Today is the Release Day for Hot Cowboy Nights by Carolyn Brown. This is part of a series called Lucky Penny Ranch. This is Book #2.
THE LUCKY PENNY RANCH SERIES
Wild Cowboy Ways, #1
Hot Cowboy Nights, #2
Merry Cowboy Christmas, #3 (September 2016)
Wicked Cowboy Charm, #4 (January 2017)
Excerpt:
Lizzy let herself into the house quietly and went
straight to her room. She heard the rattle of glass as her mother unloaded the dishwasher, but Lizzy didn’t
want to talk to or see anyone that night. Especially her mother. Mama would’ve immediately sniffed out the
lie, and the house would have exploded if Lizzy had admitted that she’d been screwing around
with Toby Dawson almost every day for three weeks.
It was nothing
short of a miracle that they hadn’t gotten caught.
Already the
rumors were hovering like buzzards
waiting for roadkill. From day one the Lucky Penny
couldn’t buy an ounce of good luck, and everything that happened on the ranch was fodder for the gossip
mill. Half the folks in Dry Creek, Texas, were hoping
that Blake and his family joined the long list of owners
who failed at trying to make the Lucky Penny a profitable ranch. The other half was rooting
for the three Dawsons—Blake, Toby, and their
cousin, Jud, who would
be joining them in the fall.
Lizzy pulled off her boots, kicked them somewhere
close to the closet door, and changed into a faded
nightshirt that she pulled from last week’s
laundry still tossed in the rocking chair in the corner. Cleanliness
was
a virtue, according to the Good Book, but neatness
was
not mentioned. Unlike her sisters, Allie and Fiona, Lizzy must have been out chasing butterflies or playing
with baby lambs when they passed out neatness
be- cause she didn’t get a bit
of it.
She fell back on the bed, legs dangling off the side
and her head nowhere near a pillow. Staring
at the ceiling
with nothing but the small bedside
lamp to light
the room, she let the past run through her mind again for the hundredth time since Mitch
had called to tell her he
loved another woman.
He and the preacher’s daughter had decided to become missionaries, and he would
preach at the little church they’d gone to Mexico to build.
Her world had shattered. And then Toby had taken her in his arms at Blake and Allie’s wedding and she realized maybe all wasn’t over for her after all. He’d charmed her and made her feel alive again—like a
woman to be desired.
It hadn’t ended with the dance but they’d talked on the phone, exchanged text messages, and when he moved to town they were both
primed and ready for a hot little affair. But that night
when Allie told them she was having a girl, Lizzy knew
it was time to end the secretive,
wild nights.
Lizzy crawled
under the covers and turned out the
light.
So which was she? A sweet little preacher’s-wife type who would let her husband lead her around by his every whim, like she’d been with Mitch? Or a brazen hussy, like the loose women who’d founded Audrey’s Place,
who took what she wanted from life and didn’t have
any regrets?
She’d far rather be the latter
if she had to choose. She’d come out of the Mitch experience a stronger
woman than ever, and she’d been honest when she told Toby that it hadn’t made her shy away from guys in general. And it damn sure hadn’t made her feel sorry
for herself. It had taught her to be brutally
honest and not let anyone try to change her into something
she wasn’t.
She picked up her phone to check for a sexy text message from Toby, but there was nothing. Nada. Nil.
Zilch. Not a single missed message. Finally she wrote one
to him: Changed my mind. See you tomorrow at six at Mama’s store.
With one thumb on the delete
button and the other on the send button, she sat there
in the darkness, her
body telling her to send the message
and her heart telling her that she was in for misery if she didn’t press delete.
You can get this book from the following sites:
Author: Carolyn Brown
Series: Lucky Penny Ranch, #2
On Sale: May 31, 2016
Formats: Mass Market & eBook
Price: $7.99 USD
Let’s give ‘em something to talk about…
If gossip is the lifeblood of a small town, then Lizzy Logan has been its beating heart. After being dumped by her fiancé for another woman, she could have decided to crawl under a rock. But no, she'd rather really set tongues wagging by "moving on" with one of the hottest cowboys in Texas, who happens to live next door at the Lucky Penny Ranch. Those busybodies don't have to know it's actually all pretend. And just because Lizzy has no aim to tame her wild, blue-eyed neighbor doesn't mean she can't enjoy the ride of her life.
Toby Dawson never was and never will be the settling-down type. But what harm could there be in agreeing to be Lizzy's pretend boyfriend? They'll put on a show for a few weeks and be done. Yet the more he gets to know Lizzy-really know her-the harder it is for him to keep his hands off of her in private. Soon this rough-and-ready cowboy is hoping to heal Lizzy's bruised heart and turn their fake affair into a true romance…
AUTHOR INFORMATION
New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author and RITA® Finalist, Carolyn Brown, has published more than sixty books. Brown presently writes both women's fiction and cowboy romance. She has also written historical single title, historical series, contemporary single title and contemporary series. She lives in southern Oklahoma with her husband, a former English teacher, who is not allowed to read her books until they are published. They have three children and enough grandchildren to keep them young. For a complete listing of her books (series in order) check out her website at www.carolynlbrown.com
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