Frontier Weather in Western Romance
The rugged landscapes of the American West—dusty plains, wide skies, and dramatic mountain ranges—have always played a starring role in both history and storytelling. For frontier families and the romance heroes and heroines of Caroline Clemmons’s Texas-set novels,...Life on the Texas Frontier: 1880s Texas Food
A condensed version of this blog was on A Writer’s Life. Step back into the rugged world of 1880s Texas food, where survival meant mastering the art of preservation and every meal was a testament to human ingenuity. Through a fascinating journey into our Texas...Why Horse Theft Was Punished So Severely in Texas (1865-1890)
Horse theft in Texas between the end of the Civil War and 1890 was considered one of the most serious crimes on the frontier. The severity of punishment stemmed from both the practical importance of horses in frontier life and the inadequate formal law enforcement...The Real Orphan Trains
In A Family for Merry, a novella I wrote that appeared in Orphan Train Brides with Jacquie Rogers, I wrote about the orphan trains. The orphan trains were real. They ran between 1854 and 1929. They were an imperfect solution to a huge problem. Children in New York...The Real Mail-Order Brides
Do you love escaping into stories about mail-order brides as much as I do—whether you’re reading one of my novels or those by other authors who bring this classic trope to life? The dangers, the dreams, the promise of new love on a wild frontier: it’s easy to get...Hamish Adams Interview
Caroline Clemmons interviews Hamish Adams, the father of the woman Shad finds and cares for. Shad is a western romance that involves a bounty hunter and a ranching family who are displaced from their ranch by the crooks Shad is hunting. Shad may have met his match in...Shad Stone Interview
Shad Stone is interviewed by Caroline Clemmons, the author of his adventure in book 7 of the Guns for Hire series. He proves almost as elusive as some of the outlaws he has captured as a bounty hunter. If you love sweet western historical romance, bounty hunter...Avonleigh Adams Interview
Read this Avonleigh Adams interview to meet a real tough lady. She has to be. Avonleigh was injured escaping the outlaws that invaded her home. She is determined to retake her home but doesn’t know how. Shad wants to capture the outlaw who invaded the Adams ranch. Can...Meet Elliana Barrington Martin, bride of Keith Martin
by Caroline Clemmons Hello, Friends, I’ve invited for tea recently wed Elliana Barrington Martin, bride of Keith Martin. Their story is in KEITH AND THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE, Book 5, Texas Hill Country Mail Order Brides, a sweet historical western romance and adventure....
