Welcome Guest Author Lacy Williams

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A Love Letter to the Several Movies That Made Me Swoon

Lacy Williams here today. Thanks for having me! I’ve always loved watching romantic movies. I’ve inherited this from my mom, who has always been a movie aficionado. The summers when I was fifteen and sixteen, we went to this movie theater close to our hour sooo many times. It was kinda our special thing.

I’ll never forget watching Titanic for the first time. When Jack looked at Rose and said “I see you,” something hit me hard inside. Here was this girl, trapped in a gilded cage, drowning in expectations—and this boy from steerage saw her. Really saw her. Not her family’s money or her position or the performance she put on for society. Just her.

Years later, on a date night with my newly-minted husband, that same bang! in my chest. When Mr. Darcy confessed in the rain that Elizabeth had “bewitched (him), body and soul,” despite their differences.

And not long after that, my mother-in-law introduced me to Maid in Manhattan. That moment when the senator sees Marisa in a fancy dress she wasn’t supposed to be wearing and the whole plot unravels… So good!

For me, these stories answered a question I think we all ask ourselves: What if someone saw past everything—my mistakes, my circumstances, my ordinariness—and chose me anyway?

That feeling is what I wanted to bring to HEART’S PERILOUS JOURNEY, my November release.

Imagine that same breathless feeling you had watching Jack and Rose, but set in the dust and danger of the Oregon Trail. I wanted to write a hero who would give up everything—his inheritance, his grandfather’s approval, his comfortable life—to follow the woman he loves across a continent. A hero who sees the maid, not the uniform. Who recognizes her worth when even her own brothers can’t.

Alice Spencer has spent her whole life being told she doesn’t matter, that her needs come last. But Rob Braddock? He sees her. And like Darcy pursuing Elizabeth or the Prince searching for Cinderella, he won’t give up—even when she pushes him away, even when her brothers threaten him, even when the trail itself tries to kill him.

This is book eight of nine in my Wagon Train Matches series and it was an adventure to write as I try to wrap up the Oregon Trail journey for all the characters that have a place in my heart. I can’t wait for you to read it.
If you’d like a sneak peek at Alice and Rob’s romance, you can read A TENDER DEVOTION, free at Amazon and on all major retailers. Then in November, come fall in love with Alice and Rob. You can pre-order HEART’S PERILOUS JOURNEY now and get ready to and experience that “I see you” magic all over again.

 HEART’S PERILOUS JOURNEY — Keeping secrets is nearly impossible on an Oregon-bound wagon train. But Alice Spencer has kept a whopper from her protective brothers for months: she once fancied herself in love with her wealthy boss’s grandson. Her brothers don’t know *she’s* the reason Rob Braddock came on this westward journey. Only that he’s part of the reason they had to leave their home and friends behind. Her brothers will never forgive Rob—and neither can she.
The company is still weeks away from the Willamette Valley when Rob injures himself saving the youngest Spencer brother’s life. Alice has no choice but to pay back the life-debt. She strikes a deal to help the injured Rob finish his journey to Oregon, at which point, they’ll go their separate ways. All she has to do is keep from falling in love with him. Again.

*second chance romance
*he never stopped loving her
*different stations
*maid/wealthy

I’m so glad to be here to chat with you today.

Leave a comment and let me know what your favorite rags-to-riches movie or book is and be entered to win a paperback copy of A TRAIL SO LONESOME (Book 1) and a $20 Amazon gift card.

With multiple hits on the USA Today and Publishers’ Weekly bestseller lists and more than 1 million copies sold, Lacy Williams has won the hearts of readers worldwide with her heartwarming romances set in the rugged beauty of the American West. A proud Oklahoman, she balances writing with the joyful chaos of raising four children and snuggling her fur babies. Find bonus content athttps://www.lacywilliams.net

66 thoughts on “Welcome Guest Author Lacy Williams”

    • I haven’t thought about this movie in a long time! I really enjoyed it when it first came out. Thanks for the reminder. 🙂

  4. Rags to Riches book or movie that was my favorite – Coal Miner’s Daughter (movie) and Gone with the Wind (book)

    • Coal Miner’s Daughter was a favorite of my mother’s! I still remember watching it with her years ago. Thank you for that memory. 🙂

  5. This is a book I recently read that was a good rags to riches story, Dick Baker and the Cursed Lucky Oaks Gold Mine by P. Austin Heaton. I enjoyed it very much.

    • Sound of Music is a favorite at our house! Usually we watch it around Christmas break. Thanks for stopping by today!

  7. Lady for a Day, an old Frank Capra movie in which the daughter’s means and social standing are significantly elevated (leading to great fun with her mother’s character)!

    • I have a love/hate relationship with this one, but it was one of my grandmother’s favorite books. Thank you for coming by today!

  21. I’m going to go with Matilda! It’s not traditional rags to riches, but her raggedy life sure got rich by the end!!

  23. Hey Lacy! I’ve read several of your books! Loved them all. Im actually reading the Mail order one that you co-wrote with. My mother(who is 87) both read your sweet stories!

    I hate that I’m late this morning! For I really looked forward to your visit! Best wishes!

    • Hi Tracy! Thank you for reading my books. 🙂 I’m honored. I hope you love the mail-order brides series, it was such fun to write. God bless!

  24. Can’t wait to read this next book in the wagon train series. I have read all of them and just love them. I guess my favorite rags to riches book will always be Cinderella. lol

    Thanks for all the books you write. I really enjoy them, you do such a great job, the stories just flow and to me that makes a great book.

  28. I love Ever After, with Drew Barrymore and not sure if it counts as rags to riches but I loved the original Overboard with Kurt Russel and Goldie Hawn

  31. The PBS version of Persuasion and Sabrina starring Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart are two of my favorites.

  32. Give me Lady and the Tramp (one of my favorite Disney movies) and Beauty and the Beast (the TV show with Ron Perlman as the Beast). I don’t watch movies, except westerns! Well, and War Room and I Can Only Imagine.

  33. Annie immediately came to mind. I think Anne of Green Gables could work, too. She may not have become rich monetarily but her life was certainly richer once she came to her new home. Thanks for the chance to win a prize.

  35. When I read “rags to riches movie or book” the first thing to come to mind is Richie Rich. lol Why, I have no clue. Ok now Annie comes to mind. Then there’s Jane Eyre. Wow is that a story! Then there’s The Notebook. Yes I read all sorts of genres.

  36. Hi Lacy –

    The first movie that came to mind was Sabrina. I loved that movie with Harrison Ford and Julia Ormond. Such a classic in my opinion.

    I just finished reading the book Freedom’s Distant Frontier. I’ve enjoyed this wagon train series. Wishing you all the best.

    • Sabrina is one of my all time favorites!! Thank you for reading my books, and for stopping by today. 🙂

  37. I loved Annie when it came out years ago. I have not seen any of the remakes lately. Thank you for the opportunity. God bless you.

  43. I couldn’t think of any then read through the previous answers and found so many of my favorites. Now it is hard to pick just one. I think those dealing with adults are enjoyable and satisfying, but my heart belongs to the children because of their vulnerability. Oliver and Annie are my favorites.

  45. If the other books in this series are as intriguing, I’ll have to read them all. I’m ready to start this one pronto; thanks for running the giveaway.

    My favorite rags to riches movie is the Rogers & Hammerstein musical “Cinderella” from 1965 starring Leslie Anne Warren; it used to air annually (as did “Peter Pan” with Mary Martin).

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