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    Kim writes in multiple genres, so click the links below to see her books.

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    Women's Historical Fiction

    Dancehall girls, outlaws, no-good Damn Bastards, and one wild road trip - ride along with Pip & Ruby, two wild-willed women of the west.

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    Historical Mystery and Suspense

    Award-winning psychological thrillers set in the time of gaslights, women both fierce and dangerous.

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    Young Adult Historical Fiction

    WILLA award-winning historical fiction featuring girls facing impossible odds. with grit and heart.

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    The Good Time Girls

    2023 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award Finalist

     

    "Rip-roaring action and lively characters capture the imagination..." - Publishers Weekly

    In 1905 Kansas, ex-dancehall girl and outlaw Ruby Calhoun has settled into a (mostly) quiet and (mostly) lawful life. But out of the blue her past comes hustling into town when her ex-friend and ex-dancehall partner, Pip, shows up with a grim message and dangerous mission: Cullen Wilder, an old enemy with a long memory, wants them dead and the only way to survive is to kill him first.

    With Cullen’s henchman hot on their heels, Ruby and Pip hightail into the hinterlands of Kansas to save another friend from Cullen’s vengeance. Unprepared for the journey, their trip is filled with mishaps and mayhem, blunders and bounders, con artists and the circling noose of the law.

    Through it all, Ruby is tormented by the memories of her life years ago in Arizona Territory, when the upstairs girls at the Paradise Saloon and Dancehall kept her safe, and the dreadful day when it all went wrong.

    Will Ruby have the guts to face her turbulent past, or will she cut and run like a coward one more time?

     

     

    A novel of wild women, the bonds of friendship, a harrowing road trip, and help found in the least likely places.


    "Blakemore’s madcap novel sparkles with scintillating wit, heartfelt warmth, and snappy repartee..." - Historical Novels Review

     

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