![]() On the second pass, the cloud-herd swung south and swooped down from Trinchera Pass, passing overhead on a blast of scorching wind. The herd doubled-back with the sinuous motion of a Chinese dragon in an undulating journey from ground to towering clouds and back down again. As she watched, the herd curved east, dipping low along the ancient stone wall and then soaring into the sky. Mesmerized, Brenna stared at the clouds as they transformed into a mighty herd of cattle stampeding along the mesa’s rim. The man came off the ground in a lunge, feet planted wide, and his attention fixed on the black billowing cloudbank rolling along McBride Mesa to the west. Lightning slashed the sky with an explosion of thunder that shook air and Earth and deafened ears. We can ride my horse to the ranch.” She pointed to her horse, Samson, and immediately felt silly for the gesture since the man’s eyes were clamped shut in a grimace of teeth-gritted pain. Archer, an outlaw who Matt once partnered with, wants that gold just as badly-and he’s prepared to kill for it.Ĭan Matt settle the score with Archer and keep Brenna safe? And when the ghost riders return on the next lightning-laced storm, will they be taking Matt with them? Or will the love of The Gunfighter's Woman be enough to ensure the future they hope for together? Though Matt and Brenna are fast falling in love, there’s the matter of a fortune in gold that stands between them-gold that Matt never wanted, but now must find and use to keep Brenna’s ranch from failing. But Matt must learn to accept the fact that Brenna is being guarded for a while longer by her deceased husband’s spirit-and he’s not leaving her just yet. Once they reach the safety of the ranch, Brenna cares for Matt’s wounds and makes him welcome-no questions asked. An unholy storm’s a-brewin’, and Brenna makes a split-second decision to save Matt from the spectral fire-eyed cowboys who forever chase the devil’s herd-and pick up lost souls along the way. ![]() When beautiful widow Brenna Gérard comes upon semi-conscious gunfighter Matt Caddock, all hell is about to break loose. Here’s a little more about The Gunfighter’s Woman: The ghost riders still want to claim the hero's soul, but he's not going down without a fight now that he's found the redeeming love of a good woman. This story was originally published in 2006 as a novella, and several years later, along with a significant amount of plot added to the story, it became the novel-length story it is now with a deeper romance and nastier villains. I incorporated the wild hunt in the form of the cowboy ghost riders as a motivating force in the hero's life to change his ways before it’s too late. My novel, The Gunfighter's Woman, is a paranormal western romance inspired by this legend and the song. The Wild Hunt: Asgårdsreien (1872) by Peter Nicolai Arbo**** I've read that the song Ghostriders in the Sky was the inspiration for the song Riders on the Storm by the Doors. There are also comic books, movies, and operas with the wild hunt/ghost rider theme woven throughout or as the predominate story line. A few modern works of literature that use the Wild Hunt myth as part of the story are Sir Artur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles, William Butler Yeats' 1893 poem The Hosting of the Sidhe, and Susan Cooper's 1973 book series The Dark is Rising. The warrior-leaders most associated with some form and version of the Wild Hunt are Wodin, Wodan, Odin, Herne the Hunter, King Arthur, and Old Nick. Jacob Grimm of the fairy tales Brothers Grimm, developed the idea of the 'wild hunt' through comparative mythology that he published as Deutsche Mythologie (1835) ".as a folkloristic survival of Germanic pagan tradition, but comparable folk myths are found throughout Northern, Western and Central Europe.The Wild Hunt is an ancient myth of a spectral or otherworldly hunting party that sometimes appears at night."*** The legend of the ghost rider has its roots in Europe, particularly Britanny, Ireland, Wales, Scandinavia, Spain, France, and Germany.
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