TRAPPED IN WOLF CREEK by Author PATRICIA PACJAC CARROLL (Christmas Bride Dilemma ~ Book 5)

Welcome back to Romance Sweet Reads. Today we're going to continue our Christmas in July celebration with the next book in a brand-new, eight book, multi-author series. Christmas Bride Dilemma is sure to put you in the mood and, if you're in the middle of a hot summer, we might cool you off a bit, too!

The fifth book in the series is Trapped in Wolf Creek, by bestselling and award-winning author, Patricia PacJac Carroll.

Could she be the answer to his problems or more trouble?

Travis Andrews watched his partner leave for the gold fields of California. Christmas was going to be bleak, and he didn’t do well alone. Storm clouds hurried him to the town of Wolf Creek. Barely escaping a twister and then a snowstorm, he couldn’t help but wonder about the people on the stagecoach. They were overdue, and it didn’t look good for them. Sometimes, the Lord nudged him to do things, and this was one of those. He needed to find those passengers.

Faith Rosner stepped onto the stagecoach going west to visit her Aunt Clara in Wyoming. She didn’t look back. With Papa gone, there was nothing left for her in Bushnell. Nothing she wanted, that is. This Christmas looked to be a sad one. Then things got worse with a terrible storm and blizzard when out of the snowy praire, he came.

Was he the one she’d waited for all her life?

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The mustang responded to Travis’s nudge and galloped to the small group. One woman caught his attention. She wore a brown coat and had brown hair. He focused on her. As he neared them, he wondered if she was the one that he’d been waiting for, and the reason he’d been drawn to help the missing stagecoach passengers.

It might be because he dreaded being alone. It was time he started a family, but the West had a severe shortage of good women. He was almost to the small group when the woman he’d been watching took off her coat and waved it in the air to get his attention. She had it all right.

He grinned until he looked at her. The dress she was wearing was more for a saloon than one a decent woman would wear and bright red, as if she were advertising what she was.

He stopped the mustang a few feet from the group. Travis looked back and shook his head. The ground was uneven, and they didn’t need a broken wagon wheel. “It would be best if you walk to the wagon.”

Miss Red Dress walked up to him. “If Margie could ride with you. She’s so very cold and weak.” The young woman pointed to the other lady.

Travis nodded. “Sure, help her up.” He took the woman’s icy hand and hauled her up behind him. “Can you hold on?”

“Yes, I’ll try.”

The mustang pranced in the snow, causing Travis to hold on to the woman as he went back to the wagon. Travis warned Dave. “She’s cold.”

Dave got up, helped her into the back of the wagon, and put blankets around her. “Looks like we found them just in time.”

Travis glanced at the sky. “I hope so. There’s another woman. I’ll go back and get her too.” He whipped the mustang around and ran back to the small group.

He rode up to Red Dress. “Hop on. That was a nice thing you did, giving the other woman your coat.”

“My name is Faith. Thank you for coming back for me.” She took his hand and was soon behind him. Her arms wrapped around his middle. Warm hands. This woman wasn’t in trouble, but by the look of her dress, she was trouble.

Patricia PacJac Carroll~ I am a writer, Christian first, and blessed beyond my imagination. I live in Texas. Did I say I was blessed? The PacJac is from my initials and my husbands. I wouldn't be able to write if it weren't for him. I love the Lord, adventure, and the open road.

The stories of the western era have always been a favorite of mine. I enjoy writing, and my goal is to write stories readers will enjoy that are about characters you can relate to. The stories will always have a bit of fun and faith sprinkled in.

Patricia's Website ~ Blog ~ Facebook ~ Amazon Author Page

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A special thanks to Cheryl Wright for the use of her tagline graphics to go with our excerpt posts. It was so wonderful to see everyone here today. Please come back again on Friday, July  21st, when we'll take a peek at Book #6 of 8.

Blessings,

Nancy

SABRA by Author Patricia PacJac Carroll **Book Birthday** **Prairie Roses Collection 2022**

It’s time for the fourth book in this year’s Prairie Roses Collection, Sabra, by Author Patricia PacJac Carroll.

Sabra had her life planned out, until everything fell apart.

Bartholomew wouldn’t know a plan if it bit him.

A supply train of freight and family wagons along the southwest, an ornery camel, and a wild journey throw Sabra and Bart together.

You can find Sabra on Kindle Unlimited

Greta nudged her side. “That man keeps looking at you. I think he likes you.”

Sabra looked at the table next to them, and the man sitting alone at his table just happened to be looking at her. Quickly, she set her gaze on Greta. Still, his image was burned into her mind. He wore the clothes and wild look of a Texan, but he was handsome and had the bluest eyes she’d ever seen. “Really, Greta. I am in no mood to find another fiancé, especially in Texas.”

“I like him, but he has eyes only for you. I’m too gangly like a young filly, but I’ll grow out of it soon enough.”

Sabra stared at her younger sister. “Greta, you talk as if you were twenty.”

“I will be someday. I’m not worried, but I enjoy looking at people and trying to decide what they are like.”

Sabra pointed to the tall Texan. “And Mr. Texas over there. What is he like?”

Greta held her fork up and scrunched her lips. “He’s strong, capable, and lives alone, but he’s looking for a woman. And you’re on his list.”

Shaking her head, Sabra folded her arms. “What does he do?”

Greta set her fork down and looked at Sabra. “He works with horses. His hands look rough like Papa’s. I think he’s a good man. I like him better than I liked Edward.”

“You don’t even know him. Besides, Edward is a good man. He just got caught up in the moment.”

Greta shook her head. “More often than not, moments reveal someone’s true self.” She picked her fork up and continued eating.

Sabra jabbed a piece of burnt steak and chewed on it. Greta had no experience with boys, much less men. Yet, her sister was right about Edward. Sabra’s shining knight had tarnished right before her eyes.

Finished with her meal, Sabra sneaked a look across the room. He was handsome in a rugged way. Then again, she’d never see him again. They were leaving tomorrow morning for California.

Patricia PacJac Carroll~ I am a writer, Christian first, and blessed beyond my imagination. I live in Texas. Did I say I was blessed? The PacJac is from my initials and my husbands. I wouldn't be able to write if it weren't for him. I love the Lord, adventure, and the open road.

The stories of the western era have always been a favorite of mine. I enjoy writing, and my goal is to write stories readers will enjoy that are about characters you can relate to. The stories will always have a bit of fun and faith sprinkled in.

Patricia's Website ~ Blog ~ Facebook ~ Amazon Author Page

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Thank you so much for stopping by. Please come back again tormorrow for a sneak peek at the next book in this wonderfully entertaining wagon train series.

Blessings,

Nancy

A CHRISTMAS HOPE FOR REGINA by Author Patricia PacJac Carroll *Mail-Order Brides First Christmas Series*

Welcome to Romance Sweet Reads! Today, we’re featuring the fourth book in the exciting new series ~ Mail-Order Brides’ First Christmas ~ twenty-one wonderful happily-ever-afters, spread out over the next two-and-a-half months for your reading enjoyment!

Today’s featured story is A Christmas Hope for Regina by author Patricia PacJac Carroll.

Cover by Virginia McKevitt of Black Widow Books.

Secrets and scars gave him a stony heart.
All she has left is hope, and Christmas is on the way.

Regina Collins had answered the letter and left her home in Missouri to make her way to the mountains of Colorado. That was in April. She’d come full of hope with the expectation of starting a new life. But her life in Colorado didn’t look much different than the one she’d left.

Sam Morgan needed a wife to help care for his five-year-old son. He married Regina just like he’d said he would, but if Regina thought he’d be the loving husband, she was mistaken. He’d provide for her, give her children, and protect her. But he wasn’t giving her his heart.

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Regina took comfort that all the animals were sheltered. After another loud bang of thunder, the door to their room opened, and Cody came in.

“I’m scared.” He was rubbing his eyes.

She lifted the covers. “Come over here.”

The little boy scooted between the covers and as close to her as he could. “I’m afraid of storms.”

“They can sound ferocious, can’t they?” She hugged him to her. “I was afraid when I was little. Then my mother sat with me, and we watched one. On the darkest of nights, lightning stabbed the ground, even hit a tree, exploding it right before our eyes. The thunder was as loud as dynamite.”

He stared at her with big eyes. “Weren’t you scared?”

“Yes. My mother explained it was just nature's way of sending rain and knocking down dead limbs and weak trees. But thunderstorms are only for a time as all storms in life are just for an appointed season, and then they move on.”

She tucked the covers around him. “So, I watched the lightning, listened the to loud bangs of thunder and gusts of wind, and after a while, sure enough, it stopped. The next morning the air was clean, the ground watered, and the storm but a memory.” She kissed the top of his head. “So watch the storm and remember that it will go away.”

Soon, Cody was breathing peacefully.

Regina smiled at the memory of her mother’s tender words and care. She was right. Whatever storms came her way would only last for a time. Regina had been desperate, and then she’d found the mail-order bride ad.

Now, she was married to a good man. She did believe that. Sam just needed some time to still the storm that raged inside of him. She knew the day would come when that storm inside her husband would leave. Then his heart would open to her, and she would be there to love him and receive his love.

Patricia PacJac Carroll~ I am a writer, Christian first, and blessed beyond my imagination. I live in the Dallas-Ft Worth area of Texas with my wonderful treasure of a husband, my spoiled dog, Jacs, and my awesome son, Josh. Did I say I was blessed? The PacJac is from my initials and my husbands. I wouldn't be able to write if it weren't for him. I love adventure and the open road. The stories of the western era have always been a favorite of mine. I enjoy writing, and my goal is to write stories readers will enjoy.

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Just in time for the holiday season, wonderfully romantic books from some of your favorite authors. A whole stocking full of heartfelt happily-ever-afters!

You can find all twenty-one books listed on the Amazon Series Page

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Blessings,
Nancy