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HIAWATHA AND MINNEHAHA
(Minnehaha Falls, Mpls)
To the steps of Laughing Water.
Over wide and rushing rivers
In his arms he bore the maiden
(from H.W. Longfellow's,
The Song of Hiawatha, Pt X: Hiawatha's Wooing)

the page wherein we list:
ROMANCES WRITTEN BY MINNESOTA AUTHORS SET IN MINNESOTA

~Avey, Mechelle, A Lifetime Loving You(C) - Mechelle writes about some of her "neighbors" in Woodbury
~Bauer, Pamela, Babe in the Woods(C) - WAY up north! discusses issues re: Boundary Waters and the preservation of wilderness lands.; Daddy's Home(C) - The action starts in a plane accident near Hibbing into the St Louis River, then includes lots of Minneapolis and a scene in Zimmerman. You might recognize the character, KC, a Mpls newspaper gossip columnist (CJ?); Fancy's Baby(C) - Part of the Tyler, WI series. The female lead commutes from Mpls to Tyler.; I Do, I Do(C) - 4th of July at Taste of Minnesota, and a shopping excursion in Stillwater; Memories(C)- She goes back to her 20th High School reunion in Duluth, and manages to see the sights around town. Also, pretty detailed descriptions of the area around Mille Lacs, including scenes at "The Blue Goose" in Garrison; Mr. Romance(C), (in Valentine Bachelors) - St Paul's Winter Carnival, references to 1992 Ice Palace on Harriet Island, activities at the Civic Cntr, World Trade Cntr, Galtier Plaza, Rice Park, Lake Phalen & the Heartthrob Cafe; The Model Bride(C) - reads like a travelogue to MN. Harding, MN (pop. 76 - I checked the map!), Delano (Wright County), Uptown Art Fair (& Figlio's), Galleria (Edina), The Cabooze, New Years Eve fireworks @ Riverplace, & MORE!; The Pick-Up Man(C)- scenes in Cottage Grove & St Michael (Pam's hometown);Saving Christmas(C) - fictional town of "Christmas, MN"; Seventh Heaven(C)- He's the new Police Commissioner of St Paul, from out of town, and she's a "picket-waving protestor" who gets into legal troubles because of this hobby. Sound familiar?; with Judy Kaye Taming the Boss(C) - Twin Cities area. Includes a meal at the top of the IDS, a trip to the Science Museum, and a scene at the Saint Paul Hotel; Walking on Sunshine(C) - Both He & She are Twin Cities news anchors, with lots of fun scenes. My favorite is in the Minneapolis Public Library's Planetarium!
~Eagle, Kathleen, Daddy's Girl(C), in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Delivery Room... - He & She both are students at the U of M w/ nice descriptions of the Sculpture Garden & attendance at a Vikings v. Packer game!; Defender(C)- fictional reservation & band of 'Pine Lake' Native American; deals with fishing & hunting treaty rights; The Night Remembers(C) - Minneapolis, lots of scenes down in the caves on the banks of the Mississippi River
~Johnson, Susan Blonde Heat(C); Hot Pink(C)- Minneapolis & Vermilion; (as Barkin, Jill) Hot Streak(C) - Minneapolis
~Law, Susan Kay Home Fires(H) - New Ulm, MN (1870s); The Last Man in Town(H) - Based on the history of Little Falls, MN
~Logan, Leandra, Mother Figure (C, A) from New Years Resolution: Family - The 'Rocking East Side of St Paul' is where She lives, but He lives in Eagan. She busses Minnehaha Av, but mentions the incredible cabfare to Yankee Doodle Rd.; Santa and Son(C) - Minneapolis
~McGowan, Wynema, Catching Fire(H) - the sequel to Catching Rainbows; takes place in the fictional town of "Two Sisters", halfway between Duluth & the border (she used to live in Brainerd); Catching Rainbows(H) - takes place in the fictional town of "Two Sisters"; The Irishman(C) - he's running from the mob, where better to hide than Ottertail, MN? (fictional town?)
~Pender, Laura, Traitor's Dispatch(C)- set in the fictional town of Garner's Falls, this romance/mystery involves objects hidden in Redwing Pottery, and travelling between NW Minn & NoDak
~Price, Ashland, In From the Storm(H) - Minnesota
~Rice, Molly, Chance Encounter(C)- He is an FBI agent who chooses her St Paul home as the perfect place to spy on her terrorist neighbors; Krystal's Bodyguard(C)- Takes place on Lake Minnetonka, and in Minneapolis; Unforgettable(C)- a romantic suspense set in Wabasha County, in the fictional town of "Hunter's Bay"; Where the River Runs(C)- He pilots a riverboat between St Paul & Winona, & she wants to own a marina on the Mississippi (Molly Rice used to manage a paddle wheeler excursion company!)
~Roy, Patricia, Wedding Knot(H) - Starts on Duluth's shore of Lake Superior
~Royall, Vanessa (pseudonym for Michael Hinkemeyer), Wild Wind Westward(H)
~Sizemore, Susan, My Own True Love(C,T) - The female lead time-travels from the Renaissance Festival in Shakopee, with detailed descriptions of the fairgrounds.
~Spencer, LaVyrle, Bygones(C) - Twin Cities; The Endearment(H) - MN Frontier; Family Blessings(C) - Anoka, MN; The Fulfillment(C) - WW I in MN farm country; Home Song(C) - Suburban St Paul; November of the Heart(H) - Victorian Era set at a White Bear Lake resort & in St Paul; Then Came Heaven(C) - 1950s Polish community in Browerville, MN (Spencer's hometown)
~Valentine, Zena, Star-Crossed Lovers(C) - The Range (150 miles north of the Twin Cities, 80 miles west of Duluth)
~Woodiwiss, Kathleen E., Ashes in the Wind(H) - Civil War Minnesota in St. Cloud & at Ft Snelling (well, she lived in MN when she wrote it)

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