Counting down to Valentine's Day with 3 Free eBooks

By Jacqui Nelson

Valentine's Day is only one day but writing a series can take years in an author's life—and in their characters' lives as well. 

Book 1 in my Lonesome Hearts series was the first book I wrote. It took years to write and revise and polish. The other four books in the series each took less than six months to write. 

Crossing the Oregon Trail (the setting for book 1 in my Lonesome Hearts series) could take four to five months. 

If one was lucky enough to survive that journey, then one's life might change in a single day on horseback (the premise for book 2 in my Lonesome Hearts series). 

If one was lucky enough to (at the end of that ride) find a forever family and (over the years following) grow strong and brave, then one might save the life of their soulmate during two very challenging days on a remote mountain (the premise for book 3 in my Lonesome Hearts series). 

Counting Down to Valentine's Day—with 3 Free eBooks

To celebrate the countdown to Valentine's Day, I've made books 1 to 3 in my Lonesome Hearts FREE on Amazon Kindle from Feb 11 to 15. The other book in this series, Rescuing Raven, is always free for my newsletter subscribers. 

BETWEEN HEAVEN & HELL (Book 1 chronologically)

Oregon Trail – 1850

The scout & the ex-Ranger wagon boss

On a trail full of danger, will he guide her to heaven or hell?

** Steam Level: Spicy **

Free Feb 11 - 15 on Amazon Kindle US | UK | Canada | Australia 

Free every day with a Kindle Unlimited subscription.

FOLLOWING FAITH (Book 2 chronologically)

Oregon Territory – 1852

The schoolmistress & the Osage warrior

Can a single day together on horseback change your life forever?

** Steam Level: Sweet **

Free Feb 11 - 15 on Amazon Kindle US | UK | Canada | Australia 

Free every day with a Kindle Unlimited subscription. 

CHOOSING BRAVERY (Book 3 chronologically)

The Cascade Mountains, Oregon – 1868

The wilderness guide & the fugitive tracker

When legends collide, will the sparks ignite their love or drive them apart?

** Steam Level: Sweet **

Free Feb 11 - 15 on Amazon Kindle US | UK | Canada | Australia 

Free every day with a Kindle Unlimited subscription. 

RESCUING RAVEN (book 4 chronologically, but also a series prequel in concept)

Deadwood, Dakota Territory – 1876

The Lakota savior & the shotgun messenger

In a gold rush storm, can an unlikely pair rescue each other?

** Steam Level: Sweet **

Free every day for my newsletter subscribers or for $0.99 on Amazon. 

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Wishing you all a happy countdown to Valentine's Day ❤️ 

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My Story Inspiration for Choosing Bravery

By Jacqui Nelson

What inspires a Western Historical Romance Adventure story? History and love combined with adventure is my favorite mix, but I also adore iconic or intriguing settings. And the story I'm sharing with you today takes place on—and inside—a mountain.

Last month I shared my Story Inspiration pages (the page I've included in the back of all of my books) for Between Heaven & Hell and Following Faith. Today I'm sharing the Story Inspiration page for the story that follows chronologically...

CHOOSING BRAVERY 

Story Inspiration page ~ from the back of the book

While writing Following Faith and watching six-year-old Élodie Rousseau become such a fundamental part (even while mostly off-screen), I knew my next story had to be her grown-up adventure. I also knew she needed a larger-than-life man to match her big personality. 

A decade or more before, I’d met someone with the surname Bravery and tucked it away for future use. The right story hero never appeared to claim the name. After writing Following Faith and watching The Revenant, I knew Élodie’s match would be a legendary almost mythical mountain man. A man who’d been brought low by a bear, but could be lifted high by Élodie and her mountain home. A man named Bravery. 

When my research led me to Oregon’s Cascade Volcanic Arc, Newberry Volcano, and lava tubes, I knew the majority of their story would be underground—a challenging place to describe. When travel isn’t an option, a writer relies on pictures. I created a Pinterest board to help me visualize the story. For links to Choosing Bravery’s picture board and boards created for my other stories, visit my website JacquiNelson.com.

CHOOSING BRAVERY

The Cascade Mountains, Oregon – 1868

When legends collide, will the sparks ignite their love or drive them apart?

After her parents vanished in the wilderness, Élodie Rousseau found a home with an Osage warrior and a logging camp schoolmistress who joined forces to return Élodie’s beloved spirit horse. With them as her teachers, she became the legendary mountain guide, Yellow Feather. She knows everything about surviving and thriving in the wild, but something is missing.

Legendary Far North fugitive tracker, Lachlan Bravery, is tortured by his failure to find the one person who mattered most—the mentor who taught him everything he once held sacred. Driven to repay a dead man, his hunt for a notorious band of outlaws brings him to Élodie’s mountain where they must join forces on a final quest deep inside a cave with the power to destroy not only their unexpected love but their lives.

Brave the wild. Bury the past. Choose your destiny.

Click here to read an excerpt on my website.

THE LONESOME HEARTS SERIES 

Choosing Bravery is book 3 in my Lonesome Hearts series, which follows the frontiersmen and women who meet on the Oregon Trail and afterward. Each story includes one or more of the characters from the other books but is also a standalone read.

Click here to see a summary of all of my books on one page.

Hope you enjoyed my writing inspiration and that you have a fun Friday full of...flowers! ❤️💐

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