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“Did you really mean what you said tonight?” He regarded her.

Oh shit. Sally swallowed and held his steady gaze. She’d been right. He’d rolled out of bed, tossed a T-shirt and jeans on and drove all the way into town—just to ask her if she’d been serious. “You mean the thing… about the p-proposition?”
 He kept his eyes to hers as he reached out and bolted the door. “Yeah. The proposition.” She darted a glance at the door. It wasn’t fear that caused her heart to feel like a thundering herd of wild horses. “What are you doing?” His eyes held hers as he closed the gap between them.  “Practicing. Auditioning.” He cupped her face with his hands. “Whatever you want to call it. Sorry, my hands are still cold.” Coming Soon!

RENOVATIONS!

 I'm very excited with the new renovations taking place on my website! Please feel free to browse in the meantime!Pardon the dust!      

Today: INTERVIEW/CONTEST at GENELLADEGREY.COM

    I am interviewed by the talented Genella deGrey at her blog today! Check out the fun(and revealing) interview, pics, and this most excellent video she created!! Interview & Contestclick here YouTube video:click here

The Legend continues...

There is more happening in END OF THE LINE, MONTANA!!   The Last Hope Ranch was Jed Kinnison's dream and his boys (Wyatt, Rein, and Dalton) made certain his legacy would continue!   

Sally Andersen has spent her life teaching school kids and being caretaker for her ailing father. Alone after five years, she sees her friends marry and start families and having no success in the dating department, decides she, too, wants a family…just not in the conventional way. Serving overseas left Clay Saunders with no leg, PTSD, survivor guilt, more pity than he wants, and no idea about his future. Asked to be a part of a charity bachelor auction by End of the Line’s fiery redheaded music teacher, Clay doesn’t expect the spark the hope of a normal life inside of him at her unusual request…She wants a baby.
NO RULES. NO COMMITMENT. NO STINGS ATTACHED.

Coming Spring 2016!
 

QUITE LITERALLY! DECEMBER 2015 Newsletter Amanda McIntyre

Fa La La, Readers!Tis the season for the memories and traditions that make our holidays bright. Last month, I asked subscribers to share some of their traditions and it made me realize that thought we’ve never met, how alike we are in or traditions! Thanks to all who sent in so many great traditions! Here are the five chosen winners, but truly, all were fantastic!Holiday Traditions...Marilyndkc writes~ We always use my maternal grandmother's recipe for stuffing. The pies are left from supper. We then have our turkey sandwiches, one with mayonnaise and the other spread with cranberry sauce. We watch the Charlie Brown and the Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving videos. I guess we never grew up because there are only adults in the house. (*Editor's note: Grow old , but never grow up! that's my motto!) RetiredEsther writes~ This is a tradition that came about from necessity, my husband was a firefighter, I worked at a veterinary emergency clinic, so our hours were erratic at best. Every year was different sometimes I might be off or my husband was off, so we never celebrated on Thanksgiving Day. We would pick a day that we were both off and the family could all get together whether it was a week before or the week after. This also allowed as our children got older to celebrate with the "other side" of the family, and we still would have a great day later or earlier. It also made the children realize it wasn't the exact day that had a meaning but how we should feel at any time. It has come in handy as my son who is a police officer now has the same tradition with his family. It took them a while to get use to the untraditional tradition, but it has become a tradition with them also. Hope you have a blessed Thanksgiving!Amy2read writes~ My huge family gets together and cooks all day, we eat all day while watching football and then all change into our stretchy pants lol. (*Editor’s note: BEST part of the day! ;) Jwisely writes~ Our family's tradition is to have the children in the family make the centerpieces/decorations for the table. One time it was pine cone turkeys; another time it was painted small pumpkins.Fourseasonsny writes~ Making gingerbread houses!Congratulations to the five winners! Each was presented with a gift of a $5 Amazon gift card to fill their kindle stockings with a few good reads! Maybe they are like your traditions, or perhaps will inspire you to start your own! Celebrating the release of the limited edition boxed set RING IN A COWBOY !!
*Featuring my contribution to this fabulous collection of New Years Eve cowboys~ LOST & FOUND!
Limited Box Set releases December 28
Preorder now! BUY LINK!   A failed spring break affair leaves city girl, Anna Worthington and country boy, Cole Tanner convinced that love at first sight isn’t possible. Now, a decade later, fate brings them together on New Years Eve with the challenge that sometimes a second chance is all the heart needs.
 Available now in boxed set (*purchase link above)
Releases single title February 2/2016Newly released this month, with new cover art , title and revised, refreshed content--the sizzling time-travel series TALES OF THE SWEET MAGNOLIA--Closer to You (Book I) and Christmas Angel (Book II) I'm releasing this popular series to usher in a new story coming next in this series--ONE KNIGHT AT THE SWEET MAGNOLIA (*stay tuned for more!) Meanwhile enjoy these gorgeous covers by Syneca Featherstone @Original Syn and I hope you'll give these time-travel with hunky heroes, sassy heroines, memorable secondary characters and a wee bit of magic--a try!  You can find these--and ALL of my books (eBook, print and those in audio easily at Amanda's Amazon Author PageCOMING IN 2016!  As we close another page on another year, I want to thank my readers who inspire me with their letters, their reviews and support over the years! It means so much that my stories bring you a few moments of happiness and joy in a world where sometimes it feels people have gone a little mad.My wish for you is peace, kindness, and contentment with many blessings & cowboy dreams~
Amanda  

QUITE LITERALLY! November 2015

I hope that each of you has a wonderful holiday, filled with the warmth of family, friends, and gratitude for all your blessings! What are your holiday traditions? I will post the 5 best in my December Newsletter! Those five will also receive a $5 GC to Amazon.com!! Only newsletter subscribers are eligible! Join my newsletter (*find in the sidebar link) then email me your fav holiday tradition!
 Cover art by Syneca FeatherstoneNEW THIS WEEK: (2 re-released titles that will launch the Tales of the Sweet Magnolia time-travel western series!)
 The re-release of the first two books in the TALES OF THE SWEET MAGNOLIA western time-travel series!! Available now for preorder, each book is discounted at .99 to give to another, or to snuggle up with on one of these cold winter nights! CLOSER TO YOU, BOOK I Available for preorder . Releases 11/30/15.Single, misjudged, and socially sequestered, library curator Lillian White lives vicariously through her beloved books of the bawdy Old West, dreaming of the cowboy that will take her away from her lonely life until the day she discovers a mysterious, antique necklace with the power to tap into her deepest desires and possibly change her life forever.Sheriff Jake Sloan is Deadwater Gulch’s “good son.” A man married to the law, his heart secretly yearns for the Magnolia’s headmistress, a soiled dove forbidden to him and his perfect reputation, until he saves her life from a ruthless gunman and injured, winds up convalescing in her bed.Can a librarian with secret fantasies, make it as a bordello madam? And can a sheriff with his career in the balance fall in love with her? Be careful what you wish for...you just might get it. Preorder BUY LINK Cover art by Syneca Featherstone  CHRISTMAS ANGEL, BOOK II is also available for preorder and releasing 11/30/15."To find true love, you have only to travel through time..."A hunger gnaws at Angel Marie Sutter to find the man behind the soulful music she heard played on the piano at the Sweet Magnolia. Following her heart, desire takes her on a fantastic journey. When she becomes a witness to murder, she finds herself under the forced protection of a scarred detective. Her gentle healing brings the past to his present in timeless passion, but will she be able to hold onto this precious gift, or will a killer take it all away?Shado Jackson is a lone wolf undercover cop carrying guilt over the death of his brother. When a mysterious, beautiful woman becomes eyewitness to a murder, his job is to protect, not fall in love. But when his brother’s killer again threatens to take what’s precious from him, Shado must find him before time runs out.Preorder BUY LINK Quote of the month:
"Be grateful for what you have, you'll end up having more" ~Oprah Winfrey
Until next month remember kindness matters~ Blessings always & cowboy dreams,
Amanda

Why do I write?

 (Read on...it isn't as boring as it may sound;)


 I started out writing a non-fiction weekly newspaper column on the importance of the Fine Arts in our schools (that was back in the day when those areas were on the chopping block of many schools to save money) thank goodness for organizations like Save the Music started by musician's and MTV !

From there , I started to pick up books and read for pleasure again, which then led to a few years being a reviewer for small magazines and online. Having saved each review, its fun now to go back and say  " I knew her when..." --Gena Showalter, Patricia Rasey--are just a couple of authors I did "early on" reviews for. Kinda fun;)

So here I am over a decade later. I've written for both small and large houses in the industry, met scores of wonderful authors (and not all just because of their books) and I find myself at times asking myself why do you do this? Why does any author write?

It is thrilling yes, to finally have a book in the top ten of a genre--forget the naysayers who say it doesn't really matter. No, I haven't hit the NYT or even USA yet--but I'd like to!

Every step is validation of your work. (Insert here any profession) the emails from readers who want to know when the next book is coming out. The reviews that passionately , professionally make you aware that you've touched a nerve. The awards, and accolades. The joy and inspiration of that next cover that just nails the imagery of your story. The sadness when you know that you have to place "the end" on that story of your heart and send it out to play with others.

The gratitude and humility that comes when a group of people chooses to help support your work by both reading your work and promoting it--just because they see something there worth their time.

Some people are meant to teach, others to heal, still others face dangers everyday --real and present--watching over us all. I write. From what I believe, what I know, what I've learned, what I hope for...

Each one of you [readers] is a gift to me. I've said countless times that you inspire me. Your passion for books, your love of reading stories of bravery, romance, overcoming obstacles, redemption, hope--of opening yourself to the emotions contained in those stories. I'm not kidding.

As long as there are readers like you all , I will continue to share my stories. I have lots more to tell.

Happy reading & cowboy dreams

Amanda
~storyteller at heart~
amazon.com/author/amandamcintyre

Coming December 28 in RING IN A COWBOY--LOST & FOUND


Cole and Anna didn't believe that a spring break affair could lead to anything to anything lasting. But ten years later--fate gives first love a second chance.


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IN CELEBRATION OF SAMHAIN

A while back I had the good fortune to participate in a lovely collaboration of authors--Kristi Cook, Charlotte Featherstone and myself on a Celtic anthology project. In these books, we celebrated the tales and legends of Celtic lore. In our last  of these historical anthologies together -DARK PLEASURES-- we wrote of Samhain--the night when the veil to the otherworld  is most thin.  These stories featured the Dark Lords who lived in the wood--a story that Charlotte's Gran used to tell them when she was little to keep youngsters from playing in the wood.We put the twist on the tale and featured these Dark Lords in search for three women who were willing to sell their soul --at any price--for their deepest desires. 
MASTER OF DESIRE ( A Dark Pleasures Novella) by Amanda McIntyre Suddenly, every shadow on her face seemed darker, every line deeper. She’d been far too busy, too focused on building her successful career that she’d missed building a life. What did she have to show for her years of devotion to her craft?  Wardrobes filled with gowns, rare jewels given as gifts. More wealth and notoriety than ten people achieve in their lifetimes. Yet who was there now to share in this abundance, to enjoy the spoils of her success?
The strange occurrences with her imaginary man had given her ample reason to question her mental state, but she realized too what a scandal it would be if the fickle public should discover her secret affliction. Tonight, she would set aside the ghostly specter, drink lavishly to her successful career and perhaps consider a trip to the seaside if she felt up to it come morning.
She eyed the crowd, small, but with notable figures of the London ton still making an appearance. The show would survive its run. Careful to steer away from the temptation to search the crowd for a dark-eyed stranger, she found her fourth glass of champagne and carefully eased herself down on the bottom step of the grand staircase. No one seemed to notice, she thought with amusement, sipping her drink. They were far too engaged in trivial discussions about the latest in Paris fashions or the juiciest gossip. She grew bored, restless.
 Their driveling conversations grow wearisome, don’t you agree?
The voice mingled with the pleasant buzz in her head.  She chuckled, though, agreeing with this phantom in her head. Firm thumbs pressed against the back of her neck, kneading softly, delightfully easing away the tension.
“Where have you been?” she whispered, rolling her head side to side to accommodate his massage. The heavenly caress moved to the muscles between her shoulder blades.
I have been right here, waiting, watching.
Her eyes drifted shut and she leaned back supported between his muscular thighs. She inhaled the heady scent of wood smoke and an early-morning walk in the forest after a cold rain.
 You’ve been under a lot of pressure, haven’t you, my lovely?
She nodded, lost in the bliss of his perfect fingertips on her flesh.
If you were mine, I would see to your every need. I have seen your desires, my lovely. I exist in a constant state of need, willing to satisfy each one.
Francesca’s throat grew dry. She imagined him seated behind her, gently massaging her shoulders, taking care of her. “You truly care for me, then?” Her words slurred softly, a quiet plea issued from a weary soul.
I am here to give you whatever you desire.
She smiled. His cool fingertips smoothed down the slender curve of her throat, dipping down inside the bodice of her gown, beneath her stay. “Who are you?” she asked, her thoughts in a lust-filled haze.
“Madam Francesca?”
A woman’s voice, slightly stern, filtered through the murky waters of her mind. Francesca attempted to reach toward the familiar voice, but her arm flopped back to her side. Her appendages felt like dead weights.
“Help me, Monsignor. Get her to the chair, there in the hall. Away from public view.”
Francesca’s body lifted, pulled from her lover’s heavenly embrace. “No,” she whispered. “I want to stay.”
“Madam, are you quite well? You cannot sit on the stairs like a commoner. You have a reputation to maintain.” Monsignor’s tone was gruff, urgent. “What am I going to do?

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NEW from Amanda McIntyre!

The turning of the season is breathtakingly beautiful along the northwest shores of Lake Superior! The fall colors, the crisp, cool nights, the sounds of nature all around you in the dark of night!
It's a postcard inspiration for my recent contemporary romance~STRANGER IN PARADISE!
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Two Authors! Two Books! Two Giveaways!

Whether your ideal hero is a hot cowboy like Dalton in Renegade Hearts (book III of The Kinnison Legacy) or an ex-soldier trauma surgeon helping on a ranch like Alonso in The Surgeon's Christmas Baby (Book 2 of Cowboys of the Rio Grande), Amanda McIntyre and Marin Thomas have you covered! If you believe family is what you make it and eventually everyone finds a reason to stop running, both of these series are for you!
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Renegade Hearts, Book III (the Kinnison Legacy) 
Dalton has the reputation as a good-timin’man. But this past year his life was upended. With both brothers now married, its’ enough to make this bachelor turn on his heel and run. Until the past waltzes back into town, looking more beautiful and less interested than when last they met. Dalton, usually on the run from relationships, finds himself trying to convince Angelique that he’s a keeper. And while her kisses imply her attraction, she’s holding something back and Dalton’s determined to find out her secret.
Angelique’s past is the topic of an afternoon talk show—caring for an alcoholic mother, involved in an abusive relationship that nearly cost her and her daughters lives. Fate offer her a second chance to turn things around, but when she returns to End of the Line, sparks fly between her and Dalton and threaten to reveal secrets that could change their lives forever.
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"an amazing addition to an already amazing series!"~Elizabeth, Amazon reviews

The Surgeon's Christmas Baby (November 2015)After a tour in Afghanistan and years as a trauma surgeon, Alonso Marquez needs to get out of Albuquerque and away from his past. A trip seems like the perfect solution, but he doesn't make it far. Sparks fly when Alonso stops to help a gorgeous rancher fix her car, and just like that his road trip is cut short by one very hot night…with some very real consequences.
Hannah Buck didn't plan on starting a family that night. Her hands are already full managing the ranch and helping her troubled half brother. But Hannah sees the good in Alonso and knows he will be an incredible dad to their baby—if only he could see it, too. Alonso has spent his life saving others. Now, with Hannah at his side, can he finally save himself?
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