The Lumberjack’s Bride is Pam Hillman’s contribution to The 12 Brides of Summer Collection
A sequel to her The Evergreen Bride story from The 12 Brides of Christmas, The Lumberjack’s Bride returns to the same heart of the Mississippi pine belt in 1889.
Many of the characters return to this story set 18 months later when the family sawmill and logging operation has expanded. They need additional help and ask for business assistance from Annabelle’s uncle.
Annabelle’s plans for a white Christmas in The Evergreen Bride involved a trip to Illinois to visit her relatives, in particular her cousin Lucy Denson, a dainty petite city gal.
When the opportunity arose to write a sequel, Pam explained, “I wanted to use the same setting, the sawmill and the logging industry, for the second book. Lucy Denson was the obvious heroine.”
The pretty young woman soon catches the eye of Eli, a rough-and-tumble Mississippi lumberjack in an earth-shattering meeting deep in the forest.
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A Mississippi native, Pam had to do research to make her story come alive.
“I delved more into the logging industry in the late 1800s and incorporated several terms unique to the hard-working lumberjacks.
Some of the terms, like widow-maker and gut-hammer are self-explanatory when used in context.
I enjoyed learning more about the era and the logging industry and figuring out ways to sprinkle The Lumberjack’s Bride with logging jargon.”
Both Pam’s stories deal with contentment and recognizing true love when it’s right in front of you, to a happy and satisfying ending.
But how important is it for Lucy to learn to cook well?
Only The Lumberjack Bride‘s groom will tell.
Who is Pam Hillman?
CBA Bestselling author PAM HILLMAN was born and raised on a dairy farm in Mississippi and spent her teenage years perched on the seat of a tractor raking hay.
In those days, her daddy couldn’t afford two cab tractors with air conditioning and a radio, so Pam drove an Allis Chalmers 110.
Even when her daddy asked her if she wanted to bale hay, she told him she didn’t mind raking.
Raking hay doesn’t take much thought so Pam spent her time working on her tan and making up stories in her head.
Now, that’s the kind of life every girl should dream of.
For more about Pam, visit her webpage www.pamhillman.com
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