Pulp Fiction Leads to Pink Pistol Magazine

 

Eleven bestselling, award-winning authors, all members of Petticoats & Pistols blog for western romance, combined their talents and efforts to create a sweet romance series that honors the influence Annie Oakley had over women during her reign as “Little Sure Shot.”

In the new series, a one-of-a-kind pink-handled pistol is gifted to Annie Oakley. The pistol comes with a legend, one promising that whoever possesses it will find true love. Annie passes the gun on to one of her students and sets the whimsical journey in motion that starts with In Her Sights by Karen Witemeyer. The pistol travels from woman to woman from 1893 to the modern day until the series concludes with USA Today Bestselling Author Jessie Gussman’s contemporary romance Pistol Perfect.

 I like to say the series is kind of like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants meets Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. 

When we were talking about ways to promote the book, Pam Crooks and I started discussing creating something like the old pulp fiction novels that were popular in the 1920s-1940s.  How fun would it be to make our own magazine.

So we did. 

You can get the first two issues of Pink Pistol Magazine absolutely free! Each issue includes excerpts from the new series, author interviews, recipes, games, and more! 

Download 

Pink Pistol Magazine Volume 1 here

and

Pink Pistol Magazine Volume 2 here 

My contribution to the series is Love on Target, a sweet romance set in 1894.

 

Will romance hit its mark when true love is the target?

 Desperate for a fresh start, Rena Burke journeys from Texas to Oregon with only her father’s pistol and a plodding old mule for company. She takes a job working with explosives at a mine, spends her free time emulating her hero Annie Oakley, and secretly longs to be loved.

 Saddlemaker Josh Gatlin has one purpose in life and that is his daughter. Gabi is his joy and the sunshine in his days. Then he meets a trouser-wearing woman living life on her own terms. Rena is nothing like his perception of what he wants in a wife and mother for his child, but she might just prove to be everything he needs.

 When tragedy strikes, will the two of them be able to release past wounds and embrace the possibilities tomorrow may bring? 

Also, be sure to enter my giveaway for a Love on Target Prize pack!

USA Today bestselling author Shanna Hatfield grew up on a farm where her childhood brimmed with sunshine, hay fever, and an ongoing supply of learning experiences.

Today, Shanna draws on her rural roots to create sweet romances filled with hope, humor, quirky small-town characters, realistic heroes, and women of strength.

When this award-winning author isn’t writing or testing out new recipes (she loves to bake!), Shanna hangs out at home in the Pacific Northwest with her beloved husband, better known as Captain Cavedweller.