Dear Reader,

As an author, each new story presents a cast of characters that are waiting to be discovered. Some come bursting forth on page one in all their glory, and others are shy and reserved, not wanting to reveal themselves fully until well into the story. No matter what type of character, though, I find that they all live on in my heart after I write “The End.”

Some characters just demand more “page time” than what a single story can contain. This was the case with Ellie and Teagan Donovan. If you are interested in learning the history of this couple, you can find their story in my novella, Sioux Summer, which appeared in Barbour’s The Oregon Trail Romance Collection. I hope you’ll check it out.

Blessings!

Jennifer Uhlarik

Jennifer Uhlarik discovered the western genre as a preteen, when she swiped the only “horse” book she found on her older brother’s bookshelf. A new love was born. Across the next ten years, she devoured Louis L’Amour westerns and fell in love with the genre. In college at the University of Tampa, she began penning her own story of the Old West. Armed with a BA in writing, she has won five writing competitions and was a finalist in two others. In addition to writing, she has held jobs as a private business owner, a schoolteacher, a marketing director, and her favorite—a full-time homemaker. Jennifer is active in American Christian Fiction Writers and is a lifetime member of the Florida Writers Association. She lives near Tampa, Florida, with her husband, teenage son, and five fur children.