This marriage needs something more than a pig to hold it together--
Jack Dixon knew his mother was right. It was time he married. He’d go along with whatever she writes in the letter to the matchmaker.
Priscilla Pringle fell in love with the man who wrote such a tender letter. Too bad that the man she meets in Missouri is his opposite. She’d leave and go home except for the little piggy she is bottle feeding.
Will she stay after the piggy is weaned? Is Jack the only one who needs to change to make a marriage work?
Read to find out.
Jack Dixon knew his mother was right. It was time he married. He’d go along with whatever she writes in the letter to the matchmaker.
Priscilla Pringle fell in love with the man who wrote such a tender letter. Too bad that the man she meets in Missouri is his opposite. She’d leave and go home except for the little piggy she is bottle feeding.
Will she stay after the piggy is weaned? Is Jack the only one who needs to change to make a marriage work?
Read to find out.
Genre: Sweet Historical Romance
Release date: February 10, 2023
Release date: February 10, 2023
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Interview with Marisa
What was the inspiration for this book?
In part, this book was inspired by a documentary I watched about the Battle of Little Bighorn. After watching it, I wondered what it was like for members of the 7th Cavalry to discover Custer’s massacred men.
Since this was total war, these same men had killed women and children and burned villages. Would they have become hardened to the sight of death? How would their type of experiences affect a man’s faith in God?
In part, this book was inspired by a documentary I watched about the Battle of Little Bighorn. After watching it, I wondered what it was like for members of the 7th Cavalry to discover Custer’s massacred men.
Since this was total war, these same men had killed women and children and burned villages. Would they have become hardened to the sight of death? How would their type of experiences affect a man’s faith in God?
How long did it take to finish writing this book?
This was a quick “write” for me. I spent three weeks from start to finish. During that time, I revisited my research often. While that slowed me down a bit, ideas and scenes flowed quickly as I wrote this one. I easily visualized life on the farm.
In fact, some of it is from my own experience bottle feeding piglets when I was a young teen. My grandfather taught me a lot about pigs. I allowed those memories to creep into this book and to bring the scenes with the pigs to life.
This was a quick “write” for me. I spent three weeks from start to finish. During that time, I revisited my research often. While that slowed me down a bit, ideas and scenes flowed quickly as I wrote this one. I easily visualized life on the farm.
In fact, some of it is from my own experience bottle feeding piglets when I was a young teen. My grandfather taught me a lot about pigs. I allowed those memories to creep into this book and to bring the scenes with the pigs to life.
What drew you to write in this particular genre?
I grew up hearing stories about my pioneering ancestors. I was the fifth generation to live on the property that they’d homesteaded and was blessed to be raised by my grandparents. Our daily life included pots and pans, quilts, and dishes that had been used for generations. Stories about the people who had owned them naturally came along with the items. Writing sweet historical romances seemed a natural extension of the storytelling that was a part of my childhood.
I grew up hearing stories about my pioneering ancestors. I was the fifth generation to live on the property that they’d homesteaded and was blessed to be raised by my grandparents. Our daily life included pots and pans, quilts, and dishes that had been used for generations. Stories about the people who had owned them naturally came along with the items. Writing sweet historical romances seemed a natural extension of the storytelling that was a part of my childhood.
How did you name your characters?
One of my characters is a small pig. Growing up, my family shopped at a store called Piggly Wiggly. I adapted that name, leaving out one letter. It became Piggy Wiggy.
As for my heroine’s name, I chose it for its meaning. It means venerable—accorded respect because of wisdom and character. I based her personality around that name.
One of my characters is a small pig. Growing up, my family shopped at a store called Piggly Wiggly. I adapted that name, leaving out one letter. It became Piggy Wiggy.
As for my heroine’s name, I chose it for its meaning. It means venerable—accorded respect because of wisdom and character. I based her personality around that name.
Tell us a little about yourself, your family, friends.
I am a retired high school teacher—unwillingly retired. After spinal cord damage and tremendous vitamin deficiencies kept me from being able to teach, I spent seven years healing. Seven is the number of completion. I asked the Lord what He meant for me to do to serve Him. God opened the door for me to work with a mentor who started me on the path to writing Christian fiction. Four years later, I now have forty-one titles.
Life became very interesting shortly after I began to write. My only grandchild was born. I became her “granny nanny”. With my disability, being able to care for an infant was nothing short of a miracle from the Lord.
I am a retired high school teacher—unwillingly retired. After spinal cord damage and tremendous vitamin deficiencies kept me from being able to teach, I spent seven years healing. Seven is the number of completion. I asked the Lord what He meant for me to do to serve Him. God opened the door for me to work with a mentor who started me on the path to writing Christian fiction. Four years later, I now have forty-one titles.
Life became very interesting shortly after I began to write. My only grandchild was born. I became her “granny nanny”. With my disability, being able to care for an infant was nothing short of a miracle from the Lord.
More from Marisa
As a girl of about ten, I remember holding a glass 7-Up bottle for the orphaned piglet. My grandpa attached a black rubber nipple and had me feed it—just like Fern in Charlotte’s Web. Unlike Fern, I knew not to name it or grow attached. It would be sold when it reached 40 pounds.
That memory came in handy with Priscilla’s Piglet. I wondered what I could add to keep my heroine at the farm after she decides the hero is not her perfect match. The memory prodded my brain. Who doesn’t love a baby that is in need—even if it’s a baby pig! It seemed the perfect fit for this story.
That memory came in handy with Priscilla’s Piglet. I wondered what I could add to keep my heroine at the farm after she decides the hero is not her perfect match. The memory prodded my brain. Who doesn’t love a baby that is in need—even if it’s a baby pig! It seemed the perfect fit for this story.
 Marisa Masterson | The smiling teacher. That’s what her students called her. How did this dedicated teacher end up as an author? A spinal cord injury took her out of the high school classroom. After seven years of healing, she asked the Lord what He had for her. Now, thirty-seven books later, Marisa is still enjoying the direction He sent her when God opened the door for her to begin writing. Marisa’s sweet romances often are set in her home state of Wisconsin. Growing up, she loved hearing stories about her family who pioneered in that state. Those stories, in part, are what inspire ideas for her books. |
Though she’s from Wisconsin, Marisa and her husband of thirty-four years live in Saginaw, Michigan.
They have two grown children and a precious three-year-old granddaughter, Hunny Junebug.
She’s been Marisa’s best physical therapy and keeps her moving.
They have two grown children and a precious three-year-old granddaughter, Hunny Junebug.
She’s been Marisa’s best physical therapy and keeps her moving.
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