A Pioneer Christmas Collection

9 Stories of Finding Shelter and Love in a Wintry Frontier

A Pioneer Christmas Collection

Received a copy of A Pioneer Christmas Collection recently and discovered several writer friends contributions are included. Of special note, this is Shannon McNear's debut for book publishing with her story, "Defending Truth." Have known Shannon for years as a faithful fan of our own Bly books.

What a beautiful cover and impressive company of writers: Lauraine Snelling, Margaret Brownley, Kathleen Fuller, Marcia Gruver, Cynthia Hickey, Vickie McDonough, Michelle Ule, and Anna Urquhart.

So look forward to reading these novellas.

Beloved, a new novel by Robin Lee Hatcher

BELOVED is part of the Where the Heart Lives Series

Beloved by Robin Lee Hatcher

http://www.robinleehatcher.com/books/beloved-2/
Setting: 1900 Boise, Idaho

To say the least, it was inconsiderate of Diana’s almost-dead husband to show up at her engagement party.

Diana Brennan came west on the orphan train and was given a home with a loving couple who cherished and spoiled her. At 17, she fell hard for Tyson Applegate, the son of a wealthy mine owner.

After a whirlwind courtship and marriage, Tyson took off for adventures around the world, including fighting with the Rough Riders in Cuba.

Broken Wings, Book 1, The Thistle Series, by Dianne Price

Broken Wings

A new novel by Dianne Price ... a bittersweet release

A tragic childhood has turned American Air Forces Colonel Rob Savage into an outwardly indifferent loner who is afraid to give his heart to anyone. RAF nurse Maggie McGrath has always dreamed of falling in love and settling down in a thatched cottage to raise a croftful of bairns, but the war has taken her far from Innisbraw, her tiny Scot’s island home.

Hitler’s bloody quest to conquer Europe seems far away when Rob and Maggie are sent to an infirmary on Innisbraw to begin his rehabilitation from disabling injuries. Yet they find themselves caught in a battle between Rob’s past, God’s plan, and the evil some islanders harbor in their souls. Which will triumph?

Ties that Bind, novel by C. J. Darlington

 

Ties that Bind

 On a quest to find her father, a young woman discovers she has two sisters who have no idea she exists.

Newly released from prison, Brynn Taylor is determined to find her father, a man she's never met.

Her only clue to his whereabouts is an address she finds in a rare volume of Jane Austen's “Sense & Sensibility” which he inscribed to her years ago.

Armed with a bus ticket, a backpack, and her grandfather's gun, her search leads her to Elk Valley, Colorado where her plans and her life begin to unravel.

Read 1st Chapter of Ties that Bind here: http://cjdarlington.com/excerpts/ties-that-bind-excerpt.htm

Old West True Tale by Stephen Bly

Stephen Bly

Another Old West True Tale by award-winning western author Stephen Bly 

One of my favorite governors was Lew Wallace of New Mexico Territory (1878-1881). In addition, he was a lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, American statesman and author. He's the source for many and Old West true tale. He's best remembered for his historical novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.

Rules of Murder, Historical Romantic Mystery, New Release by Julianna Deering

Rules of Murder

Author Julianna Deering Announces New Release: Rules of Murder, an Historical Romantic Mystery 

Drew Farthering loves a good mystery, but he expects to find it in the pages of a novel, not on the grounds of his country estate. 

When a weekend party at Farthering Place is ruined by murder and the police seem flummoxed, Drew decides to look into the crime himself.

16 Cowboy Songs, A Music Quiz by Western Author Stephen Bly

Match the line from the cowboy songs lyrics to the title. 

Keep in mind, since most of these cowboy songs existed as oral tradition before they were written down, several versions of each have survived. The words you remember might be a tad different.

Whispers on the Prairie, new novel by Vickie McDonough

Whispers on the Prairie

New Release! Whispers on the Prairie 

Book 1 in the Pioneer Promises series

exciting new series set in 1870s Kansas

The last thing Sarah Marshall wanted was to leave Chicago. Especially to travel the dusty Santa Fe Trail. But when her uncle demands she go to help her feeble aunt, who took her in when her parents died, she has no choice. She hopes to get her aunt to her new home then return to Chicago.

Stephen Bly and horse Sundance

No one likes to get bucked off a horse. Old cowboys especially. But if his broomtail decided to 'hop for mama,' 'take ya to church,' 'chin the moon,' or 'wrinkle his spine,' he plowed the ground with his face. Then he must catch the rude horse and holler, "Ketch my saddle!"

Her Dad & Louis L'Amour: Finishing His First Novel by Guest Blogger Rebecca DeMarino

Rebecca DeMarino and Howard Worley

It was June of 2010, and my dad, at age eighty-seven, lay on a hospital bed, prepped for an angiogram. His aortic valve was just about closed, and his cardiologist ordered the test as a first step to open-heart surgery. The heart surgeon would not want any surprises when he went in to replace the valve. 

Now Dad held my hand and told me he wanted to tell me the end of the western romance he was writing, his first novel, the story he began to write nine months before.