When he finds the woman he loves in bed with his own father, Rafe Jerry leaves home, swearing never to return. But the terms of his father's will force him back to deal with the family ranch, the widow who betrayed him and a new love...
March 2009
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Featuring: Rafe Jerry; Laveau di Viere; Maria de la Guerra
352 pages ISBN: 084396135X EAN: 9780843961355 Mass Market Paperback $7.99
I didn’t set out to write series. I fell into it by accident. I was watching
the movie Seven Brides for Seven Brothers with my younger son
about twenty years ago. We didn’t pay much attention. He was eight and
preferred trying to wrestle his father to watching a musical even though it was
his idea to watch the movie together. (Since he’s never watched a musical
before or since, Providence’s hand must have been at work.) After it was over,
I thought that seven brothers looking for wives would make a good idea for a
series, never dreaming it would turn out to be an idea for me. Sometime later,
I realized I had a group of brothers in my head. I didn’t know where they’d
come from or why they were there, but they were remarkably well defined. A
little bemused, I asked my agent what I should do about them. She suggested
that I write a proposal, let her send it out, and see that happened. Thus was
born the Seven Brides series.
A John Wayne movie, The Cowboys, gave me the idea for my The Cowboys
series. He recruited schoolboys to help with a cattle drive. My idea was to
have a school teacher looking for homes for orphan boys nobody wanted and a
rancher in need of cowhands to help with a cattle drive. She could provide the
love and sense of belonging they didn’t know how to accept while he provided
the safety and sense of purpose they needed. I just had to figure out a way to
get them together. It took thirteen books, but I finally helped each boy find
the love and family he’d always wanted.
The idea for my third series came from a book about Mosby’s Raiders, a
Confederate cavalry band that harassed Union Army General Sheridan’s supply
lines in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia during the Civil War. What if one of
the band betrayed the troop which resulted in most of them being killed? What
would the survivors do? They would try to bring him to justice – at least their
kind of justice – for his betrayal. That’s how I came up with The Night
Riders.
Someone Like
You, the fourth book in the series, came out in March. The next book,
as yet unnamed, is scheduled for February of next year. There will be two more
books after that.
I have an idea for a fourth series, but I’ll wait to see if I live long enough
to write it.
You talented writers drive us enchanted readers nuts! We love the stories, then wait with baited breath to get the "next" book to learn "the rest of the story"! Glad to hear we can expect more. I'm new to your writing, but see I'm going to have to play catch up! Jean M. (Jean Merriott 8:10pm April 13)
Series are a great idea. We enter a world, are introduced to great characters, and want to know more about all of them. One book is never enough to get to know everyone's story. Great series allow us to enjoy the characters and their world for a while. We still may hate to see them "leave", but at least have had a good long time with them. (Patricia Barraclough 10:00pm April 13)
