Two worlds
in conflict. Two hearts intertwined. One love worth fighting for.
Wealthy
Englishwoman Lady Elizabeth Baylor longs for adventure. She leaves for America
full of hope, only to lose everything to a villain hiding treachery behind his
smile. Lost in this strange and lawless land, Elizabeth vows to track down the
man who did her wrong, but she can’t do it alone. What she needs is someone
hardened by the west and unflinching toward its dangers: notorious bounty
hunter Logan Best.
Ill-mannered
and seemingly ruthless, Logan exorcises his dark past by throwing himself into
his vengeful profession – hunting wanted men. There is nothing about the
pampered Englishwoman that should call to him, and yet as their adventure takes
them across the wild and treacherous west, he realizes he’ll do anything to
keep her safe … and defend his Lady to his final breath.
EXCERPT FROM LOGAN’S
LADY:
“You’re late,” she told him.
Logan hardened a little at her
snippy attitude. “What?”
“I asked you to come right away,
Mister Best.”
Logan glanced at the sheriff, who
shrugged. “I told you to hurry it up,” White said.
Logan looked back at Elizabeth.
“Ma’am, I’m not a man who takes orders. And I was on the trail several days
before I came here and—I might remind you—helped you. I was damn tired last
night, so I slept in.”
“You probably drank too much and
slept with one of those awful painted women. I know about men like you. I’ve
read about them in penny dreadfuls.”
Logan could hardly keep from
bursting out laughing. “In what?”
“Penny dreadfuls. I’ve learned here
in America they are called dime novels.”
Logan couldn’t control a little gasp
of laughter. “You believe those things?”
“Was I wrong about where you were
last night?” she replied.
Never in his life had Logan
struggled so hard to stifle a true guffaw. “No, ma’am, you were not wrong, but
life out here isn’t always like what you read in those little books.
I’ve heard about them and they’re food for a lot of jokes among men like us.
Believe me, there aren’t many heroic cowboys or lawmen out here.”
“Have you ever read one of those little
books?”
“No, ma’am.”
“Do you read, Mister Best?”
Logan
still felt sorry for this poor young lady, but already he wasn’t fond of her as
a person. The “princess” from London had an air about her he did not like at
all.
BOOKLIST (Jenna Friebel) – “This immersive romance set in the lawless Old West is packed with action and adventure, including murder. Bittner has created an unlikely couple worth cheering for, and she sure knows how to keep readers on the edge of their seats.”
PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY – “Bittner makes an implausible premise feel absolutely real, showing how two very different characters can make compromises and find love. Fast-paced, touching, and sensual, this historical is not to be missed.”
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First published in 1983, Rosanne Bittner is a USA
TODAY best-selling author of 68 novels involving American history, from the
French & Indian wars through the settling of America’s Great West. Dubbed
an “emotional powerhouse” for her memorable love stories, 95% of Rosanne’s
realistic, gritty westerns have garnered 5-star reviews on Amazon. She lives in
S.W. Michigan, but has traveled the West for 30 years and has visited most of
the locations in her books.
E.E.: Do you often "get lost" in a book?
Rosanne: I don’t often get lost in a book I am reading, probably
because the book I am writing myself at the time is always on my mind. However,
I do get lost in every story I write because my characters mean so much to me.
I fall in love with the hero and identify with the heroine, and as I write the
story I learn more and more about both characters and flesh them out to the
point of feeling as though they are real. Their spirits visit me from the past
and ask me to write their story. It’s as though I am writing real history.
E.E.: What is the first book you remember reading?
Rosanne: The first book I remember reading is THE SECRET CLOCK, A Nancy
Drew mystery. But the first book I read that really stuck with me and made me
want to write about pioneer women is A LANTERN IN HER HAND, by Bess Streeter
Aldrich. It is a wonderful story about the loneliness of living on the Nebraska
prairie with no neighbors – and showing how the heroine’s dreams for herself
were realized through her children. Great story. You need Kleenex beside you
when you read it.
E.E.: Have you ever met a real life hero?
Rosanne: A real-life hero I’ve met is Dee Brown (a man, in case you aren’t sure), who authored BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE. After reading that book, I knew I had to write the truth about our Native American history.
Rosanne: A real-life hero I’ve met is Dee Brown (a man, in case you aren’t sure), who authored BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE. After reading that book, I knew I had to write the truth about our Native American history.
E.E.: What sound do you love?
Rosanne: I absolutely love the sound of birds in the spring, and I love
watching them. I have lots of bird feeders, and our back yard is full of big
pine trees. Birds love to nest in them.
E.E.: What is your favorite movie?
Rosanne: My favorite movie of all time? That’s a hard one, but it would
probably be LAST OF THE MOHICANS. But I also love PALE RIDER, HANG ‘EM HIGH and
THE SHOOTIST. All were so realistic, and you can’t beat Clint Eastwood and John
Wayne in westerns. THE SHOOTIST makes me cry every time because it’s about an
ageing gunfighter dying of cancer, and at the time John Wayne had cancer. It
was his last movie. What a perfect ending for him and for his movie career. I
also love (for a contemporary) Clint Eastwood in GRAND TORINO. Fabulous movie –
and such a good lesson in cultural differences in this country.
E.E.: Do you put yourself in heroine's roles while writing?
Rosanne: YOU
BET!!! Who wouldn’t want to be held by such great heroes?
E.E.: Do you write while listening to music?
Rosanne: Yes, I ALWAYS write to music – all the theme songs from some of the
greatest westerns, especially LONESOME DOVE and THE BIG COUNTRY.
E.E.: Which hero would you most like to invite to dinner?
Rosanne: JAKE HARKNER (From my
Outlaw Hearts series)
E.E.: What drives your hero crazy?
Rosanne: In LOGAN’S LADY, the one thing that drives the hero crazy is the
heroine’s haughty attitude and her advanced education. The hero can’t even
read. The one thing that drives the heroine crazy is the hero’s lack of
“proper” manners and the fact that he can’t read and is always making fun of
her use of big words he doesn’t even understand. She considers him an
uneducated, crude “cowboy.”
E.E.: Describe an absolutely perfect day.
Rosanne: An absolutely perfect day for me is for it to be warm enough to go
outside early in the morning with a cup of coffee and listen to the birds and
watch the baby rabbits in my garden – then do a little gardening myself – then
go inside and write for a while – then enjoy another cup of coffee in my garden
at noon – then take a short nap – then write more – then work outside a little
more.
E.E.: What has been your most rewarding publishing moment?
Rosanne: My most rewarding publishing moment was when my Sourcebooks editor asked me to
write a sequel to OUTLAW HEARTS, a book I wrote in 1993 and always wanted to
continue with a sequel. It took over 20 years to finally find an editor who
wanted that sequel. Those two books led to two more and became my Outlaw Hearts
series about my beloved “bad man with a good heart” – Jake Harkner. I am hoping
to write a fifth book. It is already written “in my head.”
Enter the drawing for some fantastic prizes from Rosanne!
Second prize
– Autographed copy of LOGAN’S LADY plus autographed copies of all four of my
“Outlaw Hearts” books – OUTLAW HEARTS, DO NOT FORSAKE ME, LOVE’S SWEET REVENGE
and THE LAST OUTLAW. Plus some misc. goodies.
Third prize
– Autographed copy of LOGAN’S LADY plus some misc. goodies.
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My editor says there have been several books written
about Americans going to England and getting caught up in English culture, but not many about the English
coming here and landing in our rough and rugged cowboy culture. That is the
basis for my book, LOGAN’S LADY. Would you like to see more books about this?
It is food for humor and culture clash and it was fun to write!