Lyn Asks the June Question

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Well, what’s the June question? 

I’m thinking back to when Westerns were popular on TV and in movies. Not so much in the recent past. Trends go in and out. Anyway, do you have any favorite Western stories either on TV, movies or books? 

I loved to read the late Louis L’Amour. His grandfather lived in the end of the old West and many authors use his books as research for how people in the West lived. Interesting. Anyway my favorite story of his is Conagher, a rather strange title, right? Conagher is a hero and this is a real life slice of the Old West and a heartfelt romance. I’ve read it many times and it was made into a TV movie. So do you have a favorite book or movie or TV series that takes place in the West? Please share here.

Loving Against All Odds

 Book 1 of my “Lone Star Courage” series, Loving Against All Odds is available now for pre-order for $1.99 till release on June 18th!

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Lyn Says Look at My New Book!

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New Historical Series debuts June 18th!

Loving Against All Odds

Loving Against All Odds,

Book 1

of “Lone Star Courage” series

From fashionable New Orleans society, Miss Della Mott is now bound for frontier Spanish Texas where anything might happen. At twenty-five and never interested in marriage, she is glad finally to be considered “on the shelf.” But her plans for independence in Louisiana have failed and now her very life may be in danger.

The panic of 1819 destroyed many fortunes, including Della’s stepfather’s plantation. When he hears of Stephen Austin’s agreement with Spain to allow angloamericanos to settle on free land in colonial Texas, the impulsive man packs up the family, slaves, and their remaining possessions in wagons, traveling north along the trading route to Texas. Della, the realist, knows she can’t depend on her inept, volatile stepfather. Who will provide the protection and guidance they will need to survive? 

Quinn, son of an American scout and a Cherokee mother, is heading home to Texas. He has failed in obtaining a thoroughbred colt in New Orleans. Along the way he meets with Della’s family. He is struck by her dignity and strength. But he has decided not to marry. Both his parents died before they reached forty. The frontier is too dangerous to start a family. And he is of mixed blood.

But he also recognizes that Della’s stepfather will lead them into disaster and perhaps death. He can’t ignore her need. And so begins their unspoken alliance into wild frontier Texas. 

Unfortunately someone else’s twisted agenda will endanger them all.

Click here for more info or to purchase for pre-order price $1.99.

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Lyn Asks the April Question

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So what will be the April question? I don’t know if you realize this, but I write in what’s called three different subgenres. My main genre is Christian romance. (BTW some other genres are fantasy or mysteries or suspense.) My three subgenres:

  • I write contemporary romances such as my “The Preacher’s Daughters” and “New Neighbor Lane” series. 
  • I write romantic suspense, such as my “Northern Intrigue,” “Northern Shore, Intrigue” and “Opposites Attract” series. 
  • And I also write historical romance with an emphasis on true events. 

April Quesion: I’m interested. Which one of these three do you enjoy most and why? Do you read two or all three or only one? Please click here and let me know. I am interested.–Lyn

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Lyn Reviews Heather Haven’s The Dagger Before Me

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The Dagger Before Me (Persephone Cole Vintage Mystery, #1)The Dagger Before Me by Heather Haven
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The Dagger Before Me, by Heather Haven was the first book I have read by this author. The subtitle for the 3 book box set of the first three in the series is “Blazing a Trail as one of Manhattan’s first female gumshoes.” Percy, short for Persephone, Cole, lives on the lower East side of New York City in the early 1940s. Miss Haven has the period hard-nose PI down to a T (despite the fact that Percy is plump, 5’11” and is a single mom). Despite these factors, Percy is so much like the early Perry Mason—so audacious and always skating close what’s legal and what isn’t. (If you’d like to read an early Erle Stanley Gardner try The Case of the Shoplifter’s Shoe.) Altogether this first book in the series really charmed me, entertained me. And kept me guessing! I’m now reading book 2 Iced Diamonds. I’m so glad that she offered this 3 book box set on sale-one the ways I discover new authors!

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Lyn Shares My Friend’s Jean C Gordon’s New Book!

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Jean C Gordon

USA Today Bestselling author Jean C. Gordon’s stories of small-town love—whether it’s love at first blush, old flames reuniting, or second chance romance, you’ll satisfy your craving for sweet, wholesome romance. She and her husband share a 175-year-old farmhouse just south of Albany, NY, with their daughter and son-in-law, two grandchildren, and a menagerie of pets. While Jean creates stories, her family grows organic fruits and vegetables and tends the livestock de jour.

Here’s her book!

Falling for the Guitar Man: A Small-Town Southern Romance

Can their book boyfriends lead a book club of hopeless romantics to a real happily ever after?

Fiona Campbell can’t believe that her Hopeless Romantics of Willow Ridge book club is reading a romance with a rock star hero. Let alone a story that mirrors her younger years in Scotland. Younger years that the friends she’s made since moving to the States and taking on a partnership in Euans’s Distillery know nothing about. Moreover, she’s recently learned “her” rock star is a hometown boy.

Kyle McCabe is about to do something he’d vowed never to do: bring back his band, the one he destroyed with his personal downward spiral 15 years ago – Rebel Picts. It’s for a good cause, a benefit concert at the Willow Ridge summer festival to help the family of his deceased best friend and bandmate. Little did he know when he agreed to the concert that the cause of that spiral, Fee Campbell, now lives in Willow Ridge.

Will they overcome the shadows of their past mistakes to embrace a future together? Uncover the magic of forgiveness and second chances in this heartwarming tale of love rediscovered.

The Hopeless Romantics of Willow Ridge series are sweet, small-town contemporary romances. Each book is a standalone and can be read individually or as part of the series. Why not share this with a friend?–Lyn
Click Buy Link: On Kindle/ and available in Kindle Unlimited 

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Lyn’s Big Spring Sale!

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ON SALE MARch 18-24 99c for Northern Intrigue Series Books 1-3: Christian Romantic Suspense

Welcome to Steadfast, Wisconsin, a small town whose people and mysteries you may never forget. 

A small northwoods town where everyone knows everyone. Or do they? Who is the silent thief in the night? Who is setting fiery surprises and why? Is there a stalker? Yet in the midst of the danger around them, unlikely couples find the courage to love. And faith to trust God.

“Not one boring sentence! This story is sweet and exciting with just the right amount of details! The inspirational parts were precious….Loved it!”

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PS: The same Northern Intrigue series box set books 4-6 are on sale for $6.99 on the same dates. Why not get the whole series at a great price?

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LYN COTE NORTHERN INTRIGUE BOX 4-6

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Lyn Asks the April Question

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Do you Enjoy Real History

or What Hollywood Dreamed up?

The April Question is: Do you enjoy reading and “learning” about the true history of the West? I love doing historical research. (I have a Master’s Degree in American history.) I love reading eye witness accounts of actual events and digging into what really happened, not what Hollywood “dreamed up.” How about you? Do you have any pet peeves about this? I have some!  Please leave your pet peeves here–ie, what have you seen on the screen you thought could not be accurate?.

Tease: Did you know that from 1821 to 1846 that Texas was

  1. a Spanish colony
  2. part of the Mexican Republic
  3. a sovereign nation and finally
  4. part of the USA!

That many changes in such a short span of time gives my characters A LOT to survive and thrive through.I can’t wait to take you on the journey  life and loves of the people of Texas—all of them in my series, LONE STAR COURAGE. –Lyn

As usual a few commenters will receive a free ebook!

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Lyn Annouces her FIRST NEW book 2024!

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Kat’s Strictly Business Partner debuts February 8th!

Kat's Strictly Business Partner

A spunky heroine takes on a wounded hero as partner, but will they keep it strictly business? 

Independent Kat, short for Katherine, Simmons lost her father a year ago. Now the family business, a garden nursery, is in danger because of his medical expenses. She’s forced to take on a partner from the big city. 

A year ago Gage Farrell’s life changed due to a fatal boating accident. He’s recovered mostly but lost a fiancée and has forsaken his workaholic lifestyle. He senses his new partner is prickly and uneasy with their partnership. He wants to keep matters all business too. But only heaven knows if they will succeed!

Don’t miss this sweet, sometimes humorous, small town romance with a very happy ending!–Lyn.

Click here for more info. 

This is book 4 in my THE PREACHER’S DAUGHTER series:

1-HANNAH’S HOMETOWN HERO

2-ABBY’S SECOND CHANCE

3-LUCY’S UNLIKELY LOVE

4-KAT’S STRICTLY BUSINESS PARTNER!

 

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