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.Fall for~ The Cowboy's Baby by D'Ann Lindun #bookspotlight

1/6/2015

 
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Blurb:

At sixteen, unwed and scared, Cat O’Brien gave up her newborn daughter for adoption. Seventeen years later Eve reappears…pregnant.

Tanner Burke never forgot his first love. Or the daughter he gave up at eighteen.

Forced together for the sake of their pregnant teenage daughter, can Tanner and Cat find a way to forgive each other and fall in love again?

 

Excerpt:

She grabbed the candy dish and peered through the peephole before sliding back the deadbolt. Someone stood on her porch, but Cat couldn’t make out any features through the tiny opening. She swung the door open and a gust of wind-driven snow blew in her face. The storm had picked up to be a regular winter gale, swirling snowflakes around them. Blinking, she looked around for small children, but only an adult in a heavy coat and a shawl covering most of the face stood there. Was this a teenager trick-or-treating? If so, as what? Obviously not a ghost or princess.

“Can I help you?”

The bundled-up figure mumbled something, but the words were lost in the wind. Cat struggled to hold the door with one hand, and held out the candy dish with the other. The stranger said something unintelligible. Cat raised her voice to be heard over the protesting shutters. “I can’t hear you.”

The black scarf again muffled the answer.

Cat shivered in the wind, but she was unwilling to let a total stranger in her house. This might be Granite, population eight hundred, but she had spent too many years in Denver to be careless. She motioned to the wicker chairs still sitting on the porch. “Step over here and tell me what brings you out in a storm.”

Instead of moving toward the chairs, the stranger pulled the scarf from her face and striking blue eyes met Cat’s. “Are you Cathleen O’Brien?”

“Yes.” A vague unease rose up Cat’s back. “Do I know you?”

“No.” The girl jutted out her chin in an all-too-familiar gesture and shoved a wad of papers toward Cat. “But you gave birth to me.”

“Oh, God.” Cat let go of the candy dish and it crashed to the floor, sending miniature candy bars and cheap plastic toys flying across the porch. Her knees threatened to buckle and she grabbed for the door. Was she hallucinating? How could this be? It wasn’t possible for the baby she’d given up almost eighteen years ago to be standing in front of her. She stared at the daughter she’d given birth to, but never seen. Her eyes, her nose…his mouth.

She would not think about Tanner Burke.

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Bio:

Falling in love with romance novels the summer before sixth grade, D’Ann Lindun never thought about writing one until many years later when she took a how-to class at her local college. She was hooked! She began writing and never looked back. Romance appeals to her because there's just something so satisfying about writing a book guaranteed to have a happy ending. D’Ann’s particular favorites usually feature cowboys and the women who love them. This is probably because she draws inspiration from the area where she lives, Western Colorado, her husband of twenty-nine years and their daughter. Composites of their small farm, herd of horses, five Australian shepherds, a Queensland heeler, two ducks and cats of every shape and color often show up in her stories!

D’Ann loves to hear from readers! Please contact her at

[email protected]

http://dlindunauthor.blogspot.com/

http://www.facebook.com/DLindunAuthor

https://twitter.com/DLindun

http://www.amazon.com/DAnn-Lindun/e/B008DKL9TU



D'Ann
1/6/2015 12:29:13 pm

Thanks for having me today!

Melissa
1/6/2015 01:36:32 pm

You are always welcome! :) I'm sure we'll have some guests stopping by!

Daryl Devore link
1/7/2015 01:31:04 am

Great excerpt. Love D'Ann's books.
Tweeted.

D'Ann
1/7/2015 11:19:35 am

Thanks so much!

Melissa
1/7/2015 12:46:50 pm

Thank you for stopping by!!

Brenda Dyer link
1/7/2015 03:31:10 am

This book sounds so good!

D'Ann
1/7/2015 11:20:20 am

Thanks so much, Brenda!

Melissa Keir
1/7/2015 12:47:24 pm

Thank you Brenda!

Judy Baker link
1/7/2015 03:36:00 am

Hi D'Ann, this is one story I've put on my list to read. It sounds wonderful.

D'Ann
1/7/2015 11:20:49 am

Thank you, Judy!

Melissa Keir
1/7/2015 12:48:26 pm

Thank you Judy for visiting and taking a moment to read about D'Ann's books! She's amazing!

Sandy link
1/7/2015 05:10:53 am

First, I want to say I love your cover, D'Ann. This sounds like a great story.

D'Ann
1/7/2015 11:21:19 am

Thank you, Sandy!

Melissa Keir
1/7/2015 12:49:03 pm

Thank you Sandy for stopping by! I love D'Ann's cowboy books! They are so authentic!

Sheri Fredricks link
1/7/2015 05:21:17 am

GREAT excerp! Leaves me hanging on.

D'Ann
1/7/2015 11:21:44 am

Thanks, Sheri!

Melissa Keir
1/7/2015 12:49:28 pm

Thank you Sheri for visiting!

Jennifer Lowery
1/7/2015 05:40:07 am

Love D'Ann's books! Can't wait to read this one!

D'Ann
1/7/2015 11:22:09 am

Much appreciated!

Melissa Keir
1/7/2015 12:47:47 pm

Thank you Jennifer!


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