Sneak peeks into the stories in the box set of Cowboy, Mine

Today is a multi-special feature for Cowboy, Mine. It's a box set of 6 cowboy stories by these 6 best-selling and award-winning authors: Kathleen Ball, Krista Ames, Cheryl Gorman, Melissa Keir, Lyssa Layne, and D’Ann Lindun.

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Cowboy, Mine

He'll Leave You Breathless...

Ebook ISBN: 978-1-939590-99-2

Buy links:  Amazon e-book    Amazon print

Here are some sneak peeks into the stories:

Texas Haven 
by Kathleen Ball

Can love shine through the clouds of treachery and misunderstanding?

Advertising for a wife seems like the answer to all of Burke Dawson's problems. He wants a wife and kids without emotional attachments, but he has no idea how much havoc one woman can cause.

Annie Douglas has her heart set on her hunky cowboy's love and she isn't about to stop until she gets it.

Take Me Home, Cowboy 
by Krista Ames

When tragedy strikes, will building tension and pride destroy a growing attraction or show them the way home?

Ally Kincaid returns to Rock Creek, Wyoming, to see her father after a two year absence. Anticipating a quiet family reunion, she finds herself butting heads with Matt Gentry—her father’s foreman—instead. The man’s arrogance and sexy drawl push all her buttons, making her wonder what he’s hiding beneath his cowboy swagger.

When tragedy strikes, will building tension and pride destroy their growing attraction or show them the way home?

Honeymoon Ranch
by Cheryl Gorman

Can two reluctant partners ride off into their own blissful sunset on Honeymoon Ranch?

When wedding planner, Summer Conroy, discovers she has inherited half of Silver Creek Ranch, she is stunned to learn the other half is owned by sexy cowboy, Bryce Jericho. Her idea of turning the ranch into an exclusive wedding and honeymoon destination is met with a wall of resistance from Bryce who doesn’t want his ranch ruined with a bunch of wedding nonsense. He is determined to conceal his vulnerable heart that beats in fear of being betrayed again. Will this woman with dreams of happily-ever-after in her eyes transform his fear into love everlasting?

Chalkboard Romance 
by Melissa Keir

Will a One Night Stand prove to be their disaster or their salvation?

Lauren Walsh, a divorcee and elementary teacher, wants to feel sexy again after her ex tosses her aside for a younger woman. Her best friend encourages her to sign up for The Playhouse--a renowned dating agency. Forced to stay away from his young son, Mac Thomas lost the ability to trust. After the death of his wife, he returned to care for his son but his sister wants more for him. She sets him up with The Playhouse.

Passion ignites but Mac’s a parent of one of Lauren’s students. A teacher and a parent dating could cost Lauren her job and her chance at happiness. Will Mac be able to convince the school and Lauren, that love is the most important thing?

Until You Fall in Love
by Lyssa Layne

Can a longtime friendship suddenly blossom into love?

Single mom Jordan Glastetter doesn't know how she'd survive without her best friend, Abram Tomko. He's the father her son never knew and he's the rock she's always leaned on.

When Abram's father suffers a heart attack, it's Abram's turn to depend on Jordan, finally seeing her as the woman she's become and not the little girl he grew up with.

Will they risk their friendship for a chance at love?

The Cowboy’s Baby
by D’Ann Lindun

Cat wanted to keep her baby: Tanner insisted she give it up...can they find common ground seventeen years later?

Cat O’Brien left her heart in Granite, Colorado, seventeen years ago—her first love, Tanner Burke, and the baby girl she gave birth to at sixteen. Suddenly, both Tanner’s high school sweetheart and the teenage daughter they gave up for adoption are back in his life.

Cat is adamant their daughter keep her baby; Tanner isn’t as sure. Just like seventeen years before, he and Cat are butting heads over the fate of an unborn child.

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Interview with illustrator and debut children's author Roni Kennedy

Today’s special guest is illustrator and debut children's writer Roni Kennedy. We’re chatting about The Boy That Grew Teeth in His Ear.

Bio:

Roni Kennedy was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and comes from a family of eight. She is the oldest of six brothers and sisters and was taught at an early young age that she needed to set the example for her younger brothers and sisters. In her later years she moved to Salt Lake City, Utah and has three children and four step children.

Roni is a self-starter and has her own sign business which she used to run out of her home for 20 years and now at a location in Tooele, Utah for the past 10 years of her life. In her shop she designs, prints banners, does vehicle lettering and all types of signs. She has an artistic talent that she has been blessed with to support her family and lively hood. She also has and still paints windows as well seasonal and promotional for businesses and homes. She is a hard worker and likes to do crafts in her spare time and spend time with family and keep a clean home.

In the early 1996 Roni and another partner had two clipart books which were called Primary Paraphernalia Volume 1 and 2 that were published by Sounds of Zion in Salt Lake City Utah and were distributed all over the United States In Deseret Book Stores. She considers herself accomplished and when the going gets tough the tough get going.

Welcome, Roni. Please tell us about your current release.

First of all before I get started I want to give all my credit to my mother who was from Eunice, Louisiana. She left her family when she met my father in the service and married and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. She is a strong woman and a brave woman. She was a school teacher and continued her education to getting her master's degree while she was raising us and teaching. She wrote a few books and tried to get them published but at the time it was quite expensive raising six children. Our needs came first.

The Boy That Grew Teeth in His Ear is about how sometimes we can get caught up in following the crowd and wanting to be popular. Since bullying has been a problem from the beginning of time this book is to invite children to realize they can be good friends and not pick on others and make fun of others that are different than them or new to a school or neighborhood.

Aaron has moved to a new neighborhood and is being teased and picked on. In order to fit in he starts doing bad things to make himself fit in to the group that's picking on him. He soon finds out that a tooth is forming in his ear and he tries to hide it. When his friends discover it they want to have one just like he has. They think it's cool. The tooth makes him more popular and he and his new friends start picking more and more on others. Then more teeth grew in Aaron’s ear until he had none left in his mouth. He starts hiding out in his upstairs bedroom and won't go out and play or anything. He feels like a total freak and sobs and cried himself to sleep. Then the ear talks to Aaron in his sleep and tells him to repent of his wrongs - he will get better. So Aaron regains his mouth full of teeth and also lots of friends.

What inspired you to write this book?

I think part of it has been my life events. My mother was a school teacher and 3 of us older siblings went to the same she taught at and were somewhat picked on. I remember one time we were spit on and called teacher’s pet. A few other things have been insensitive people that I have encountered throughout my life. 

I have been married 3 times. I was verbally and physically abused in my first marriage and he did not want to work. My second marriage was not so good either. He lied about money and to me about a lot of things and when I did the Primary Paraphernalia books he became very jealous of my ability to do something for myself. Part of the book starting ideas came from my hard times. 

At the time I wrote this book I was doing well with the Primary books and wanted to make a career of it. Everything was put on hold due to a divorce in 1998. At one point I sent it in to Agreka Books and they wanted me to publish and do a second book about morals. I did not have the funds and this book was put on a shelf for 18 years. I had to raise my daughter and just worked on getting the sign business going. 

Due to more humbling experiences in my life and moving to a small town with my sign business, I decided to blow some dust off of it and get it published this year. I cannot tell you it all except small towns have bullies and mean people as well as very good people so this book was a perfect time to get published. I have been bullied by a newspaper out here that was trying to put my sign business under when they advertised in their paper that they did signs and banners and undercut my prices after I closed my sign shop up in Salt Lake. I had two shops at the time and the economy was going south. I did not go through them for my published book needless to say.

What exciting story are you working on next?

I would like to work on my mother’s book. I have done the illustrations for her years ago. It needs to be edited and shortened. It is called the story of Timmy Mitton.

When did you first consider yourself a writer?

I was probably in my teens. I used to babysit the neighbor’s children and would write poems.

Do you write full-time? If so, what's your work day like? If not, what do you do other than write and how do you find time to write?

No I do not write full time. I have a full time business. I wish I could write full time and use my creativity.

What would you say is your interesting writing quirk?

I wrote and pencil sketched this book in a snap. The idea came very quickly to me.

As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I loved horses. Maybe live on a farm with lots of horses.

Anything additional you want to share with the readers?

I am a really good person. I care about others and have empathy towards them. I try to help others but I also know there are boundaries and not to let others take advantage of me. I am trying to accomplish morals, values, true principles and good teaching lessons.

Links:

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Thanks for being here today, Roni! Happy writing.

Special excerpt for romance novel Loves of Our Lives by A.C. Chenier

Kicking off the week with a special excerpt from the romance novel, Loves of Our Lives, by A. C. Chenier.

During her virtual book tour, A.C. will be awarding a $15 Amazon or Barnes and Noble gift card (winner's choice) to a lucky randomly drawn winner. To be entered for a chance to win, use the form below. To increase your chances of winning, feel free to visit her other tour stops and enter there, too.

A little bit about Loves of Our Lives:

For Katie Benjamin, finding the perfect soul mate was just a fairy tale until a chance encounter on a train changes everything. What she discovers takes her on a journey that spans lifetimes.

Excerpt from Loves of Our Lives:

“I had this commissioned for you to have. I want you to wear it close to your heart and know my heart is now and will always be yours.” He opened the case and displayed a gold locket. She gasped at the beautiful locket within the case. It was a white cameo in a pale pink background.

“Turn it over,” he said.

She did and read the words he had engraved on the back. Forever in my heart, forever in my soul.

She felt tears running down her face as she looked at the beautiful words and then into Jonathon’s eyes. She looked deep into his eyes and felt her own soul connecting directly to Jonathon. He said to her, “Forever in my heart, forever in my soul. I will find you again.” He then wrapped his arms around her and took her lips in a passionate kiss. Her heart was hammering in her throat as she kissed him back. To her it felt a bit like a good-bye kiss, but a kiss filled with the promise of reuniting in time.

The author, A.C. Chenier:

I am a CPA, CGA and live in Southern Ontario. After working for many years in the high pressure worlds of banking and IT, I decided that it was time to have a change in pace. Leaving Toronto behind I embarked on a new career in retail sales. The change was wonderful, but I felt something was missing.

Then, the unthinkable happened, and I was widowed at 46. That was a truly life altering experience. In time, I was introduced to the books and work of Dr. Brian Weiss. I discovered in his research a new purpose in life, and was driven to start writing, something I had always enjoyed, but never thought of as a career choice.

And now here we are in 2015, and my first novel is ready to be published. My second, also in the Past Lives series, will follow shortly. I continue to write and dream of a future that I had never even considered in my wildest dreams.

Links:

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