Hi All! Cynthia D’Alba here. Mega thanks to Delilah Devlin for being the Kick-Off blog for my Texas Tango Release Tour.
Today is Halloween Eve. Growing up, Halloween was always one of my favorite holidays. I loved the dressing up, the becoming someone totally different from who you are every day. I’ve been everything from Jeanie from I Dream of Jeanie, to the standard hobo to Ms. Arkansas. Now, I have to confess, the year I played Ms. Arkansas I was twenty-five and teaching at a school of nursing! And before you ask…NO! I was never Ms. Arkansas. My singing and piano playing would have cleared the room…talk about scaring the poor children to death. 😀
Even today, I love to dress up in my cowboy hat, boots and denim. Makes this city girl feel just like a real cowgirl.
In TEXAS TANGO, both my hero and heroine are wearing masks to the outside world. Travis, as the long-suffering widower and Caroline, as the happy-go-lucky doctor with nothing to tie her down. Sometimes a costume can be fun, like the one I’m wearing in my picture for a book signing. But other times, the costume and mask are hiding true feelings from the world as well as the wearer, as in TEXAS TANGO. I wanted Travis and Caroline to have to face what they really want out of life and have to confess it to themselves as well as to the world.
TEXAS TANGO releases from Samhain Publishing in one week. It’s the second book in the Texas Montgomery Mavericks Series. Here’s a little more what it’s about.
Their wedding might be fake, but there’s no faking the mutual attraction.
Texas Montgomery Mavericks, Book 2
Dr. Caroline Graham is happy with her nomadic lifestyle fulfilling short-term medical contracts. No emotional commitments, no disappointments. She’s always the one to walk away, never the one left behind.
But now her great-uncle is gone and her grandmother is on her deathbed, more concerned about Caroline’s lack of a husband than her own demise. What’s the harm in a little white lie? If a wedding will give her grandmother peace, then a wedding she shall have.
Travis Montgomery has one dream left—to build the ranch he and his wife planned before he lost her to cancer. There’s just one thing standing between him and the last bit of acreage he needs—a last living heir who has one traveling foot out the door…and an unusual request that challenges his determination to never again place his heart at risk.
The land he wants in exchange for a faux marriage. Everyone wins. Until things start to snowball…and the hearts they stand to lose are their own.
Warning: This book contains a tortured widower who doesn’t want a wife and an independent doctor who doesn’t want a husband. Hot stuff between the sheets and failed efforts to avoid emotional involvements.
Want more? Click HERE for the opening of Chapter One.
TEXAS TANGO can be pre-order now from any of the stores listed below or check your favorite online store to purchase.
Amazon | Samhain | Barnes & Noble | Kobo
Thanks again to the Delicious Delilah Devlin for having me here today. I love love love to hear from readers and there are lots of ways to find me. Online, you can find me most days at my website or my group blog.
Follow me at Facebook, Twitter, Google +, Goodreads or Pinterest. Or email me at cynthia@cynthiadalba.com
To send me snail mail, write to:
Cynthia D’Alba PO Box 2116 Hot Springs, AR71914
Now for the fun stuff! I have an exclusive two-day giveaway running today and tomorrow. Tomorrow I’ll be here. You can sign up both days. So what might you win? Check out the Rafflecopter below! Good luck.
AND as my Release Tour moves into November, I have incredible jewelry prizes and some personalized prizes. So be sure to check my personal blog every day. It’ll remind you where I am that day so you can earn lots of entries.
And last, but not least, I have freebies for the asking. Texas Tango Cowboy Hat jar openers, Texas Two Step Cowboy boot jar openers, pens, postcards, trading cards. Drop by my contact page and let your request there.
One lucky person who leaves a comment here today will pick up a western-themed Christmas ornament, so be sure to leave an email address so I can find you.
Thanks Delilah for inviting me over today! Hope to see some of you on my upcoming tour stops.
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Love your books and this sounds another good one!
My daughter would love the Christmas ornaments. she wants to redo our tree in all cow boy ornaments.
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You rock, my friend! Love the hat and the cover is YUM! Happy Halloween. you know where to find me.
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Thanks so much for sharing about your upcoming release – the excerpt is very intriguing and has caused another book to now be tossed onto the TBR pile! Appreciate the giveaway & freebie offers!
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YAY! I loved Texas Two Step and can’t wait to read Texas Tango! 🙂
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I love the sound of this one. It’s one of my favorite tropes.
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Sorry, forgot to add my e-mail, lmjtgm at gmail dot com
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A cowboy after my own heart. Bring it on. This is the stuff cowboys are made of. Can’t wait to get my cowboy up on. 😆
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Hi all! thanks so much for your comments.
Teresa – a total cowboy Christmas tree? How fun! I have lots of ornaments to give away so follow the tour. I’m giving them away on every stop.
Momma Mary!! Love seeing you here. 🙂 I wrote a blog (for later in the tour) all about sexy cowboy things, like that hat!
Hi Snarky Mom! – Hope you give my books a try. I know all about the huge TBR piles
Hi Michelle! Thank you so much for saying nice things about Texas Two Step. I think you’ll enjoy Texas Tango
Hi Lisa. Like you, I love this trope also.
Hi Sandra. If you love cowboys, you’ll adore Travis Montgomery!
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Just stopped by to say Hi Cynthia *waving*. I loved this book and this series is great. I highly recommend it to everyone.
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Hi, Cynthia! Love your books!!!! Just wanted to say “Hi!” Everyone, The Montgomery Mavericks Series is FABULOUS!!! I highly recommend it!! 😛
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Good luck with the release of Texas Tango. No publisher makes their books sound better than Samhain with it’s “warnings”.
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Thanks Lori and Tracey! Two of my awesome D’Alba Diamonds! My street team.
Hi Anne. Thanks and you’re right. Samhain does do great warnings
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Can’t wait to read it Cynthia!!! Love the ornament giveaway!!! 😉
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those ornaments are cute!!
pick me!
thanks for stopping by!!!
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I just love the excerpt and the interview and can’t wait to read the rest bibbiesparks@yahoo.com
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I don’t have a tree but I love ornaments. rblerner@ptd.net
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Hi everybody! Sorry for the disappearing act! Hubby bought a new boat yesterday and I had to take him to the revenue office for license and tags. Not that he can’t drive. He can. He just doesn’t have any idea about what hoops one has to jump through to get license and tags!
Glad you all like the ornaments. To tell you the truth, I don’t want to give them away! I swear. I love them and like Rachelle, I don’t put up a Christmas tree (no kids and we travel) but I’m keeping a boot or two just for me!
Thanks Toni for leaving a note. I hope you enjoy Texas Tango. Early reviews have been good (YAY!)
Ronnie and Pam – thanks for coming by. Good luck with the drawing.
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Random.org chose Teresa Hughes as western ornament winner.
Teresa – please contact me at cynthia at cynthiadalba.com
Congrats. And everybody else, keep following! Lots more prizes up for grabs.
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Those are some cute ornaments!
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thanks Susan! I’m having trouble parting with them! LOL 🙂 😆
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Sounds like a great read!!!