1--What is the title of your latest release?
EVERY BIT A COWBOY, Creedence Horse Rescue Book 5
2--What is it about?
A divorced hairdresser whose ex-husband stole her confidence and a swoony deputy sheriff who helps her find it again. It’s also about community, and eight baby pygmy goats, and a dog who rescues a horse, and a fashionista pig, and there may be a male stripper in there somewhere too.
3--What do you love about the setting of your book?
The town of Creedence is a small-town set in the mountains of Colorado. I live in Colorado and think the small mountain towns are so beautiful. I also love the sense of community in small towns and the way everyone knows everyone else and takes care of each other.
4--How did your heroine surprise you?
Carley Chapman is a really lovely person who uses her skills as a hairstylist to make others feel beautiful about themselves. Her ex-husband did a number on her and took her confidence in herself away. She really surprised me in this story in some of the ways she stands up for herself and finds that confidence in herself again.
5--Why will readers love your hero?
Knox Garrison is sooo swoony. He’s a hot deputy who has been flirting with Carley for weeks. He’s got a great sense of humor, is chivalrous, and has a soft spot for Carley a mile wide. He offers to help her move and when she gets in trouble at the salon, he is in his truck and on his way to her before she even tells him what’s wrong. He also gets so mad at her ex-husband that he accidentally tells the guy he and Carley are engaged. Then their ‘pretend’ feelings become all too real. He’s just a great guy that I know readers will fall in love with.
6--What was one of your biggest challenges while writing this book (spoiler-free, of course!)?
The deadline! Always the deadline! LOL! But also, this series is about a horse rescue farm and researching horse rescues and writing about animals that have been abandoned and/or abused is tough. I have to walk a fine line with ripping the reader’s hearts out for these dogs and horses, but then not actually stomping on them too. Horses do get left behind all the time, so I always want it to feel like an emotionally satisfying experience when my characters go in to rescue one.
7--Do you look forward to or do you dread the revision process?
Ugh. Totally dread.
8--What’s your favorite snack to have on hand while writing?
Cheetos. Except I have to be careful not to get orange dust on my keyboard.
9--Where would you go for an ideal writer’s retreat?
I’m landlocked in Colorado so my ideal writer retreat would be a cottage on the beach. Any beach would work, as long as there’s a view of the ocean and some sand to stick my toes in.
10--What’s the best piece of writing advice you’ve received?
This writing career is a marathon, not a sprint.
11--Who is the fictional character you want to hang out with the most? (anyone in literature!)
Stephanie Plum. A day spent with Stephanie and Lulu and Grandma Mazur would be a hoot. Especially if Joe and Ranger both showed up too.
12--What’s one of your earliest book memories?
My dad reading to my sisters and I from the Mother West Wind books. And my grandmother giving me this really old copy of Anne of Green Gables, and I just treasured it. And checking out stacks of books from the library every week to spend all summer reading.
13--If you had to write in a different genre, what would it be and why?
I’ve actually got a new book coming out this summer in a different genre. It’s a cozy mystery, and it’s called ‘Take the Honey and Run: A Bee-keeping Mystery”. I love mysteries and adore the quirky characters and small towns in cozy mysteries. Of course, this book has a romance in too, because I just can’t help myself.
14--What song will automatically put you in a good mood?
Answer: Let’s Go Crazy by Prince
15--What is your favorite way to practice self-care?
In the summer, it’s always a day spent by the pool with a good book, a Diet Coke, and some Cheetos. In the winter, cozied up on the sofa by the fire with a warm drink and a good book. My self-care pretty much always starts with a good book.
16--What can you eat and never get sick of?
Macaroni and cheese. And pizza. Although probably not at the same time.
17--Will you share a favorite, recent-ish book you recommend?
I just finished Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman, and I LOVED it! I think he is an amazing writer, and I loved the character of Brit Marie and all the pieces of her story. The book made me laugh and cry and press my hand to my heart and sigh. I didn’t want it to end.
18--Do you have any hobbies?
I love to play volleyball and play on a summer league. And I adore playing board games.
19--Are you an early bird or a night owl?
Night owl.
20--What can readers expect from you next?
My new cozy mystery, Take the Honey And Run, A Beekeeping Mystery comes out in July. Successful mystery author, Bailey Briggs writes about murder, but nothing prepares her for actually discovering the dead body of the founder of her hometown of Humble Hills, Colorado—especially when her eccentric bee-keeping grandmother’s hot spiced honey turns out to “bee” the murder weapon and her granny is now the prime suspect.
Creedence Horse Rescue # 5
No matter how swoony the cute cowboy is, romance is the last thing on Carley Chapman's mind. But it's hard to ignore Knox Garrison and the spark of attraction she feels every time he's near. When a water line break floods her building, she's forced to move her salon out to the Heaven Can Wait Horse Rescue ranch, and Knox shows up to help. But things get even more complicated when Carley's no-good ex comes sniffing around and Knox "fixes" the problem by telling him they're engaged...
Romance Western | Small Town [Sourcebooks Casablanca, On Sale: March 7, 2023, Mass Market Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9781728226163 / eISBN: 9781728226170]
Jennie Marts is the USA Today bestselling author of award-winning books filled with love, laughter, and always a happily ever after. She is living her own happily ever after with her husband, two dogs, and a parakeet that loves to tweet to the oldies, in the mountains of Colorado.
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