This week I’m hosting Ann H. Gabhart with The Innocent (worldwide), and Danica Favorite with The Lawman’s Redemption (worldwide). If you want to enter the drawings for the books, please leave a comment on your post with your email address. I will not enter you without an email address (my way to contact you if you win). If you don’t want to leave an email address, another way you can enter is to email me at margaretdaley@gmail.com. The drawings end Sunday (August 2nd) evening.
Interview with the heroine from The Lawman’s Redemption by Danica Favorite
1. Will Lawson, tell me the most interesting thing about you.
A lot of people would tell you the story about how I saved my friend Jasper’s father from being robbed, but to be honest, it was not as heroic as everyone thinks. I just happened to be in the right place at the right time, and I did the right thing. Everyone can be a hero if they just look around and do the right thing when the situation presents itself.
2. What do you do for fun?
I haven’t had a lot of time for fun lately, tracking down Ben Perry, the man who framed me for a robbery and murder I didn’t commit. Everything in my life was ruined because of Ben Perry, and until he’s brought to justice, I don’t have room in my life for anything else.
3. What do you put off doing because you dread it?
Visiting my mother. The accusations against me nearly broke her heart. I know they broke my father’s, and he died without ever seeing my name cleared. How can I face my mother, knowing how disappointed she is that everyone thinks I’m a robber and murderer.
4. What are you afraid of most in life?
Not clearing my name. I hate how everyone looks at me sideways, wondering if they can trust me, wondering what I’ll do next. More than that, though, I’m afraid that if Ben Perry isn’t stopped, more innocent people are going to be hurt.
5. What do you want out of life?
I’ll be satisfied if I can bring Ben Perry to justice. Anything other than that is just gravy. I don’t have a lot of high hopes for myself. A warm bed, good food, and a safe town to live in, that’s all a man needs.
6. What is the most important thing to you?
Justice.
7. Do you read books? If so, what is your favorite type of book?
I don’t have a lot of time for books. I like to read the newspapers, though, and keep up to date on what’s happening. Plus, I always hope to see clues on what Perry might be doing now.
8. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I wish I weren’t so trusting. This whole mess started because I believed in a woman who said she needed my help. That was a lie. She was only using me to keep me occupied so Perry could commit crimes without my knowing. I’ve trusted a lot of the wrong people in my day, and I guess I keep making that same mistake. Like now, I want to believe in Mary Stone, because she seems so… different. But how can I? What if I’m wrong again?
9. Do you have a pet? If so, what is it and why that pet?
I’m too busy for pets. I suppose some people might think my horse is a pet. But Beau, he’s a working animal, and while you should treat them well, you can’t bring them in to bed with you at night, you know what I’m saying?
10. If you could travel back in time, where would you go and why?
I would go back to the day of the bank robbery. Instead of believing Daisy’s note and meeting her outside of town, I’d have followed through my original plans to be in town. Then I would have been there while the robbery was happening, and maybe even stopped it. Even if I couldn’t have stopped it, at least people would have seen me in town and known that I wasn’t involved. Then again, my quest for justice has led me down an interesting path. That Mary Stone I mentioned, there’s something about her… No. I’m just being foolish. Sorry, I don’t know what gets into me sometimes. Had it not been for the accusations against me, my father might still be alive, and I’d still have my badge.
