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Eve Gaddy talks about the writer relationship with imaginary characters and how she listens to what they tell her.

Tule Publishing — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 13:00:08 +0000

As most of you know, writers are weird.:) I don’t mean that in a bad way. After all, I’m a writer. But even I must admit that not only talking to imaginary people but also having imaginary people talk to me is a bit…well, weird. Unless you’re a writer.

What does this have to do with The Christmas Cowboy, my November 7 release, you ask? Liam McFarland, the hero of this book, almost took over his brother Logan’s book. I had to slap him down several times, promising him that yes, he would get his own book with his own heroine but no, Logan’s book (The Wrong Brother) wasn’t his! You couldn’t really blame the guy since Logan’s heroine originally came to Marietta to get to know Liam. And Liam does play an important part in Logan’s book.

Liam listened to me and backed off. Begrudgingly, I might add. But Logan told him in no uncertain terms that his brother needed to butt out of The Wrong Brother. Which he didn’t exactly do but he tried. Anyway, after writing Logan’s book I got to finally write Liam’s.

I’m always asking my husband and daughter, both in the medical profession, questions. Val Fletcher, the heroine of this book, is pregnant throughout. (Don’t worry. It’s not a spoiler. You find this out really quickly at the beginning.) My daughter was a OB/GYN Physician’s Assistant. I asked her all sorts of questions. I like to be as accurate as I can be. Sometimes she’ll ask me a question and I’ll say, “I don’t know. She (or he) hasn’t told me yet. It took her a while to understand my characters do talk to me. I can’t explain it. They just do. It’s when they stop talking that I have a problem.

I love this guy. Liam is sweet, he’s protective, he’ll do anything for the people he loves. He loves his family. He loves his horses and his dogs and pretty soon he falls in love with his heroine, Val, although he doesn’t think she’s in love with him. He doesn’t know, although she told me several times, that Val is in love with him and has been forever.

Their journey from a marriage of convenience to a full-fledged love was a joy to write. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

About the Author.

Eve Gaddy is the award winning, national bestselling author of forty novels. Her books have sold over a million copies and been published in many countries and several languages. She writes contemporary romance, romantic suspense, romantic mystery, and a bit of paranormal romance as well.

Eve’s books have won and been nominated for awards from Romantic Times, Golden Quill, Bookseller’s Best, Holt Medallion, Daphne Du Maurier and many more. Eve was awarded the 2008 Romantic Times Career Achievement award for Series Storyteller of the year, and was nominated for a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Innovative Series romance. She loves her family, books, electronics, the mountains, and East Texas in the spring and fall. She also loves a happy ending. That’s why she writes romance.

Eve Gaddy shares that her story inspiration for “The Wrong Brother” came from her daughter.

Tule Publishing — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 12:00:38 +0000

I was thinking about what sparked the idea for my new book, The Wrong Brother. My daughter has been married for quite a while but I’ll never forget when she met her future husband.

She was living at home in between teaching jobs. One of her college friends set her up on a blind date with an old friend of hers. He asked one of his friends to go and my daughter asked one of hers so it was a double (blind) date.

When my daughter got home I asked her how it went. She started talking about the guy she didn’t have a date with. Not just mentioning him but it was clear she was really interested in this guy. So I said, “Wait. Didn’t you have a date with the other guy?”

“Oh, yes. He was nice.” And she continued talking about the other one. So it wasn’t a huge surprise when the other one called her for a date. That evening he’d called my daughter’s date and asked if he minded if he asked my daughter out. He said no, that was fine. As they say, that was the start of a beautiful relationship.:)

And her original blind date? He told the story at their wedding.

So I asked myself what would happen if my heroine went to Marietta to meet a man she met online? And what if instead of falling for the one she went to meet, she falls for his brother?

Logan and Cici’s story doesn’t go nearly as smoothly as my daughter’s did. Even though Liam, Logan’s brother and the man she met online, agreed they were better as friends, that sure didn’t solve all the problems. (Liam has his own story in The Christmas Cowboy – releasing November 7th of this year.) You’ll have to read it to see what happens!

About the Author.

August releases are heating up at Tule! Check out our August romance release line up. (Plus, enter a giveaway!)

Tule Publishing — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 07:00:00 +0000

GIVEAWAY: Because who doesn’t love FREE books?

We will pick ONE winner to receive a digital book of their choice from the August romance releases. Comment down below saying which book you’re looking most forward to reading! Giveaway is open INTERNATIONALLY. The winner will be randomly selected and announced at the end of the month.

Good luck and happy reading!

Check out our new romance releases for August!

The Maverick’s Surprise Family by Roxanne Snopek
The Malones of Grand, Montana, Book 3
August 1, 2024

Make it Real by Nan Reinhardt
The Walkers of River’s Edge, book 2
August 6, 2024

All’s Fair in Love and Rodeo by Leah Vale
Grit and Grace, book 1
August 8, 2024

The Wrong Brother by Eve Gaddy
Montana Made, book 1
August 20, 2024

Her Missing Pieces by Susan Sands
Moonshine, book 1
August 27, 2024

Small Town Christmas Anthology by Jane Porter
August 20, 2024