I'm pleased to bring you Cynthia Woolf's latest release Genevieve, Bride of Nevada, American Mail-Order. This is a series of books released by the order in which the state the book is set in joined the Union.
Blurb:
A warehouse fire in Lawrence, Massachusetts has taken Genevieve “Genny” Copeland’s livelihood, but opened a new opportunity for her. If she takes the chance, she could have the family she’s always dreamed of but it would mean leaving everything she’s always known. Believing that opportunity only knocks once, Genny gets on a train west to Elko, Nevada and a new life. She becomes a mail-order bride.
Stuart MacDonnell lost his wife in child-birth six months ago. Now he’s left to raise a 2 year-old and a 6 month-old baby alone. He needs a wife but doesn’t want to court someone and pretend to be in love. He’ll never love again, but he needs a wife now and orders a mail-order bride.
Can Stuart and Genny come together and find happiness when they are at odds with each other? Will they find common ground and will love bloom amid the beautiful Ruby Mountains of Nevada?
Excerpt:
Genny took her hat and slapped it against her thigh hoping to remove some of the ash from the journey. Looking down she saw that her coat was the worse for wear and took it off and shook it, ash and dirt floating from it into the air. She shivered and put back on her coat, then picked up her bag and walked up to the one-story yellow station. She peeked in the window and saw a small waiting room with a potbellied stove and a ticket window.
The wind rushed past, making her pull the lapels of her coat closer and she thought about heading inside to get out of the cold. But how would Mr. MacDonnell find her? For the time being, she waited where she was. If she got too cold before he came then she could always retreat into the building.
Genny shivered in the cold wind, her coat unable to keep out the invisible force that froze her to the spot. Or had the approach of the tall man in the black hat, the collar of his sheepskin coat flipped up against the chill kept her motionless?
He stopped in front of her.
“Miss Copeland?”
His voice washed over her, a deep, silky baritone that sent shivers—having nothing to do with the weather—up her spine.
“Yes, I’m Genevieve Copeland, but everyone calls me Genny.” She held out her gloved hand. “Are you Mr. MacDonnell?”
His hand engulfed hers.
“I am. Stuart MacDonnell.”
He held her hand for a moment too long as his gaze took in her face and then traveled down her body. Perhaps she wasn’t wrong to hope for a solid marriage.
Neither had removed their gloves, but Genny would bet that his hands were rough, given the work he did for a living. She knew a rancher worked outside a lot, tending animals.
“Please come with me. I’ve taken the liberty of arranging for the judge to marry us upon your arrival.”
Genny’s heart leapt to her throat.
“So quickly? I thought we’d have a day or two in town to become better acquainted before we married.”
“I’m sorry, but we have to return to the ranch before this storm sets in.” He gestured toward the sky, full of storm clouds she hadn’t noticed before. “I brought a couple of blankets to wrap up in for the ride.”
This was what she’d signed up for…to be this man’s wife. Genny took a deep breath and pressed a hand to her nervous stomach.
“Very well. Let’s get on with it, shall we?”
The corners of his mouth turned up, but he said nothing, just picked up her bag and started toward a wagon at the end of the platform.
Genny walked beside the man who would be her husband. Close up, she saw he had blue eyes and brown hair. He was lean but by the way he moved she could tell he was also muscular. That made sense. From what she’d read at the library in Lawrence, ranching was a hard life. That was all right. Genny wasn’t afraid of hard work.
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Bio:
Cynthia Woolf is an award-winning and best-selling author of sixteen historical western romance books and two short stories with more books on the way. She was born in Denver, Colorado and raised in the mountains west of Golden. She spent her early years running wild around the mountain side with her friends.Their closest neighbor was about one-quarter of a mile away, so her little brother was her playmate and her best friend. That fierce friendship lasted until his death in 2006.
Cynthia was and is an avid reader. Her mother was a librarian and brought new books home each week. This is where young Cynthia first got the storytelling bug. She wrote her first story at the age of ten. A romance about a little boy she liked at the time.
Cynthia loves writing and reading romance. Her first western romance, Tame A Wild Heart, was inspired by the story her mother told her of meeting Cynthia’s father on a ranch in Creede, Colorado. Although Tame A Wild Heart takes place in Creede that is the only similarity between the stories. Her father was a cowboy not a bounty hunter and her mother was a nursemaid (called a nanny now) not the ranch owner.
Cynthia credits her wonderfully supportive husband Jim and the great friends she's made at CRW for saving her sanity and allowing her to explore her creativity.
Titles Available:
GENEVIEVE:
Bride of Nevada, American Mail-Order Brides Series
THE
HUNTER BRIDE – Hope’s Crossing, Book 1
GIDEON
– The Surprise Brides
MAIL
ORDER OUTLAW – The Brides of Tombstone, Book 1
MAIL
ORDER DOCTOR – The Brides of Tombstone, Book 2
MAIL
ORDER BARON – The Brides of Tombstone, Book 3
NELLIE
– The Brides of San Francisco 1
ANNIE –
The Brides of San Francisco 2
CORA –
The Brides of San Francisco 3
JAKE (Book 1, Destiny
in Deadwood series)
LIAM (Book 2, Destiny
in Deadwood series)
ZACH
(Book 3, Destiny in Deadwood series)
CAPITAL BRIDE (Book
1, Matchmaker & Co. series)
HEIRESS BRIDE (Book
2, Matchmaker & Co. series)
FIERY BRIDE (Book 3,
Matchmaker & Co. series)
TAME A WILD HEART
(Book 1, Tame series)
TAME A WILD WIND
(Book 2, Tame series)
TAME A WILD BRIDE
(Book 3, Tame series)
TAME A SUMMER HEART
(short story, Tame series)
TAME A HONEYMOON
HEART (novella, Tame series)
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