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    • #AmWriting This and That and a Short Snippet Saturday Peek~ Plus A Spring Fling Contest!

      Posted at 12:29 pm by Mary J. McCoy-Dressel, on April 8, 2017

      Hello to you all. It’s the weekend!

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      Oh, you want to know where I’ve been? I’ve been far away from my blog, that’s for sure, but when I have a book ready to come out, I’m totally consumed by the process. I’m doing the final read-through on my Kindle. It’s amazing what you hear when Kindle reads your manuscript to you. Anyway, I’m on the countdown now to my formatting date…ten, nine, eight…actually it’s only two more days. Lassoing the Last Dance is in the very final stages.

       


      But today I bring you a not-so-short excerpt from Heartbreak’s Reward. I’m choosing to provide an excerpt from this book because the book is on sale and I’m one of the authors participating in The Kindle Book Review Spring Fling.

      💥 Enter the SPRING FLING Giveaway and WIN 1-Year #AmazonPrime, Kindles, or gift cards. https://wp.me/P2H01p-6xF


      Jase Carlson is the oldest brother at the Double Dutch Ranch. He’s a favorite hero, but Randy Drake from Lassoing the Last Dance is giving him a run for the money. Good thing they’re good friends.  🙂 Jase’s cousin Caulder from my Bull Rider Series makes his appearance in this book.

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      This excerpt comes from Chapter One. Jase and his brother Tristan left the courthouse after Jase was awarded soul custody of his two kids. Jase has a good reason for not trusting his ex-wife to return the kids to him on the following weekend.  Enjoy. (A bit of cursing is involved in the excerpt.)

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      Once they rolled into the neighborhood, Tristan checked the number on Jase’s phone. “It should be right up here, according to the GPS.” He checked each address as they passed. “There,” he said, pointing to the left.

      “There’s no curtains on the windows, Trist.”

      “Sonofabitch.” Tristan flung his seatbelt off and hit his palm against the dashboard.

      “She doesn’t even live here?” Jase released the clutch and jumped out, ran up to the windows, and peered inside. “There’s nothing in here. Not a damn thing.”

      Tristan followed him to the house, shaking his head. “She either moved before court, or lied to her lawyer again. You sure you got the right address?”

      “I got the right address.” He went back to the truck for his phone. “I have to call Tom.” He paced in front of his truck, and said to Tristan, “She lied about everything, and has no intention of bringing the kids back.”

      Jase left a message for his lawyer and hung up. A neighbor walked from across the street. “You all looking for somebody?”

      “Yeah, the woman who lived here.” Jase sauntered up to the man and pointed back at the house. Either a nosy neighbor or someone who might be able to help.

      “Ah, she’s gone. Packed up last weekend and moved out. Can’t say I was sorry to see them go.” The man pointed across the street to another house. “I stood right there and watched.”

      “A woman with two kids?” asked Jase, his voice already quivering.

      “That’s right.” The neighbor turned to go.

      Tristan called after the man. “Wait. How many people lived here? I mean…did the woman have a man with her.”

      “A couple guys. Well…” The man hesitated.

      Jase took a step forward. “They’re my kids and that was my wife.”

      The neighbor folded his arms and stared at the ground. “Well, she lived there with her husband…or so I thought. The other guy…well, he just lived there.”

      “I was her husband,” said Jase, “until today. What about the kids? Two of them…a boy and a girl.” He held his palm flat to indicate their height.

      “Nope, they all moved out. Cute kids, too. Well-behaved. Their dad—sorry. The guy watched them sometimes.”

      Tristan asked the man, “You don’t happen to have any photos, do you? Maybe of the asshole pretending to be their dad?”

      The man shook his head. “No, nothing like that.”

      Jase weakened. Shook his head. Diverted his eyes. “Thanks, man.” He headed for the truck and got in the passenger side. He waited for his brother and handed him the keys. He slouched down in the seat and lowered his hat over his eyes.

      Tristan backed out of the driveway in Tucson and headed back home toward Canyon Junction. Most of the trip was spent in silence until they stopped to eat. He turned to Tristan. “Some asshole I don’t know watched my kids. I’ll find them…and him. I swear I will. Not even God can help him if he hurts my babies.”

      End of Excerpt. Thanks for reading.


      Keep an eye out for Lassoing the Last Dance. It’ll be live and available soon.

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      Posted in #AmWriting, #WritersLife, Short Snippet Saturday | 8 Comments | Tagged #AmWriting, #WritersLife, bull rider series, Contemporary #western romance series, Cowboy Romance Series, Double Dutch Ranch, Full Length Novel, Heartbreak's Reward, hero, Lassoing the Last Dance, Mary J McCoy-Dresel, sensual western romance, series, Short Snippet Saturday, The Kindle Book Review Spring Fling, western romance
    • Meet the Heroine~ This Week’s Star: Beth

      Posted at 3:21 pm by Mary J. McCoy-Dressel, on February 11, 2017

       

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      Beth Marconi is the heroine in Whispers of Forever: Mending Christmas and the next heroine in my Meet Our Heroines mini-series.

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      Beth dragged Jake into the picture for this post. Model portrayal- Ben and Gezzi from Period Images

      What can I say about Beth? I published the book in November, so I’ll have to give her some thought. One thing I can say is she pined for Jake for…well, since she was fifteen years old when she met him in the high school detention room. Yep, Beth went to detention. Jake says:

      What could’ve been better to a seventeen-year-old bad-boy? A hottie with a bad bone to send her to detention had fit his bill.

       

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      • Beth is a compassionate woman. She’s sexy. Fun. A bad-bone still lurks beneath her calm, grown-up exterior. Bad in a good way, of course.
      • She has always been close to her mom, and Beth is  concerned for her mom’s future.
      • Ah, but Beth is pretty with coppery hair and green eyes. She is now my youngest heroine since the other ladies keep aging as all the series move on.
      • Beth is a whiz at math, but she doesn’t use it in her job.
      • This lady wants to be treated as an equal.
      • In high school, she got along better with the guys than the girls, but she had one close girlfriend. The girls bullied her because of her relationship with an older, popular guy in school…Mr. Jake Lawton.

      She’s strong-willed. I repeat…strong-willed. But she can be hurt easily. Give her a line she doesn’t like, and she’ll damn well give it right back… Proof? Jake’s POV:

      Before speaking, he shook his head. If he wasn’t already buzzed, he’d put a damn shot into the coffee. Ross had not acted like the type who’d hire call girls. “Come on. This isn’t the nineteenth century.”

      “Stop making fun of it. This happens more than you think. You don’t know his grandmother. Being the one who raised him, she had a lot of power over his life and future.”

      “Figures. What a wuss! How the hell did you meet Ross? No, wait, don’t you dare tell me you were—” Had Beth been a…a call girl—the way she’d met Ross? God almighty. He sank against the sofa back. Somebody shoot me right now.

      “Shut up. No, I wasn’t! Damn you, Jake Lawton.” Beth rose abruptly, stomping. She stomped not once, not even twice, but three times. “Damn you. How dare you. I don’t know you.” She turned toward the door, came back to shove his shoulder hard, then she took a step.

      “Don’t go. I’m sorry. But dammit, Beth. Have you listened to this story?”

      “I should slap your handsomely, sick-looking face, but it’s apparent someone already took care of the deed for me. Humph!” She sat back down, folding her arms. “Yes. I know how it sounds.”

      End of snippet. Oh, I love this girl!


      Have you met the other heroines? Judy Carlson, the matriarch of the Double Dutch Ranch can be found on the main page too! Her book will be out in 2019. Click here to find the other heroines.

      Y’all have a real nice weekend.

       

      Posted in #AmWriting, Meet Our Heroines, Whispers of Forever: Mending Christmas | 4 Comments | Tagged alpha here, Arizona, contemporary romance, Cowboy Romance Series, first love, Full Length Novel, Holiday Romance, mary j mccoy dressel, Meet Our Heroines, rancher, Second Chance, western, Whispers of Forever
    • New and Available ~ Heartbreak’s Reward is Released.

      Posted at 3:07 pm by Mary J. McCoy-Dressel, on September 8, 2014

      You’ve seen my cover and read excerpts for months now. I started this book on November 1, 2013 and Jase Carlson has taken me on a ride I’ve enjoyed. Yes, Heartbreak’s Reward is released.

      Thanks for standing by my side even though you’re probably tired of seeing my Jase and Brenna standing on a book cover in front of a “damn big mountain.” (Brenna’s words.)

      HeartbreaksReward_LRGInstead of writing a post about my new release, I’ll send you right to the source–the book page. I have pages on both my website and here, so since you’re here… You can find links at the top of the page for all my books.

      What’s Next On My Agenda?

      Double Dutch Ranch Series:

      1. Book 1.5: Target date: November 2014.
      2. Book Three: Target date: Spring/Summer 2015.
      3. Book four, and possibly one more book planned in this series. Maybe the 5th one depends on who readers would like to see in number five. I already have an idea. The place in my brain where my muse lives is getting kind of crowded.

      The Bull Rider Series:

      Book #3 Christmas 2015

      Whatever else comes up in between. There’s a dramatic romance/women’s fiction novel on the back burner begging to get finished.

      For now, here’s the link again to the Heartbreak’s Reward page.

      Photo credit: © Dmitry Rogozhin | Dreamstime.com

      Posted in Heartbreak's Reward, New Release | 4 Comments | Tagged Cowboy Romance Series, Double Dutch Ranch Series: Love at First Sight 2, mary j mccoy dressel, Romance, sensual contemporary western romance, series
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