Home For Christmas is one of three novellas that are a part of A Copper Mountain Christmas anthology. Jane Porter's
Christmas on Copper Mountain will be out soon. Katherine Garbera's
A Cowboy for Christmas is
available and on the Amazon Holiday Bestseller List. Woo-hoo! And if you read to the end, I'll tell you how to win a copy!
I asked Katherine to tell us a little about writing her novella. Here's what she has to say:
For a long time I’ve had Annie Prudhomme in my mind. I had this
image of a woman who was driving out of a small town, middle finger in
the air and promising herself to never come back. But 15 years later,
life looks different to he and she has no choice but to go home. A lot
of this character stems from my own life and my divorce after 17 years
of marriage. Starting over when you thought you’d never have to is a
big challenge and I was lucky to have my family and friends to support
me. But Annie didn’t. She hadn’t wanted anyone and now she has nowhere
to go but home. So I started with Annie and built everything else
around her.
Here is a little snippet that really captures Annie:
He stopped in front of a seven-foot
tree and tipped his head toward it.
“This one is yours.”
“Mine,” she said. It was odd, the things she owned
post-Davis. A rundown house, a drooling
dog, a beat-up Mustang and a seven-foot Douglas fir. She started laughing at how ridiculous that
was, compared to what she used to own.
Suddenly her laughter turned to tears.
She didn’t know why she was crying or how to stop it now that it had
started.
Carson started to ask her something
but she shook her head and turned and ran away.
Just had to get away from everything.
Her breath sawed in and out and the cold air burned as she inhaled but
she didn’t stop... just kept running as fast as she could.
Life was too much. Being with this sweet cowboy who could have
been hers if she’d chosen a different path.
Being alone in the midst of this fragrant Christmas forest and knowing
that she’d continue being lonely. And it
was no one’s fault but her own that she’d wanted to get away.
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We all have disappointments in life, is there one thing you would change if you could? It doesn't have to be a big thing. :) For me I'd tell my 21 year-old self not to eat Big Macs everyday.
Post your answer to Katherine's question in the comment section to be entered to win a copy of A Cowboy For Christmas in Kindle ebook format. Thanks and good luck!
