Hello everyone! First of all, thank you Jean for having me here on your blog today. It’s great to be here, because if we can’t get out and visit our friends in person, at least we can meet online.

Since we just passed Mother’s Day, I thought I’d talk a little about the heroine of my book, Will o’ the Wisp. Allison Delaney is a single mom who struggles to make a good life for her child. She is devoted to her young daughter Lizzie and the horses she cares for and does all she can to keep them safe. While I was never a single mom, I am a mother and my own mom was widowed young, so I had a wonderful example of a woman who carried on in spite of what life had handed her. That’s what Allison has done, trying her very best to care for Lizzie while running a horse boarding business, as well as rescuing horses that have fallen on bad times.

While I never ran a boarding stable, like Allison I was born loving horses and spent a lot of time as a teenager hanging around stables and horses. I read every book in the local library about girls and horses, and when my own kids were young, we owned a horse for ten years. So, I knew in my heart how a woman like Allison would feel when the things that mattered most in her life were suddenly at risk and how she might react. She might even turn for help to the man who once broke her heart.

 Here is an excerpt from Will o’ the Wisp.

The man who stepped from inside the truck was definitely not Doc. Tall, with shoulders stretching the faded fabric of his denim shirt and shiny black hair that glistened in the sunlight, he would have towered over Doc’s stocky figure. As he started toward the barn, she couldn’t see his face, but the easy swagger to his walk, the way he rolled his booted feet from heel to toe spoke to her of things she thought she had forgotten. Had worked very hard to forget. Feelings she’d buried ten years ago. Uncomfortable, she dropped her gaze to her daughter who had come to stand next to Gypsy.

“Is he Doc’s helper, you think?” Lizzie scrunched her nose. “I don’t think I know him.”

Sudden awareness clutched Allison’s heart, giving it an extra beat, as if to prove the man walking toward her was still easy on the eyes but hard on the heart. He’d certainly been hard on hers.

Learning to trust Shane McBride again might be the hardest thing she’s had to do, but Allison is determined to protect those she loves. What she doesn’t count on is falling in love again. Yet it is her mother’s instinct that leads Shane to become the hero she’s always wanted.

When you think about it, Mother’s Day is really a celebration of women, for all the roles we play in life. It honors all those who nurture, who encourage, teach and love; moms, those who stand in as moms, moms of furry kids, and all the women who give so much of themselves to make the world a better place. With that in mind, I hope you all had an enjoyable Mother’s Day. To celebrate it, and to honor moms everywhere, Will o’ the Wisp is on sale for a limited time for $0.99. Shane and Allison’s story is one that’s sure to lift your spirits at a time when we all can use some cheering up.

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