Posts

Friday Round Up with Nicole McCaffrey

Image
Before we let you head off, just a couple more questions... Do you have any hobbies that you’d care to chat about? Skydiving? Baking? Traveling? Whatever interests you—we’d love to hear about it! I am pretty boring. I bake, I read, I garden, though that really amounts to little more than just putting out a snack bar for the local deer-- the more I plant, the more they munch.  And I like to clean and restore old dolls in my spare time.  What drew you to write for Wylder? 1.     They had me at small old western town! I was asked to write it the story to launch the Wylder series.  At the time they were thinking of something along the lines of the movie The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.  I wasn’t sure I could write a story set in a brothel, but the wheels started turning and I turned to favorite old movie, The Cheyenne Social Club—and that’s when the “fish out of water” ideas began to form.  The title of the story is a nod to the movie.   That story then gave birth to Christmas inthe Wy
Post a Comment
Read more

Nicole McCaffrey's Other Published Work

Image
Nicole,   it's so great to have you on The Wylder West blog this week! Thank you for joining us!  We've heard a bit about Christmas in the Wylder County Jail   and I think it's fair to say you've got most of us completely intrigued! This one is definitely going on my must-read list. Do you have any other published work? Do you have any other published work?   I was first published in 2006 but life took me on some detours along the way and writing had to be put on the back burner for a while.   I do have a back list but probably the two “stories of my heart” would be Wild Texas Wind , my first historical western, and Northern Temptress , which is set during the battle of Gettysburg. They were both such great reads, Nicole. I enjoyed both of them!  Let's give readers a peek at some of your other stories, too.   Chocolate Chip Christmas Wishes releases in a few days but is available for pre-order now!  Jake Mistletoe is the North Pole's resident bad boy. Half elf,
Post a Comment
Read more

Christmas in the Wylder County Jail by Nicole McCaffrey and Kim Turner—Excerpt Day!

Image
  An excerpt from  Christmas in the Wylder County Jail : Russ glanced at the drink again. One small glass at a time or the whole bottle....it mattered little...Addie was right. He was no longer the man he even thought himself. Hell, he wasn't the same man as clear back to Sarah. And he'd loved her with all his heart, the same heart that broke when she'd chosen his brother Rick. He'd left Wylder out of necessity, letting his brother raise the son that belonged to him. But the shredding of his heart had come much later when he'd lost his wife and daughter to a fire while he'd been out hunting. He hadn't been drinking then, not even a little and look what had happened. He wrapped his fingers around the small glass. He'd buried his wife and later his brother, though nothing had come close to the pain of placing his small daughter in the ground. He pushed the glass aside once more, the bronze drink the only thing between him and the hurt that never ceased. Bu
Post a Comment
Read more

Nicole McCaffrey's Road to Publication

Image
Nicole,  now that we've heard a little bit about  Christmas in the Wylder County Jail — which sounds amazing, by the way — do you mind filling us in on your early writing career? I'm wildly curious about it and I'm sure other readers are, too.  How did you get started writing? What was your journey to publication? I was pretty young.   My sister was writing short stories for school and getting a lot of praise and attention for it.   Anyone who has a sibling would not be surprised to hear that I decided I wanted to try it, too.   Once the writing bug took hold, I just kept doing it. I don’t think I’ve ever really stopped.
Post a Comment
Read more

Christmas in the Wylder County Jail by Nicole McCaffrey and Kim Turner

Image
  Nicole, welcome to The Wylder West blog!  So glad to have you as this week's author spotlight. I'm sure readers are looking forward to getting to know you and hearing about your Wylder West story! Please tell us about your Wylder story—we love Wylder and want to hear all the lovely details! Adelaide Willowby is having a bad day. First the madam of the Wylder County Social club has kicked out the love of her life—for good this time. One of her best girls is getting married and her sister and daughter are barely speaking to her. Then her long-lost brother-in-law shows up, claiming ownership of her business. What else can go wrong? Russ Holt has relied on alcohol to quiet the ghosts from his past for far too long. When his latest bender causes him to let down both Addie and his son, he knows something has to change. When a stranger in town is found dead and Miss Adelaide is arrested for murder, Russ smells a rat. Can he come out of the bottle long enough to save Addie—and win ba
Post a Comment
Read more

Friday Round Up with Sarita Leone

Image
  Before we let you head off, just a couple more questions... Do you have any hobbies that you’d care to chat about? Skydiving? Baking? Traveling? Whatever interests you—we’d love to hear about it! Hobbies…I have to admit, I have a few! My interests are varied so they may seem slightly wacky when mentioned together but you asked, so I’m going to reveal. I love to travel. I can pack a suitcase faster than most people can peel an apple. Wandering through places I’ve never visited, meeting new people—I love it. Toss in some fantastic food and a language I speak and I’m in heaven. On the less mile-worthy side, I bake a mean cheesecake. Cookies, too. I like to make a mess in the kitchen so I spend a good chunk of time kneading dough by hand or mixing ingredients. Languages fascinate me. I speak a few and am always keen to pick up a new one. Reading. Who doesn’t love to fall into a good story? I especially love a swoon-worthy hero and smart heroine. Or a good mystery—they pull me in,
Post a Comment
Read more

Sarita Leone's Other Published Work

Image
Sarita, it's so great to have you on The Wylder West blog this week! Thank you for joining us!  We've heard a bit about  Christmas in Wylder   and I think it's fair to say you've got most of us completely intrigued! This one is definitely going on my must-read list.  Do you have any other published work? I do have a backlist of published work. They span many genres including historical, contemporary, and even paranormal romance.  Most are published with The Wild Rose Press but I do have a holiday book, The Christmas Bargain , with another publisher.  Also, I have one independently published title, Regenerate . It is a seat-of-your-pants romantic thriller that includes secret agents, globe-trotting, and zombies. Yes, zombies!  The blurb from Regenerat e : The Octopus isn't an urban myth—and its agents are anything but ordinary. The intelligence bureau is so well-hidden most doubt its existence. A handful know its location. And fewer walk the halls in the subterranean
Post a Comment
Read more