Thank you so much to Sara and all the gang at Fresh Fiction for inviting me back
to visit about ONE TEXAS
COWBOY TOO MANY. It is always a delight to prop up my boots and talk to all
y’all about my newest release. ONE TEXAS COWBOY TOO MANY
is the third book in the Burnt Boot series. A COWBOY CHRISTMAS MIRACLE
will be out in September and finish the series. I absolutely loved writing this
whole series but having Rhett O’Donnell and Leah Brennan in my head for all
those weeks was so much fun that I sure hated to write THE END when the story ended.
To all you folks who have read the first two books, COWBOY BOOTS FOR CHRISTMAS (COWBOY NOT INCLUDED) and THE TROUBLE WITH TEXAS
COWBOYS, you already know there is a big feud going on in Burnt Boot. It
started almost a hundred years ago during Prohibition Days and the Gallaghers
and Brennans have kept it going strong.
Rhett is a cowboy from the bone marrow out to his tough cowboy hide but he rides
a tricked out motorcycle with steer horns mounted to the front and he has a cute
little pony tail at the nape of his neck. He has no notions of a romance until
he sees Leah Brennan, a school teacher at the Brennan private school on River
Bend Ranch and he loses his heart to her pretty quick. But he might as well be
whistlin’ in the wind because Leah Brennan’s grandmother hates him and forbids
Leah to even be seen with him much less date him.
On the other side of the coin, Betsy Gallagher would love to date him just to
get back at Leah and show her that a Gallagher can have what she can’t. So she’s
flirting with Rhett every chance she gets and her cousin, Tanner Gallagher, is
trying to get Leah to go out with him to put a big wedge in the Brennan family.
Talk about having one Texas cowboy too many in a school teacher’s life!
My favorite scene in the book is when Rhett is taking both women home from the
Burnt Boot Bar and Grill one night and a literal shit storm hits. The Brennans
have burned the Gallagher’s school house so the Gallaghers are out for revenge.
Only they didn’t realize that they only needed one stick of dynamite to blow up
the septic tank so they Brennans couldn’t use their school. So they used six
sticks and poor old Rhett, Betsy and Leah are stuck right beside the school when
the storm hits.
Maybe a little snippet of what happens when too much dynamite is put into a
septic tank
SNIPPET: (teasing you)
Suddenly, the ground rumbled and the truck shook. Rhett held on to the steering
wheel and jammed his foot against the brake, throwing gravel and dust every
which way. He’d never heard of an earthquake hitting in northern Texas, but they
were sure enough experiencing one right then.
“Sweet Jesus, I promise I won’t ever step foot on River Bend again,” Betsy
squealed.
It only lasted a couple of seconds, but it seemed like eternity. Rhett got
control of the truck, stopped it right in the middle of the road beside the
school, and threw his arm around Leah, drawing her closer to his side as the
truck rocked from side to side.
Then a shaft of black shot up from the ground and Rhett’s first impression was
that the Brennans had been drilling for oil and had hit an old-time gusher. It
went straight up in the sky, past the top of the school and the huge old oak
trees surrounding it, before it mushroomed and started back down.
All the windows in the school exploded outward and debris flew through the air
as the black cloud fell to earth. Betsy screamed and covered her head when
something bounced off the truck’s hood. Then something else hit a truck tire and
the explosion sounded like a shotgun blast at close range. In no time, the truck
was sitting at an angle, sliding all three of them against the driver’s side and
plastering Leah even tighter against Rhett.
Then another heavy object landed in the truck bed, raising the front end up
until the passengers were practically looking at the ceiling before it finally
popped back down. It slowly settled back down and what was in the mushroom cloud
started raining down on the truck.
Rhett took a deep breath then grabbed his nose. “That’s not oil.”
“Hell, no, that’s shit!” Betsy screamed.
Leah gasped. “I thought it was a tornado.”
Rhett saw a couple of headlights through the fog of the stuff falling all around
them as it blew in the same breeze that made the swings move. He squinted to see
if it was help or the culprits, but then they were gone. He took out his cell
phone and punched in the number to the bunkhouse, but nothing happened. When he
looked down, his phone was registering no service.
“Looks like we’re stuck, ladies,” he said.
Giveaway
Tell us what you think of the "shit storm" and you might win a ONE TEXAS COWBOY TOO MANY.
I mean, seriously, Carolyn has the BEST scenes. Be sure not to drink and read,
you'll be spewing all over the place. Or waking your bed partner if you read in
bed as I do ~ Sara Reyes
NY Times and USA Today Bestselling author and RITA Finalist, Carolyn
Brown, has published more than seventy books. She has written
historical single title, historical series, contemporary series and single
titles, cowboy romance and women’s fiction. These days she is concentrating on
her two loves: romantic women’s fiction and cowboy romance. She and her husband,
a retired English teacher, make their home in southern Oklahoma. They have three
grown children and enough grandchildren to keep them young. When she’s not
writing she likes to spend time in her back yard with her two cats, Boots
Randolph Terminator Outlaw and Chester Fat Boy, and watch them protect the yard
from vicious critters like field mice, crickets and spiders.
Carolyn Brown’s New York Times and USA Today
bestselling cowboys prove that love is bigger in Burnt Boot, Texas
She’s got too many cowboys on her hands
Leah Brennan has always been the good girl of the Brennan family, groomed to
become the matriarch of the clan. When a dark-eyed, tattooed, ponytailed bad boy
saunters into her life, Leah knows he’s off-limits—but his mesmerizing gaze
makes her forget everything she used to think was important. As town-wide
tension rises, Leah wonders if love really can conquer all
And the whole town’s taking sides
When Rhett O’Donnell roars into Burnt Boot on a hot July evening, the first
thing he sees is a beautiful blonde. She puts a little extra giddy-up in his
heartbeat, but when Rhett’s desire throws him into the middle of a love triangle
and a hundred-year-old feud, he realizes that winning his cowgirl’s heart will
be a lot more complicated than he thought.
Oh Lord I laughed so hard just reading the teaser . I have never ever read anything like this before . I can only imagine what the book will have in it . This is certainly a must read . I know when I was a kid , teenagers , I lived out in the country in a small community and one Halloween night I was with the group of boys that turned over a couple of outhouses . That was bad but to blow up a septic tank !! Oh boy ,I'm still laughing . Love this !! Thanks for giving me the laugh of the day . No one could beat this . (Joan Thrasher 10:57am March 2, 2016)
Thanks for this amazing and hilarious excerpt which captured my immediate interest. Absolutely great. (Sharon Berger 11:21am March 2, 2016)
Ahhh!!! This is great!!! lololol I would love to see what the rest of the story has there! (Lily Shah 3:12pm March 2, 2016)
I love it & have got to read the rest!! (Teresa Miller 5:01pm March 2, 2016)
Oh my goodness! LOL, so entertaining to imagine! (Colleen Conklin 5:08pm March 2, 2016)
i have to read the rest. (Ann Unger 9:43pm March 2, 2016)
I just got the book today and will start it this evening!!! Thanks, I love your books! (Suzy Slining 9:51pm March 2, 2016)
I loved your teaser and have got to read this book!!!! (Bonnie Capuano 9:34am March 3, 2016)
I really like cowboy stories! (Laurie Bergh 9:37am March 3, 2016)
Oh my goodness! Gotta get me this book for sure!! I've only read the first book in the series, gonna go find the 2nd one today -- thanks!! (Sandy Haber 11:11am March 3, 2016)
The teaser was GREAT! Looking forward to reading the rest. (Timberlee Ramsey 12:31pm March 4, 2016)
that was so funny and if your from Texas you understand. can't wait to read. thanks for sharing (Jennifer Beck 5:00pm March 4, 2016)
Sounds like my kind of book, hope I win it. (Wilma Frana 1:21pm March 5, 2016)
why are all the giveaway only for Usa NOw?? (Emily Stemp 2:45pm March 5, 2016)
well that was certainly different - very funny when it happens to someone else! (Diane Sallans 7:34pm March 5, 2016)
I am just finishing a book in the Spikes and Spurs series on audio. I'll be taking a break from that series to read this one, for sure. Too darn funny! (Terrill Rosado 5:59am March 6, 2016)
I love reading your teaser and I can't wait to read your book!! (Bonnie Capuano 9:53am March 6, 2016)
This sounds very good I can't wait to read it Penney (Penney Wilfort 1:40pm March 6, 2016)
The "shit storm" is quite descriptive. I read about the rumbling effect when the oil is ready to explode from the ground below and how people get excited about it. But then again it is quite difficult from drilling or oil and having it suddenly come gushing up unexpectedly. (Kai Wong 4:50pm March 6, 2016)
OH YUCK!! However, I will agree. Shit storm describes it perfectly! Very vivid visuals! Cannot wait to read. (Marcia Berbeza 10:52pm March 6, 2016)