Cholama Moon: A Native American Historical Romance

by Anne Schroeder

Get swept away in this captivating continuation of the Central Coast series that follows a stubborn California rancher’s daughter as she battles between freedom and familial duty.Ginny Nugent never knew the true meaning of obligation until her mother’s death. As her father grapples with the passing of his beloved wife, he falls into a deep depression fueled by any substance he can get his hands on. With the future of their family ranch hanging in the balance, an unwanted stranger might just be the salvation they need.Jeremy Lawsen didn’t know what to expect when he set out on his journey from the South to the untamed deserts of California. When Ginny’s grandmother asked him to check on Ginny, he never expected to find a run-down ranch, an overworked Native American cook, and a crippled cow hand filling in as Ginny’s family.Believing her living conditions to be unfit for a woman of her status, Jeremy urges Ginny to pack up her life for a chance to go to boarding school and start anew. Torn between the love for her family ranch and a future just like the one her mother imagined for her, Ginny must decide which future she wants for herself—and if Jeremy will be the one to get her there.Will Ginny find everything she’s looking for and dare to take a chance at freedom…or will she succumb to self-doubt and stay at the only home she’s ever known? Immerse yourself in this captivating tale of historical romance today!

345 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 14, 2023

About the author

Winner of the 2019 Will Rogers Medallion Award for Historical Romance, Anne Schroeder describes herself as a calorically-challenged Aphrodite with an unmistakable fervor for life. Second of seven children, she was born in Ventura County, California, the subject of her recently re-released memoir, Branches on the Conejo Revisited.

She graduated from Cal Poly, SLO, with a husband and toddler in the first wave of the Sexual Revolution. Her memoir, Ordinary Aphrodite, is an adventure tale about a life of small steps. Her fiction and memoir have appeared in magazines and anthologies.

She is active in Women Writing the West and Western Writers of America. Her Central Coast Series, including Cholama Moon and Maria Ines, features well researched, character-driven novels about California in the Time of the Spanish, Mexican and American conquests.

She and her husband moved from the Central Coast of California to Southern Oregon in search of adventure. She has a happy husband, two darling granddaughters and two lazy dogs.

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