Step into the early days of the Wild West and be a part of another culture, time, and place. The Historical/fiction novel, � �Melinda and the Wild West,� � received positive reviews. This story encourages the reader to be a part of history, and feel the tenderness of romance. Book Reviews about the novel are as follows:

BOOK REVIEW by Melynda Gascoyne for The Amherst Bee Newspaper: Buffalo, New York

For anyone who likes to read classic-styled romance novels that also have a drop of history, this is the book for you: � �Melinda and the Wild West, a Family Saga in Bear Lake Valley, Idaho.� � The story is set back in 1896 in Montpelier and Paris, Idaho, in the Bear Lake Valley area. Melinda Gamble is the new schoolteacher and has relocated from Boston to teach in the community where her beloved aunt and uncle live. Being termed � �headstrong� � by her parents, she decides to take the job offered by her relatives in the Western frontier as a way to escape from the city and the life they have forged for her. This sets about a plan to help others by teaching. From the start, Melinda learns from her new surroundings. Right at the very beginning she comes face to face with Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch in a bank robbery. What a way to start your new life in the wild frontier. From one of her students coming to class with skunk oil that explodes, to her encounter with a black bear, there� �s always something for the imagination in the book. The characters grow in their complexity as the story unfolds. From Melinda� �s relationship with Jenny, (the daughter of her widowed neighbor), to Gilbert, Jenny� �s father and the gentlemen who steals Melinda� �s heart, it is very easy to picture the scene you are reading.