Wednesday, July 18, 2007

One Step Over The Border by Stephen Bly



This week, the

Christian Fiction Blog Alliance

is introducing


ONE STEP OVER THE BORDER

(Center Street June 12, 2007)

by




ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Stephen Bly is a pastor, a mayor, an antique Winchester gun collector and a writer.

He's mayor of a town of 308 in the mountains of Idaho, on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation. In his spare time, he pursues the three R's of ridin', ropin' and rodeo...and construction of Broken Arrow Crossing, a false-front western village near his home.

That keeps him very western. And he collect old Winchester rifles, which reflects his love of historical accuracy. He's also a fan of Jimmy Buffet music.

Stephen says about his writing, "I write about the West (historic or modern) from the inside. Born and raised on western ranches, I have both the heart and mind to describe things as they really were...and are. There are those who think the frontier has long passed and with it the ‘code of the west.’ The truth is, both are still around...and it’s fun to show that in a contemporary story. The West is so big, so diverse, so enchanting it’s a thrill to write about it in any era."

Stephen is the author of ninety-five books and hundreds of articles.


ABOUT THE BOOK:

It’s a romp...

A road adventure...

It’s a buddy story with romantic comedy!!

Some call it CowboyLit. Rodeo cowboy Hap Bowman’s on a search for Juanita, the gal of his dreams, whom he hasn’t seen in 18 years. He seems stuck on 12-years-old and the enchanting girl he met then.

"An idiot obsession," his roping partner, Laramie Majors, chides.

But Laramie agrees to a final summer’s trek along the Rio Grande. If they don’t find Juanita during those months, Hap promises to drop the idea of the hunt for the mystery senorita. But if they find her, will she feel the same as Hap does about their years ago interlude?

In One Step Over The Border the time tested values of cowboys rub up against contemporary mores. It’s a crazy story that becomes more logical as the reader delves deeper into it. It will make you laugh and shed a tear or two.

Getting back to Hap’s pursuit . . . don’t we all have someone in the past, that we knew for only a short while, that we wish we could have known better, longer? Stephen Bly has!. So when Hap and Laramie ventured out on a quest for Hap’s Juanita, Stephen decided to invite others to go along too. Folks have been e-mailing Hap hapandlaramie@yahoo.com and asking for their own “Juanita Search Kits.”

They get a bumper sticker, magnet, bookmark, stickers, flyers, etc. It’s a whole packet of material that will equip anyone to join the fun of finding the Juanita with “the mark of God.” If they send Hap a picture of the places where they stuck their Juanita signs, they’ll receive a free copy of the book. It’s all there on the website at http://www.onestepovertheborder.com/

And there’s a very special feature on http://www.amazon.com/...some more adventures about Hap and Laramie that did NOT appear in the book, can be found on AmazonShorts in the story entitled, Aim Low, Shoot High.





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The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1599956896


Author's picture is:



The book cover photo is:

Stephen can be reached through the Contact link on his Website

24 comments:

Edgy Inspirational Author said...

In a moment I'll be up. Watch me!

Deborah said...

mine's up..lol michelle do you wait for bonnie's email before you post like i do?

Christy LaShea said...

I'm up!

Deena Peterson said...

YAY!! I'm up!

Anonymous said...

I'm up...quicker than last week...I'm improving! :)

L. Diane Wolfe said...

Posted!

Gretchen Geyer said...

My post is up...yahoo! Bless You as always for the code!!!

M. C. Pearson said...

Pixie Corner is up!

Erica Vetsch said...

Mine's up with my take on the book. Thanks, Bonnie!

Lyn said...

Head ‘Em Up, Move ‘Em Out! Bloggin' Outloud posted the Round Up. :-)

April Erwin said...

I'm up at www.ProjectingA.blogspot.com.

Still picking up my jaw over the 95 books written comment in his bio. WOW.

Marcia Lee Laycock said...

my post is up at www.writer-lee.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

Posted...

Paula J. Miller said...

My post is up at http://reviewsbytwo.blogspot.com with my review. LOVED the book - one of my fav authors.

Paula

Winter Peck said...

Kinda sorta review, but I'm up.

Rel said...

Up down under - review to come! My TBR looks like Stephen's backlist!

Trish said...

Yippee! Mr. Linky is now working on my site. I have 2 copies of One Step OVer the Border to give away ~ if you didn't get a copy from the publisher but would like one now, throw your name in the hat at: http://ordinarylife.typepad.com

Christy Lockstein said...

Mine's up!

Jim Black said...

Mine is posted.

Dea said...

posted

storyline said...

Posted.

Scrambled Dregs said...

I linked @ Scrambled Dregs.

Jason said...

Posted. As of Saturday it is #6, not bad for going up against a certain English kid...

D.S. White said...

Late, but up. Finally all caught up from vacation.