SACRED HONOR - Lori Bates Wright - One Free Book

Welcome back, Lori. Why do you write the kind of books you do? 

We have some notable historic figures in my family tree, along with some hilariously memorable ones. My favorite memories are of family get-togethers where stories were exchanged around the table. We would laugh until we cried. The evening would always end discussing about how good God has been and His faithfulness through the years. Couple that with an insatiable love for story, and I suppose that would be the heart of what inspires me to write Christian Historical Romance.   

 

Besides when you came to know the Lord, what is the happiest day in your life? 

Both of the days that my kids were born rank right up there among the happiest. But I’d have to say the day my tiny two pound baby girl got to finally come home from the hospital (a month after she was born) was a level of humble gratitude like I had never experienced before. 

 

How has being published changed your life? 

I have met some wonderfully talented people along the way who understand, and even appreciate, my world of make-believe. It’s been wonderful! Deadlines and painful edits are a very real part of my life now, and marketing forces me to move outside of my introverted comfort zone to introduce my books to a world of new readers.

What are you reading right now? 

Wrapped in Rain by Charles Martin. 

 

What is your current work in progress? 

The Governess, Book Two of my new series, A Matter of Intrigue. This series follows three daring women who are recruited by Allan Pinkerton to go undercover to help change the course of a divided nation just after the Civil War.

 

I'm eager to read that series. What would be your dream vacation? 

A cabin tucked up in the mountains somewhere with streams and hiking trails to explore by day and a roaring campfire to read beside in the evenings.  

 

How do you choose your settings for each book? 

I usually chose a place that has significant history for the time period I’m going for. If I’m unable to plan a trip to have a look around for myself, I pour over travel sites and read comments left by people who have visited there until I feel like I know it well. I’d love to visit Wales someday which is the setting for my latest book, Sacred Honor.     

 

If you could spend an evening with one person who is currently alive, who would it be and why? 

I’d love to have a girl’s night with Melania Trump. Besides getting the inside scoop on her best beauty tips, we could talk about motherhood, and Jesus, and world affairs. I’ve heard she speaks six different languages. I’m sure she has some highly interesting stories to tell.

 

What are your hobbies, besides writing and reading? 

I come from a musical family, so I grew up singing and playing music. There’s always something playing in the background around me. Other than that, I love to do counted cross-stitch.

 

What is your most difficult writing obstacle, and how do you overcome it? 

Procrastination. I let myself get distracted and it’s hard to get back in focus. I’ve found two things that have helped. First, I use a planner to make a list of what I need to accomplish each day and hold myself accountable to it. And secondly, I limit texting friends and checking my social media (including email) to certain times of day. Otherwise, I can waste a whole afternoon playing on my phone.   

 

What advice would you give to a beginning author? 

Learn your craft. You can’t break the basic writing rules until you learn them first. I think we all start out thinking we are the exception. But the truth is, no matter how much natural talent we have, we all need to learn how to make it presentable. So, stay teachable and don’t get too attached to your first draft.   

 

Tell us about the featured book. 

Sacred Honor is the third and final book of The Saberton Legacy. This book follows youngest Saberton brother, Zachery, and the tenacious Aurora. Here’s a look at the back cover:

Her heart is shattered. Her home is left in shambles. And she is forced to give up the only man capable of putting the pieces back together.         

Aurora Haverwood has loved Zachery Saberton for as long as she can remember. Her dreams of being his wife are cruelly dashed when the American Civil War draws to a close with news that Zach is missing and presumed dead. Refusing to believe he will never return to her, she sets out to find the truth.

 

Captain Zach Saberton, notorious blockade runner for the Confederate Navy, has outfoxed the Yankee War Department once too often. In order to save his neck, Zach agrees to go undercover in London to help the Union recover a million dollars’ worth of gold bullion missing from the failed Confederate Treasury.

 

When Aurora discovers Zach Saberton is alive and well in England, attending one social affair after another, she decides to pay a visit to her uncle, the Earl of Kendal, in hopes of finding some answers. The journey from her devastated homeland to elegant London society plunges her into a web of danger.

 

Zach, desperately trying to avoid another civil rebellion, soon comes to realize that it’s Aurora who holds the key to their survival.

 

But in accepting her help, he risks losing her forever.

 

 

Please give us the first page of the book.

25 August, 1865

Savannah, Georgia

 Strains of a familiar song lured Zachery Saberton from the safety of moonlight shadows, in search of a melody he knew only too well.

Aura Lea.

The same song Aurora had played that evening four years ago when he’d left to join the Confederate fleets in Savannah Harbor. An image of her sitting in perfect posture behind her beloved harp with waves of pale golden hair tumbling down her back would remain forever etched in his mind. He imagined her fingers gliding over the strings as she hummed along with the music.

Thoughts of her were all that kept him sane. He desperately needed to see her, if only for a moment. Like a siren call, the melody coaxed him out of hiding, beckoning him closer from across Chippewa Square.

An ache grew in his chest with each strum of the strings. The first twinge of emotion he’d experienced in a good long while. He avoided the well-lit streets to keep from being seen since he’d become more valuable dead than alive.

 

How can readers find you on the Internet? 

I love to connect with readers! Find me at: www.loribateswright.com

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Thank you so much for having me, Lena!

 

It’s my pleasure, Lori. I so love your writing. I know my blog readers will, too. I’m eager to read this new book.

 

Readers, here are links to the book.

https://amzn.to/2I4KnqP - Kindle

https://amzn.to/2Su4xwq - Paperback

 

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