Now available: “Charity” from Paulette Callen

We are proud to announce the publication of Charity by Paulette Callen. The revised edition is now available.

Here’s a description of the novel:

The friendship between Lena Kaiser, a sodbuster’s daughter, and Gustie Roemer, an educated Easterner, is unlikely in any other circumstance but post-frontier Charity, South Dakota. Gustie is considered an outsider, and Lena is too proud to share her problems (which include a hard-drinking husband) with anyone else.

On the nearby Sioux reservation, Gustie also finds love and family with two Dakotah women: Dorcas Many Roads, an old medicine woman, and her adopted granddaughter, Jordis, who bears the scars of the white man’s education.

When Lena’s husband is arrested for murdering his father and the secrets of Gustie’s past follow her to Charity, Lena, Gustie, and Jordis stand together. As buried horrors are unearthed and present tragedies unfold, they discover the strength and beauty of love and friendship that blossom like wild flowers in the tough prairie soil.

Charity is as much historical fiction as it is a mystery. But most of all, it is a beautiful and captivating story about hardship, sorrow, and true friendship.

We’re doing a book giveaway on Sunday and Monday, so check back then. Three e-books and three paperbacks will be looking for a new home.

If you don’t want to wait, you can buy Charity at amazon, Smashwords, and Bella Books as an e-book or order your paperback copy here.

Astrid Ohletz
Publisher