Author Sara Turnquist is on the Elite Blog today.
Good Friday morning. It is always exciting to welcome other authors over to the blog. Today, the lovely Sara Turnquist is here to talk about her newest title, Hope in Cripple Creek. Welcome, Sara. Please tell us about your inspiration for this story. I have always loved the Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman series. I wanted to write something placed in that general time period. So, I asked my husband (who had lived in Colorado for a short time), "What's a small town in Colorado that would be a good place to set my story?" He responded with Cripple Creek, Colorado. I thought it sounded good. So, I started my research there. Then I uncovered this amazing story of a miners strike. It was pretty involved, actually. The governor and state militia even played a part in ending hostilities. The love story, is all my imagination. And the inspiration is a conglomeration of many things I've read and seen. A personal reflection on the story: This story is the ha...
