Julie Lence's Favorite Western Revealed #hotwesternnights @JulieLence @PrairieRosePub

Let's welcome Julie Lence, who is a multi-published author of western romances and her story, A Summer to Remember is featured in Hot Western Nights. 

Karen: What hidden talent do I possess outside of writing? 

 

Julie: Absolutely nothing, unless you count being a mom. I don’t sew, paint, bake, but I do enjoy taking care of kiddo and he’s now 20.

 

Karen: Being a mom is a bit like being a superhero in my book. Why don't you tell the readers what you're working on now.

Julie: I working on the Landry, the 2^nd book in my Jackson Creek series. 

Karen: Have your ever been to a ghost town? If you haven't, which one would you like to visit?

Julie: A real ghost town—no. But here in Colorado Springs, we have a Ghost Town Museum for tourists, which I really like. It's a good-sized building that has a mock town inside, complete with buggies and and a stagecoach. The buggies folks can climb aboard, but the stagecoach is roped off to preserve the seats. The nice thing about the town is the old artifacts on display. From shoes to iron. There is a lot to see. 

Where would I like to visit? Tombstone. Loved the movie, starring Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer. It's just a place I always wanted to visit.  

Karen: Julie, thank you for stopping by today. Readers sit back and enjoy a snippet of A Summer to Remember featured in Hot Summer Nights.

About A Summer to Remember featured in Hot Western Nights: 

Amy Jansen is known for her high-brow ways and her infatuation with Creel Weston. Truth be told she loves Ryan Jansen and realizes her dream of becoming Ryan’s wife after Creel moves away. But words misspoken during an argument cause a rift between her and Ryan that she’s hard-pressed to mend. Apologies fall on deaf ears, and when Creel returns, even jealousy doesn’t provoke a response from Ryan. She’s finally deduced the best way to prove her love and loyalty to him, only he sends her away, vowing he doesn’t love her.

Though he loves his wife, Ryan Jansen has come to realize he never should’ve married her. Amy has loved Creel Weston since childhood and there’s nothing he can say or do to change that. To keep his sanity, it’s best he and Amy divorce, until a preacher shows up on his doorstep with a startling truth—Amy does love him. But he sent her away, and now he must find her and convince her they’re meant for each other, that this really is A Summer to Remember. 

 

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Enjoy the Snippet: 

 

Ryan thundered down the stairs and onto the boardwalk, urgency to find his wife propelling him to run. He dodged men and women, rounded a corner and dashed up the next street, skidded to a halt at the ticket counter. “H-h-has my wife b-b-been here?” he panted to the bespectacled man on the other side of the glass.

 He shrugged. “What does she look like?” 

“Blonde, wearing a blue dress.” Crying. Because of me. 

“She’s been here. She bought her ticket and boarded the train.” 

“Obliged.” Ryan took off for the cars headed to Coyote. Rushing past the caboose, he slowed his steps and searched the windows for Amy’s blonde hair. Didn’t see her and shoved off to the next car.

 “All aboard!” a conductor called from somewhere behind him.

A train whistle blew as he searched this car and came up empty again. He returned to ticket agent as a train heading east chugged away from the station. 

“I can’t find her. Are you sure she got on the train?” 

“Yep.” 

“Was she sitting by the window?” 

“Probably. Not many folks headed to St. Louis.” 

“St. Louis?! Not Coyote?” 

“No, sir. She went to St. Louis.”

 

About the Author: 

 

Julie was born and raised in upstate New York. She married her high school sweetheart and accompanied him on his twenty-year career with the United States Air Force. Presently, she resides in the Pikes Peak region, where she’s a stay-at-home mom enjoying a career writing western historical romance.  

 

Throughout her school years, Julie enjoyed reading and writing. A friend introduced her to the romance genre in the late 80’s and she was instantly hooked, crediting Judith McNaught and Johanna Lindsey as her inspirations to pen her own novels. As she puts it, Ms. McNaught’s voice is flawless and Ms. Lindsey’s Malory family is endearing and addictive. Combining her fondness for horses, John Wayne and the television series, Dallas, Julie settled into writing about cowboys, outlaws and the ‘old west’ early in her career.    

 

 Julie self-publishes her work through Amazon.  She also designs her covers. When she’s away from her computer, she enjoys taking care of her family and home, exploring the Rocky Mountains and meeting fans of the romance genre.

 

You can find Julie on the internet.

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