Dear Readers,
My latest novel, Beware a Pale Horse, has now been released and is available on Amazon. Beware a Pale Horse is a sequel to The Accidental Sheriff, which was an Amazon best seller for some months and is still doing very well. This book continues with the adventures of writer Grant Coolidge, lawyer Hannah Locke, and teenage entrepreneur Trouble Yates. Bushwa Sparks, Enos Fletcher, Samantha Morris, and other characters from the previous book will have roles, also.
The plot centers around a range war flaring up in Big River County where Lockwood, Wyoming is located. The county Stock Growers Association has employed hired guns, self-identified as the Justice Riders, who are terrorizing local homesteaders and alleged rustlers with lynchings. Once again, the writer protagonist will be reluctantly pressed into the conflict. There will be some action in this one and, of course, a bit of romance.
I enjoy writing about the characters in my Lockwood novels. Most of my readers are aware by now that characters from other novels frequently appear in cameo roles in my current books. This book will be no exception.
My current project is another sequel to the Lockwood books. The working title is Sammy and Trouble, however that may be changed prior to release of the novel. This will complete a trilogy set in Lockwood, Wyoming. The book will focus on Trouble Yates and Samantha Morris, who will now be old enough to marry. But will the obstacles be too great? Will both live to see a wedding? The author does not decide such things in advance, so we must wait and see what happens. As I have explained previously, I do not outline or plot my stories before I write. I come up with a setting and a few characters I think might be interesting, as well as a tentative title, and just start writing. A sequel, of course, has many of the characters already identified. I just don’t know what is going to happen to them. It is a challenging job playing God with characters’ lives. I am hoping for an early April release.
I hope you will enjoy Beware a Pale Horse. Sequels to a successful novel tend to leave this writer a bit uneasy because of a certain fear of letting your readers down from a previously popular title. You will be the judge of that.
As always, thank you for your interest and support. Best wishes and good reading.
Ron