While I was traveling around signing copies of
SUNRISE CROSSING, a story I
dearly loved, characters were lining up in my brain for the next book. Some wait
patiently, whispering their story, while others start yelling from the back of
the line.
The whisperer was Sheriff Dan Brigman. Heโd waited his turn. Heโd been in other
books. Always a good guy. Always a good father and friend, but he never took
center stage. He never got his love story. Now, in his forties, heโd given up
until he found a fancy boot in the road one night.
He took on the mission to find the lady that the boot might belong to. She had
to be something special to step out in knee high rhinestone boots.
And she wasโฆevery fantasy heโd ever allowed himself to have.
The character yelling for his story was Cody Winslow, my ex Texas Ranger. Heโd
lived after his best friend died and he was riding full out along the edge of
Ransom Canyon not caring much if he lived or died.
When he tumbled into the canyon breaking bones, he prayed for a quiet death but
fate sent him Tess Adams. A bossy, no make-up woman wearing a uniform and
determined to save him. To make matters worse, she came with eight junior park
rangers about four feet yall who all wanted to practice their first aid on Cody.
When I was finally home and started writing, I had no idea how the two stories
would fit together. It was a fast write. My fingers danced across the keyboard
with the characters making me laugh and cry and worry.
So step into the adventure and enjoy. I think
WILD HORSE SPRINGS will
keep you up late reading just one more chapter. :-)
Jodi Thomas
Jodi takes you to the Heart of Texas
A fifth-generation Texan, New York Times and USA Today
bestselling author Jodi Thomas chooses to set the majority of her novels in her
home state, where her grandmother was born in a covered wagon. A former teacher,
Thomas traces the beginning of her storytelling career to the days when her twin
sisters were young and impressionable.
With a degree in family studies,
Thomas is a marriage and family counselor by education, a background that
enables her to write about family dynamics. Honored in 2002 as a Distinguished
Alumni by Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Thomas enjoys interacting with
students on the West Texas A&M University campus, where she currently serves
as Writer in Residence.
Commenting on her contribution to the arts, Thomas
said, โWhen I was teaching classes full-time, I thought I was making the world a
better place. Now I think of a teacher or nurse or mother settling back and
relaxing with one of my books. I want to take her away on an adventure that will
entertain her. Maybe, in a small way, Iโm still making the world a better
place.โ
When not working on a novel or inspiring students to pursue a
writing career, Thomas enjoys traveling with her husband, renovating a historic
home they bought in Amarillo and โchecking upโ on their two grown sons.
Ransom
Canyon
In the heart of Ransom Canyon, sometimes the right match for a lonely
soul is the one you least expect
Dan Brigman may not lead the most exciting life, but he's proud of what he's
achieved: he's a respected lawman, and he's raised a bright, talented daughter
on his own. But finding a lone, sparkly blue boot in the middle of a deserted
highway gets him thinking maybe the cowgirl who lost it is exactly the shake-up
he needs.
After losing her baby girl, Brandi Malone felt like her soul died along with
her daughter. Now singing in small-town bars to make ends meet, she's fine being
a drifterโuntil a handsome sheriff makes her believe that parking her boots
under his bed is a better option.
College grad Lauren Brigman has just struck out on her own in downtown Dallas
when a troubling phone call leads her back home to Crossroads. Her hometown
represents her family, friends and deepest hopes, but also her first love, Lucas
Reyes. Will Lauren's homecoming be another heartbreak, or a second chance for
her and Lucas?
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