Our program is So You Think You Can Write – HWG Idol with a twist! Bring 3-4 pages to read in front of our “celebrity” judges

Also plan to attend:

Basic Writing 101 pre-meeting program at 8:30 AM. We’ll decipher some of the acronyms of the writing business

Elijah Walker’s heart turned as cold and barren as the Wyoming Rockies in December after his ex-fiancée betrayed him and caused his father’s death. But when he rescues Annie out of a freezing river, Walker’s instincts tell him he must help her.

With her father gone and the Latrells intent on kidnapping her to make money off her singing, Annie may have no way out.

Has Annie hidden the truth too long for anyone to believe her? Can Elijah overcome the pain from the past and learn to love again?  As danger draws near and Christmas approaches, they get one special chance to heal old heartbreaks and follow their own star.

Mary Connealy, author of the Lassoed in Texas series, begins a new series with Montana Rose. She writes romantic comedies with cowboys for Barbour Publishing.

Mary is married to her high school sweetheart, Ivan, a Nebraska rancher. She is the mother of four beautiful daughters Josie-married to Matt, Wendy, Shelly-married to Aaron, and Katy. She’s got one beautiful granddaughter, Elle.

http://www.maryconnealy.com/
http://mconnealy.blogspot.com/
http://www.petticoatsandpistols.com/
http://seekerville.blogspot.com/

No decent man could turn away from Cassie and leave her to the rough men in Divide, Montana. Red Dawson can’t turn his back on the spoiled, snooty, beautiful woman. Now he’s got himself a wife he’s sure God never intended. And when he informs her there’ll be no more silk dresses and she has to do some work around the ranch he’s surprised she immediately tries to help with everything. Too bad she’s a walking disaster. His ranch may not survive her efforts to pitch in.

Now, instead of a spoiled wife he’s got himself an overly obedient and badly incompetent one, and poor Red is so charmed by her he can’t bear to scold. He’s not much for bossing people around, anyway.

While Red tries to survive Cassie’s help and Cassie tries to use her own mind instead of meekly obeying for the first time in her life, an obsessed man plots to make Cassie his own, something he can’t do as long as Red lives.

Montana Rose was actually inspired by Janette Oke’s beautiful classic novel Love Comes Softly. Of course, I’m not Janette Oke (unfortunately for me) and my novel has taken an alarming turn to romantic comedy, suspense and chaos.

Mary Connealy, author of the Lassoed in Texas series, begins a new series with Montana Rose. She writes romantic comedies with cowboys for Barbour Publishing.

Mary is married to her high school sweetheart, Ivan, a Nebraska rancher. She is the mother of four beautiful daughters Josie-married to Matt, Wendy, Shelly-married to Aaron, and Katy. She’s got one beautiful granddaughter, Elle.

http://www.maryconnealy.com/
http://mconnealy.blogspot.com/
http://www.petticoatsandpistols.com/
http://seekerville.blogspot.com/

HE WAS HER FIRST LOVE…

At seventeen, Anna Anderssen thought the sun rose and set with Mitchell Donavan.  Thirteen years later, the boy from the wrong side of town was a successful architect who still hadn’t forgiven her for their breakup.  A man dangerous to know…and impossible to forget.

WOULD HE BE HER LAST?

Mitch had spent his whole life on the outside looking in.  Until Anna.  But he’d learned his lesson with the former high school beauty queen–he wasn’t going to make the same mistake twice.  Only seeing her again was like a one-two punch to his heart.  And he knew he couldn’t lose her a second time–no matter what secrets were simmering between them.

Cindy Kirk sold her first book to Steeple Hill Love Inspired in 1999 as a result of a contest win which garnered a critique of the entire manuscript.  Patience Smith, now Senior Editor for Romantic Suspense at Harlequin, not only critiqued the manuscript, she bought it!  And she’s still Cindy’s editor today.  After writing 14 books for Love Inspired and 3 for Silhouette Romance, Cindy sold two contemporary romances to Avon and four to Silhouette Special Edition.  Her first book in the Meet Me in Montana trilogy—Claiming the Rancher’s Heart—hit the shelves in March.  The second—Your Ranch or Mine?-will be out in July.  And the third—Merry Christmas, Cowboy, is scheduled for November.

A career on the stage is deemed unseemly for any lady, let alone a preacher’s daughter. But then, actress Hannah Southerland is no ordinary lady. When a foolish elopement threatens her sister Rachel’s reputation, Hannah will risk everything to bring her home. Reverend Beau O’Toole, brother of Rachel’s paramour, agrees to help Hannah find the missing pair, but after that they must separate. Beau’s looking for a traditional wife—which Hannah is not. But could this unconventional woman be his perfect partner—in life and in faith?

Renee Ryan grew up in a Florida beach town where she learned how to surf and skateboard very poorly.  As a teenager, she gave up on both pursuits and began entertaining herself during countless hours of “laying-out” by reading all the classics.  It wasn’t until the summer between her sophomore and junior years at Florida State University that she read her first romance novel.  Hooked from page one, she spent hours consuming book after book while working on the best (and last!) tan of her life.

Two years later, armed with a degree in Economics and Religion, she explored various career opportunities, including stints at a Florida theme park, a modeling agency, and a cosmetic conglomerate.  She moved on to teach high school Economics, American Government and Latin while coaching award-winning cheerleading teams.  Several years later, with an eclectic cast of characters swimming around in her head, she began seriously pursuing a writing career.

Renee recently reconciled her writing with her faith and began penning Inspirational Romances for Steeple Hill.  She lives in Southern Georgia with her husband, teenage daughter and a large fluffy cat many have mistaken for a small bear.  For further information about Renee, check out www.ReneeRyan.com

Lusteberry: drink it, eat it. Consume and be consumed by the world’s most sensual fruit.

After finding her fiance in a compromising position, Nicola Luder runs away to Luxovia, home of the world famous lusteberry. A fruit rumored to give lovers their most sensuous pleasure. On her first night Nicola meets Kirill, a local who shares a taste of lusteberry with her, then offers to spend the night in her bed, showing her all the mysteries of the desire-ripened fruit.

Kirill Demidov wakes to find his lover gone. But he knows a passionate woman like Nicola needs a man as passionate to match her desire. With the help of a little berry, Kirill might make Nicola a lusteberry believer.

Mix one aphrodisiac berry with two sexually explosive adults and watch passion ignite.

Of Mice. . .and Murder - Carrie Evans hates mice and loves the big city, so why has she returned to her dinky hometown and taken up residence in an infested house?

Pride and Pestilence - Museum curator Bonnie Simpson is attacked while at work in the proud home of Maxie. Can she believe the guy’s claim to have never before seen - let alone murdered - the person in Bonnie’s storeroom?

The Miceman Cometh - Attorney Tyler Simpson thinks he’s found a home in Melnik, but will he be run out of town when he’s forced to defend the town’s nemesis as her court-appointed attorney?

Mary Connealy, author of the Lassoed in Texas series, begins a new series with Montana Rose. She writes romantic comedies with cowboys for Barbour Publishing.

Mary is married to her high school sweetheart, Ivan, a Nebraska rancher. She is the mother of four beautiful daughters Josie-married to Matt, Wendy, Shelly-married to Aaron, and Katy. She’s got one beautiful granddaughter, Elle.

http://www.maryconnealy.com/
http://mconnealy.blogspot.com/
http://www.petticoatsandpistols.com/
http://seekerville.blogspot.com/