Meet my new character, veterinarian, Dr. Kat Lamar, starring in my new book, The Flying Horse Caper. She’s confident, maybe too confident, as she joins her family’s horse ranch, because soon, unexpected events begin upsetting her perfectly ordered life. Someone has begun down a path of destruction to ruin the Flying Horse Ranch, and she’s determined to unmask the culprit. But can she do it alone?
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Meet my new characters–Lady veterinarian Kat Lamar of the Flying Horse Ranch and Cade Crocker as the new foreman. Kat needs Cade—his steadiness complements her impetuous nature, and Cade needs Kat. She prods his more plotting nature into plunging ahead.
Bad luck, sleuthing, and misfortunes abound for Kate Lamar, a veterinarian working at her family’s troubled horse ranch. Cade Crocker, the foreman hired to turn the ranch into a profitable venture, left his previous job under a cloud of suspicion, blamed for the death of a valuable stallion. Someone is putting the Flying Horse Ranch out of business and setting off a series of sabotage mishaps. A wild stallion, drawn to the mares on the ranch, is the objective of a disreputable newcomer claiming the stallion is his. A stable fire, like the one at Cade’s last botched job, occurs on the Flying Horse and starts him on the trail of the arsonist and horse thief. Kat comes face to face with her fear of losing a horse at a treacherous waterfall and chooses to face her fear, and Cade, by her side, goes after the man who once outwitted him. Together, they put their past defeats behind and go bravely forward to thwart the outlaw and save the stallion.
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What’s needed is inspiration to fuel your idea. I’ve found that traveling to the location of my setting is the best way to get the local flavor of my story.
Wassama Round House is a fascinating and circular lodge that was rebuilt after being burned following the death of each ruling chief. The mystical house and land have a Native American heritage dating its past to the 1860s. The spiritual Wassama Round House is a special place for cultural gatherings of Chukchansi Yokuts and Southern Sierra Miwoks located in California’s Madera County on the edge of the Sierra Nevada National Forest and a few miles west of Yosemite.
The sacred dance house carries an air of spiritual reverence. Once inside, you can imagine the place transformed through ceremonial dancers in traditional native clothing made with beautiful craftsmanship for the special Gathering Day Ceremony. Wassama translates to “leaves falling,” a gentle and peaceful way of life for 8,000 years until 1849 when the California gold rush created an influx of Americans and Europeans.
The Wassama Round House is a living legacy of the long-ago traditions of native Californians.
Ann Chehak 