Some men are just to mean to die!
Welcome to one of the September 13th stops on the blog tour for Arch by Michael N. Riley with Bewitching Book Tours (schedule linked.) Be sure to follow the rest of the tour for spotlights, reviews, author guest posts, and a giveaway! More on that at the end of this post.
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About the Book
Arch
Arch Book one
by Michael N Riley
Published 24 June 2022
Writers Republic LLC
Genre: Historical Fiction
Page Count: 190
The book is set around 1900, when New Mexico was still a territory. Doc Strafford has bought a small mercantile in Portales, New Mexico Territory, to start a new life. Over the years, Doc has become more involved in the growth of Portales. He eventually sells his interest in a saloon to two seedy characters, Jewels Davis and his albino son, Jefferson. When Doc invites his old friend from the Civil War to visit Portales and the surrounding territory, it draws suspicions from the Davises to the point that they torture Doc’s hired hand, Gustavo, just to find out what Doc is up to.
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About the Author
Michael N. Riley was born in Grants, New Mexico, in 1960, the second generation born in New Mexico from either of his parents’ families. Like most, they homesteaded from other states. His father’s side was from Texas and his mother’s family was from Alabama. When he was three, they moved from Grants to Clovis, New Mexico. He went to school and graduated high school and eventually moved to Portales, New Mexico, to attend Eastern New Mexico University. He ended up getting married and working for an electric cooperative reading electric meters. During that time, he had several old timers tell him stories about coming to New Mexico when it was a territory. Most of them were old ranch hands and farmers. Their eyes would light up when they told stories about the real Wild West and some of the shenanigans they would get into. This is how he came up with this story.
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This sounds like an interesting story set in the real Wild West in New Mexico!
I enjoyed learning about the author and the story sounds intriguing.
Thank you for the excerpt and the generous giveaway
This sounds very good
I like the cover and synopsis, Arch sounds like an interesting read and I am looking forward to it. Thank you for sharing your bio and book details
Michael N. Riley is a new author to me but I want to thank this blog for the introduction.
I look forward to reading this book.
I am excited to read this book.
Arch sounds like a very fascinating read and I like the cover!
Thanks for sharing it with me and have a marvelous weekend!
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Sounds like a great read!
I just got the ‘Arch: Book I’ by Michael N Riley. My husband is reading it now, so I told him not to reveal any details.
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