So Many Books, So Little Time

I'm so excited to welcome Shanna Hatfield to the blog today!  I recently read her book, The Christmas Bargain, and absolutely loved it!  (review here) Welcome to the 2nd annual Cowboys and Christmas Blog Tour! Raising funds and awareness for the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund Ring in the Holidays with a Helping Hand November 1 through Dec. 24,   10 percent of the net proceeds from all Shanna Hatfield book sales will be donated to the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund . The JCCF is a non-profit organization that assists rodeo athletes who’ve sustained catastrophic injuries and are unable to work for an extended period. Every book purchased during this promotional period adds to the donation total. Don't forget to add books to your Christmas lists!  Thank you, Krista, for hosting me today! It's so fun to be stop here on my blog tour this week. What inspired you to write the Rodeo Romance Series?  ...

Today I'm really happy to welcome Elaine Cougler to the blog!  She is the author of The Loyalist's Wife and The Loyalist's Luck which was just released in October (check out the review I posted yesterday!). 7 Super Interesting Things Writing The Loyalist’s Luck Taught Me For the next half hour the house was all a-tumble with getting William ready to travel. Young Will and wee John woke with all the hubbub and even their sister slid down the steps as fast as she could to be part of the excitement. Catherine and Lucy held the youngest ones on their laps, out of the way of the men. Young Will ran back up to his room and reappeared as his father was opening the door, his hand behind his back. “Daddy.” “No, Will. Your daddy has to hurry,” said Catherine, holding the boy’s hand. They gathered together in the kitchen and he stopped to smile at each one in turn. “I’ll be back soon.”  But he wasn’t. The hours passed, night came and with it the far-off sounds of can...

Welcome to the Cowboys & Christmas Blog Tour! A kickoff of two new holiday romances by Shanna Hatfield and a fundraiser for the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund An Interview with the Men of Hardman Holidays Three characters from Shanna Hatfield’s historical holiday series, Hardman Holidays join us today . Set in the western town of Hardman, Oregon, this series of sweet romances highlights determined women and the men who fall for them. Luke Granger, Blake Stratton, and Arlan Guthry talk about life in Hardman in the 1890s. A warm welcome to you all. Tell us a little about how you met. Luke: We all grew up in Hardman. Blake moved here with his parents from England just after my family arrived from New York when we were quite small. Arlan, your parents moved here before you were born, didn’t they? I was young enough I don’t remember. Arlan: Yes, they did. My brother, Adam, was just a year old when they moved to Hardman. I was born two years ...

  I'm so excited to welcome Kim Rendfeld, author of "The Ashes of Heaven's Pillar" to the blog today. Charlemagne: Hero or Villain? Did Charlemagne unite his country when he seized his dead brother’s kingdom from his toddling nephews? Did he save Rome from the invading Lombards? Did he destroy the Irminsul, a pillar sacred to the Continental Saxon peoples? Did he have his daughters educated along with sons? Did he cut his eldest son from the succession? All of the above. Whether those actions make him a hero or a monster depends on whose side you’re on. Or in in the case of a historical novelist, which character’s point of view. Alda, a Frankish aristocrat and heroine of my debut, The Cross and the Dragon, sees him as a hero. She follows the gossip about tensions between Charles and his younger brother, Carloman, each of whom inherited a kingdom when their father died. After Carloman’s death from an illness, she is relieved a strong leader take...