To Have and To Hold by @CRaddon is a Binge-Worthy Book Festival Pick #historicalromance #frontier #g
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    • Aug 31, 2019
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To Have and To Hold by @CRaddon is a Binge-Worthy Book Festival Pick #historicalromance #frontier #g


Title: To Have and To Hold

Author: Charlene Raddon

Genre: Western Romance

Book Blurb:

A woman without a prayer . . .

A widow with two children, Tempest Whitney has had to mortgage everything to repay the money her husband had stolen. But even as she struggles to hold onto her Utah homestead, a scheming rancher buys up her debts, demanding she either get off his land or marry him. Then a dark-haired stranger shows up, claiming to be her dead husband . . .

A man without a past . . .

Buck Maddux spent two years in jail for a crime he didn't commit. Now a deathbed promise has brought him to Tempest's homestead. A man without roots, he doesn't plan to stay—or to feel so fiercely protective of this feisty beauty he saves from a hated marriage of convenience. Suddenly, Buck years for a home, a family, a lasting love. But what can he offer Tempest? The surprising answer lies in the forbidding canyons of an ancient Anasazi tribe, where fortune and danger await—along with a passion more precious than gold….

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What’s the first binge-worthy book you read and why was it a must-read?

Ride the Wind by Lucia St. Clair Robson. This book was extremely well researched and the language so beautiful, I couldn't put it down. I learned a lot about writing from it.

What makes this a binge-worthy book?

Like Ride the Wind, my book is well researched and the language flows well. It's a realistic depiction of life on the Utah frontier, the characters well developed. Readers can't help but invest themselves in this story.

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Open internationally

Runs August 1 – 31

Drawing will be held on September 1.

Author Biography:

Hello and welcome to my author page. Let me tell you a little about myself, as that seems to be the main purpose of this profile. Believe it or not, I began my fiction career in the third grade when I told my class that a little sister I never had died of a black widow bite. I also wrote books through my teen years, always about a girl whose mother mistreated her by making her wash dishes, sweep the floor... you get the idea. Never finished any of those stories. Many years later, a particularly vivid dream drove me to drag out a portable typewriter and go to work on my first novel. In 1990 my second completed book, Tender Touch, brought me a first place win in a writing contest and the following year became a Golden Heart Finalist. I have five romance novels set in the American West, published by Kensington, one, The Scent of Roses, under the pseudonym Rachel Summers. My books have placed or won other contests and one, Forever Mine, received a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award nomination. I've always loved the Old West and I believe my novels reflect that emotion through their depth and vividness. These days I am seeing my books re-edited and published as e-books, as well as working on a new story. I hope you try my books and love them.

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