(Entertainment-NewsWire.com, July 19, 2018 ) Outskirts Press—the fastest-growing, full-service self-publishing and book marketing company—is pleased to announce the release of the second in the “Bess Series” - a new historical novel based on a true character: Bess II – Into the Wind by Charles Cranston Jett. Bess II is the sequel to the popular Bess: A Pioneer Woman’s Journey of Courage, Grit and Love, in which the reader first meets Bess, a stalwart young lesbian woman trying to survive and prosper in North and South Dakota in the early 1900s. As a single 21-year-old, Bess Parker ventured forth alone, which was virtually unheard of in 1908, into far southwestern North Dakota to establish a homestead, where she became a successful rancher. Her journey demonstrated her strength and steely will as it was filled with challenges and heartache. After kicking her drunk and abusive husband to the curb in 1916, Bess found herself raising four small children alone in a sod house on the pioneer prairie. Bess II: Into the Wind continues Bess’ story through the First World War, the Spanish Flu epidemic and into the 1920s as she works to keep her children and her ranch thriving in dangerous times. She meets Anna, a schoolteacher who is also lesbian, and given the religious and intolerant nature of the community, Bess and Anna must manage their relationship secretly and discreetly while raising the children—or face the consequences of their forbidden love. Bess II is the second in a series of four historical novels by Charles Cranston Jett based on this amazing real-life character. The first novel garnered an average of 4.5 stars on Amazon reviews. For more information, visit Mr. Jett’s website at outskirtspress.com/bookstore/BessII. At 344 pages, Bess II – Into the Wind is available online through Outskirts Press. It is also sold through Amazon and Barnes and Noble for a maximum trade discount in quantities of 10 or more and is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the historical fiction category. ISBN: 978-1-4787-7383-2 Format: 6 x 9 paperback Retail: $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-4787-5541-8 Format: 6 x 9 hardback Retail: $29.95 eBook: $4.99 Genre: FICTION / Historical About the Author: Charles Cranston Jett is a graduate of the US Naval Academy and the Harvard Graduate School of Business. He served in the US Naval Nuclear Submarine Force and has 30 years’ experience in the management consulting and executive recruiting world. A native of the Western Dakotas, Mr. Jett is the author of WANTED: Eight Critical Skills You Need to Succeed; The Doom Loop; Field Studies and Super Nuke! A Memoir About Life as a Nuclear Submariner and the Contributions of a “Super Nuke” – the USS RAY (SSN653) – Toward Winning the Cold War. He is also the author of the popular prequel to this book, Bess: A Pioneer Woman’s Journey of Courage, Grit and Love. About Outskirts Press, Inc.: Outskirts Press offers full-service, custom self-publishing and book marketing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available for authors globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press, Inc. represents the future of book publishing, today. # # # Outskirts Press, Inc., 10940 S. Parker Rd - 515, Parker, Colorado 80134 <||>rnhttp://outskirtspress.com 1-888-OP-BOOKS
