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MFFLRR- Romances with MN Settings
"Yeah, Minnesota's cold...
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Romance Novels with a Minnesota Setting
[Minnesota Authors][Non-Minnesota Authors]
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)
Minnesota Authors
~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!
~Curry, Edna, Angel Wings(C); Circle of Shadows(C,RS); Dead Man's Imange(C,RS); Flight to Love(C) - Mankato; Travelling Bug(C, RS,Ebook) - gotta get out of MN to Puerta Vallarta!; Yesterday's Shadows(C,RS)
~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.
~Logan, Leandra, 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)
~McGowan, Wynema, Catching