As you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters never point in the wrong direction!
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Welcome and it s the last day of the LADIES LOVE COUNTRY BOYS week long celebration! It's been a delightful week and I want to thank my guests--authors, readers, and aspiring writers, perhaps for coming by for a visit! Its great to know that the love for 'country boys' beats strong and fierce in the hearts of readers!!There's a bit of a nip in the air and the forecast is callin' for a wee bit of rain. Its to be chilly , sure, but the friendship and talk of our next two author guests is sure to keep us quite warm! Please welcome Cat Johnson and Lorelei James!
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About Cat Johnson:
A
self-proclaimed promo ‘ho, Cat Johnson is known for her creative marketing and
research practices. Consequently, Cat has sponsored bull riding rodeo cowboys,
owns an entire collection of cowboy boots and camouflage shoes for book
signings and a fair number of her consultants wear combat or cowboy boots for a
living. She is currently contracted with Kensington and Samhain.
Cowboy
Inspiration:
Living
in New York State, just an hour north of Manhattan, we don't see many true
cowboys hanging around. That's probably why my radar goes off whenever one is
in the vicinity, whether it be the son of the farmer who delivered the hay for
my horses who became the inspiration for Jared
(Red, Hot & Blue series) or the ropers I saw at the small local rodeo in
Connecticut who helped me craft the two hot tie-down ropers in Texas Two-Step (All Romance eBooks).
I
suppose if I'd grown up in cowboy country, had my heart broken by a few of the
sweet talkers, and were surrounded by them constantly, I might not be so
intrigued by this breed of man. Perhaps I never even would have written one.
For that reason alone, though I do long for a slowly drawled
"darlin'" and the tip of a cowboy hat in real life, I guess I should be
grateful I'm a New Yorker. That sure comes in handy when writing how the first
encounter with a real cowboy such as One
Night with a Cowboy's Tuck can make a city girl like Becca tingle like in
the excerpt below…
ONE NIGHT WITH A COWBOY
Oklahoma Nights, Book 1
One Sweet Ride…
Oh yeah. A single look at the
leggy blonde in the stands and Tucker Jenkins is
ready to buck all night long.
It’s time to forget all about his cheating ex and his usual hands off policy.
One Hot Night…
Becca Hart is an East Coast
professor. Not a buckle bunny. But no degree can prepare her for the
moves of the sexy bull rider she hooks up with at her first rodeo … Or the
shock of finding him at her first Oklahoma State University staff meeting.
One Happy Ending…
Tuck knows it’s all about
holding on, no matter how wild the ride. Now he just has to convince Becca that
a rough start out of the chute doesn’t mean they aren’t a smokin’ combination …
Excerpt:
Tucker laughed, deep and low. A sound that
went right through her core.
“I’ll explain the different events to you
while we watch.” He shook his head, still grinning. “It’s been a long time
since I’ve had to explain rodeo to a city girl.”
She got a twisting of irrational jealousy in
her belly, not that she’d ever assumed she was the first woman this cowboy had
charmed. “Oh, really? Have you had to explain this stuff to a lot of city
girls?”
That elicited another hearty chuckle from
Tucker. He leaned lower, closer to her ear. “Never one as cute as you.”
He straightened again right after he spoke,
but the warmth where his breath had wafted across her skin remained. It
intensified and spread through her. Becca swallowed hard. She glanced at Emma,
who luckily was getting a lecture from Jace about something rodeo related,
judging by how he was pointing out things to her in the arena. Good. She didn’t
need Emma watching her. She knew there was no hiding from her sister the blush
creeping across her cheeks.
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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author, Lorelei
James, pens erotic western romances about cowboys and the women who love them.
Lorelei’s books have been nominated for and won the Romantic Times Reviewer’s
Choice Award and the CAPA Award. Lorelei lives in western South Dakota.
What inspired me to write this story?
Ever wonder about the quiet guy who's always around helping
but doesn't seem to say much? Who keeps to himself and you wonder...what makes
him tick? That was the jumping off point for the Rough Riders book COWBOY
CASANOVA featuring enigmatic Bennett McKay. He's part of the large McKay
family, but he has a life in a BDSM club that no one is aware of. A cowboy Dom?
That was really fun to write :)
Ben was contemplating sub choices when a flash of red caught
his eye. He swiveled on his barstool to watch the siren in the silk kimono
saunter through the room.
Oh hell yeah, his night had just improved tenfold.
She perched on the edge of her barstool, every inch of her
so prim and proper Ben’s fingers itched to muss her up.
After he watched her for a few minutes, he asked Murphy,
“Who is the hot number in red with Layla?”
“Her name is Angel.”
“Angel,” rolled off his tongue. Perfect name for her.
Sipping his beer, he focused entirely on her. Lush body, lush mouth. Great
smile. Expressive eyes. She was off-the-scale sexy in his opinion. So why the
hell was the woman wearing a wig? Not a subtle one, but a sleekly styled black
wig, the last inch of hair dyed candy-apple red. Was she trying to look
dangerous? Hip? Naughty?
Be interesting to coax the truth from her. Some very
interesting extraction techniques popped into Ben’s head.
She must’ve sensed him staring at her because she turned and
met his gaze head on. Their eyes remained locked for several long moments as
Ben waited for her to lower her gaze—as he was accustomed. But she returned his
intense eye-fuck full bore until Layla demanded her attention.
Holy shit. Dismissive wasn’t a reaction Ben usually got,
especially not in here. And that intrigued the hell out of him. Casually, he
said to Murphy, “Introduce me to her.”
Murphy sighed. “She’s not for you.”
“Why not? Has she already picked someone for tonight?”
“Not exactly.”
Ben faced Murphy. “Then exactly what’s the problem?”
A devious smile appeared. “She’s not here as a sub.”
“She’s a guest?” Ben frowned.
“Nope.”
“She’s here as special entertainment?” That’d explain her
wacky get-up. Some clubs in bigger cities had themed nights where members
dressed up. Cody and Trace had threatened to try it at the Rawhide, but Ben
secretly didn’t believe that’d fly in Gillette, Wyoming. Then again, he hadn’t
been around to voice his opinion in the last month.
“No,” Murphy said. “And she’s not here to bar-tend, waitress
or clean the bar.”
Which left one other possibility but Ben couldn’t wrap his
head around it. “She’s here as a…Domme?” After Murphy nodded, Ben’s jaw
dropped. “No. Fucking. Way. A Domme. In the Rawhide.”
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