Linda Broday | Which Character from the Men of Legend Series Do You Most Relate to?

I’m so excited to be here and share a brand new series called Men of Legend. TO LOVE A TEXAS RANGER is Book #1 so you get to start at the beginning. This first is about Sam Legend, a Texas Ranger and a lawman like you don’t often see.

But let me introduce you to the Legend family. Stoker is the
tougher-than-shoe-leather patriarch who rides herd over his boys and the huge
Lone Star Ranch—one of the biggest in Texas.

Sam is the youngest of the brood and he clashes with his father a lot because of
his need to keep moving. He was born with an obsession to see what’s beyond the
horizon.

Houston is the oldest (he always thought anyway.) He’s more like his father than
any of the three. Ranching is in his blood and there’s no place he’d rather be.
But he also shares Stoker’s temperament and looks.

Luke is an outlaw who was born on the wrong side of the blanket. He’s lived his
whole life in poverty and shame while his father and brothers have everything.
So yes, he’s angry. But he’s also been secretly keeping watch over Sam and
keeping him alive.

In each series I write, a favorite character always emerges. In this one it’s
Luke because he’s the underdog—the one to be ashamed of—the one to hide. His
struggle hasn’t been easy. His mother has died and his father is a stranger.
He’s not even sure he wants to get to know him so he keeps his heart sealed
shut, even when Stoker tries to make amends. The truth is, Luke’s mother kept
his existence a secret from the man she loved so long ago.

Luke’s character is very complicated. Though he’s an outlaw with a price on his
head, he lives by a code that he won’t break. And though he’s very angry, he’s
drawn to his family. He needs for someone to care about what happens to him—and
someone to cry when he meets the hangman’s rope. He goes by the last name of
Weston but he harbors this secret dream of one day being a Legend. He decides
early on that he won’t take their name until he can do it with honor. And, in
Book #1, he vows never to bring trouble to their door. When the law is on his
heels, he stays far away. He carries a lot of powerful secrets. It took me a
while to get him to open up, but I finally unraveled the huge ball of yarn and
unlocked his heart.

The main reason he’s my favorite of these Legend men is because I can relate to
him. I know this man and ache for him. He’s had such a horrible struggle. My
upbringing has a lot to do with it. I, too, lived in poverty with no hope of
making much of anything of myself. I know what it takes to make it through one
more day, to go to bed hungry and cold. Hope was often the only thing that kept
me from giving up. Luke has this same hope.

I hope you’ll ride through the Western frontier with Sam in TO LOVE A TEXAS
RANGER as he rescues a beautiful young woman from outlaws. I have to warn you,
this story has more twists and turns than a bucking bronc so hang on tight. Sam
doesn’t have time to come back and get you. And you’ll LOVE the juicy secrets.

Book #2 – Houston’s story – will release in May 2017 with Luke’s following in
November.