Kansas

A radical abolitionist, John Brown organized a small band of like-minded followers and fought with the armed groups of pro-slavery men in Kansas for several months....

Eat Like a Local: Kansas City offers the inside scoop on the food scene in Kansas City. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and its culture on a single plate....

Kansas, 1852. Half-breed Everett Snipes discovers a newborn baby crying by the body of her mother. He recognizes the mother as the second wife of his cousin Wakiza, chief of the Village of Scouts located a few miles from the Army base....

Tying the Knot, the first historical fiction book in the Kansas Quilter series, follows Kizzie Pieratt as she packs her family's belongings for her husband's job down in the Indian Territory....

Tess Garner can't afford her condo, especially after the boss announces the anticipated raise won't be coming. But she can't turn down an inherited Harley....

When Cotton Cooper was an infant, his mother had him resting on a goose down pillow under an oak tree. The tree was struck by lightning. As a result, his hair is white (the color of cotton)....

Taking sides doesn't lessen the chances of a violent death, it just determines who is going to try and kill you....

Bootlegger’s Friend is based on the true story of Johnny Lazia, a politician who is admired and respected in 1920s Kansas City. He meets Giovanni Blando, recent immigrant from Sicily and nephew of Lazia’s mentor. Giovanni becomes a bootlegger and Johnny’s closest friend....

Can the couple weather the embarrassment of Julip’s past, or will the truth tear their marriage apart? Jasper Kerns, a carpenter and furniture ...

Sheriff Peter Holbrook leads a simple life watching over the residents of Nowhere, Kansas, where the most noteworthy crimes are dognappings and brawls at the local tavern. He’s always had an inherent fear of the gray - the yearly spring storms that plague the area....

From Vienna's barricades to bleeding Kansas to the Civil War, August Bondi was continuously engaged in the struggle for freedom for half of his young adult life....

Sam Spearman—wealthy, elderly, and irascible—is a man on a mission. The mighty Central Pacific Railroad proposes to abandon tracks that serve his Kansas grain elevators. In this story, you’ll discover that railroading, whether viewed from locomotive cabs or corporate boardrooms, was never dull....

At seventeen, Annie Hope Brown is a woman in 1859 when she conspires against the US government with her infamous father, John Brown, and his Kansas Raiders....

When a friend's mutilated body is discovered at a roadside park along the Kansas Interstate, Mike Bishop sets out on a quest to unravel the mystery of the man's death....

In Kansas and Missouri, the War Between the States started long before Fort Sumter and continued on throughout the war....

When Roxanne Russell’s mother dies, her father is away on a business trip. The young military widow leaves dozens of messages for her father, but receives no response....

The Civil War is best remembered for the big battles and the legendary generals who fought on both sides, like Robert E. Lee facing off against Ulysses S. Grant in 1864....

ELIZABETH ARCHER uncovers the truth about her family and flees England under an assumed name to start a new chapter of her life in Kansas....

Kansas City, 1922: a hub of jazz music and the mob. While the Kansas side of the city had Carrie Nation and prohibition, on the Missouri side the Irish Pendergast brothers kept the liquor flowing....

On sabbatical, rodeo entertainer Lyndie Leigh Sessoms strikes out on her quest to find a real life, riding the coattails of a wildfire into Kansas ...