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Tracie is a visual and performing artist and has been throughout the country and overseas working in the arts. She currently lives in New York City and is originally from the small town of Wintersville, Ohio near the border of the state, which she describes as Steeler Country.

She is a Congressional Arts Caucus Award recipient, and had one of her paintings displayed in the US Capitol Building as part of a one-year collection. She is a graduate of Chatham University, where she studied Arts Management with a concentration in Visual Art and Art History. She is also a veteran of the United States Navy, where she was a mechanic on the flight line based in Northern Japan.

Her professional visual art credits include murals and décor for many restaurants throughout the country including in Rainforest Cafés, Landry’s, Joes Crab Shack, and along the Keemah Boardwalk near Galveston, Texas. She has been part of the team at Spaeth Design, where she helped create and build the Christmas windows for Macy’s in New York City as well as those for Lord & Taylor and Saks Fifth Avenue. She also worked for the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission helping to restore artifacts for the museums of Pennsylvania. As a performer she has appeared on television and the silver screen as well tours entertaining the troops overseas in Korea, Kuwait and Iraq.

In Old Town Albuquerque, music-shop owner Molly Lewis discovers a crumbling carpetbag of 19th-century letters — and is pulled into the life of Pilar Vega, a young woman navigating love, rejection, and forbidden desire in 1891. As the two women's stories intertwine across a century, family secrets surface that echo into Molly's own life. Rio Grande Rhapsody is an evocative dual-timeline novel of mystery, love, and a past that won't stay buried. Perfect for: readers of historical fiction and dual-timeline mysteries, and anyone who loves a story told partly in letters.

Rio Grande Rhapsody

Name: Rio Grande Rhapsody
SKU: 978-1-943515-33-2

SKU: 978-1-943515-33-2

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Genre/Category: Historical Fiction, Mystery

Target Audience: Adult readers and historical fiction enthusiasts who enjoy stories of intrigue and romance.

Themes and Learning Outcomes:

Exploring family legacies and historical narratives.

The impact of societal expectations on personal desires.

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Rio Grande Rhapsody

By Beverly Ann Allen

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