I'm so excited to welcome Shanna Hatfield to the blog today! I recently read her book, The Christmas Bargain, and absolutely loved it! (review here)
Welcome to the 2nd annual
Blog
Tour!
Raising funds and awareness for
the Justin Cowboy Crisis
Fund
Ring in the Holidays with a Helping
Hand
November 1 through Dec. 24, 10 percent of the net proceeds from
all Shanna Hatfield book sales will be donated to the Justin Cowboy Crisis
Fund. The JCCF is a non-profit organization that assists
rodeo athletes who’ve sustained catastrophic injuries and are unable to work
for an extended period. Every book purchased during this promotional period
adds to the donation total. Don't forget to add books to your Christmas
lists!
Thank you, Krista, for hosting me today! It's so
fun to be stop here on my blog tour this week.
What
inspired you to write the Rodeo Romance
Series?
I’ve
always loved rodeos. After my husband and I attended the
Wrangler National
Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, I knew I had to write a series
about the sport. It’s
a bonus I’m able to tie in something I enjoy so much into a
wonderful cause
like the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund.
What's
the series about?
Hope.
Redemption. Love. It’s about never giving up, building inner
strength, and
giving love a chance. Of course, there are hunky cowboy and
feisty women, but
it’s much more than that. Due to the wound from her past,
Kenzie is afraid to
trust anyone, particularly a cowboy, with her heart.
Kaley’s
never been the most important person
to anyone, except her son. The process of opening her heart
to love is new
experience for her. Celia is incredibly stubborn and
independent. It’s hard for
her to accept the idea of falling in love. Despite their
flaws, they all hold
hope close to their hearts as they learn about
love.
What
made you decide to make this as a holiday
series?
A large part of
that decision came from our fun experiences at the NFR and
being in Las Vegas
in December. It’s a great way to get into the holiday spirit.
I incorporate a
lot of the elements we’ve enjoyed into the
story.
Tell
us a little about you’re the men in these
stories.
Tate
Morgan is a talented saddle bronc rider determined to be the
next world
champion in The Christmas
Cowboy. The attraction he
feels for Kenzie Beckett the first time he sees her at the
airport catches him
by surprise. Although he tries to ignore his interest in the
beautiful woman,
he flirts with her every chance he gets and finally asks her
out when they end
up in the same town on weekend.
Christmas
is about Cort McGraw. The
steer wrestler is Tate’s best
friend and one of my favorite characters (Shhh! Don’t tell
the others!) When
the story begins, Cort is trying to deal with the reality
that he’s sustained a
career-ending injury and will never compete in rodeo again.
Thanks to the
efforts of his sister, Celia, and Tate, Cort ends up on a
run-down ranch with a
wounded widow and her silent son. As he helps bring the
ranch back from the
brink of derelict status, he discovers a new purpose for his
life in loving
Kaley and Jacob.
Life is
hectic on a good day for rodeo
stock contractor Kash Kressley in Capturing
Christmas. Between dodging
flying hooves and babying cranky bulls, he barely has time
to sleep. The last
thing Kash needs is the entanglement of a sweet romance,
especially with a
woman as full of fire and sass as Celia
McGraw.
Where
do you get the inspiration to
write?
My
inspiration for sitting down every day and writing comes
from the fact that I
love doing it and there is nothing else I’d rather be doing.
I left my day job two
years ago to write full time, so this truly is my chosen
career and source of
employment.
Is
there anything else you’d like to share with my
readers?
Thank you
for hosting me today. I’m so grateful for this wonderful
opportunity to connect
with your readers. I hope those who enjoy historical
fiction, sweet romances, or
a good western, will consider reading my
~*~
New Releases
To kick off the second annual Cowboys and Christmas Blog
Tour and the JCCF campaign,
two brand new holiday romances will release Nov.
12!
Capturing Christmas
is the third installment in the sweet holiday western Rodeo Romance
series.
Life is hectic on a good day for rodeo stock
contractor Kash Kressley. Between dodging flying hooves and babying cranky
bulls, he barely has time to sleep. The last thing Kash needs is the
entanglement of a sweet romance, especially with a woman as full of fire and
sass as the redheaded photographer he rescues at a rodeo.
Determined to capture the best images possible, rodeo
photographer Celia McGraw is fearless and feisty. Not one to back down from a
challenge, her biggest risk isn’t in her work. Danger lurks in the way her
heart responds to one incredibly handsome stock contractor. Will Kash and Celia
capture the spirit of the season?
Pre-order your copy today!
http://amzn.to/1FC8ZQj
Get all three books in the Rodeo Romance series!
The Christmas Vow is the fourth
book in the Hardman Holidays sweet Victorian romance series.
Columbia River Pilot Adam Guthry returns to his hometown of
Hardman, Oregon, after the sudden death of his best friend. Emotions he can’t
contain bubble to the surface the moment he sees the girl who shattered his
heart eleven years ago.
Widow Tia Devereux escapes her restrictive life in Portland,
returning to the home she knew and adored as a girl in Hardman. She and her
four-year-old son, Toby, settle into the small Eastern Oregon community, eager
for the holiday season. Unfortunately, the only man she’s ever loved shows up,
stirring the embers of a long-dead romance into a blazing flame. When her
former father-in-law, a corrupt judge, decides he wants to raise Toby, Adam may
be the only hope she has of keeping her son.
You can pre-order your copy today for
only $2.99! http://amzn.to/1KQHhvI
Don't miss out on the Hardman Holidays
series!
You’re
Invited to PARTY!
You’re invited to join in the online Cowboys & Christmas Facebook
Party, Thursday, Nov. 12 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (PST). Drop
in anytime during those four hours to enter to win great prizes, chat with
guest authors, and more (many of the giveaways will stay open until the
following morning)!
Here’s the link to the party: http://tinyurl.com/cowboychristmasparty2
The talented guest authors
joining in the celebration include:
10 a.m. - Carmen
Peone
10:30 - Kayla
Dawn Thomas
11 a.m. - Melanie D.
Snitker, Author
11:30 - Julie Cerniglia
Lence
Noon - Author CJ
Samuels
12:30 - Rachel
Rossano
1 p.m. - Author
Kristin Holt
1:30
- Dani
Harper
To enter the drawing for an Amazon gift card, Wrangler Tote
Bag, Rock & Roll Cowgirl T-shirt, autographed books, chocolates, and
more fun goodies, fill out this
form. Winners will be randomly
drawn and announced Nov. 16. http://tinyurl.com/cowboychristmasprizes2
Where
to Find The Books
Start the Rodeo
Romance Series with The
Christmas Cowboy.
Travel back to a time of grandeur in the old
west
with the Hardman Holidays series.
The Christmas
Bargain begins the popular series
and is available free
for a very limited time!
About
Shanna Hatfield
Convinced everyone deserves a happy
ending, hopeless romantic Shanna Hatfield is out to make it happen, one story
at a time. Her sweet historical and contemporary romances combine humor and
heart-pumping moments with characters that seem incredibly real.
When she isn’t writing or indulging in chocolate (dark and
decadent, please), Shanna hangs out with her husband, lovingly known as Captain
Cavedweller.
This USA Today bestselling author is a member
of Western Writers of America, Women Writing the West, Romance Writers of America, Sweet Romance Reads, and Pioneer
Hearts.
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Thank you, again, for hosting me during the blog tour and reviewing The Christmas Bargain. So, so appreciated!
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