Forbidden Fires by Bobbi Smith - Book Tour - Guest Post - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

Hello lovelies!  It gives me great pleasure today to host Bobbi Smith and her new book, “Forbidden Fires”!  For other stops on her Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in this post.

Be sure to make it to the end of this post to enter to win a $10 Amazon or Barnes and Noble Gift Card!!  Also, come back daily to interact with Bobbi and to increase your chances of winning!

Thanks for stopping by!  Wishing you lots of luck in this fabulous giveaway!

Forbidden Fires

by Bobbi Smith

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GENRE: Historical Romance

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BLURB:

When Ellen Douglass saves the Union officer from the cold river, she doesn't think this one action will so alter her future. But as Price holds her is his arms, they try to forget that they fight on opposing sides and will be kept forever apart.

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EXCERPT ONE:

April, 1865

Vicksburg, Mississippi

The newly freed Union soldiers trudged up the gangplank of the steamboat Sultana in seemingly endless numbers. Although the memories of their ordeal at Andersonville Prison Camp were painful, their mood was jubilant. The war was over.  They were going home!  

Onboard, a tall Yankee officer stood at the rail grimly watching the loading.  Captain Price Richardson was frustrated and angry. He’d witnessed many acts of incompetence during his time in the army, but what was happening today was beyond belief. Price was enough of a river man to know it was foolhardy to challenge the Mississippi this way. Going upriver against the flood was hard on a steamboat, but on one seriously overloaded, it could be suicide.

Furious, Price turned to his friend, Lieutenant Jericho Cooper. “Don’t they have any idea of what they’re doing?”

“Do you think they’re overloading it?” Coop remarked sarcastically.

“They could load men on the other two steamers.”

Coop smiled wryly, as they watched column after column of men file aboard. “You have to remember the Department of the Army is in charge of this.”

Realizing they weren’t going anywhere soon, the two men sat down on the deck to await their departure.

As evening came, the Sultana, which should only have been carrying about 400 passengers, finally began her trip north against the swollen river with over 2,300 passengers and crew onboard.

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GUEST POST:

Why You Should Read My Books

My whole life, all I’ve ever wanted to do was make people happy, and that’s why I love writing romances. Hopefully, everyone is smiling when they finish reading one of my books.

I live in the St. Louis area, and I’ve always been fascinated by the Mississippi River and steamboats. I was visiting a steamboat/history museum when I first learned about the tragedy of the steamboat Sultana at the end of the Civil War. It has always amazed me that the Sultana was never mentioned in any of the history classes I took, for I believe the loss of life in that explosion was greater than the Titanic.

History has always been a love of mine, and women’s history caught my interest, too.   Ellyn, the heroine of Forbidden Fires, is a strong woman who dares to defy her family by saving the hero, a Union soldier, from the Mississippi after the Sultana exploded.

I grew intrigued with women’s history and started researching strong women of the past. That led to my series “Women Ahead of Their Times.” All my books with Lady in the title have a heroine who doesn’t let anything stand in her way. She accomplishes what she sets out to do and, of course, ends up happily ever after with our hero.

I hope you enjoy my stories.

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AUTHOR BIO:

After working as a department manager for Famous-Barr, and briefly as a clerk at a bookstore, Bobbi Smith gave up on career security and began writing. She sold her first book to Zebra in 1982.

Since then, Bobbi has written over 40 books and 6 novellas. To date, there are more than five million of her novels in print. She has been awarded the prestigious Romantic Times Storyteller of the Year Award and two Career Achievement Awards. Her books have appeared on numerous bestseller lists.

When she's not working on her novels, she is frequently a guest speaker for writer's groups. Bobbi is mother of two sons and resides in St. Charles, Missouri with her husband and three dogs.

You can follow Bobbi on Facebook in the group Bobbi Smith Books.

Bobbi has been awarded the prestigious “Storyteller of the Year” Award from Romantic Times Magazine (New York) and has attained positions on the New York Times Best Seller List, the USA Today Best Seller List, the Walden’s Best Seller List, B. Dalton’s List, and the Wal-Mart and K-Mart Best Seller Lists.

The foreign rights to Ms. Smith’s books have been sold to China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Russia and Sweden. Smith’s current publisher is Amazon. Bobbi has written two faith-based contemporary novels – Haven (https://bobbismithbooks.com/product/haven) and Miracles (https://bobbismithbooks.com/product/miracles) – using the pseudonym of Julie Marshall.

Copyright © 2018 Bobbi Smith.

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CONNECT WITH BOBBI:

Website:

https://bobbismithbooks.com

Facebook Group – Bobbi Smith Books:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/45814589415/about

Goodreads Author Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13375.Bobbi_Smith

Goodreads Book Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/483950.Forbidden_Fires

Amazon Author Page:

https://amzn.to/2MH9rBV

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BOOK BUY LINKS:

Amazon Kindle:

https://amzn.to/2tbDf1m

Amazon Paperback:

https://amzn.to/2JP716s

Amazon Mass Market Paperback:

https://amzn.to/2MFYEbs

Barnes and Noble:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/forbidden-fires-b-smith/1002609537

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GIVEAWAY INFO:

Bobbi will be awarding a $10 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.

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