Clarke's latest work unfurls to a story of romance where a couple born of the west and educated as journalists find life together in love of investigative and photojournalism. Their adventures take them around the world and back to the valley in the west where the Blue Mountains in the distance welcome them. It is a tale of Kate growing up in a western valley where she meets Alec as a new member of the high school's jazz band transferring from a private school. She realizes he is the young boy she knew in grade school and the one from the rich family who lived in the large stone house on the bluff south of town. They graduate and go off in different directions with their journalism degrees, travelling the world and receiving merit for their work. They meet again and fall in love. The story covers the valley in the west from the time of pioneers and their families, both of their pioneer blood, the journalistic work of both Kate and Alec, their engagement, her kidnapping, and many more adventures along the way.

Leah had always wanted to follow the genealogical path of ancestors her mother had worked on so diligently. Needing to publish for university requirements, she decided to suit up and go tilt at windmills (castles) and spend a year in Great Britain. She found her ancestors' castles and more adventure than she had planned on.

The figure in black parked and walked about six blocks to the decaying house, a ghostly presence of time past, its porch half detached from the main house; and the white paint, now shades of gray, appeared to be scratched bare here and there by wind and rain. Walking carefully across the rickety porch, looking in all direction, the dark night figure entered the front entrance, walked down a long hallway, and found the body where it had been placed the night before. After carefully removing boards from the washroom floor, the body slipped easily into the hole; and he poured the sack of lime on it, nailed back the boards, and crept back into the night.

The figure in black parked and walked about six blocks to the decaying house, a ghostly presence of time past, its porch half detached from the main house; and the white paint, now shades of gray, appeared to be scratched bare here and there by wind and rain. Walking carefully across the rickety porch, looking in all direction, the dark night figure entered the front entrance, walked down a long hallway, and found the body where it had been placed the night before. After carefully removing boards from the washroom floor, the body slipped easily into the hole; and he poured the sack of lime on it, nailed back the boards, and crept back into the night.

Part I of this book is a repeat of Land Above and Part II continues the saga. In arriving to the Carolinas in the late 1700's, the McLean family worked hard, raised family, and thanked their fortune in finding a good life in a new land. Benjamin, knowing the pain of loss in his earlier life in Northern Ireland, regained love and wealth and became blessed with a large extended family life. When his son, Joseph and family, were feared lost at sea, the pain came flowing back; surely he could not lose this important part of himself. (Perhaps as before someone else can write better than I for the jacket of these books).

Born in the western state of Wyoming in the 30's, her point of view was influenced by the visual and written history of the West that surrounded her; where the Sioux roamed and established their winter camps, and western ranchers, like her father and grandfathers before him, attempted to survive the Great Depression, a major draught, and a World War. These events shaped her early years and taught that hardship and discipline meant survival for a nation and its people. She raised her three children mostly as a single parent and has had a long life of good health and love for family; including her three grandchildren. She presently lives in the North Texas Hill Country with her two pups, Beau and Bandit.

The Legacy is Clarke's collection of short stories and novellas from 2010 to 2013. This and That is a book of short stories, including a sailing voyage, animal tales, American Indian stories, partial rewrite of a classic story, and personal revelations. Time of Castles: A Search for Ancestors is a fictional travel story. Leah finds her ancestor's castles and learns of medieval royalty, as she enjoys friendship and the food and wine of Great Britain. Season's Sun: Part I. Land Above-In this historical story, Benjamin finds love and conflict in his native land of Northern Ireland in the 1700s and later immigrated to America. Season's Sun: Part II. A New Land-Benjamin's arrival in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1797 and the family's eventual migration to Tennessee and Illinois. Kate and Alec is a story of their lives and adventures as journalists and lovers. Puzzle of Suspects is a crime novel with many twists and turns, romance, and travel.

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