Welcome Karen Lopp, author of Shotgun Bride. Effie's Outlaw will be out Fall 2013!
Steeped in a rich family history, Karen Lopp has always been drawn to the courageous lives of the women who lived through the hardships of the past and triumphed.
A transplant from Oklahoma where she grew up on a farm just one mile away from where her great-grandparents settled in the land run, Karen now lives in the enchanted land of New Mexico and has a running competition with her dad on who can grow the tallest hollyhocks. Books and tales of ancestors were staples in her life and she fell in love with history. Enthralled with the short stories her grandmother wrote and passed down, she took the plunge (with encouragement from hubby and kids) into the world of writing. And is now hooked. Her inspiration comes from research into her family tree and their interesting lives.
A transplant from Oklahoma where she grew up on a farm just one mile away from where her great-grandparents settled in the land run, Karen now lives in the enchanted land of New Mexico and has a running competition with her dad on who can grow the tallest hollyhocks. Books and tales of ancestors were staples in her life and she fell in love with history. Enthralled with the short stories her grandmother wrote and passed down, she took the plunge (with encouragement from hubby and kids) into the world of writing. And is now hooked. Her inspiration comes from research into her family tree and their interesting lives.
Tell us about your upcoming novel Effie's Outlaw.
Effie is a Boston heiress who is having major trouble with her embezzling trustee who holds her money hostage. Fed up with her brother-in-law ignoring her letters requesting help, she heads across country to face him. But she ends up in a train robbery and is kidnapped - By an undercover US Deputy Marshal.
Alex Marshall, and yes that is his name, (you’ll have to read the book to know why ) is not happy to be handed the burden of protecting a city miss that he considers helpless. But as they face the trials of pretending to be what they aren’t, her reliance shines through and captures his wounded heart. It is set in the wilds of Arizona Territory.
You're a prolific writer with two books out this year! What's your secret?
LOL, I never considered myself a prolific writer. As to my secret? I’m not sure there is one except discipline. Even when I don’t feel like writing, I make myself sit down in front of the computer and work on something. I have several ideas I’ve jotted down. There are times I put a book aside when I’m stuck but I will work on something else during that time.
What do your readers have to look forward to next year?
I have two more westerns that I am currently working on. One is almost finished. And I am branching out into Romantic Suspense. One is currently finished and in the contest circuit. I have another one that I am almost half-way done with!
How long have you been writing and what do you know now that you wish you knew then?
I have been writing for a little over three years now but the thought has been with me for some time. As for what I wish I knew? How to market like a pro, I’d love to see my next book on the top New York Best Seller list!
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Effie is a Boston heiress who is having major trouble with her embezzling trustee who holds her money hostage. Fed up with her brother-in-law ignoring her letters requesting help, she heads across country to face him. But she ends up in a train robbery and is kidnapped - By an undercover US Deputy Marshal.
Alex Marshall, and yes that is his name, (you’ll have to read the book to know why ) is not happy to be handed the burden of protecting a city miss that he considers helpless. But as they face the trials of pretending to be what they aren’t, her reliance shines through and captures his wounded heart. It is set in the wilds of Arizona Territory.
You're a prolific writer with two books out this year! What's your secret?
LOL, I never considered myself a prolific writer. As to my secret? I’m not sure there is one except discipline. Even when I don’t feel like writing, I make myself sit down in front of the computer and work on something. I have several ideas I’ve jotted down. There are times I put a book aside when I’m stuck but I will work on something else during that time.
What do your readers have to look forward to next year?
I have two more westerns that I am currently working on. One is almost finished. And I am branching out into Romantic Suspense. One is currently finished and in the contest circuit. I have another one that I am almost half-way done with!
How long have you been writing and what do you know now that you wish you knew then?
I have been writing for a little over three years now but the thought has been with me for some time. As for what I wish I knew? How to market like a pro, I’d love to see my next book on the top New York Best Seller list!
Karen's Website
Buy Shotgun Bride
Orphaned young, Kathleen Barns has struggled to survive only to end up in a New York mill, when an unexpected inheritance gives her a glimpse of freedom. But becoming the landowner of a coveted piece of land with precious water rights in New Mexico Territory threatens to destroy her only chance at love. Forced into a marriage to a man who believes she planned the shotgun wedding to gain control of his ranch, Kathleen flees into the wilderness. Yet it is her unwanted husband that keeps saving her life and threatens to steal her heart.
Mike Baca had finally reached his goal, his fighting days were far behind him now that the war was over, he owned a ranch and he was on his way home to marry the richest girl in the New Mexico Territory. A shotgun in his back had him married to a green-eyed girl who wanted his ranch! Furious with her trickery, Mike made sure she wouldn’t want to keep him. It was only after she had run, with her big-eyed gaze haunting him that he discovered she was innocent, and there was a plot on her life. Now he must race the clock and the wild badlands to try and save his wife – and convince her to stay.
Mike Baca had finally reached his goal, his fighting days were far behind him now that the war was over, he owned a ranch and he was on his way home to marry the richest girl in the New Mexico Territory. A shotgun in his back had him married to a green-eyed girl who wanted his ranch! Furious with her trickery, Mike made sure she wouldn’t want to keep him. It was only after she had run, with her big-eyed gaze haunting him that he discovered she was innocent, and there was a plot on her life. Now he must race the clock and the wild badlands to try and save his wife – and convince her to stay.
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