Lilian Darcy | Montana Born

How many men are tough enough to wear pink? My husband does it deliberately when he is having meetings with military colleagues. He feels that his pink tie, worn with a good dark suit, goes some way toward balancing the macho military vibes in the room with a softer viewpoint…...   There’s a pink them running through my Montana Born story, Marry Me, Cowboy. Tegan loves pink and she loves her bling. She proudly sports pink shirts covered in rhinestones, and cowgirl boots with enough tooling and decoration to dazzle the eyes of anyone who sees them. I love that she wears and is proud of her femininity while rodeo riding!

It’s great that so many rodeos now take part in the Tough Enough to Wear Pink fund-raiser for breast cancer support and research. We haven’t used this in our Copper Mountain Rodeo stories, but we could well have done so, because all the heroes in these stories are strong, capable men who would be easily tough enough to wear pink.

I love that Tegan’s a horsey girl.

Horsey girls and cowgirls are strong enough to be outside in the worst weather, feeding or rugging or unrugging their horses, checking their water supply, checking their fences. This January, my daughter had a test ride on a horse she was looking to buy when the temperature was over 43 degrees Centigrade. That’s 110 Fahrenheit. In the shade. She didn’t ride him for very long that day, not because she wasn’t coping with the heat, but because she was worried that he wouldn’t. Still, despite the short ride, she loved him and we bought him and he’s beautiful!   Horsey girls are generous enough to cheer their friends’ successes, even on the inevitable days when their own rides haven’t gone so well. Horsey girls are more than happy to have a boyfriend, if he’s the right kind of guy, but they don’t put up with bad behavior from their equine partners so they sure has heck won’t put up with it from their boyfriends, either. Any man who falls in love with a horsey girl is going to have to keep up himself to her high standards (and be tough enough to wear pink!), but if he does, he’ll have a life partner who is incredibly courageous, good-hearted and hard-working.   Horsey girls care. They beat themselves up when they have a bad competition and you’ll never hear the good ones blaming the horse.

Like horsey girls, Montana Born cares, too and I’m so pleased to say that throughout the month of October, Montana Born will donate $.50 for every Copper Mountain Rodeo series book sold to Tough Enough to Wear Pink - to support finding a cure for breast cancer. Just like Tegan wears pink, and other horsey girls, too – you can support the cause!

If you haven’t bought Megan Crane’s Tempt Me, Cowboy or my story, Marry Me, Cowboy – buy one now! You’ll not only be supporting Montana Born but you’ll be helping save the lives of the millions of people diagnosed with breast cancer each year.

So, let me ask you - Is your man, like mine, tough enough to wear pink? Head over to MontanaBornBooks.com and post a photo of your man in pink and/or comment and tell us how the man in your life is Tough Enough to Wear Pink*! You could win some Tough Enough to Wear Pink merchandise, books by Copper Mountain Rodeo authors and a Starbucks and Amazon.com gift card!

And, I can’t leave without telling you — I’ve written a fun, free story, Rodeo Sweethearts, which is now available at montanabornbooks.com. Lot’s of fun things happening at Montana Born!

Stay tuned for next week! The third book in the Copper Mountain Rodeo Series, Promise Me, Cowboy by CJ Carmichael  will be available on Tuesday, October 15.

Happy Reading! Lilian XOXO