I’m very excited to
blog about the Canadian Historical Bride series published by BWL Publishing.
These are books created especially to celebrate Canada’s 150th
anniversary of confederation. My novel, Fields of Gold Beneath Prairie Skies is
coming out on Sept. 19th. Can’t wait. So to promote the Canadian
Historical Bride series, I’ve asked the various authors to give one of their
other novels for free! And to start out, here’s mine: www.instafreebie.com/free92piu.
Today, I’m
interviewing Victoria Chatham, author of Brides of Banff Springs, book 1 of the
CHB series.
So tell us about your
Canadian Historical Bride novel. I loved the paranormal element in it. Who knew
that the Banff Springs Hotel was haunted?
The story of the Ghost Bride has been around since the late
1920s. According to the story, while she descended a winding staircase at the
hotel, her heel caught the hem of her wedding gown and she fell. Other reports
state the skirt of her gown brushed against a candle flame, causing her to
fall. The sad fact is that, whatever the cause, the bride did not survive her
fall. Guests and hotel staff have reported seeing a veiled figure on those
stairs or a figure in a wedding gown dancing in the ballroom, so the story has
had a lot of publicity.
Ohhhh, I love it – a good
ghost story! What made you decide to write about Banff besides the awe-inspiring
beauty and the ghost?
I’m a very visual person and the photographs I’d seen of
Banff as it was prior to the hotel being built to the town, and as it is today,
intrigued me. When I started researching my story I found there was so much
more to Banff than I had realized, much of it because of its connection with
the Canadian Pacific Railway. It really wasn’t difficult to go and do on-site
research as Banff is only roughly an hour’s drive from where I live. Here’s the
blurb:
In the Dirty Thirties jobs
were hard to come by. Having lost her father and her home in southern Alberta,
Tilly McCormack is thrilled when her application for a position as a
chambermaid at the prestigious Banff Springs Hotel, one of Canada’s
great railway hotels, is accepted.
Tilly loves her new life in the Rocky Mountain town and the people she meets there. Local trail guide Ryan Blake, is taken with Tilly’s sparkling blue eyes and mischievous sense of humor, and thinks she is just the girl for him. Ryan’s work with a guiding and outfitting company keeps him busy but he makes time for Tilly at every opportunity and he’s already decided to make her his bride.
On the night he plans to propose to Tilly another bride-to-be, whose wedding is being held at the Hotel, disappears. Tilly has an idea where she might have gone and together with Ryan sets out to search for her.
Will they find the missing bride and will Tilly accept Ryan’s proposal?
Tilly loves her new life in the Rocky Mountain town and the people she meets there. Local trail guide Ryan Blake, is taken with Tilly’s sparkling blue eyes and mischievous sense of humor, and thinks she is just the girl for him. Ryan’s work with a guiding and outfitting company keeps him busy but he makes time for Tilly at every opportunity and he’s already decided to make her his bride.
On the night he plans to propose to Tilly another bride-to-be, whose wedding is being held at the Hotel, disappears. Tilly has an idea where she might have gone and together with Ryan sets out to search for her.
Will they find the missing bride and will Tilly accept Ryan’s proposal?
I so enjoyed reading
this. I may just have to read it again. So what’s the link to buy it?
Just click on the book cover and it will
show all available markets.
And what’s the book
you’re giving for free?
His Dark Enchantress. It’s a Regency romance and the first
in my Berkeley Square series. You download it here: https://www.instafreebie.com/free/FI0wg
Great! Thanks! I’m
off to download it.
I enjoyed this book. I would love to visit the area after reading this historical romance.
ReplyDeleteJQ Rose
Both are terrific books.
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