Meet author Vickie McDonough

Vickie McDonough is the CBA, EPCA and Amazon best-selling author of more than fifty books and novellas. Vickie grew up wanting to marry a rancher, but instead, she married a computer geek who is scared of horses. In October, they will celebrate 50 years of marriage. Vickie now lives out her dreams penning romance stories about ranchers, cowboys, lawmen, and others living in the Old West. Vickie’s books have won numerous awards including the Booksellers Best, OWFI Best Fiction Novel Award, the Inspirational Readers’ Choice awards.

Tell us about your newest book, Mutiny of the Heart.

A proud Loyalist and a jaded patriot are bound by a child and a shared loss—but as sparks fly, they must decide if love is worth trusting the enemy.

Heather has no reason to like Lucas Reed. He is an American, who’s fight for liberty from England led to Heather’s family’s financial ruin and the death of her father. But her cousin’s dying wish was that Heather take little Jamie to his father in Charleston, and she’s determined to honor that wish, even if it breaks her heart to do so.

Lucas Reed knows the boy at his door cannot possibly be his, but there’s no denying that Jamie has the trademark Reed blue eyes, black hair, and dimples. Still, Lucas is ready to close the door to the boy and his escort until Miss Hawthorne presents him with a letter. He instantly recognizes the writing he thought he’d never see again. The contents of the letter shatter his resolve, forcing him to open his door—and his carefully guarded heart—to the boy and his steadfast guardian.

As Heather and Lucas work together to create a new life for Jamie, can they resist their growing attraction? Or will mutinous hearts finally admit their love when an enemy’s desperate plot threatens their lives?

What inspired you to write your story?

I wanted to write a generational story about a family so that was the basis for my series. After a visit to the Charleston area and to a plantation, I knew that would be the setting. As for the inspiration for my story, I give that glory to God. Without his giving me a vivid imagination and dropping story ideas into my mind, I doubt I’d be a writer.

What genre do you focus on.

Historical Christian Romance. I watched a lot of cowboy shows with my dad when I was young. I fell in love with cowboys, horses, and the slower pace of the Old West. I even talked my parents to buying me a horse, and my experience with it helped me when it came to writing about horses. Historical Christian romance has always been my favorite genre to read also.

What is your work schedule like when you’re writing a book?

I generally write from around 10–2 or 3. If I’m on deadline, I will often have much longer writing days.

What is the hardest part of being an author?

For me, it’s keeping the pacing going strong in the middle of the book. My advice to young writers who suffer from this is to kill somebody—on paper, that is.  😊 That doesn’t always work for a particular story though. The main thing is to have something exciting happen in the middle that propels your characters forward into the next part of their adventure.

What’s the best part of your author’s life?

My favorite part is the research trips my husband and I have made, as well as going to writers’ conferences and seeing my many friends.

What’s one thing your readers should know about you?

When my husband and I were first married, we went with a group of young adults to Israel and lived on a kibbutz (a communal farm) for a year. We had a wonderful time there, working and meeting the Israelis that lived there. We also got three days a month to travel and were able to visit most of the key areas of historic Israel.

How have you changed or grown as a writer?

I’ve learned to plot more. When I first started writing, I just sat down and wrote. Later, I learned the importance of making character sheets with all of the information about my characters. It helps to have those in case you forget something. I still don’t plot out my whole story, but I often will have a skeleton of it.

What is your favorite pastime?

I don’t have just one. I love to read, watch my favorite shows on tv, garden, travel, and make homemade cards for my friends.

Do you have other books? We’d love to know.

The Texas Boardinghouse Brides series is a favorite among my readers. The premise is that three mail-order brides show up in a town, expecting to marry the sheriff, but he never ordered a bride. The story has a lot of humor and a young tomboy who often tries to steal the show. The Anonymous Bride is the first book in the series.

Another fun trilogy is my Land Rush Dreams series. Each book has at character or two who ride in the Oklahoma land runs. The third book deals with the Oklahoma land lottery. They are a great way to read about a unique part of our country’s history as well as experiencing an exciting story. The first book in this series is Gabriels’s Atonement.

What are you working on now?

Right now, I’m not working on a new story. I’ve been working with Wild Heart books to get some of my previously published books republished with beautiful new covers.

Website: www.VickieMcDonough.com

Link to book: https://www.amazon.com/Mutiny-Heart-Windswept-Weddings-Book-ebook/dp/B0FDJJK7TN/

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