Today is the Launch Day for my book, THE THURSTON HEIRLOOM. That’s Mariah and Teague on the cover. And that’s Larch Valley in the background. Larch Valley is a very popular hiking trail in Banff National Park.
You can read the first chapter of the story here.
The Thurston Hotel Novels are stand-alone romances connected by the Thurston Hotel and the town of Harmony. Each book represents one month in 2016. I am the “September” book.
The Thurston Hotel is located on Main Street in the mountain resort town of Harmony, Alberta. Built by Thomas Thurston, the hotel opened in 1916. His three grandchildren—Wendy, Bailey and Ben—operate the six-story hotel today.
The town and the hotel are fictional, but the actual location is not. Working as a group, we found it was helpful to know our surroundings, so we chose beautiful Canmore, Alberta as our setting. Tucked in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, Canmore is just outside the gates of Banff National Park.
And here’s the view from Mountain Jewel Sports of the Three Sisters.
The Three Sisters
Actually, the Three Sisters can be seen from almost anywhere in Canmore. (Or, from anywhere in Harmony!) The three peaks are called Faith, Charity and Hope, or Big, Middle and Little Sister, respectively. They are one of the most photographed views in the Canadian Rockies and have come to be associated with the town of Canmore.
If you would like to find out more about the Thurston Hotel, you can read my posts on The Thurston Hotel and The Thurston Hotel series.
You can find more details on my Bookshelf. There is even a map of Harmony! Go here.
Since 1916, the hotel’s motto has been: We promise you’ll enjoy your stay at the Thurston!
Three Sisters from Depositphotos.com #31762611_l-2015
Congratulations on your latest release, Suzanne!
Congrats!! Looking forward to reading this one!!
Thank you Sheila and Hanna!
It’s exciting to have my fourth book published. 🙂
This is from Ueli Bodenmann, your husband Rolf sent us this interesting email..
I started reading it and got very interested, so I will start with the Hotel one, its a good time to read here on the West Coast because the weather sucks!
Best wishes with your writing.
Ueli
Hi Ueli!
and hi to Janet too. 🙂
I hope you enjoy ‘Heirloom’ and any other books you read in the series.
It’s been a lot of fun this past year working with all these authors – ironing out details, agreeing on the continuity characters and so on.
Sounds like lots of rain for the West Coast. It’s been lots of Nothing here, except for this Sunday, they are telling us it will finally snow. At any rate, a good time for reading.