Now that I've hosted the heroes from this collection, I'm going to post other topics from my story, starting with the heroine. Then the inspiration, the history, setting, and take-away.
“Holly & Ivy,” my #HistoricalRomance novella in A
#BouquetOfBrides, takes place in
1890, in Washington State. It’s about a young woman who accompanies her
impetuous younger sister on her trip across the country to be a Christmas
mail-order bride and is helped by a gallant stranger.
Holly
Harrison and her sister have no family to support them
and are struggling out a living as servants. Holly dreams of one day finding a
loving husband and having a family of her, but she has yet to find a man who
would be willing to take on not only the responsibility of a wife but Holly’s younger,
impetuous sister as well.
She
can’t believe her foolhardy little sister has agreed to be a Christmas
mail-order bride. Her sister has a romantic notion that being a rancher’s wife
will be easier than her present life and is determined to leave the drudgery
behind. When Holly can’t talk her sister out of traveling across the country on
a fool’s quest, she feels she has no other option than to take a leave of
absence from her position as a cook and travel with her sister—to not only keep
her sister safe but to talk her out of this ridiculous venture.
On
the train heading west, Holly isn’t sure what to think of Nick Andrews, a
scruffy ranch hand, but is grateful when the stranger takes her side about the
potential danger in being a mail-order bride. Under his stubbly whiskers, she
sees he could be handsome. He had certainly proven himself gallant in keeping
unsavory male passengers from bothering them.
And
so begins the romance.
In celebration of the
release of “Holly & Ivy”, I’m
giving away (US only) a print copy
of A BOUQUET OF BRIDES Collection. To enter, subscribe to my newsletter and receive a free short story. I’ll be drawing
for the book at the end of January.
#ChristianRomance
#HistoricalRomance #Romance
MARY DAVIS is an
award-winning novelist of over two dozen titles in both historical and
contemporary themes. She has four more titles releasing in 2018; Courting Her Amish Heart in March 2018, The Widow’s Plight in July 2018, Courting Her Secret Heart (Working Title) September 2018, & “Zola’s Cross-Country Adventure” in MISSAdventure Brides Collection in
December 2018. She is a member of ACFW and active in critique groups.
Mary lives in the Pacific Northwest with her
husband of over thirty-three years and two cats. She has three adult children
and one incredibly adorable grandchild. Find her online at:
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