• Modern Western

    Character Interview: Maggie from Written in the Cards @LaurenLinwood #RLFblog #western

    Written in the Cards 

    About the Book

    Title: Written in the Cards
    Genre: western historical romance
    Author Name: Lauren Linwood
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
    Maggie Rutherford jilts
    her too-perfect society groom at the altar and flees New York for the American West, where she turns
    her travels into dime novels that she writes and illustrates under the pen name
    Lud Madison.
    After the Civil War,
    veteran Ben Morgan marries his childhood sweetheart and takes her to homestead on
    the Great Plains. Losing her and their unborn child
    in an Indian attack, Ben detaches from emotion and becomes a roaming gambler. When
    he kills a cheating opponent in self-defense, the man’s gunslinger brother swears
    revenge upon Ben.
    Ben hides on a cattle
    drive and brings in a herd to Abilene,
    where a waiting Maggie wants to find a rough and tumble cowboy to interview for
    her next story idea. Sparks fly as the dangerous
    drover and popular novelist wind up living in the same household, running a general
    store east of Abilene.
    But with Black Tex Lonnegan hot on his trail, will Ben run from his growing attraction
    to Maggie and the gunfighter’s promise of death–or will he make a stand for his
    life–and love?

    Buy This Book

    Amazon: http://amzn.com/B00KGM0M1O

    Interview with Maggie Rutherford:

    Tell us about yourself,
    please.
    I’d be delighted to. My name is Maggie Rutherford, and I grew
    up in New York City.
    I was the

    one who spoke up and objected to being married at my own wedding. I rushed
    out, leaving hundreds of society gossipers to rake me over the coals. I decided
    that I couldn’t marry a man I didn’t love or respect, and so I’ve made my way across
    the West. I write dime novels under a pen name for my family’s publishing company.
    I thought my stories of adventure would sell better under a man’s name, and I definitely
    didn’t want my brother, the head of Rutherford House, to give me a pity publish.

    What is your family like?
    My mother died when I was quite young, so I don’t remember her
    at all. Papa totally ignored me for his publishing empire, disappointed that I was
    a girl. I worshipped my older brother Marcus, and I’ll admit he spoiled me rotten.
    I traipsed after him and his best friend Frank, who’s truly family to me. If they
    rode, so did I. If they took fencing or boxing lessons, then I was their shadow
    and learned every move. My aunt Harriet feels she’s failed me somehow because I’m
    not interested in needlepoint or the necessary social graces to be a success in
    society.
    What special skills do
    you rely on?
    Outlaw Muse
    My brain is my largest muscle, and I flex it every chance I get!
    I don’t understand these empty-headed females—or at least those who pretend to be
    empty-headed. I’m blessed with two skills that are helping me support myself since
    I’ve moved to the West. I have quite an imagination, and I draw upon it heavily
    as I write my dime novels. I’m also quite handy with pen and ink or charcoals, and
    so I also illustrate my books. The money I’ve made as a dime novelist has helped
    me pay my way without relying on my family’s publishing fortune.
    If someone from your past
    showed up, who would you NOT want it to be, and why?
    I would not want to spend a single minute in the presence of
    my former fiancé. Richard was not the man I thought he was, and that was bitterly
    disappointing. He would never have let me spread my wings and soar. He wanted to
    keep me in a cage that would have become my prison.
    Are you happy with the
    way your story ended? Why or why not?
    I couldn’t imagine being any happier than I am at this moment.
    I’ve found a career that I can be proud of. I’ve discovered the town I’m meant to
    settle down in, with my dearest friends Frank and his fiancée Rebecca, who’s become
    as close as a sister to me. Most importantly, I plan to spend the rest of my days—and
    nights—with the man who has changed me for the better. Ben Morgan brought love and
    laughter into my life. He respects me. He challenges me. He’s almost too good to
    be true. I can’t wait to build a life and have a family with him.

    About the Writer

    Why did you choose to
    write about this character?
    I thought it would be interesting to create a heroine who was
    a writer as I am. It’s funny just how much we have in common as we try to research
    and write our stories—even if we’re writing more than a hundred years apart. I’ve
    always loved the name Maggie and saw her in my head for a long time. She was smart,
    feisty, and talented, and I just loved her red hair! I simply had to wait till the
    right story for her came along.
    Was there anything you
    discovered about this character that was a surprise to you?
    Maggie was much more vocal (in my head) than some of my characters
    have been in the past. When I wanted to make Ben the dime novelist in my story,
    she wouldn’t hear of it! She believed she had the talent and drive to be the writer—and
    she was exactly right. That freed Ben up to become a gambler on the run, and it
    made for a unique, stronger storyline.
    When you wrote about this
    character, what made you the most happy? What made you the most sad?
    I was always happy writing about when Maggie was experiencing
    new things, especially her growing attraction to Ben. Maggie’s just as much a gambler
    as Ben is. She will try anything and relish the opportunity she’s been given. It
    was hard to allow her to let Ben go when Black Tex Lonnegan came to town to kill
    him. Rationally, she knew he needed to leave to save his life . . . but giving him
    up was like cutting away pieces of her heart and soul. That was difficult to write.
    Why do you write?
    I am compelled to write. I feel I have so many stories to tell.
    I want to bring the kind of pleasure to my readers that I’ve known as I’ve read
    books over the years. I want readers to be entertained. To laugh aloud. To cry.
    To feel they’ve discovered new friends.
    What other character from
    this book do you want to write about? Care to tell us why?
    I might try to write Marcus’s story one day. He’s such a terrific
    older brother to Maggie. He’s a good friend to Frank. He’s a successful businessman.
    The US
    was on the brink of change at this time in history, and it might be interesting
    to see those changes through Marcus’s eyes. Another character that would be fun
    to follow would be Tim, the teenager Marcus takes under his wing. To go from being
    the son of a hotel desk clerk to helping develop a new town and a publishing empire?
    Hmm…I’ll have to think about this one!
    A Game of Chance 
    Is there anything you’d
    like to say to your readers?
    I just want to express my gratitude to those readers who have
    bought my books and told me they’ve enjoyed my characters and their stories. That
    puts a smile on my face.

    Author Bio

    Lauren Linwood became a teacher who wrote on the side to maintain
    her sanity in a sea of teenage hormones. Her romances use history as a backdrop
    to place her characters in extraordinary circumstances, where their intense desire
    and yearning for one another grow into the deep, tender, treasured gift of love.
    Lauren, a native Texan, lives in a Dallas suburb with her family. An avid reader,
    moviegoer, and sports fan, she manages stress by alternating yoga with five mile
    walks. She is thinking about starting a support group for Pinterest and House Hunters
    addicts.

    Author Social Media

  • Modern Western

    How to Rope a Man: Dating Tips from the Texas Wildcat @AdrienneDeWolfe #RLFblog #western

    Texas Wildcat 
    Note from Adrienne deWolfe: Still pining for a date this weekend? No problem.
    Sheep rancher Bailey McShane, the (aptly named) Texas Wildcat from Adrienne deWolfe’s
    bestselling Western Historical Romance, is here to share her secrets for catching
    a mate!
    Howdy, gals! Bailey here.
    Now don’t you be moping around the homestead ’cause some clueless
    male didn’t ask you to a fandango. The week’s not over yet! I got plenty of experience
    roping stud ponies – ‘specially the two-legged kind. So listen up.
    Prissy Missies would have you believe that a real lady puts on
    lacy pink frou-frou and totters around on stilts. Hogwash. No man worth having wants
    his woman trussed up in a corset. Men like a gal who WIGGLES when she walks. You
    ever see a ewe in a brassiere?
    I rest my case!
    Now once you get the ram’s . . . er, I mean, the man’s attention,
    don’t gush and giggle every time the fool opens his mouth. Teach that randy rascal
    some respect! When Hank Rotterdam and his twin sons were after my ranch, here’s
    how I set those cusses straight:
    Hank:
    “Aw, c’mon, Bailey. Why don’t you forget about Nick and
    marry Nate? Shoot, they look just the same. And they got the same equipment, if
    you know what I mean.”
    Me:
    “I’ll keep that in mind, when I’m ready to raise hogs.”
    You see that? The old skirt-chaser was so floored, he didn’t
    even know which way was up!
    Now here’s a sparkin’ tip for ya’ll. Girly punch and cucumber
    sandwiches ain’t gonna fire up your man’s blood! You want some bull pawing the sod
    to give your skirts a whirl? Then I got one word for you, amigas:
    MOONSHINE.
    Serve it up by the barrel.
    Here’s how my 100 percent
    all-beef male likes to tattle on me:
    Little Miss Bo Peep was so sure of herself,
    sitting over there with that mischievous smirk and that curl coiling so jauntily
    on her forehead. Besides, how powerful could the moonshine be? Bailey had tossed
    back a belt without batting an eye.
    Zack tossed back his own shot and choked.
    Fire burned a path from his gullet to his gut. He was half-convinced his ears started
    smoking. It was all he could do not to cough and sputter as the busthead went down.
    Bailey thumped him helpfully between
    the shoulder blades. “Good stuff, eh?”
    He wheezed. “You sure there’s no
    rat poison in this?”
    Yee-haw! Take it from me, gals. Tarantula juice gets the job
    done! After a coupla swigs, Zack started stamping and pawing so hard, he scooped
    me up in his arms, hauled me up a flight of stairs and . . .
    Oops! Look at the time! Gotta mozy on down to the barn to get
    those merino sheep sheared.
    But before I go, I’ll leave you with one final tip. And this
    one’s worth its weight in chocolate, if you know what I mean.
    Do you want a man to kiss you tonight? I’m not talking about
    some namby-pamby buss on the cheek. I’m talking about a REAL man, grabbing a REAL
    woman, and kissing the livin’ daylights outta her.
    (Yeah, I figured you’d like that.)
    Well, pay attention now. ‘Cause here’s how it’s done.
    Wild Texas Nights 
    Texas
    Wildcat
    By Adrienne deWolfe
    When the beautiful, hot-tempered Bailey McShane bursts into the
    cattlemen’s saloon, waving her shotgun and accusing the cowboys of theft, simmering
    tempers start to boil.
    Bailey wants restitution for the fence posts that some low-down
    cowpokes burned to steal precious water from her land.
    No self-respecting cattleman would be caught dead siding with
    a sheep rancher, like Bailey–and yet Zack Rawlins, the youngest, elected president
    of the Cattlemen’s Association, can’t resist this pint-sized wildcat with the big
    blue eyes.
    Adrienne DeWolfe
    With drought-stricken Bandera County
    on the brink of range war, Zack faces political suicide if he can’t find a way to
    mend fences between Bailey and his cattle-ranching neighbors. But what’s a cowboy
    to do with an unpredictable woman who refuses to be tamed?

    Author Bio

    Adrienne deWolfe is a #1 bestselling author of action-packed
    Historical Romance novels, Texas,
    Book 4 in her Velvet Lies Series (September 2014.) For sneak peeks of her sassy
    ladies and the rugged men whom they tame, visit her site.

    where feisty Heroines buck the conventions and Heroes
    aren’t considered heartthrobs without a sense of humor. Currently, she is writing
    Devil in

    Author Social Media

    Website: http://ebookdiscovery.com.p8.hostingprod.com/AdrienneDeWolfe
    Website: http://MagicMayhemBlog.com
  • Book Release,  Modern Western

    Interview: Donna Michaels author of Her Forever Cowboy @Donna_Michaels #RLFblog #ModernWestern

    Her Forever Cowboy

    Title Her Forever Cowboy/Harland County Series/Book Four: Kevin

    Genre Contemporary Western
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Single mother, Shayla Ryan, longs to put down roots
    to create a stable environment for her baby girl and her younger sister, but the
    threat of her abusive, ex-con father finding them has made that almost impossible.
    Her newest residence in Harland County, however, holds
    a lot of appeal, especially in the form of a Casanova cowboy with eye-catching good
    looks and easy charm. Those two qualities took her down the wrong road before, and
    though the sexy cowboy interferes with her pulse, she can’t let her heart get in
    the way of the safety of her family, or give it to someone who doesn’t believe in
    forever.
    If there’s one thing software company vice president, Kevin Dalton, loves
    more than puzzles, it’s women. Size, shape, race doesn’t matter as long as they
    don’t want a relationship–he’s not looking to repeat the past, and more than happy
    to remain single. Until two beautiful redheads drop him to his knees–one with her
    cutie-pie smile, the other with her elbow. Too bad the elbow-toting beauty is both
    hot and puzzling. A killer combination too strong to resist. And without realizing
    it, the redheads slowly rewrite the code around his heart.
    But when the danger from Shayla’s past shows up, can he rise to the challenge
    to keep them safe…and really be what they need? A forever cowboy?

    Buy This Book

    Interview with Donna Michaels

    Why did you write this
    book?
    I wrote Kevin’s story- Her Forever Cowboy, because it’s the fourth
    book in my Harland
    County series, and frankly,
    Kevin demanded it. lol The Casanova cowboy has sat back and watched three of his
    buddies get their own books and felt it was his turn.
    What is your favorite
    genre to read?
    The very same I love to write, Romance through the H’s–Hot,
    Humorous & Heartwarming.
    What is your favorite
    character from fiction (not including your own)?
    My favorite character from fiction is Ty Garrison from Jill Shalvis’
    Lucky In Love, her fourth book in her wonderful Lucky Harbor Series. I’m a sucker
    for a tortured hero, and if he’s military to boot, all the better.
    Do you enjoy films and/or
    TV shows? Which are you favorite?
    Yes, both! Movies–I love romantic comedies, sci-fi, action,
    fantasy, comedies, suspense, you name it, I love it. Favorites are many, but I’ll
    try to narrow it down. LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring, Die Hard 3 With a Vengeance,
    Two Weeks Notice, The Whole Nine Yards, and Frequency. As for TV shows, wow, again,
    a lot. Love NCIS, Supernatural, Once Upon A Time, Faceoff, Ghost Hunters, Sherlock
    and Doctor Who!
    What are you working on
    at the moment, and what are we likely to see from you in the coming months?
    I’m currently working on three books. The first is a novella
    for The Wild Rose Press tentatively titled Cowboy Payback. It’s the sequel to Cowboy-Sexy
    I released with them last year. This is former Marine Captain Brett Brennan’s story
    on how he has to deal with the fallout of the practical joke he played on his Navy
    SEAL twin Finn, telling everyone his brother was engaged to a female Marine. Now,
    the tables are turned and Brett finds himself in a fake engagement to his beautiful
    former corporal. The second book is the next one in my Harland County Series, Book
    Five/Jace-Her Healing Cowboy. Jace is a doctor and also part of the Texas National
    Guard. He has a great bedside manner, is happy to help his friends, but like any
    soldier, he has his own healing to do, and a pretty visitor from Colorado dishes
    just what he needs. And finally, I’m also working on the first book in a Harland County spin-off series-Citizen Soldier Series–titled
    Wyne and Dine, about the brother of the heroine in the third Harland book–Her Uniform
    Cowboy. Brandi’s brother Sgt. Benjamin Wyne will kick off the series by becoming
    the first of four Wyne brothers to find the right woman.
    Please tell us about your
    latest book.
    Computer programmer Kevin Dalton loves women, but avoids relationships
    and getting personal. Until he meets a resilient single mother and her sweet baby
    girl who find their way past the security around his heart. Shayla Ryan is tired
    of running from her ex-con father and wants to stay in Harland County
    to put down roots. Too bad there’s a combustible chemistry between her and the Casanova
    cowboy. He doesn’t do relationships and she’s looking for forever.

    Author Bio

    Donna is a multi published author of Romaginative Fiction. From
    short to epic, sweet to hot, she writes most romance genres for two small presses
    and is also self published. She lives in Northeastern PA
    with her military husband, their four children and several rescued cats. Her print
    books are Romance through the H’s–Hot, Humorous & Heartwarming. The first three
    books in her Harland County Series–Unruly cowboys and the women who tame them–
    Her Fated Cowboy, Her Unbridled Cowboy, and Her Uniform Cowboy have each received
    a Reviewer Top Pick from Night Owl Reviews. Her Unbridled Cowboy was #12 at Preditors
    & Editors Reader Poll for Best Romance 2013. Her Uniform Cowboy was voted Best
    Cowboy in a Book/Reader’s Choice–LRC and was awarded the Crowned Heart of Excellence
    by InD’tale Magazine. All three books in the series have been in the Amazon Top
    100 under contemporary western. She’s hoping Her Forever Cowboy will keep up the
    tradition.

    Author Social Media

    She blogs on the 16th of every month at http://rosesofprose.blogspot.com
    Amazon Author Page

     

  • Contemporary

    Author Interview: Rhonda Laurel – Texas Heat @rhondalaurel #RLFblog #Contemporary #Interracial

    Texas Heat 
    Title Texas Heat
    Genre Contemporary Interracial Romance
    Author Name Rhonda Laurel
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Isabelle Reed is having a bad year. The classical violinist is
    struggling with a divorce, and a broken arm has left her unable to play. So when
    she receives a wedding invitation from her cousin Morgan, her heart just isn’t in
    it. Going to the wedding will mean seeing everyone from back home, and seeing everyone
    back home will mean facing the music about her divorce. Unable to miss her cousin’s
    wedding, she bites the bullet and takes off—and lands right in the arms of Morgan’s
    brother-in-law, country western music star Tate McGill. She’d heard about the singer
    and his bad-boy reputation, but there was something about those storm-filled eyes
    that made her yearn to look deeper. Even though she should know better than to risk
    being the subject of a song on his next album.
    Country western singer Tate McGill is living the good life. He’s
    surrounded by beautiful women, hit music, and a great family. But he gets more than
    he bargained for when he agrees to babysit his nephew Jake for his brother Seth
    Blake, and finds a beautiful woman in his way. Isabelle Reed is talented and strong-willed,
    and she’s a natural with little Jake. But she’s keeping a secret from Tate, and
    he’s determined to find out what it is.
    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Texas-Heat-The-Blake-Boys-ebook/dp/B00JRFGIQY/
    Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Texas-Heat-The-Blake-Boys-ebook/dp/B00JRFGIQY/
    Amazon AU http://www.amazon.com.au/Texas-Heat-The-Blake-Boys-ebook/dp/B00JRFGIQY/
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/texas-heat-rhonda-laurel/1119254217?ean=2940149316885
    ARe https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-texasheat-1482822-149.html
    Kobo http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/texas-heat-8

    Interview with Rhonda Laurel

    Why did you write this
    book?
    Tate McGill first appeared as a supporting character in MVP,
    book 2 and The Blake Legacy, book 3 in The Blake Boys series. Readers were intrigued
    by Tate and his backstory as a famous country western singer who was scandalous,
    insatiable flirt.
    What is your favorite
    genre to read?
    I read a lot of contemporary romance.
    Do you enjoy films and/or
    TV shows? Which are your favorites?
    I enjoy crime procedurals and mystery. I am big fan of Murder
    She Wrote and Sherlock Holmes type television shows and movies.
    What are you working on
    at the moment, and what are we likely to see from you in the coming months?
    I am currently working on Hollywood Rush, book 2 in the Hollywood
    Heat Series and Love Notes and Football, book 5 in The Blake Boys Series.
    Please tell us about your
    latest book.
    Texas Heat is Tate’s story and is part of The Blake Boys Series.
    Tate is a famous, charismatic, country music singer who meets his match in classical
    violinist Isabelle Reed while babysitting his nephew Jake.

    Rhonda Laurel is a contemporary interracial/multicultural romance
    writer whose two great loves are writing and landscape photography. She uses both
    as a vehicle to convey the complexity of the human spirit and the beauty of the
    world around her. Ebb Tide, For the Love of the Game and Masquerade were released
    in 2012. Shutter, Memories of You, Star Crossed, MVP, California
    Bored and Tourism and The Blake Legacy in 2013. The print anthology, The Rhonda
    Laurel Collection, featuring Ebb Tide, For the Love of the Game and Shutter released
    June 2013.
    The author is happily building
    her backlist.
  • Modern Western

    Cowboy Boss and his Destiny @maryjdressel #RLFblog #ModernWestern

    Cowboy Boss and his Destiny 
    Genre Contemporary Western Romance
    Author Name Mary J. McCoy-Dressel
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Living the good life in a big city for many years, Nora Trinity
    ends up a statistic after the magazine she works for makes cutbacks. Despite a family
    betrayal from her past that still needs mending, she moves back home to the
    small town of Canyon Junction, Arizona, with forgiveness on her mind. When she
    is hired by a local rancher to help with his ranching magazine, she finds herself
    profoundly attracted to him, and the feeling is mutual. The thing is, her sexy boss
    comes as a package deal, and his little girl is immediately drawn to her. It’s not
    just about two hearts taking a chance now—or two people falling in
    love… Nora has to be sure of what she wants before she takes on the cowboy and
    his child.
    Tristan Carlson does the best he can to raise his four-year-old
    daughter on his own. His mother remains on the Double Dutch to lend a hand—giving
    him the ability to maintain the ranch, tend to his horses, and keep up his small-time
    ranching magazine. His pretty, new assistant is everything he wants in a woman,
    including her ginger-red hair. He finds it hard to keep her out of his arms—especially
    since she doesn’t mind being in his embrace. But from his experience with
    women lately, he’s learned that some don’t want a ready-made family. This one seems
    different, and he’s falling hard. But, there’s his little blue-eyed girl, and he’ll
    protect Destiny’s heart with everything within him. Until he knows for sure…
    Publisher Teel Blue Books
    Amazon http://amazon.com/Cowboy-Destiny-Double-Dutch-Series-ebook/dp/B00INIXETA
    Amazon AU http://amazon.com.au/Cowboy-Destiny-Double-Dutch-Series-ebook/dp/B00INIXETA/
    Barnes and Noble http://barnesandnoble.com/c/mary-j.-mccoy-dressel
    Apple iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/cowboy-boss-and-his-destiny/id829337508?mt=11&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
    KoboBooks: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/cowboy-boss-and-his-destiny

    Author Social Media

  • Modern Western

    Interview: Katheryn Lane Author of The Texas Cowboy @KatherynLane #RLFblog #western

    The Texas Cowboy 

    About the Book

    Title: The Texas
    Cowboy
    Genre: contemporary cowboy romance, modern western
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
    Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the problems.
    When Vicky flies into Texas,
    she immediately falls for the charms of local cowboy, Jack Cassidy. However,
    her wealthy Dallas
    cousin, Laura, has other ideas and will do everything she can to steer Vicky
    away from Jack and into the arms of a rich oilman.
    Jack is resigned to living the life of a lonely cowboy whose
    only female company is his horses–that is, until he meets Vicky. However,
    Vicky isn’t the only person with a claim on his heart. Jack wasn’t always alone
    and his ex is about to make a dramatic comeback.
    Every cowboy has a past and this cowboy’s past is about to destroy
    his future.

    Buy This Book

    Amazon USA:
    http://amzn.to/1bLPep4

    Interview with Katheryn Lane

    Why did you write this
    book?
    I love Texas
    and I’ve been lucky enough to visit it several times. The Texas Cowboy begins with
    Vicky seeing the cowboy, Jack, for the first time while she’s out shopping with
    her cousin and this opening scene was inspired by something I saw one afternoon
    in Dallas. I was
    in Highland Park Village and across the road I saw a cowboy
    standing outside Hermes, holding one of their trademark boxes. Unlike Vicky, I didn’t
    have the nerve to take a picture of him (I wish I had), and he didn’t wink at me,
    but I did begin to wonder about who he was and who the orange box was for.
    What is your favorite
    genre to read?
    I love to read a wide range of books, but my favorite has to
    be romance. I love classic authors, such as Jane Austen and Shakespeare – Romeo
    and Juliet must be one of the greatest love stories of all time – but I also enjoy
    reading books by more modern romance writers, such as Nora Roberts and Jackie Collins.
    In addition, ever since I was a little girl I’ve loved reading fairy tales. I guess
    my love of romance started with stories like Sleeping Beauty and I have ‘borrowed’
    several ideas from fairy tales for my own books. For example, the first part of
    my latest sheikh romance, A Bride For The Sheikh, is loosely based on Cinderella.
    What is your favorite
    character from fiction (not including your own characters)?
    That’s a difficult question! There are so many wonderful characters
    in literature that it’s like asking me to pick a favorite from a box of chocolates!
    However, a couple of people do stand out. I love Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the
    Wind and Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. Although they are from different
    eras and places, they are both witty, willful, beautiful women who are willing to
    stand up for themselves in a male dominated world. At the beginning of each book,
    they make the wrong choices and decisions, but in the end they discover who they
    are and what they really want in life.
    Do you enjoy films and/or
    TV shows? Which are your favorites?
    I’m afraid I don’t have much free time to watch TV as most of
    my time is taken up with work (I’m a high school teacher), looking after my children
    and writing. However, when I get the chance I do like to go to the cinema and see
    a good movie. I live in the Middle East, so the
    cinemas here only show a limited range of films and they’re often heavily censored
    which can sometimes make it hard to follow the plot! However, we get cable and occasionally
    I’ll find the time to watch a great movie on TV. I’m not sure if I have a favorite,
    but I always love watching anything with Antonio Banderas in it. He was a great
    sheikh in Day of the Falcon and gorgeous in Zorro. I also love Johnny Depp – so
    sexy!
    What are you working on
    at the moment, and what are we likely to see from you in the coming months?
    I have several things in the pipeline, including another possible
    sheikh romance, but the main thing I’m working on at the moment is a potential sequel
    to The Texas Cowboy. Although I originally wrote The Texas Cowboy as a stand-alone
    novel, several readers have started to ask me about the hero and heroine’s future.
    I don’t think I’d be giving too much away if I said that The Texas Cowboy ends,
    like all good fairy tales and romance novels, with the hero, Jack, and heroine,
    Vicky, overcoming the many obstacles that have confronted them and telling each
    other how much they love each other. As with many romance novels, it’s implied that
    they will get married and live happily ever after. However, readers have been asking
    about their wedding and if Vicky’s rich Dallas
    cousin will take over their wedding plans. Therefore, I might write a sequel and
    perhaps call it The Texas Bride.
    Please tell us about your
    latest book.
    The Texas Cowboy is my first cowboy romance; most of my other
    romances have been sheikh romances inspired by what I see and hear where I live
    in the Middle East. However, like my other novels,
    The Texas Cowboy has lots of action, unexpected twists and turns, and plenty of
    heartache, before the hero and heroine end up in each others arms, happily ever
    after.
    Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the problems.
    When Vicky flies into Texas,
    she immediately falls for the charms of local cowboy, Jack Cassidy. However,
    her wealthy Dallas
    cousin, Laura, has other ideas and will do everything she can to steer Vicky
    away from Jack and into the arms of a rich oilman.
    Jack is resigned to living the life of a lonely cowboy whose
    only female company is his horses–that is, until he meets Vicky. However,
    Vicky isn’t the only person with a claim on his heart. Jack wasn’t always alone
    and his ex is about to make a dramatic comeback.
    Every cowboy has a past and this cowboy’s past is about to destroy
    his future.

    Author Bio

    I’m a wife, teacher, author and mother of two boisterous boys,
    so most of my days are taken up with finding lost school shoes, getting stuck in
    traffic and wondering why I always join the queue that doesn’t move in the supermarket.
    However, I try to forget these daily problems (and the fact that I burnt the toast
    again this morning) by losing myself in a good book and writing novels that give
    readers a break from everyday life.
    Open one of my books and escape on a romantic adventure, because
    it’s easier to buy a book than it is to book an air ticket.
    Have a break, read a book!

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