The Scavenger Hunt & Stop #4 Extra Giveaway is now over. Haley S is the winner of The Cowboy’s Bride Collection
I’m participating in the CAN (Christian Authors Network) Scavenger Hunt this week and I am stop #4. If you would like to participate in the whole thing for the chance to win a box load of boxes (US residents only**), please start here:
http://christianauthorsnetwork.com/can-scavenger-hunt-2016/
** visitors, regardless of location, can enter this blog’s extra giveaway
I’m delighted to have author Davalyn Spencer visiting with me today, or rather…Josiah Hacker, the hero of her novella “The Wrangler’s Woman“ in the Barbour collection The Cowboy’s Bride.
1) Josiah, what made you choose Ford Junction as your home? Can you tell us a little about the place?
Hanacker Land and Cattle Company spreads across Texas Creek and the stage road that runs from Ford Junction to Westcliffe, Colorado. We’re about five miles south of the junction where the Denver and Rio Grande stops on its way to Leadville. I run cows and horses and cut hay on this place that my grandad homesteaded. It’s all I’ve ever known.
2) How did you meet Corra Jameson? What did you think about her the first time you met?
I first saw Corra standing at the boarding house holding back her niece while me and my young’uns trailed our longhorns down Main Street. Not a weak one, I could tell by the way she held my eye as I rode by. Never dreamed that I’d be hiring her as a lady-trainer for my Jess.
3) What are your strengths and weaknesses?
Well, I know good stock when I see it. Have a way with horses, too. Weakness? I guess that’d be how sorely I miss Maisie and what a poor job I’ve done of raisin’ Jess up to be just like her brother.
4) What do you value above all else?
My family.
5) Have you heard what my blog’s phrase is for the CAN Scavenger Hunt?
“Yep, I heard tell it was ‘Christian Authors.’”
6) What do you admire about Corra?
The way she took Jess’s training in hand without Jess knowing it. Gentle like, the way I treat my horses. And the way she reads from the Good Book each evening, like she knows the stories inside and out without even looking at the words on the page. And the way she makes me feel, like I found something I didn’t know was missin’.
7) Why could you never see yourself ending up with Corra?
Don’t know that she’d have someone like me who knows nothing but cattle and good horses.
8) What’s your greatest fear?
Losing my girl, Jess, to that ol’ bat Beatrice, Maisie’s sister. She’s threatened to take Jess from me if she isn’t a proper lady, like a girl should be, by summer’s end.
9) What is the one thing you would never do?
Let Beatrice take my baby girl.
10) What do you hope people will learn from your experience?
That the Good Lord has a way of workin’ things out, even if His ways are a might different than ours.
To collect the next part of the scavenger hunt’s phrase, visit Davalynn’s blog. Or if I’m you’re last stop on the hunt and you’re ready to enter the contest, click here to send in your entry: http://christianauthorsnetwork.com/newreleases/
But before you do, let me tell you a bit about Davalynn too. 🙂
Award-winning author Davalynn Spencer writes bestselling inspirational Western romance and teaches writing at Pueblo Community College. Her novel, Romancing the Widow, won the 2015 Will Rogers Gold Medallion Award for inspirational Western fiction, and her recent release, The Cowboy’s Bride, was an ECPA and Publisher’s Weekly bestseller. Davalynn makes her home on Colorado’s Front Range with a Queensland heeler named Blue and two mouse detectors, Annie and Oakley.
Check out her Pinterest page for “The Wrangler’s Woman” here: https://www.pinterest.com/davalynnspencer/the-wranglers-woman/
Or Connect with her on Facebook here:
http://www.facebook.com/AuthorDavalynnSpencer
Proceed to her blog, the next stop on the hunt, for a chance to win a stack of books.
Leave a comment below for a chance to win a copy of The Cowboy’s Bride Collection. (open to readers worldwide)
(P.S. If you’ve never commented on my blog before, your comment won’t appear until I moderate it, but rest assured it will eventually. My days are spent at the hospital so my opportunities to get on the computer are hit and miss)
Bonus-bonus Giveaway: On the previous blog hop stop here: https://rebeccaondov.wordpress.com/2016/07/17/welcome-to-can-scavenger-hunt-stop-3/ I am giving away a copy of A Fool and His Monet or if you already have it, Another Day, Another Dali, to one randomly selected commenter.
hope to win! Thanks so much!
Thanks so much for stopping by, Rhonda.
I have just heard of your books for the first time through the CAN scavenger hunt. I hope to win your book! It sounds very interesting.
So glad to have you participating, Paula!
I am looking forward to reading The Cowboy’s Bride Collection. Thank you for the opportunity to win.
Thanks for entering, Emma. This collection is one of my favorites.
Thank you for the chance. Praying you have a blessed day. Praying for all the needs in your family still.
Thanks so much for your prayers, Lucy!
Thank you, Lucy. How sweet. We all certainly need prayer.
Thanks for the chance. Would love to read this book.
So glad to have you in the hunt, Harley.
Hi! Thanks for participating in the Scavenger hunt!!!! Can’t wait to read this book!!!
Haley – so glad you’re enjoying the fun!
Thank you for the chance to win a new book. This one sounds really good.
Thanks – hope you enjoy it!
This is such a fun scavenger hunt and The Cowboy’s Bride Collection is a book that I’ve been wanting to read for awhile. Thank you so much for the giveaway and for participating in this fun scavenger hunt.
Thank you, Becky. This is a great way to discover new authors. Thanks for reading!
I’ve never read anything by Davalyn. Her story sounds wonderful. Thanks for the chance to win a copy of The Cowboy’s Bride Collection.
Hope you enjoy the story, Debora. It’s so fun to visit with readers!
Thanks so much for a chance to win this book. I enjoy reading romance collection books and this collection looks interesting.
So happy to have you participating, Stephanie!
Hi Sandra! Thanks for your participation in the scavenger hunt and the fun character interview from Davalynn’s book in “The Cowboy’s Bride” collection! I always love to “hear” from a book character 🙂
Thanks also for the chance to win a copy of this book. Blessings to you and yours!
Thanks for participating, Trixi. It’s so fun to get into a character’s skin and answer questions in their ‘voice.’
Just today I went to half price and bought four book collections in this series and I owned two already. This is one I don’t have though, and I desperately want it!
J.C. -Indiana-
Thanks for joining the fun, Elly. Hope you enjoy the stories!
Thanks for being in the CAN hunt! Also, thanks again for a giveaway. 😀
So glad you’re participating, Susan!
Loved the tack you took with this interview!
Interviewing characters are my favorite. 😄 I interview my own characters in my bonus features. It’s kind of scary sometimes what they say about their author! 😉
Loved the interview. I would love to win this book. Thanks so much for the giveaway.
So glad you enjoyed it!
I would love to win. I like collections.
Thanks, Angie. Yes, collections are fun when you can read an entire story in an evening.
Am enjoying reading about some authors that I am not familiar with. Would love to win a copy of the book!
Hi Carla, this is definitely a good way to discover new authors.
Thank you for the opportunity to win your book. I’m meeting new (to me) authors on this hunt! 🙂
So fun!
The scavenger hunt is very enjoyable plus being an excellent way to learn more about authors and their current plus upcoming books. I always love the historical collections!
Thanks for participating, Cathy!
Whoo Hoo, I love this genre.
Me too!
I always enjoy the interviews with the authors. It gives all of us a chance to get to know the people who write our favorite books.
Oh, thank you so much, Melissa. We love hearing from our readers.
This is a wonderful collection!
Thanks for joining us, Caryl!
What a great post! And giveaway, hope I’m lucky!
So glad you enjoyed it, Jasmine.
I would love to read A Cowboy’s Bride Collection. Sounds like it would be great for summer reading.
Oh, it is, Maryann. And my story, “The Wrangler’s Woman,” takes place in the summer!
Thank you! Can’t wait to read this. Love this: “The Good Lord has a way of workin’ things out, even if His ways are a might different than ours.” So true!
Thank you Leland and Becky – that’s one of the things I love about writing Christian fiction. It’s full of truth.
This book sounds amazing! Thanks for the chance to win it.
So glad you stopped by, Kendra.
Would love to win
Thanks for dropping in, Joan.
I would love to win! The characters sound so interesting!
Thank you. Hope you enjoy the story!
Awesome collection of stories written by great, would love the chance to win!
Thanks for sharing and participating in the hunt.
Thank you for being part of this scavenger hunt. I love collections like this. I would love to win a copy. Thank you for the chance.
I love the interview with Josiah.
This was a fun interview! Thanks for participating!!
Thank you so much to everyone who participated in Davalynn’s extra giveaway on my blog. The winner of The Cowboy’s Bride Collection is Haley S! congratulations Haley! I’ll email you for your address.