Heat Wave Getting to You?
May I recommend immersing yourself in a snowy romance novella, perhaps while drinking something cold, slushy and icy? My novella Saving the Sheriff, previously released as part of the Stranded With a Hero anthology from Entangled Bliss, will be out under its own cover July 28.
So cool off this summer with a sheriff, an elf, a truckload of reindeer and a black-out blizzard:
The power might be out…but the heat is on.
Every year, free-spirited Frankie Sylva banishes her holiday loneliness with good deeds. This time, she’s rescuing a truckload of neglected reindeer—until a blizzard sidetracks her scheme, and now she’s stuck…literally.
Local sheriff Red LeClair is shocked to find a very cute, half-frozen woman trespassing on Three River Ranch in a ditched rig, with a suspiciously empty trailer. Is she a horse thief? Is she on the run? Is she out of her mind? He has no choice but to take her back to the ranch and keep an eye on her.
But when the power goes out, Red and Frankie are forced to depend on each other in a way that both have avoided for years. The sheriff’s quiet holiday is suddenly festive: a crackling fire, candles, carols, and an irresistible stranger…who might be a felon.
Thanks for visiting Three River Ranch and enjoy the sunshine!
Here’s what readers are saying about Saving the Sheriff:
5 stars: “… the Three River Ranch series is up with my fave Bliss books… with the romance, touching moments, fun and laugh-out-loud humor of all of the Three River Ranch full-length offerings, I loved it.” – Nicola_1202 from South Yorkshire, UK
4.5 stars: “You will smile, laugh, and probably cry a little bit.” -Kim “Read Your Writes Book Reviews”
“Excellent story… As I’ve been reading the series, I’ve come to feel more of a vested interested in the protection of the wildlife around us. I love it when I’m about to learn something while I enjoy a good story. WTG Ms. Snopek.” – an Amazon customer from Nebraska
“This happens to be my favorite story of all of them.” -Melody May from Montana
“…this story has all the Christmas cheer you could ever want.” -BookishLove
A Writer’s Sketchbook
I was fortunate enough to chat with Lindsay, from A Writer’s Sketchbook today. You can find the interview here, but because clicking is so hard, so I’ll include it here as well.
Interview: Roxanne Snopek
I had the pleasure of interviewing Roxanne Snopek the other day. Her new book, Resisting The Rancher, just came out today! Below you will find both a description of the book and Roxanne’s answers to my curious questions.
Country veterinarian Celia Gamble is in trouble. A misunderstanding from her past is rearing its ugly head and the only person she can turn to is Jonah Clarke—her family’s lawyer and, as it turns out, her brother Zach’s best friend and her childhood crush. She always wanted Jonah to see her as a bona fide woman, but as a woman who’s being wrongfully blackmailed for seducing a married man? Not on her life.
A Writer’s Sketchbook: What was your inspiration writing Resisting the Rancher?
Roxanne Snopek: When I introduced Celia Granger in His Reluctant Rancher, readers HATED her. But that’s only because they didn’t know her! So I knew then that she had to have her own story. And Jonah, of course, is… … well, he’s Jonah.
AWS: What was your favorite part of writing it?
R: I found the banter between the two of them so much fun! It came out so naturally, I had to type fast to keep up with them!
AWS: Family is certainly an important theme in your books. How important to you is family in real life?
R: Put it this way, if something’s wrong in my family, nothing else in my world is right. Nothing else matters.
AWS: In the book, Celia receives a makeover. What is your advice for anyone looking to transform into a woman themselves?
R: Get a proper bra fitting! And for goodness sake, stand up tall. Oh, and like Celia’s sister-in-law Desiree tells her, there’s nothing like a good haircut to make you feel like a queen!
AWS: Resisting the Rancher is number four in a series of books, but they can all stand alone. When you go to start a new book in this series, does it feel like you’re still writing in the same world, or do you feel like they are all separate because of the focus on different characters?
R: You know how one person can go to Vegas and love people-watching, while another person is freaked out by the crowds? Same world, different experiences. I’ve really grown to feel at home in this world of Lutherton, but the focus shifts to a different couple each time. Every character has their own particular world-within-the-world that shines a different light on everyone and everything around them.
AWS: Do you have any advice for people looking to write series like this themselves?
R: Three things:
1) Advance planning. You can seed cool things into your early books if you know what’s coming.
2) Build a time-line. With seasons and everything. Or you could end up with a baby that’s born before conception. (A completely hypothetical scenario!)
3) Create a series bible. I’ve had too many mental breakdowns searching within all my books for little details that I *should have* written down all in one place, right from the start. Note to self: remember to do this next time!!
Thanks for having me here today, Lindsay! It was great chatting with you!
Also, for TODAY ONLY, Three River Ranch, the first book in the series, is on sale for 0.99, just like Resisting the Rancher!
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