I’ve been out of circulation for a while. I had some issues that I had to take care of. I think it’s all okay now, but we’ll see. I will hopefully get back to the swing of things. And to my going back to regular schedule…I give you Carolyn Brown’s One Lucky Cowboy. One lucky winner from this post will get 2 books.
My Take:
This book, One Lucky Cowboy, is a rollicking good fun of a book. What I mean is, Jane Day, reminds me of Elizabeth from Pride and Prejudice. She’s witty and I love reading about her comebacks.  This is my first Carolyn Brown book and I can wait to read her others. She writes the type of love stories that I enjoy reading.

Author’s Interview:
“What question have you always wanted to be asked in an interview but never have been?”

That right there could be the most difficult question I’ve ever been asked. I’ve been interviewed dozens of times and asked so many questions that I can’t remember them all. One thing no one ever asked me was what was the craziest thing I ever had a desire to do?

” What is your answer to that question?”

Drive a race car! Of course that desire passed quickly when I backed my pickup truck out of a driveway and hit a Highway Patrolman. Thank goodness he wasn’t on duty or in his patrol car or there wouldn’t be a Lucky trilogy today. I would have dropped graveyard dead on the spot. I understand my insurance agent almost did when she saw how much damage I did to that brand new truck he was driving.

“Why did you pick the genre you write in?”

I don’t think I picked romance. It picked me. Characters took up residence in my imagination and wanted their love stories told. I simply obliged.

“What kind of research did you do for this book?”

Lots of traveling. Don’t blink or you’ll miss it describes Ringgold, Texas, a little Texas border town, and Terral, Oklahoma, the Oklahoma border town right across the Red River five miles from Ringgold. I spent some time in each of those places plus the other towns mentioned in the books. My husband, bless his heart, has driven miles and miles and taken thousands of pictures for me while I take notes to authenticate the locations.

“What’s been the hardest thing for you when writing your books?”

Keeping the momentum going so that each chapter is a hard hitting, can’t put it down, want to keep reading it, book for my readers.

“I’ve always wonder if authors have a routine. When and where do you write? Do you have particular time of day you find you’re more creative?”

I’m a fortunate writer with a retired husband who is very supportive of my vice. I have an office in my house and dust bunnies and laundry can wait if I’m writing an important scene. Husband doesn’t even mind take-out supper if I have a deadline. I like to write in the morning and proof in the evenings but that’s not sent in stone. Someone once said that writing is ten percent inspiration and ninety percent perspiration. If the inspiration hits at eight o’clock at night, I don’t wait until morning to take advantage of it. I can sweat any old time!

“What authors do you read when you’re not busy being an author yourself?”

How much room do you have for this interview? I’m an avid reader and my list is as varied and eclectic as my family. I will read everything from Faulkner to the back of the Cheerio’s box and love it all. Some of my favorite authors are Leon Uris, LaVyrle Spencer, Sue Grafton, J.A. Jance, Randy Wayne White and of course Margaret’s Mitchell and some of O’Henry’s short stories. I convinced my children that they had to read The Ransom of Red Chief every time they were sick or they would never get well. After all, laughter is the best medicine.

“What’s the best thing about being an author?”

Doing what I love to do. My grandmother said that a person is a success if they love their job, no matter if it’s digging ditches or serving as the President of the USA. I am very successful because I get to do what I like.

“What question would you like your readers to answer?”

If you could spend one day with Slade Luckadeau, the cowboy in One Lucky Cowboy, where would you spend it?

One Lucky Cowboy; Book 2 in the Lucky Trilogy—in stores November 2009!
Jane Day is on the run from the paid assassin who had been her fiancé. In Wichita Falls, Texas, she meets Nellie Luckadeau, a spitfire of an old lady who desperately needs someone to work on her ranch. But Nellie’s drop-dead gorgeous grandson “Lucky Slade” is sure he can spot a con artist a mile away. He’s determined not to let some upstart like Jane fleece his granny.

When his signature intimidation methods don’t convince Jane to leave, he pours on the charm to make her spill what she’s up to. She’s happy to play along, but she’s not going to let this hot, hostile cowboy run her off his land when all she needs is a lucky break…

About the Author
Carolyn Brown is an award-winning author who has published 36 historical and western romance novels for the library market, many of them bestsellers in that market. Born in Texas and raised in southern Oklahoma, Carolyn and her husband now make their home in the town of Davis, Oklahoma.

Contest:
Thanks to Danielle and Sourcebooks.
Contest open to US addresses. No PO Boxes please.
Contest ends November 25.
Winner will be announced within a week after deadline. Please make sure to subscribe to this blog’s feed to find out if you’re a winner. Please contact me within 1 week of posting the winners, or I get to pick another winner.
One lucky commenter will win these titles:

Lucky in Love and One Lucky Cowboy

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