Welcome historical romance author Rosanne Bittner to Over Coffee. I've read many of her books over the years and I'm glad to see she's reissuing her classic western historicals as well as writing new stories for us to enjoy. On my keeper shelf are two of my favorites by Rosanne: Song of The Wolf and Tame The Wild Wind.
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Author Rosanne Bittner here – and I like this blog
title – Sia McKye’s Thoughts … Over Coffee.
I am a true coffee addict – black and strong – along with dark
chocolate - so I’m revved up on
caffeine most of the time. As I write
this there is a cup of coffee at my side and a box of chocolates on my desk!
I
am so happy that you asked about my books!
I have been writing for 30 years and have had 57 books published, all involving
historical America! This month (July 2012)
I am celebrating the reissue by Sourcebooks of my novel THUNDER ON THE PLAINS
for their Casablanca line. THUNDER is a captivating love story with a “to die
for” hero and a heroine of amazing courage and determination, all set against
the true history of the building of America’s first trans-continental railroad.
Be sure to come to my month long virtual 4th of July party at http://rosannebittnerbookparty.blogspot.com/
and enter a contest to win a free copy of THUNDER ON THE PLAINS as well as
the grand prize of a Kindle Touch!
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Sunny Landers is utterly devoted to her father's dream-a transcontinental railroad that would run from Chicago to the Pacific. Journeying west on a wagon train, she discovers for herself the glories of the unsettled country...and the unsettling half-Cherokee, Colt Travis. He was like the land of his birth: handsome yet wild, imposing, and dangerous. Against an endless horizon, Colt opens her heart to a passion she never dreamed possible. But in a country torn apart by war and progress, can they ever find a way to stay together?
A sweeping frontier romance and unforgettable novel of love from the bestselling author of Tennesse Bride. Heiress Sunny Landers is devoted to her father's dream of building a transcontinental railroad. And on the wagon train West, she discovers the glories of the unsettled country and Colt Travis, the frontiersman who would be her destiny.
Following
is a short excerpt from THUNDER. It
should be noted that Sunny is our heroine, an extremely wealthy young woman who
has inherited the unlikely position of being a key figure in the construction
of the Transcontinental Railroad. Colt
(our hero) is an Indian scout (half Indian himself) who works off and on for
the railroad builders and who comes from a far different world than Sunny. Various circumstances keep throwing these
two together, and in spite of the unlikely chance either of these two could
belong in the other’s world, a deep passion and desire that they feel for each
other keeps getting in the way of common sense, until finally … one afternoon …
caught alone out on the prairie … (Colt has pulled Sunny onto his horse in
front of him) –
* * *
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“Tell me, Colt. What does an Indian do with his captive?”
For a moment everything went silent for Colt. Nothing existed but the utterly beautiful woman in his arms … her blue eyes … her golden hair. He moved a hand to rest against the flat of her belly. “He takes her to his tipi and makes her his slave,” he answered, his voice gruff with passion.
She touched his face. “That’s what I want you to do with me, Colt. Make me your slave – today, tonight, tomorrow.”
He shook his head. “Sunny –“
She touched his lips. “Don’t say it, Colt. I don’t know what’s right and wrong anymore, and today I don’t care. I just want you. I’ve always wanted you. My first time just can’t be with anyone else. I –“
His kiss cut off her words, a deep, hot kiss that removed any remaining inhibitions. She could barely get her breath for the thrill of it, the ecstasy of his hand moving to her breast, the ache of womanly desires that surged in her when his tongue moved between her lips.
Dancer moved slightly, and she clung to Colt. He left her lips for a moment, keeping one arm around her as he slid off the horse and pulled her after him.
* * * *
You will have to read the book to
enjoy this wild love scene in the prairie grass!
I have always wanted to write, although
it took me until I was 34 years old to believe I could really write an entire
novel. In the 4th grade I
wrote my first little love story – Mr.and Mrs. Quack – about two
ducks! I also wrote poetry – tons and
tons of it. Sometimes I think I should
put all of it together in a little book of poems. Maybe I’ll try that. I
was the editor of our high school newsletter – editor of a house organ where I
was once employed – and I took a correspondence course in creative writing over
40 years ago.
I have always been captivated by
America’s history and read stories about nothing but pioneers and Indians. When I read a book called A LANTERN IN HER
HAND by Bess Streeter Aldrich – and then the wonderful saga THE PROUD BREED by
Celeste de Blasis, I realized I had to try my hand at writing a novel. After 9 tries, I finally sold my first book,
SWEET PRAIRIE PASSION, which became the first book of what turned out to be a
7-book series (SAVAGE DESTINY) which after 30 years is still selling!
I
try to write every day, and in the beginning when I was still working full time
I often stayed at the computer (back then it was a typewriter!) until 2:00 a.m.
and then get up by 5:00 a.m. to get my family off to work and school and myself
to work. I got little sleep but managed
to make it through the many other challenges that came along – all because I
loved what I was doing and I love telling “true” American history through my
fictitious stories, full of romance and adventure.
Next spring book #58, a brand new book
by Rosanne Bittner, will be published by Sourcebooks – PARADISE VALLEY. I hope you will watch for it. Just keep watching www.sourcebooks.com as well as my
own web site www.rosannebittner.com
for details! And be sure to check out
my blog at www.rosannebittner.blogspot.com.
Award-winning novelist Rosanne Bittner is highly acclaimed for her thrilling love stories and historical authenticity. Her epic romances span the West—from Canada to Mexico, Missouri to California—and are often based on Roseanne’s personal visits to each setting. She lives in Michigan with her husband and two sons.
