Camel Press Announces the September Release of Maddie’s Choice: A New York
Writer Finds Love and Adventure on a Cattle Ranch
Seattle, WA—On September 1, 2013, Camel Press will release Maddie’s Choice ($14.95, 274 pages, ISBN:
978-1-60381-959-6), a contemporary romance by Joyce Zeller about an author with
writer’s block who finds inspiration and a renewed sense of purpose after she
inherits part of a cattle ranch in Arkansas.
“A bull hooked on chocolate plays the hero in this love
story of two people struggling to restore their destroyed lives. Maddie’s Choice is a touching family
story that will have readers laughing and crying simultaneously. Zeller has
created flawed but sympathetic characters and a bucolic setting that will
appeal to readers of all ages. A must read for anyone who has ever dreamed of
living on a ranch. As Maddie is fond of reminding herself, ‘How hard can it
be?’ ”
—Velda Brotherton, author of western historical romances
“Joyce has walked the walk with her Western romance set on a
cattle ranch. Good read!”
—Dusty Richards, Spur winning author of more than 120
western novels, many under the name, Josh Logan
Romance writer Maddie Taylor’s career is in trouble. Convinced
that true love does not exist outside of her imagination, she can’t complete
her current manuscript. When a friend, Jonah Spartman, dies and wills her half
of his cattle ranch, she seizes the chance to leave New York City. There is one
catch: in order to inherit she must stay in Arkansas for three months.
The other half of the ranch belongs to Gideon Spartman,
Jonah’s grandson, a black-ops veteran whose humanity was torn from him in
Afghanistan. Rugged and sexy, Gideon embodies the hero in Maddie’s current
manuscript. He is far from happy to be sharing an inheritance that is
rightfully his with a “gold-digging bimbo” and resents having to care for his
two orphaned nephews. But Maddie senses the need behind Gideon’s rough and
unwelcoming exterior. She must also contend with the two love-starved boys and
an Angus bull who craves chocolate.
The ranch is hardly the safe haven Maddie expected. It is
operating in the red, and the area is plagued with drug dealers and cattle
rustlers. Maddie can return to her barren New York existence or stay and fight to
save the ranch and win Gideon’s love. The choice is hers.
Says Zeller, “Maddie’s
Choice features my favorite theme—that being human is a lonely business,
but for everyone there is somebody to love. It’s a matter of finding them.
There will always be kids and animals in my books, and always humor, because life
without humor is unthinkable.”
Joyce Zeller has
written articles for a magazine and a cooking column for a chain of suburban
newspapers north of Chicago. She has written five books and published two, The Hidden History of Eureka Springs, and Accidental Alien, a work of science fiction, both available on
Amazon. Her short story, “Love is a Seed,” is featured in Embrace: A Romance Collection, (2012 Goldmine Press). You can find
Joyce on the Web at joycezeller.blogpot.com.
Maddie’s Choice is
currently available for pre-order on Amazon.com. After Sept. 1, it will also be
for sale in both eBook and 5x8 trade paperback editions on BN.com, the European
Amazons, Amazon Japan and select independent bookstores. Bookstores and
libraries will be able to order wholesale through Ingram, Baker & Taylor or
by contacting info@camelpress.com. Libraries can also order from Follett
Library Resources or Midwest Library Service. Other electronic versions will be
available on Smashwords.
ABOUT Camel Press—Based in Seattle Washington
CONTACT:
Catherine Treadgold
Publisher
Camel Press
206-414-7673
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