Welcome Guest – Robin Lee Hatcher!

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The British Are Here!

Back in 2009, my novel, Fit to Be Tied, was released. It’s about a lady wrangler on an Idaho ranch and a British lord sent to America by his father after being wounded in WWI. I loved that story, and Cleo and Sherwood remain among my favorite couples. In fact, I had so much fun writing about those two that I really wanted to write more books around that culture clash.

So I wrote a proposal for a series called The British Are Coming. My publisher bought it in 2010, then decided they wanted me to do some contemporary romances instead. About five years later, a different publisher bought the series, then they defaulted. Back into the idea file the series went.

But in 2022, I knew I was going to write these books at last, and I am so excited to share the stories with you.

The British Are Coming series begins with a novella set in Victorian England (To Enchant a Lady’s Heart) where readers meet Adam Faulkner, the illegitimate son of the Earl of Hooke, and the gentlewoman he loves. That novella also introduces the three “Brits” who will come to America in the mid-1890s. Those featured characters are Sebastian Whitcombe, heir to the Earl of Hooke; his younger sister, Lady Amanda Whitcombe; and his artist friend, Roger Bernhardt.

Sebastian’s story, To Marry an English Lord, released this week. Despite there being an American heroine and a British hero from the aristocracy, the same as in Fit To Be Tied, this is a very different story from that novel from fifteen years ago. And I am not surprised. My characters become very real, living people to me, and every person has their own story to tell. Right? Sebastian and Jocelyn’s story is uniquely their own. As it should be.

To Marry an English Lord is my 91st release, coming forty years and one month after my first book released. I hope you will love reading it.

What others say:

“An absolute gem of a story! If you’re craving romance set against the vast beauty of the untamed west, then look no further. Filled with witty repartee and heartfelt emotion, Robin Lee Hatcher’s second installment in The British Are Coming series is guaranteed to please!”

– Tamera Alexander, USA Today Bestselling author of A Million Little Choices and Colors of Truth

“Go West, dear readers! I literally could not put this book down and was up much of the night delighting in the story world and watching the characters grow, both in their faith and in their love for one another. You’ll be encouraged in your faith, too, as you adventure with Viscount Willowthorpe to an Idaho ranch where he encounters businesswoman and ranch co-owner Jocelyn Overstreet, a woman like none he has ever met.”

– Stephanie Grace Whitson, author of Love at First Light

“Master storyteller Robin Lee Hatcher has penned an engaging sweet romance, laced with inspiration and a vivid depiction of our Wild West. The way the two main characters slowly discover their forbidden love and lean on God for guidance plucks at the heartstrings. The setting of a cattle ranch situated in an untamed landscape of rolling hills and mountains steal one’s breath. All the while, an unobtrusive portrayal of the bittersweet changing lifestyle of the American cowboy more than enchanted this avid history aficionada.”

– Linda Windsor, author of Irish historical romance series Maire, Riona, & Deidre

Here’s the blurb for To Marry an English Lord:

Sometimes love is a risk worth taking.

Sebastian Whitcombe, Viscount Willowthorpe, comes to America to experience the great Wild West for himself before it disappears for good. The adventure comes with a convenient bonus—it postpones his father’s edict that he take a wife from the British aristocracy. Sebastian isn’t so much against marriage as he is an arranged marriage to the wrong woman.

Jocelyn Overstreet hasn’t returned to her family’s eastern Idaho cattle ranch in six years. She’s far too busy managing the New York City offices of Overstreet Shipping. But when her older brother has a serious run-in with a bison, she returns to the ranch only to find the Overstreet home invaded by visitors from England, one of them a disturbingly handsome viscount who disarms her defenses at every turn.

Sebastian’s future lies in England where the Earl of Hooke is determined to choose his son a wife. New York City holds Jocelyn’s future with scant time for romance, much less marriage. The attraction between her and Sebastian seems doomed to fail.

Amidst the clash of their worlds, Sebastian and Jocelyn find that the risk of love, against all odds, might just be a risk worth taking.

I’m going to give away a set of paperbacks (the first to books in the The British Are Coming series) to one random winner.

To Marry an English Lord is set in eastern Idaho in the shadows of the Grand Tetons. The next two books in the series will take place, at least partially, in Yellowstone National Park. To be entered in the giveaway, just leave a comment answering this question:

Have you ever visited Yellowstone National Park and/or Grand Teton National Park? And if so, what was the favorite thing you saw there? If you haven’t been, what would you like to see if you could go?

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106 thoughts on “Welcome Guest – Robin Lee Hatcher!”

  1. I have not had the pleasure of visiting these two parks. It has long been talked about around our kitchen table, but the timing has always been off. Family responsibilities have taken precedence. I love all of God’s beautiful handiwork in nature and would love to experience more of his great outdoors. Just looking at pictures though beautiful, I am sure they don’t do either park justice.

  2. Yes, I’ve been to both! I live in Wyoming, so it’s not too far. My favorite thing has been the lakes and the waterfalls!

  6. Hey Robin! Haven’t had the pleasure of visiting either park, but would love to see the waterfalls and wildlife ;o) Your new book series sounds wonderful!

  8. I haven’t been to either of those national parks. I remember learning about the unique rock formations in the Tetons in a college geology class, so I’d enjoy seeing those.

  9. I’ve never been to Yellowstone National Park or Grand Teton National Park. I would love to go sometime and just see all the beautiful scenery.

  10. Yes to both parks! Back in the 60’s with my family. Both were/are amazing. But I am always astonished that there are people who treat wildlife like they are domesticated and then are stunned when the animals react differently. I actually hiked to the bottomof Grand Canyon and spent the night then hiked back out the following day.

    • Kate, I think in the 60s people were still feeding bears from their cars, although maybe that was the 50s. But you are right, those wild animals are wild, and it is crazy when people get out of cars and want to stand by them for photos.

  11. I have never visited either but it’s on my bucket list. Just the majesty of it all, to see God’s creation and in Yellowstone to see Old Faithful. I love the west but haven’t had the opportunity to go out there yet.

  14. I have been to both..spectacular…and going back to camp…the serenity of those places is amazing..

  15. I have not had the pleasure to be able to go but it is definitely on my bucket list. I want to see everything.

  16. On our last vacation/road trip we visited Yellowstone. It was amazing, but the funniest thing we saw was a traffic jam caused by a big old bison walking down the middle of the road. He had no thought of the cars around him and that he was causing traffic to back up. We did get to see Old Faithful erupt.

  17. I have visited both of those awesome places. The scenery is spectacular. Saw lots of animals.
    Not only is Old Faithful amazing but the sound is unexpected and loud!

  19. Robin, it’s great to have you back! Wow, this new series looks delightful. I love fish out of water stories. Several years ago when Lorraine Heath was writing American historicals, she had a similar series about English lineage of lords left out of their father’s will. It was excellent and I know yours is too. Wishing you much success with this. Thank you so much for coming. It’s always super nice to have you.

  20. I have visited both! In Yellowstone , I saw an antelope give birth!
    The thermal features were some of my favorites and the flora and fauna not native east of the Mississippi.

  21. I haven’t been to either park, though both are on my bucket list! I’d love to see Old Faithful, and honestly, just the great outdoors that God created!!

  22. My grandparents lived in North Dakota, so on are way there from Arizona we would stop to see Ole Faithful! Very Impressive and inspiring!

  23. I have been to both Yellowstone and Grand Teton. My favorite was the majesty of both places having come from a state of very flat land. The mountains were spectacular.

  24. My favorite place on earth is the Big Horn Mountains. We travel through Wyoming and then north through Yellowstone and the Tetons. God paints such majestic beauty. I love the mountains. Thank you for coming today. Your new series sounds so interesting!

  25. My husband and I have the great opportunity to visit Yellowstone Park and it was beautiful. We have not been to Teton National park, however, while traveling to Jackson, Wyoming we drove through a valley with the majestic Teton mountain range on one side of the highway. Awesome. I truly love that part of Wyoming as we visited Jackson two times much to our delight. It is a hidden gem. I believe I have read the book you mention about Sebastian and his American cowgirl who fall in love. It is very entertaining. A great story.

  26. I have been privileged to go to both but we were on a bus tour so were limited in what we saw. it was great to see Old Faithful but I was impressed by Grand Teton and Jenny Lake.

  27. I haven’t been to either but would love to go see the waterfalls. I imagine the park is really lovely in person.

  28. I visited Yellowstone when I was in my early teens. I remember it being very beautiful & my favorite part was visiting Old Faithful. The fact that the Lord created something to go off on such a strict schedule & being so beautiful & warm (LOL) was amazing.

  29. Good morning , no , I have never been to either of them. I have heard and seen pictures and they both look beautiful. I would love to see the wildlife and just everything that there is there. Thank you for sharing your book blurbs, they both sound Great and I love the book covers! Have a great weekend.

  30. I’ve been to Yellowstone 3 times. My favorite thing there was a grizzly bear!! (From a distance of course!) I LOVE the Tetons. They are simply amazing. My favorite thing there was the mountains themselves.

  31. I have not been to either national park, but if I could go, I would like to see the Great Falls of the Yellowstone.

  32. I have been to Yellowstone, but I was only about 9 or 10 years old, so don’t remember to much about it. We did see Old Faithful, which was pretty neat.

  33. Both parks amazing, you see the hand of God in the mountains, amazing geysers the Grand Prismatic spring, diverse fauna and flora…..all this for a fallen world because of his love for us!

  34. My first trip to the Tetons and Yellowstone was on a family vacation when bears were still being fed by tourists. I had an up-close encounter with a bear as it ambled through our campsite on its way to the then open garbage dump! It was a plus that Mr. Bear was focused on a mission that evening! I live in Wyoming and have made many trips to the area for business and pleasure. The Tetons, in all their glory, with the Snake River meandering through the Hole never fail to make the trip memorable.

  36. I also went as a child to Yellowstone. I don’t remember very much about it. I think the only thing I really remember is Old Faithful.

  38. I’ve never been to either place, though I think they’d both be beautiful places to see. Thank you for the chance to win!

  40. I have never been to either. I would love to see Old Faithful erupt!
    It would be nice to see the historical sites and the wildlife. I am on the east coast, so it would also be interesting to see the landscape, the plants and the weather in those places.

  41. I was absolutely mesmerized by all I saw in Yellowstone! It was a fantastic trip! Then the drive to Jackson where we could see the Tetons was great!

    • The American Bison is an amazing animal. They seem rather lazy and uncaring but they can move so fast and leap so high. And they are incredibly dangerous, which too many visitors to the park don’t understand.

  44. We haven’t visited either of those parks, but I would love to see Old Faithful. For some reason I just can’t find a cruise that goes there!

  45. I have been to both parks and want to return to Gran Teton to see how the mountain view has changed since a large chunk of one mountain collapsed. The photos are startlingly different. We have to always remember that the scenery always changes. Sometimes in a major way. I now live in Montana, but first went to both parks years before I moved anywhere close to them. 🙂 I will also note that the Groundhog predicted an early spring and then we started getting major cold weather and snow; the Groundhog lied!

  46. I haven’t got to visit the parks yet but it is on my bucket list! My oldest daughter and her husband has and she said it is Beautiful there so I would like to go someday and see all the Beauty! Have a Blessed weekend!

  47. Robin, Welcome to P&P. No, I haven’t had the pleasure of visiting either of those parks. However, I have visited Yosemite National Park. I love the Awesome trees & the Waterfall with the lights & sun on it. Lots, to see in our beautiful country.

  48. We have been to both parks twice. The first time it was my husband and I. Yellowstone had wildfires and smoke covered the road for miles as we entered. our first night we were awoken by either bison or elk running past our cabin. The second time we took our 14 year old grandson for a 4 week tour of the West. He really was fascinated by all that Yellowstone has to offer. My favorite is still Teton National Park. It is lovely and serene. The lakes and open land are peaceful and calming. The first trip, the smoke dulled the often crystal blue sky thanks to the Yellowstone fire. It isn’t as spectacular a park with all the volcanic induced features and doesn’t have as much of a crush of tourists, except maybe in Jackson Hole. If we go back out that way again, we will visit both parks.. There are things we have yet to see.

  50. We visited Yellowstone while driving to my husband’s new job in 1982 (we went from MD to CA). I don’t enjoy tent camping (we were) and mainly remember the gorgeous mountain scenery, geysers and buffalo. Of course, my memory of visiting a very different national monument closer to where I grew up, Fort McHenry, is even hazier… The National Zoo is close to Rock Creek Park and our family drove through the park to get to the zoo. Back then (Rock Creek Parkway may still do this) the road we traveled had one spot where a stream trickled over the road to pick up its path and continue on the other side. I recall that more vividly than the day at the Zoo.

  51. I went to Yellowstone when I was a kid. We went camping there. I can remember that we had our cooler outside our camper and during the night, a bear came and opened it. We had to keep it in the car after that! We would camp with some of my dads brothers and sisters. We had a blast with my cousins! Many fun memories.

  52. I’ve never been, but I would love to see the geysers and the animals, especially the bison and the wolves. I would be smart enough to stay far away from them though, unlike some of the crazy tourists that end up in the news!

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