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The Mountain Ranch Adventures trilogy (Maplewood Books): Book 1 Someplace North, Someplace Wild; Book 2 Someplace North, Someone Fair; Book 3 Someplace North, Someplace Home.

Someplace North, Someplace Wild

Contemporary Western suspense fiction/ $17.99 / 310 pages / ISBN-13: 9798999184023 paperback /
9798999184030 Kindle

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Synopsis

A naïve young Texan arrives at the threshold of his dream—a life in the
wilderness—only to find himself charged for a murder he did not commit, cornered
by a crooked county attorney, and out of options.

For years, Cody Brandon has wanted his own cattle ranch in the mountain
grasslands of Canada. Armed with a fresh degree in Ag Business from Texas A&M
University, he heads north to British Columbia to take a promised job as ranch manager, a step toward
his ultimate goal.

He perseveres through multiple difficulties, falls in love with a beautiful schoolteacher, and has just
secured a dream job on a remote mountain ranch, when the bottom falls out of his world: he learns he’s
been framed for murder in Idaho.

He returns to Coeur d’Alene, where he learns how he was framed, and discovers the county attorney is
lying in order to milk him for incriminating evidence. Cody can’t trust the system. Like David from Saul,
he opts to flee. He has a few days to find the actual killer and exonerate himself, or go to prison and
watch his ranch dream die.

Someplace North, Someone Fair

Romance Action & Adventure fiction/ $17.99 / 317 pages / ISBN-13: 9798999184016 paperback /
9798999184009 Kindle

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Synopsis

When Texas cowboy Cody Brandon collides—literally—with schoolteacher Julie Stewart at a remote Canadian village store, he knows he’s found the woman he’s been waiting for. She’s beautiful, courageous, and shares his faith. But convincing her protective father that a wandering ranch hand with a troubled past is worthy of his daughter? That’s a mountain even higher than the rugged peaks surrounding them.

Julie never expected to fall in love in the wilderness. Teaching in a one-room school hundreds of miles from civilization was supposed to be an adventure, not the beginning of forever. But Cody’s integrity, kindness, and unwavering faith captures her heart. Just as their future together seems possible, a devastating accident leaves Julie clinging to life—and strips away every memory of the man she loves. Cody’s voice, his face, their tender moments together … all gone.

Forbidden from seeing her by her father, Cody refuses to give up. He writes letters she may never remember reading. He prays for a miracle he may never witness. But in the vast wilderness of British Columbia, where grizzlies roam and wolves howl, some loves are worth fighting for—even when the woman you’d die for doesn’t remember your name. Can faith, patience, and one powerful letter change everything?

Someplace North, Someplace Home

Inspirational Western thriller fiction/ $17.99 / 293 pages / ISBN-13: 9798999184054 paperback /
9798999184047 Kindle

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Synopsis

Cody Brandon is literally in the crosshairs of a sniper; he just doesn’t know it.

All Cody ever wanted was open land, mountain air, a ranch he could call his own, and a life there with his wife, Julie, and their son. After years of hard work and hard choices, that future is finally within reach. A rugged stretch of northern country is calling his name, and for the first time in years, tomorrow looks like something worth riding toward.

Out of the shadows steps a threat unlike any Cody has faced before: a killer with a hidden motive and a reputation for never missing his target. He’s coming for Cody, waiting for the right moment. Every sunrise could be Cody’s last.

Someplace North, Someplace Home asks how far a man will go to protect his family and the life he’s always wanted, and how deep his faith will have to run to survive what’s coming for him. With tension that coils like a rattlesnake and danger that strikes without warning, this is a story of one man’s fight—not just for land, but for the right to live on it, and to keep the family he loves safe inside its fences.

Will Cody Brandon’s name hang over a ranch gate — or mark a grave?

Author

Gary Brumbelow immigrated to Canada in 1978 and spent two years in the Chilcotin/Shuswap region of British Columbia, the setting for all three books of the Mountain Ranch Adventures: Someplace North, Someplace Wild; Someplace North, Someone Fair; and Someplace North, Someplace Home.

Gary worked as a missionary in Canada’s First Nations communities before serving as a pastor for 14 years.

He co-wrote and/or edited several books, most recently Wisdom: The Way to Human Flourishing and Mountain Ranch at the End of the Road: Horses, Cows, Guns and Grizzlies in the Canadian Wilderness.

Endorsements

Writing like an evangelical Louis L ‘Amour, Gary Brumbelow has an uncanny ability–by engaging our senses and implanting us into the middle of the story–to lead us to evaluate our own lives. What might I have done trapped in a similar circumstance! It smacks of my favorite of Jesus’ parables. Stu Weber, Pastor/Author

 

I’m impressed with Gary’s debut novel and proud of him. His story has all the twists and turns you want in a yarn that just might keep you up all night. Enjoy and be looking for more from him! Jerry Jenkins, Writer of the Left Behind series and The Chosen novels.

 

Media

Podcast interview: “Writing the Book You Always Wanted to Write,” Unconventional Ministry, Season 4, Episode 137 (October 24, 2023)

Find Gary online

Amazon author page | Goodreads | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn (Gary) | LinkedIn (Maplewood Books)

gary@garybrumbelow.com
503-709-6439

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