Welcome to the blog tour to celebrate the release of my new book, “Robby Riverton: Mail Order Bride”! This is a historical western m/m romance that has been on my idea list for years, and I finally decided in January to just sit down and write it. To get in the right frame of mind, I watched a lot of Western movies. Here’s a list of my favorites.
I must admit, I’m a sucker for Hallmark movies. These two are my favorite Western Hallmarks.
Love Comes Softly (2003)
The movie has such a wonderful trope. A young wife and her husband travel west, but they just arrive when the husband is killed in an accident. With no home, no family, and the winter coming, the young woman is in a bad situation. But a widower with a young daughter offers to marry her to give her a home over the winter and then in the Spring she can return East if she wants. There’s a religious message to the film, but it’s pretty minimal. This is one of those sweet Hallmark romances that I can watch a dozen times. There’s a whole series of sequels, but this first film remains the best.
Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991)
Glenn Close, Christopher Walker, Hallmark, and a mail order bride story? Sign me up! I adore this slow burn story of an Eastern woman who travels West to meet a widowed farmer and his two children. Amazing performances and head-strong characters that, nevertheless, need each other. The kiss at the end is swoony worthy.
I’m weird in that I love Hallmark movies, and I love horror and mystery too. These are my two favorite Western horror/dark films.
The Revenant (2015)
This recent hit has a ton of angst and violent action, which may not be everyone’s cup of tea. But the revenge story is superb and the cinematography is unbelievably gorgeous. There’s also a gritty realism to it that I loved. It feels like you’re truly back in the Old West.
Ravenous (1999)
During a harsh winter, the inhabitants of an Old West fort are stalked by something in the wilderness. I love Robert Carlyle!
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
I love this story of a gang of gunslingers and misfits who protect a poor town from a man who’s preying on them. The final battle scene is amazing. I know many people think the original is better than the 2016 remake (and it is), but I like the remake too.
The Way West (1967)
This is a nostalgic cheese fest of the very best kind. Sally Fields as a feisty and man-crazy young redneck! Robert Mitchum! Kurt Douglas’s chin! This film portrays a wagon train’s journey from Independence, Missouri to Oregon. The scenery is stunning and the difficulties the wagon train faces are really a fascinating slice of history. No wonder the railroad was such a big deal.
I hope you enjoy travelling to the Old West with “Robby Riverton: Mail Order Bride”. Drop me a line and let me know what you think!Eli
Being a fugitive in the old west shouldn’t be this much fun.
The year is 1860. Robby Riverton is a rising star on the New York stage. But he witnesses a murder by a famous crime boss and is forced to go on the run–all the way to Santa Fe. When he still hasn’t ditched his pursuers, he disguises himself as a mail order bride he meets on the wagon train. Caught between gangsters that want to kill him, and the crazy, uncouth family of his “intended”, Robby’s only ally is a lazy sheriff who sees exactly who Robby is — and can’t resist him.
Trace Crabtree took the job as sheriff of Flat Bottom because there was never a thing going on. And then Robby Riverton showed up. Disguised as a woman. And betrothed to Trace’s brother. If that wasn’t complication enough, Trace had to find the man as appealing as blueberry pie. He urges Robby to stay undercover until the danger has passed. But a few weeks of having Robby-Rowena at the ranch, and the Crabtree family will never be the same again.
About Eli
Having been, at various times and under different names, a minister’s daughter, a computer programmer, a game designer, the author of paranormal mysteries, a fan fiction writer, and organic farmer, Eli has been a m/m romance author since 2013. She has over 30 books published.
Eli has loved romance since her teens and she particular admires writers who can combine literary merit, genuine humor, melting hotness, and eye-dabbing sweetness into one story. She promises to strive to achieve most of that most of the time. She currently lives on a farm in Pennsylvania with her husband, bulldogs, cows, a cat, and lots of groundhogs.
In romance, Eli is best known for her Christmas stories because she’s a total Christmas sap. These include “Blame it on the Mistletoe”, “Unwrapping Hank” and “Merry Christmas, Mr. Miggles”. Her “Howl at the Moon” series of paranormal romances featuring the town of Mad Creek and its dog shifters has been popular with readers. And her series of Amish-themed romances, Men of Lancaster County, has won genre awards.
In 2018 Eli hopes to do more of the same, assuming they reschedule the apocalypse.
Her website is www.elieaston.com
You can email her at eli@elieaston.com
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So good! Even if you don’t usually like historical romance or westerns, this book will change your mind!
Thank you for sharing your favorite western movies. Congrats on the new book release!