E.E. Burke's Best of the West: Meet Bestselling Author Caroline Fyffe

Today for Best of the West, we welcome USA Today Bestselling Author Caroline Fyffe, who has two new releases. Let's find out about them, and then get to know Caroline.

Texas Lonesome - The McCutcheon Family Series, Book 8 

Rio Wells, Texas 1886 

Dustin McCutcheon gets the surprise of his life when he comes face-to-face with Sidney Calhoun, the spitfire offspring of his father’s worst adversary. 

The whole of Texas knows that McCutcheons and Calhouns just don’t mix. Period. Yet Dustin is drawn to Sidney. The stirrings of attraction she brings out leave him with a serious decision to make. Break the hearts of his family—or break his own. Neither choice is palatable . . . 

Texas Lonesome, book eight of the McCutcheon Family Saga, continues the story of the brave and passionate men and women of Y Knot, Montana, and Rio Wells, Texas, by USA TODAY Best-selling Author Caroline Fyffe. 

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Under a Falling Star

Wyoming Territory, April 1883

After a disastrous marriage, Sheriff Albert Preston never expects to fall in love again…until a feisty, take-charge young woman sneaks past his defenses. Now, he’d like nothing more than to make Susanna Robinson his wife. But when a train crashes just outside of town, the secrets it carries threaten to derail his plans for a happy future.

Susanna Robinson adores everything about her new hometown of Logan Meadows. She loves her job at the café, the beauty of the night sky over Wyoming, and the handsome lawman by her side. But after learning a hard lesson about fickle hearts from her mother’s bad example, she doubts she can commit to Albert. And when Albert’s shocking secret comes to light, all her fears are confirmed. Will his steadfast, tender heart and gallant ways be enough to rebuild her trust in him?

Let's meet Caroline

USA TODAY Bestselling Author Caroline Fyffe was born in Waco, Texas, the first of many towns she would call home during her father's career with the US Air Force. A horse aficionado from an early age, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in communications from California State University-Chico before launching what would become a twenty-year career as an equine photographer. 

She began writing fiction to pass the time during long days in the show arena, channeling her love of horses and the Old West into a series of Western historicals. Her debut novel, Where the Wind Blows, won the Romance Writers of America's prestigious Golden Heart Award as well as the Wisconsin RWA's Write Touch Readers' Award. She and her husband have two grown sons and live in the Pacific Northwest. 

www.carolinefyffe.com

www.carolinefyffephoto.com

Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/Author-Caroline-Fyffe-294195897272115

Twitter @carolinefyffe

Email; caroline@carolinefyffe.com. 

E.E.: What’s your favorite movie of all time?

Caroline: Hands down, Dances with Wolves. Love the scenery, music, and of course, Kevin Costner. I dream of him producing one of my westerns one day. (Key word—dream.) I met Michael Brown, creator of the book, at a horse show for mustangs in Reno where I was the official photographer. Thrilled to find out he would be presenting one of the large awards, I was happy to tell him how much I loved his story. Later, he sent me a signed copy of Dances with Wolves, which I cherish to this day.

E.E.: What is your biggest vice?
Caroline: Ice cream for sure. Chocolate chip cookie dough. I’d have it every night if I let myself.

E.E.: Be honest, when reading...do you put yourself in the heroine’s role?

Caroline: Oh, sure. But I also put myself into my hero’s roles as well. Just depends on which POV I’m writing at the moment. I love my heroes as much as I love my heroines.

E.E.: What’s something you’d like to tell your fans?

Caroline: A lot of the silly situations in my books come from my real life experiences. Like opening a box filled with tiny grasshoppers in my sister’s bedroom. (I was the youngest.) Also, almost all the horses that are named in my books are horses I’ve owned, or my sisters have owned, throughout the years—we’re all very horsey. The rest are from friends, and horse show acquaintances. (I used to be a horse show photographer.) It just makes writing more fun for me while I think of a particular horse—and their stalwart or quirky personalities.  

E.E.: Do you write while listening to music? If so what kind?

Caroline: Absolutely. Soundscapes on my cable. Instrumental only.

E.E.: What’s the first thing you do when you finish writing a book?

I take a day off—or maybe two. It feels strange doing something other than writing, but I go out to lunch, shopping, or something. Other than that, I’m always writing—except on weekends. I always take those off.

E.E.: If you were given a chance to travel to the past where would you go and specifically why?

Caroline: Even though I understand the journey would be incredibly dangerous and difficult, I’d travel the Oregon Trail. Those men and women were incredibly brave and adventuresome. I fantasize about that all the time.

E.E.: Which of your characters would you most/least to invite to dinner, and why?

Caroline: I think I’d most like to invite Luke McCutcheon to dinner, even though I think I’d be shy around him. He’s very kind and polite, but his largeness of character just seems to catch me off guard. I’d probably not eat a single bite for listening and staring. He’s pretty much captured my heart.

Today, Caroline is offering copies of her two new releases. Just leave a comment, and don't forget to enter the drawing. 

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