ThrowBACKLIST Thursday: MARTY'S RIDE

Original Cover                     Updated Cover

Martha "Marty" Rawlings is not the typical, graceful young woman of the 1880s. Having been reared by three older brothers, she is merely "one of the boys," and goes out of her way to prove it. When her twin nine-year-old nieces are kidnapped, Marty doesn't hesitate to track them alone--ready to confront whatever dangers lie in the way of bringing them safely home. Reece Keegan, an accomplished lawyer, is drawn to the spirited Marty. His hopes have many obstacles to overcome, however-not the least of which is repairing the damage done when he, as a court appointed official, took Marty's nieces. If he can earn her trust, maybe he can win her heart as well. But this proves difficult when Reece keeps finding himself at the wrong end of her gun. Marty has learned to trust only herself. Can she begin to trust anyone else--even God?

You might notice that the updated cover is the same image as on the original, but it's been enlarged. I like how it looks all surrounded in blue. Though a beautiful cover, the one thing that bothered me was that they made Marty look like a girl on the cover. She wouldn't have been wearing a dress but Levi's. Her hair came down to her jawline, and she would have been wearing a Stetson. The publisher thought that would make her look like a boy, which would have suited Marty just fine.

When I wrote the first of the Rawling’s Family series, CINDA’S SURPRISE, it was a stand alone. When I met Marty in book 1, I knew she needed a story of her own, one with adventure and bravery. I also wanted to continue Marty’s story by telling her sister’s story through her diary, but that story nor the stories for the other two brothers ever got contracted. MARTY’S RIDE might be rereleased in 2019 in a collection. If so, I think I’ll try to finish LYNNETTE’S DIARY and self-publish it as a novella. In it, not only does it show how Lynnette contributed to Marty being a tomboy and Lynnette’s romance but follows Marty and Reece as they plan their wedding. Obstacles rise to stand in the way of them saying “I do,” and the wedding is in jeopardy.

MARTY’S RIDE, originally released in 2001, is book 2 in my Rawlings Family series. Marty holds a special place in my heart. I love her tenacity and fearlessness.

MARTY’S RIDE was rereleased in a five story collection in 2014 in THE FARMER’S DAUGHTER. This collection might rerelease in 2019. I don’t know if it will be the same collection of stories, and the cover will likely be different.

NEW!

THE WIDOW'S PLIGHT ~ A sweet historical romance that will tug at your heart. This is book 1 in the Quilting Circle series.
Washington State, 1893
     When Lily Lexington Bremmer arrives in Kamola with her young son, she’s reluctant to join the social center of her new community, the quilting circle, but the friendly ladies pull her in. She begins piecing a sunshine and shadows quilt because it mirrors her life. She has a secret that lurks in the shadows and hopes it doesn’t come out into the light. Dark places in her past are best forgotten, but her new life is full of sunshine. Will her secrets cast shadows on her bright future?
     Widower Edric Hammond and his father are doing their best to raise his two young daughters. He meets Lily and her son when they arrive in town and helps her find a job and a place to live. Lily resists Edric’s charms at first but finds herself falling in love with this kind, gentle man and his two darling daughters. Lily has stolen his heart with her first warm smile, but he’s cautious about bringing another woman into his girls’ lives due to the harshness of their own mother.
     Can Edric forgive Lily her past to take hold of a promising chance at love?
THE WIDOW'S PLIGHT is now available in ebook and paperback.

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MARY DAVIS is a bestselling, award-winning novelist of over two dozen titles in both historical and contemporary themes. She has five titles releasing in 2018; "Holly & Ivy" in A Bouquet of Brides Collection in January, Courting Her Amish Heart in March, The Widow’s Plight in July, Courting Her Secret Heart September, & “Zola’s Cross-Country Adventure” in MISSAdventure Brides Collection in December. 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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