Make Mine a Cowboy by
Sandy Lea Sullivan
First
Ride Cowboy Collection
You
Never Forget Your First…
Saddle up for a sexy ride with 18
bestselling and award winning authors as they share with you their first in a
series. These cowboys will claim your heart with their rough edges and raw
emotions. Dust off your boots, and join us for a ride you'll never forget.
Coming
February 3rd!
FEATURING:
Make Mine a Cowboy by Sandy Lea Sullivan
She writes fantasy cowboys for a
living...but she never expected to find her own on the back roads of Hill
Country, Texas.
Forget Me Knot by Lori King
Will her
vacation into the heart of cattle country turn out to be a mistake?
Cowboy Crazy by Em Petrova
Five brides
for five brothers…at least that’s the deal the Daltons have struck with their
boys. Each son must marry in order to inherit a piece of the ranch they love so
much.
Watching Fireflies by Jaycee Ford
A cowboy who
knew nothing of love. A city girl who wishes she didn't.
Sweet As Candy by Sidda Lee Rain
She may be the
softness to smooth his rough edges. That is...if he can convince her to give an
ol' rodeo bum a chance.
Lazarus by Beth Williamson
Being a Graham
isn't easy, and it's about to get a lot harder for one stubborn lawman and the
woman who still owns his heart.
The Heartsong Cowboy by Melissa Keir
Can two people,
one horse and the power of love cure a little girl?
Gimme Some Sugar by Stephanie Berget
She’s is a
genius with cupcakes and croissants. He needs a ranch cook to whip up beef,
beans and bacon. Love never tasted so good.
Her Fated Cowboy by Donna Michaels
Thrown back
into the path of her first love, she finds hers is not the only heart fate has
damaged.
Cowboy Proud by D’Ann Lindun
She left town
to chase her dreams…he stayed and ignored his…can they find love again?
Davis: Letters of Fate by Paty Jager
A marriage of
convenience ignites into a steamy romance and brings two strong wills together.
Chocolate Cowboy by Kirsten Lynn
Returning to
Wyoming two things surprised GySgt Jared Worrell…becoming the town chocolatier
and Lucy Thomas. Coming home never tasted so sweet.
Montana Bachelor by Hildie McQueen
Rich Bachelor
seeks Single Female who won't mind complications of elite society, a suspicious
father and an evil ex-girlfriend…
Cowboys Never Fold by Lexi Post
A cowboy
honors a promise by working at a nudist resort but to win the sexy owner’s
heart, he must bare more than his soul.
River’s Edge by Gem Sivad
From
gunslinger to ranch owner. He's finding respectability a lot more dangerous
than his former life of sin.
Under Pressure by Rhonda Lee Carver
The Stone
sisters know their way with a gun, rope, three-inch heels, and a cowboy's
heart.
Jake: Men of Clifton by Susan Fisher Davis
He can tame
the wildest stallion, but can he tame a stubborn redhead that wants nothing to
do with him?
The Real McCoy by Sabrina York
She mistakes
him for a stripper...he is happy to comply!
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Make Mine a Cowboy by Sandy Lea Sullivan
Make Mine a Cowboy by Sandy Lea Sullivan
Mesa Arraguso writes about hot
cowboys for a living. Being a romance writer has it perks and its drawbacks.
She spends a lot of time alone in front of her computer, but she gets to
fantasize about incredibly hot men wearing cowboy boots and Stetsons. While
visiting San Antonio, Texas for a writer’s conference, she finds herself
stranded on the back roads of Bandera only to be rescued by one of the most
gorgeous men she’s ever encountered, be it fantasy or for real.
Joel Young is a cowboy. From the
top of his Stetson to the tip of his dirty cowboy boots, he’s cowboy through
and through. Along with rescuing women when they do silly things like running
out of gas miles from town on a dirt road, he spends his days herding cattle,
fixing fences and breaking horses.
Can one handsome cowboy and a
city-girl from LA find common ground is the Hill Country long enough to see
beyond a quick fling?
READ AN EXCERPT
“No, no, no, no!” Mesa Arraguso banged on the
steering wheel of her rental car with both fists. The gas gauge read E. “I
can’t be out of gas! I’m in the middle of fucking nowhere.” The sting of heat
from the leather burned her fingertips. The stifling warmth rose exponentially
inside the car without the air conditioning running. It was, after all, the
middle of May in Bandera, Texas.
A rumble of thunder broke the
stillness as she contemplated what to do. She’d taken a drive to clear her head
and jumpstart her muse for her next book, not end up on the side of the road,
out of gas, with no houses within several miles.
This was cowboy country. Hill
Country in Texas boasted some of the biggest longhorn cattle spreads in the
state. Several cattle mooed in the distance but she couldn’t tell how close a
house might be. At least cattle meant humans…somewhere.
Large banks of dark clouds
continued to roll across the sky. Several huge raindrops hit her windshield
with a loud splat before the sky opened up in a torrential downpour.
“Just fucking great. Now fate is
going to throw me into a huge thunderstorm. Why? Because I was stupid enough to
go for a drive by myself during a writers conference in San Antonio and I ended
up out here in the middle of the country. Now, I’m stuck on the side of some
dirt road, out of gas, and God only knows how far from the nearest house.”
Lightning flashed, followed shortly
by a loud crash of thunder. Mesa jumped. A shiver raced through her body as her
heart clenched in fear. She hated thunderstorms.
Her cell phone beeped—the ominous
sound of no cell phone coverage. Great!
She glanced out the window and saw
water rushing under her car along a gulley she didn’t realize she’d straddled
when she stopped. “Shit. Flash flooding? I’m so screwed.”
As the water began rising rapidly,
she realized she needed to get the hell out of her car before it was washed
away. In the distance she could make out several larger rocks. “If I can get on
top of them, I should be safe from the rush. Of course, that means I’ll be out
in the rain getting soaked.” Fear rose, threatening to choke her with the lump
in her throat. She rubbed her arms trying to calm the chills while deciding
what to do. She really didn’t have much choice. Water ran in rivulets down the
windshield. Lightning continued to flash and thunder rolled over the area. She
sucked in a large breath as she bit her lip.
A moment later a tap, tap, tap on
her window startled her out of her thoughts. She jumped and screamed as a face
appeared near her door. Blue eyes with long lashes stared back beneath a black
cowboy hat. Black hair ruffled slightly with the wind.
“Ma’am? Are you all right?”
“I’m fine.”
“You need to get this car out of
the water. You’ll be washed away. It’s rising fast.”
“I can’t. I’m out of gas.”
“Open the door.”
“Hell, no. Do I look crazy to you?”
she asked, her voice shrill with terror.
“Trust me. If I were a serial
killer, I wouldn’t be out in this shit trying to find women to abduct. I’m
going to help you, but you need to get out of the car first before we’re both
swept away.”
Mesa bit her lip. Should she trust
him?
“Ma’am?”
“All right.” She eased open the
door to find the water almost reached the bottom of the car. The cowboy pulled
the door the rest of the way as she grabbed her purse.
“We have to hurry,” he said,
offering her a hand to help her from the car. “Let me help you. This water is
rushing pretty fast.”
A red horse stood patiently several
feet away with its head down, riding out the storm the only way horses knew
how. A cowboy on a real horse out here in the middle of nowhere? Surely, it’s
safe. I mean serial killers don’t ride horses, right?
Her tennis shoes were soaked the
moment she stepped into the rushing stream, chilling her feet even though the
temperature outside today was a balmy ninety degrees. She shivered as the man
pulled her from the car, but chalked it up to her cold toes rather than the
broad chest, wide shoulders and trim hips of the cowboy in front of her.
Oompf!
“Sorry, ma’am,” he said, setting
her back from where she landed against his chest. “Let’s get out of this
downpour.” He slammed the car door before he pulled her toward his horse.
“You’ll have to ride behind me.”
“No problem.”
His ass looked fabulous swinging up
into the saddle. What the hell? I’m checking him out like a piece of meat and
the man is here saving my butt from drowning.
“Ma’am?” he asked, holding out his
hand so he could help her behind the saddle.
“Oh, yeah right. Thanks.” She swung
up behind him and grabbed his waist like a drowning victim in the middle of a
raging surf. “Sorry.”
“No problem. You need to hang on. I
don’t want to dump you off the back.”
“I’m sorry you’re getting wet
because of me.”
“I was wet before I found you. I’ve
been ridin’ fences in between the downpours.”
The horse sidestepped to the right.
A squeal broke from her lips. “Sorry.”
“You don’t have to apologize,
ma’am. I shoulda asked if you were okay on horseback.”
As the horse continued
forward she caught the rhythm of its walk and relaxed into the gait. “My name
is Mesa.”
“Excuse me?”
“Mesa is my name. I feel like some
fifty-year-old woman with you calling me ma’am.”
“Sorry. Habit.”
“I can imagine.”
“It’s nice to meet you, Mesa. I’m
Joel.”
About the Author
Sandy Sullivan is a romance author,
who, when not writing, spends her time with her husband Shaun on their farm in
middle Tennessee. She loves to ride her horses, play with their dogs and relax
on the porch, enjoying the rolling hills of her home south of Nashville.
Country music is a passion of hers and she loves to listen to it while she
writes.
She is an avid reader of romance novels and enjoys reading Nora Roberts, Jude Deveraux and Susan Wiggs. Finding new authors and delving into something different helps feed the need for literature. A registered nurse by education, she loves to help people and spread the enjoyment of romance to those around her with her novels. She loves cowboys so you'll find many of her novels have sexy men in tight jeans and cowboy boots.
Sandy’s website
www.romancestorytime.com
She is an avid reader of romance novels and enjoys reading Nora Roberts, Jude Deveraux and Susan Wiggs. Finding new authors and delving into something different helps feed the need for literature. A registered nurse by education, she loves to help people and spread the enjoyment of romance to those around her with her novels. She loves cowboys so you'll find many of her novels have sexy men in tight jeans and cowboy boots.
Sandy’s website
www.romancestorytime.com
