A Cowboy’s Fate earns 4 1/2 STARS from - Got Romance! Reviews

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Forced to leave England, Britania Rule chose to come to The Colonies. She was looking for someone to take her to Leadville. Cody James was wanting to get a fresh start in Leadville, so he answered Britania’s ad. He thought she was very fancy. She thought he was infuriating. They start out, Britania is definitely not used to camping out in the on frontier. They share food, fire and sleep near each other. They get closer as they get closer to Leadville.

Britiana discovers that Cody is the man that will take care of her. They learn to respect each other and realized they that really do care about each other.  Along the way, they have several adventures that bring them even closer together. In spite of their differences and trials they had getting to Leadville, Cody and Britania found their love through their travels.

I really liked this book from the start. I love the characters. Britania Rule is not a woman afraid to take on a challenge. Cody James is a man for hire and does not really have a home or a family. It is not until he meets Britiania that he finds that maybe he can have that and more. Cody never expected to fall for a woman like Britania. In spite of their differences they found their love. I believe that they will have a very happy life together. I would recommend this book.

A Cowboy’s Fate earns 4 1/2 STARS from - Got Romance! Reviews

     Thank you Pattie @ Got Romance! Reviews. 

Forced to leave England, Britania Rule chose to come to The Colonies. She was looking for someone to take her to Leadville. Cody James was wanting to get a fresh start in Leadville, so he answered Britania’s ad. He thought she was very fancy. She thought he was infuriating. They start out, Britania is definitely not used to camping out in the on frontier. They share food, fire and sleep near each other. They get closer as they get closer to Leadville.

Britiana discovers that Cody is the man that will take care of her. They learn to respect each other and realized they that really do care about each other.  Along the way, they have several adventures that bring them even closer together. In spite of their differences and trials they had getting to Leadville, Cody and Britania found their love through their travels.

I really liked this book from the start. I love the characters. Britania Rule is not a woman afraid to take on a challenge. Cody James is a man for hire and does not really have a home or a family. It is not until he meets Britiania that he finds that maybe he can have that and more. Cody never expected to fall for a woman like Britania. In spite of their differences they found their love. I believe that they will have a very happy life together. I would recommend this book.

                     

Old Bill Williams, Mountain Man Extraordinaire

Old Bill Williams

   Born in North Carolina in 1787, William Sherley Williams may not have been the most famous mountain man, but he was one of the most interesting. Proud of his feats of daring, strength, and valor, he felt no need for protection, and often traveled alone earning him the name Old Solitaire, and Lone Elk.

   The end of the revolutionary war was not the end of conflict or chaos, and heading west sounded like a good idea. In his younger years Old Bill was a preacher, bent on missionary work. 

                                     

              He translated the bible into the Osage language,
and and was the interpreter for the 1825 treaty between the Osage and the United States. But in the end, it was the Osage who converted him rather than the other way around.


  He married an Osage woman named Wind Blossom, and fathered two daughters, Mary Ann, and Sarah. After that, even though he turned his back on the white man’s civilized ways, he sent his daughters to school in Kentucky. They both ended up married to the same man. First, Mary became the wife of John Allan Mathews. Upon her death, John married Sarah. They had a deep connection and  kept in close contact with the Osage people.  

 Sarah’s grandson, John Joseph Mathews became an historian for the Osage tribe. He studied at the University of Oklahoma, Oxford University and the University of Geneva, and after serving as a flight instructor during World War I, Old Bill William's great grandson served on the Osage Tribal Council,                                             and in 1938 he founded the Tribal Museum.

                              Uncle Dick Wootton                                     Kit Carson

                      with his companion Jesus Silva 

Uncle Dick Wootton as I knew him. 

    Old Bill traveled in esteemed company including such notables as Kit Carson, Uncle Dick Wooten, and John C. Frémont. But because he had a gift for languages, he spent more of his life with the varied Native American tribes than with other mountain men. A skilled trapper and natural born leader, he never sought fame or a captain’s title. He explored for the sake of exploring, and loved what he called “an innocent frolic”. He seemed to be of a dual personality, looked upon by some as treacherous and near crazy, and by others as kindly and trustworthy. Wherever he went, he was steeped in controversy, with a penchant for mischief, and mysticism, including the belief in reincarnation. 

                          

John C. Fremont

     In November 1848, Frémont headed up the Transcontinental Railroad survey party. Their route to the west included crossing the treacherous Sangre de Cristo mountain range. By the time Frémont reached Bent’s Fort in Colorado, there was already a foot of snow on the ground. 

                                                         Bent's Fort reconstructed

       Here he ran into Uncle Dick Wootton, and asked him to be their guide over the pass, but was turned down. Moving on to Pueblo, Frémont next came across Old Bill Williams who agreed to give it a go. But as the unrelenting snow continued, with no signs of letting up, Williams eventually advised Frémont to turn back. 

    Unfortunately, Fremont continued on, and ten members of the expedition were lost to starvation and exposure. Old Bill's group not being among them.

                                                                                                                            (How it looks in good weather.)

  Rather than admit to his own failings, Frémont blamed all on Old Bill accusing him of incompetence, premeditated treachery, and even cannibalism. Truth be told, they would have been in even more dire straights without him. Old Bill never got a chance to refute these terrible claims. About two months after arriving in Taos with the splinter-group of survivors, he was killed by Utes in an area he often traveled. The army in Taos had recently been out "teaching the Indians a lesson" and when Old Bill crossed paths with the Utes they were in no mood to parley. 

It is surmised the band of Utes who killed Old Bill did not recognize him at the time. Later when they realized who he was, the gave him a chief's burial. 


For more details on Old Bill's life, read Favour's excellent book, from whence came a good deal of this wonderful information. 

           

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    Can a six-foot-tall female Fae Warrior from another realm, and a hunky ready for action ex-Army Ranger save the earth from invasion?  

     Adventure and romance clash headfirst in Solace, and although touted as a Sci/Fi/Fantasy, you won't have to leave earth, or learn a new language. The action takes place right here on earth. But villains will be villains, regardless of species. And no matter where they call home, heroes and heroines will always find love.   

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Solace Goodeve, one of Mother Nature’s favorite Fae Warriors, is assigned to Earth to help save the planet. Reptile invaders, disguising themselves as humans, are waging a takeover—and Mother is mad enough to eat asteroids. Solace is ready to prove herself as a warrior, but having a human for a partner is not in her battle plan—even if the man is rugged, ripped, and ready for action. 

Army Ranger, Tanner Jackson, has seen his share of black op missions. The last one took a toll on both body and soul. Tanner isn’t looking for love, even though his new partner is six-foot-tall and drop dead gorgeous. However, after Solace shows him a new meaning to working undercover, he may have to reconsider that possibility.

As the Reps plan to sabotage NOAA, Tanner and Solace must learn to trust one another. But as they're trying to save the world, Solace and Tanner might just lose their hearts—and that takes the most courage of all.

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     There must be some mistake. The man striding toward her couldn’t be Tanner Jackson. Dressed in a black t-shirt, camo cargo pants, and rugged lace up boots, he looked ready for a special ops mission, not a day of wrestling with figures and scientific data. Tall and well-muscled, he appeared rock solid, like he belonged in the age of Athena. In fact, he seemed so overwhelmingly masculine, she worried he might not be human. That gave her pause. Had the Reps already established a man on the inside?

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HAPPY LAMMAS

                                       Happy Lughnassad. 
                        It's hard to believe the first harvest is here. 
                                   
This holiday is typically celebrated on August 1st, although some traditions adhere to a date closer to the actual cross quarter date.It is a time when we rejoice in the plenty now available to us before the second and third harvests begin in earnest.

                                      

  It is time of beginnings and of endings. In Celtic culture, particularly in Ireland, it was a time when marriages were arranged. Young people without partners attended gatherings to seek betrothals.

These betrothals were for a year and a day, giving the young couples time to determine if this marriage would bring forth offspring and if they were compatible. These handfastings appear remarkably close to Wiccan handfastings, and were reported as late as the 15th century.

                                               

As we reap the bounty of the Mother Earth we can draw good fortune to ourselves by creating a corn dolly from the first grain to honor the Great Mother. Or, bake a cake of the first grains and give a portion of it back to the Earth with thanks for her bounty.     

                                                             

                                       

        Historically, it was the time of craft fairs with gaily-decorated booths dotting the ancient agricultural festival sites. As with all pagan holidays these were days of joy and a rare day off from the daily toil our ancestors faced. Plays were held, dances brought villagers together, reveling commenced at sunset and continued through the night.

    Eventually, like so many Pagan holidays Lughnassad was Christianized. In this case, it was converted to Lammas. Lammas means "Loaf Mass" for it was the day the first loaves from the first harvest were laid on the altar as offerings to the Christian god.

  Now we honor St. Catherine

                                                                         and John Barleycorn. 

                                                                                        

Immortalized in the 20th century by Steve Winwood and the band Traffic.  Song: John Barleycorn must die. 

   In 1100 A.D., William II, the son of William the Conqueror, was found dead in the woods on Lammas. Mysteriously killed while out hunting. The person responsible was never caught, but a comet had previously been seen heralding the death of a king.  

     This year there is a blue moon on the 31st which won't occur again until 2018, so the magic of the universe is truly working for us this Lammas day. 

   Wherever you are on August 1st, remember to be thankful for Mother Earth, Mother Nature, and the mother who bore you. 

                         

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