Release Party for My Heart Belongs in Ruby City, Idaho! And a Giveaway

Yeehaw! It's a hoedown celebration to celebrate the release of My Heart Belongs in Ruby City, Idaho: Rebecca's Plight, third in a new series from Barbour Publishing... and Susanne's new release!

Owyhee County-Public Domain

We'll travel back to 1866 via magic stagecoach to get to the site of the party. It's high up in the gorgeous Owyhee Mountains of Idaho--but it's an untamed land, where men currently outnumber women 200 to 1!

Our magic, time-traveling stagecoach! Public Domain

Be warned! The last lady who got off the stagecoach in Ruby City got married within the hour to the handsome fellow who greeted her...and it was a big mistake! (Or was it? Hmm...)

Poor Rebecca, our heroine. She's a mail-order bride, and she's supposed to marry Theodore Fordham, but she accidentally marries his cousin Tad.

That's nuts! How could a woman marry the wrong cousin? Don't these people talk to each other, or listen to the names when they exchange wedding vows? How goofy can this be?

Don't fret. It's all explained by the end of Chapter One.

(But you have to get to the end of the book to see how it all untangles.)

Now that you're safely off the stagecoach and didn't marry anyone, Mr. Wrong or Mr. Right, let's party.

It looks like the whole town turned out: miners, storekeepers, and families. There's a brass band playing, bunting decorating the buildings, and refreshments for all.

Scrumptious cake! Public Domain

So what is this book about anyway? A mail-order mix-up?

Pretty much. Plus a lot of falling in love...with a man, a town, and yes, even a mule.

Rebecca Rice was looking forward to a quiet life and a full stomach by becoming mail-order bride to her shopkeeper intended, Mr. Fordham—until the justice of the peace calls him Thaddeus, not Theodore, proceeded by the title Deputy. Rebecca would never marry a lawman like her father, so an annulment seems in order—and fast, since Rebecca’s true intended is impatient to claim her as his own. But when the legalities take longer than expected, Rebecca wonders if Tad Fordham wasn't the right husband for her all along....

Below, you can enter the Rafflecopter giveaway for the book and some Heart-themed kitchen goodies: tea towels, cookie cutters, and a hot pad! Can you feel the love? This is the My Heart Belongs in Series, after all, and the kitchen is the heart of the home.

In the meantime, enjoy the party. Just don't accept any marriage proposals from a fellow named Ulysses. He's asked every female in Ruby City. Trust me on this.

GIVEAWAY!!!

Enter to win the book plus some heart-themed goodies for your kitchen. Contest ends Friday, May 5, 11:59 pm EDT. So don't delay!


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