COWBOY COUSINS (LUCY AND THE LAWMAN) - Molly Noble Bull - One Free Book

Welcome back, Molly. How did you come up with the idea for this story? I have a Texas cattle ranch background, and Lucy and the Lawman is a Christian western novella. Nevertheless, how I arrived with ideas for the story is not an easy question to answer. Sometimes I get an idea or a setting or a character that becomes a story very soon. At other times, the story comes much later.

A major conflict is one that seems impossible to overcome, and I am convinced that a successful story must contain a major conflict. Lucy and the Lawman became a novella when I added a major conflict to the plot.     

If you were planning a party with Christian authors of contemporary fiction, what six people would you invite and why? As a born again Christian, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are honored guests at the top of any party gathering I would wish to attend. While not all of the contemporary fiction on my list are Christian books, they are all clean, inspiring and sometimes sweet.

However, the first name on my party list might surprise you. It’s Jonathan Cahn. Most people never think of Jonathan Cahn as a writer of fiction because his exciting writings are based on the Bible, but several of his works are written in a modern day fictional format.

I also like 1984 by George Orwell and Brave New Worlds by Aldous Huxley. I know; these authors are not modern, but the stories they told were as a modern at today’s evening news or maybe tomorrow’s. Both of these science fiction-like books were required reading back when I went to college, and they almost seem as if they were written for today.

Books by Debby Macomber are the next contemporary fiction novels on my list. Her books always keep me reading and reading and reading, especially her earlier works. They were always sweet and clean. Often, they made me smile. And Lena Nelson Dooley should be on everyone’s reading party list whether modern or historical. Her books are amazing.

Thank you, Molly for including me. Now let’s do a party for Christian authors of historical fiction, what six people would you invite and why? Again, Lena Nelson Dooley should be on everyone’s reading party list, and she would be my first guest at my Christian historical author party. I was learning to write fiction back in the nineteen eighties and nineties, and I read a lot of sweet historical romance novels set in Regency England back them.

I know. Why was I reading Regency Romances rather than westerns? The only answer I can come up with is that I found Regency Romances, set in historical England, new, different, and charming. Two of my favorites Regency authors were Barbara Cartland and Caroline Courtney. Their books were clean and exciting but not especially Christian.     

Many times, people (and other authors) think you have it made with so many books published. What is the most difficult problem with writing at this time in your career? My answer to this question is nothing new. The most difficult problem I have with writing now is finding time to write. 

Tell us about your featured book. 

Lucy and the Lawman by Molly Noble Bull

Saddle Up for the fastest reading ride of your life.

While on a business trip to Colorado in 1890, Sheriff Caleb Caldwell stops to inform Lucy Gordan and her widowed mother of property they inherited in Texas, land coveted by a rich and powerful man—willing to do anything to get his hands on what is rightfully theirs, and Caleb feels obligated to protect them. However, he cannot reveal his attraction for Lucy. To do so would mean disaster for all of them.

Here is page #1.

Juniper, Texas

Spring 1890 

A man staying at a hotel said he saw Daisy. Maybe it was Daisy. Maybe not.  

Caleb Caldwell had to find out, and not because he was the county sheriff. It was personal. He left his office at the county jail and crossed the street. Shorty, one of his deputies, could handle whatever came up. He headed for the hotel.

He intended to really talk to this man—dig for details. His search would continue until he found Daisy—no matter how long it took.

A sign on a window of the barbershop caught his attention.

Fielding Grimes for Governor.

That crook? Caleb shook his head in disbelief. A man like Grimes should be running for the Mexican border, not for the highest office in the state of Texas.

Caleb entered the hotel, glancing through the archway into the dining room. A skinny little man with white hair and a white mustache sat hunched at a table, reading a small book. In a starched shirt, black tie, and dark suit, he looked as if he belonged back East somewhere, not Juniper, Texas. Caleb hoped the little man was the witness he’d been searching for. He would have prayed, if he still did things like that.

The stranger looked up from his reading. Their gazes connected. The man put down the book and reached for his cup. Caleb moved closer to the table, and the scent of coffee reached out to him. The man didn't smile.

Caleb forced one. "Are you Stanley Kipple?" he asked.

How can people find you on the Internet?

www.mollynoblebull.com    My website.    

http://bit.ly/mollynoblebull   My author page at Amazon

https://scrivenings.link/cowboycousins  The Cowboy Cousins page at Amazon

Thank you, Molly, for sharing this book with my blog readers and me.

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