HERMISTON — “The Surgeon’s Daughter” by Audrey Blake will be discussed during Bookminders, the Hermiston Public Library’s book club. A historical novel, it is the second book in the Nora Beady series.

The event is Tuesday, March 12, 1:30 p.m. in the library’s downstairs program room, 235 E. Gladys Ave., Hermiston. There is no fee to participate.

The author is actually a pseudonym for writers Regina Sirois, who lives in Kansas, and Jaima Fixsen, of Alberta, Canada. The two women met as finalists through a writing contest and teamed up to write together. They share a love of nature, history, literature and formidable women.

A limited number of copies of “The Surgeon’s Daughter” can be checked out at the library. For more information, call 541-567-2882.