Hi everyone! I am so excited to announce RELEASE DAY for my book, LANDON, Book #9 in the GUN FOR HIRE series! This is a 10-book, multi-author series that is the brainchild of Charlene Raddon, and I’m so grateful to her for having this fabulous idea and putting this all together.
Each of these stories is a stand-alone tale, but they are all about a hero who lives by the gun. In the end, of course, he’s going to find happiness when he meets the woman he comes to love passionately and who loves him back just as fiercely. Is there any better kind of story?
The books began making their debut in March, and we are about to complete the series with mine and Winnie Griggs’ stories, so they are all available but Winnie’s now, and hers will be out in 2 weeks! In the back of my book is a sneak peek at Winnie’s story (and it is a grabber!) Take a look at these beautiful covers Charlene created for us. Every one of them just makes me itch to pick it up and sit down in a comfortable chair and read all afternoon!
When I started thinking about the characters for this story, I knew I had to have a hero who was fueled by the need for justice of some kind, and he was determined to get it no matter what. Though I don’t go into his former life in the story, I mention that he was responsible for other men at one point. Was he an outlaw? A fugitive? A lawman? A soldier? A prisoner? It’s not clear, and I liked it like that because it leaves a bit of mystery in his personality, and we don’t know whether he is on the side of the law or not. All we have to go on is the same thing Alissa can see in him when she first meets him and gets to know him through their time together.
Alissa has been in a tight spot for many years now. After her own mother dies, her father marries a much younger woman. When the woman dies almost as soon as their baby is born, it’s up to Alissa to step in and raise the boy, even though she’s only 14 at the time. With a no-good gambler for a father, her life has been misery to try to provide even the most basic necessities for her younger brother. When her father is killed, she sees it as both a blessing and a curse. Set to travel to Indian Territory for the land rush of 1889, she has no choice but to continue with the plans her father has made and try to do it alone with a 5-year-old to care for.
Some of this series is available in paperback and in Kindle, and Landon is one that can be purchased in either format—and, hopefully, soon, in Audible, as well.
Here’s the blurb to whet your reading appetite! You can order LANDON now, as well as the rest of the series, all except Winnie’s – and of course, you can PRE-ORDER hers!
BLURB FOR LANDON
Alissa Devine finds herself in an unthinkable situation when her father is murdered, and she’s left to raise her young brother, Zach. With $22 to her name and her no-account gambler father’s burial to pay for, Lissie has no choice but to carry on with her father’s plan to take part in the Oklahoma land run. But single women aren’t allowed on the wagon train.
Landon Wildcat’s mission for months has been to find the man who abducted his younger sister. His search ends when crooked gambler Happy Devine gets what he deserves at the end of Land’s gun. But that act of vengeance leaves Lissie and Zach alone with no man to accompany them on the wagon train.
Wagon Master Bill Castle hires Land as his scout; a devil’s bargain—for both of them. Land offers Lissie his protection, suspecting the unscrupulous Mr. Castle has indecent intentions toward her.
When one of the settlers is murdered, Land takes the outlaws on in a desperate battle to protect the only witness, and nearly pays the ultimate price. Land’s life hangs in the balance, but the wagon train moves on, callously deserting him and the teen boy he saved, along with Lissie and Zach.
Through the hardship, Lissie and Land both realize how much they love one another, and what they have come so close to losing. Though danger lurks around every curve in the road, Lissie believes with all her heart there is a place for their small band of settlers in this untamed Territory. Now that love has finally come, will Fate allow a miracle for their happiness with this new beginning?
I love series like this one. The heroes and heroines are all different because they come from varying backgrounds and places, but the heroes have something in common that holds the thread of the series together.
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