Pam Hillman was born and raised on
a dairy farm in Mississippi
and spent her teenage years perched on the seat of a tractor raking hay. In
those days, her daddy couldn’t afford two cab tractors with air conditioning
and a radio, so Pam drove the Allis Chalmers 110. Even when her daddy asked her
if she wanted to bale hay, she told him she didn’t mind raking. Raking hay
doesn’t take much thought so Pam spent her time working on her tan and making
up stories in her head. Now, that’s the kind of life every girl should dream
of! Claiming
Mariah is her second novel. www.pamhillman.com
In light of her father’s death,
Mariah Malone sends a letter that will forever alter the lives of her family.
When Slade Donovan, strong willed and eager for vengeance, shows up on her
front porch, Mariah is not ready to hear his truths: her father’s farm, the
only home she’s ever known, was bought with stolen gold. With Slade ready to
collect his father’s rightful claim and force Mariah and her family out on the
streets, Mariah must turn to God for guidance. Though Mr. Fredrick Cooper, a
local landowner, promises to answer her financial woes if she agrees to be his
bride, Mariah finds herself drawn instead to the angry young man demanding her
home.
With the ranch now under Slade’s careful eye, he will unearth more than he ever imagined as a devious plot of thievery, betrayal and murder threatens more than the well-being of the ranch, endangering the lives of those who hold it dear. With days dwindling until the rest of the Donovan clan arrive to the Lazy M ranch, Mariah and Slade must rise above the resentment of their fathers and see their true feelings before greed alters their futures forever.
With the ranch now under Slade’s careful eye, he will unearth more than he ever imagined as a devious plot of thievery, betrayal and murder threatens more than the well-being of the ranch, endangering the lives of those who hold it dear. With days dwindling until the rest of the Donovan clan arrive to the Lazy M ranch, Mariah and Slade must rise above the resentment of their fathers and see their true feelings before greed alters their futures forever.
What inspired you to write your novel, Pam?
Several
years ago, I read a novel where a bank robber tosses a sack of stolen money in
the back seat of a hand-to-mouth college student’s car. She kept the money and
eventually started a very successful business. She justified her actions because
she anonymously created a charity to help destitute young women get back on
their fee. But, as the old saying goes, two wrongs don’t make a right, and that
wasn’t quite right from a Christian’s perspective, was it? I based Claiming Mariah on the following
question: “What would a Christian do if they found out their whole livelihood
had been based on a lie?” Mariah does the right thing by writing to Slade’s
father asking for forgiveness, but the consequences of her actions end up being
way more than she bargained for.
Wow, sounds like an interesting story line and a practical question to answer that many readers can identify with.
What is one fun thing my readers might not know about you but would
like to?
Hmmm, this wasn't fun, but it is definitely
interesting! I got caught in a stampede of 100
Holsteins once. In the dark, in a cutover cornfield. I didn’t
know which direction they were coming from, but I could hear their pounding
hooves, and I could feel the ground shaking. When I realized I couldn’t outrun
them on the uneven ground, I turned to face them and started jumping up and
down, waving my arms, and screaming my head off. They parted like the red sea,
and I sank to the ground, shaking like a leaf, and scared out my
wits.
Not funny at the time, I'm sure, but after the fact, brings a chuckle. :)
Thanks for joining me and my readers today, Pam!
For more information about Pam and her books, visit the following locations:
Website: http://www.pamhillman.com
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Personal blog: http://www.calicotrails.blogspot.com
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