I’m so excited to share my new release with you! Well, it will release officially tonight at midnight. It’s special because you still have a chance today to get it at the preorder price. And saving a dollar is a good thing.
If you prefer print, the print book is available now.
The thrilling conclusion to the Belle Fourche Chronicles
Alice has always been the good daughter, the one who does what everyone expects. She promised Kent Douglas she would wait for his return even though her family has fought his for the past thirty years.
Then he left and never contacted her again.
Five long years have gone by and Alice is an adult. Despite the occasional annoyance by the Douglas patriarch, they hear nothing from their neighbors. When word comes that Kent not only returned, but has been back for quite some time without contacting her, tensions rage. Alice wants revenge for her humiliation.
Kent was heavily scarred protecting Alice from a bomb, and he’s returned home with worse scars to his heart.
He went to school to become a doctor, but along the way found out the teachers thought he’d be better suited to a barn. No patient wants to look to a monster for hope. He never wanted to work on a ranch again, but now his training — the training he ran away and fought to have — will be in a barn.
He loves Alice Johlman like she’s half of his heart, but he can’t accept the failure he is and won’t force her to follow through on her promise from years before.
If only he could forget her.
Wounded hero Kent will do anything for the only woman he’s ever loved, except ask her to keep her promise.
It’s so hard to say goodbye…
This was the first series I started as a filly so I’m excited to share this book with you. It also feels like “the end” in other ways because I’ll be writing mostly contemporary cowboy romances next year. I have a contract with Love Inspired Suspense and my first book with them will be coming out in Oct or November of 2023. So, saying goodbye to these characters feels different from a usual “book goodbye”.
Don’t worry though, it’s not permanent. I like historical books to stay away from them for too long.
What’s one type of book you said goodbye to, but you know you’ll be back because you love it?
For me: Westerns are my favorite, but I used to love Medieval romance (for many of the same reasons, rugged heroes, chivalry, horses…)
I used to love thrillers, but now I’ll read a romantic suspense or cozy mystery for my thrill.
Happy Book Release!
Thank you! I used to really love suspense (a la John Sandford and James Patterson. Now, I stick to Christy Barritt and similar 🙂
I love all historical time periods, and I have really enjoyed your Belle Fourche series. I also read contemporaries, but historicals are my main love.
I completely feel that! Historical novels are my favorite. But I was blessed with a contract, so I need to help that as much as possible. I will write more historical novels though (and probably more in Belle Fourche or at least in SD).
love cowboy stories and used to read a lot of Native American too!
Yes! I used to love those too!
I love historicals, although westerns are my favorites.
Yes, westerns of all flavors are my current go-to.
I love any books!! I’ll admit westerns are still my favorites, though it can be any time period!
I’m so glad! I can’t say goodbye totally to historical novels, I’ll be back. Western, though, that’s staying. 🙂
I love a wounded hero story, Kari, and this one sounds great. Your cover is gorgeous, too! It sounds like you have some exciting changes to look forward to, though I’ll be a little sad to say goodbye to historicals. Glad it’s only temporary! 🙂
Thank you so much! I can’t say goodbye for long. I just love historical novels too much. I’m pretty sure my heart is actually about 150 years old, LOL
congratulations. this sounds like a great story. I used to read regency a lot until I started only reading Christian books. now if I can run across a Christian regency writer I would go back. quilting dash lady at comcast dot net
Lori, One of my very good friends (who wrote with me in the Independence Island series) writes Christian Regency, Carolyn Miller. She is just so sweet. I adore her.
Hannah’s Vow by Pam Crooks is one of the first books I read when I started my journey reading historical westerns. Also, Linda Broday’s book Knight on the Texas Plains captured my love for western historical. Now, after being retired for eight years, I have many that I count as read again books!
Kathy, I’m so happy you enjoyed Knight on the Texas Plains. That story set me on this writing journey. Love you, lady.
Such great books! You got a good start!
Kari, I love the premise of this book. The cover is really beautiful! I can’t imagine writing anything other than historical western romance. That simply fits and it’s where I feel comfortable. It’s also what I prefer to read although I do read some contemporary westerns. Good luck with this! I hope you have much success.
Linda, Thank you! I’ll admit, it takes a total mental shift. I had to read a bunch of contemporary westerns to put my brain in the right timeframe. I’m looking forward to the challenge and getting to write historical again will be like eating dessert!
Congratulations , your book sounds like a great read and I love your book cover! I like to read different genres. Have a great day.
Thank you so much! I don’t know what I’d do without my cover designer. She’s phenomenal. I hope you have a great day as well.
In the past I read a lot of mysteries. The last three years we have had a lot of theft on our farm and as a result I no longer read them……too much real life experience and getting to know our county deputies for mystery novels, even ones with romance, to be relaxing reading. Now I look for romantic westerns with humor, contemporary or historical. The theft on farms has become a multi-county problem in this area and very frustrating for all of us.
Alice,
I’m so sorry! That has to be incredibly frustrating. I’m sure you’ve tried many things, but I know here my husband puts up hidden trail cameras. Maybe you could use those for catching unwanted “visitors”. I hope they catch whoever is doing it.
We have had three trail cameras stolen. What has worked for us is a security camera that is connected to our cell phones mounted high up on a yard light pole. It sends video directly to us and we can share it with the sheriff office. Twice the deputies have arrived while the intruders were still there making the cost of the camera worth it.
Oh, wow! I’m glad you’ve found something that works!
I too started out reading medieval romances for many of the same reasons and the history. Lately it has been mostly westerns. My first love in fiction was suspense and intrigue, not in the romance genre. I still do enjoy them, but don’t get to them often enough.