Tag: Utah fiction

Bootleggers & Basil by E.B. Wheeler

Bootleggers & Basil by E.B. Wheeler

A Greek odyssey in 1920s Utah. When Helen immigrates from Greece to Salt Lake City only to discover that her arranged marriage has fallen through, she struggles to find purpose in a country that doesn’t seem to want her. Can fellow immigrant Demetrios convince her that the American Dream is worth fighting for? An earlier version of this novella appeared as The Picture Bride in […]

October 14, 2019 / 0 Comments
Nissa by Zina Abbott

Nissa by Zina Abbott

A widow with two small children, Nissa Stillwell is forced out of the mining supervisor’s house she had lived in prior to her husband’s death in the mine disaster in Wildcat Ridge, Utah. She quickly learns he had gone heavily into debt to impress his boss, mine owner Mortimer Crane. In order for her and her children to have a home, she leaves what few […]

October 15, 2018 / 0 Comments
Witness in the Dark by Lynne Larson

Witness in the Dark by Lynne Larson

What began as a picture-perfect summer vacation for college student Jenny Brodie has swiftly become a nightmare. When she left home on the back of her horse one sunny morning, she couldn’t have imagined what awaited her in the Utah desert. Now the darkness is closing in, and there is no way out. The woman saw what he did—she witnessed the shots he fired, the […]

January 3, 2017 / 0 Comments
No Peace with the Dawn by E.B. Wheeler & Jeffery Bateman

No Peace with the Dawn by E.B. Wheeler & Jeffery Bateman

In 1917, the Great War seems far from Logan, Utah. But soon it will change the lives of suffragette and mechanic Clara, Swiss-German immigrant and LDS convert Trudi, Marine Corps volunteer Reed, and Shoshone seeking U.S. citizenship Joseph. They soon find themselves in different parts of the world fighting in the war effort. But amid the horrors of war, can they stay true to who […]

November 8, 2016 / 0 Comments