Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

Jessie Ann Gaebele pursues her dream of owning her own photographic studio as she tries to put the shadow of a forbidden love behind her.

A study of a young woman's search for the truth, and of the painful possibility that we may not get answers to every question; that we may also get some answers we don't like, but, ultimately, we might just discover what matters most to us.

Oliole Fontenot has moved to Cantrell, Montana from New York City to set up her own photography studio. When she is commissioned to do a series on women in the West, she realizes that this is the chance she needs to establish her reputation as an artist. But a handsome rancher begins to capture her heart, and she must reevaluate what she wants.

Called to Nazi-occupied Italy in 1943, a German photographer and an American stenographer hunt for priceless masterpieces before they are destroyed by Hitler, in this pulse-pounding adventure inspired by the incredible true story of the Monuments Women, the Fifth Army WACs and the looted Florentine art collections during World War II.

Armed with only a camera and determination, thirty year old photojournalist Molly Drake arrives in modern-day Cambodia to cover the U.S. military search for the remains of an American pilot, shot down during the Vietnam war. When she spots a flight helmet among Khmer Rouge victims, diplomatic powers force her and archaeologists off the dig. But just as a typhoon looms offshore, an expatriot guides them to the runis of an ancient city, where they search...

Determined to become one of the country's premier newspaper photographers, Elizabeth Westbrook travels to the Colorado Territory to capture the grandeur of the mountains surrounding the remote town of Timber Ridge. She hopes, too, that the cool, dry air of Colorado, and its renowned hot springs, will cure the mysterious illness that threatens her career, and her life. Daniel Ranslett is a man shackled by his Confederate past, and he'll do anything...

"International photojournalist Sophie Medina and her old school friend Father Jack O'Hara are out for a run on Capitol Hill when they find the body of Associate Supreme Court Justice Everett Townsend lying in an alley, barely alive. Townsend, a diabetic, later dies in the ER from complications due to hypoglycemia. His tragic death has unexpected repercussions for Sophie when Javi, a young homeless man of Sophie's acquaintance, is murdered. Before...

"Crash the wedding and meet photographer Polly Perkins who zooms in on a murder victim. As she studies an endless line of potential suspects from safely behind her camera, Polly finds love staring back at her. Will her uncanny ability to read emotions through a camera lens help prevent another murder--while exploring her own potential for romance?"--Publisher's website, viewed December 14, 2010.

"Just before the stock market crash of 1929, Laura Gilpin accompanies her partner, nurse Elizabeth W. Forster, to an isolated Navajo community. There, Betsy provides medical care while Laura finds her artistic vision photographing the Navajo people and the southwestern landscape. Based on the true story of Laura Gilpin (1891-1979), the distinguished American landscape photographer."

With disarming wit and an insider's eye, this novel about a photo intern's greatest dreams coming true captures the decadent world of Hollywood and a lifestyle only experienced in tabloid magazines.