Davalynn Spencer and Free Books!

Ara Taube will do almost anything to escape her heartless uncle—including hiding in a stranger’s buckboard and praying she survives the blizzard swirling around her as well as the blizzard in the eyes of a rugged horseman.

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And now let's revisit with novelist Davalynn Spencer, author of the e-novella,  The Snowbound Bride (Barbour, December 2014).

Davalynn Spencer writes Western romance, and it all started when a dark-eyed cowboy sauntered into her life and carried her off on the road to adventure.

As the wife and mother of professional rodeo bullfighters, Davalynn began her writing journey in the national rodeo market and as a newspaper journalist, winning awards in both arenas. Today she continues to win acclaim with her Western romance, placing second in the 2014 Inspirational Reader’s Choice Awards, and finaling for the Selah Award and the Holt Medallion.

Davalynn teaches writing at Pueblo Community College, and with her handsome cowboy has three children and four grandchildren. They make their home on Colorado’s Front Range with a Queensland heeler named Blue.

Please tell us three random things we might not know about you.

-- I don’t like shoes I have to tie.

-- I could live on Tootsie Rolls and Gummy Bears, and my husband feeds my habit.

-- I once used my Jeep to help the Colorado State Patrol with a roadblock and received a thank you letter from the local commander.

That last one sounds like a novel in the making, Davalynn! 

Please tell us a bit more about the plot of The Snowbound Bride.

Arabella Taube flees her heartless family and takes a position as a private tutor in Leadville, Colorado. But when a blizzard piles enough snow on the train tracks to strand her in Spruce City, she is certain she’s spied her uncle’s minion following her. Hastily, she hides in the back of the nearest buckboard, too stunned to alert the driver when he pulls away from the station.

Nate Horne hears a sneeze and it’s not his dog Beetle. He pulls his wagon to the roadside and his gun from its holster and orders the stowaway to show himself. But it’s a her. Far from town with a blizzard blowing, he insists the woman ride beside him the rest of the way to the ranch. Snowbound for several weeks, the gal joins in the family’s life and works into Nate’s heart.

Could his ma be right? Is Ara the answer to a prayer and the hope for his future?

What is it about Ara that will make your readers care about her?

Ara Taube is determined to make her own way—until she can’t. She can’t walk through the snow back to town, and she can’t send a message to her waiting employer explaining her delay. Nor can she explain what it is about the Horne family that makes her feel as if she belongs with them. Unloved by her own relatives, she’s never known such affection and acceptance.

If you were the casting director for the film version of your novel, who would play your lead roles?

Nate Horne – Chris Hemsworth




Arabella Taube – Daniela Ruah




If the sky were the limit, what is one writing-related gift you would love to receive for Christmas?

Time.

Oh, boy, do I hear that.

What is the last novel you read that you would recommend?

I recently read Rachel Hauck’s The Wedding Dress and Jody Hedland’s A Noble Groom . Both are gripping tales that go deeper than a simple romance and reach to the core of love and commitment.

What are you working on now?

I’m working on a contemporary cowboy romance that begins with a chance meeting between a rodeo producer and a thoroughbred farm manager, continues with a long-distance (California-Kentucky) effort, and grows into … well, I don’t want to give too much away.

I also have a couple of historical romances, with cowboys of course.

One is set in 1910 during the silent movie era in Colorado prior to Hollywood. A cattleman falls for the movie company’s wardrobe gal, cropped hair and all, and helps her learn that though she’s suffered physically and emotionally, she can still love again.

The other story takes place in 1881 along the Arkansas River when a rancher hires a woman for the summer to help teach his daughter enough so he won’t lose the child to the conniving sister of his deceased wife. He just didn’t count on falling in love.

Where else can readers find you online?

www.davalynnspencer.com
Facebook
Twitter
Goodreads
Pinterest

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Finally, what question would you like to ask my readers?

How important is a character’s physical appearance to you? In other words, does every hero have to be handsome and every heroine beautiful?

Thanks, Davalynn, for visiting with us and telling us about your novel. Readers, Davalynn has offered to give a free Kindle copy of her e-book to the winner of our drawing on Monday, December 22. To enter, leave a comment below in answer to Davalynn's question, above. "Please enter me" won't get you entered. Leave your email address, in case you win, like so: trish[at]trishperry[dot]com.

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