"A romantic time travel story with a Solstice twist. An unexpected time leap brings a woman the love she'd thought was impossible -- but will she decide to stay more than a century in the past?" Who needs a man in their life? I don't. I've thrown myself into my job as a docent at the historic Danforth Ranch -- leading tours in a delightfully swishy Victorian costume, regaling tourists with true tales of Carson Valley in the 1880s. Everything's fine, with the possible exception of my heart. Which I've stuffed firmly in a box marked "Do not open." Until -- an ancient mirror, a special photo, and a bit of Solstice magic sweep me back in time. Instead of facing off with a tour group in the parlor of the historic mansion, I'm suddenly face-to-face with the real Josiah Danforth. A widower who thinks I'm there to apply for a job as his housekeeper. With life in the 21st Century now in my past - his future - I'm forced to play a role I never trained for. Whipping up dinner on a wood-fueled cookstove? Check. Battling a homicidal rooster? Check. Laundry sans electricity? Let's just say I'll never take microwaves or hot showers for granted again. If I ever do find a way back to my own century. The undeniable attraction brewing between me and Josiah has worked its own brand of sweet magic. Not to mention warm hugs from his motherless little girls. But I already know from history exactly how Josiah's story will play out - after tragically losing his first wife, he's destined to remain a bachelor forever. So what future could we possibly build together? Even if that impenetrable box around my heart is as long-gone as my last real manicure. I just need to figure out the magic of reversing the Solstice's charm. And when I do, there's no way I'm staying put in 1885. Or is there? Josiah's special brand of magic just might change my mind. Author's Note: Charity and Josiah's story is a clean, swoony time-travel romance with a hard-muscled, wood-chopping rancher hero; a feisty, tackle-anything heroine, and a slow burn dilemma that forces them both to stretch for their sweet, satisfying happily-ever-after. "Three-dimensional characters I found myself rooting for." "I was hooked by chapter 3. I didn't stop reading until I had finished it." "I would love to read more of this series." "Found it hard to put down." "Who doesn't enjoy a good, swoony hero? You can feel their emotion as well as their chemistry." "I was hooked. I didn't stop reading until I had finished it." "Found it hard to put down." "I would love to read more in this series." "A three-dimensional character who I found myself rooting for." "The characters made the story." "The perfect length. . . . Packed a lot into the story." a Solstice Moon   is set in the beautiful Carson Valley, Nevada, a spot close to my home, with time travel linking the year 1885 and the present. I'd written lots of  nonfiction  history about this period, so it was great fun for me to explore what might happen here from a fictional perspective.    Charity and Josiah make a virtual visit to several very  real  places, including historic Genoa, Nevada. And Dr. Cook, one of Nevada's first women doctors, puts in a cameo appearance.   But the best part about writing this book, for me, was exploring the growing emotional bond between two wounded people: Josiah, who'd lost a wife; and Charity, who'd been jilted by an uncaring boyfriend. Time was passing them both by. . . until somehow, magically, the solstice brings them together.  And the rest, as they say elsewhere, is history. The solstice, an ancient mirror, an old photograph and a bit of time-travel magic sweep tour guide Charity Carpenter back in time to the Nevada of 1885. Instead of leading tourists through the historic Danforth Mansion, now she finds herself face-to-face with grumpy Josiah Danforth himself -- who mistakenly thinks she's there to apply for a job as his housekeeper. But when unexpected feelings bloom between this unlikely pair, Charity must make up her mind where she truly belongs. And Josiah must decide whether he can truly believe in magic. Abby Rice spent way too many years inside a courtroom listening to all sorts of (unbelievable) tall tales. Now she's happily spinning fictional tales of her own full-time. She's successfully authored more than twenty books, mostly of the nonfiction variety. And history -- her high school nemesis -- is now one of her favorite subjects.   You can find Abby most days nose-deep in old newspapers, wrangling imaginary characters who've developed minds of their own, plotting a new novel that popped into her head, or planning a dream beach get-away pretty much anywhere with palm trees.