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A Happy Fall Gift for You!

Happy Fall Special Offer!
WILDERNESS TRAIL OF LOVE EBOOK FREE FOR 5 DAYS!
From October 9 - 13, WILDERNESS TRAIL OF LOVE, Book One in the American Wilderness Series, eBook will be FREE! This is the very first novel I wrote and I'm proud to say it still has a 4.6-star rating out of 5 with 274 Amazon reader reviews! Get your free ebook here http://amzn.to/2c3XEf5

This book is the start of my three closely-related series that include eleven novels. The twelfth book, LAND OF STARS, should be released next month. Cover reveal and book description coming soon!

September Wilderness Hearts Series Sale!

September 13 - 17, 2019, LOVE'S NEW BEGINNING, Book One in the Wilderness Hearts Series, eBook will be FREE.


And beginning September 12, the other three eBooks in the series will be just .99 cents for a limited time!

This is a chance to pick up four full-length novels, with an average rating of 4.8 stars on 407 Amazon reviews, for less than $3.00!

This series delivers the same richly descriptive settings, breathtaking action, and emotional sincerity that my readers have come to expect from my other two series–American Wilderness and Wilderness Dawning. As one Amazon reviewer, J. H. Rohr, said in a recent review,
“For years I have looked for well written historical fiction books that include a smattering of real history and a little romance. Dorothy Wiley, you have nailed it! I am so smitten I have bought three more books since this one and will read every book written by Ms. Wiley!”

August is Captain Sam Month!

One of the most well-loved characters in my eleven (soon to be twelve) books is Captain Sam Wyllie. Battle-hardened by the Revolutionary War he has a cold but bold heart—until he meets widow Catherine Adams. During August, two of my ebooks that feature Captain Sam will be FREE.



NEW FRONTIER OF LOVE will be FREE
Sunday, August 4 – Thursday, August 8.

AND...



FRONTIER GIFT OF LOVE will be FREE
Friday, August 9 - Tuesday, August 13.

Both books can be downloaded to your reading devices at www.amazon.com/author/dorothywiley

Also, on my Facebook pages, I will be posting Captain Sam quotes throughout the month. Here's the first one recently posted on Facebook by one of my readers, Gena Marie Page Lewis:

In a strong voice, Sam told them, “Do you see this blade gentlemen? During the Revolution, I used this weapon to fight for our country. If needed, it will go to war again. As long as I am able, I will fight for America until our country is secure from all its enemies, no matter where they come from. Then my son will use it to do the same. Americans do not cower to their enemies. And we do not shrink from the duty to defend our nation. Nor do we fight for economic power or politics, as you men called it. We fight for freedom—a God-given value worth protecting at all costs.”
As Sam ripped the words out, people all around them stared and when he finished, many applauded. (From THE BEAUTY OF LOVE, in which Captain Sam is also a major character, by Dorothy Wiley.)

And if you have a favorite Captain Sam quote, please add yours!
https://www.facebook.com/authordoroth...
and https://www.facebook.com/DorothyMayWiley

For those of you who are looking forward to the next book in my third series, Wilderness Dawning, I'm making great progress on the book. I just finished the first draft and hope to have it polished by the end of this month and published sometime this fall! In the meantime, the first book in that series RED RIVER RIFLES is receiving great reviews. It has a 4.9 star rating on Amazon out of 5, with 46 reviews!!! If you have read it and haven't reviewed it yet, I would love it if you could add a short review to the book's Amazon page. Download your copy of RED RIVER RIFLES or leave a review for it at https://amzn.to/2VprVdG

It's hit 100 degrees here in Texas yesterday. I'm so ready for fall!
Dorothy

LOVE'S WHISPER eBook FREE for Limited Time

Here's your chance to pick up a copy of one of my bestselling novels of the American frontier for FREE! The eBook version of LOVE'S WHISPER will be free July 19 - 23. This thrilling novel has a 4.8 rating here on Goodreads and a 5.0 rating on Amazon with 41 reader reviews!
Synopsis:
In 1811, strengthened by his own struggles and triumphs, Liam Roberts earned the respect of his commanding officers and his current boss, cattleman Stephen Wyllie. Although Liam considers himself a homebody, he lacks a home. Tired of bunkhouse life, and twenty-five-years-old, he is ready for a home of his own and a family.

Polly Wyllie, Stephen’s nineteen-year-old bookish daughter, has graduated from an academy for young ladies. Liam and Polly’s fourteen-year-old brother, Samuel, are sent to escort her home. But their return to Wyllie Cattle Farm is endangered by a vicious hurricane-spawned thunderstorm that threatens their lives. The storm is only the beginning of the troubles and predicaments Polly and Liam must face while their attraction to each other grows. And when Liam brings a young orphan into their lives, their blossoming relationship grows even more complex.

But the worst test Polly must face is one she never expected—shocking news that changes everything.

Remember, this book will be free for five days only, beginning Friday, July 19 on Amazon at https://amzn.to/2K0v8yj!

Please share with your friends and as always, a short customer review on Amazon would be greatly appreciated! Reading those reviews keeps me inspired and helps other readers to find my books.

Enjoy the rest of your summer and stay cool and safe!
Blessings,
Dorothy

Could you please VOTE for LOVE'S WHISPER May 20 - 26?

LOVE'S WHISPER is nominated for the illustrious 2019 RONE Award! RONE is the Romance Novel of Excellence Award given by InD’tale Magazine for the very best book in the indie and small published world! Your vote would be greatly appreciated! Please be sure to let me know in the comments below if you voted so I can thank you individually!
To vote for this book follow 3 easy steps:
* Register on the magazine's website at https://www.indtale.com/
* Click the verification link sent to you by email. If you do not verify your registration with this link, you will be unable to vote.
Don't worry, they won't spam you. These two steps just help to ensure that the voting is fair and maintains the high-quality standards required for this top-tier award.
* VOTE for LOVE'S WHISPER the week of May 20 - 26 in the Historical: 17th Century - Regency category! (Click on the upper right corner of the website homepage where it says IND'SCRIBE/RONES and on the drop-down menu, click 2019 RONE Awards Week Six. Once you've made your choice, remember to click the VOTE box at the bottom!)

For those of you who will go through all those steps, all I can say is thank you and God bless!.
Once the voting is final and the winning books announced, the finalists in each genre will then be read and judged by a group of professionals in the industry. The winners will then be announced and awarded the prestigious RONE Award at the ceremony, October 12th, 2019.
LOVE'S WHISPER has a 5.0 star rating on Amazon with 40 reviews! It is available in both print and eBook here https://amzn.to/2K0v8yj

FRONTIER HIGHLANDER VOW OF LOVE Free for One Week & I Need Your Help To Win!

FRONTIER HIGHLANDER VOW OF LOVE eBook is FREE May 11 - 15, 2019!
"Try putting this one down once you pick it up." - A. Marsilio

"Give it ten stars!" - Kindle Customer

"Head and shoulders above other Historical Romances." - V. Crummles

Artis and Bear grew up in Scotland, but meet on the Kentucky frontier. Their past and destiny entwined, an old enemy and a ruthless adversary threaten Artis and Bear’s chance for happiness. For love to triumph in this formidable wilderness, they must evoke their clan motto—Manu Forti—with a strong hand!

Get your free eBook here http://amzn.to/1M3g6NP

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SAVE THE DATE - May 20 - 26

LOVE'S WHISPER is nominated for the illustrious 2019 RONE Award!!! RONE is the Romance Novel of Excellence Award given by InD’tale Magazine for the very best book in the indie and small published world!
To vote for this book follow 3 easy steps:
* Register on the magazine's website at www.indtale.com.
* Click the verification link sent to you by email**. If you do not verify your registration with this link, you will be unable to vote.
These two steps help ensure that the voting is fair and maintains the high-quality standards required for this top-tier award.
* VOTE for LOVE'S WHISPER the week of May 20th - 26th in the Historical: 17th Century - Regency category!

Once the voting is final and the winning books announced, the finalists in each genre will then be read and judged by a group of professionals in the industry. The winners will then be announced and awarded the prestigious RONE Award at the ceremony, October 12th, 2019.

Your vote is greatly appreciated!

A Letter to My Readers and Facebook Followers

First, I want to thank all those readers who have left 19 Five-Star reviews for RED RIVER RIFLES in the first six days after release! Your kind support means a great deal to me. I can't thank you enough!

I also wanted to explain a little bit about the chronology and relationship of my three series:
Wilderness Trail of Love (6 books)
Wilderness Hearts (4 books)
Wilderness Dawning (1 book, so far...)

For those of you unfamiliar with my novels, this is a journey that began in New England in 1797 when the youngest of five brothers, Stephen, convinced his brothers to make the thousand-mile journey to Kentucky with him. After this first series ended with the sixth book and nearly 1,000 Five-Star reviews, I knew there was more to the story and started the Wilderness Hearts Series, four novels about the grown children of the brothers in the first series. These four novels are all highly-rated on Amazon and have received terrific reviews. Again, thank you readers!

After I finished the fourth book in that series, I was burning to tell readers about the real-life Wileys who moved from Kentucky to Louisiana and then to the Province of Texas 200 years ago. So, I started researching and writing the Wilderness Dawning Series. The first book in this new series, RED RIVER RIFLES, set in the Province of Texas in 1818, continues the Wyllie family saga. The hero of this tale is the now grown Samuel, the son of Stephen from the very first book. Samuel's uncle is Captain Sam, the well-loved hero of the second book.

Readers seem to grow attached to my characters (especially Bear and Baldy). Partly because many of the family members appear in all three series and the reader has a chance to really get to know them and follow their lives. So, with RED RIVER RIFLES, I want to welcome long-time readers back to the frontier and the characters they have come to love. I promise new readers a beautiful, heart-warming, always exciting, and sometimes tragic adventure that will keep you waiting for the next book.

As many of you know, I live on a ranch in central Texas, even though I grew up in a beach town in southern California. Even as a teenager, I had an abiding love of western values, wide-open spaces, and the kind of free-spirited heroes who created our country. I haven’t written a word yet of the book that follows RED RIVER RIFLES. It’s still simmering in my brain, but I can already tell there’s a tale of the West that needs to be told.

Thank you, awesome readers, for continuing to inspire me with your kind notes, Facebook comments, and reviews on Amazon and Goodreads! And if you haven’t read RED RIVER RIFLES yet, take a look at the book description and reviews on Amazon. You can see all of my books and follow me on Amazon at www.amazon.com/author/dorothywiley

RED RIVER RIFLES RELEASED!

Yippee! Woohoo! Yay! Yes! Today, April 6, is release day, in both eBook and print, for RED RIVER RIFLES. I’ve spent the last six months researching and writing this novel and I would love to share it with you. Set in 1818 along the Red River in the Province of Texas, this book pays tribute to the very first pioneers to settle in what would become Texas. https://amzn.to/2VprVdG

“This is an epic adventure, a touching love story, and a legendary tale of the early frontier. She breathes life into memorable heroes struggling to survive in a savage new land where life is cheap and bloodshed is common. Based, in part, on the lives of real Texans, the Wyllie family meets danger head on again and again without ever losing their integrity. Despite brutal elements, dangerous outlaws, and tribes out for revenge, love blossoms and endures. Beautifully researched, and meticulously crafted, Dorothy Wiley will astonish you with this memorable novel.” – Amanda Hughes, bestselling historical author

"A smashing hit! It has a touch of documentary, a bit of actual family history, and a fictional story-line with romance. Bottom line, this book is an amazing Historical Western Romance. I loved it and so will your fans."- Marlene Larsen

"In Red River Rifles, Dorothy Wiley has once again left me on the edge of my seat! Her amazing ability to draw us into the lives and history of the settlers of our great nation - through drama, love, and peril - has resulted in one of her most heart-warming and suspense-filled works yet!" – Lori Ratterman

RED RIVER RIFLES Releases Saturday, April 6! Get a FREE eBook too!

RED RIVER RIFLES releases Saturday, April 6, on Amazon in eBook and print versions! Set in 1818 on the wild and dangerous Texas frontier, this novel kicks off my new Wilderness Dawning—the Texas Wyllie Brothers Series. The book's setting is a time and place when life was tough. And love had to be even tougher. RED RIVER RIFLES is a gritty western, a love story, and a gripping tale of the first daring settlers of Texas, I meticulously researched the Texas frontier and the lives of its early settlers for this series. It has a bit of actual family history and a fictional story-line with a touching romance. It is a clean, yet romantic historical set against the stunning backdrop of the Province of Texas and the Red River. One of my readers described it as one of my most heart-warming and suspense-filled works yet. I hope you'll agree.

"Exciting and entertaining ‒ five stars! Well-researched with authentic characters and vivid settings. The story is fast-paced with a great blend of adventure, romance, and history, combined with a certain gritty realism." - Bestselling Aussie author Jennifer Scoullar

"This is, without question, Wiley's best work yet. It is an epic adventure, a touching love story, and a legendary tale of the early Texas frontier. She breathes life into memorable heroes struggling to survive in a savage new land where life is cheap and bloodshed is common. Based, in part, on the lives of real Texans, the Wyllie family meets danger head on again and again without ever losing their integrity. Despite brutal elements, dangerous adversaries, and tribes out for revenge, love blossoms and endures. Beautifully researched, and meticulously crafted, Dorothy Wiley will astonish you with this memorable novel." - Amanda Hughes, bestselling historical romance author

https://amzn.to/2VprVdG

To celebrate the new release, LOVE'S WHISPER eBook will be free Thursday, April 4 - Monday, April 8! Grab your copy here
https://amzn.to/2K0v8yj

NEW WEBSITE & NEW AUTHOR TRAILER!

I've been busy!!! After getting RED RIVER RIFLES uploaded to Amazon for preorders for release April 6 (YAY!), I updated and completely revised my WEBSITE! Please take a minute to check it out! www.dorothywiley.com

And while you're there, if you have another 55 seconds, view my brand new author TRAILER! Just click on Book Trailers at the top of my new website, and then play the top video. If you’re not subscribed to my newsletter, you can do that on the website too and send me a note if you’d like.

As a reader, do you like to view book trailers? Are trailers helpful in deciding whether to purchase a book?