E.E. Burke's BEST OF THE WEST: Linda Broday has a new release!

Nobody loves cowboys as much as Linda Broday. Her soft spot for these rugged individualists shines through in every book she writes. Her latest series about three tough, sexy, determined men--brothers by choice--is quintessential Western historical romance, and not to be missed. 

Back in January, Linda shared her first in the series Texas Mail Order Bride. Today, we feature the second, Twice a Texas Bride.

Available on Amazon, B&N,
Books-A-Million, iTunes 

Scars of the past run deep inside former saloon owner Rand Sinclair, leaving jagged pain and two certainties. He'll never fall in love again. Never marry.

He finally has the ranch and land he's dreamed of owning and that's enough. But when he finds a woman and little boy hiding out in one of his outbuildings in the bitter cold, he can't turn his back. He offers them a safe haven and the warmth of his fire.

Callie Quinn is on the run from a killer outlaw who vows to see her dead and take the boy. Slowly, Rand uncovers her secrets and realizes the only way to keep her safe is to push all his chips to the center of the table.

He risks everything...his name...his heart...his life for the woman who's awakened a fierce hunger for love.

Locked in a desperate battle to rid them of the outlaw's special brand of terror, Rand reaches deep inside for every weapon in his arsenal.

Whoever wants to harm her will have to go through him.

And he’ll go through hell for her. One of them will die. Who will it be?

Excerpt

Sliding her hand beneath the soft hair at the nape of his neck, she parted her mouth slightly. When his tongue dipped inside, she faintly tasted peaches. She’d never felt so much need well up inside. She needed Rand like she needed air and food and to be loved. How could she have lived this long without him?

A second later, he removed his mouth from hers and murmured. “You drive me crazy, woman. Would you mind if I unfasten some buttons of your dress?”

“How many?” What a dumb question, but her brain had deserted her. The tingles doing back-flips and twirls up and down her spine had made forming coherent thought impossible.

“Three. Or four. You have so many.” He flashed a fleeting grin. “I have the greatest desire to feel my wife's skin. Will you welcome me?”

“Yes,” she managed to whisper.

The cool air was welcome on her flesh as he undid the four buttons she’d allotted. But he didn't stop. She covered his hand with hers. "You said four and that's what I agreed to."

"I never was much good at arithmetic." He grinned, took her hand and kissed each of her fingertips before he resumed his mission.

She surprised herself when she moved his hands back into place so he could resume. She wanted this man who would risk his life to protect her from all harm. Desire flowed in her veins like molten lead.

Meet Linda

Linda Broday is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Her interest in reading and history came very early, so it was no surprise when she began writing western historical romances. She resides in the Texas Panhandle on land the American Indian and Comancheros once roamed, where ghosts from the past lurk around every corner. Humble roots and the love of family have become focal points of each book she writes. 

Where to find out more about Linda:

Visit me at: www.LindaBroday.com

On Facebook: www.facebook.com/linda.broday1

Facebook Author Page:  http://www.facebook.com/lindabrodayauthor 

On Twitter: http://twitter.com/lbroday  

Amazon Author Page:  http://www.amazon.com/Linda-Broday/e/B001JRXWB2

Google:  http://google.com/+LindaBroday

Goodreads:  https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1204489.Linda_Broday

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Q&A

E.E.: How is it working with hot guys and sexy women all day?
Linda: Oh my gosh! It's quite exhausting. Those cowboys of mine really do get me hot and bothered. They're always in my head saying the most suggestive things. They know I can't jump into those pages where they do God knows what, but yet they keep teasing me--dancing around in their underwear and shaking those hips. And the women, they are no help. Worse, they get the strangest ideas in their heads about what they should be doing and their ideas and mine don't mesh. Sheesh! 

E.E.: Be honest, when reading...do you put yourself in the heroine's role?
Linda: Absolutely! I love playing the heroine and getting to do all those things with my sexy cowboys. Even though it's pretend, it's awfully close to the real thing. There are lots of perks with this job!

E.E.: What's something you'd like to tell your fans?
Linda: I'd like them to know about the humble beginnings I came from.  When I was born, my family's home was a tent. My three older siblings and my parents lived in a tent because they couldn't afford anything else. People wouldn't let us play with their children. I never went to college. After I graduated from high school I had to go to work. That's why I write characters who have nothing. That's what I know. These story people are me. I never want to forget where I came from or forget my raising. 

E.E.: If you could interview one person who would it be?
Linda: Harper Lee. I'm so curious about why she didn't write but two books. I want to ask her what got in the way. Was it life? Love? Did the spark die? Did she think she had no talent? Surely not. And I want to know what her writing process was when she wrote To Kill a Mockingbird. She simply fascinates me. I can wait for her new book, Go Set a Watchman that has been hidden all these years, to come out in July. 

E.E.: Which of your characters would you most like to invite to dinner and why?
Linda: I think I'd invite Rand Sinclair. Of the three brothers, he hides the most secrets. The open book act he puts on disguises lots of pain, lots more than he revealed to me. I'd keep his whiskey glass full and maybe he'd let down his ever present guard. That ready grin keeps so much buried.  I want to know more about his practice of offering the drunks a place to sleep when they had too much to drink and couldn't make it home when he owned his saloon. I find that very admirable. 

E.E.: If you were a t-shirt, what color would you be and why?
Linda: Purple, the color of kings and queens. I've always loved the color because it's dark and rich and it gives me a sense of importance I guess. I hope that doesn't sound conceited because I'm sure not that. Being a horrible introvert, I need propping up now and then. Purple reminds me that I am somebody and that I can do whatever I set my mind to.

E.E.: Which already filmed movie represents your writing style?
Linda: THE OUTSIDER starring Tim Daley that's adapted from the book with the same name by Penelope Williamson. I LOVE this western movie and have watched it about 20 times, maybe more. Tim plays a gunslinger named Johnny Gault who's been shot. He staggers onto this woman's property but collapses before he reaches the house. The woman belongs to a society of Plain People who are very strict in their beliefs. Her husband has been lynched by a powerful rancher. She falls in love with Johnny and he eventually avenges her husband's death. It's gritty and raw just like my books. It shows the starkness and the harsh life of the old West. 

Today, Linda is giving away an autographed copy of Twice a Texas Bride. Just comment and enter the raffle.

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