Old West Trivia with Victoria Vane
The Pony Express was in operation for only nineteen months from April 1860 through October 1861. The Pony Express carried almost 35,000 pieces of mail over more than 650,000 miles during those nineteen months and lost only one mail sack. The typical Pony Express rider was nineteen years old and made $100-$150 per month plus room and board.
Saddle Up by Victoria Vane
Series: Hot Cowboy Nights, Book 4
ISBN: 9781492635109
Release Date: June 7, 2016
Genre: Contemporary
Western Romance
About the Book
Award-winning author Victoria Vane lets loose the fourth in
the Hot Cowboy Nights series
WILD HORSES COULDN’T BRING THEM TOGETHER...
With exceptional talent and looks, cowboy “horse whisperer”
Keith Russo once had the world at his feet — until his career was unwittingly
destroyed by an aspiring filmmaker. After being rejected by his family for
exploiting his Native American heritage, Keith has no choice but to turn back
to his humble beginnings as a wild horse wrangler.
BUT MAYBE THEIR PASSION CAN...
Miranda Sutton always dreamed of making films, until wild
mustangs captured her heart. But turning her grandmother’s Montana ranch into a
wild horse sanctuary proves harder than she thought. She needs someone who
knows wild horses. Keith and the mustangs need each other. And while working
together to save the herd, Keith and Miranda discover a passion as wild as the
mustangs they love.
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Giveaway
Excerpt from SADDLE UP
“I can’t believe
this whole experience,” she said. “It’s like a weird dream. Do people really
live like this? With poisonous snakes and horse-eating lions?”
“Where I come from
they do. We coexist with many predators, including wolves and grizzlies. I
thought you said your grandparents have a ranch. Didn’t you ever encounter any
wildlife there?”
“It’s actually
just my grandma’s now. We rode horses and played around with the cattle, but I
never experienced anything like this before.”
He chuckled. “You
aren’t in Kansas anymore, Dorothy.”
“Funny you said
that. The Wizard of Oz is my favorite film. I’ve watched it thirteen
times, part of which was a twenty-four hour marathon.”
“I don’t
understand you.” He shook his head with a wry smile. “How can you watch the
same film over and over when you already know what’s going to happen?”
“Because every
time I watch it I focus on a different character and try to experience the
events through his or her eyes. It’s all about the journey, not the destination.”
“Which character
do you best identify with?” he asked.
“Well, usually
it’s usually Dorothy, given that we’re both country girls and my experience in
L.A. was all too much like hers in Oz, but I have to admit that tonight I’m
identifying a lot more with the cowardly lion.”
“If that’s so, I
have something that might help.” He reached beneath his shirt for a leather
cord that he pulled over his head.
“What is it?” she
asked, fingering the object that hung from the necklace.
“A grizzly tooth.
It was my boo-ha-gant.” He slipped it over her head. “Now it’s yours.”
He smiled into her eyes. “It will give you courage, but you must keep it
secret, or it’ll lose its powers.”
“Courage? So this
is really how you killed that snake? Won’t you lose your superpowers without
it?”
“No.” He stroked a
finger along her collarbone above where the tooth lay nestled between her
breasts. “For the record, you have yet to know my true superpowers. We were
interrupted before I could demonstrate them to you.”
Her face flushed.
“You do think a lot of yourself, don’t you?”
He brought his
finger back up to her mouth to trace her lips. “Let’s just say I wouldn’t have
disappointed you.”
But disappointment
reflected in her eyes. “Well, I guess we’ll never know now, will we?”
“No,” he replied,
regretfully. “We never will.” He wasn’t likely ever to see her again, but in
their short time together he’d opened up more with her than he had with anyone
else in years. “Are you sorry you came?” he asked.
She exhaled a soft
sigh. “No. Even with all that happened, I’m still glad I came.”
Maybe her answer
shouldn’t have surprised him, but it did. This day had put her mettle to the
test, revealing a strength she probably didn’t even know she possessed. She
still had so much to learn about herself. He would have enjoyed the chance to
watch her journey, but it wasn’t meant to be. There was no point in dwelling on
it. The opportunity was lost. Tomorrow they’d find the missing horses and part
ways.
He pulled her head
onto his chest and stroked her hair. “Sleep now, Aiwattsi. I’ll keep you
safe.”
About the Author
Victoria Vane is a multiple award-winning romance novelist and history junkie whose collective works of fiction range from wildly comedic romps to emotionally compelling erotic romance. Victoria also writes historical fiction as Emery Lee and is the founder of the Romantic Historical Fiction Lovers Goodreads group and the Romantic Historical Lovers book review blog. She lives on the east coast of Florida.
Connect with Victoria
Website: http://www.victoriavane.com/
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/authorvictoriav
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