Marketing for Romance Writers Magazine April, 2018 Volume # 1, Issue # 4 | Page 30

MARCH, 2018
TEXAS LIGHTNING
By: Caroline Clemmons
The Plot:
How can two people from differ-
ent eras own the same ranch?
Penelope Jane Terry knows eve-
rything about ranching despite being a
lone woman facing the rustlers stealing
her cattle. What Penny doesn‟t count
on is being hurtled over 120 years into
the future.
Jake Knight believes the attrac-
tive woman who stumbled into his
home one rainy evening either has am-
nesia or is certifiably insane. Unless,
that is, she is in league with whoever is trying to drive him out
of business. Jake gradually learns Penny is who she claims, no
matter that time travel is supposed to be impossible. If an out-
sider weren‟t trying to kill Jake as well as bankrupt him, per-
haps he and Penny might be able to reach an agreement. But,
there is that famous lost treasure….
An Excerpt
“Crazy?” She was about to light into him when the first
part of his statement hit her. “Hey, what do you mean, I died?
I‟m as alive as you, whoever you are.”
“What the hell are you talking about? I see you‟re alive. I
said Penelope Terry died. Are you hard of hearing as well as
nuts?”
Increasing fear spiraled inside Penny, knotting her stomach.
How could this man think her dead? What kind of trick was he
working? Had she been conked out long enough that Jake sent
men out to look for her and they decided she‟d died?
Forcing herself to appear calm when she shook inside,
Penny stood erect. “I‟m Penelope J