New York Times Bestselling author Carla Cassidy brings cowboys, suspense and passion under Oklahoma skies with her new series, Cowboys of Holiday Ranch.
“I ride alone,”
cowboy Lucas Taylor warns New Yorker Nicolette Kendall. But when she and her son, Sammy, settle into
the Holiday Ranch things are about to change for the sexy straight-shooting loner. After a frightening kidnapping attempt, Lucas
becomes six-year-old Sammy’s beloved bodyguard…while trying-in vain- to resist
white-hot sparks between him and the boy’s gorgeous city-slicker mom.
Nicolette can’t
deny the attraction, either. But she’s been heartbroken once too often and
won’t hitch her star to a cowboy interested only in a fling. Until there’s real
danger to her own life…and heart! Then
will she trade in her high heels for cowboy boots?
Excerpt
“It’s going to be all right,” Lucas
murmured against her ear.
Nicolette raised her head to gaze up
at him, and all he knew was that she looked as if she needed to be kissed…badly.
Following instincts alone, he
lowered his lips to hers, stunned when she tightened her grip around his neck
and pressed closer against him.
She opened her mouth to allow him to
deepen what he’d intended simply to be a kiss of compassion, of support. The kiss became so much more complicated than
that. It stole his breath away. You’ve got to stop, a little voice whispered inside his head. Finally he broke the kiss.
It was as if she heard the little
voice. She suddenly stepped back from him,
her green eyes glowing and her breathing labored.
Before he could mutter an apology or
say anything, she grabbed his hand, hers feeling hot and fevered. “Come to my
room, Lucas. Come and make love to me.”
It never entered his mind to deny
her. After all, a real cowboy never
turned down a lady’s request.
A Real Cowboy is not only the beginning of a new series about sexy cowboys and the woman they love, but also my 120th book for Harlequin Romantic Suspense. I’m particularly excited about this series because the cowboys who work at the Holiday Ranch had been society throw-aways living on the streets and have grown into honorable men who share a brotherhood.
Meet Carla
New York Times best-selling author Carla Cassidy lives in the Midwest with her "macho Italian" husband, Frank. She's the author of over 120 books and can't think of anything she'd rather do for a living than tell stories.
Find out more about Carla at her website, on Facebook and you can follow her on Twitter @CarlaCassidy2
Q&A
E.E.: What turns you off like nothing
else?
Carla: Somebody without a sense of humor.
E.E.: What sound or noise do you love?
Carla: Wind chimes.
E.E.: What do you do to unwind and relax?
Carla: Write, and watch The Housewives of Anything
and Everything. Yes, it is a tawdry
little secret pleasure.
E.E.: Do you write while listening to
music?
Carla: No, I tend to start singing
instead of writing. I write while
watching television.
E.E.: What inspires you every day?
Carla: After a double mastectomy and chemo last
year, what inspires me now is waking up in the morning and having another day
to write.
E.E.: Can you tell us about a real-life hero
you’ve met?
Carla: My macho, New York Italian
husband, who while I was sick with cancer scrubbed floors and washed dishes and
did everything in his power to make things as easy on me as possible. Of course he revealed to me how much he’s
really capable of and now life as he knew it before my cancer will never be the
same for him.
Today Carla will be giving away a copy of her new release, A Real Cowboy, as well Level Five and a duo book: Snowbound With The
Bodyguard and The Cowboy’s Secret Twins. Just comment and enter the raffle.
Now, here’s a question for readers…what
is it that you love about cowboys?
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