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As a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Susan Johnson is one of the most recognized and popular romance authors writing today. "Force of Nature," her third tale of erotic romantic adventure from Brava, will seduce readers everywhere with its lush sensuality and emotionally charged love story.In her bestseller Blaze, Jan Hazard Black, the Harvard-educated son of an Absarokee chief, captured readers' hearts everywhere. "Force of Nature" is the story of the daughter he never knew he had, until 1888, when two visitors present themselves at his home in Helena, Montana. One is his former lover, Lucy Attenborough, and the other is their daughter, Jo. Raised in Florence, Jo Attenborough is much more like her father than her frivolous mother. Strong, determined and intelligent, Jo's interest in engineering is beyond her mother's understanding. The arrival of the two women throws life in the Hazard household into a whirlwind of confusion. Jan's wife, Blaze, must come to terms with this unknown daughter, as well as her husband's former paramour. Jo's half-brother and sister, Trey and Daisy, accept their new sibling with varying degrees of friendship. Trey's special bond with Jo soon causes unpleasant gossip that Hazard and Blaze are hard-put to quell. Then, Flynn Ito rides into town with his cattle drive, and even Hazard's considerable influence is pushed to its limits. The son of a samurai and an Irish mother, Flynn has carved out a cattle empire. He has a reputation for getting what he wants and protecting what's his—and he wants Jo. This book is intended for mature audiences. Warning: Contains a rape scene.
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And it all began rather serendipitously. Long ago, as they say, in another time, when fast food hadn't reached our area and the only shopping was what the feed mill offered, I was reading a book that annoyed me . My husband was lying beside me in bed, watching TV. Turning to him, I sort of petulantly said, "How the hell did this book get published?" "If you think you're so smart," he replied, with one eye still on the TV, "why don't you write a book?" So I did. And very badly. I've since learned how to do, he said, she said, and a great variety of other adverb heavy, sometimes lengthy explanations of why my characters are saying what they're saying, along with finally coming to an understanding of what things like POV means. Point of View for you non-writers}. Although, I still don't fully comprehend why it matters if you switch POV and I cavalierly disregard it as much as possible. So while my technical skills have hopefully improved, what hasn't changed is my great joy in writing. There's as much pleasure today in listening to my characters talk while I type as fast as I can, as there was the first time I put dialogue to paper—in long-hand, then, in my leather bound sketch-book.
