Iβm so excited to be here and share a brand new series called
Men of Legend.
TO LOVE A TEXAS RANGER is
Book #1 so you get to start at the beginning. This first is about Sam Legend, a
Texas Ranger and a lawman like you donβt often see.
But let me introduce you to the Legend family. Stoker is the
tougher-than-shoe-leather patriarch who rides herd over his boys and the huge
Lone Star Ranchβone of the biggest in Texas.
Sam is the youngest of the brood and he clashes with his father a lot because of
his need to keep moving. He was born with an obsession to see whatβs beyond the
horizon.
Houston is the oldest (he always thought anyway.) Heβs more like his father than
any of the three. Ranching is in his blood and thereβs no place heβd rather be.
But he also shares Stokerβs temperament and looks.
Luke is an outlaw who was born on the wrong side of the blanket. Heβs lived his
whole life in poverty and shame while his father and brothers have everything.
So yes, heβs angry. But heβs also been secretly keeping watch over Sam and
keeping him alive.
In each series I write, a favorite character always emerges. In this one itβs
Luke because heβs the underdogβthe one to be ashamed ofβthe one to hide. His
struggle hasnβt been easy. His mother has died and his father is a stranger.
Heβs not even sure he wants to get to know him so he keeps his heart sealed
shut, even when Stoker tries to make amends. The truth is, Lukeβs mother kept
his existence a secret from the man she loved so long ago.
Lukeβs character is very complicated. Though heβs an outlaw with a price on his
head, he lives by a code that he wonβt break. And though heβs very angry, heβs
drawn to his family. He needs for someone to care about what happens to himβand
someone to cry when he meets the hangmanβs rope. He goes by the last name of
Weston but he harbors this secret dream of one day being a Legend. He decides
early on that he wonβt take their name until he can do it with honor. And, in
Book #1, he vows never to bring trouble to their door. When the law is on his
heels, he stays far away. He carries a lot of powerful secrets. It took me a
while to get him to open up, but I finally unraveled the huge ball of yarn and
unlocked his heart.
The main reason heβs my favorite of these Legend men is because I can relate to
him. I know this man and ache for him. Heβs had such a horrible struggle. My
upbringing has a lot to do with it. I, too, lived in poverty with no hope of
making much of anything of myself. I know what it takes to make it through one
more day, to go to bed hungry and cold. Hope was often the only thing that kept
me from giving up. Luke has this same hope.
I hope youβll ride through the Western frontier with Sam in TO LOVE A TEXAS
RANGER as he rescues a beautiful young woman from outlaws. I have to warn you,
this story has more twists and turns than a bucking bronc so hang on tight. Sam
doesnβt have time to come back and get you. And youβll LOVE the juicy secrets.
Book #2 β Houstonβs story β will release in May 2017 with Lukeβs following in
November.
Romancing the West One Story at a Time
Linda Broday is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling
author and makes her home in the Texas Panhandle on land the American Indian and
Comancheros once roamed. She is a multi-published western historical romance
author who lives and breathes cowboys and the American West way of life. Here in
the panhandle it's very common to see cowboys, they've provided lots of
inspiration. There's just something about a man in tight jeans, a Stetson and
boots that gets her hot and bothered!
Linda grew up watching TV westerns
back in their heyday and fell in love with the desperados, lawmen and strong men
and women who portrayed the people who settled this wild land that offered so
much opportunity for those who wanted to seek it. They taught her the values,
the strength it took to survive and the tremendous will to keep going when
things got tough. She loves writing stories about similar people who could've
lived back then.
When Linda is not writing, She's scouring the internet
looking for little tidbits to add depth to my stories. She has also been
accused, quite unfairly she might add, of haunting museums and libraries.
Linda's desire to keep history alive is what drives her and she can't imagine
writing anything else.
Men of Legend
#1
Gravely injured on the trail of a notorious criminal, Texas Ranger Sam Legend
boards a train bound for his family ranch to recuperateβ¦only to find himself
locked in battle to save a desperate woman on the run. Determined to rescue the
beautiful Sierra, Sam recruits an unlikely ally. But can he trust the mysterious
gunslinger to fight at his side?
Sam is shocked to discover his new ally is not only an outlaw, but his
half-brother. Torn between loyalty to his job and love of his family, Sam goes
reeling straight into Sierraβs arms. Yet just as the walls around his battered
heart begin to crumble, Sierra is stolen away. Sam will risk anything to save
herβhis life, his badge, his very soulβknowing that some bonds are stronger than
the lawβ¦and some legends were born to be told.
Romance Historical |
Western [Sourcebooks Casablanca, On Sale: October 4, 2016,
Paperback, ISBN: 9781492630173 / ]
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