Modern Western
Romances set in the western US in contemporary times.
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Sexy Cowboys, Passionate Heroines @maryjdressel #RLFBlog #Western Double Feature
Sexy Cowboys, Passionate Heroines with Mary J. McCoy-DresselAuthor Bio
Mary writes Contemporary Western Romance with strong family ties. She lives in Michigan U.S.A., and is a mom to two sons and an Australian Shepherd fur baby. Besides writing, Mary enjoys time with her family, photography, reading, going to the opera, dinner with friends, and traveling.She loves communicating with readers and friends. Sign up for her mailing list to be notified of new releases and important book updates. Don’t forget to check out her other books. New books will follow in each series.Book 1 Tristan’s Destiny, Bonus Book #1.5 (Double Dutch Ranch Series: Love at First Sight)
Title Tristan’s Destiny, Bonus Book #1.5Genre Contemporary Western RomanceAuthor Mary J. McCoy-DresselBook heat level (based on movie ratings): RTristan and his little girl fell hard and fast. Nora gave up trying to resist his sexy smile. Together, they see a future filled with sunny days. Although their days and nights are happy, fun, and bursting with passion, every day isn’t filled with sunshine. As they embark on a new path filled with love and romance, their bond still needs to be strong enough to overcome obstacles. In this story, a man and his family vow to love without limits, to prevail—even though circumstances beyond their control attempt to prove them wrong.Author Note: Although this book can be read alone as a complete story in itself, it contains spoilers regarding Cowboy Boss and his Destiny #1—the lightest storyline of all of Mary’s books. In #1.5, Tristan and Nora’s bond is put to the test and takes our characters on a more dramatic journey.Buy Tristan’s Destiny, Bonus Book #1.5
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Title Heartbreak’s RewardGenre Contemporary Western RomanceAuthor Mary J. McCoy-DresselBook heat level (based on movie ratings): RRancher Jase Carlson doesn’t understand the ache in the hollow of his chest, since his ex-wife ripped his heart out. She doesn’t follow the court rules where his children are concerned, making him even more pissed off. Harboring a bad attitude, he wishes he wasn’t a gentleman when he comes to the aid of a quick-tempered, sexy blonde. He can’t allow her tight jeans and sweet smile to sway him, even after he’s coerced into spending time alone with her. Fighting the torturous battle going on within his own mind and body, he can either deal with it—or succumb to the woman who appears to be everything he didn’t know he needed.In an attempt to save her rebellious teen sister from herself—as her guardian, Brenna Page leaves everything behind and moves to Canyon Junction, Arizona. When she unexpectedly meets a hot-headed cowboy with intense blue eyes and muscles to die for, the first thing she wants to do is get away. Since she can’t seem to shake him, Brenna wonders if that same grudge-filled cowboy with an attitude is someone worth taking on. But still dealing with painful memories, and a sister who wants nothing to do with Arizona, the last thing she needs right now is a horse ranching cowboy interfering.One wrong turn. Two broken families. Brought together by chance, and need.Buy Heartbreak’s Reward
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Stud for Hire by @Sabrina_York #RLFBlog #Western
Today’s featured book is Stud for Hire by Sabrina York.
About the Book
Title Stud for HireGenre Western RomanceAuthor Sabrina YorkBook heat level (based on movie ratings): RJust south of Fort Worth, Texas, you’ll find a little ranch where the hot, toned cowboys are ready and eager to take it all off and make your naughtiest fantasies come true…When her sister plans a wild bachelorette weekend at the Double S Ranch, Hanna Stevens is pretty sure she’ll just grin and bear it while the other women get their fill of hot cowboy strippers. After all, Hanna has never met a man who made her really want.
Zack, Hanna’s future husband, offered to marry her and save her family’s ranch from financial ruin, and while she accepted, it was never what you’d call a passionate affair. But when she locks eyes with Logan, Hanna is suddenly overwhelmed by the feeling she’s always craved and never experienced: Pure. Animal. Desire…Buy the Book
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Christmas at Love House a new #Cowboy Holiday Romance by @MaryJDressel #RLFblog
This quick interview includes info about the author, and introduces the story.About the Author
Mary is the author of seven novels in the contemporary western romance genre with more books to come in each series.She lives in the Great Lake Basin area of the U.S.A., and is a mom to two sons and an Australian Shepherd fur baby dog. Besides writing, Mary enjoys photography, reading, going to the opera and dinner with friends, and traveling. Mary loves communicating with readers and friends, and she also has a mailing list for readers who want to be notified of new releases and important book updates. Mary is a member of Romance Writers of America.Interview with Mary J. McCoy-Dressel
Why did you write this book?Some readers wanted to see one of the characters from previous books in the Bull Rider Series get his own happy ending. After careful consideration, I chose to write this third book. While not only giving the hero and heroine of this series another book, I figured out a way to write his story right alongside theirs.What is your favorite genre to read?Honestly, I have to say that I love reading what I write—cowboys and western romance—97% of the time I read contemporary. This doesn’t mean I never read other genres because I do, depending on what the story is about, or if it is a favorite author outside of the western genre.Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?This is difficult because I love so many fictional book characters. I hope it’s okay to go with a TV character instead—the one and only Duncan MacLeod from the Highlander series! One reason I call him my favorite character from fiction is for his tenacity and courage, not to mention he’s doggone sexy.What are you working on at the moment, and will see from you in coming months?I’m publishing another western romance in October 2016, which is Book #1 in a brand new spin-off series. A second book in this new series will be published sometime in 2017. Plus, I’m currently writing Book #4 in the Double Dutch Ranch Series.Please tell us about your latest book.Four years later, Velia and Caulder finish up another year of bull riding. They settle into their comfy abode on the McCutchen Ranch in the snowy Allegheny Mountains to celebrate the Christmas season with a houseful of guests. La vita e bella! But why does their happily-ever-after have to come with an expiration date? Without warning, their most chilling nightmare comes true. An innocent misunderstanding, and a startling realization discovered too late—puts their contented little family at risk.
On top of everything else, watching a new love bloom between two of the McCutchen guests, isn’t part of their agenda. Reece “Foley” Wilson, a former teammate, comes into contact with Velia’s cousin at the last show of the season and again while visiting for the holiday. Grown up and feisty, Natale Valente-Armano fell in love with this cowboy as a lovesick teen. Now, life has changed for both of them. How will they handle the unfamiliar thoughts and urges overtaking them? And, how will la famiglia respond to this unexpected romance?
A little Christmas magic will be a welcome guest at Love House, but regardless if it arrives or not…during this bittersweet interlude—Velia and Caulder dare their happily-ever-after to be anything less than, “forever.”About the Book
Title Christmas at Love House: A Bittersweet Interlude #3Genre Contemporary Western Romance, HolidayAuthor Mary J. McCoy-DresselBook heat level (based on movie ratings G, PG, PG13, R): RBuy This Book
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Meet Katherine Marsden from Gun Shy #romance @Diane_Saxon #RLFblog
Meet Katherine Marsden from Gun Shy.Author Bio
Diane Saxon lives in the Shropshire countryside with her tall, dark, handsome husband, two gorgeous daughters, a Dalmatian, one-eyed kitten, ginger cat, four chickens and a new black Labrador puppy called Beau, whose name has been borrowed for her hero in For Heaven’s Cakes.After working for years in a demanding job, on-call and travelling great distances, Diane gave it all up when her husband said “follow that dream”.Having been hidden all too long, her characters have burst forth demanding plot lines of their own and she’s found the more she lets them, the more they’re inclined to run wild.About the Book
Title Gun ShyGenre Contemporary RomanceBook heat level (based on movie ratings): RThe subject of his grandmother’s enthusiasm to marry him off, Sherriff Jack T Swan is fighting dirty to save his skin and has sworn off women until further notice. So the very last thing he needs in his life is a beautiful damsel in distress. Despite initial appearances, Jack soon discovers Kate is anything but distressed. In fact, she’s more than capable of skewering him with her kitten heel.Doctor Kate Marsden is handy with a scalpel, but she’s not quite sure how to deal with the local sheriff, who she inadvertently mistakes for a pervert while trying to report a crime.Time and again their paths cross and attraction rages between them, but while Jack is adamant he’s not in the market for a serious relationship, Kate is definitely not interested in a one-night stand.Introducing Katherine Marsden
Welcome to Romance Lives Forever! We’re happy to have you here today.Name: Katherine MarsdenGender: FemaleBirthplace: Shropshire, United KingdomProfession: DoctorDescribe your body and build, skin tone, height and weight. Include any unique features such as dimples, freckles, or scars.I’m 5’4” pretty slim, with a really great pair of legs, even if I say so myself. I think they’re my best feature. Although I know my hair shouldn’t be so long with me being a doctor, I really can’t bring myself to have it cut. I love to be able to style it anyway I please, but the humidity in America has sent it a little wild.I’m blonde with blue eyes and pale skin which is always a problem when I blush. I light up like a candle.Who is the significant other in your life?Sheriff Jack T Swann, he’s a darling.Please tell us a little about yourself.I’m a fully qualified ER surgeon looking for a little advancement and experience in my field. I’ve had a pretty rough couple of years. My sister, well she had a bad time and then she and her twins came to live with me. I was offered an opportunity to go to America for this experience I’ve been seeking and my sister really encouraged me to go. I guess she was ready to stand on her own two feet. Quite honestly, though, it’s hard being away from your loved ones. I really miss the children, after all, I am their second mum.I’m a very capable woman, I know how to slice and dice, and we’re not talking vegetables here. I’m nifty with a scalpel, and the things my brother taught me in self-defense, I can only advise you to watch out. I wield a mean kitten heel too.How do you dress?When I’m not in scrubs, which is most of the time, I love flirty, knee length skirts that I can whoosh around. They make me feel so feminine and girly which is not an attribute I can always have covered in blood, sick and guts much of the day.On what special skills do you rely?I’m an ER doctor. Without being too boastful, I must confess to being an absolute whizz with a scalpel, but one of my best skills is stitching people up. My sewing ability is next to none. Scars from my surgery will be minimal.What is your family like?I have a fabulous family who I dote on. Mum is the sorter of all problems, whatever they may be. Dad, cool, calm and supportive. My younger sister Lydia, who I kind of baby. Lydia’s twins Rosie and Aaron who due to the most horrific circumstances, I’ve been their second mother since birth. I adore them and it’s the worst feeling in the world to leave them while I cross the Atlantic divide to find a future of my own.How do you handle challenges?Head on and chin up. With a scalpel in one hand and a kitten heel in the other.Who in your life has the power to hurt you the most and why?Jack Swann. Because I love him so much.Buy This Book
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Gun-Shy-Atlantic-Divide-Book-ebook/dp/B01INWUHRM/Kobo https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/gun-shy-5Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/651532iBooks https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/gun-shy/id1135979000?mt=11Author Social Media
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Devil in Texas: Sexy Stud in Spurs @AdriennedeWolfe #RLFblog #amreading
This quick interview includes info about the author, and introduces the story.About the Author
Adrienne deWolfe is the #1 bestselling, award-winning author of action-packed Historical Romances, where feisty Heroines buck the conventions and true Heroes must be wickedly funny. Her greatest inspiration is nature, and the scene-stealers in her novels are often animal pranksters. Among her 48 writing awards, Adrienne has earned the Best Historical Romance of the Year. When she’s not writing, she’s mentoring aspiring authors, several of whom have become #1 bestsellers on Amazon. To learn more about her fiction coaching services, visit http://WritingNovelsThatSell.com.Interview with Adrienne deWolfe
Why did you write this book?William Cassidy wasn’t supposed to be hero material. He was a gunslinger, wanted by every lawman in the West. When I first envisioned my heroine, a pistol-packing Pinkerton with fiery hair and an even hotter temper, I planned to make “Coyote Cass” the villain of her story. But Cass wasn’t happy with my plot to bury him at Boot Hill.“Aw, c’mon, Wolfie,” he kept whispering in my ear, “I’m not so bad. I’m funny! How many villains do you know, who ride get-away horses named Jelli and Pancake? And what about that time I poured moonshine into my sweetheart’s pie, so she could win the county bake-off? I’m adorable! Give me a book and a woman of my own!”The next thing I knew, I was doing something crazy: rewriting the ebook version of a previously published paperback, so I could star Cass and Sadie in their own series of Western Whodunits, Lady Law & The Gunslinger.What is your favorite genre to read?Anything that explores the mystical side of nature. Right now, four Ted Andrews books are stacked on my desk. Ted wrote about the symbolism of plants and animals to Native Americans. His book, Animal Speak, stokes my imagination because I love to create “furry pranksters” as humor devices. For instance, in Devil in Texas, a rascally raccoon, named Vanderbilt Varmint, steals a lot more than scenes!Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?That’s a tough call. I love witty, rapid-fire dialogue that makes me laugh. The first 2 characters who come to mind are Raistlin Majere (evil mage) and Tasselhoff Burrfoot (happy-go-lucky Kender / Halfling) from the Dragonlance Series. I read those books many, many years ago, and yet today, when I picture those two characters “sparring” with words, I have to smile. When I write, I want to create characters that are just as memorable to my readers.What are you working on at the moment, and what will we see from you in coming months?I just completed Dance to the Devil’s Tune, the sequel to Devil in Texas. Now I’m trying to decide where to set Devil Plays with Fire (Book 3 in Lady Law & The Gunslinger.) I was thinking of throwing a dart at a map – because that worked so well for Book 1. Devil in Texas is set primarily in Lampasas. It’s a small town about 90 miles north of Austin (where I live.) Lampasas is rich in Wild West history and yet, until I threw my dart, I’d never heard of Lampasas, much less its reputation as the 19th Century “Saratoga of the South!”Please tell us about your latest book.Pinkerton Agent Sadie Michelson poses as a casino singer to investigate a Texas Senator. Before she can cozy up to her quarry, she must get past his bodyguard, William Cassidy, her long-lost lover.An outlaw seeking redemption, Cass was lured to Texas by the promise of a Ranger badge. But he hasn’t forgotten the sassy siren, who toyed with his heart. When Sadie proposes a truce, Cass suspects she’s hiding something.With assassins dogging their heels, Cass and Sadie uncover a murder conspiracy in the senate. To stay alive, they must do the one thing they’re dead set against: trust each other.About the Book
Title: Devil in Texas (Book 1, Lady Law & The Gunslinger)Genre: Historical Western Romance / Romantic SuspenseAuthor: Adrienne deWolfeBook heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13Buy This Book
Publisher: https://ebookdiscovery.leadpages.net/adriennedewolfe/Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/devil-in-texas-adrienne-dewolfe/1123892066?ean=9781614178392Author Social Media
Book Website: http://WildTexasNights.comWriters Blog and Website: http://WritingNovelsThatSell.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Writing.NovelsPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/AdriennedeWolfe/Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Adrienne-deWolfe/e/B000API9SA -
Heartland: contemporary western #romance @sara_w_ellwood #RLFblog
This quick interview includes info about the author, and introduces the story.About the Author
Although Sara Walter Ellwood has long ago left the farm for the glamour of the big town, she draws on her experiences growing up on a small hobby farm in West Central Pennsylvania to write her contemporary westerns. She’s been married to her college sweetheart for over 20 years, and they have two teenagers and one very spoiled rescue cat named Penny. She longs to visit the places she writes about and jokes she’s a cowgirl at heart stuck in Pennsylvania suburbia. Sara Walter Ellwood is a multi-published and international Amazon bestselling author of the anthology series Cowboy Up. She also dabbles in the paranormal genre with her The Hunter’s Dagger Series, which was previously published under the pen name Cera duBois.Interview with Sara Walter Ellwood
Why did you write this book?I actually came up with the idea for this book while writing the heroine’s parents’ romance back in 2010. When Heartstrings (Singing to the Heart book 1) was eventually published in 2013, I just had to wait a few years to write it—to allow the heroine to grow up.What is your favorite genre to read?Oh, wow, that’s a hard question because I read so many: contemporary romance, paranormal romance, science fiction (I’m a HUGE Star Wars geek), straight historical and romance, fantasy romance… I really can’t pick one.Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?It really is a tie between Scarlett O’Hara and Princess Leia (from the Star Wars Legacy universe—the old Expanded Universe).What are you working on at the moment, and will see from you in coming months?I’m working on A Hunter’s Wings–book 3, of my paranormal series, The Hunter’s Dagger Series. I hope to have it released by January. I’m also plotting and doing research for a time travel historical YA fantasy set in early sixteenth century England/Scotland. The story will involve two fairies who go back in time to prevent another time-traveling fairy from assassinating King Henry VIIs daughter before she can marry the Stuart King, James IV, which would prevent the eventual secession of the Scottish kings to the English throne.Please tell us about your latest book.Sex, drugs, and country music. That was the lifestyle for Emily Kendall, a Texas girl who hit it big on the country music charts—until she found herself pregnant and battling addiction. Now out of rehab and seeking a new life for herself and her unborn child, Emily returns to her hometown of McAllister. The last thing she’s looking for is trouble, no matter how good it looks in uniform.A widower, single father, and former Army Ranger struggling with PTSD, Sheriff EJ Cowley has his own demons to battle while keeping folks safe. The last thing he needs is a troubled celebrity speeding through town in her bright red Maserati. But when someone from Emily’s past threatens her safety and the peace of McAllister, EJ has no choice but to protect her. And soon both will learn there’s more to the other than meets the eye. And that wounded hearts can love again.About the Book
Title Heartland (Singing to the Heart book 3)Genre Contemporary Western RomanceAuthor Sara Walter EllwoodBook heat level (based on movie ratings): RBuy This Book
Publisher http://www.ekensingtonbooks.com/author.aspx/29486Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Heartland-Heartsong-Book-Walter-Ellwood-ebook/dp/B015VA3O8S/Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/heartland-sara-walter-ellwood/1122713773?ean=9781601834911iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/heartland/id1052617000?mt=11
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