“Fascinating . . . First Ladies is a wonderfully generous look at the women who, often against their wishes, took on what Truman calls ‘the world's second toughest job.’”—The Christian Science Monitor Whether they envision their role as protector, partner, advisor, or scold, First Ladies find themselves in a job that is impossible to define, and just as difficult to perform. Now Margaret Truman, daughter of President Harry Truman and an acclaimed novelist and biographer in her own right, explores the fascinating position of First Lady throughout history and up to the present day. With her unique perspective as the daughter of a First Lady, Ms. Truman reveals the truth behind some of the most misunderstood and forgotten First Ladies of our history, as well as the most famous and beloved. In recounting the charm and courage of Dolley Madison, the brazen ambition of Florence Harding, the calm, good sense of Grace Coolidge, the genius of Eleanor Roosevelt, the mysterious femininity of Jackie Kennedy, and the fierce protectiveness of Nancy Reagan, among others, Margaret Truman has assembled an honest yet affectionate portrait of our nation’s First Ladies—one that freely acknowledges their virtues and their flaws.

This book is the first in a three-novel series featuring Dan Currie, a smart, loyal and successful gambler. Etta Lee, a beautiful young madam brought the first women into a booming gold mining town with the unlikely name of "Nowhere." Her parlor house was wildly successful and she quickly became Nowhere's most prominent figure, known far and wide as "The First Lady of Nowhere." Unfortunately, Etta was kidnapped at gunpoint by a vicious, dangerous renegade who intended to torture and murder her. She knew that to survive she'd have to escape. But how?

The unbelievable... After falling head over heels for Minister Leroy Smith and getting married, Carol Smith had no idea what she was getting into or what was in store for her future. Two years after their marriage, Leroy is called into full-time ministry and started Lakeside Baptist Church. Carol never dreamed of marrying a minister or a pastor. However, she has to find a way to support Leroy's vision and become someone she thought she would never be...the First Lady. The unthinkable... Walking in this role, First Lady quickly finds out that it is more than what she bargained for. The countless women that threw themselves at her husband, the lies and deceitful behavior to get in his ear, and being determined to take her spot. Dealing with women who judged any and everything she did and said, all while her husband is changing with the power, control, and manipulation, causing him to be seduced and succumb to the various temptations. The inevitable... While First Lady's life is falling apart, her marriage and her husband's indiscretions, her faith in God, and her instability to keep a job are all lying in the balance, and she must decide if she will continue to live with the shenanigans of a marriage or leave her marriage to regain her sanity and peace of mind...

It is November of 1907 in Araguari, Brazil, a newborn lustily cries in her father’s arms. As Maria, called Mariazinha when she is a child, begins to grow up, she wants nothing more than to disappear from her small town and life of poverty to meet new people and see different things. At the age of twelve, Maria gets her chance at a better life. She is offered a job as a nanny in Sao Paulo bids her family farewell, boards a train, and leaves Araguari forever. As she arrives in Sao Paulo’s majestic train station, Maria can hardly believe her eyes. Amazed at the town’s big homes with well-tended gardens, Maria meets her boss, Mrs. Aurea, and the children she will care for. As Maria tends to the children and grows more beautiful, she silently vows that one day, she too will have wealth and happiness without any idea that her destiny will come to match her dreams—that she will become Rosinha, a woman who would fall and rise again many times and who would be both a cabaret dancer suffering innumerable prejudices and an incredible figure still wandering through the memory of the people of Sao Pedro. The First Lady travels back in time to tell the fascinating life of a woman who must attempt to overcome an impoverished childhood and numerous struggles in order to realize her desires and experience one of the greatest loves ever.

"The Rocking T Rustlers" is the third novel in a five-novel series featuring a character called Chancy Flint. Chancy is a young cowboy who's good with horses, cattle and guns. He figures out that someone is changing brands on Rocking T stock to the Circle Cross brand. He eventually figures out who's behind the rustling as well as a couple of murders. The local sheriff is on the rustler's payroll, so it falls to Chancy Flint to bring the rustler to justice. But the rustler is surrounded by hired gunmen. The odds are heavily against him, but he vows to do his best. He says he can do nothing more -- and he can do nothing less.

This is the third in a three-novel series featuring Dan and Etta Currie. A mysterious telegram from Matt Halliday, an old friend, led Dan Currie to travel to 1880s St. Elmo, a gold mining boom town high in the Colorado Rockies. When he arrived, his friend lay mortally wounded. Halliday died in Currie's arms. Currie vowed he would not leave St. Elmo until Halliday's murderer was captured. Dan's investigation led him to try to unravel the complex web of alliances and animosities that were the seamy underbelly of St. Elmo. With the help of a newspaper publisher and another old friend, Currie was slowly but surely sorting out the players. The murderer, apparently worried that Currie was getting too close, made several unsuccessful attempts on Currie's life. Would Currie figure it out before they killed him?