RONE Nominee, Two Giveaways, and Book News

By Kristy McCaffrey I've got a few fun book-related items to share!!   THE BLUEBIRD is a RONE Nominee. Yippee!! This award is given by InD'Tale Magazine. To qualify, a book must receive a 4-star

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Fort Bowie, Arizona

By Kristy McCaffrey Fort Bowie—located in southeastern Arizona—would become one of the most important military posts in the Arizona Territory. It not only guarded Apache Pass and its important water

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Questionable Place Names in Arizona

By Kristy McCaffrey Arizona has its share of place names that might make people cringe today, dating back to a colorful past and regional biases. Throughout the state there are at least 15 geographic

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Arizona State University

By Kristy McCaffrey In 1886, the Arizona Territory offered a less-than-ideal educational environment. The Pleasant Valley War between competing cattle rustling gangs was in full swing and wouldn’t

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Baseball in the Old West

By Kristy McCaffrey The earliest known mention of baseball in the United States was in 1791 in Massachusetts. In 1845, the New York Knickerbockers was the first team to play by modern baseball rules,

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Fun Facts About Kristy McCaffrey’s Wings of the West Series

By Kristy McCaffrey Here's a few fun facts about my Wings of the West series. The characters in THE WREN came to me when I was 15 years old. I saw a girl and two brothers. This grew into the characters

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Reading Recommendations

All Reviews by Kristy McCaffrey (Note: I've included an Amazon link for each book, but they may also be available on other platforms such as Nook, iBooks, Kobo, and Google Play, as well as print.) Wool by Hugh

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FREEBIES and a giveaway!!

By Kristy McCaffrey February is the month of love and that usually means a lot of promotions from romance authors LOL. I've got a few more to share with you. My publisher has priced the following books

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FREE Wings Novella – Download it today!!

Sign up for Kristy's newsletter and receive a FREE brand new short e-novella – Song of the Wren. I wrote this for the fans. I hope you enjoy it! Revisit Matt and Molly, along with Nathan and Emma,

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Monkey Jungle

By Kristy McCaffrey Over Christmas, my family and I went on our first-ever cruise. My husband and I were celebrating our silver anniversary and wanted a way to bring our college-aged children, significant

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Resolve Your Resolutions

By Kristy McCaffrey It’s that time of year again. I recently came across the concept of Sankalpa from the yoga tradition. A sankalpa practice begins with the premise that you are already enough to fulfill

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A Few Of My Favorite Things

By Kristy McCaffrey As 2016 comes to a close, it's natural to think about the hardships we've endured, but I thought I'd share some of my favorite things. Not to sound cliche, but an ‘attitude of

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NaNoWriMo

By Kristy McCaffrey NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. Each November, writers everywhere attempt to write a novel in 30 days. To ‘win’, you must write 50,000 words. This is approximately

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Turkey Trot Blog Hop

By Kristy McCaffrey As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday season here in the U.S., my thoughts always turn to one thing. Okay, yes, it's pumpkin pie but the other thought is how much I look forward

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Release Day ~ The Bluebird ~ @McCaffreyKristy ~ #romance

By Kristy McCaffrey I'm thrilled to announce THE BLUEBIRD, Wings of the West Book 5, is now available. Amazon FREE in Kindle Unlimited. Can be read as a standalone. Print edition Molly Rose Simms

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