Hello, Fillies!!
I haven’t been here in a couple dozen sunsets. Thanks for having me.
I’m a huge fan of vintage Western TV shows that include families. It’s so much fun to delve into family dynamics, wounds and the fun relationship between siblings and parents. The Western background adds even more to the enjoyment. Despite being fifty years old or more they tackle important societal topics along with exploring the meaning of family.
I eagerly binge The Big Valley, Bonanza, High Chaparral, The Rifleman, Maverick, Davy Crockett, and The Virginian. My latest series is all about Western family as well.
I’d like to introduce you to the Lazy M Ranch. Several of you have heard this tale. If so, use this minute to go fill up your coffee cups.
This series got its start when a friend (debut Love Inspired author Deborah Clack) sent me a card with a group of cowboys on the front. I wrote to the artist, Sherry Peters, who is the photographer behind Bradbury Lane https://sherrypphotography.com/. Sherry sent me a wall print of the cowboys. Thus, the Lazy M Ranch was born.
Meet brothers Drew, Sam, Trevor, and Luke, along with Grampa Gus Morgan who manage the Lazy M Ranch in Homestead Pass, Oklahoma. There’s another character in there who is introduced in my upcoming release, young Cole.
For you Okies here today, Homestead Pass is thirty minutes East of Elk City and two hours from Oklahoma City. I set my stories in Oklahoma as I had the pleasure of living there for seventeen years. And for those who go way back, I used to work at City of Faith Hospital in Tulsa.
I digress. This series chronicles the path these reluctant cowboys take to find love and the future the good Lord has planned for them.
My February release is Trevor’s story. It’s also my 19th book with Love Inspired. I’m very excited about The Cowboy’s Secret Past as it’s a twist on the secret baby trope. I can’t tell you the twist or I’d give away the fun.
Here’s the blurb. Didn’t they do a fabulous job on this cover?
He’s not the same man he was
But maybe now he’s ready to be a father
Since leaving his wild rodeo days behind, rancher Trevor Morgan has sobered up and built a faith-filled life. So he’s shocked when the woman caring for his grandfather intrudes on that solitude. Nurse Hope Burke has hidden motives for coming to the Lazy M Ranch—she believes Trevor is the father of her orphaned nephew. Can a loving aunt and a wary cowboy change a little boy’s life forever?
You can preorder your own copy from your favorite retailer
Amazon https://amz.run/7YCe
Harlequin https://bityl.co/NCme
The Cowboy’s Secret Past is a standalone book. Here’s a quick peek inside.
“Mind if I join you?”
Hope blinked and nearly fell over at the sound of Trevor Morgan’s voice. Heart hammering as though she’d been caught doing something illegal, she scrambled to shove Cole’s birth certificate back into her purse.
“Sure,” she said on a shaky breath. Hope met his gaze and glanced away. He wasn’t wearing a Stetson today. His hair was the color of warm caramel, with thick unruly waves.
She could see why Anna was attracted to him. And it was a good thing that she was nothing like her stepsister. She had zero interest in rodeos or cowboys. And she definitely would never get involved with an emotionally unavailable man like this one. Trevor Morgan was a complication she could do without.
Today, I brought two fun giveaway for readers. Due to postage costs, this giveaway is US addresses only.
One reader will take home a print copy of The Cowboy’s Secret Past and a fun Book Lover tote.
One reader will take home the first three books in the series (print), The Baby Inheritance, The Cowboy Bargain and The Cowboy’s Secret Past.
To be entered, simply leave a comment letting me know about your favorite family Westerns. They can be vintage or modern television shows or movies.
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Happy Trails!
A freelance writer for over twenty years, Tina Radcliffe is a Romance Writers of America and American Christian Fiction Writers Honor Roll member, and a four-time ACFW Carol Award finalist. Her Harlequin novels have won the ACFW Carol Award, the Holt Medallion and appeared on the Publishers Weekly Bestseller list. Besides her novel-length fiction, and her independent publishing releases, Tina has sold over three dozen short stories to Woman’s World Magazine. A US Army Veteran, a former registered nurse, and library cataloger, Tina resides in Arizona, where she writes fun, heartwarming romance and cozy mysteries. Visit her on the web at https://www.tinaradcliffe.com/