Filly News

The fillies are riding in with news fit for sharing!

Karen Witemeyer

I’m delighted to share that To Love a Beast was named a finalist in the Inspirational Romance category of the Carolyn Reader’s Choice Award. This was my first time to enter this contest, so I was super excited that North Texas readers enjoyed my western take on Beauty & the Beast.

Linda Broday

OUT NEXT WEEK!!

Jess’s Reckoning – The McIntyres #3

An Exciting End To The Series – May 12!

Nan Reinhardt

Big doings in my little Indiana town of River’s Edge! Three of the fourteen River’s Edge titles are going to audio with Brilliant Audio. I’m soooo excited to have the Weaver Sisters trilogy in audiobook! I love how hard my publisher, Tule Publishing, works for their authors!

Karen Kay

I’m happy to announce that IF SHE WERE MINE has hit the #1 spot for Indigenous Romance four different times this past week.  Normally selling at $5.99, it is currently on sale at a 40% discount at $3.59.

This is a forbidden love story—forbidden by both sets of parents–which begs the question: will the hero and heroine get a second chance at love? Set in the 1870’s, this sensual love story is sprinkled with paranormal, Native American style. But, if you love the old west as it was lived and loved by the First Americans, you’re going to love this story.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GWY3P5KS?tag=pettpist-20

Pick up your copy today.

The fillies are riding in with news fit for sharing!

Sarah

I have some really exciting news! I’m having a book party, 30 authors are joining me, and YOU are invited! I hope I’ll see you there! Just click right here to join in the fun next week! 

Karen Witemeyer

I was thrilled to learn that my western Beauty & the Beast retelling, To Love a Beast, is a finalist for the prestigious Selah Award in the category of Historical Romance. This is such an honor. Yee Haw!

Karen Kay

NEW RELEASE COMING SOON!

Please look for this new title soon!  It is edited now and is currently with my proofers…meaning it should be released within the new couple of weeks.

This is book #6 in THE MEDICINE MAN Series, and meanwhile, all the previous books in this series are on sale:

SHE STEALS MY BREATH —  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09TNDS67H?tag=pettpist-20  — SHE CAPTURES MY HEART — https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BNSHPSMR?tag=pettpist-20 — SHE PAINTS MY SOUL — https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CDCG2QWZ?tag=pettpist-20 — SHE BRINGS BEAUTY TO ME — https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2VW3GMJ?tag=pettpist-20 — SHE BELONGS IN MY WORLD —  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBPKBXBZ?tag=pettpist-20

The fillies are riding in with news fit for sharing!

Sarah Lamb

I’m riding in with two exciting releases. First, a box set release, and then a new book in my series, the Red Ridge Chronicles. Here’s a little about each!

A sheriff with a secret, a heartbreaking love triangle, and a woman betrayed in a devastating way. Twice. Let these three historical stories sweep you away to the small town of Spring Falls. Each of these books was published independently, and now are together in one collection.

Find it here.

Kent Jackson came to Red Ridge seeking redemption. As the new hotel owner, he’s determined to build a reputable business and become part of the community—a fresh start where no one knows his past. But peace proves elusive. When trouble arrives, Kent must choose: cooperate with dangerous men, or watch innocent people suffer. Including the woman who’s captured his attention and made him hope for more than he deserves.

Find it here.

Pam Crooks

When her dying friend pleads for help to finish a renovation project, Ava Howell can’t refuse, even though her promise means leaving her new career and familiar life in New York to travel to a remote ranch in Texas. She’s good at what she does, and the ghost town vacation resort would look great on her resume, but it means tangling with the ex-military cowboy who is determined to stop her as soon as she arrives.

Beau Paxton needs to sell the land and ghost town to save his family’s struggling ranch. He’s a formidable enemy to Ava’s determination, but the harder she works, the more his attraction for her grows. He doesn’t want to set aside his plans so she can succeed at hers, yet he finds himself doing just that…

Will a promise bring a city girl and a sexy cowboy together? Or will a broken one drive them apart?

FREE for a Limited Time!

AMAZON

TULE PUBLISHING (full series on all platforms)

Jo-Ann Roberts

My new book, “No Finer Dream” will release on March 6th!! It is the final book in the popular Chasing a Dream series. 

“Your journey doesn’t have to end in disappointment.”

Lila Hartley had waited for hours on the frozen train platform, a mail-order bride no one came to claim, her trunk beside her like a tombstone. The man who’d promised her marriage, a home, and a future, left her stranded two thousand miles from Boston with nothing but the clothes on her back and a heart full of shattered dreams.

Just when hope was fading, a man emerged from the white curtain of snow like an apparition, took off his coat, and changed her life.

Clay McCallister viewed every woman who had taken a chance on the frontier as the sister he’d failed…a woman who’d risked everything for the possibility of something better, much like the woman standing on the platform in the bitter cold.

Sometimes warmth doesn’t always come from fire — sometimes it comes from the heart.

Pre-Order Link

My second piece of new is…I got a tattoo!! I always said if I was going to have one, I’d want my nephew, Joe Mele, to be the artist. It is an olive branch for my Italian heritage, a cross for my faith, and the initials for my two grandsons!

Did you know the art of tattooing has adorned human skin for millennia? Stop by the Petticoats and Pistols blog on Thursday, March 5th when I’ll be posting about the history of tattoos in the U.S.!

The fillies are riding in with news fit for sharing!

Linda Broday

We’re back and ready to get 2026 started

SUMMER’S HEART releases in 7 more days (Jan. 12)!

The McIntyres #2

On an unforgiving 1880s frontier, where secrets cut as sharp as winter winds, love must decide whether to freeze—or fight its way through the storm.

AMAZON Unlimited

Preorder this Sweet Western Romance Now

Paperback is already available

Karen Witemeyer

This is silly news, but it still makes me happy, so I thought I would share. I love book-related T-shirts, and this year, I found two new ones under the tree. The Book Nerd one is from my hubby, and the Books, Tea, Happy tee is from my middle son and daughter-in-law. Perfect for this tea-loving gal.

I also received a cute new card game called Whoa There, Cowboy. It’s a bluffing game with fun western flair.

I hope you found some fun new goodies under your tree as well. 🙂

Jo-Ann Roberts

My upcoming book, “No Finer Dream” is Book #9 in the “Chasing A Dream” series and will release on March 6th!

Pre-Order Link

Nan Reinhardt

I was so very excited that my very first cowboy romance was a winner in the N.N. Light 2025 Book Awards! Sure gave me some much-needed validation that I can do this–I can write cowboys! Yee-haw, indeed!

Welcome to Yee-Haw Day, the once-a-month day we’ve reserved to share our news with you – all sorts of fun news!

So check out the post below to get the details on the kinds of things that make us go Yee-Haw!!

Jo-Ann Roberts

As promised, here is a snapshot of the quilt square I submitted to Colonial Williamsburg’s 250th Celebration of American Independence. As the granddaughter of immigrants on both sides of my family, I’m indebted to the sacrifices and hard work my grandparents endured to make life better for their descendants in the United States

“In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.”- Maya Angelou

Linda Broday

I went to a Halloween party on Friday and this was my costume.

I was going for rock star. I didn’t win but it was lots of fun.

Karen Witemeyer

I traveled to Tulsa this past weekend to participate in the Will Rogers Medallion Award presentation. I was thrilled and honored to receive two medallions for the category of Western Romance.

Cloaked in Beauty won the bronze medallion, and If the Boot Fits brought home the gold!

My friend Jill Dewhurst (who has been a visitor here) also brought home a gold medallion for Western Inspirational Fiction. And while we were there, Lacy Williams (another regular guest here at P&P) messaged me to let me know she was there, too, as a guest. So I made sure we grabbed a photo of the three of us.

I only wish our own Shanna Hatfield had been able to attend. Her book Luna won the silver medallion for best Western Romance. We had a filly sweep of that category!

Shanna Hatfield

As Karen just mentioned, I wish I could have been in Tulsa for the weekend for the Will Rogers Medallion Award presentation. I was so pleased and honored to receive a silver medallion for the category of Western Romance for Luna. Huge congrats to Karen! She was so sweet to text me and let me know I’d won the silver. What a thrill to be a finalist with her. I hope to be there next year and hang out with Karen and Lacy!

Luna was also a finalist in the Women Writing the West WILLA Literary Award.

Having a book recognized among so many talented authors and so many wonderful books fills my heart so full.

Nan Reinhardt

It was a great weekend in the little town of Madison, Indiana–the inspiration for my little river town of River’s Edge, where 14 of my sweet, small-town romances happen. The library there sponsored a National Authors Day event and I was one of 14 authors who signed books and met readers. It was a ton of fun! Loved meeting new readers and sharing my small town romance!

Welcome to Yee-Haw Day, the once-a-month day we’ve reserved to share our news with you – all sorts of fun news!

So check out the post below to get the details on the kinds of things that make us go Yee-Haw!!

Sarah Lamb

I’ve got a new release!

She craves independence, not a gilded cage and a husband to keep her there. He doesn’t want to get involved with a woman at any cost.

When Molly Anderson humiliates her parents and gets sent West to find a husband, she doesn’t even flinch. Women out West have more freedom—and that’s exactly what attracts the attention of a con man and murderer, and the bounty hunter trying to protect her.

The only way to stay safe is to get closer to both men—but at what cost? Will she lose her freedom, her heart, or her life?

Damien Lanning lives by a strict code. As a bounty hunter, that’s what keeps him alive. His rules have served him well, until a petite, pretty, and fiery woman named Molly tumbles into town, and gets herself mixed up into the kind of trouble only he can help her with.

He’s determined to catch the bounty before his mark catches Molly. But it gets harder to listen to his head and not his heart, when he realizes she’s the perfect woman for him.

Learn more by clicking here!

Kit Morgan 

Coming this month!

The last thing Valentine O’Malley expected when delivering a passel of mail-order brides to Wild Rose Ridge was a chance at love herself. Especially while butting heads with the town preacher.

Micah Sutton craves peace and order. Val brings sass, stubbornness, and a fiery Irish temper. Add in the ever-gossiping “Busy Bees” and a funeral-hungry undertaker, and Val isn’t sure she’ll survive twelve chaotic days leading up to Christmas.

But when Christmas Eve arrives, she must decide if she’s only passing through… or if Wild Rose Ridge and a certain steady-eyed preacher, could be the anchor she’s been searching for.

Check out the book here!

Shanna Hatfield

Coming tomorrow!

One Bridge. Five Strangers. A Christmas Eve That Changes Everything.

On a bridge suspended above the Willamette River, five lives collide for a journey through hope and hardship in a suspenseful, heartwarming tale of courage, connection, and the magic of second chances.

 Sergeant Archer Raines has worked every holiday all year for one reason: to finally spend Christmas with his wife. But when a desperate man threatens to jump from Portland’s St. Johns Bridge, Archer’s expert negotiation skills are required to defuse the situation.

Rosalee, a high-powered accountant and mom-to-be, only meant to swing by home for a forgotten phone and client file. Then her car is caught in the chaos on the bridge, she unexpectedly goes into labor, and her carefully planned world begins to unravel amidst the unfolding drama.

Exhausted nurse Nova just wants to make it home for Christmas after too many night shifts. When the pileup halts traffic and Rosalee’s baby is on the way, Nova puts her own plans on hold to help a stranger in need.

Carter, the owner of a busy tow truck business, regrets taking the call to clear the multi-car collision off the bridge. He’d intended to spend the day tackling last-minute holiday errands. Instead, he’s praying the lunatic pointing a gun at him doesn’t pull the trigger.

Fresh out of college and anxious to kick-start his career, Ian’s running late when his car won’t start the morning of his big interview. His rideshare driver turns out to be a captivating girl with a penchant for aggressive driving that narrowly saves them from being part of the wreck on the bridge, sending Ian on an unexpected path of his own.

The Bridge is the perfect uplifting holiday read and a story of how one frozen moment can thaw even the loneliest of hearts.

Available in digital, audio, paperback, and special edition hardback.

Linda Broday

Cover Reveal!! 

The McIntyres #2

I couldn’t wait to show this off. I have no release date yet but keep watching.

I really adore this cover!

Jo-Ann Roberts

Here’s my new release…

CLICK HERE

There’s always one risk in life worth taking.

Caroline Stoddard clung to Sister Benedict’s words like a lifeline as the train took her across the country from Boston to Pine Ridge, Colorado. After learning the orphanage was closing and she’d be without a roof over her head and a teaching position, she couldn’t have been more surprised when the Prioress referred her to Millie Crenshaw, owner of the Westward Home and Hearts Matrimonial Agency.

But life had another surprise in store for Caroline when she stepped off the train in Pine Ridge, Colorado. Instead of the new start she expected with James Murdock, her intended groom, he is nowhere to be found. With only a few coins to her name and no reason to return to Boston, she’s determined to make the best of it in this rugged land.

As the deputy sheriff in Pine Ridge, Knox Manning is haunted by a robbery gone wrong, making him question his ability to protect the town, and a stranded woman at the train depot with nowhere to go is the last thing he needs. But walking away isn’t in his nature. The badge he wears is both an anchor and a burden, one that caused him to sacrifice the one thing he always wanted—a chance for a home and a family.

Just as they begin to see each other in ways neither expected, and Knox dares to dream about a future with Caroline, the town of Pine Ridge is threatened by the same outlaws he’d been tracking for two years.

When Caroline is abducted, Knox realizes the gang had given him something worth fighting for—worth dying for, if necessary.

But more importantly, worth living for.

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Totally unrelated to writing…As many of you know, quilting is my other passion besides writing sweet historical romance. I have been invited to submit a quilt square to Colonial Williamsburg for America’s 250 Birthday Quilt. Next month I will post a photo of my submission. The quilt will be displayed at Colonial Williamsburg Visitors Center. 

https://www.visitwilliamsburg.com/williamsburg-250/american-birthday-quilt/

Winnie Griggs

Coming October 21st

A detour he hadn’t planned. A connection he never saw coming.
Rancher Griff Everhart doesn’t go looking for entanglements. Burned by love before, he’s content to live quiet and keep to himself. But when a young woman asks him to escort her to Tyler, Texas, he reluctantly agrees—expecting nothing more than an uneventful day on the trail.

Ruby Anne Tuggle is chasing a fresh start. She’s determined to make it on her own, without fuss or favors. But unexpected trouble alters their journey, forcing Griff to rely on Ruby in ways he never anticipated—and opening his eyes to a woman with quiet strength and fierce determination.

As Thanksgiving approaches and a temporary detour begins to feel like something meant to be, two guarded hearts must decide whether love is worth the risk… and whether the road ahead is one they might walk together.

Check it out HERE

Welcome to Yee-Haw Day, the once-a-month day we’ve reserved to share our news with you – all sorts of fun news!

So check out the post below to get the details on the kinds of things that make us go Yee-Haw!!

Sarah Lamb

Psst, I have this ebook just .99, but only for a few days!

Find it right here!

Linda Broday

My sister, Jan Sikes, and I are releasing books together!

Both of these books are available for Preorder and will release on August 11!

A young man with a good heart makes a bargain with an old woman who needs help.

But it’ll take every bit of his knowledge and skill.

A Bold Bargain – CLICK HERE

Following the death of his parents, Cade McIntyre begins a search for his lost siblings

and finds unexpected love that he can’t turn away. 

Cade’s Quest – CLICK HERE

Winnie Griggs

First up, LUKE is out in the world!
If you’ve been waiting to dive into a broody cowboy romance with a whole lot of heart (and a dash of heat), this is your moment. LUKE is live, and I can’t wait to hear what you think of his journey—and the woman who just might heal him.

A grumpy cowboy with a guarded heart.

A woman who won’t back down.

Some sparks refuse to stay buried.

FIND  MORE  HERE

Next, I’ve got something special on the horizon:
The Everharts of Texas 
I’m reissuing a few of my older titles under this new series banner, complete with updated covers and a little extra polish. These are stories about tangled families, stubborn hearts, and love that finds a way—no matter what.

One family. Three unforgettable love stories. From small-town streets to wide open skies, the Everharts are proof that love runs deep—and that their hearts can be just as stubborn as the land they come from.

Here’s a sneak peek at the new look:

FIND  MORE  HERE

That’s all from me for now, but stay tuned—more Everhart drama is headed your way soon!