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A Lawman's Life -- Cerrro Gordo, California, in 1874

4/30/2013

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Mine shaft, Cerro Gordo
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Welcome to the Cowboys and Lawmen Blog Hop!
Leave your email address with your comment for a chance to win an eBook time travel download complete with a Pinkerton man. There's also a $100 gift card of your choice going to a lucky name drawn from all the commenters. 
 
Cowboys, lawmen and bad boys, oh, my.

I've met one real cowboy, a few peace officers and more than my share of bad boys in my lifetime, but for some reason I have a penchant for writing about cowboys and lawmen, good or bad.

In Rising Above, a time travel released by Desert Breeze Publishing, Hal Grantham, the hero, is an undercover Pinkerton Agent tracking stagecoach robbers in a silver mining town in the mountains above Death Valley, California. He's the tall, silent type who keeps his angst-riddled past to himself and passes himself off as a misplaced cowboy working the mines who sometimes follows the trail of crooks.

The last thing this widowed lawman wants to do is marry again, but luck is not with him.  Wilda Stone's hot air balloon crashes, dashing her hope of winning the race to Death Valley and dumping her back in 1874 and smack on the hero's back.

Although he rescues Wilda, fate still has it in for Hal. The high wind that forced her balloon down blows up a sand storm and Hal seeks shelter for them in a cave, where Wilda spends two nights in the cave with his horse and Hal before the wind finally dies.

To Hal's way of thinking he has compromised her reputation and the outspoken woman must marry him, but strong-willed Wilda wants no part of a marriage without love. She's planning to return to her empty house and empty life in Riverside as soon as she figures out how to get back to 2012.

The arrival of the stately newcomer in Cerro Gordo creates quite a stir among the love starved miners who see her as fair game, forcing Hal to prematurely announce their betrothal. Wilda endures the novelty of Hal coming courting while she waits to return to her time. However his first kiss changes everything. A tomboy who grew up to work with a Caltrans road crew without ever being asked out on a date, quickly falls in love with Hal.

It's said the course of true love never runs smooth. Their marriage hits a few snags. Wilda can't cook, but much of the newlyweds' time is spent in bed, and they continue to take their meals at the American Hotel. Then, while Hal is off trailing the latest stagecoach robbers, a villain from Hal's past kidnaps Wilda, counting on her husband to come to the abandoned mine shaft where he's keeping her. Then the villain will kill Hal.

Wilda has no way to warn him, but she has her trusty pocketknife, the same knife she used to beat Hal at mumblety-peg while confined to the cave after the balloon crash. Her aim is true. The gutsy heroine buries the blade in the villain's chest and Wilda and Hal escape unharmed.

No, their lives still do not run smooth. Hal lost his first wife and young son when diphtheria swept their town while he was away protecting railroad shipments for Pinkerton, so when a diphtheria epidemic hits Cerro Gordo, he panics. Wilda insists childhood immunizations given her by Twentieth Century doctors will protect her from the diseases prevalent in 1874. Still fearing for her safety, Hal repairs her balloon and sends her back to her own time in tears.

Like a lucky penny Wilda returns, allowing Rising Above to have a happy ending. True to his promise to never again leave his wife unprotected Hal accepts employment as sheriff in a small town in the Owens Valley where he can keep close watch over his buxom bride.

LINKS:

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24 Comments
Teresa J.
5/2/2013 04:08:23 am

Your blurb sounds great! The book is added to my to get list :)

oncerfan@yahoo.com

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toninoel link
5/2/2013 02:25:50 pm

Thanks, Teresa,

Enjoy.

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Janice Hougland
5/2/2013 01:05:03 pm

Oh my, Toni...I don't know where to start on my comment. I am just so glad I "met" you on this blog tour! I adore stories, movies and TV shows of the old (and contemporary) west, suspense and time travel. How could all of it be wrapped up in one story? I guess I'll find out 'cause if I don't win the book through the drawing, I'll be buying it asap. :-) Strong, silent, hard working men are my downfall for reading adventure. I believe I will really love your works! jdh2690@gmail.com

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toninoel link
5/2/2013 02:27:19 pm

Thanks, Janice,
Rising Above does sound like it has everything you adore to read about. Good luck in the drawing.

Toni

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JeanMP
5/3/2013 02:14:32 am

What a great sounding story, the blurb has me really intrigued.
skpetal at hotmail dot com

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toninoel link
5/3/2013 03:06:38 pm

Thanks, Jean. If you like historicals, you'll love this one.

Toni

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Karen Michelle Nutt link
5/3/2013 06:16:40 am

I love westerns and time travel tales! Your book sounds really good.
kmnbooks at yahoo dot com

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toninoel link
5/3/2013 03:07:56 pm

Thanks, Karen. Rising Above has it all.

Toni

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Linda Carroll-Bradd link
5/3/2013 07:36:36 am

We talked briefly at the SoCal RWA conference at the booksigning and your post reminds me that I need to check out Rising Above. Loved the blurb. l.carrollbradd(at)gmail.com

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toninoel link
5/3/2013 03:08:53 pm

Hi, Linda. So good to touch base with you again.

Toni

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Tamara Hoffa link
5/4/2013 11:16:33 am

Time traveling cowboys? Yeehaw!
sugerlady@aol.com

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toninoel link
5/5/2013 04:09:26 am

Thanks for stopping by, Tamara. Rising Above will sweep you away.

Toni

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Sherry S.
5/4/2013 06:10:06 pm

This sounds like a very interesting story and I can't wait to read more.
sstrode at scrtc dot com

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toninoel link
5/5/2013 04:11:06 am

Thanks, Sherry. Good luck in the drawing.

Toni

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Emmly Jane link
5/5/2013 10:38:31 am

Great pic! and nice post as well.

Thanks,
~~Emmly Jane
ej (at) emmly jane (dot) com

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toninoel link
5/6/2013 03:35:40 am

Thanks, Emily Jane, and thanks for stopping by.

Toni

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Cindy Barton
5/5/2013 11:38:44 am

I love a good western. When I was a child, every weekend was a marathon of the old series...Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, Rawhide, and Randolph Scott, Gabby Hayes, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans etc.. My mom and I were very partial to The Wild, Wild West and to this day I still love that kind of quirky humor. But I do love an honest lawman that can ride a horse, arrest the bad man, care for a family and love a woman.

cmucha319(at)yahoo(dot)com

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toninoel link
5/6/2013 03:38:19 am

HI, Cindy,

I loved Rawhide. Haven't thought about it for years!

Thanks for inspiring fond memories.

Toni

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Shadow
5/5/2013 01:07:51 pm

Sounds like a great story! Thank for sharing and being apart of this awesome hop!
shadowluvs2read(at)gmail(dot)com

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toninoel link
5/6/2013 03:39:55 am

Thanks, Shadow,

It's been fun hanging out with all of you these past few days.

Toni

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JackieW
5/6/2013 05:59:06 am

Wow. I've found another book I want to read. I love these blog hops. Your book sounds very interesting.

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toninoel link
5/7/2013 05:22:06 am

Thanks, Jackie,

RIsing Above promises to carry you away.

Toni

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JOYE
5/6/2013 06:00:15 am

Enjoyed your blog today. I would enjoy reading your book and have added it to my list of books to be read.

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toninoel link
5/7/2013 05:23:53 am

Thanks, Joye, for stopping by, and good luck in the drawings.

Toni

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