I am so excited to be part of Sandra Cox’s launch of her new Western, ThunderTree. I love Westerns, can’t find enough great ones, and have been waiting for Sandra’s next since I finished her last, SilverHills (here’s my review). I pre-ordered ThunderTree and will review it after the July 22nd release. Until then, I’ll have to be satisfied with the cover!
Blurb
*Warning. Content contains six-guns, hand-tooled boots, strong women and an eagle.”
Ben Evers is a drifter that never stays in one place too long, always hankering to see what’s over the next horizon. His traveling companion—an eagle. He lives by two rules. Mind his own business and always treat women with respect. The first rule stands him in good stead until he meets former Texas Ranger John T. McAllen and his niece Kate Landon. The two are drawing him into their lives and Ben knows from personal experience no good ever comes from getting involved in other folks’ trouble. John T. and his neighbor are caught up in a feud over land and Clary’s daughter. When danger strikes, swift and hard, Ben has a decision to make. Turn his back and ride away from people he’s grown to care about or break his rule of minding his own business, and stay and fight.
ThunderTree preorder link: https://tinyurl.com/thundertree
About Sandra
Sandra is a vegetarian, animal lover and avid gardener. She lives with her husband, their dog and several cats in sunny North Carolina.
Besides western and western romance, Sandra also writes time-travel, paranormal and regency romance, young adult fantasy and non-fiction. She is a category bestselling Amazon author, Eppie finalist and Golden Ankh Award winner. ThunderTree is her first book written as S. Cox.
Social Media
https://twitter.com/Sandra_Cox
Short Excerpt
Ben Evers watched the scene playing out at the base of the arroyo, ignoring a cutting wind that whipped his shirt against his body and stung his face. He leaned forward for a better view into the clay-colored, rough-edged gully.
Below him, three men tossed a youth back and forth punching him and laughing.
His hands tight on the pommel, he shifted in the saddle. It went against the grain to let anyone take a licking, especially when the odds were uneven, but he’d learned at an early age to mind his own business. It was a rule he lived by. Still it didn’t sit well. Not well at all.
What the hell? He jerked in the saddle as one of the ruffians tore the youth’s shirt revealing a body that didn’t belong to a boy. At the same time, the victim’s hat fell off and rich russet-colored hair tumbled halfway to a slender waist.
He gave a startled oath. A woman! This changed everything. His other rule: show respect to women. Minding his business be damned.
Jacqui Murray is the author of the popular Building a Midshipman, the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy, the Rowe-Delamagente thrillers, and the Man vs. Nature saga. She is also the author/editor of over a hundred books on integrating tech into education, adjunct professor of technology in education, blog webmaster, an Amazon Vine Voice, a columnist for TeachHUB and NEA Today, and a freelance journalist on tech ed topics. Look for her next prehistoric fiction, The Quest for Home, Fall 2019. You can find her tech ed books at her publisher’s website, Structured Learning
Love the excerpt! I might have to read a Western or two … Thanks, Jacqui! Good luck, Sandra!
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If you get past corny, they are great!
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I’m not into Westerns, though I can appreciate their appeal.
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I wasn’t either until I read a good one. The characters are tough, honest, moral, and survivalists. That all got my attention.
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Maybe I’ll give them a go… when I have gotten through my TBR list!
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Sounds like a book written with you in mind, Jacqui. 🙂
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You’d think so. Sandra really has a talent for Westerns!
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The cover is a work of art, the blurb both exciting and funny, the story appealing. Wishing Sandra Cox well on her new book.
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Thanks, Shari. You know me and Westerns–I can’t wait to get my hands on this book.
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Great title, and cover, too.
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Thanks for helping to kickstart Sandra’s newest book!
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Excellent excerpt- you’ve caught my interest 🙂
Congrats on the new release, Sandra!
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Yay, Sandra!
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Wonderful cover and great blurb and excerpt! Congrats and best wishes, Sandra. Sharing…
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Now if I can only wait for Amazon’s publication date…
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It made me smile to know that Sandra is a vegetarian, gardener and animal lover, Jacqui. Those attributes are slightly out of kilter in my mind with my concept of the Wild West. This book sounds most interesting.
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They did garden a lot–as in vegetable gardens. And they loved animals. They treated their horses better than some people because without a horse, many would die.
Not sure about the vegetarian, though. Hmm… Sandra–can you weigh in on that?
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If I lived in those days, I no doubt would have eaten meat too. But today it’s not necessary for survival so I avoid eating anything with a face:) Yup, it’s an animal thing.
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Thanks Jacqui
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Congrats Sandra on your new release! I am really looking forward to reading it:)
Thanks for hosting Jacqui.
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I’m honored to host Sandra’s new book!
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What a great crowd.
Thanks, Librapaley, glad you like the cover and title.
Thanks, Jacquie. Glad you liked the excerpt.
Thanks for sharing, Bette. Much appreciated.
Thanks so much, Denise. See ya tomorrow:)
I’m glad you like the cover, Parenting. With the eagle on it, it was exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks, Jess. Appreciate the well wishes. And thanks for stopping by.
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That’s definitely a cover to be proud of.
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I also like the bright sky amid the darkness. I have that sort of thing on my cover and feel like to speaks volumes
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What a great cover- the colors and design are really eye-catching. I haven’t read many westerns- but the story and characters sounds interesting. Best of luck to Sandra! 🙂
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Let me warn you: If you like thrillers and decide to try out Westerns, you may become addicted.
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Thanks for introducing Sandra’s book Jacqui, sounds interesting. Wishing her great success.
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I rarely pre-order a book but in this case, I did. I want to have it pop onto my Kindle as soon as it’s out there.
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Oh, I loved that excerpt and the blurb. I am such a sucker for a good “old west” western. Huge congrats to Sandra!
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You and me, Mae. Silverhills showed me Sandra can write westerns. I’m rather picky about who I read!
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Hey Mae,
How are you?
Thanks.I appreciate the interest in ThunderTree.
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Hanging in there, my friend. It looks like you’re doing amazing things!
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Thanks for the kind words, Annika.
Hi, GP. Fingers crossed it continues.
Thanks, Alex.
Thanks, Jill.
Susan, Thanks so much for the comparison. I love Jack Reacher:)
Jacqui, thanks so much for hosting. It is very much appreciated. You rock…
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My pleasure, Sandra. It makes me feel like publication date is almost here!
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Eye-catching cover. The blurb and excerpt pulled me in. I’m not a Western genre reader, but will try this one. Congrats to Sandra on her new release
JQ Rose
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Hi JQ, How are you? Thanks so much for the comments and trying ThunderTree. Appreciate ya.
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It is a great cover, innit? Lonely cowboy… Spirit guide… My mind is racing.
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Sounds like a hero worth the name. Best wishes to Sandra.
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Thanks, Staci. Ben would say that it’s what any right thinking man would do:)
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Hey, Ro. Thanks so much for all your support.
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I like these flawed, tough Western heros.
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A sexy cowboy who’s partial to animals AND respects women? Sign me up please. Love how Sandra is multi-faceted and can write on different genres too. Now we’re all counting down to July 22! Hugs, RO
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Me too–about the cowboy, the animals, and respect. What a guy! Sounds like the one I married though he’s no cowboy.
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A superb cover, blurb an extract … although not a huge fan of westerns this is one I’d definitely look at. Enjoy the book, Jacqui and I’ll look out for you review.
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Most cowboys don’t dig too deeply into who they are and why. I don’t either so it fits me well. I know what you mean about Westerns, though, Annika. I never read them–for 50 years–and now I can’t stop.
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I’m glad to see westerns make a comeback!
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Sandra’s written a lot of other books but it was her Western–Silverhill–that caught my attention. Now this one. She’s really good in this genre.
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Good to know. I read westerns now and then.
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It’s a really cool cover.
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I can’t wait to read the story–cowboys, open spaces, and Eagles. Yeah. Perfect.
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Great cover! Thanks for sharing, Jacqui.
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I love cover reveal. I get to find out so much about a book.
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Cover is great and it reads like a Jack Reacher/Lee Childs – I know comparisons are odious but that was my excited thought 🙂
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Set in the 1800’s. I feel the same way. Westerns are thrillers in many ways.
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