The Midwife's Secret: The Mystery of the Hidden Princess: formerly published as The Midwife's Secret: The Legend of La Belle Ecossaise (The Legacy of the Queen of Scots)
Root is an Indie writer of what she calls "big historicals", books that have substantial historical content. Before making the timeto write, Root was a senior felony prosecutor and supervising deputy district attorney in the Morongo Basin area of San Bernardino county, home of the movie set for the OK Corral, the legend of Willie Boy, the U-2 Album 'Joshua Tree' and the surrealist landscapes  where Hopalong Cassidy rode down the bad guys in the '50s.  She writes historical novels set primarily in 16th century Scotland, a time when giants roamed the earth, great men populated Midland Scotland, while reivers ruled the Borders, and Elizabeth reigned in the country to the south. Root is also working on a contemporary crime series based on fictional episodes from her not so distant past, and hoping that those who think they recognize themselves in the story do not sue. She lives in Yucca Valley, California, with her husband Chris and their two Alaskan malamute mixed giant longhaired woolies, both with a penchant for eating antique furniture.  When she is not writing or cleaning up the damage done by Maxx and Maya, she enjoys participating in the MarieStuart Group on Yahoo, the Marie Stuart Society of which she is a member, the Indie WritersForum and the wonderful English Historical Fiction Writers site, and tracking the schedules of her amazing granddaughters  Elise and Genevieve Kelley  who live nearby and communicate with her on FB and by text messaging.  Her daughter Jolie is a local elementary principal, her son Russ is a studio and body artist, and her son Michael is an Indie writer and language teacher in Geneva (the one in Switzerland) where his wife is a scientist.  Root loves being an Indie writer, is too long of tooth to ever interest an agent, and every month thanks the San Bernardino County Retirement Association for letting her pursue her life- long love affair with writing without starving herself, her husband and her dogs.  She is an alumnus of Pomona College, and of Helix High School and Thomas Jefferson School of Law(formerly WSU-San Diego)  where she was valedictorian of each.