A Look At Tina Leonard & 'Last of the Red Hot Cowboys' ~ @Tina_Leonard @GoddessFish #western #romance

Today we have author Tina Leonard visiting. I'm pleased to welcome her back on my blog!

What would you like to tell readers about yourself?

* USA Today Bestselling and award-winning author Tina Leonard has sold over 2.6 million copies of her titles. She has made the USA Today Bestseller, Waldenbooks, Bookscan, and Ingrambook lists, and has written and contracted seventy-one books and special projects. Her work has been published by Harlequin, Samhain Publishing, Robinson Scarlet, and most recently Random House Loveswept contracted for a single title trilogy project, Hell’s Outlaws. Leonard was chosen to be among the first authors published for Robinson’s Scarlet line, writing four single title novels for that imprint. Not long after, she sold on proposal to Harlequin American, where she has since written several popular series, most notably the Cowboys By The Dozen, Morgan Men, and Callahan Cowboys series. Her newest single title project, HOTTER THAN TEXAS, was published in March 2013. Leonard is known for her fun sense of humor, endearing communities, snappy dialogue, and memorable characters.

What are you going to tell us about today?
* My story Last of the Red Hot Cowboys. A sexy cowgirl gives a rugged Texas loner the ride of his life in USA Today bestselling author Tina Leonard’s seductive new series.

A look into the story

~ Blurb ~ * Ava Buchanan dreams of a career on the rodeo circuit. Winning a spot on a one-of-a-kind team would be her ticket to the life she’s always wanted. Ava won’t let anyone stand in her way—not even a stubborn cowboy whose slow-molasses smile and red-hot swagger set her senses aflame . . . and whose talents as a trainer could make her a star. Rodeo might be a man’s game, but Ava knows the right woman’s touch can tame the wildest heart.
* Trace Carter believes his mayor’s plan to raise the town’s profile has disaster written all over it, and he won’t allow the Hell’s Outlaws Training Center to be dragged into the fiasco. Yet watching Ava’s delectable body on horseback proves too much of a temptation, and his fantasies stray to her riding skills outside the arena. Soon Trace is fighting like hell to rein in his unbridled desire for the petite brunette before it becomes a passion hotter than the Texas sun. ~ Excerpt ~ * “Go away,” she told Trace.
* That was it? He’d given her a kiss to melt the hardest heart, and she was telling him to drop dead? “Hey,” he said, “don’t freak out.”
* “Do I look freaked out?” She walked her horse inside the barn, checked that Mack had fresh, cool water and plenty of fresh hay. “This is the face of annoyed.”
* That wasn’t a woman’s typical response to his kissing. “I’m sorry. I jumped the gun.”
* “You jumped more than the gun, buster.” She put her horse into a stall, checked the hay, filled the water, brushed past him.
* He followed her as she sashayed toward her own beat-up blue truck she’d driven from Virginia. “Ava.”
* “What?” She moved a mountain of paper and horse stuff from the front seat to the back.
* “Can you forget that happened?”
* “Easily.” She got in her truck, switched the engine on, rolled down the window. “I already have.”
* He jumped back as she peeled away, shredding his gravel drive. Trace grinned.
* She might try to forget, but that kiss was going to last him a while.
* It had to. He wasn’t touching the lady again—she was going to have to make the next move.

Buy Last of the Red Hot Cowboys here...
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Thank you for joining us here today, Tina Leonard! It was a pleasure getting to know you and your story.

ANNOUNCEMENT! Tina will be awarding a $25 Amazon GC to three randomly drawn commenters during the tour! So be sure to leave your name and email with your comment, visit the other tour stops (find them here: goddessfishpromotions-virtual-super-book-blast) for a greater chance of winning!

A Look At Tina Leonard & 'Sweet Callahan Homecoming' ~ @Tina_Leonard @GoddessFish #AmazonGC #romance #Harlequin

Today we have author Tina Leonard visiting. Welcome!

What would you like to tell readers about yourself?

* USA Today bestselling and award-winning author Tina Leonard writes with humor, sexiness, and fun. With nearly three million books sold, she plans to keep writing the stories readers enjoy. Her schedule keeps her very busy creating independent heroines and the irresistible heroes who love them. Visit Tina at the links found at the end of the post.

What are you going to tell us about today?
* My story Sweet Callahan Homecoming.

A look into the story

~ Blurb ~ * Will Ashlyn Callahan finally find her magic? The last Callahan rides in the exciting conclusion to the bestselling series, The Callahan Cowobys!
* Four Babies—and Her Whole Family—to Protect
* Ashlyn Callahan has always known that her fate can only bring danger to those she loves. That's why she flees Rancho Diablo—and the ornery cowboy she loves—to hide out in Texas Hill Country. But all hell breaks loose when Xavier Phillips finds her…and her four newborn babies.
* Xav finally tracks down his warrior woman—only to discover she's the mother of two perfect little boys and two perfect little girls. And he's the father! Now Ash has to marry him. With the future of Ash's entire clan at stake, Xav is ready to lay his life on the line to safeguard the family legacy. Not to mention create a homecoming—and a wedding!—worthy of his Chacon Callahan bride!
~ Excerpt ~ * “WHAT DO WE do with him?” Mallory McGrath asked, and Ash tried to force her flabbergasted mind to think rationally. It wasn’t easy, and not just because Mallory had set off the panic button on the security system, which was wailing like mad. She crossed to the system pad and shut the silly thing off before staring down at the lean cowboy sprawled on the floor. How many hours had she spent thinking about Xav Phillips over the past few months, especially during her pregnancy? How many times had she wanted to call him to come to her, yet knowing she couldn’t place him in that kind of danger? Anyone from Rancho Diablo who had any contact with her would be in jeopardy—the Callahans had learned that the hard way, time and again, over the many years they’d battled Uncle Wolf and the cartel. It was no game they were playing, but a full-fledged fight for survival.
* Sometimes it felt as though they were losing. It almost always seemed as if they might not ever defeat an enemy that was determined to destroy the ranch and the Callahan legacy. Good didn’t always conquer evil.
* Ash knelt down to move Xav’s long, ebony hair out of his face. “Poor Xav. I could have told you that you should stay away from me.” The tree twinkled, sending soft colorful light against his drawn skin. “What am I going to do with you now?” she asked him, though she knew she wouldn’t get an answer.
* She was startled when he opened his eyes. “Marry me,” Xav said. “You can marry me, damn it, and tell the woman with the wrought-iron Santa Claus she whaled upside my noggin that I come in peace.”
* “Xav!” She wanted to kiss him so badly, yet didn’t dare. Of course his marriage proposal wasn’t sincere; clearly a concussion rendered him temporarily senseless. “Can you sit up? Mallory, will you get him a glass of water?”
* “Who is he?” Mallory asked, reluctantly setting down her festive weapon.
* “Just a family friend,” Ash said, her gaze on Xav as his eyes locked on hers.
* “Friend my ass,” Xav growled. “Do you have any idea how hard it was to find you? Do friends search every nook and cranny of Texas and parts in between to find each other?”
* “Definitely a concussion,” Ash said, frowning at the big handsome man, all long body and sinewy muscles. “I’ve never heard him talk like that.”

Buy Sweet Callahan Homecoming here...
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Find Tina Leonard here...
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Thank you for joining us here today, Tina Leonard! It was a pleasure getting to know you and your story.

ANNOUNCEMENT! Tina will be awarding one $25 Amazon GC to TWO randomly drawn commenters during the tour! So be sure to leave your name and email with your comment, visit the other tour stops (find them here: goddessfishpromotions-virtual-super-book-blast-tour) for a greater chance of winning!