Attorney Ben didn’t
expect to get shot on his wedding day--and certainly not by his mail order
bride.—Pistol-Packin’ Bride/Mail Order Standoff collection.
Welcome, Margaret. How
did your story for the collection come about?
My story was inspired by a Mark Twain quote: “Adam was the
luckiest man in the world. He had no
mother-in-law.”
Ben Heywood had been left on the church step as an infant
and was adopted by three sets of parents. The poor bride-to-be has to contend
with three mothers-in-laws; three interfering mothers-in-law.
Are these stories
connected in some way? If so, how?
With dozens of mail order bride stories being published each
year, it’s hard to think up a new twist.
But Vickie McDonough managed to do just that by coming up with the idea
of giving our brides cold feet.
How many other books
have you had published?
I’ve been very blessed as a writer and have managed to publish
48 books so far.
What is the hardest
thing about writing a part of a collection?
I always worry that my story won’t be on par with the other
stories, and I’ll be the weak link in the collection.
I understand that
feeling, but when we get them all together, they are all good. How did
collaborating with this team impact you?
I was honored when asked to join the team. It was a pleasure working with such a talented
group of authors, and it was fun to see the clever way each writer developed
the cold-feet theme.
Please give us a peek
into your story.
Prickly Pear, Texas
Elizabeth Colton stares anxiously out the window of the
stagecoach. Fresh from Boston , never could she have imagined a more
desolate place. Every scary story ever heard about attacking Indians and
highwaymen comes back to haunt her.
Before they reach town, her worst fear is realized. A
horseman flags them down and yanks open the door to the coach. Certain he is about to rob her—or worse—she
pulls out her derringer. Much to her
shock, the gun goes off and the man falls to the ground.
Attorney Ben Heywood is lucky to be alive. Fortunately, the bullet missed his
heart—barely. All he’d done was stop the stage to tell Elizabeth that unbeknownst to him, his mothers
(yes, all three of them) had placed the ad in the Matrimonial News and he has no intention of marrying her.
It seems everyone in the small town has an opinion on the
brash young woman who traveled west and shot the town’s favorite son. Now they refuse
to believe the pistol packin’ bride is the right woman for him. At first, even Ben
has trouble visualizing the two of them wed.
But in matters of the heart sometimes a wrong really does
make a right, and Ben suddenly finds himself defending the blue-eyed beauty,
and slowly falls in love with her. Now
he doesn’t know which task will be hardest; convincing his reluctant fiancĂ©e
that marriage to a man with three sets of interfering…uh… well-meaning
“parents” won’t be so bad (maybe). Or
proving to the town that Elizabeth
really is the girl of his dreams.
What did you want the
reader to take away from your story?
I hope to show that there’s value and love to be found in
even the most difficult of families. Ben’s
three sets of interfering parents aren’t going to change; what changes is the
way Elizabeth
comes to accept them as family.
What is the best piece
of advice you received as an author?
I think the best advice I received was to give the reader
something to “see” in each sentence.
That’s what I try to do.
Where can my readers
find you on the Internet?
Website: margaret-brownley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/margaretbrownly
Book links:
Thank you, Margaret,
for helping us share this delightful collection. I’m eager to read all 4
stories.
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This sounds like a must read. Thank you for sharing. Blessings from WV.
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