Welcome! I hope this site helps you find what you are looking for. I'm excited to announce an Exclusive Book Club Preorder Offer for Henderson House! When you select Henderson House as a spring book club read and preorder through Black Rose Writing before the February 25, 2027 release date, you and your book club members can save an additional 15% and have the opportunity to invite me to come to your book club meeting, either in person or virtually. Click here for the details, and I hope to meet you!
Upcoming dates:
February 25, 2027: Henderson House release
May 13, 2027: Sequoyah Road release
May 15, 2027: 6 pm, Northshire Bookstore, Manchester, VT, Sequoyah Road author event
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My Latest 5⭐️ Read
Upstate, by NYT bestselling author Kim van Alkemade, coming on October 26, 2026, captivated me from the opening page. Van Alkemade weaves together the modern-day story of characters living through the pandemic with the lives of women from a previous generation, all connected through an old house and a red barn-turned-bookstore in upstate New York.
Van Alkemade masterfully constructs the narrative by layering the current-day story of Audrey Beacon, a recently widowed young woman, with magazine articles from the past and letters written to preserve the memories of a couple’s lifelong romance. What struck me most was how vibrant this novel is. Despite exploring profound grief and loss, van Alkemade's writing is absolutely teeming with life, love, connection, and community. Every relationship feels tangible and important—even the neighbor prone to the overuse of pesticides. Breadcrumbs lead you through the maze of this story and pull you toward the next clue and the next answer, making it difficult to put down. I read this novel in just two sittings!
If you love books about women overcoming loss, forging their own path, building unlikely communities, and running bookstores, then this heartfelt, life-affirming novel is a must-read! Pre-order now.
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About Caren
Born in Oklahoma, Caren is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation and now lives in a very old house in Vermont with her husband, a rescue pup, and a hand-me-down cat.
Caren is the award-winning author of the Henderson House series of historical fiction novels, a co-founder of the Southern Vermont Writers’ Conference, and a producer and scriptwriter of the documentary An Arrow Shot Through Time, which explores an extraordinary act of generosity between the Choctaw Nation and the Irish during the Great Hunger of 1847.
She is also a member of the Historical Novel Society North America and the Women’s Fiction Writers Association.
