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$20 #Giveaway When a Cowboy Loves a Woman by Jennie Marts @JennieMarts @SourceBooksCasa @XpressoTours Ends 4.8

March 30, 2021 By Mary 31 Comments



When a Cowboy Loves a Woman
Jennie Marts
(Creedence Horse Rescue #2)
Published by: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Publication date: March 30th 2021
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

They both know the pain of loss and how to protect their hearts…but fate has a way of stepping in…

When a kitchen fire forces young widow Elle Brooks to move in with her friend Bryn and her motley collection of rescue animals, she doesn’t foresee ending up in the muscled arms of handsome cowboy and veterinarian Brody Tate. But she can’t deny the feelings that being close to Brody are stirring in her. Spending time with the hunky cowboy and his adorable young daughter as they rehabilitate rescued horses reminds Elle of all she lost in a car crash years ago.

As a widower himself, Brody is devoted to being a good dad for his spirited daughter. He hasn’t let romance even enter his head. But now he’s met Elle. Spending time with her is shaking up the calm he’s worked so hard to achieve, and he can’t seem to get this woman off his mind.

Elle and Brody have both lost people they loved, but their mutual attraction and growing feelings are too strong to ignore. The hope of a future together is a beautiful possibility, but can these two wounded souls take a chance on each other and find the courage to love again?

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EXCERPT:

Everything hurts, thought Elle Brooks as she sank lower in the bathtub. Her back and shoulders ached from carrying bales of hay and brushing the horses that morning at the Heaven Can Wait Horse Rescue, where she volunteered. Although she preferred the physical labor over the headache she got from spending the afternoon with her financial advisor, going over the trust and through her finances. Between his company and his considerable life insurance policy, her beloved Ryan had left her with a substantial amount of money. But she’d give it all away for one more day with him.

She pushed a bubbly pile of suds across the spacious garden bathtub as the final strains of one of her favorite Pink songs faded in her ears. Usually the pop star’s music could energize her, but tonight she felt more like a sinking stone than any kind of rock star. With a sigh, she pushed the drain release with her toe and pulled the earbuds from her ears.

That’s when she heard the sirens.

Hair raised on the nape of her neck, and a chill that had nothing to do with the cooling bathwater raced up her spine. She slammed her eyes shut against the onslaught of memories. It had been over a year since Ryan died, but the images of the ambulance’s throbbing lights and the mournful sounds of the sirens were as vivid as if it had happened the day before.

She caught the first whiff of smoke as she heard the fire trucks pull up in front of her house. Water sloshed over the side as she stumbled to get out of the tub. Grabbing a towel, she scarcely had time to run it over her body before she heard the slam of her front door and raised voices.

Reaching for her pajamas, she pulled on the cotton shorts and wrenched the tank top over her head.

Move, her brain screamed. Get out.

The fabric clung to her damp skin as she snatched up her short robe and raced out of the bathroom. From the landing, she could see a flurry of men in yellow coats dragging a gray hose across the Italian marble of her foyer toward her kitchen.

She choked on the acrid smoke filling the air. There were no blazing flames, but the smoke scorched her throat, and she blinked against the sting of it to her eyes.

An older fireman caught sight of her. “You need to get out of the house, ma’am.”

Panic gripped her as she wildly looked around at the chaos invading her home. Then her gaze caught and held on the familiar eyes of the tall cowboy who’d just stepped into view. He was dressed in jeans and boots and a black Stetson hat, and the sight of his broad shoulders filling the doorway somehow grounded her.

She didn’t really know him—she’d briefly met him a few weeks ago. But that one time had shown his ability to stay calm and steady in a crisis situation. His name was Brody—Doctor Brody Tate. He was her best friend Bryn’s veterinarian. But why was a veterinarian at a house fire?

A plume of dark smoke billowed out of the kitchen, and Elle caught the distinct sound of the crackle of flames. She coughed, then turned around and ran back down the hallway.

She heard the older fireman’s voice yelling, “Get her out of here, Tate,” followed by the sound of cowboy boots sprinting up the stairs as she raced to the closed door at the end of the hall.

She pushed through, ignoring the rush of emotions that normally flooded her when she opened the door to the room decorated in pink-and-white stripes. A hand-knit pink blanket lay in the seat of the rocking chair. Elle grabbed it and clutched it to her chest. If she could only save one thing, it had to be this.

She turned back to see Brody in the doorway. He didn’t say anything, just reached for her hand and led her quickly back down the hallway.

They reached the top of the stairs, and she froze again at the commotion below—the rush of the firefighters’ feet, the commanding tone of their voices as they shouted orders, the pulsing flash of red lights against the white walls of her entryway.

Brody pulled at her hand, but she couldn’t move. He turned back and must have seen the panic in her eyes. His tone was soft as he swept her up, cradling her to him as if she weighed nothing at all. “It’s all right, darlin’. I’ve got you.”

She buried her face in his chest, clinging to him, as he carried her down the stairs and out the front door. Elle lifted her head and gulped at the fresh air.

“Is there anyone else in the house? Any pets?”

She shook her head. “No. Only me.”

“You remember me? We met a couple of weeks ago at Bryn’s?”

“Yes, I remember. But what are you doing here?” And why was she clutching his neck like he was a life preserver? A handsome, tall cowboy life preserver.

Author Bio:

Jennie Marts is the USA TODAY Best-selling author of award-winning books filled with love, laughter, and always a happily ever after. Readers call her books “laugh out loud” funny and the “perfect mix of romance, humor, and steam.” Fic Central claimed one of her books was “the most fun I’ve had reading in years.”

She is living her own happily ever after in the mountains of Colorado with her husband, two dogs, and a parakeet that loves to tweet to the oldies. She’s addicted to Diet Coke, adores Cheetos, and believes you can’t have too many books, shoes, or friends.

Her books include the contemporary western romance Hearts of Montana series, the romantic comedy/ cozy mysteries of The Page Turners series, the hunky hockey-playing men in the Bannister family in the Bannister Brothers Books, and the small-town romantic comedies in the Lovestruck series of Cotton Creek Romances.

Jennie loves to hear from readers. Follow her on Facebook at Jennie Marts Books, or Twitter at @JennieMarts. Visit her at www.jenniemarts.com and sign up for her newsletter to keep up with the latest news and releases.

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Comments

  1. Wendy Hutton
    wendy hutton says

    March 30, 2021 at 9:05 pm

    great cover, congrats on the release

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  2. Rajeeva Jayaratne
    Rajeeva Jayaratne says

    March 30, 2021 at 9:36 pm

    Best of luck with the book.

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  3. Tina Rucci
    Tina R says

    March 30, 2021 at 10:42 pm

    This sounds really good. I love the cover!

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    Deborah D says

    March 31, 2021 at 12:09 am

    Love the cover

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  5. Lori R
    Lori R says

    March 31, 2021 at 2:33 am

    I like the cover!

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    Maria Malaveci says

    March 31, 2021 at 6:40 am

    Sounds like a wonderful read!

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  7. Shelly Peterson
    shelly peterson says

    March 31, 2021 at 8:08 am

    Sounds like a good read.

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  8. Margaret Smith says

    March 31, 2021 at 10:33 am

    Sounds like a wonderful romance story. Congratulations on the book release.

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  9. Ellen Stafford
    Ellen Stafford says

    March 31, 2021 at 10:52 am

    I love the excerpt. Thanks for sharing.

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  10. jalapenomamamn – Central MN
    Barbara Montag says

    March 31, 2021 at 11:53 am

    I love cowboys and romance – a great read for me!
    Thank you for sharing the review.

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  11. David Hollingsworth says

    March 31, 2021 at 1:25 pm

    The cover is good.

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    Antoinette M says

    March 31, 2021 at 1:39 pm

    Great cover & excerpt!

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  13. Bonnie says

    March 31, 2021 at 3:04 pm

    What a wonderful book! Great excerpt. I’d love to read more.

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    Ann Fantom says

    March 31, 2021 at 3:30 pm

    This sounds like an interesting book and I also like the cover.

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    March 31, 2021 at 3:58 pm

    Nice cover and excerpt!

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    March 31, 2021 at 4:26 pm

    The cover looks good. Thanks for sharing.

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    March 31, 2021 at 5:32 pm

    This sounds like a lovely story.

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    March 31, 2021 at 5:33 pm

    Love the cover. Can’t wait to read this.

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    Joy Avery says

    March 31, 2021 at 6:19 pm

    I love cowboys!

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    deb pelletier says

    March 31, 2021 at 6:22 pm

    nice book cover and the book sounds interesting. 🙂

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    March 31, 2021 at 8:24 pm

    can’t wait to read thiss!!

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    Cynthia C says

    April 1, 2021 at 7:12 am

    The excerpt is interesting. Thank you for sharing it.

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    April 2, 2021 at 2:20 pm

    Love the cowboy books!

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    This is a lovely tale of a happy ending, so romantic1 As an animal lover, I like that the plot includes them.

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