Heart's Blood: A Novel

<b>Named to Kirkus' Best of 2012;</b><i> Finalist in the Western Fiction Category, 2012 International Book Awards; winner of Honorable Mention in the 2012 San Francisco Book Festival; finalist in the prestigious Leapfrog Press 2011 Fiction Contest. </i>Heart's Blood is a family saga, spanning two generations, set on the border of southern Arizona. Beginning in the early 1970s, the story follows the life of the central character, Tyler McNeil, from his impulsive (and fateful) decision to leave his itinerant existence, through unexpected parenthood, loss, love, and finally peace in his old age.