DORSET, Vt., July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- When you browse historical fiction at your local bookstore, you'll see plenty of novels set in London, Paris, and New York. On August 1st, a new title will join their ranks, only this story unfolds in an unexpected location: Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Henderson House, by Caren Simpson McVicker, follows Bessie Blackwell, an Oklahoma spinster who falls for a divorced man in May of 1941, and her manipulative sister who threatens Bessie's chance at happiness when she exposes a dark family secret.

Born in Oklahoma City, McVicker grew up in New Jersey, but fam...