The Wedding Pearls
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And the ride gets even crazier when hot-as-sin cowboy Branch Thomas crosses into her lane. They don’t call him the sexiest man in the Lone Star State for nothin’.
As the miles pass and sparks fly between Tessa and Branch, her grandmother starts dropping hints about family wedding traditions. And as Tessa discovers the power of her budding friendships and the unbreakable strength of her newfound family of strong Texas women, she wonders if she’s also on the road to the biggest adventure of all: true love.
Here's an excerpt...
She checked her reflection in the
mirror. Lipstick was all chewed off, so she reapplied that. The rest of her
makeup still looked good, but the curls she’d worked so hard to put in her
shoulder-length hair that morning had drooped. Her mama could fix her hair in
the morning and work out with kids all day long and it would still look good
that night. Tessa’s curls fell out within a couple of hours, and perms did
nothing but turn her hair to straw. Maybe, like her clumsiness, it was a
genetic thing and she could blame that on Lola, too.
A horn blasted right beside her
dark gray Chevrolet and she jumped, dropped the still-open lipstick in her hand,
and groaned when it smeared down across the light gray fabric on the passenger
seat. She grabbed it up, twisted it shut, and put the lid back on it, then
reached in the backseat for a baby wipe. She never, ever left the house without
them and bought them in bulk when she went to the discount store.
When she finished getting the mocha-colored
lipstick wiped from the seat, she turned around to find nothing but the window
separating her face from Branch Thomas’s. She quickly hit the button and rolled
down the window. Hot, sultry air rushed in as the cool air escaped.
“You scared me.”
“Sorry about that. I figured you
could fall in behind me. I didn’t want to get out of my truck in this heat,” he
said.
Today his jeans were faded and he
wore a dark green knit shirt the same color as his eyes. And Lord have mercy,
but he smelled good enough that she wanted to lean out the window and kiss him
right smack on the lips.
“So I’m to follow you, then,” she
said.
“If you want to go out to
Frankie’s, you do. There’s more twists and turns to get to her place than you
can imagine. As we go through town, look over to your left when we pass the
Dairy Queen. The sign isn’t huge, but that’s Lola’s shop. She buys and sells
antiques.” Without waiting for a comment, he turned around and headed back to
his truck. The tight little strut he had in scuffed-up cowboy boots made her
wonder how in the hell he’d ever gotten to be a lawyer. He was a cowboy through
and through and looked like he’d be more at home on a tractor than in a
courtroom.
“Well, who pissed in your
oatmeal this morning?” she mumbled as turned her car around and followed the
big black truck. Meet Carolyn
She's a New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author and RITA® finalist who has published more than 70 books. She's won the National Reader's Choice Award twice, Bookseller's Best Award and the Diamond Award from Montlake for selling a million books! Wow!
Brown presently writes both women's fiction
and cowboy romance. She has also written historical single title, historical
series, contemporary single title and contemporary series. She lives in
southern Oklahoma with her husband, a former English teacher, who is not
allowed to read her books until they are published. They have three children
and enough grandchildren to keep them young.
Her two new releases this month are Wild Cowboy Ways and The Wedding Pearls. Carolyn will be giving away a copy of each, so be sure to leave a comment and enter the drawing.
You can find Carolyn on Facebook and her author page, check out her books on her website, or read her hilarious blog, A Little Sweet Tea and Sass.
Now let's get to know Carolyn...
Q&A
EE: What’s your favorite fairy
tale?
Carolyn: It was Cinderella when I was a little girl and I
still have my Cinderella watch to prove it.
EE: Can you tell us about a real-life hero you’ve
met?
Carolyn: That would be my husband, Mr. B. He’s lived with
me for 49 years. Not even Superman could accomplish that feat and live to tell
about it.
EE: What’s your favorite “love” word?
Carolyn: I will do the dishes, honey! That’s a phrase isn’t it? My favorite single word is sweetheart.
EE: What sound or noise do you love?
Carolyn: The sound of the ocean. I love, love that sound!
EE: What’s your favorite movie of all time?
Carolyn: Steel Magnolias
EE: Who’s your favorite villain?
Carolyn: Boyd Crowder from Justified!
EE: What is your biggest vice?
Carolyn: Maple iced donuts.
EE: What is your favorite tradition from your
childhood that you would love to pass on or did pass on to your children?
Carolyn: Driving around town and looking at all the
Christmas lights. My mama loved to do that every year with us three kids and we
loved it.
EE: What would you say is your most interesting
quirk?
Carolyn: I’m not sure I have a quirk but maybe drawing my
eyebrows together when I don’t agree with some asinine thing a person is
telling me. I’d make a horrible poker player.
EE: What three things are, at this moment, in
your heroine’s purse?
Carolyn: A tape measure, a tube of hand lotion and her
cell phone.
EE: What drew you to write in the genre(s) you
do?
Carolyn: Happy Ever After. Everyone loves that. And I
love to touch people’s emotions. What better way than to write love stories.
Carolyn is giving away copies of her two new books, Wild Cowboy Ways and The Wedding Pearls. Just leave a comment and enter the drawing.
What tradition would you like to pass on to your children and/or grandchildren?
family time at meal time
ReplyDeleteThat has been my secret for my family. Someone asked me once how I kept my family so close and I told them, "home in time for supper", and it was not hurried.
DeleteMy lovw for animals. I love all animals especially my horses. When my day has gone bad, all I have to do is head to the barn to see my horses and all the bad stuff just goes away. Animals are so loving and they depend on us. Thanks for stopping by Miz Carolyn.
ReplyDeleteKim, that is beautiful. Sometimes all I have to do is curl up in my recliner and Chester Fat Boy joins me. When I pet him, my troubles disappear.
DeleteDecorating the tree as a family on Christmas Eve, then followed by leaving cookies and milk for Santa and carrots for the reindeer, then reading Twas The Night Before Christmas together before bed.
ReplyDeleteOh, I love, love these traditions. Our children all would have peace in their hearts if they'd make this a part of their holiday!
DeleteThe traditions I would love to pass to my kids are meal time and how every holiday we bake and cook together and pass down recipes. The traditions we share are something I look forward to all the time.
ReplyDeleteThe traditions I would love to pass to my kids are meal time and how every holiday we bake and cook together and pass down recipes. The traditions we share are something I look forward to all the time.
ReplyDeleteWe don't have many traditions...at least the ones that were passed down to us. Every year my husband and I pick out a couple names on the Salvation tree and buy gifts for them. For the kids who don't get much. We have a 3 year old, so this is the first year he kind of understood and he picked the toys this year.
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