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The Long Trails
Series · 4 books · 2015-2018

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#1

A Long Trail Rolling

2015

A LONG TRAIL ROLLING Hunted for her secrets. Hiding in plain sight. Can one woman blaze her own trail into untamed territory? Winner of True West Magazine's 2016 Best Western Romance, Winner of the Romance Writers of New Zealand: 2014 Pacific Hearts Award and 2015 Koru Award UTAH TERRITORY, 1860. Aleksandra has spent her whole life training for the inevitable. So, when a brutal Cossack tracks down and kills her father, she instinctively collects her pa’s elixir and flees. But when she meets the mysterious Xavier at a nearby trading post, she wonders if she can win both his protection and his heart… Disappointed when the man of her dreams leaves to join the Pony Express, Aleksandra dons a disguise to follow him into the dangerous frontier assignment. Hiding behind her martial arts skills and a male alias, she longs to tell the handsome Xavier the truth. But with the killer in pursuit, keeping up the ruse may be her only chance for survival… Can Aleksandra save both her love and her family legacy from a relentless murderer? THE SERIES: A Long Trail Rolling is the first book in the sensational Long Trails historical fiction series. From the deserts of Utah, through the gold mines of California, to the turbulent wilderness of New Zealand, Aleksandra rides, loves, and fights—with only her Cossack skills to keep her alive. \\ From multiple award winning author Lizzi Tremayne \\ If you like bold women, authentic multicultural settings, and a dash of Old West romance, then you’ll love Lizzi Tremayne’s fast-paced adventures! Read it now!
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#2

The Hills of Gold Unchanging

2017

THE HILLS OF GOLD UNCHANGING As the Civil War rages, secessionists menace California. The Confederates want the state and they'll stop at nothing to take it. UTAH TERRITORY, 1860\. On a wagon train headed for Xavier’s family rancho in the Golden State, Aleksandra makes a dangerous enemy of a gun\-running Confederate when she fights her way out of his unwelcome embrace. After a late\-night poker game, Xavier's new friends realize he’s heard too much to be allowed to live. Embroiled in the Confederates' fight to drag the new state from the Union and make it their own, can Aleks and Xavier survive? The secessionists mean business. The Hills of Gold Unchanging is the second book in the outstanding Long Trails historical fiction series. From the deserts of Utah, through the gold mines of California, to the turbulent wilderness of New Zealand, Aleksandra rides, loves, and fights—with only her Cossack skills to keep her alive. \\ From multiple award winning author Lizzi Tremayne \\ If you like bold women, authentic multicultural settings, and a dash of Old West romance, then you’ll love Lizzi Tremayne’s fast\-paced adventures! Read it now! REVIEWERS ARE SAYING: "I particularly liked the attention to historical detail. This is an author who does her homework, and it shows... a cracking good yarn." \-Shelagh Merlin, NetGalley Reviewer "The pace is fast, there's plenty of action and adventure and a few twists I didn't see coming. Good characters plus excellent history equals a great read." \-Deborah Challinor, number one bestselling author and historian Lizzi Tremayne's Debut Novel in this series was winner of the Romance Writers of New Zealand: 2014 Pacific Hearts Award and 2015 Koru Award with A Long Trail Rolling.
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#3

A Sea of Green Unfolding

2017

A SEA OF GREEN UNFOLDING They sail for the peace and calm of New Zealand, but they hadn’t counted on murderers, mutineers, and a land war in paradise. SAN FRANCISCO BAY AND NEW ZEALAND, 1863 Aleksandra and Xavier’s newly\-found paradise on their Californio Rancho is everything they could have dreamed, until Xavier's high\-roller brother brings it all crashing down. A final tragedy plunges them into a sorrow so deep they can’t swim out. With nothing left, they grasp at an invitation to a fresh start in New Zealand, but their peaceful journey is derailed by murder, mutiny, and mayhem... and they’re not even off the ship yet. Aleks and Xavier become separated before they can disembark into what is now a turbulent wilderness—where the wars between the settlers and the local Māori have only just begun. The opening shots of the New Zealand Wars are being fired—some straight at them. A Sea of Green Unfolding is the third book in the fantastic Long Trails historical fiction series. From the deserts of Utah, through the gold mines of California, to the turbulent wilderness of New Zealand, Aleksandra rides, loves, and fights—with only her Cossack skills to keep her alive. \\ From multiple award winning author Lizzi Tremayne \\ If you like bold women, authentic multicultural settings, and a dash of Old West romance, then you’ll love Lizzi Tremayne’s fast\-paced adventures! Read it now!
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#4

Tatiana

2018

I hope you enjoy this book of tempting first\-chapter tidbits from my first three books in The Long Trails series and come back for more! The book includes the first chapters from A Long Trail Rolling, The Hills of Gold Unchanging, and A Sea of Green Unfolding, plus a blurb from the upcoming Book 4 in the series, Tatiana. The historical fiction sagas follow Aleksandra and Xavier from the wilderness of 1860 Utah to Colonial New Zealand. In A LONG TRAIL ROLLING (Book 1\), Aleksandra is alone and running to prevent her father’s killer from discovering their family secret. Disguised as a Pony Express rider in 1860’s Utah, she winds up in even deeper trouble when she rides full speed into the the Paiute Indian War. Can she and Xavier, her Californio boss, escape the Indians on the warpath, and evade the man who's already killed Aleksandra's father—and set his sights on her? THE HILLS OF GOLD UNCHANGING (2\) follows Aleksandra and Xavier through the mining camps of 1860s' Nevada and California, the Sacramento floods and San Fran to Xavier's Rancho de las Pulgas. As the Civil War rages, secessionists menace California. Embroiled in the Confederates' fight to drag the new state from the Union and make it their own, can Aleks and Xavier survive? The secessionists mean business. No one will stand in their way—and live. In A SEA OF GREEN UNFOLDING (3\), tragedy strikes in Aleksandra and Xavier’s newly\-found paradise in California. Their friend, von Tempsky, invites them on a journey to adventure and a new life in peaceful 1862 New Zealand, but change is in the wind. They reach Aotearoa, only to discover the place is a turbulent wilderness—where the land wars between the European settlers and the local Māori have only just begun. In TATIANA (4\), Stableman's daughter Tatiana rises to glamorous heights by her equestrienne abilities—but the tsar's glittering attention isn't always gold. She and Vladimir are pawns in the emperor's pursuit of a secret weapon. Vladimir must find it—or lose Tatiana and their son, arrested and held as surety against his success. As the odds mount against them, can they find each other again—half a world apart?

Author

Lizzi Tremayne
Lizzi Tremayne
Author · 9 books
Lizzi grew up riding wild in the Santa Cruz Mountain redwoods, became an equine veterinarian at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, practiced in the California Pony Express and Gold Country before emigrating to New Zealand. When not writing, she's swinging a rapier or shooting a bow in medieval garb, riding, driving a carriage or playing on her farm, singing, or working as an equine veterinarian or science teacher. She is multiply published and awarded in special interest magazines and veterinary periodicals.
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