Patti Stockdale joins us to chat about co-writing with award-winning author Jody Hedlund, historical settings, writing for the Lord, and her latest release His Treasured Bride. Don’t forget to enter to win a copy of this great book! 

 Patti Stockdale is a historical romance author and freelance writer who lives in Wisconsin. She creates tangled-up characters full of heart and hope. Patti married her high school sweetheart, and they have two kids and four grandsons. She loves to travel somewhere new, plant flowers, drink tea, read fiction, and dance with her family when she’s not plotting stories. 

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2. Where is your favorite place to read and write?
   
3. Why did you start writing?
   
4. Tell us about Sunrise Publishing.
   
5. Is there anything especially interesting that you haven’t covered in other interviews that you could share with us or perhaps there is something God has laid on your heart that you would like to share with your readers? 
   

IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS, MARRIAGE, MYSTERY, AND MAYEM.

After recently arriving in Vancouver Island on a bride ship, aspiring seamstress Daisy Harper is determined not to rush into a hasty and quarrelsome marriage, a mistake her parents made. To avoid choosing the wrong man, she creates a rigorous list of ten requirements for a potential husband.

Mapmaker Seth Ryann moved to the colony to assist his partially blind brother, a local missionary. They’ll soon return to Ireland, but first, Seth is tasked by a friend to find a treasure of gold hidden in the mountains. Seth has the map to the treasure, but he’s missing the key.

When he discovers Daisy somehow has the key, the two agree to search for the treasure together. They’re left with little choice but to quickly enter a marriage of convenience. As they venture into the wilderness and work together to overcome danger, an undeniable attraction grows. But will they find the treasure only to lose what matters most?

A treasure hunt with a seamstress and map maker in the mountains of British Columbia, plus a marriage of convenience trope. This book sounds like it’s going to be fun.

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2. What inspired this story idea?
   
3. What kind of research went into preparing to write from a map maker’s point of view?
   
4. You are a relatively new author, and you’ve co-written this book with the talented and amazing Jody Hedlund.  What was it like coauthoring?
   
5. What’s next for your writing?
   

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