Title: Running with Wolves
Author: Summer Lane
Genre: Young Adult/Adventure Romance
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Synopsis:
Alaska,
1898
“They always come back,” she whispers. “Always.”
He
spilled their blood. Now, she’s out for revenge.
Jenna
Renee is a woman wronged. When her adoptive parents are brutally murdered by an
outlaw named Conroy Parker and his gang of thugs, they take everything from
her: her family, her happiness, and her money.
Determined
to bring Conroy and his boys to justice, she hires a gruff but dangerous
gun-slinging United States Marshal, Jeremiah Black, to help her hunt Conroy
down.
But
there is more to Alaska than meets the eye.
The
cold touch of the arctic winter is dangerous, and the corruption of Conroy
Parker and his comrades runs deep. The tundra is unforgiving, and so are the
wolves. Nothing is as it seems.
If
the wilderness doesn’t kill Jenna, the pack will. Revenge comes with a price,
and so does love. There will be no mercy….only the hunt.
A
romantic adventure from #1 bestselling author Summer Lane, set amidst the
gritty and awe-inspiring setting of Alaska during the last great Gold Rush.
Running with Wolves
Interview with Bestselling Author Summer Lane
(Courtesy of Writing Belle Publishing)
This is your first
historical fiction. How different was the writing process, as opposed to the
past 17 novels you’ve written – which have all been post-apocalyptic?
A historical novel is more strictly attached to the time
period in which it takes place. The way people talk, dress, act, and even eat
are different than how we do all of those things modernly. I had to do a lot of
research, of course. I have been slowly working on this book for roughly 2
years, when the idea originally occurred to me. I have read so many books about
Alaska…toward the end of the writing process, I was devouring whole college
textbooks and double fact-checking everything I had until I was entirely sure
my eyes were going to fall out of my head.
With my apocalyptic
books, the research is tactically-oriented, if that makes sense. With Wolves, I had to make sure the slang and
vernacular was correct and that the history was right on target. I took a few
artistic liberties with the story, as all writers do, but everything is based
in fact. Everything.
Where did the idea
for Running with Wolves come from?
I have always loved animals. I have always loved dogs. I
first was enraptured by the idea of setting a story in Alaska when I was a
little girl, after watching the animated film Balto for the first time. The concept for this particular novel
sprung up about 2 years ago. It took me a long time to cultivate the plot to a
point where I liked it enough to go ahead and write the book. I have always
wanted to write a western-style novel, and that’s what Wolves is. A western
novel set in the snow, with adventure and romance.
Where does the story
actually take place?
I have constructed a fictional tale within the boundaries of
the boomtowns and mining camps that existed in 1898. The main character, Jenna
Renee, lives outside of a town called Dyea. I used prominent and famous
historical hotspots, such as the Chilkoot Pass and Dawson City, in the book,
too.
Can we look forward
to some romance, in addition to adventure?
Yes! One of the central themes of the novel is the romance
story between Jenna Renee and the rather callous but handsome United States
Marshal Jeremiah Black. I love Jeremiah’s character – he’s got a lot of
surprises up his sleeve, and I think readers will love him as much as Jenna
does.
What are your
upcoming projects?
Well, I have a non-fiction novel coming up in the next
several months: Prolific: Writing a Hit
Novel. I’m also releasing the first installment of the anticipated Resurrection Series in January 2018.
Resurrection will continue the adventures, fights, and romances of Commander
Cassidy Hart from the hit Collapse Series.
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Thanks, everyone, for supporting me throughout the process of writing and creating this book. Running with Wolves is more than a passion project for me: it's a culmination of my writing experience, as well as a refreshing change from the apocalyptic landscape that I love. This novel is full of adventure, romance, and mystery. It's a western novel. It's a survival novel. It's a love story. It's a coming-of-age story. It's a tale of revenge and justice. Give it a chance - it's the story I have always wanted to read, so I decided to write it! I hope you love it as much as I do.
Thank you for reading. I appreciate each and every one of you. Your reviews and fan letters are words that I hold in the highest regard. Most of my office is papered with copies of letters from readers - it inspires me, and I am so grateful for that!
Q: "What is your favorite historical time period?"
ReplyDeleteA: Every time period had its pros and cons, but probably the Wild West when it was truly wild. Leastways, that's what I enjoy reading about most.
me ilove all historical thing form 1700 till the ealy 1800
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