Hello Faye! Thank you
so much for visiting Written Butterfly with me again! It’s such a pleasure to chat with you. So tell me…
Q) How did you dream
up the dynamics of your characters?
Phoebe Porter, the heroine of Amorous Redemption, is based on the stories I was told of my great
grandmother. Both women share the
surname of Porter, but are also very strong women willing to defy society’s
rules to survive. Duncan MacAllester,
the hero and bounty hunter sent in search of Phoebe, was a character that
developed along the way. I had
originally thought to base him on my great grandfather but he ended up being an
even stronger character, one willing to risk everything for the woman he loved.
Q) Can you give a
fun or interesting fact about your book?
An interesting
fact about Amorous Redemption is the cattle station mentioned throughout – Inkerman
Downs Station – was in fact owned and run by my great grandmother’s
family. There last name was Porter. Until recently it still remained in the
family.
Q) Do you have any
habits that get you in the writing frame of mind?
I find music always helps get the ideas flowing and makes
things easier to start writing.
Q) Do you plan all
your characters out before you start a story or do they develop as you write?
I usually have a notepad with basic outline of characters in
it – eye color, hair and so on. There
personalities for the most part though grow as the book does.
Q) How much real life do you put into or
influences your books?
Every book I have written always has a few real life things in it. Sometimes it’s just the names of some of the
characters. Other times its actual
occupations of people from mine, or my husbands, family tree.
Q) What are your
upcoming projects?
I have signed a contract for a book titled Heart of Stone. I’m waiting for a cover and edits at the
moment, but in short it tells the struggles of an Australian slave trader who
falls in love with an Irish slave.
BLURB
Phoebe Porter
had run away from her family…from her fiancé…from her life.
Upon arriving in
the dusty mining town of Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia, Phoebe was certain
she was finally safe from all who wanted to rob her of everything she
had…including her life. That was until
she felt herself being swept up in the strong arms of a stranger…a stranger she
would soon be surrendering her body and heart too.
This was to be
the last job for bounty hunter, Duncan MacAllester. All he had to do was retrieve Phoebe Porter
from Ravenswood and return her to her home of Inkerman Downs Station and to the
fiancé awaiting her. If he could survive
this last hunt for this woman then he would finally have the money he needed to
reclaim his cattle station and retrieve his life.
When Duncan
pulled Phoebe safely from the midst of a bar brawl, never could he have
imagined this would be the beginning of one of the most dangerous journeys he
had ever made…or the most passionate.
Together Duncan
and Phoebe must face not only the unforgiving humidity of the North Queensland
outback, but also the men that were sent after them to kill them both.
When Phoebe is
ripped from his grasp by the abusive hands of her fiancé, Duncan follows her
back to her hometown knowing that he would do anything to protect this
woman…even if it cost him his life.
EXCERPT
Duncan turned to her, obviously annoyed by her
continued stubbornness. “Damn it,
Phoebe. There are far worse men out
there your family could send after you than me.”
“I don’t care,” she replied
sternly. “Either you keep me safe away
from what awaits me at Inkerman Downs Station or I shall find a man who can.”
Phoebe stood firm watching as
Duncan approached her, his steps measured.
“Have you any idea how dangerous
it is for a woman such as yourself out here in the Australian bush?” Duncan
asked her. “We are miles away from
civilization, and practically rubbing shoulders with creatures that either want
to kill you or eat you.”
“I don’t care,” Phoebe said, her
stubbornness continuing. “I won’t go
back there.”
“But why?” Duncan asked. “I don’t understand your continued
resistance.”
Phoebe felt her restraint
crumbling under his continual questioning.
She wanted to appear only a figure of strength before this man, but
Phoebe knew her fear would be her weakness.
“Have you any idea what it is
like to live in fear each day not knowing what your family has planned for
you?” Phoebe asked him, spitting the words at him like poison. “Have you any idea what it is like being
afraid of every man you meet, wondering if this is the man your family has sold
you to?”
Phoebe took a steadying breath,
feeling her tears threatening, knowing she had to reign back in some of her
control.
“I won’t go back, Duncan...not to
my family nor to Gordon. I will not go
back to be the wife of some monster to be beaten and raped and treated little
better than the scum on the bottom of his boot!”
“But I don’t understand,” Duncan
asked, his brow furrowed in confusion.
“If you were my fiancé-”
“But I am not your fiancé!”
Phoebe yelled back at him. “I am nothing
more than your redemption!”
“My redemption?” Duncan asked.
Watching as Duncan’s face filled
with clear annoyance at her choice of words, Phoebe began to wonder if she
should have made that last remark about their relationship over the last few
days.
“My redemption?” Duncan asked
again. “You think I’ve been sleeping
with you for money?”
Feeling suddenly nervous at the
stony cold tone in Duncan’s voice, Phoebe fidgeted with her fingers
uncertainly.
“Why else would a man like you be
so eager to crawl between my thighs?” Phoebe asked, her words far harsher than
she had intended.
“Your family paid me to return
you, sweetheart!” Duncan exclaimed in an angry tone unlike any she had heard
before. “They never paid me to sleep
with you!”
Phoebe struggled to hold back her
tears. “My family would have paid you to
do whatever you had to to get me to go back with you, Duncan...including seduce
me.”
Phoebe wiped a tear away from her
cheek in pure frustration that she should show such weakness in front of this
man.
“You are no different to my
fiancé,” Phoebe said angrily. “I am
nothing more to you than an exchange of goods for money.”
She couldn’t understand why but
Duncan appeared pained upon hearing her words.
“Exchange of goods?” he asked,
his words laced with more hurt then irritation now. “You really think I was paid to seduce
you? You actually think I was paid to
sleep with you...to take your purity?”
Phoebe nodded silently, not
trusting herself to speak.
Walking up to her, Duncan stopped
just inches from her, all harshness gone from his features.
“It was you who walked past me at
the waterhole that day as naked as the day you were born. When I went to you, you didn’t push me away,
nor did you tell me to stop. You welcomed
me with open arms, Phoebe.”
Phoebe let out a steadying sigh,
knowing what he said to be true.
“I had little choice. I was scared of what you might to do me
should I refuse you.”
Reaching his hand to behind her
head, his fingers laced in her hair.
Pulling her to him, his lips embraced hers hard and painful. Releasing her from his hold, Duncan took a
single step back away from her.
“Your family was paying me extra
to ensure I didn’t sleep with you, Phoebe.” Duncan spat the words at her.
With that Duncan turned away from
her and walked back to the horse, swinging himself up into the saddle.
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