Q: What one thing would you like readers to know about you?
A: I love writing the stories that God gives me to write. Even on the worst day when getting words on paper is like pulling teeth, I still would not want to do anything else.
Q: What is the craziest, most risk-taking thing you’ve ever done?
A: Breaking a horse to saddle. The horse was about five years old and had never been ridden. I put a saddle on him and he seemed to take that pretty well…then I got on him. He bucked, the saddle girth broke and I went one way with the saddle and the horse went the other.
Q: Tell me three things about yourself that would surprise your readers.
- I can bend over and touch the floor flat-handed with straight legs.
- I can swim a mile.
- I’ve written eleven books in the past six years.
Q: Would you tell us about your current book release Standoff, A Natchez Trace Park Ranger novel and where the idea for this story came from?
A: The Natchez Trace runs from Natchez to Nashville and one section of it is near my hometown. I’ve always wanted to set a book on the Trace, and I asked myself what if someone was running drugs up the Trace from Natchez and what if an undercover park ranger got involved…here’s the back cover copy:
The Natchez Trace National Parkway stretches 444 miles from Nashville to Natchez, the oldest town on the Mississippi River. It’s the perfect road for a relaxed pleasure drive. Unfortunately for park ranger Luke Fereday, lately it’s being used to move drugs. Sent to Natchez to infiltrate the organization at the center of the drug ring, Luke arrives too late to a stakeout and discovers the body of his friend, park ranger John Danvers.
John’s daughter Brooke is determined to investigate her father’s murder, but things are more complicated than they first appear, and Brooke soon finds herself the target of a killer who will do anything to silence her. Luke will have his hands full keeping her safe. But who’s going to keep him safe when he realizes he’s falling–hard–for the daughter of the man he failed to save?
Patricia Bradley
A 2018 Carol finalist and winner of an Inspirational Readers’ Choice Award in Suspense, Patricia Bradley lives in North Mississippi with her rescue kitty, Suzy and a new arrival, Tux. Her romantic suspense books include the Logan Point series and the Memphis Cold Case Novels. Standoff releases May 5, 2020, and she’s hard at work on the second book in the Natchez Trace Park Ranger’s series – Crosshairs.
Writing workshops include American Christian Fiction Writers online courses, workshops at the Mid-South Christian Writer’s Conference, the KenTen Retreat where she was also the keynote, Memphis American Christian Fiction Writer group, and the Bartlett Christian Writers group. When she has time, she likes to throw mud on a wheel and see what happens.
