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Thursday, February 20, 2014

NEW RELEASE! EVERY GIRL'S DREAM by CHERYL PIERSON


Do you believe in love at first sight? Can it happen? More importantly, can it last over the long haul of the ups and downs of a relationship?

Throw in a few obstacles from the very first meeting of the hero/heroine, and the relationship becomes even more intriguing.

In my novella, EVERY GIRL’S DREAM, that’s just what happens. (Every Girl's Dream was previously published with Victory Tales Press, and has recently been re-released with Prairie Rose Publications!)

Sheena McTavish, a young Irish girl, has been raped by the son of her father’s employer. Now, with a baby on the way, Sheena is given an unthinkable choice: give her baby to the father’s wealthy family to raise, or travel to New Mexico Territory by stagecoach to live with her aunt and uncle until her child is born. At that point, she will have to place it in a nearby orphanage.

Desperate to buy some time and protect her baby from its father, she chooses to travel west. Alone and afraid, she starts on the journey that will change her life forever. Before Sheena’s stage leaves, she meets handsome Army scout Callen Chandler. The attraction is there, even under difficult conditions.

As the story progresses, Sheena must learn to trust again, and Cal begins to realize he doesn’t have to live the solitary existence he’s endured up to now. Being half Comanche has left him with no place in either world—white or Indian. When Sheena comes along, everything changes…for both of them.

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I WILL BE GIVING AWAY PDF COPIES OF EVERY GIRL'S DREAM TO TWO LUCKY COMMENTERS TODAY! BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS IN YOUR COMMENT!


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I’ll leave you with an excerpt of EVERY GIRL’S DREAM, available now for only $1.99.

Cal is a half-breed U.S. Army scout, who has just rescued Sheena, the heroine, from a Kiowa attack on the stagecoach she was in. They had met briefly the morning before, and as luck would have it, Cal comes upon the stage after the Kiowas have attacked and are getting ready to ride away with Sheena. He tells them he and Sheena are married and the Kiowas reluctantly let him take Sheena, but then…

Cal felt…something. His back tingled as he waited for the stinging burn of a shale arrowhead. He risked a glance backward, and saw the Kiowa leader’s stare heavy upon him.

“Sheena, hold on tight.”

“The baby—”

“I know, sweetheart. We won’t ride hard any longer’n we have to. Lowell’s Ridge is only about four miles away.” A very long four miles.

She nodded in understanding. “I’m sorry, Callen.”

“No call for that.”

“You came for me.”

He smiled at that. There was a small amount of disbelief in her tone, overshadowed by a huge amount of wonder. Who wouldn’t come for her?

“You could be killed because of me,” she said softly, as if she had only just realized it. She laid her hand over his, and in that moment, he wondered if dying for her would be worth the twenty-seven years he’d lived so far.

His heart jumped at her touch, then steadied. But as he risked another glance back, he saw exactly what he’d feared. Two of the braves were mounting up, and they weren’t riding the opposite way. “That still might happen,” he murmured.

He leaned forward, trying to protect Sheena with his body as he slapped the reins against the horse’s side, urging him into a lope, then a full-out run.

The Kiowas were close behind them. There must have been dissension among them. The leader had seemed content to let him take Sheena and ride away. One of the others must have disagreed with that decision.

Cal reached to pull his revolver from his holster.

They were strangely quiet, he thought.

The first bullet cracked from behind them, and Cal reflexively bent lower. The bullet whined past his ear like an angry bee.

Sheena gasped. He fired off a shot and got lucky. One of the warriors screamed in agony and fell from his saddle. But the other rode low, hanging onto the side of his mount. And he kept right on coming.

The next bullet sang over Cal’s head. He concentrated on eating up the miles to Lowell’s Ridge. Riding double was slowing them down considerably. Sheena’s body was tense beneath the shelter of his own. Fragile, but strong. Delicate, but determined. His hand splayed over her stomach, holding her close, cradling her from the jarring of their wild ride.

A whoop from behind them accompanied the crack of a rifle, and this time, the Kiowa warrior’s bullet found its mark. A bolt of fire seared through Cal’s right shoulder, and for a minute, the pain was so strong he almost sawed back on the reins. But at his harsh curse, Sheena glanced up at him, her hand instantly clamping tightly over his. The reins were still wrapped in his fingers, but Sheena kept her hand on his, reminding him to let the horse have his head and continue their flight for freedom.

“Hang on, Cal!”

The pain was so breathtaking he could do nothing but nod his understanding.

“Dammit!” she cursed. That almost made him smile, but the agony in his shoulder surged up and stole his breath again as the horse’s hooves pounded the ground below.

The road was not much more than a trail, and where it narrowed, branches reached out to scrape and snarl in hair and clothing, scratching their faces as they blindly rode toward safety.

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17 comments:

  1. Sounds exciting....Sheena is obviously a tough young woman. You are s busy author!!

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    1. Gail, when writing that story I thought of how scared and alone she must have felt, and her mother was such a witch! But she persevered, and found happiness in the end despite the stacked odds.
      Cheryl

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  2. Great story. I love all your new covers, and this one is ooh-la-la hot!

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    1. Oh, yes, Sarah, I do, too. Livia is fantastic when it comes to covers (and so many other things!) I appreciate the time and effort she puts in on these covers to make them come out just right.
      Cheryl

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    2. Beautiful cover Cheryl!!! I can't wait to check it out!

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    3. Thank you, Sara. I really enjoyed working on this one--have thought of expanding it. I love that cover, too!
      Cheryl

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  3. This is one of the few of your stories I haven't read, Okie, but after that excerpt, I'm beyond eager to dive in. Love me some patented Cheryl Pierson wounded heroes! :-D

    HUGS!!!!

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    1. You'll like this one, then, Kathleen! LOL And poor Sheena! She needs a happy ending, too!
      Cheryl

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  4. Cal has the mark of Cheryl Pierson all over him! :-) Best of luck with your re-release!

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    1. You better believe it, Ella! LOL I would snatch him up in a heartbeat.
      Thanks for coming by!
      Cheryl

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  5. If anyone hasn't read this, go right now and get it. One of the best and a favorite of mine. *Just my opinion, but...just go get it. Doris

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    1. Doris, I'm so glad you liked this so much. Cal is one of my favorite heroes. I think because it just "happened" that he was in the right place at the right time. LOL
      Cheryl

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  6. I believe in love at first sight and love that she is getting a second chance at love despite what she has suffered. Callen gets a chance to belong to someone and create a family. Win! Win!
    BTW: Callen is my youngest grandson's name.

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    1. Michelle, so true! It's all Win! Win! LOL I love that name Callen. Did your son/daughter think of that or did you have some input when naming your grandson?
      Cheryl

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  7. This looks exciting! As do all the books from PRP! I just don't have the time to read them all at the rate they are being turned out ladies!! I will have to add this to the stack already beside my bed. It looks like a ladder to the stars now! Never mind, I will stand on tiptoe and stretch to add this to the stack! I will read it soon. HONEST!

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    1. Jill, you will like this one. It's not that long, but packs a punch with what's in it. My "to be read" stack is to the stars, too! Lots of good things coming up from Prairie Rose Publications, Painted Pony Books, and Tornado Alley Publications, too.
      Cheryl

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  8. AND MY WINNERS ARE........
    MICHELLE GALLEGOS and ELLA M. KAYE!!!!
    Thank you ladies so much for stopping by today and if you will send me your e-mail addresses (send to fabkat_edit@yahoo.com) I will get your prize copy winging its way to you as soon as possible!
    CONGRATULATONS!
    Cheryl

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