That Monroe Girl by Ilona Fridl is a Western Fiction/Romance Bookish Event pick #westernromance #historicalwesternromance #mustread #giveaway
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Title:
That Monroe Girl
Author:
Ilona Fridl
Genre:
Historical Western
Book Blurb:
Cat Monroe arrives in Tombstone, Arizona searching for her father and brothers, who left Virginia for the West right after the Civil War. With the help of newspaper reporter Jake Spencer, she finds her family and a whole peck of trouble. She's falling for the newspaperman, but she discovers his family and hers are feuding over water rights. When her father finally accepts that she is his daughter, he wants to marry her off to a rich neighbor who has a dark past.
Excerpt:
“Wouldst fair lady desire a dance with me?”
Cat laughed. “Yes, I would love to.” She winked at Polly as she sailed onto the floor.
He smiled. “May I introduce myself?”
With a teasing poke, she said, “You don’t have to.” His expression was wicked.
At the end of the number, Jake squeezed her hand. “Let’s go where we can talk.”
Cat noticed her father had joined the others. “We can go outside for a moment.” They slipped out the door on the other side of the ballroom and into a small vestibule.
Jake removed his hat and looked contrite. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about the story I was working on. I should have done so when my feelings for you changed.”
She sighed. “I guess I was really hurt by that, but I do accept your apology. I owe you one as well.” He puckered his forehead. “I thought you had taken up with someone else.”
“What made you think that?”
“I saw you with another girl twice. But then I found out it was your sister.”
He laughed. “So that was why you were so angry with me. That was Peggy. She got back a couple of weeks ago from San Francisco. I’m here with her tonight.” His face grew tender. “I really missed you, Cat.” His arms went around her, and as he kissed her Cat marveled at the heat they generated in their thin costumes. Her chest and belly tightened. She could hardly catch her breath.
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Author Biography:
Ilona Fridl was born in the Los Angeles area of Southern California, where she lived the first twenty-one years of her life. In high school and college, she took Journalism and Creative Writing. She moved with her family to Milwaukee, Wisconsin where she met her husband, Mark. They started a locksmithing business and raised a daughter to adulthood. All the while, she dreamed about being a writer, but she hated typewriters. In the nineties, they purchased their first computer, and she never looked back. With some articles and short stories under her belt, she started her first novel. All her books have been released by The Wild Rose Press. She is a member of Romance Writers of America, and a student of AllWriters in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
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Website: http://www.ilonafridl.com
