Wednesday, August 19, 2009

CFBA - "Montana Rose"


The Christian Fiction Blog Alliance

is introducing

Montana Rose

Barbour Publishing, Inc (July 1, 2009)

by

Mary Connealy


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Mary's writing journey is similar to a lot of others. Boil it down to persistence, oh, go ahead and call it stubbornness. She just kept typing away. She think the reason she did it was because she was more or less a dunce around people—prone to sit silently when she really ought to speak up (or far worse, speak up when she ought to sit silently).

So, Mary had all these things, she wanted to say in her head; the perfect zinger to the rude cashier, which you think of an hour after you’ve left the store, the perfect bit of wisdom when someone needs help, which doesn’t occur to you until they solve their problems themselves, the perfect guilt trip for the kids, which you don’t say because you’re not an idiot. She kept all this wit to herself, much to the relief of all who know her, and wrote her great ideas into books. It’s therapeutic, if nothing else, and more affordable than a psychiatrist.

Then a very nice, oh so nice, publishing company like Barbour Heartsong came along and said, “Hey, we’ll pay you money for this 45,000 word therapy session.” That’s as sweet as it gets.

Mary has signed an exclusive contract with Barbour that will have her writing eighteen (18) books for them over the next four years! This book is the first in the Montana Marriage Series. The second book will be the The Husband Tree, and the third will be Wildflower Bride.

ABOUT THE BOOK:


Fire up your love of romance with Montana Rose.

When surrounded by a mob of ill-bred, foul-smelling, women-hungry men, the newly widowed and seemingly spoiled Cassie “China Doll” Griffin has no choice. Marrying handyman Red Dawson seems the only alternative to Cassie’s being hitched to a brutal rancher. But can this “China Doll” bear exchanging smooth silk for coarse calico? Red was reluctant to be yoked to an unbeliever, but sometimes a man has no choice. Will Red change Cassie’s heart by changing her name? Wade Sawyer is obsessed with saving Cassie from a marriage of convenience. How far will he go to make her his own?

If you would like to read the first chapter of Montana Rose, go HERE.

4 comments:

Warren Baldwin said...

This statement of yours is a key to any of our writing success: "She just kept typing away."

Cindy said...

Hi Jennifer,

Thanks for stopping by...congratulations on your book! How exciting for you :)

I am not a huge Insect fan either...that was why I had the camera!;)

Jennifer Hudson Taylor said...

I agree, Warren. Mary is so right. I once heard that it's the persistent authors who make it to publication.

Jennifer Hudson Taylor said...

Cindy, Thanks for stopping by. Hope you have a blessed week.