in heartbreak.

The Swan is an emotional story of a woman finding her true calling and a hero moving forward after a difficult past. It has light steam and seven women standing up for what’s right.

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An excerpt from The Swan

“Did you learn why Dr. Richardson asked you here?” Malcolm asked.

“Yes,” Anna replied. “A necessary surgery is needed for a young girl at the orphanage, and she needs me to assist.”

“Is it dangerous?”

“I suppose all surgeries carry an element of risk, but Dr. Richardson is quite competent.”

“And so are you, I’m certain.”

Anna’s face warmed from the compliment.

“Can I pay you for your troubles?” he added.

She gave a slight shake of her head, feeling as if Malcolm were slipping from her reach once again.

“I’ll be here for a few more days,” she said in a rush. “Perhaps you could show me around town.”

“You mean a tour?”

She shrugged, trying to appear casual. “Why not? The mountains look pretty from here. Unless of course there’s a sweetheart who’s missing you.”

“No. There’s no one who misses me.”

The tone of his voice indicated a level of loneliness that caught Anna off guard. Malcolm had been estranged from his family for some time, and if the interaction with his pa was any indication, the two of them weren’t about to have a warm reconciliation.

How easily she had taken for granted her own family ties, a bone-deep knowing that her folks and extended family would always be there for her.

She met Malcolm’s gaze head on. “I’ve missed you.”

And with that she turned and left.

The Wings of the West Series Reading Order
Book One: The Wren
Book Two: The Dove
Book Three: The Sparrow
Book Four: The Blackbird
Book Five: The Bluebird
Book Six: The Songbird (Novella)
Book Seven: Echo of the Plains (Short Story)
Book Eight: The Starling
Book Nine: The Canary
Book Ten: The Nighthawk
Book Eleven: The Swan (Coming Soon) 

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By Kristy McCaffrey

The newest Wings of the West novel is almost here!

Arizona Territory
September 1899

Sophie Ryan’s dream of working for a newspaper has come true. Accompanied by her cousin, Lucas Blackmore, a newly appointed U.S. Deputy Marshal, she arrives in Jerome, one of the richest mining towns in America. And one of the most remote. Although she’s been hired to report for the Jerome Mining News on education and cultural issues, she soon finds herself immersed in something more serious when she finds an enigmatic injured man in the Black Hills claiming to be an ornithologist.

U.S. Deputy Marshal Benton McKay is undercover tracking the notorious train robbing Weaver gang, and the trail ends in Jerome. When he’s injured in the Black Hills and found by a determined and beautiful young woman, he must gain her trust to keep his identity a secret. But keeping her out of trouble proves a challenge, especially with her cousin assigned to assist him. As they track down the band of outlaws, another agenda emerges—the renegades are searching for lost gold believed to have been left behind by the Spanish Conquistadors. And Sophie Ryan is determined to report on it.

Come along with Sophie and McKay as they find adventure, mystery, and love.

Sophie is the daughter of Logan and Claire from THE DOVE.

The Wings of the West Series Reading Order

Book One: The Wren
Book Two: The Dove
Book Three: The Sparrow
Book Four: The Blackbird
Book Five: The Bluebird
Book Six: The Songbird (Novella)
Book Seven: Echo of the Plains (Short Story)
Book Eight: The Starling
Book Nine: The Canary
Book Ten: The Nighthawk

[Benton is undercover, alias Ben Lewis, and has been shot in the wilderness near Jerome, Arizona Territory. Sophie found him and nursed him back to health in secret. She's currently in possession of a map that leads to Spanish gold, and Benton wants it.]

“Your wound,” Sophie said. “You’ve reopened it.”

McKay followed her gaze. “It looks that way.”

“Let me have a look.”

“I’m fine.”

“I didn’t stitch you back together to have you undo it all.”

She reached for the collar of his shirt, but he caught her wrists before she could touch him. His hands were warm and larger than she’d realized, his gaze hard and filled with wanting. For her.

It had always been there, some part of her having sensed it, but now she knew for certain.

“You probably shouldn’t keep touching me,” he said.

“You’re touching me.”

She was close enough to see the slight flare of his nostrils and the rapid pace of his breath. He gave a slight nod and released her. She leaned away, putting distance between them.

“Will you at least rebandage it?” she said.

“I’ll look at it.”

“Then it’s time I left.” She picked up her notebook that he’d placed on the bed beside him.

“Will you promise me something?” he asked.

She waited for him to continue.

“That you won’t follow that map by yourself.”

“Are you offering to accompany me?”

“Sophie, this is dangerous. You should give that evidence to me and let me handle it.”

The rush of euphoria from a moment ago slid away. Was Ben Lewis playing on her obvious weakness for him to manipulate her? Her cheeks heated with embarrassment, and she hid the response by standing and reaching for her satchel.

“After I went to all the effort to get it?” she said, placing the notebook in her bag, the blanket dropping from her shoulders and falling to the floor. “If it’s all the same to you, I’ll hang on to it.”

She put on her coat, still soaked, but she didn’t care, and grabbed her drenched hat. “I’ll be seeing you, Ben.”

The Nighthawk is coming on July 17, 2024

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