Lorrie Farrelly is the award-winning author of not only westerns but romance, time travel, suspense and paranormal books. She tells me a favourite of her books is TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT.
Lorrie is a finalist for the Orange
Rose Award in romantic fiction. Her novels have been awarded Readers' Favorite
5-Stars. TERMS OF SURRENDER is a MEDALIST in the 2014 READERS' FAVORITE
INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS and a FIRST PLACE WINNER in the 2014 LARAMIE AWARDS
for Western and Civil War fiction. TIMELAPSE is also a 2014 READERS' FAVORITE
INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS honoree, as well as a GOLD MEDALIST in the 2014
AUTHOR'S CAVE BOOK AWARDS. It is the TIME-TRAVEL NOVEL WINNER in the 2014
CYGNUS AWARDS for Sci Fi and Speculative Fiction. Her short story THE LONGEST
WAY HOME from A COWBOY CELEBRATION is a Western Fictioneers 2015 PEACEMAKER
AWARD winner.
TERMS
OF ENGAGEMENT is the second book in the ‘Terms’ trilogy.
In book one, TERMS OF SURRENDER, we
meet former Confederate Army officer MICHAEL CANTRELL. In an attempt to find
himself after the Civil War Michael journeys to Wyoming Territory and marries
ANNIE, becoming the stepfather to her son ROBERT.
We flash forward almost 20 years and ENGAGEMENT shows us Robert in 1885,
now a doctor with a practice in Colorado, a widower with a small daughter. He
stumbles across a damaged woman, TESS RUTLEDGE, and her small son. Taking them under
his wing, he brings them back to the Cantrell family ranch. But Tess’s cruel
and abusive husband pursues, and he’s hired a professional killer to ensure
that, if he can’t have Tess, nobody can… Meanwhile Robert has an unlikely guardian
angel: the ghost of Michael’s dead brother, killed in the Civil War.
The most celebrated ‘doctor’ in the Old West was DOCTOR JOHN HOLLIDAY, (1851-1887)
who, as ‘DOC’ HOLLIDAY, was the famous/ infamous associate of WYATT EARP.
Holliday wasn’t even a doctor, of course, he was a dentist!
I was going to incorporate an overview of medical practitioners in the
Old West into this blog but decided it’s such a big subject it requires a blog entirely
of its own. In the meantime I would refer you to KEITH SOUTER, who is a part
time doctor and medical writer and also novelist. He has written non-fiction
(health and medical guides) thrillers and also westerns under the pen-name CLAY
MORE. Keith regularly posts and blogs about the practice of medicine in the Old
West on Internet Forums such as Western Fictioneers. Keith also writes as KEITH MORAY and you can find out about him, in his various writing incarnations, here: https://keithmorayauthor.com
REVIEWS:
Among many reviews acclaiming TERMS
OF ENGAGEMENT:
‘A powerful story. It incorporates love,
danger, and excitement, with a soupcon of the paranormal.’
‘A fast paced
romantic thriller!’
‘A historical
romance that provides plenty of suspense and drama, along with a twist of
supernatural flair makes for a page-turning read. … there is a richness in
detail. The author is a true wordsmith…it can easily be read as a stand-alone
work.’
‘Lorrie Farrelly
has created characters that are so real and a story that captured me from the
very first page. TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT
has so much - suspense, drama, historical romance.’
‘Wonderful romance with a paranormal element.’‘I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and in fact found myself shedding a few tears in a couple instances!’
‘This is a great book to sit in front of a fire with a cup of hot chocolate.’
‘It is a refreshing story of a couple of good people meeting in a bad situation and doing what they can to rise above it.’
‘A good historical romance that promotes the values of love, family and courage.’
‘Enchanting.’
‘A beautiful story!’
OTHER LORRIE
FARRELLY NOVELS:
From my
review of TERMS OF SURRENDER:
‘Perhaps the best aspect of this excellent novel is how the trio of
brother, sister and damaged stranger bond against their enemies, while
Farrelly’s writing skills provide the necessary edge. Recommended.’
Other reviews of TERMS OF SURRENDER:
‘Descriptions are evocative and compelling... Readers can expect to find humor, violence, gritty action, and exquisitely-wrought tension throughout… (This) is for readers who seek more depth and layers in their stories.’
‘Another beautifully crafted tale by Lorrie Farrelly… a mixture of passion and nail-biting suspense.’
‘From the first chapter, I was captivated by Ms. Farrelly’s wordsmith skills, as well as the verisimilitude and historical accuracy she brought to the narratives and dialogue about the War, the soldiers and their language.’
‘I remained captivated by superb characterization and narrative.’
And here’s an AUTHOR
FAVOURITES BLOG I wrote about TIMELAPSE: https://andrewmcbrideauthor.blogspot.com/2017/09/author-favourites-timelapse-by-lorrie.html
TIMELAPSE is
an
alternate-reality, time-travel romantic thriller about how an event in 1902 created a nightmarish future
for the 21st Century United States – which the main protagonists
have to go back through to a time warp to correct.
Here’s part
of my review:
‘Lorrie Farrelly creates vulnerable and damaged but
still likable characters you can care about, and plunges them into one perilous
adventure after another. An ingenious plot fuels a gripping, fast-paced tale,
dystopian sci-fi that also manages to reflect our own troubled times.'
Other reviewers of TIMELAPSE:
‘Lorrie Farrelly is an incredible writer. This is such a remarkable novel…
This novel greatly moved me.’
‘Lorrie Farrelly… has done a marvellous job of describing a world gone
crazy.’
"Engaging
and engrossing... (TIMELAPSE is) a great read for those who love romance,
science fiction, and time travel!"
Find TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT here: https://www.amazon.com/Terms-Engagement-Western-historical-romance-ebook/dp/B006NFFKWO/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
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