Laura Drake

A Fork in the Road

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Let me say something you already know: Change is hard. Scary. Necessary.

Often, when we decide to set off on a new path, we don’t realize that it means we’ll be leaving some things behind. This is commonly known as hindsight.

See, I did that a while back. I chose to put my romance on hold for the foreseeable future, and began writing Women’s Fiction. My first, The Road to Me, comes out in April of next year. I’m busy writing the second, and have an idea lined up for the one after that.

And I’m having a blast. 

The bad part is, that means that I’m no longer a good fit for P&P. The wonderful and supportive fillies here have told me I can stay, but I know it’s not good to dilute their brand. You come here for wonderful Western romance, whether it’s historical or contemporary, and that’s a great thing – it’s as it should be.

So this will be my last blog as a filly. But it isn’t goodbye – they’ve invited me back as a guest anytime, so it’s just, ‘So long for now.’

I’ve so enjoyed my time with Y’all, and with the wonderful women who work hard to maintain the quality and integrity of P&P.

Ride on you crazy diamonds!  See you down the trail….

Laura

It’s Game Day – with Laura Drake!

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John Wayne is featured in my living room at least once a day, because my husband is a HUGE fan! I don’t watch (I have to write!) but I know many of these from sheer repetition (I have to eat sometime, right?)

All you have to do is guess the movie the quote came from to win one of my Western romances, set in the world of professional bull riding. I’ll send one each to two people who get them all right (or comes the closest) NO GOOGLING!

I’ll give you a hint:  There’s only one quote from each movie.

READY?

  1.  ‘Monsewer, words are what men live by’
  2. ‘Somebody outa belt you in the mouth…but I won’t, I won’t, the hell I won’t’
  3. ‘Fill your hands you son-of-a-bitch’
  4. Slap some bacon on a biscuit and let’s go! We’re burnin’ daylight!
  5. I’m a dying man, scared of the dark.
  6. “You can call me Father, you can call me Jacob, you can call me Jake. You can call me a dirty son-of-a-bitch, but if you EVER call me Daddy again, I’ll finish this fight.”
  7.  “Baby sister, I was born game, and I mean to go out that way. That shows you know more about the Lord and His Good Book than you know about men. I was proud to tell my deputy’s wife that I shot his killers.”
  8. “I guess you can’t break out of prison and into society in the same week.”
  9. “Next time you shoot somebody, don’t go near ’em till you’re sure they’re dead’’
  10. They’re famous – but they’re just a little bit dead. They were hung.

Good luck!

Okay, these are the prizes in the offing!

Left with only nightmares and an ugly physical scar, Aubrey Madison is on the road looking for a new life with more freedom. On a whim she answers an ad for a groom on a Colorado ranch. The job gives her plenty of hard work and a quiet place to heal – and it also introduces her to hot, old-school rancher Max Jameson. Max has been raising cattle and breaking horses for all his life, just like his father did before him. Now he’s faced with the fact that those skills are not enough to keep the land in the family. Bree has an idea to save the ranch, but can she risk getting attached to the land and the cowboy who comes with it?

Army medic Katya Smith is unable to get past the experience of losing a fellow soldier. She can’t go back to her unit until she can keep from melting down, so she takes a job as a medic for the pro bull riding circuit in an effort to recover her mojo. She doesn’t expect to become attached to the sport or the riders, especially the king rider of them all, Cam Cahill. Cam is a two-time world champion, but those years have taken a toll. It is time to retire, but he can’t imagine himself off the circuit. Katya does wonderful things for his body, but he is not certain he is ready for the things she does for his heart. She has made it plain this is a temp job, but if he could get her to stay, he can see a whole new future.