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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Character Interview with Melody
Bennett from <i>Lightning Over Bennett Ranch</i></span></h1>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Hi,
Melody. Thank you so much for stopping by to chat with me. Let’s jump into the
questions. </span>First of all, what do you look like?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I’m about
5-8 with blue eyes and long blonde hair that I always wear in a ponytail. I
really should cut off the curly locks since it’s a pain in the butt to deal
with, but I just can’t grab up the scissors. I’m curvy and my—um—bosom is a tad
larger than I like, so I wear oversized shirts and flannel a lot. A bunch of
the workers on my dad’s ranch can’t seem to keep their dang eyes to themselves
whenever I wear tighter-fitting clothing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Where and when does your story
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<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Willow Creek,
Montana. Modern day.</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">What did you think the first time you saw Max?</span></span></h1>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh, Lord. My emotions were all over the place that day. I was seventeen
and trying to wrangle a wild horse under control. I was all cool and calm on
the outside, but inside I was jittery. After I finally managed to stop the
runaway mare, I spotted Max by the stable. He was a new worker on the ranch,
and the most gorgeous cowboy I’d ever seen. I was smitten, all right. His
sweaty blond hair lay tousled over his head, and his brown eyes lit like wicked
fire when our gazes met. It was kismet.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">What is your family like?</span></span> </h1>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Aargh. Controlling. My father knows I need my privacy, but he doesn’t
think any man is good enough for me. My mother keeps trying to marry me off to
the wealthy cattle rancher I dated and dumped a few years back. Neither of my
parents approved of Max, nor did my brothers, but they’re finally coming
around. As the only daughter in the family, I’m used to hardheaded men.</span></span></div>
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you any good at it?</span></span> </h1>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I train and breed
horses, and yeah, I’m excellent at it. I’ve had Lightning, my beloved Rocky
Mountain horse, since he was colt. He’s won several ribbons and has sired quite
a few colts and fillies that have themselves won races and begot their own
offspring.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">What's the most terrible thing that ever happened to you?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Max and I planned to runaway together when we were younger, but when I
showed up at the motel, he was already gone. He broke my heart that night. I
never expected to see him again, so when he finally returned, he threw my life
out of whack.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The biggest conflict was dealing with Max’s return. He acted
like we could pick up where we left off, which shot my temper through the roof.
After ten years of no contact, I had to summon a lot of courage to give him a
second chance. And there was my family. Max and I had to sneak around a bit,
but I soon put a stop to that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">What is people’s
first impression of you?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">That I’m cold and a tomboy. Sometimes they see the
pain simmering just below the surface, but I’m pretty good at hiding my
emotions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Not really. I’m a reserved person, but I’m trying to
break out of my shell. Thank you, though, for inviting me to talk. It feels
good to get this stuff off my chest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Melody Bennett’s parents trampled on her teenage romance
with a drifter ten years earlier. After he disappeared without a word of
goodbyes on the night they had planned to run away together, she casts aside
her foolish notions of happily ever after and works hard on her family’s ranch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Max Fortaine returns with a heart guarded by secrets and
a sizable bank account that took blood, prayers, and tears to fund. The cowboy
disrupts Melody’s peaceful life with stolen kisses and a promise for more.
After a lifetime of running, mistakes and regrets, he vows to reclaim the only
woman he’s ever loved…if only her overprotective father didn’t stand in his
way. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Did you
ever love me? At least tell me that.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He drew
back, his eyes widening. “Yes, I did. I’m sorry you doubted it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Could she
trust him? A tear slid down her cheek. Where was her control? God, please. Keep
her strong. She dug her nails against her palms. “You owe me the truth.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Yeah, I
do.” He forced his fingers through his spiky, dark-blond hair. “You’ll hate me
more than you already do.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“I don’t
hate you. I did long ago, but I forgave you.” She inhaled his musky scent
through her nose, then stepped back for breathing room. “I’m happy, Max. My
life is good. To answer your earlier question, no, I don’t have a boyfriend.
I’ve dated men after you, of course, but I’m single now. That’s my choice.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">She couldn’t
tell him about her list of <i>must-haves</i>,
her criterion for potential love interests. How could she? If he knew how much
his betrayal had hurt her and how it affected her view on men and love, would
he think her weak and immature? Maybe she was.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Besides,
I’m sure you moved on to other women.” She cast her gaze down his body. Despite
the desire tingling in her veins, her heart and her mind were in accord. He
wouldn’t fool her again. “I doubt a handsome man like you would have trouble
finding a new bedmate.” After all, that’s all she had been to him. Right?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He glanced
away and shifted his feet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh, yes.
He’d slept with other women after her. How many had he lied to and seduced? How
many fell in love with him?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Her stomach roiled. She wrapped her arms around her
middle and walked to a window. She peered through the slats of the blinds, but
the great expanse of land blurred into one giant brown-and-green mass. She
faced him. “Do you have any idea what it’s like to feel not good enough? Why
did you leave Willow Creek without me? I don’t care what the answer is. I just
want to know. I won’t hate you for it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Amber Daulton is
the author of the romantic-suspense series Arresting Onyx and several
standalone novellas. Her books are published through The Wild Rose Press, Books
to Go Now, and Daulton Publishing, and are available in ebook, print on demand,
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">She lives in
North Carolina with her husband and demanding cats. Feel free to visit her at <a href="http://www.amberdaultonauthor.blogspot.com/">http://www.amberdaultonauthor.blogspot.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Alethea Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11574664007562694183noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417167596123834933.post-75792100837373945932020-08-24T23:30:00.001-07:002020-08-24T23:30:06.511-07:00Norse Hearts<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5OjVW3X9gZA/XyLvQXXqJJI/AAAAAAAAC1Q/j9QHvqe56KUGH5HWaodfmCyCyfd5OjAVwCLcBGAsYHQ/s530/Norse%2BHearts%2BFTW%2Bad%2BREV01.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="530" height="295" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5OjVW3X9gZA/XyLvQXXqJJI/AAAAAAAAC1Q/j9QHvqe56KUGH5HWaodfmCyCyfd5OjAVwCLcBGAsYHQ/w625-h295/Norse%2BHearts%2BFTW%2Bad%2BREV01.png" width="625" /></a></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b data-original-attrs="{"style":"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"}"><font face="arial" size="5" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></font></b></div></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;">The historical romance, </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;">by </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;">Robynn Gabel, is now available on Amazon.</span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">It’s the eve of Seraphina Forthred’s wedding in Seletun,
Britain, late 800 AD, and Einar, a Viking warrior, has been ordered to kill her
by Cecil, her betrothed. But when Einar isn’t paid, he makes other
plans—holding her hostage for the silver denied him.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Seraphina finds Einar, as willful as she is, and she’s
thrown into a world that is savage in comparison to hers. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Robynn Gabel had two
dreams growing up, writing books and riding horses. In her first two books, she
fulfilled them both by publishing her award-winning story about her time with
Elvis, a champion Missouri Fox Trotter. However, her continual pursuit of
adventure pushed her off into the deeper waters of writing a historical romance
novel taking place in the backdrop of the Viking Age. In her latest book, Norse
Hearts, she draws from a rich treasure trove of experiences and painstaking
research to provide not only a historically authentic tale but one with true
emotional power only she can bring.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">You can find this
riveting story in both paperback and ebook on Amazon.com. For more information
on Author book signings, reviews, and background, check out the following
links. </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><span> </span></span></p><br />Alethea Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11574664007562694183noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417167596123834933.post-49290857619815024252020-08-19T23:30:00.001-07:002020-08-19T23:30:03.438-07:00Death Southern Style<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uoRe9qA5Eas/Xzf35lrT3mI/AAAAAAAAC2c/AoD7o7rCQbcNN1HkBdOOGTg4YNqUfXUTACLcBGAsYHQ/s750/Death%2BSouthern%2BStyle%2BFront%2BCover%2BFINAL%2B750%2BPIX.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uoRe9qA5Eas/Xzf35lrT3mI/AAAAAAAAC2c/AoD7o7rCQbcNN1HkBdOOGTg4YNqUfXUTACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Death%2BSouthern%2BStyle%2BFront%2BCover%2BFINAL%2B750%2BPIX.jpg" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Death Southern Style<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Excerpt from Death Southern Style<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Perrine <a name="_Hlk26908355">Dupré</a> hurried down the street. She needed to get home.
Dark New Orleans clouds hovered overhead. Thunder rolled. Large drops of late
May rain pelted the streets of the French Quarter. It sounded like hail as the
fat globs bounced off the pavement behind Perrine. The ozone mixed with the
scent of magnolia and the smell of shrimp and fish cooking in the area. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The older African
American woman struggled against the wind. It whipped her umbrella inside out.
She clutched it tightly so not to lose it. Rain blurred her vision. Thunder
crashes caused her to jump. She stumbled up the three steps to her front door.
Her daughter was coming home for a visit. Perrine’s pulse increased and a smile
sneaked out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Perrine loved her
New Orleans. She hated to travel, but two years ago she’d gone to New York to
see Julie Ann and her new business. It was a mass of busy airports and crowded
flights, but she’d enjoyed seeing the city and staying in her daughter’s
apartment. Her daughter had showed off her new interior design business, introduced
Perrine to a few of her friends and dragged Perrine to some of the typical
tourist activities. Julie Ann had been getting her designing business
established then and had a challenge taking time off to leave and come home.
Recently she’d taken on a partner. It freed up a little extra time. Tomorrow
Julie Ann would be home in New Orleans and Perrine could give her a big hug.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Juggling her
parcels, umbrella and the key Perrine jabbed it in the direction of
the lock. Finally, the key found the opening and turned.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Thunder rumbled a
little louder, sounding like pins crashing in a bowling alley.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Perrine turned the
doorknob and froze. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">One of her psychic
visions flashed in front of her. Her shoulders sagged. A man stood inside. Her
visons didn’t lie. She wasn’t going to see Julie Ann after all. And she'd miss
their regular telephone call tonight, too. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">She wasn’t prepared
to die. A single tear shimmered down her cheek. Her heart pounded. She clutched
her parcels to her chest. <i>Why now?</i><br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lightning flashed.
Thunder crashed again. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">He waited for her to
come inside.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The vision showed
her crumpled on the ground in front of the house. She’d run, but obviously she
wasn’t going to get far. Even if she managed to escape, they would kill her
eventually. And after tonight Julie Ann would be home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would also be in danger.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The family was too
rich and powerful. They didn’t care about collateral damage or anyone who might
get hurt. Had they killed off all the other people involved? Was that why the
documentation wasn’t important anymore? The birth certificate should have been
enough. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">There was so much
she should have shared with Julie Ann. At least then she would be aware of the
threat.<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perrine didn’t
want to die in the house. It would leave a permanent stain and memory. Julie
Ann might never enter the house again if Perrine’s body was found inside.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">In her mind, Perrine
stared into the depths of the house, hands trembled, freezing cold filled her
chest. She had to make a decision. He was getting ready to make a move. Perrine
dropped her parcels, turned and raced down the steps.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The skies opened
wide and lightning flashed across the sky, turning it an electric white.
Perrine crumpled to the street. No one heard the shot. An icy shroud of death
enveloped over her.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 28.35pt; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The front door closed. The lock clicked. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">She felt no pain, not even when a boot kicked
her sharply in the ribs - twice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 28.35pt; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The feet moved away. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 28.35pt; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">A gate squeaked.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 28.35pt; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">A car engine roared to life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 28.35pt; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The phone rang. No one answered it tonight. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 28.35pt; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Her spirit prepared to leave. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10pt; tab-stops: 28.35pt; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Perrine
regretted that she’d never shared any information about Julie Ann’s real mother
with her daughter, or how her mother had been murdered. She’d tried to protect
her baby. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10pt; tab-stops: 28.35pt; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Perrine’s
mind dimmed. She prayed to her god to help her keep Julie Ann alive. Her spirit
gradually left her body and floated away. Using her fading power, Perrine
pulled on the power of the Priestess to allow her to remain on earth, in any
form. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10pt; tab-stops: 28.35pt; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Julie
Ann would be at risk. Perrine might still be able to protect her. She needed to
be there, at least in spirit, for her daughter.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Tabor Chandler rescues a young boy from drowning one cold Texas night in 1865, but the act won’t pardon him of the crime that keeps him on the move. So many men are dead—his best friend among them—and he can never forgive himself for his part.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Not even Tabor’s heroic rescue can overcome Elena Lamb’s angry grief over his part in the death of her brother. Her evidence: the battle of Shiloh, where Tabor ordered his men into deadly Union fire. Her prosecution of the Confederate lieutenant rests even when her heart cannot, and she wants him gone.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">But mysterious events conspire to keep them together. Attempted robbery and murder, sabotage and the presence of a stalking devil convince Elena that she needs this man she hates…if only for the sake of her family.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tabor studied Elena's profile, taking in the sheen of tears in her dark eyes, the grief that tightened her full lips. Even her throat looked longer and constricted. Her sadness must outweigh his guilt, but witnessing her distress made him feel so much worse.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He wished he could take her hand, kneel right there in the coach and beg her forgiveness. But he knew it would do no good. She would never forgive him, nor could he blame her. It would be better for both of them if he just returned to the top of the coach and left her alone with her grief.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">She blinked rapidly and her back stiffened even more. Her lips parted and, gasping, she pressed both hands against the sill of the window.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">An instant later, Billy shouted down from his perch, “Riders coming fast!” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tabor drew his revolver, wishing he hadn’t left the rifle up top. Through the window, he saw three riders racing down a gentle slope to the northwest. All three wore bandanas over the lower parts of their faces, and hats shadowed their eyes. Each man carried a rifle. That and their speed meant they weren’t just casual fellow travelers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Get down,” Tabor said. When she didn't immediately respond, he grabbed her arm, dragged her off the seat and pushed her down onto the floor. Ignoring her surprised gasp, he positioned himself so that his body held hers down. He continued to ignore her muffled protests as he awkwardly aimed out the window toward the advancing riders. One of the men raised his rifle, sighting on the coach—no doubt, on Billy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tabor didn't hesitate or take time to steady his aim. He needed to let the riders know that the stagecoach was not undefended. He fired.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As he'd expected, the shot went wide, but the report spooked one of the bandits’ horses. That made all three of the riders jerk apart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But they kept coming.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Billy whistled and shouted to the stagecoach team. The coach lurched into a faster pace. Holding his breath, steadying his aim for a truer shot, Tabor fired again at the nearest bandit. His target jerked, struck in the arm, and veered away. Before the other riders could react, Tabor loosed two more shots. All three riders whipped around and raced back in the direction from which they'd come.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tabor dropped his head against the rim of the window and let his gun hand slide down onto the seat to his right. “They’re going,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A muffled protest from below accompanied a sharp jab against his left hip.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Sorry.” Awkwardly, Tabor pushed himself off Elena and back into his seat. He caught her arm and helped her rise from the floor. The bouncing of the still racing coach made it difficult.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Finally, as she fell into her seat, she jerked free of him. Her dark eyes blazed and her jaw was tight as she spouted, “What do you think you're doing?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself!” She tugged at her clothing, putting her disheveled cloak and shirt back into some semblance of order even as she bounced in the swaying, jouncing coach. Gradually, the conveyance slowed to a more moderate pace.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">With his free hand, Tabor gripped the leather hand strap to his left. “I'm sure you can in most situations but—”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Really, Lt. Chandler, will you just leave me alone?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As if her request wasn't worded strongly enough, the glare in her eyes told him it was time to retreat to the top of the coach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Setting his jaw, he holstered his gun and opened the door. The ground raced past as the coach flew along the damp road. He was tempted to sit back down but decided that she needed a break from him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He stepped into the opening, half-turned and, reaching up with one hand, grabbed the nearest support for the driver’s box. His heart skipped for a moment as he pulled himself up on top of the coach. As he climbed over to the driver's box, he heard the door shut behind him. He looked at Billy. The younger man lifted one eyebrow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“That was good shooting,” he said as Tabor sat beside him<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“It wasn't easy with a revolver from this bouncing coach.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Next time you go down there, take the rifle with you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Alethea Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11574664007562694183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417167596123834933.post-71368343522080331532020-08-10T23:30:00.004-07:002020-08-11T06:22:03.325-07:00Shot From the Hip<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rrbrwbzYvKI/XzAZijwkucI/AAAAAAAAC2Q/dqApiyxFNxw8hiAx2t_zBm9_mm_AwAWVgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Front%2BCover%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rrbrwbzYvKI/XzAZijwkucI/AAAAAAAAC2Q/dqApiyxFNxw8hiAx2t_zBm9_mm_AwAWVgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Front%2BCover%2B%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>B</b><b style="color: #222222;">lurb</b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">: </span></span><p></p><blockquote style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Gunslingers, ranchers, cowboys, gamblers, and more make their appearance in this exciting collection of short stories set in the American Old West.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Author Holly Bargo takes an unflinching look at this most romanticized of American eras with bigotry, oppression, and hardship leaving their marks. Resilient and resourceful characters rise above those and other challenges with strength and, oftentimes, humor. Clean, sweet romance weaves its magic through many of the stories.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>Shot from the Hip</i> contains these stories:</span></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Angels High: A woman who makes her living by winning at a man’s game learns to expect trouble, especially when the stakes are high. But when trouble finds her this time, Angelica Durant gets more than she bargained for.</span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Coming Home: Life is hard. No one knows this better than Dessie Humphrey who’s trying to hold onto the family farm. When aid comes in the form of a wanted gunslinger, she’s in no position to refuse.</span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The Escort: Buck hires on as an armed escort to accompany a rancher’s haughty daughter and her companion to Boston for her debut into polite society. Both young women are lovely, but the young companion catches Buck’s eye and warms his heart. He thinks he’s too old and jaded for this innocent girl; but, when danger strikes, he’ll risk his life for her.</span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Hair Trigger: A female gunslinger returns to her hometown to claim her inheritance and</span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">get justice for her father’s wrongful death, but crashes into a statute of limitations.</span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Heart of Gold: A dying man begs an honest cowboy to take a fortune in gold through a lawless territory with Indians on the warpath. He didn’t reckon on becoming responsible for keeping the man’s daughter safe along the way.</span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The Lesser of Evils: Cast from the native tribe that adopted her and the only home she’s ever known to make her way in the white man’s world, Sun Gold finds herself faced with a language barrier and a choice she never wanted.</span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The Mail Order Bride’s Choice: Looking to improve her circumstances, an indigent woman travels across the country as a mail order bride to meet a fiancé who has plans for her other than marriage.</span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Pride and Peace: It’s an open secret on the Lazy Five that Jessie North is a woman, but that doesn’t stop Daniel Harper from reacting badly when he learns about it. Can he overcome his prejudice when the proud half-breed saves his life?</span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The Rancher’s First Love: When a gravely wounded Chinese woman collapses on Clint Cheswick’s front porch, he doesn’t expect to compete with his half-breed foreman for her affection.</span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Resurrection: Undertakers bury the dead; they don’t resurrect bodies left for dead. But that’s exactly what Antonio DiCarlo does when a lovely Swedish immigrant lands on his doorstep.</span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The Saint: A wounded outlaw throws himself upon the mercy of a Mexican priest. His demand for sanctuary gains him more than just temporary safety.</span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Survival of the Fairest: A woman kills her abusive husband and flees, heading west to restart her life under an assumed name.</span></li></ul></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Buy link:</b> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/Shot-Hip-Tales-American-West-ebook/dp/B083D8VCRY&source=gmail&ust=1597073651907000&usg=AFQjCNHc_LyE0dcQnRRX5MorX9yJ3RaORA" href="https://www.amazon.com/Shot-Hip-Tales-American-West-ebook/dp/B083D8VCRY" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/<wbr></wbr>Shot-Hip-Tales-American-West-<wbr></wbr>ebook/dp/B083D8VCRY</a></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Author Interview with Holly Bargo</b></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AW:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Welcome, Holly.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HB:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you, Alethea, for hosting me on your blog.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AW:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How long have you been writing?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HB:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writing or publishing? I’ve been writing stories since I was a little girl, mostly weird, outrageous, improbable adventures reminiscent of fairy tales that in my teens evolved into fantasy and science fiction. I submitted short stories to several publishers and received encouraging feedback. In my twenties, I won a national contest, although I never did see the story published. I still have the Dragonlance® tee-shirts and chess board, though, that were included in the grand prize. The chess set is awesome.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In my late twenties, I signed on with a publisher which soon went belly-up owing me royalties. At the time, I was proud of that book; now, it embarrasses me. It should never have been published. Anyway, that’s what I wanted to do: be an author.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I continued to write sporadically. I submitted queries and manuscripts. I got nowhere. Then life intervened with working for a living, children, and livestock. When the digital publishing revolution opened, I resisted e-books for a few years and finally succumbed when a friend self-published her book and it did well. Under the impetus of “if she can do it, then so can I,” I embarked upon the independent author journey and never looked back.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AW:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Your book catalog shows mainly romances spanning various sub-genres. What inspired you to branch out into western historicals?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HB:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I edit for bestselling western author, Russ Towne. He read one of my books and enjoyed it, then asked if I’d be open to collaborating with him. I agreed. We discussed how the partnership would proceed and decided we’d each write six short stories. He wondered how I’d do with one of his characters, so I took on Buck Evans, the protagonist of a “A Bloody Day in Destiny,” and used him as the hero in “The Escort.” The entire project was great fun and resulted in publication of </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Six-Shots-Each-Gun-Tales-ebook/dp/B07NGYVK1S/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Six Shots Each Gun</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AW:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What differences between western historicals and your usual genres were particularly challenging?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HB:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Historical accuracy. I’m a history buff, which helps in editing other authors’ work and imposes constraints upon my own stories, because the historical details have to be right. I truly believe that only fiction rooted in realistic elements can suspend the reader’s disbelief. Therefore, I do research to ensure the historical details are accurate. Few things annoy me more than when I read a book and the author fails to do that.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AW:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You published two more volumes of western historicals after</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Six Shots Each Gun</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. What inspired you to write those?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HB:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next collection of short westerns, </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Satin-Boots-Short-Western-Romances-ebook/dp/B07XKCLPGK/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Satin Boots</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, also began as a second collaboration between me and Russ. He suggested dipping a toe into “my” genre, romance, and we agreed to do so, but to stick within the historical time period. However, our schedules didn’t coordinate, and we eventually published two separate books in 2019. In early 2020, I decided to combine my stories from </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Six Shots Each Gun </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Satin Boots</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> into a single volume: </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shot-Hip-Tales-American-West-ebook/dp/B083D8VCRY/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Shot+from+the+Hip+by+Holly+Bargo&qid=1597074888&s=digital-text&sr=1-1" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shot from the Hip</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AW:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do you foresee more western historicals in your future?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HB:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I do. However, I couldn’t say when. I’ve been flirting with an idea for a novel, not just a collection of short stories. It’ll probably be a western romance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Author bio:</b> Holly Bargo is a pseudonym, but really did exist as a temperamental Appaloosa mare. The author primarily writes romance, but collaborated with bestselling western author Russ Towne to produce a collection of western short stories published as <i>Six Shots Each Gun</i>. That inspired this collection which includes Holly's six books from the earlier book and six clean, sweet western romances.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Holly lives with her husband and assorted livestock on a hobby farm in southwest Ohio. She works full-time as a freelance writer and editor and has published over 20 books since 2014. See Holly's catalog of books on her <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/Holly-Bargo/e/B00JRK6VGQ&source=gmail&ust=1597073651907000&usg=AFQjCNGnI4ltWMjXgA2Qyog9W754e0eonA" href="https://www.amazon.com/Holly-Bargo/e/B00JRK6VGQ" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Amazon page</a> or <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.henhousepublishing.com/book-catalog.html&source=gmail&ust=1597073651907000&usg=AFQjCNHtngSSLMMNB8OT8jpv-VjGRwX-PQ" href="https://www.henhousepublishing.com/book-catalog.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">website</a>.</span></div>Alethea Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11574664007562694183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417167596123834933.post-63120083672212381862020-08-05T23:30:00.002-07:002020-08-06T06:40:31.261-07:00Perilous Love<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5">Thank you for having me Alethea.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5">When I retired and ready to start
writing my first book – fingers poised over the keyboard – I had no idea what
to write about. It was by chance I read an interesting article on how a
person’s true character emerges when faced with extreme danger or life changing
circumstances. For example, the tough he-man turns to water and runs, the
unassuming persons steps up and takes control. A story began forming in my head.
Then I came across my grandfather’s World War One military records of his time
in Belgium and France. He came home but it was many years before he could talk
about how terrible it was. I began researching the events leading up to the
German invasion of Belgium in August 1914 and what followed was called The Rape
of Belgium. There in front of me were the appalling atrocities my grandfather
spoke about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had the setting for my
book, <i>Perilous Love</i>.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial" size="5"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"></span></font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="5"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NBxLYQYxMy0/XyQ7rWc0pnI/AAAAAAAAC1g/HrJpCbgR3_sXezZIVguzP8QAq09FeXdSwCPcBGAYYCw/s925/PerilousLovefront.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="577" height="800" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NBxLYQYxMy0/XyQ7rWc0pnI/AAAAAAAAC1g/HrJpCbgR3_sXezZIVguzP8QAq09FeXdSwCPcBGAYYCw/w499-h800/PerilousLovefront.jpg" width="499" /></a></font></div><font face="arial" size="5">Blurb –<span lang="" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></font><p></p>
<p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><font face="arial" size="5">Adrian Bryce’s world of wealth and beautiful women comes to
an end when he’s ordered by the British government to accompany his estranged
wife Gabrielle to Belgium. It is essential he find proof her uncle is
supporting the German Empire’s preparation for war. What Adrian discovers will
plunge he and Gabrielle into a nightmare of betrayal, forcing them to run for
their lives as the Germans cross the border. Facing danger, brutality and
injury, and painful truths about themselves, they reach safety as two different
people. Waiting for them are charges of treason and a woman who’ll stop at
nothing to see Adrian dead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black;"><font face="arial" size="5">Excerpt –<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5">The first soft shafts of sunlight woke
Adrian. The ground was hard, and he’d barely slept because of his throbbing
foot and he was as thirsty as hell. He hobbled to the canal and drank thirstily
then dipped both his feet into the cold water, letting out a sigh as the pain
eased. Gabrielle knelt at the water’s edge beside him and washed her face and
pushed her wet fingers through her hair to slick down the untidy curls.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her voice was low and angry. ‘What was she
like?’<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5">‘What are you talking about?’ He
scowled, dreading what was coming.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5">‘Sigrid, Maryanne, whatever her name
was,’ she snapped back.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5">‘What the hell are you trying to do
Gaby? Force an argument?<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5">‘No, I’m not forcing an argument. I
really want to know! You preferred that woman’s company to mine and your
children’s and because of her and my uncle and your unbelievable stupidity, two
innocent people have died, and we are forced to rely on each other to stay
alive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are you proud of yourself? And
was her beauty and obvious bedroom expertise worth all of this?’<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5">Adrian turned his head away, angry and
embarrassed.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘I’m waiting,’ she persisted. I presume you
also showered her with gifts and expensive baubles while we would be lucky to
see you on our birthdays.’<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Something snapped inside him. He’d had enough
of her barbs and sarcasm. <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5">Furious, he turned to face her. ‘If I
could get up and walk away, I would. Just what are you trying to achieve? We’ve
avoided capture by the skin of our teeth, we have no idea how to get away, the
Germans are pouring into Belgium, thousands will be killed and you want to know
if I showered her with gifts. Why don’t we concentrate on getting out of here
and then you will be free of me?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now for
Christ’s sake leave it alone.’<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘You want to get up and walk away?’ her voice
dripped scorn. ‘Did I walk away from that lonely, empty life, in that big
lonely house? Making excuses to your children, visiting neighbours on my own.
Did I show such contempt for my marriage vows?’<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5">‘You forgot to mention entertaining
Charlton in my home,’ he snarled and flinched as Gabrielle’s hand slapped his
face.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5">‘Yes, your home.’ Gabrielle yelled. ‘I
may have lived there and given birth to your children there, but it was always
your home. I pray to God we will return to England and you can enjoy your home
with your expensive treacherous harlots!’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her hands clenched into fists. ‘Yes! Brian did share my bed. You were
never there, you couldn’t care less about me or our children, you were so
besotted with that German harlot’s devious charms you had no idea what was
going on. She was exceptionally clever, and you were exceptionally stupid.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5">Adrian rubbed his cheek and pointed his
finger at her. ‘If you hit me again, you will be sorry. You want to know what
she was like. She had long wavy auburn hair, a figure that made men’s eyes
water and yes, she had expertise in the bedroom. She could drink me under the
table and she could discuss politics like a man. She was exceptionally clever
and yes you are right, I was exceptionally stupid, because I hadn’t a clue she
was German or she’d bedded a cabinet minister or she’d been on other
assignments for your uncle. I hope I’ve answered all your questions and I don’t
give a damn whether you believe me or not, but I’m bloody ashamed of myself.
And I hope to God we’ll get back to England, so you can do whatever you want
and I won’t have to listen to your harping sarcastic tongue. Are you happy now?<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5">‘Oh yes, very happy, thank you. Who
wouldn’t be, sitting with you on the damp ground beside a canal without food or
clean clothes,’ her eyes glittered with contempt, ‘How does it feel that you, a
cabinet minister and my uncle shared her? I wonder if she kept an inventory of
her jewellery and gifts to remember who gave her what.’<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5">He pulled his feet from the water and
stood up. ‘I’m not listening to your ranting, nor am I waiting here for them to
find me.’<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5">‘You can’t face the truth, can you?’ she
shouted at him. ‘Well, unpleasant as it is, you need me and I need you to
survive. When we reach safety, you can go back to the life you enjoyed with
your sophisticated women without the inconvenience of an unwanted wife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And if we get out of here, I don’t want
anything from you. Not even a Christmas card.’ Her lip curled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘A gentleman never breaks a business
contract, but it’s of no consequence to break your marriage vows.’<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Adrian reached down and roughly pulled her up
to face him, his eyes black with fury.<span style="background: aqua; mso-highlight: aqua;"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5">‘I can’t face the truth? It’s a pity you
didn’t meet and marry that useless fop Charlton eight years ago, because he’d
have been the target for your sainted uncle’s lunacy instead of me!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Christ, you haven’t shut up about your
miserable marriage but look where it’s got me!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Stitched up like a bloody weaver’s loom, set up as a traitor, hiding
like a fugitive. And why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because I had
the temerity to marry you!’ He turned his back and hobbled over to the grazing
horse. ‘I’m leaving, are you coming with me or staying here?’<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5">Gabrielle’s face mirrored the shock she
felt at Adrian’s words. Her foot lashed out sending a small log into the water
and she walked up to Adrian, her fists clenched, then without warning she burst
into tears.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5">‘I have no choice.’ Her voice was raw
with emotion. ‘All I want is to get out of Belgium and go back to my children
and never see you again!’<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5">Adrian gripped her arms, his fingers
digging into her flesh. ‘You’ll get your bloody freedom one way or the other.
If we get out of this, I’ll gladly give it. If I’m shot, you can play the
grieving widow for a day or two. Now shut up and help me get this horse into
the shafts.’<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5">He heaved himself into the driving seat,
knowing damn well they were suffering huge reactions to the events they had
witnessed. His insides were ripped apart enough without her rubbing his face in
it again and again. How could he have been so bloody naive?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wouldn’t matter how loudly he protested
his innocence, the fact remained his mistress had wheedled far too much
information from him and a senior government minister named Edmund. Good God!
Sir Edmund Charters! Close to the Prime Minister, related to the Foreign
Minister. That old fool must be nearly seventy and you, Bryce, are the biggest
fool of them all<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5">Buy links -<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Perilous-Love-Jan-Selbourne-ebook/dp/B07BDN985Q/"><font face="arial" size="5">https://www.amazon.com.au/Perilous-Love-Jan-Selbourne-ebook/dp/B07BDN985Q/</font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39289507-perilous-love?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=RhCaptBNEU&rank=1"><font face="arial" size="5">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39289507-perilous-love</font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/perilous-love-jan-selbourne/1128168840?ean=9781912768011"><font face="arial" size="5">https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/perilous-love-jan-selbourne/1128168840</font></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang=""><font face="arial" size="5">Author links -<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jan.selbourne/"><font face="arial" size="5">https://www.facebook.com/jan.selbourne/</font></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-selbourne-2817b6140/"><font face="arial" size="5">https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-selbourne-2817b6140/</font></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang=""><font face="arial" size="5"><a href="https://twitter.com/JanSelbourne">https://twitter.com/JanSelbourne</a><o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial" size="5"><span lang=""><a href="https://nomadauthors.com/"><span style="line-height: normal;">https://nomadauthors.com/</span></a></span><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><o:p><font face="arial" size="5"> </font></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="line-height: normal;"><font face="arial" size="5">Author bio -<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang=""><font face="arial" size="5"></font></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="5"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BmVr8W1Y1sU/XyQ80XlRzDI/AAAAAAAAC1s/nQ_LrpV6mdwGP0o_MC7A51MmhSM4XQM2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Jan%2BSelbourne.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="210" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BmVr8W1Y1sU/XyQ80XlRzDI/AAAAAAAAC1s/nQ_LrpV6mdwGP0o_MC7A51MmhSM4XQM2QCLcBGAsYHQ/w140-h210/Jan%2BSelbourne.jpg" width="140" /></a></font></div><p class="MsoListParagraph"><font face="arial" size="5">Jan Selbourne grew up in Melbourne, Australia. Her
love of literature and history began as soon as she could read and hold a pen.
Her career started in the dusty world of ledgers and accounting then a working
holiday in the UK brought the history to life. Now retired, Jan can indulge her
love of writing and travel. She has two adult children and lives near Maitland,
New South Wales.</font></p><font face="arial" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang=""><o:p><font face="arial" size="5"> </font></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Alethea Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11574664007562694183noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417167596123834933.post-54827215504933641342020-08-03T23:30:00.005-07:002020-08-03T23:30:03.470-07:00Rainbow Sprinkles<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; text-indent: 0in;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--U_XJ4Ie1Yw/XyWWJnj-v8I/AAAAAAAAC14/jBz9xuWxSwkC7IboKUMLgd0ssoO7cA3TACLcBGAsYHQ/s750/RainbowSprinkles_w14471_750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--U_XJ4Ie1Yw/XyWWJnj-v8I/AAAAAAAAC14/jBz9xuWxSwkC7IboKUMLgd0ssoO7cA3TACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/RainbowSprinkles_w14471_750.jpg" /></a></div><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="MsoSubtleEmphasis"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">After
the storm come the rainbows.</span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="MsoSubtleEmphasis"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Rainbow
Sprinkles<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/gJJ0XY4tt7Y"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">YouTube Video</span></a><span class="MsoSubtleEmphasis"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Blurb</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white;">Retired
and widowed Gloriana Jones is forging on with the plans she and her late
husband dreamed of—bringing joy and happiness, one ice cream cone at a time, to
Lake Unami. But bad weather is drowning her dream. A trip to Upstate NY is
bittersweet for Nathan James. He is excited to see his first granddaughter but
without his wife he's lonely. When his car breaks down, he heads to the only
light he can see, an ice cream shop. With aid from a heavenly source,
electricity sparks, but will the two weather the summer storms and find love a
second time? Or will their hopes and dreams melt away?</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Excerpt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">“Do you mind if I wait until
the tow truck gets here?” He plucked the wet shirt away from his chest with the
long fingers of one tanned hand. “It must be electrical, even the radio stopped
working.” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">“No, you're welcome to hang
around as long as you need.” Gloriana riffled through a cardboard box under the
counter, pulled out an extra-large t-shirt, and tossed it to him. “Here you go.
The restroom is through there.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">Mr. Gorgeous beamed a perfect
toothy smile. “Thanks. I'll be right back.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">When he disappeared into the
hallway, and the door clicked shut, Gloriana fanned her face. What the hot
fudge was wrong with her? “Coffee. Make coffee.”</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">Character Interview — Nathan James</p>
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you, and thank you for having me.” He squirms in the chair a bit. “I’m not used
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sits up straighter in his chair. “I’m a freelance business consultant. I mostly
help small businesses who are struggling with, or don’t want to struggle in the
future, to get a handle on the nuts and bolts of running and maintaining their
chosen field.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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to fidgeting in his chair, Nathan taps a finger on the arm. “I’m sorry. I
thought this was an interview about my work.” Then his caramel-colored eyes
turn to the window and the sparkling suncatcher, then lets out a puff of air.
“Rainbows mean promise and hope.” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i>Interviewer</i> “I read you are a widower. That must be
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i>Nathan</i> “I am. My wife, Rachel, passed away
several years ago.” Nathan’s gaze remains fixed on the suncatcher, but there is
a deep vee between his eyebrows now. “I was so immersed in my work. I didn’t
realize how sick she was. Then before you knew it, she was gone.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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cope. I only survived. I dove deeper into my work. My daughter, Lacey, is the
one who kept me from spiraling into total depression.” <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i>Nathan </i> “Lacey
gave me a beautiful granddaughter Adelle.” He leans forward and pulls out his
phone. “Here, I have a picture of them.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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“They are both gorgeous. Now, tell us how you came to be in Lake Unami with a
rainbow suncatcher in your window?”<o:p></o:p></p>
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swipes the phone in my hands. The picture or a woman with short multi-color
hair and a pixie style appears standing in front of a storefront window. The
glass is painted with rainbows, ice cream desserts, and silver stars. Rainbow
Sprinkles is emblazoned in the colors of the prism. “This is Gloriana Jones.
She is an amazing woman. At first, I felt like I was betraying my wife by the
feelings she invoked, but my daughter and some inexplicable events showed me
the error of my thinking.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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Branch Lake is a mid-grade paranormal. Recently, Rock House Grill was released
by Wild Rose Press. I also host Welcome to the Campfire and A Peek Through the
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lifelong Jersey Man, and moved this time to Sussex County. They live with Hali,
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<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">D. V. Stone </p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><i>One man’s
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<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><i>One foolish
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<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><i>A Mid-grade
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Author John Layne is a long-time veteran of law enforcement. He began his career with the Houston, Texas, Police Department in 1981 and held numerous positions over the years, including detective for the last 24 years. He is currently a Sr. Detective for a state-wide law enforcement agency in north Texas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">He grew up watching Western movies and reading the stories of the Old West. His theatrical influences included actors John Wayne, James Stewart and Clint Eastwood as well as directors John Ford, Henry Hathaway and Howard Hawks. He drew literary inspiration from Louis L’Amour, Zane Grey, Robert B. Parker and C. J. Box. His passion for history and the classic Western genre inspired him to write short stories on the Old West and his first novel, </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Gunslingers</span></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">. John is an avid sports fan, horse enthusiast and loves all things Texas.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Our children?” She swiveled in her seat. “You made no mention of wanting children, just marital relations as necessary. I understood that to mean intercourse.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“I wrote I wanted to leave a legacy.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“A legacy. Not a dynasty.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Legacy. Dynasty. Is there really so sharp a distinction?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“To my mind there is. I understood you meant to affect future generations—endow schools, found churches, create civic associations. I didn’t realize that meant children. I agreed to having sex, not having children.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> “Of course I want children.” His brows grew heavy as he frowned. “Doesn’t having sex lead to having children?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Not with the right precautions.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">His frown deepened. “Precautions?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“There are many ways to prevent your seed from taking root, Mr. King.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“I want children, Mrs. King.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Her lips twisted and her brow furrowed, but she kept her silence.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“All right,” she said. “You can have children with any woman you like. I won’t stop you. I free you from any claim to fidelity.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Legacy—or dynasty if you will—means legitimacy. No bastard will carry my name, not when I have a wife to bear me children.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A recent transplant to the Southwest from New York, Michal Scott is the erotic romance pen name of Anna Taylor Sweringen, a retired United Church of Christ and Presbyterian Church USA minister. Anna has been writing professionally since joining Romance Writers of America in 2003. She also writes inspirational romance as Anna Taylor and women's fiction and gothic romance as Anna M. Taylor.</span></div>
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Alethea Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11574664007562694183noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417167596123834933.post-45781389679128097512020-07-23T00:30:00.000-07:002020-07-23T00:30:10.060-07:00Romance in Blake's Folly, Nevada<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">by J.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For me, Western Romance
doesn’t mean cowboys and ranches. My stories are set in Nevada, in a semi-ghost
town called Blake’s Folly, a place where odd characters live, the sort of
people who stick it out despite all odds. In these clapboard, rusty trailer
communities, wooden doors tap in the wind, bare stalks scratch, country music
whines, and eccentrics dish up tall tales, and suspicion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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am I fascinated by such places? Because I love writing about odd characters and
misfits, the sort of people who would never fit into neat houses with tidy
gardens. People are rebels, not by choice, but by character. Sometimes they’re
ornery, nosy, or interfering, but I can guarantee they’re certainly the real
thing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Desert
Rose</b>, my heroine Rose
is a delightful character: gutsy, original, open-minded, and funny. As soon as
the very appealing Jonah Livingstone (he’s part Paiute, part Italian) walks into
her shop, he’s entranced too. But even if she’s outgoing and flirtatious, Rose
has quite a few secrets, and she won’t share them with anyone. Of course, Jonah
has secrets of his own, and before a romance can take place, both will have to
confide and trust each other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Alice,
the heroine of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">All About Charming Alice</b>,
is a rather prickly character. Reclusive, she loves the Nevada desert, rescues
dogs, and protects snakes. Jace Constant, my hero, is the opposite. He’s an
intellectual writer from Chicago, and he’s not crazy about deserts, dogs, or
snakes. But neither Alice nor Jace expects love when it comes galumphing over
the horizon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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here in my stories are all those cranky secondary characters, sharing the
spotlight with heroes and heroines, and sometimes having the last word…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Alice Treemont has given up hope of meeting the right man and falling in love. Living in Blake’s Folly, a semi-ghost town of rusting cars, old trailers, clapboard shacks, and thirsty weeds, she spends her time cooking vegetarian meals, rescuing unwanted dogs, and protecting the most unloved creatures on earth: snakes. What man would share those interests? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jace Constant is in Nevada, doing research for his new book, but he won’t be staying long. As far as he’s concerned, Blake’s Folly is hell on earth. He’s disgusted by desert dust on his fine Italian shoes, and dog hair on his cashmere sweaters. As for snakes, he doesn’t only despise them—he’s terrified by them. He can hardly wait to get back to Chicago’s elegant women, fine dining, and contemporary art exhibitions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Suddenly
Jace rose to his feet and, in that languid way of his, crossed to the doorway
where she stood. Alice was a tallish woman but, still, he towered over her.
Casually, stretching out one arm, he rested his hand on the door frame, just a
hair’s breadth above her head. He was close, so close. His body was supple,
strong and—yes, she had to admit it—warm, fragrant. The heat of him reached her
over the few inches separating them and she ached to curve into it. Aura? This
man was a flesh-and-blood heat wave.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The
strange, tingling excitation was flowing through her again like thick port
wine. She lowered her eyes, refusing to meet his gaze, although she knew he
was, once again, examining her minutely.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“And
I want to take the room.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Look,
you don’t need my room,” she said, desperation evident in her tone. “There’s a
perfectly reasonable motel the other side of the Winterback Mine, out in the
direction of Logan. Actually, it’s far better equipped to take in tourists than
anything you’d find here in Blake’s Folly.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“I
know. Rider Motel. Air conditioning, closed circuit television. Right across
from the Dew Drop Inn.” His smile was wry. “That’s exactly where I’ve been
staying for the last three nights. And over and over again during those three
nights I remembered Blake’s Folly and the ‘room to let’ sign on your wall. And
the more I thought about it, the more appealing it got. There’s nothing worse
than an impersonal motel room when you have to stay in an area for a while.” He
paused, let his eyes wander over the faded wooden framing, over the settee on
the veranda. “Right here, it feels more like home.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That
wasn’t it, she knew. That wasn’t even part of the truth. He was back because
something hot and wonderful shimmered between them. Did she fascinate him as
much as he did her? Possibly. Although she hadn’t done anything to encourage
him, not even once. It would have been hard to find anyone less friendly than
she’d been.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Still,
there was something about him that touched her, something that had nothing to
do with raw desire. Was it the warmth in his eyes? A quirk to his lips that
promised humor and understanding? Or was it just plain magic, the magic that
happens when the right female meets the right male? Whatever it was, she’d been
unsuccessful in putting him out of her head for days.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She
knew she was softening.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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must have sensed that too, and he pushed his point further. “Everyone, or
almost everyone, needs the feeling there’s home somewhere. I’m sure you
understand that.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She
nodded slowly, reluctance fighting with sympathy. “What are you doing in the
area?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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felt the flush crossing her cheeks. She didn’t want to be interested in him.
She wanted to blot him out. She’d opened her mouth, intending to refuse him,
but the question had popped out instead. And that had opened the door to
conversation. He’d realized it too, and she could almost feel his body relax
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couldn’t help smiling. “Blake’s Folly's a great place for history. Lucy
Warner’s pig gave birth to fifteen piglets once. That was back in thirty-two, I
think.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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eyes met hers evenly. “Nineteen thirty-three. The fifth of August. A hot month
for hard work like that.” He gave a short laugh. “Nothing important gets past
us serious researchers.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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there was a loud thump followed by a wild scraping of claws. Seconds later, a
huge black dog thrust itself past Alice and threw itself against Jace, almost
knocking him backward.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Killer!
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Killer
wriggled like an eel, danced a doggie jig on the veranda floor and still
managed to stare up at Jace with supplication. He was ecstatic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bent down and gingerly patted Killer’s head, then looked back up at Alice with
slight embarrassment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Normally
I never pat dogs. I never understood why anyone would want to.” He observed
Killer again. “There’s pure adoration in his eyes. It gets to me, somehow.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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nestled in closer, wagging his long, seedy-looking tail wildly, and Jace patted
him again, this time with more tenderness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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felt herself relenting. She loved animals—any animal: dogs, cats, rabbits. And
snakes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And
this man was touching her too much. Far too much. She had to bring her defenses
back into play. “That isn’t the way a dog normally reacts when he meets a total
stranger.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jace
met her semblance of hostility with his limpid green gaze. “I’m not a total
stranger. I fed him my packed lunch the other day, remember?” He looked down at
Killer, grinned ruefully. “I still didn’t know why I stopped for him. Anyway,
we’ve been through all this already. And, as I said, I’m here about the room.”</span></div>
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marriage far behind her, settling down is the last thing she intends to
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and boredom? Well… perhaps things might be different with Jonah Livingstone,
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admirers and doesn’t seem inclined to choose a favorite. No problem: Jonah is
too independent to settle into a permanent relationship again. He’s leading his
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<span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cleopatra’s journey passes through where I live in northern Arizona and gave me the opportunity to imagine what my home area was like 2,000 years ago. After surviving Arizona’s Superstition Mountains, Cleopatra and her Mayans used the “Green” River as their passage north. They find the ancient salt mine and a meteorite buried in a feathered cloth, and visit the people in the Montezuma Castle cliff dwellings. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Next they travelled on to Sedona. As those who have visited Sedona know, it’s a spectacularly beautiful place and can also guess it’s easy to make fun of the tourist mecca’s crystal culture. (Around here, they say you really have to love Sedona to make fun of it.) In Sedona the visit the already ancient Palatki Ruins and are chased off to New Mexico when Sunset Crater erupts. (I took the liberty moving the eruption into my timeline.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: normal;">Each of the places the sisters visit took research: Anglesey Island, Chichen Itza, Rar</span><span style="line-height: normal;">á</span><span style="line-height: normal;">muri, Hopewell culture, and more since there’s little firsthand reporting available. Some research was geographical, for example how Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes would have looked. Other research involved the archeological evidence of Cahokia and Poverty Point. I’d visited Cahokia and Chaco Canyon and recommend both as a small glimpse into what North America must have been like before Columbus. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The letter Alexandria, already voyaging to Nova Scotia, receives from her sister Cleopatra:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Please forgive your errant sister for her deceit. I truly feared for my life from the Romans. My only choice was to fake my death. I thought the asp an ironic end to my life as Pharaoh Queen, for you know well my phobic fear of snakes. A most trusted servant begged to dress in my regalia and let Octavian’s Legionnaires find her, while I, clad in her rude tunic, face bare of kohl—if can you imagine me so—fled through back alleys to the harbor with only a few slaves and possessions. By prearrangement, thank Thoth, in a most desultory warehouse, a Bedouin princess dressed me in the desert robes of a common herder. The horrific fabric still smelled of goat. From there she led me to a trading ship. That crude vessel carried me along the coast to a pirate lair. There the pirate king, a disgustingly handsome rogue, agreed to take me—this, dear sister, you will not believe—to the New Land. By the time you read my words I will be on the high seas aboard a pirate ship.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Amber Polo, constantly asking “What if…?” has a hard time writing in one genre. Best known for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Shapeshifters’ Library</i> urban fantasy series which asked what if librarian dog-shifters faced book-burning werewolves, she shares her love of libraries and fascination with creatures and places, real and not-so-real, in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Pharaoh and the Librarian</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />Alethea Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11574664007562694183noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417167596123834933.post-74383878401967635802020-07-16T00:30:00.000-07:002020-07-16T00:30:09.298-07:00Desperate in Delaware<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I was a child, my dad used to talk about events from
his family after they left Georgia in 1876 and came to Texas up through his
lifetime. I wish I had taken better notes! Dad’s stories fascinated me—and
still do. I think he is the main reason I have such a love for history. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In addition, I had two wonderful history teachers. The first
was Mr. Shelton in eighth grade world history. The second was Dr. Cullen Holden
my freshman year at Texas Tech. Dr. Holden despaired that we weren’t learning
enough Southwestern history and lectured on that in addition to what was in our
history textbook. This meant a lot of extra studying but I loved it and it hooked
me even more on Texas and Southwestern history. That love has continued. I
simply never get enough new information about the years 1866-1899 in
particular, but prehistory up through today in general. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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historical romances. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My latest release,
DESPERATE IN DELAWARE, Yours Truly: The Lovelorn Series, is set primarily in
Palo Pinto County, Texas. For those who have no idea where that is, it is two
counties west of Fort Worth, Texas. My husband and I have gone on Palo Pinto
County Historical Society Tours several times. In our opinion, it’s a
fascinating area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I will wait no longer! Since my parents’ death I’ve been
living with my sister’s family. I help care for her home and her adorable
children. But, when will I have my own husband and children? There is not even
one eligible man near my age in our small town. I hear the snickers and hurtful
remarks—old maid, spinster, on the shelf. My cousin sent me a newspaper
clipping from a Yours Truly: The Lovelorn’s column. Imagine my surprise when
the letter to the columnist read as if I had written it. I’ll do it—I’ll follow
the Lovelorn’s advice and change my location. I’ll go to Texas to visit my
cousin. I refuse to watch my life disappear until I’m left with only regrets!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Universal Amazon buy link is <a href="https://mybook.to/Mina">https://mybook.to/Mina</a> The book is available
in e-book, print, and is enrolled in KU.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">***I’ll give away an ebook to one person who comments on
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private message if you win.***<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After a harrowing ride, they arrived at Palo Pinto. When the
stage stopped, she waited until the other passengers stepped out before she
climbed down. There was Cindy to greet her. The tall man with Cindy must be her
husband, Bert Kennedy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cindy ran forward and hugged her. “I’m so glad you’re here.
I know you’re exhausted but I promise you’ll be glad you’ve come.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“I hope so because I’ll never ride that stage again. Well, not for a while
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“I’m happy to finally meet you.” He grinned at her. “We left
the twins with our housekeeper so we’d better load your trunks and get home
before she gives notice.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bert called to a tall man standing nearby. “Austin, make
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The man, who wasn’t bad looking, gave her a long scan from
head to toe and back up then stared from the pile of luggage back to her. “You
plan on opening a store or did you just bring everything you ever owned?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She started to give him the sharp side of her tongue but
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Miss Mina Faye Stapleton, this is our good friend, Austin
Wright. Austin, Mina is my favorite cousin and she’s moving to Palo Pinto.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mina’s pique evaporated. She laughed and nudged Cindy. “Are
you still stealing my line? I’m the one who only has one cousin while you have
two.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She sobered and glared at the rude man. “How do you do, Mr.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“I do fine, Miss Stapleton. Good thing I’m here. Bert could
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rudeness, Cindy linked arms with Mina’s. “Let’s leave them to their job and
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Through a crazy twist of fate, Caroline Clemmons was not
born on a Texas ranch. To compensate for this illogical error, she writes about
handsome cowboys, feisty ranch women, and scheming villains in a tiny office
her family calls her pink cave. She and her Hero live in North Central Texas
cowboy country where they ride herd on their two rescued indoor cats and dog as
well as providing nourishment outdoors for squirrels, birds, and other
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The books she creates have made her a bestselling author and
won awards. She writes sweet to sensual romances about the West, both
historical and contemporary as well as time travel and mystery. When she’s not
writing, she loves spending time with her family, reading her friends’ books,
lunching with friends, browsing antique malls, delving into genealogy, checking
Facebook, and taking the occasional nap. Find her on her <a href="http://carolineclemmons.blogspot.com/">blog</a>, <a href="http://www.carolineclemmons.com/">website</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/authorcarolineclemmons">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/carolinclemmons">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/Caroline_Clemmons">Goodreads</a>, and <a href="http://pinterest.com/caroclemmons/">Pinterest</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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readers group at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/277082053015947/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/277082053015947/</a>
for special excerpts, exchanging ideas, contests, giveaways, recipes, and
talking to like-minded people about books and other fun things. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Click on her <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Caroline-Clemmons/e/B001K8CXZ6/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1463593870&sr=8-2-ent">Amazon
Author Page</a> for a complete list of her books and follow her there.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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past. Readers are transported back to a time and place where colourful
characters await. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, writing
historical fiction requires research to provide an authentic as possible
background, warts and all. We can’t just drop our characters into the Tudor
era, for instance, and hope for the best. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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between England and France during the 18<sup>th</sup> and 19<sup>th</sup>
centuries caught my interest. Delving deeper certainly opened my eyes. It was a
huge, profitable business for both countries, not just in tea, wine spirits and
lace but escaped prisoners. Napoleon Bonaparte was also encouraging gold
smuggling from England, in the hope of weakening the English currency. That,
and a throw away remark, ‘We are not the same people we were ten years ago,’
gave me the idea for <i>Lies of Gold</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ashford has guarded a secret through years of abuse. Fighting wars and hard
living has numbed Julian Ashford. Then fate steps in. Gold is crossing the
Channel to Napoleon Bonaparte and Julian is ordered back to where it all began,
and Katherine. It’s her secret and the increasing danger that rekindles the
love they once shared. When a murder exposes lies, death and devastating
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ten years of hard living had
buried those deep painful scars and all it took was one look at Katherine and
that small girl’s face to peel it all away. Like peeling an onion, his eyes
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He remembered the night he
met Katherine as if it were yesterday. Charles was in France and he was in
London attending a debutante’s ball. Bored out of his head with the simpering
young females and strutting males he was looking for an excuse to depart when
his cousin’s tall, elegant wife, Katherine was introduced to him. The orchestra
began playing and he asked her to join him on the floor. It was a waltz; he
took her in his arms, her eyes met his and he knew he’d met the only woman he’d
ever love. They’d set off murmurs behind fans for dancing twice and they didn’t
leave each other for a week. They’d made intense, passionate, love, they’d laid
in each other’s arms and talked for hours, they were as one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’d confided Charles was a hard, brutish
man but she would not leave him because she’d lose all rights to her four years
old son. He’d begged her, made promises he knew he couldn’t keep. She’d shaken
her head in despair. As soon as Charles returned to London they would go home
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would sink to the bottom of the Channel. She’d cried in his arms; he’d cried in
her arms. The day before Charles was due to arrive in London, they became tense
with each other and finally, distraught, he’d accused her of selling herself for
the title and privilege. She’d thrown a heavy teapot at his head. When it
struck, he’d seen stars for several seconds before shouting more insults. She’d
furiously told him he couldn’t afford to keep her on his army pay. He’d walked
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following months of heavy drinking and angry self-pity until the army knocked
his arrogance and selfishness out of him and saved his sanity. He knew damn
well his army pay wouldn’t have kept her and he knew damn well she’d have lost
all rights to her son. Knowing Charles, he would have demanded she be brought
back to him and the law and the church would have supported him. Her life would
have been worse than hell. Now this, Christ, never in a million years did he
expect this. He wanted to walk away but he couldn’t because the whole damn top-secret
investigation would crumble or blow up in his face.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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put his head in his hands. He didn’t know it then, but that night fourteen
months ago, changed his life. Benjamin Bloomfield, aide de camp to His Royal
Highness, the Prince Regent, had ordered Brigadier Sir Ian MacDonald, Sir Henry
Whitton and himself to meet at a nondescript location on the outskirts of
London. On their arrival, they’d been momentarily lost for words to find a
sober and serious Prince Regent waiting for them. Senior government officials
had drawn the Regent’s attention to the alarming amounts of gold leaving
England. Well-placed sources in France had reported English gold was being
smuggled across the Channel to help finance Napoleon Bonaparte’s army.
Intensive investigations along the east coast had failed to find any solid
evidence but the Regent was not satisfied. He and Bloomfield were convinced
someone in the upper echelons of power and influence was behind it or
protecting the smugglers. That night the five men present decided that from now
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and Julian agreed to begin their search for the source. The Prince Regent named
the secret investigation Spider’s Web. The three men thought the name childish,
but they dutifully indulged His Royal Highness. Not one word of the meeting was
recorded and at the conclusion the Prince Regent instructed the three men to
meet on the first day of each month and report their progress to Bloomfield the
day after. Their investigations were secret and painstaking and gradually they
began to close in on this part of the coast. They had observed from a distance,
they had moved a little closer and then, as with every other investigation, the
scent disappeared. However, they were convinced and MacDonald decreed Julian
was the only suitable person to come and go around the Ballingford estates and
the coast without raising suspicions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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towards the fire, remembering his furious refusal to return to this place he
despised intensely and how he nearly resigned his commission when summoned to a
private audience with the Prince Regent. High Treason was involved and as an
officer of the Crown he was expected to do his duty. He’d reluctantly bowed to
HRH’s orders and it was agreed that to be convincing he’d have to be in dire
straits to return. His debts, scandals and fistfights were carefully and
authentically orchestrated culminating in him being bawled out by Ian MacDonald
who’d conveniently forgotten the raw young corporal and scandal loving clerk in
his office. Then their one reliable informer, who’d only agreed to meet him
under strict conditions of anonymity, was found with his throat cut. He and
Baker had arrived at Halton Hall with no idea of where to start or where to
look for the needle in the haystack of boats and fishermen and identify whoever
was behind this well organized group of traitors. When he did find evidence,
his orders were to send a coded message to MacDonald and Whitton and the net
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him now, he could not walk away. They were so close and if the web was broken
it could not be repaired. Nor could he let down Ian MacDonald, his uncle and
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Gunslingers</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> Brings The Old West To A New Generation Of Readers</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It’s the summer of 1877 in north Texas, and a two-year drought has scorched the land from</span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Arizona through New Mexico, Texas and the Oklahoma territory. The lack of water has left cattle herds decimated, prompting outlaws to increase their rustling in the quest for huge payoffs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Joel Thornton is a retired U. S. Deputy Marshal now living a quiet rancher’s life outside the Texas town named in his honor. His ranch is on the small side, and Thornton, still in the early stages of developing his herd, is struggling to balance the growth of his stock with the need to earn money from selling what he can.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Days after his daughter Elizabeth returns after seven years back east in Philadelphia, an old nemesis attacks the Tilted T Ranch, seeking revenge and Thornton’s cattle. Wounded in the ensuing gunfight, Thornton calls upon Elizabeth to find his old partner, former U. S. Deputy Marshal Ben Chance, informing her, “Chance will know what to do.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Those words set in motion the action in<i> Gunslingers: A Story of the Old West, </i>the debut novel from John Layne. <i>Gunslingers</i> pits the quintessential hero against an opportunistic villain in a classic Western that harkens back to the dime novels of the late 19<sup>th</sup> century.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Elizabeth’s journey to find Chance leads her on an adventure that exposes her to the dangers of the Old West, including an Indian attack on her stagecoach where a mysterious gunslinger emerges from the hills and saves the coach. Enchanted by Elizabeth and her quest, the gunslinger joins her in the search for her father’s former partner. Unbeknownst to the unlikely duo, Chance has been wounded in a gunfight, and he was saved by a young, brash gunslinger on a secret mission of his own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Suddenly, Elizabeth finds herself with more assistance than she’d hoped for, as two young gunslingers join the aged former Marshal Chance in the hunt for the outlaws who shot Elizabeth’s father and stole his herd. Can Elizabeth, the gunslingers and Chance stay out of harm’s way while bringing the cattle rustlers to justice?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Author John Layne is a long-time veteran of law enforcement. He began his career with the Houston, Texas, Police Department in 1981 and held numerous positions over the years, including detective for the last 24 years. He is currently a Sr. Detective for a state-wide law enforcement agency in north Texas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">His writing career began in the sports industry where he wrote articles for national magazines and online publications. He held the position of sports editor for two years, writing about professional, collegiate and amateur athletics. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">He grew up watching Western movies and reading the stories of the Old West. His theatrical influences included actors John Wayne, James Stewart and Clint Eastwood as well as directors John Ford, Henry Hathaway and Howard Hawks. He drew literary inspiration from Louis L’Amour, Zane Grey, Robert B. Parker and C. J. Box. His passion for history and the classic Western genre inspired him to write short stories on the Old West and his first novel, </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Gunslingers</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. John is an avid sports fan, horse enthusiast and loves all things Texas.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Gunslingers: A Story of the Old West</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Publisher:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Newman Springs Publishing Inc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Release Date: October 2019</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ISBN</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> (paperback): 978-1-64531-079-2</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ISBN (digital): 978-1-64531-080-8</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Janalyn Knight, author of <i>Cowboy Refuge,</i> returns with more hot cowboys in <i>Cowboy Promise. </i>Single mother<i> </i>Dallas Royle goes from being wary of men to being pursued by two hotties. The hard part of her dilemma is discovering whether the lawyer or the cowboy has truly won her heart. Another sweet romance with a bit of after-the-wedding-ceremony spiciness. - Suanne Schafer author of <i>A Different Kind of Fire</i><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Name: Davis Banks<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hero: <em>Horse Mountain Heat</em> and <em>Riding in the New Year</em> (Books 1 & 1.5)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Species: Humanoid - equine shifter<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Age: Early to mid-thirties<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Personality: Friendly and jovial but not exceptionally good with words.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Occupation: Horse Ranch General Manager<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Body Type: Tall and lean but muscular<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hair: Brown and shoulder length<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Eyes: Seafoam green<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Getting an eye full, she repressed a gasp and pursed her lips to keep from drooling. Who the hell walked outside in 45-degree weather without a shirt? <em>Oh, who the hell cares…massive biceps, rock-hard pectorals, rippling abs and that sexy V leading down below his low-hanging jeans—yummy!</em><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Well, hey there, neighbor,” he said, taking a break from swinging the axe to give her a sexy smile. His brown hair brushed his shoulders as he tilted his head slightly to the right, his deep-set, sea-green eyes gobbling her up.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Shifted Form: Black Stallion<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hobbies: Fishing, camping, letting his stallion out to run wild<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Type: Curvy girls, especially blondes<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Other Horse Mountain Books: Davis is a supporting character in <em>Real Cowboys Love Cats</em> and <em>Bridling Lucy</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Sexy.” He said in a husky whisper.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“What are you going to wear?” she asked as she smoothed her sleek, gray bob back behind her ears with a gloved hand while she sat on a barrel next to one of the horse stalls at the Bank’s Horse Ranch and Training Center.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pausing his brushing of a good-natured quarter horse named Sally, Davis sighed. “I don’t know, Gram. I haven’t really thought about it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The old lady frowned, her thin lips drawn tight as she shook her head. “How can you not have thought about it? You have to look nice when you meet Scarlett’s co-workers, not like some broken-down, dime-store cowboy!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Turning back to Sally so Gram couldn’t see his face, Davis rolled his eyes. <i>Dime store cowboy…who talks like that?</i> <i>She finally makes a pilgrimage to the ranch from up on high and it’s about my personal life. She won’t be satisfied until she’s digging around in my closet and laying out my clothes like I’m a damn kid being dressed for church. </i>Davis petted Sally and patted her side as he asked, “What do <i>you</i> think I should wear, Gram?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Well, I don’t like to pry but since you asked, I think you should dress up. Don’t just wear some flannel shirt and cowboy boots.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“I think I can pull off a nice sweater,” Davis replied, offering Sally a small treat as he spoke. “Can I at least wear jeans?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Letting out a long breath of exasperation, Davis set down the grooming brush and turned to face his grandmother. “You want me to cut my hair too?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Personality: Enjoys the simple life; dense about things concerning him; insecure about his second nature; not fond of cats<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hobbies: star-gazing, camping, horse-back riding<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Every tiny hair on her body stood on end with goosebumps, and a wave of arousal made her squirm. She pressed on her chest with her fingertips as if holding herself back. <i>Don’t be an idiot. Don’t seem too anxious. Be cool. Keep it chill. </i>With trembling hands, she partially unzipped the door but only enough to peep out. “Didn’t you see the sign? No soliciting. Peddle your magazines somewhere else.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He smiled. “I’m sorry.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“About what?” She was glad he couldn’t see her quivering.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Being chicken s#it. It’s time to man up—I like you.” His pupils dilated as he blushed. “I know you’re paying Davis for a professionally guided tour, and I’m trying but I keep getting distracted.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Her stomach simmered with nervous energy. “Distracted by what?” She continued to peek at him through the tiny opening.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He removed his hat and rubbed the side of his head. “You gonna make me say it with this tent door separating us?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He sighed and looked off in the other direction. “I got a fire started and laid out a blanket for us.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Huh?” She threw him a sideways glance. “And just what are you expecting to <i>do</i> on that blanket?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He blushed. “Sit. Look at stars. They’re really pretty up here this close to heaven.” He was so adorable Maddie’s heart felt as if it might swell up into her throat and choke her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Hmm, tempting, but I dunno. You did say something about a spanking.” She felt a slight twinge of guilt for teasing him but not enough to stop.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Alethea Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11574664007562694183noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417167596123834933.post-4153168213945403302020-06-30T00:30:00.001-07:002020-06-30T00:30:02.920-07:00Bast's Warrior<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">There is an interesting reason for choosing to make the story occur in an alternate ancient Egypt. I was busily revising the story and put it aside for the evening. I flipped around the TV dial and on Discovery found a program on camels. To my dismay, I learned there were no camels in the time period of my story. There were horses but no camels. I really wanted camels and so I had to find a way not to rewrite the book. That night while I slept the answer came. Even though historical research was being used to keep from re-writing the entire book what I needed to do was send the heroine through time and space to an alternate world. That meant changing the names of the gods and the cities a bit. Took a bit of time but I saved the camels.</span></span></div>
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<br />Alethea Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11574664007562694183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417167596123834933.post-14248875973762509592020-06-25T00:30:00.000-07:002020-06-25T00:30:02.371-07:00Always on My Mind<br />
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the 1970s and Cooper Byrnes, my hero in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Always
on My Mind</i>, is not warm and fuzzy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He’s not one of these cuddly guys everyone likes immediately—and there’s
a reason for that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Coop has a ranch to
run, he’s up at 5 a.m., if not earlier, every day, rain or shine, weekday or
holiday, blizzard or dangerous heat wave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This was what has formed Coop. But there’s something else that has
shaped Coop the way he is—History.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1970s were a time of change and tumultuous happenings Coop would never be able
to fully understand. There was a conservative backlash to the radicalism of the
1960s, and these people wanted, for better or worse, to hang on to traditional
family values and have less government meddling in their lives. President Nixon
began to undo all of his predecessor’s, president Johnson, War on Poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The New Right fought against high taxes,
environment regulations, affirmative action, and even speed limits. While the
heartland of the south was the center of these ideals, they certainly would
have been welcomed by men like Coop in the West.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then
there was the Equal Rights Amendment. Suffragist Alice Paul had, believe it or
not, introduced the ERA to Congress every year since 1923.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1972 Congress finally ratified it but only
35 of the necessary 38 states passed it. The ERA reads, “<span style="background: white; color: #181818; letter-spacing: 0.6pt;">Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not something many men would have been happy
to adhere to in the 1970s, and certainly not on a ranch.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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used to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether this makes him a
better, more likeable man in the four years’ course of the book is up to you to
decide.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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upheaval, hippies.<br /> Wyoming rancher Cooper Byrnes, deeply attached to the land and his way of life,
surprises everyone when he falls for vagabond hippie Cassie Halliday.
Fascinated and baffled, he cannot comprehend his attraction—or say the words
she wants to hear.<br /> Cassie finds Coop intriguingly different. As she keeps house for him and warms
his bed at night, she admits to herself she loves him but she misinterprets
Coop's inability to express his feelings.<br /> Parted, each continues to think of the other, but how can either of them reach
out to say, "You were 'always on my mind'?"<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As night colored the sky, Cassie pulled open her
curtain and peered out as shades of pink and purple streaked across the
treetops tinged by a blackness off to the east. Storm clouds. She could feel
the sudden September chill, heard the propane heating click on, Coop enter the
kitchen with the dogs whining downstairs. He stomped off his boots for the
night. She supposed he was looking after himself, just the way he had lived
before she ever came on the scene, cooking whatever he liked to eat, having his
beers, occasionally watching TV, Elam and Wayne at his feet, before climbing up
to bed. And she supposed he realized at some point she would have to come out
and start living again, either here, or moving on if she couldn’t forgive him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Love, to her, had always been difficult to
define. She believed it to be something deep inside, something shared, a song
in your head playing constantly in the background. Always there. It was your
heart skipping and your stomach somersaulting when the person walked in the
room, got close. And that was what she felt for Coop now, those were her very
feelings every time he got near. Even though she believed those feelings were
not returned, she knew the thought of leaving him was painful. He offered her a
steadfastness, a certainty, a support she hadn’t experienced before, small
kindnesses she enjoyed and wouldn’t want to do without. And maybe that was it:
she didn’t like the thought of doing without him, of leaving.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hearing sports come on the TV, she snuck out to
wash for bed, still ignoring the chocolates where he’d left them. Later, she
lay in bed and listened to his routine she knew so well now, the clunk of his
belt buckle as his jeans hit the floor, the little hop of getting his leg in
his pajama bottoms, and his stroll down to the bathroom to wash, and back again
before the light clicked off. It wasn’t long before soft snores came through
the wall and Cassie realized she missed all that, the way he curled around her
in that big, old bed, their feet entwined, his head nuzzled into her shoulder
sometimes, the grizzle of his day’s beard growth against her skin. She thought
of sneaking into the bed but gave up the idea; he’d probably just throw an arm
over her and fall back to sleep, say nothing except maybe ‘I knew you’d come
’round.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was a crash of thunder that woke her,
followed by the sound of something like a lover throwing pebbles against the
window, but this was no lover. Its power was so forceful, she thought the
window might break. As she pulled back the curtain, blades of lightening mapped
the sky, a deep indigo when lit, the forks like veins in the sky’s skin. She
heard the rustle of Coop waking, the creak of him sitting up in bed. For a
moment she sat watching, and then realized her garden would be decimated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bathrobe, unlatched the door, crashed barefoot into the box of chocolates, sent
them flying and scattered all over, as they fell from the hallway, through the
banister, into the corridor below. She flew down the stairs. Cooper appeared as
he pulled on his jeans and a shirt and followed behind her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lightning!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the garden, fumbled with the new gate to yank it open, tried to protect her
head from the pounding hail, hail the size of her fist. Cooper had pulled on
his boots and made a grab for her, but she wrenched away, unsure of what to do
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 2015 I joined an Anzacs on the Western
Front tour, visiting the battlefields where my grandfather and thousands of
other Australians and New Zealanders served during World War One. It was
incredibly humbling to see thousands of graves of young men who never came home
– and many of those graves inscribed “Known Only to God”. That made me wonder if, in the thick of
battle when bodies were unrecognisable, could a soldier take the identity discs
of a fallen comrade. I contacted
London’s Imperial War Museum and Australia’s War Memorial in Canberra and was
told it was possible but the chance of being caught very high and the penalties
very harsh. That was good enough for me
to write my third book, <i>The Proposition</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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enlisted to avoid prison, the other enlisted to avoid the money lenders. On the
bloodied fields of France, Harry Connelly collapses beside the corpse of Andrew
Conroy. It is a risk, a hanging offence, it’s his only hope for a future. Harry
swaps identity discs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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war London until a letter arrives with a proposition. Accepting is out of the
question, refusing pushes him into a nightmare of greed, blackmail and murder. To
survive he must live this lie without a mistake, until Lacey, her secrets and
the truth. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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The niggling coil of unease had been growing and now, as Andrew watched
the dining room door close behind Elliot, his instincts were jabbing at him. His
host had been charming and hospitable. Last night, after a delicious dinner at
Browns Hotel, they’d touched on their family connection, unsure of what to say
without offending the other. Elliot had twirled his glass between his fingers.
“My grandparents made a lot of money from the textile industry, my father sold
seventy percent of those businesses and invested in other profitable
enterprises. To put it simply, he was a very astute, successful businessman, but
I’m afraid he was not a good husband and father. He cared little for us and it
distresses me that he cared even less for you and your mother.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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introduced him to his pride and joy, a dark grey Austin-20hp and they’d motored
smoothly out of London and onto the soft Essex countryside. When they’d stopped
at Thaxted’s Swan Inn for lunch, Elliot had commented, “Every spare acre in
Essex has been growing vegetables, doing their bit for the war effort and
rationing.” When they continued on to Saffron Walden, he’d pointed to his left,
“Railway station, a branch line from Audley End. Made a big difference to this
town.” They’d stopped briefly in High
Street, then through the marketplace, bumping over cobblestones to a wider road
and finally stopping at the entrance of a large Victorian house. He’d been
shown to his room overlooking the rear
of the house with its garden rows of vegetables. Elliot had apologised again,
business to attend to and please make himself at home. Not used to the
substantial meals, he’d slept until five pm. At seven pm, he’d joined Elliot in
the dining room where silver serving dishes containing roast beef, baked
potatoes and green vegetables sat on spirit warmers. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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prepare something easy for us, so please, help yourself.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the door to tell him she’d answered the phone and left the message on the phone
pad.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jan Selbourne grew up in Melbourne, Australia. Her love of books and history began as soon as she could read and hold a pen. Her career started in the dusty world of ledgers and accounting then a working holiday to the UK brought that history to life. Career, marriage and children followed, pushing the writing urge onto the backburner, Now retired, Jan indulges her love of writing and travelling - when she can afford it. She has two adult children and lives near Maitland, New South Wales.</span></span></div>
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Edward Massey<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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star<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>his chest, Sheriff Simms fulfills his calling, hunts his father’s
killer, and eludes the U.S. marshal. With his fallen-away Mormon deputies, the
marshal hunts the sheriff for the bounty levied on his head because he acceded
to the bishop and took a second wife fourteen years before. Pursuer and pursued
for four years, the sheriff brings the killer to justice and stays a step ahead
of the marshals. When the deputized Judases capture Simms, his community
engineers his escape. Legislation dissolves </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-indent: 0in;">his church and transfers its property to the
government. The U.S. marshal finds greater profit as court receiver. The
murderer stands before the firing squad, and Sheriff Simms is no longer a
fugitive.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mountains and pioneer heritage gave Edward the
willingness to set out on his own and try. Good people and great institutions
honed, inspired, and molded him. Together these influences bear total
responsibility for his progress and none for his setbacks. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">He brings progress and setbacks to a writing career started late
in life. With </span><i><span style="color: black;">Fugitive
Sheriff </span></i><span style="color: black;">he has four published novels, </span><i><span style="color: black;">Telluride Promise, Every
Soul Is Free, </span></i><span style="color: black;">(all
available on </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Edward-Massey/e/B003VRBCBK/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1">AMAZON</a><span style="color: black;">). <i>Founding Sheriff </i>has
been deferred by publisher, Five Star’s decision to set back all 2020 pubdates
six months owing to covid-19. It will be published February, 2021. </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">His novels have won a few awards. He wants them to win readers.
Consulting and speaking support his writing. Anne and Edward live in
Connecticut. The next novel is in progress.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">Please visit </span><a href="https://www.edwardmasseybooks.com/">edwardmasseybooks.com.</a><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">| </span><span style="color: black;">Price: </span><span style="color: black;">$25.95</span><span style="color: black;">| Five Star Publishing<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black;">Order
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<br />Alethea Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11574664007562694183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417167596123834933.post-35524031737800001242020-06-16T00:30:00.000-07:002020-06-16T00:30:02.498-07:00James<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">After
five years leading the Lord’s flock in King’s Ford, Nebraska, The Reverend
James Hathaway is used to the demands on his time. But nothing could prepare
him to find a baby in a basket on his front step. He always expected to marry
before becoming a father. Then a young widow agrees to help him learn to care
for the child and he wonders if he hasn’t found his future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Esther Travers is still reeling over the loss of her newborn baby girl when
she’s asked to help care for another baby. Vowing to get the little one off to
a good start, she doesn’t plan to fall for the very handsome preacher, too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Reverend Hathaway!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shouting long before he reached the cabin at the north end of King’s Ford, the
town he’d called home for nearly five years now. The seven-year-old ran errands
for many folks in town, though most often it was for the doctor. If Doctor
Finney was sending for a preacher this early in the morning, it couldn’t be
good news. James buttoned his vest and pulled on his frock coat then glanced in
the small mirror hung beside the front door to be sure his collar was tucked in
properly, then studied his face.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He looked tired.
A wagon had creaked and rumbled past his home well before dawn and the noise
had dragged him from a sound sleep. He’d been sitting at the table since then,
trying to write his Sunday sermon, but inspiration hadn’t gotten out of bed
with him. Ah, well. It was only Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">James glanced
around his small home. The parsonage, if you could call the drafty, poorly lit
cabin by so lofty a title, sat at the far north end of town. The church sat to
the south of the parsonage, which meant the larger building did nothing to
block the winter winds that howled down from the Dakota hills thirty or so
miles away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Deciding he
wouldn’t scandalize any parishioner he passed, he lifted his hat from the small
table under the mirror and opened the door. He was so focused on Tad that he
nearly tripped over a basket left on his stoop. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Yes, Tad, I see
that. Who left it here?” He immediately thought of the wagon that had awoken
him. “Why didn’t they knock? I’ve been home since nightfall.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tad crept
closer, lifted a corner of the cloth covering the contents, and jumped back
like there was a snake inside. “Baby!” Tad yelled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Don’t play
games, Tad. Tell me what’s…” James didn’t jump away, though he wanted to.
“Merciful heavens, there’s a baby in here.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Award-winning, multi-published author
Tracy Garrett published her first book in 2007. An accomplished musician,
she
is the Director of the Greater Lake Area Chorale, a group of sixty volunteer
singers. Tracy and her husband share their love
of the old West through Cowboy Action Shooting as members of the Single Action
Shooting Society (SASS). Tracy resides in Missouri with her husband and their
fuzzy “kid,” Wrigley.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Alethea Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11574664007562694183noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417167596123834933.post-62297967117901845722020-06-11T00:30:00.000-07:002020-06-11T00:30:03.438-07:00The Long Way Home<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tina glanced up at the Hitching Post, all three stories of it, all the way up to the windows of her attic hideaway. She loved the hotel, the only home she and Robbie had ever known. Her grandfather had also lived here his entire life. Jed couldn’t like the idea of all those empty guest rooms, either.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sighing, she reached for one of the grocery sacks in the back of the truck. Footsteps on gravel made her pause. Maybe this was someone who wanted to book a room. She turned with a welcoming smile.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">That smile died on her lips when she saw the cowboy standing in front of her. The cowboy who’d left Cowboy Creek—and her—in his rearview mirror five years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In one startled, reflexive sweep, she took in almost everything about him. The light brown hair showing beneath the brim of his battered hat. The firm mouth and jaw. Broad shoulders. Narrow hips. The well-worn jeans, silver belt buckle, and scuffed boots. In the next reluctant second, she turned her gaze to the one feature she had deliberately skipped over the first time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A pair of blue eyes that made her think instantly of her son.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Clutching the grocery sack, she demanded, “What are you doing here?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">His face looked flushed. But he didn’t appear angry, the way he would have if he’d seen Robbie and put two and two together. She breathed a sigh of relief at the reprieve, no matter how brief, giving her a chance to come to grips with his return to town. If she ever could.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Seeing him again had brought back years of memories she didn’t want to think about.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">She should have known better than to fall for Cole Slater. At the tender age of seven, she had already heard about his reputation as a sweet-talker. By junior high, he had progressed to a real player. And by senior high, he had turned love-’em-and-leave-’em into an art form, changing girlfriends as often as she replaced guest towels here at the Hitching Post.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Too bad she hadn’t remembered all that when he had finally turned his attention her way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He shoved his hands into his back pockets, which pulled his shirt taut against his chest. Now, she felt herself flushing as she recalled the one and only time—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">No, she wasn’t going there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And he wasn’t staying here. “You must have made a wrong turn somewhere. I suggest you find your vehicle, wherever you might have left it—”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“I parked near the barn—”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“—and to answer your question, I came to see Jed.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“What for?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“He invited me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Then I assume you’ve seen him already and, as I said, you can be on your way.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“You and I need to have something out first.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="ITALIC"><span style="border: none;"><span style="border: none;">Please, no.</span></span></span> Had he caught a glimpse of Robbie, after all?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Finding Love at Compassion Ranch<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black;">Book 2 – Novella in Pet Rescue Romance
Series</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">By Gayle M. Irwin<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black;">Genre: </span></b><span style="color: black;">Small town romance, Clean, contemporary western romance</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black;">Themes: </span></b><span style="color: black;">Second Chance Love, Cowboy, Pet Rescue</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black;">Keywords: </span></b><span style="color: black;">Wyoming; Yellowstone National Park; Pet Rescue; Clean,
Contemporary Romance; Cowboy, Rescue Dogs, Animal Rescue, Veterinarian, Widow</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black;">ISBN –</span></b><span style="color: black;"> <b>Paperback: </b></span><span style="background: white;">979-8640712735</span><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><br />
</span><b><span style="color: black;">ASIN –</span></b><span style="color: black;"> <b>Digital:</b> </span><span style="background: white;">B0886LR487</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black;">Length: </span></b><span style="color: black;">Novella length, 246 pages</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black;">Heat Level: </span></b><span style="color: black;">G/PG</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black;">Release Date:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> May 4, 2020</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black;">Cover Artist: </span></b><span style="color: black;">Jessica Greyson</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A second chance for people and animals – but
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Erin Christiansen is still adjusting to life as a widow. She
seeks additional healing by volunteering at Compassion Ranch, a sanctuary for former
research animals. Upon arrival at the majestic and unique northwestern Wyoming
ranch, she meets Mike, a man she knew in high school, whose compassion for
animals and people might be the balm Erin needs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Retired veterinarian Mike Jacobs is no stranger to loss. Five
years after the accidental death of his wife, he now serves as ranch manager of
Compassion Ranch. He not only fixes fence and provides tours, but he applies
his veterinary skills and his heart for animals to his work. Upon recognizing
Erin from high school, he can barely believe his first love will spend a few
weeks at the sanctuary. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background: white;">Can Erin and Mike span the years since they have seen each
other or do they, like many of the rescued animals, have wounds that run too
deep to trust and love again? </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Erin
heard the sound that escaped from Mike’s mouth, even with his lips sealed over
hers. She attempted a step back, but the wooden fence, and Mike’s body,
ensnared her. So did the feelings which resurrected. The only man who had
kissed her in more than twenty-five years had been Daniel. <i>He hasn’t even
been gone two years and look at yourself</i>, Erin’s brain raged. She pulled
her mouth from Mike’s. Immediately warmth drained from her. She placed her
hands on Mike’s brawny shoulders.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I’m sorry, Erin,” he whispered. “I
shouldn’t have done that. I just … I’m just so attracted to you and seeing you
here, so filled with compassion and grace, your loveliness just shines, and I’m
drawn to you like I haven’t been to anyone since I lost Elizabeth.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“You’re so sweet, Mike, I just don’t
know what to say. Except I …” Her hands dropped to her sides. “Daniel’s been
gone less than two years. I’m still processing ...”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I completely understand. That’s why
I’m apologizing.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He backtracked toward the gate and
held it open for her. “Here, let’s step out and talk for a bit.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Erin gave one more pat to Hope before
stepping out of the enclosure. She walked to a whining Winston, untied the
dog’s leash from the post, and picked him up into her arms. She carried him
through the open barn door and stopped near the corral. Erin gazed at the sky,
filled with twinkling stars. A full moon overhead shone like the sun upon the
landscape, topping the nearby mountains with golden glitter. Shadows of pine
trees fell upon the landscape. The quiet of the night enveloped her and the
attraction toward Mike danced within the landscape and entangled within her
heart, beckoning her to join subtle music. Erin sighed. She sensed his presence
beside her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Beautiful night,” he whispered.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Yes, it is,” she responded. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Erin set Winston near her feet and
turned to Mike. “I know we have feelings for each other, and we share a common
tragedy. I’m just not sure I’m ready to leave Daniel’s memory behind right
now.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mike placed gentle hands upon her
shoulders and looked into her eyes. “I do understand, Erin, believe me. I don’t
want you to feel you’re betraying Daniel nor am I asking you to forget him. The
two of you shared many years together; Elizabeth and I did, too. I won’t ever
forget her. Just as I needed time to accept her passing, you need time to
accept Daniel’s passing. I guess what I want you to know is … I loved you when
we were in high school. I missed you every day those first few years, and I
never forgot you. I let you go because I knew we were both young, but I really
didn’t want to let you go.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Why didn’t you tell me then how you
felt?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He sighed and glanced to the sky
before returning his gaze to her face. “I tried. I did ask you to come to
Seattle, if you remember.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She nodded.
“I remember. But all you said was you wanted me to come to Seattle; you didn’t
say why or that you loved me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“I
wanted to, but I listened to my dad and my best friend and kept my feelings
bottled up. I focused on my schooling and my career. I made a mistake by not
being truthful about loving you. I didn’t know what happened to you, where you
were, but I looked for you at our fifth high school reunion. I thought if I saw
you there, I could tell you how I felt and maybe we could try again. But you weren’t
there.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She
shook her head. “I was planning my wedding then and since I had only attended
high school that one year, I didn’t have the inclination to go.” She stared
into his eyes. “I actually thought I’d hear from you that first year of
college. I did wait, Mike, but by my sophomore year, I figured you weren’t
interested after all, and I moved on.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“To
Daniel.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She
shook her head. “Not at first, but I began dating. I met Daniel the start of
spring semester. By summer, after meeting each other’s families, we were
serious. I figured you had moved on, too.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He
nodded. “I dated a bit, but my feelings for you didn’t subside. I didn’t try to
find you because … well, my parents kept pushing me to do well in school and
get into vet school and launch my career. I regret listening to them, and not
my heart.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He
placed his hands on her face and looked deeply into her eyes. “I still love
you, Erin, and now that we’ve reconnected, I want you to know I’m here for you.
Whenever you feel ready, I’ll be here. We can stay in touch, visit each other
now and then, and see what happens. Maybe you’ll come to love me, maybe you
won’t. I’m okay with that. I’m not going anywhere. But, if nothing else, you
can know you have a good friend, even a special companion if you want. I’m
here.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Her eyes
searched his, and she saw honesty and integrity … and love. She lay her head on
his shoulder and felt him wrap his arm around her waist.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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