One Shot at Love

Headwear of Yesterday and Today

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My subject today is hats. I love hats and wish I didn’t look so awful in them. My daddy always wore a fedora everywhere he went and I really thought it made him look very nice. My grandpa wore fedoras also and that probably where my dad got it from. These days a lot of women are wearing them and they look so cute.

Stetsons always give cowboys added appeal. There’s just something about a man in a Stetson that makes my heart beat a little faster. Doesn’t matter how old I am and as long as I have eyes I’ll keep looking. I have a dear friend who always wears a Stetson and drives a pickup. Let me tell you, he looks sharp.

Hats were a must for women back in the day. They never left home without one and the hats were really pretty with flowers and feathers adorning them. Some even had a bird decoration perched amid the netting and flowers. I wish women still wore them. They’re so feminine.

In ONE SHOT AT LOVE, Dax Talon drives into Panther Creek, Colorado in a Model T car wearing a fedora. He does that because he knows how hard it is to be accepted in a small mountain community in 1939. They shoot strangers. Once he meets some of the people and gets lodging in a rooming house, he switches to his Stetson and Mariah really loves the way the hat adds to his handsome features. How could she not fall in love with him?

Especially since I picture him as a younger Tim McGraw! By the way, this is Warren Beatty in the fedora.

                                

The female on the cover of this book wears a wide hat with a large pink flower in the center. The hat is a little out of fashion but Mariah doesn’t care. It belonged to her mother and it makes her feel pretty. Besides, she doesn’t get many opportunities to wear it. Her parents have both passed on and she’s left to raise her two siblings. It’s nothing she chooses but she’ll keep them together and safe no matter what.

Life is hard on the mountain with moonshiners taking over after the gold mine shut down. She doesn’t go anywhere without her rifle.

Then the legendary pink pistol comes into her possession and brings hope. She finally begins to believe that just possibly she can find love.

I really enjoyed writing this story, the Pink Pistol Sisterhood book #7 in the series. This is a novella so it’s short, but I’m very happy and proud to be a part of this Petticoats and Pistols’ fun project.

ONE SHOT AT LOVE will be out on May 30th. It’s available now for Preorder.

Click HERE for the Amazon link for the series page.

We also have four FREE Pink Pistol magazines with first chapters of each story, recipes, games, and lots more.

                                           Magazine 1    Magazine 2     Magazine 3    Magazine 4

My Question – What do you think of hats in general and do you know anyone who wears a hat of any kind?

Since I don’t have the book yet, I’m giving away two $10 Amazon Gift Cards.

Instant Attraction? It happens!

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A new story. A new series. Book #7 of the Pink Pistol Sisterhood! I’m so excited.

As you know from Karen’s and Shanna’s stories this pink pistol with a legend attached gets passed from book to book. The woman in possession of the pistol can either accept or reject the call. But if she chooses to open her heart to the possibility of love, she will marry the man of her dreams.

I loved the premise of this series when Pam, Karen, Shanna, and Jessie first presented it. And how special that the Fillies could do it as a group. It was a wonderful idea.

My story is about Mariah Bartee, a young woman trying to raise her brother and sister after the deaths of their parents. She’s lived all her life in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado. But she dreams of going to the city that’s only thirty miles away. Without a vehicle, it might as well be the moon.

The arrival of a handsome stranger, Dax Nolan, shakes up her small world. He’s a cowboy searching for his little sister who was abducted.

When Mariah glanced up into Dax Talon’s serious brown eyes, she found him staring at her. Something in the manner of his look reminded her of summer lightning—quick with a flash of heat. Flustered, she missed a step and landed on his foot.

An attraction sparks even though she doesn’t trust strangers. Mariah finds herself agreeing to help Dax search for his sister. She warns him of the immense danger then armed with her shotgun, she leads him up the mountain to this family of moonshiners. A tip Dax had gotten told him to find the Tylers and he’d find his sister.

But…Mariah’s siblings found some bones up on the mountain, picked clean by the wild animals. Could they be Dax’s sister’s bones?

Mystery, suspense, and a blossoming romance lead to the satisfying conclusion of the 7th Pink Pistol story.

It’s available for preorder HERE. Karen Witemeyer’s and Shanna Hatfield’s books are already out. Pick them up and start following the Pink Pistol as it travels the country.

The Pink Pistol Sisterhood Series Page

And as you know, we have the FREE Pink Pistol magazines on Book Funnel. We’ve published three with a fourth soon to be available.

   

Link to Magazine 1 – Click Here     Link to Magazine 2 – Click Here     Link to Magazine 3 – Click Here 

Do you believe in instant attraction? I was instantly attracted to my second husband. I was waiting tables in a steakhouse when he came in and sat in my station. Oh man, I thought he was the most handsome, most interesting guy I’d ever met! His deep voice sent tingles through me.

I’m giving away a $10 Amazon gift card to one of my commenters so weigh in.