Meet the McBrides of Juniper Falls
The new proprietors of the Juniper Hotel
As we get ready to launch this new series, Juniper Falls, I have so many things I want to share with you. I'm bringing on a watercolor artist and a map designer and while I haven't seen their finished work, I am very excited about all of us establishing this new (fictional) frontier town together.
One of the things that is different in this series, versus my earlier books, is that we will have four point of view characters.
This week, let's talk about the McBride family.
The McBride family – Charlotte and her husband Henry – decide they need a change from their life in Philadelphia. Henry had been a lawyer, and is tired of being stuck behind a desk. Though their children are all grown, they're still young enough that a new occupation in a new town sounds like the change they need. Though Charlotte is worried about what could go wrong, she's proud to be able to support her husband in his dream.
Their youngest daughter Mattie (her mother insists on Matilda) accompanies them, mostly because she doesn't have much else to do. Her sweetheart in Philadelphia is not ready to marry her yet and she has no interest in moving in with an older sibling. Instead, the adventure of a frontier town seems like a good distraction until the rest of her life starts. She's only in town a day or two before she finds some new friend, new activity to keep her busy.
I'll write more about this another time, but I chose to place Juniper Falls in the Wyoming Territory, because that is the first state that gave women the right to vote. It seems like a fascinating social development to explore through the eyes of characters like this.
For more of a glimpse into these two characters specifically, read the Juniper Falls prequel story.
You can download the FREE story Traveling to Juniper Falls here: https://atbutler.com/jf-free
There are two other point of view characters in these first three books that I will introduce you to soon! In the meantime, I hope you have a beautiful reading weekend.
P.S. The link again to the first four books in the new Juniper Falls series is http://atbutler.com/JF-series