HAPPY BOOK WEEK: LONG, TALL COWBOY CHRISTMAS (HAPPY TEXAS) BY CAROLYN BROWN
LONG, TALL COWBOY CHRISTMAS by Carolyn Brown
September 26, 2017
Forever Mass Market
$7.99
Happy, Texas Series Book 2
LONG, TALL COWBOY CHRISTMAS (HAPPY TEXAS) BY CAROLYN BROWN
Release Date: September 26, 2017
SYNOPSIS
A heartwarming holiday read from USA Today bestselling author Carolyn Brown
Nash Lamont is a man about as solitary as they come. That's exactly why ranch life in middle-of-nowhere Happy, Texas suits him. So what the heck is he doing letting a beautiful widow and her three rambunctious children temporarily move in? Before he knows it, they're stringing Christmas lights and decorating the tree... and he's having the time of his life. But after everything he's been through, Nash knows this kind of happiness doesn't last.
Kasey Dawson thought she'd never get over the death of her husband. Nash, with his strong hands and infinite patience, is stirring something she hasn't felt in a long time. Kasey knows the sexy cowboy isn't telling her everything about this past, though. And she refuses to risk heartbreak all over again. But her kids have a plan of their own: Nothing will keep them from having a real family again-even if it takes a little help from Santa himself.
"Genuinely sweet." --Publishers Weekly
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REVIEW: LONG, TALL COWBOY CHRISTMAS (HAPPY TEXAS) BY CAROLYN BROWN
Long, Tall Cowboy Christmas by Carolyn Brown
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Long, Tall Cowboy Christmas (Happy, Texas) by Carolyn Brown
Scrumptious. Serious subjects, tender sweet moments and new beginnings are packaged inside this heartbreaker of a read. Life has not been kind to Nash or Kasey. Trapped in his own personal hell, Nash keeps to himself, grieving the man he used to be and despising the one he has become. Until a couple sweet faces and a beautiful woman turn this beast into a family man. Long, Tall Cowboy Christmas resonates, because we all have regrets and painful memories that litter our life. The key is to not let fear dictate our choices and hold us back, but push for something better.
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Q&A for Reviews by Crystal
- What are you currently working on?
Right now I’m working on the next cowboy romance in a new series, The Longhorn Canyon Ranch Series. It will debut in May 2018 with Cowboy Bold. Today I’m working on Levi and Claire’s story, Cowboy Honor.
- Where did you come up with the idea for either your current release or your current WIP?
Levi Jackson is the foreman of the Longhorn Canyon Ranch and he’s always bringing home strays. A dog, a cat, a bunny, a turtle and even a crippled miniature donkey. I just wondered what would happen if he found a damsel in distress, brought her home and found out that she was pretty sassy.
- Do you have a favorite snack that you like to munch on while writing? If so would you mind sharing what it is with us?
Oh, yes, ma’am. I love barbecued potato chips and diet root beer.
- When you are not busy writing wonderful stories to keep us lucky readers entertained, what do you like to do? Do you have a hobby?
My family is my first love and with more than a dozen grandchildren and several great grandchildren, there’s never a lack for something to entertain me.
- Do you have a favorite background noise you like to have going while you write (TV, Music, kids playing)?
I write to country music a lot of the time. Not the new stuff but the older ballads from artists like George Strait, George Jones, Travis Tritt and Mark Chestnutt.
THE HAPPY, TEXAS SERIES
TOUGHEST COWBOY IN TEXAS, #1
LONG, TALL COWBOY CHRISTMAS, #2
EXCERPT
Padding out of the room in her flannel pajama pants and an oversized faded shirt, Kasey found Nash washing dishes and no kids in sight.
“Shhh…” He put a finger over his lips. “They just now dropped off for naps. If they hear your voice, they’ll wake up.”
She frowned and pointed toward the dining room. “What is that?”
“Camping out,” he explained.
A white sheet had been draped over the dining room table, creating a tent. Underneath were pillows, books and two sleeping children.
“They’re camping and I’m watching out for bears and skunks,” he explained. “Hungry?”
“Starving. I’m always nauseated at the onset of one of the headaches and afterwards so hungry I could eat one of those bears if you catch it.” She caught a whiff of Italian food. “You cooked?”
“Of course,” he said. “Sit down right here and let me work on your neck. Lots of headaches are stress related and come out of the neck.”
She eased down into a chair and Nash went to work on her temples first, placing his hands on her cheeks so that his thumbs worked on the spots between her eyebrows and hair line. Making lazy circles and increasing the pressure every few seconds, he kept up the massage for a good five minutes before moving around to the back of the chair. He took her neck in his hands, heating her hormones to the boiling point. Rolling it around in his hands, she could feel the tension leaving her body by degrees. Then he began to massage her shoulders, digging his fingers into the knots and dissolving them. The pain in her head dissolved to half strength and her stomach grumbled.
“Now for food. Sit right there and I will bring it to the table.”
Kasey couldn’t remember the last time a man had waited on her. “God, this is amazing,” she said after taking a bite of the spaghetti he put in front of her. “Did you make the sauce from scratch?”
He nodded. “Just like my cousin Amanda taught me. She married an Italian, and she’s an amazing cook. After eating her marinara, that stuff you buy in a jar at the grocery store is pretty bland.”
“You cook and watch kids, run a ranch—what can you not do?” Kasey asked.
“I’m not real good at talkin’ to most people,” he said.
“That’s not what I see.” She almost groaned when she bit into a slab of garlic bread.
“Oh yeah? And what do you see?”
“I see a man who’s got some demons, but you talk to me just fine,” she told him between bites.
“Well, you’re special,” he replied softly.
About the Author
Carolyn Brown is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author and RITA® Finalist who has sold more than 3 million books. She 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 CarolynLBrown.com.
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