Chasing the Horizons is OUT!

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Chasing the Horizon (A Western Light Book #1): (A Suspenseful Historical Western Romance Set on the 1800’s Oregon Trail)

I first looked at it, with the one item circled (it was circled on this picture when I found it) and had a good laugh, but there are so many WEIRD THINGS on this list.
Uterine Derangement
Shooting of Daughter?
Parents are cousins
Excitement as Officer...what in the world does that mean?
Marriage of Son…does that mean…you  married your own son? Or you just don’t like who he married?
Rumor of Husband Murder?–okay if you can’t prove it, you can’t lock me up
Salvation Army? What?
okay, some I don’t even want to comment on…but this is one weird list.
and what it comes down to is, if someone wanted you locked up, they could find a reason.
They passed laws before the Civil War to make it HARD to lock people in an insane asylum. A court had to rule, or at least a doctor had to agree…
The sole exception to the court and/or doctor was…..wives.
A man could lock his wife in an insane asylum simply on his say-so that, yep, she’s insane.
It’s a weird and fascinating slice of history to study and when I read a book on it, called, The Woman They Could Not Silence, I knew I had to write about it.
My book begins the night Beth, my heroine, helps her mother escape from the insane asylum. The two of them run from Beth’s tyrannical father and know he will never give up searching for his wife and daughter.
They run far and fast and quiet. And along the way, Beth meets a handsome man with the instincts of a hero.
But how does a woman who doesn’t dare trust anyone, a woman with HUGE secrets, open her heart to love? Like all good heroines, she finds a way.
A wagon train is her very below-the-line escape route.
And an old family friend had prepared a hideout for them a long-long-way west.
And even with all this, father is coming, coming, coming, until Beth can feel his hot breath on her neck.
Chasing the Horizon, in bookstores and shipping online now.
Which is your favorite cause of insanity?
I think I’m going with fever and loss of lawsuit?????
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67 thoughts on “Chasing the Horizons is OUT!”

  1. Hmmm… It’s a good thing this list is archaic and my husband isn’t inclined to commit me. At least a couple could be applied (like novel reading!).

  4. Oh, Mary so proud of you, we talked about Oregon Trail a couple of times and isn’t it fun? And writer-friendly! So glad you were able to do this and looking forward to series.

  7. Hi Mary
    Absolutely love and have read everything you write and have these new books in my calendar. I buy them on iBooks and love the stories you share.
    Your mind is a rare gift and big thanks for taking us away into your world!

  10. Congratulations on another book release Mary! This series is going to be incredible. I look forward to reading more of your books. There are some books that I want to hold a BOOK – not my Kindle. I would expect this series to be a book hold for me. 1800’s era is my favorite. Congratulations!

    • Thanks, Kathy. I very rarely read an ebook. I’m not sure why. I could really clear my house out if i changed my book collection over to ebooks. But I can’t part with them!!! And if I can part with them, I like passing them on.

  11. Congratulations on your newest book release. Oh but I love your books. Thanks for sharing your God-given talents. I have the first book and so look forward to reading it and getting the other two. This sounds like such a wonderful series. Oh my goodness what a list. And just the idea that a man could have his wife committed. I remember growing up how the man was not only the head of the house, his word was final. Even then my mom taught me how to talk with a man and keep Jesus in the middle of our lives. quilting dash lady at comcast dot net

  12. Asthma?? I know what that’s like, but I’m sure glad no one can lock me up for it!
    And women trouble? Time of life? Yikes!
    Sounds like you better be careful around horses, too!
    Wow, what a list… anything goes!

    I’m looking forward to this series!

  13. With a list like that, I don’t know how everyone wasn’t committed. What is gathering in the head? I can’t wait to read your book. I preordered it and received it yesterday.

  14. It’s so outrageous that innocent women were locked up just because their husbands didn’t want to bother with them anymore. Grr.

    I’m afraid that I could have easily been locked up for Religious Enthusiasm and Over Action of the Mind. Sounds like some husbands didn’t like their wives having opinions.

    One that stumped me was Bad Whiskey. Huh? Did she bring him bad whiskey? Was she a poor moonshiner? Or did she drink some bad whiskey and it made her act crazy? Or maybe the husband got hold of some bad whiskey and had his wife committeed while under the influence and no one cared to correct the situation.

    Thanks for sharing this unbelievable list with us, Mary.

  15. I think Feebleness of Intellect is going around, like it’s a disease lately.

    Your new read sounds very intriguing, Mary.

  18. I’m looking forward to reading your book. Congratulations on its release.

    There are some really weird things on this list. I picked Asthma.

  19. What a list!! I’m thinking all of them are weird! I’m going with time of life. What does that even mean?? Any time of life? The “change” for women maybe, but what about a man, his mid-life crisis?

  20. What a laugh! Can’t wait to read this one. I had to choose the political ones! Can you imagine all of the ones in politics that we could call insane! Lol

    • What I wonder, Barbara, is what are we doing NOW that is just as stupid. What are we doing that in fifty or one hundred years people will look back on and think how weird the past was?

  21. Vague terms were profitable. Reme.ber the facilities charged for their patient’s care. As a librarian I could be hauled off wor reading noves and being a source. Oddly, there was a man who had a nice room at an asylum in England. He was rich and knew he should be controlled environment. He did a lot of the definition in the Oxford English Dictionary from his room.

  23. The “desertion by husband” makes me wonder if the husband who deserted his wife was also the one to have her committed to the asylum.

  25. I am not entering the contest because I won a copy of the book from you. I just wanted everyone to know that this book is another winner from Mary. You will enjoy it!

  30. Congratulations on your new release! Your new series sounds great and I love the book covers! Wow, that is some list! Have a great evening . Thank you for the chance.

  33. Thank you so much for the opportunity. The covers are amazing. The book sounds so intriguing. God bless you.

  34. Wow! These are scary since I can imagine they could be subject to so much abuse. I couldn’t believe the novel reading and the laziness ones for example.

  35. Mine would be “Gathering in the head,” I have no idea what that can be, and ” Spinal irritation,” that sounds like a medical issue not a psychological one. Of course, looking at these, that doesn’t seem to make much of a difference. Congratulations on the new book.

  38. I think Time of Life is what stood out to me. The change of life just seems to be such a weird reason to commit someone.

    Love the book covers, they’re GORGEOUS.

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