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August 31, 2012
Today's the last day!
If you haven't got your FREE copy of my first novel, When the Heart Falls, today is your last chance! And don't forget that when you download the book you'll also be getting a sneak peak at first 3 chapters of two other western romances: Gallagher's Pride by MK McClintock and Under a Prairie Moon by Krista Kedrick! Happy Reading!
Download When the Heart Falls here!
Download When the Heart Falls here!
Country Music Friday - "Pontoon" by Little Big Town
I cannot believe that it's the end of August already! I know it's technically not the end of summer just yet, but I always consider September to be the beginning of Fall. So to celebrate summer coming to an end I thought I'd share a good summer song with you. Here's Little Big Town's "Pontoon" and just below that one is a collaboration of a bunch of other country artists having their own fun with the song. Happy Friday everyone!
August 30, 2012
"Zane" Tour Stop #6!
Today I'm doing a fun guest post over at Books, Books, the Magical Fruit! It's my first ever character guest post written from Andi's point of view. I hope you all stop by and check it out:-) Don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win a free ebook of Zane!
http://booksbooksthemagicalfruit.blogspot.com/2012/08/guest-post-things-i-learned-when-i.html?m=1
August 28, 2012
"Zane" Tour Stop #5
Today I'm doing a guest post on Coffee Addicted Writers blog. Stop by and find out how my newest novel could've been if it wasn't a western romance:-) Don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win a free ebook copy of "Zane".
http:// www.coffeeaddictedwriter.com /2012/08/behind-story-by-kimberly- lewis.html ?m=1
August 27, 2012
Winner of the Name a Cowboy Contest!
First I'd like to thank everyone who participated and helped me choose a name for Norah's cowboy. I'm pretty sure you all are wondering which name won. Well, without keeping you all waiting any longer, the name of Norah's cowboy will be.............
Chase O'Donnell!
I hope you all are looking forward to reading Norah and Chase's story:-) And now for the winner of the $10 giftcard. Congratulations..........
Carole Sullivan!
Carole please shoot me an e-mail at kimberlylewisnovels@gmail.com and let me know whether you prefer an Amazon card or a Barnes and Noble card.
Thanks again everyone!
Chase O'Donnell!
I hope you all are looking forward to reading Norah and Chase's story:-) And now for the winner of the $10 giftcard. Congratulations..........
Carole Sullivan!
Carole please shoot me an e-mail at kimberlylewisnovels@gmail.com and let me know whether you prefer an Amazon card or a Barnes and Noble card.
Thanks again everyone!
August 26, 2012
"Tame a Wild Bride" by Cynthia Woolf Book Tour!
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The Book Rosie Stanton climbed on a west-bound train to answer his ad for a wife and mother, everything she wants to be. But Tom Harris lied. He doesn’t want a wife, merely a mother for his two abandoned children and a cook and cleaner for his ranch.
Betrayed once, he’s vowed never to let another woman into his heart. Sexy Rosie upsets all his plans and threatens to invade his scarred heart. How will he maintain his vow to keep his hands off her as she charms his children, his cow hands, his life?
An ExcerptRosemary Stanton stood on the train platform sweating and waiting. Sweating because it was an especially hot day in late June. Waiting for her husband. A husband she wouldn’t recognize if he were standing right next to her.
She’d been desperate when she answered the advertisement for a mail order bride. Wanted: Single woman to cook, clean, and care for children on a cattle ranch in southwestern Colorado. Will marry upon arrival.
Well, she was twenty-six with no prospects. Her brother just got married and his new wife, Beatrice, didn’t want Rosie around. She could answer this advertisement or become a governess. Help someone else’s children grow up into adults. Live in someone else’s house. For the rest of her life, she’d have nothing she could call her own.
Rosie wanted a home. She wanted a husband and children. All the things she’d never have if she stayed in Philadelphia. When she’d seen the ad in the morning paper, she’d nearly shouted with glee. However, she managed to restrain herself until she got to her room before she yelled with joy. The advertisement was tailor-made for her needs. It got her away from Beatrice and got her her own home all in one fell swoop.
Her brother, Robert, though was not happy with the idea of his baby sister traveling across the country to marry a stranger. He grudgingly agreed to give her her dowry to take with her. Five thousand dollars. She’d take the draft to the bank as soon as she arrived in Creede, Colorado, and married Mr. Thomas Harris. Cattle rancher. It was her “in case it doesn’t work out” money. Though she supposed it would belong to her husband once she married. Perhaps she just wouldn’t tell him about it. Her conscience spoke up. That’s no way to start a marriage. With lies and secrets. Oh, all right. She’d tell him and have him take her to the bank. But not until after she’d taken his measure. If he was a cruel man, she would leave and she sure as heck wouldn’t tell him about her money.
Even with the dowry, there’d been few prospects for Rosie back in Philadelphia. She wasn’t pretty in the conventional sense. She thought her face with its big brown eyes and full lips was pleasing enough, but men apparently hadn’t. Her one beau had said her eyes were the color of warm brandy. That was before he left her to marry another more suitable woman. More suitable, hah! Richer was more like it.
Paul had expensive tastes and married a rabbit-faced girl, heir to a substantial fortune to which he’d have access. Well, good luck and good riddance.
Rosie did have one feature she’d been told was extraordinary. Her hair. It was waist length, wavy and a clear, golden blonde. Right now, standing on the train platform in Creede it was bound up in a loose bun on top of her head under her hat. It, like the rest of her, was covered in dust and soot from the train. She’d discovered on the second day that she could minimize the grime by sitting in the front of the car with the window closed. But sooner or later the heat and mugginess of the car would force her to open the window. The air came rushing in, cooling her, but bringing with it the dirt and ash from the train’s boilers.
On the long trip, she’d told herself again and again she’d made the right decision. This was her future.
The Author [image error] Cynthia Woolf was born in Denver, Colorado and raised in the mountains west of Golden. She spent her early years running wild around the mountain side with her friends.
She worked her way through college and went to work full time straight after graduation and there was little time to write. Then in 1990 she and two friends started a round robin writing a story about pirates. She found that she missed the writing and kept on with other stories. In 1992 she joined Colorado Romance Writers and Romance Writers of America.
Unfortunately, the loss of her job demanded the she not renew her memberships and her writing stagnated for many years. In 2001, she saw an ad in the paper for a writers conference being put on by CRW and decided she'd attend. One of her favorite authors, Catherine Coulter, was the keynote speaker. Cynthia was lucky enough to have a seat at Ms. Coulter's table at the luncheon and after talking with her, decided she needed to get back to her writing. She rejoined both CRW and RWA that day and hasn't looked back.
www.cynthiawoolf.com
Join the full tour in September! [image error]
The Book Rosie Stanton climbed on a west-bound train to answer his ad for a wife and mother, everything she wants to be. But Tom Harris lied. He doesn’t want a wife, merely a mother for his two abandoned children and a cook and cleaner for his ranch.
Betrayed once, he’s vowed never to let another woman into his heart. Sexy Rosie upsets all his plans and threatens to invade his scarred heart. How will he maintain his vow to keep his hands off her as she charms his children, his cow hands, his life?
An ExcerptRosemary Stanton stood on the train platform sweating and waiting. Sweating because it was an especially hot day in late June. Waiting for her husband. A husband she wouldn’t recognize if he were standing right next to her. She’d been desperate when she answered the advertisement for a mail order bride. Wanted: Single woman to cook, clean, and care for children on a cattle ranch in southwestern Colorado. Will marry upon arrival.
Well, she was twenty-six with no prospects. Her brother just got married and his new wife, Beatrice, didn’t want Rosie around. She could answer this advertisement or become a governess. Help someone else’s children grow up into adults. Live in someone else’s house. For the rest of her life, she’d have nothing she could call her own.
Rosie wanted a home. She wanted a husband and children. All the things she’d never have if she stayed in Philadelphia. When she’d seen the ad in the morning paper, she’d nearly shouted with glee. However, she managed to restrain herself until she got to her room before she yelled with joy. The advertisement was tailor-made for her needs. It got her away from Beatrice and got her her own home all in one fell swoop.
Her brother, Robert, though was not happy with the idea of his baby sister traveling across the country to marry a stranger. He grudgingly agreed to give her her dowry to take with her. Five thousand dollars. She’d take the draft to the bank as soon as she arrived in Creede, Colorado, and married Mr. Thomas Harris. Cattle rancher. It was her “in case it doesn’t work out” money. Though she supposed it would belong to her husband once she married. Perhaps she just wouldn’t tell him about it. Her conscience spoke up. That’s no way to start a marriage. With lies and secrets. Oh, all right. She’d tell him and have him take her to the bank. But not until after she’d taken his measure. If he was a cruel man, she would leave and she sure as heck wouldn’t tell him about her money.
Even with the dowry, there’d been few prospects for Rosie back in Philadelphia. She wasn’t pretty in the conventional sense. She thought her face with its big brown eyes and full lips was pleasing enough, but men apparently hadn’t. Her one beau had said her eyes were the color of warm brandy. That was before he left her to marry another more suitable woman. More suitable, hah! Richer was more like it.
Paul had expensive tastes and married a rabbit-faced girl, heir to a substantial fortune to which he’d have access. Well, good luck and good riddance.
Rosie did have one feature she’d been told was extraordinary. Her hair. It was waist length, wavy and a clear, golden blonde. Right now, standing on the train platform in Creede it was bound up in a loose bun on top of her head under her hat. It, like the rest of her, was covered in dust and soot from the train. She’d discovered on the second day that she could minimize the grime by sitting in the front of the car with the window closed. But sooner or later the heat and mugginess of the car would force her to open the window. The air came rushing in, cooling her, but bringing with it the dirt and ash from the train’s boilers.
On the long trip, she’d told herself again and again she’d made the right decision. This was her future.
The Author [image error] Cynthia Woolf was born in Denver, Colorado and raised in the mountains west of Golden. She spent her early years running wild around the mountain side with her friends.
She worked her way through college and went to work full time straight after graduation and there was little time to write. Then in 1990 she and two friends started a round robin writing a story about pirates. She found that she missed the writing and kept on with other stories. In 1992 she joined Colorado Romance Writers and Romance Writers of America.
Unfortunately, the loss of her job demanded the she not renew her memberships and her writing stagnated for many years. In 2001, she saw an ad in the paper for a writers conference being put on by CRW and decided she'd attend. One of her favorite authors, Catherine Coulter, was the keynote speaker. Cynthia was lucky enough to have a seat at Ms. Coulter's table at the luncheon and after talking with her, decided she needed to get back to her writing. She rejoined both CRW and RWA that day and hasn't looked back.
www.cynthiawoolf.com
Join the full tour in September! [image error]
"Zane" Tour Stop #4!
Today I'm doing a live talk show with Krista Kedrick over at A Novel Idea Live! The show starts at 1pm MST and we'll be chatting about my newest release, westerns, romance and anything else we can come up with! There will also be an option for viewers to join in and comment or ask questions. I hope to see you all there!
http://www.anovelidealive.com/live/
http://www.anovelidealive.com/live/
August 24, 2012
"Zane" Tour Stop #3
I"m visiting Caroline Clemmon's blog today for an interview! I'll admit that this was probably one of the most fun interviews I've done and I hope you all stop by and check it out:) Happy Friday!
http://carolineclemmons.blogspot.com/2012/08/kimberly-lewis-writes-western-series.html
http://carolineclemmons.blogspot.com/2012/08/kimberly-lewis-writes-western-series.html
August 23, 2012
"Zane" Tour Stop #2!
Today is the second day of my tour for "Zane"! I'm visiting Cait Lavender's blog, so stop by and check out her review of my book:-) Don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win a free ebook!
http:// www.caitlavender.com /2012/08/review- zane - mckades -of- texas.html ?m=1
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