Who Loves Cowboys and Cowgirls?

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Who loves cowboys and cowgirls? Me, for sure. Hi, I’m Eve Caddy. The other day I was trying to think how many cowboy or cowgirl books I’ve written.
Answer: a bunch. If you expand that to Westerns, it’s a whole bunch. My latest book, Hot Christmas Cowboy, just came out. I love this hero. What’s that? I love all my heroes? Well, that’s true. But Riley is special. He’s a rancher who raises horses—paints—and cattle. He works hard and although he’s not a playboy by any means, he also hasn’t settled down. Yet. Never wanted to until he realized Letty North, the Marietta librarian, was the woman for him. While Letty cares for Riley, she refuses to fall in love with him.

So Riley has to convince her that they can have more than a holiday fling. It’s hard going with a woman determined not to let her heart get broken. But Riley is nothing if not persistent.

Writing about cowboys and cowgirls means writing about horses and cattle. Rodeos and rodeo events like barrel racing, saddle bronc riding, bull riding, steer wrestling, and several different roping events. I went to a rodeo not long ago. It was fun and reminded me of when I was a kid. I’m from Fort Worth and we had the Fort Worth Stock Show and rodeo. When I was a kid it was known as the Fat Stock Show, but no longer.

On farms and ranches there are always dogs, cats, barns, fences, crops, and I’m sure I’m forgetting stuff. One of my favorite things to research besides dogs is horses. One of my guys raised Norwegian Fjords. Oh, they’re such gorgeous horses. Some of my heroes raise bucking horses, some raise quarter horses, some raise cutting horses. Riley’s family raises paints. I always have fun looking for the horses that go with my heroes and heroines. An earlier hero also raised paints, so I did a lot of research on their coloring.

 

 

I also write a lot of doctors. Some of them are cowboys too. One of them is a horse whisperer, though he won’t admit it. I’ve written some rodeo people, although most are retired. The barrel racers only retire once they’ve injured themselves and can’t really race anymore. Usually they don’t retire, they teach instead of compete. Come to think of it, most rodeo people I write about only retire once they’re injured.

Riley is best friends with Liam McFarland who is also a rancher on the place next to the Fletchers. Liam’s and Val’s story was a couple of stories before this. Val is Riley’s sister. Liam’s a sweetheart too. Most cowboys are. The ones I write about, anyway.

Jessie McBride in Heart of the Texas Warrior rescues and raises mustangs. She falls for a wounded warrior who puts shelter dogs and veterans together. They were fun to write.

Problem is when I start looking at good-looking cowboys, beautiful and funny dogs, and beautiful horses…well, there goes the day down the drain or down the internet!

What do you like to read about? Cowboys, cowgirls, horses, dogs or something else western?
Answer that question and you’ll be entered in a drawing for an ebook of my new release, Hot Christmas Cowboy. Thanks for having me!
Eve

Buy Link: https://books2read.com/MHCC

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21 thoughts on “Who Loves Cowboys and Cowgirls?”

  2. I like to read western stories involving everything you mentioned. I bet it’s interesting to do all the research, I notice I always learn new things while reading fiction so thanks for your effort.

  3. Good morning and welcome Eve! All things western is good to me! I like to read about some horses or dogs personalities and how smart they are. How they can be trained to do certain things. Very interesting stuff!

    Thanks for visiting!

  4. I love reading historical western romance along with all your interests above. Horses, cowboys, Texas rangers, wagon train journeys, mail order brides, rodeos, etc. You are a new author to me Eve. So I appreciate getting acquainted with you today. Thank you for coming to Petticoats and Pistols.

  8. Cowboys, Cowgirls and everything about westerns, horses, dogs. And what is a good western book, but having adorable kids in the mix.

  9. Having grown up in the west, living in Wyoming on a ranch I relate to the west and all it encompasses. Cattle are a way of life as are good cattle dogs, horses, cowboys and rodeos.

  11. Someone mentioned Texas Rangers. I’ve done a lot of research about them and written about several. They really are fascinating, their history in particular. We had a Ranger come to my RWA group once. He talked about a gun fight with some bad guys where the bullets were flying from everyone there shooting. And not a single person was hit.

  14. I love reading about all of them; cowboys, cowgirls, dogs, horses, rodeos. We used to have horses, down to only one now and she can’t be ridden. We had a Tennessee Walker, a paint, and several quarter horses. The Tennessee Walker was the favorite of all of us because of his gait, easy riding. Love the cover on the book.

  17. Pretty much all of it’s good reading. I especially enjoy the historical fiction info (Laura I. Wilder’s “Little House” books come to mind). Besides that I like mysteries, some sci fi, biographies, and upper grade children’s novels.

    Thanks for running the giveaway!

  18. Well, I’ve been called a mood reader because I read from most genres and way too many authors to list AND I always have several books going at once. I have learned not to read from the exact same genre/subgenre or I get confused. lol

  19. I like to read about all things western. You need all the elements to make a good story, the stories just tend to focus more on some part of things than others. The animals that are part of their lives, dogs, horses, cattle, do tell you something about them. How they relate to them and treat them tells you what type of person they are. Which animals they particularly like reflects their interests and personality. Being able to learn about those various breeds of animal and how they are special is always a nice bonus, depending on how much information the author includes. Those animals can bring characters together and be the starting point of a relationship.

  21. I have no idea about horses, by love reading about cowboys with there horses with training, behavior, what to look for if there scared,relaxed ect. and about the works of a ranch. Very interesting, makes a great read

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