November 11th, Patti Fiala and Stacey Joy Netzel took 20+ bags of books, socks, toiletries, everyday essentials to the Fisher House For veterans families. It's a place where families stay while their military family member is being cared for. We do this twice a year. Around Memorial Day and at Veteran's Day. We send Patti and Stacey toiletries, books, coloring books, socks, scarfs, mittens, fun things. This time I sent coloring books and crayons, adult coloring books and coloring pencils, cozy socks, and chapstick. All of this I watch for all year and buy items I see on sale or clearance. Because I think ahead, I'm able to supply more items. These two generous authors put the bags together and take them to Fisher House. Here is my bag they put together to go to some one on Veterans Day.
They also hold back a book or swag from each author that goes into three bags we raffle off after the bags have been delivered. The people who enter the raffle sign up for one of our social media sites. It's a win-win all the way around. If you'd like to learn more here is the link: http://authors4veterans.com/participating-authors/
The other event that I'm thankful I was able to participate in is the Wild Deadwood Reads Anthology. This book has 17 short stories by 17 best selling and award winning authors. All the stories are set in Deadwood. Some historical, some contemporary, there are a few ghosts and one time travel. They are all great stories and all the proceeds go to the Western Sports Foundation. This is an organization that helps Rodeo athletes when they are injured or experience a set back that keeps them from being able to make a living at what they do for a living. If they are injured to where they can no longer rodeo, it helps them transition into another way to make a living, through schooling or training. It is more than handing them money, it is helping them make life changes.
The bad news about the Anthology is it will no longer be available after December. but the good news or you, is the ebook version is on sale for $0.99 until November 15th. If you haven't purchased your copy, now is a good time to do it. It is also available in print.
CASH’S CLAIM
Zoe Blake
She was his...and it was past time he staked
his claim.
Jessamine Cooper was determined to stay
independent and run her late uncle's ranch on her own. When she shows up in
Deadwood with an ill-advised plan to win the money she needs playing poker,
Cash decides it is past time for him to stake his claim.
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UNEXPECTED CALAMITY
E.E. Burke
A friendship that never died.
Calamity Jane is drawn back to Deadwood by a
force more powerful than death, and becomes an unexpected savior in the midst
of an epidemic.
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SAVING DALLIE
Paty Jager
Everyone deserves a chance.
When a miner tosses his daughter into the pot
at a poker game and the winner is a brothel owner, Beau Gentry is determined to
keep the young woman out of the man’s hands.
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THE GAMBLER AND THE PREACHER’S DAUGHTER
Teresa Keefer
Can a preacher's daughter play poker with a
gambler and win?
Leticia Chasteen was always getting dragged
into situations she didn't want to be in. Rusty McGraw the gambler was always
coming to her rescue. Who will end up with the winning hand?
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A RISKY PROPOSAL
Megan Kelly
He loves her. She loves him. A proposal should
be good news, right?
Callie Jones never wanted to date a bull
rider. Now she’s fallen in love with Rome Anderson, who’s intent on winning the
PBR Championship buckle. When he asks her to marry him, she has to decide: Does
she break his heart with a no or doom her future with a yes?
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LOVE ACROSS TIME
Sylvia McDaniel
Is it possible to love someone in another
time? Are dreams real?
Sadie Mae Miller is hanging up her barrel
racing crown and beginning a new life. But when her grandmother asks her to
sleep under a new wedding ring quilt with promises of visions of the love of
her life, she doesn’t quite believe her. Until she falls asleep. Only problem
is, he lived in 1880. Does time separate the lovers?
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ONCE UPON A DEADWOOD DREAM
Amanda McIntyre
Sometimes to find your future you must face
the past.
Past and present meld together in Deadwood
when a woman who discovers true love must fight to escape a deadly twist of
fate.
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THE BROTHERHOOD
Peggy McKenzie
Sometimes, love is hiding in the most peculiar
places.
Major Lucas Hamilton, widower and father of
four boys, insists on the disciplined order of a regimented household. But when
a bumbling young woman falls at his feet, will he take a chance on her or send
her packing before she burns his house down to the ground.
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MAVERICK SEDUCTION
Angi Morgan
Teenage crush or true love. You decide.
Sean Maverick is on a charity auction block
until a beautiful woman from his past buys him for the night. Em Stone believed
in love at first sight even if she had to lasso and knock Sean off his feet.
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TIMING IS EVERYTHING
Nancy Naigle
Always a bridesmaid, never a bride? Never say
never.
Kendra is fine with being a bridesmaid. She
hung up her wedding hopes and dreams eight years ago when her cowboy chose the
rodeo over her, but when these two cross paths in Deadwood it looks like the
timing just might be right for a reconciliation.
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RESCUING RAVEN
Jacqui Nelson
In a gold rush storm, can an unlikely pair
rescue each other?
Raven wants to save one person. Charlie wants
to save the world. Their warring nations thrust them together but duty pulled
them apart—until their paths crossed again in Deadwood for a fight for love.
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AFTER THE FALL
Terri Osburn
When it comes to love, sometimes falling is
the easy part.
Aspyn Fielding blames Tucker Stargill for not
talking her brother, Colt, out of riding bulls. When Colt is gravely injured
during a ride, Aspyn is hopeful Tucker will finally see things her way, but
Aspyn is the one who has a change of heart.
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BEST RESULTS
Ginger Ring
Finding the perfect results from one simple
test.
Orphaned at a young age, both Adam and River
yearn to find a living relative from either of their families. After finally
deciding to put down roots in Deadwood, a simple DNA test brings a result that
is more than they ever expected.
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A GIFT OF GOLD
Maggie Ryan
There may be gold in the Black Hills, but
Bennett had his eyes on a far more valuable prize.
Not one to be deterred by the dictates of
society, Lorelai Samuels had a dream to open a restaurant in the bustling new
town of Deadwood and no one was going to stand in her way, especially not the
infuriatingly handsome and stubborn Bennett Redding.
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GOTTA HAVE FAITH
Lizbeth Selvig
Win or lose, she’s about to take on the big
boys.
Faith “Rabbit” Redmond forms an extreme plan
at the Deadwood rodeo to convince a champion bull rider that women can excel at
the dangerous sport. If she wins his respect, she might also win his love. .
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THE SCHOOL MARM
Tina Susedik
Can a schoolmarm with dreams of a better life,
fall for a disreputable man?
Suzanna Lindstrom travels as a schoolmarm in
fledgling Deadwood. Having left her parents’ struggling farm, she dreams of a
better life in Deadwood with a man who’s struck it rich in the gold fields.
Fresh off the stagecoach, she meets Kingston Winson, whom she disregards as
disreputable. Is he who she thinks he is? What lesson will she learn?
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TRICKS
A.C. Wilson
Tricks inspire courage and new love while
daring others to dream.
Pushed to choose a direction for her life,
Tandi discovers that some crossroads are necessary. Surprisingly, each marker
leads her to an arena of spectators with her talented horse and a handsome guy
who gives her hope to do the impossible.
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Paty Jager is an award-winning author of 35 novels, 8 novellas, and numerous anthologies of murder mystery and western romance. All her work has Western or Native American elements in them along with hints of humor and engaging characters. Her Shandra Higheagle mystery series has been a runner-up in the RONE Award Mystery category, and a finalist in the Daphne du Maurier. This is what Mysteries Etc says about her Shandra Higheagle mystery series: “Mystery, romance, small town, and Native American heritage combine to make a compelling read.”
