Family Ties by Louise Behiel, a contemporary romance set in Calgary, which explores the themes of found family. kidnapping, and lost memories. Just started book 1 of The Russia Chronicles, a 6 book alternative history by Andrew Anzur Clement, where the point of divergence is 2007. It has an interesting premise.
Also have to comment on the other book I finished, even though it's not fiction, because it's about the author of perhaps the most beloved series of children's books in the US, Laura Ingalls Wilder. Prairie Fires, by Caroline Fraser, is ostensibly a biography of her, but a lot more. There is background to her story, explaining the Homestead Act, Pa's financial situation, Indian Territory, the geography of the upper midwest, and much more. Unfortunately, the latter part of the book focuses way too much on Laura's daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, who IMNSHO was a sick individual, possibly bipolar, much loved (perhaps overly so) by her mother. In her defense, Lane encouraged her mother to write the books, but she also plagiarized much of the material for her own use. She was also a fascist apologist. Laura herself was a Republican of the old school, much like my grandparents, but not a fascist. She was very capable and did many jobs besides running the farm, writing a column for the local paper, and being a Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star. For many years she was a loan officer for a local bank, something I didn't know. Unfortunately the author rather neglects Almanzo, who seems to have been a man of many parts himself.
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