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COME VISIT COWBOY CHARM!
Love Those
Cowboys!
I fell in love at age ten when I watched my first black and white movie in the Rose Theater in a small West Texas town. It was 1950, and Roy Rogers was King of the Cowboys, and Gene Autry was The Singing Cowboy, and there was Lash LaRue, and The Lone Ranger, and several more. The cowgirls or the female in the movie could have just stayed off the screen, for all I cared. Only the cowboys interested me.
The very first romance novel I read was about a cowboy, as told in Janet Dailey’s This Calder Range. I still remember Chase Benteen Calder taking his beautiful Lorna away from her comfortable home to forge a new life in wild Wyoming. The book was old when I found it. I’m a rather new convert to reading romance, and of course, writing it, too.
My reading material for years had been science fiction, the classics, old westerns, and women’s fiction. But there was something thrilling about the frontier--the excitement, the hopes and dreams of countless men and women who reached far beyond their horizons, searching for an elusive entity, something that called to the heart and soul, their own Manifest Destiny.
I knew I was hooked on Western Romance when I began to search for every one of Janet Dailey’s novels that continued the Calder saga. Our library had only about half, so I haunted every used bookstore between Texas and Michigan. Probably, since I loved Westerns—Louis L’Amour, Max Brand, and Zane Grey—the romance of the west also intrigued me.
You bet! I became an addict.
Most of my own stories tell of cowboys on ranches. A few have a gunslinger or a lawman as the hero.
In the novella, Kat and the U.S.
Marshal, Marshal Diego Montoya comes to San Antonio, tracking a killer and
swindler, and finds the woman he'd dreamed about from a year ago.
My newest release is a contemporary
romance, a novella, set in the Panhandle of Texas-Truck Stop Paradise
Blurb for Truck Stop Paradise-A novella
Leigh Anne McClintock has spent her adult life
shielding her addictive sister Crissy. But when Crissy abandons a horse, Leigh
Anne borrows a pick-up and trailer and takes the horse from North Texas to the
Panhandle ranch owned by a childhood friend, Chad Rogers. Chad has wondered for years why his best friend Leigh Anne betrayed him and her sister Crissy on the night of their ten-year high school reunion. When Leigh Anne arrives, he willingly takes in the animal, and he cautiously tries to make peace with Leigh Anne. They feel the old attraction, but neither can let go of the past.
When Crissy makes a disturbing appearance, Chad and Leigh Anne finally learn to put themselves first...and find the love that had been there all along.
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All my books are on Amazon, and some are
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THANK YOU!
Celia
Yeary-Romance...and a little bit 'o Texas
I remember reading Janet Dailey's Calder series.. Great books. I think John Wayne westerns were my first movies I can remember watching, but it was TV series like The Big Valley, Bonanza and Rawhide that gave me my love of Cowboys.
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ReplyDeleteCelia, you write wonderful stories about Texan cowboys. John Wayne was my DH's favorite actor too.
ReplyDeleteI loved Roy Rogers. When I was 3, my dad worked Ocean Weather and was gone for months at a time on a ship in the North Atlantic. So, I told the kids in our neighborhood (a Naval base)that my dad was Roy Rogers and that other man that came to our house was just a friend of my mom's. No one believed that Roy Rogers was my dad, but they did believe the part where "that other man" stayed at our house as my mom's "friend." I bet my parents wondered where they could find a replacement child for me.
ReplyDeleteI didn't get to watch much TV as a child since we didn't have a TV, but I did see Maverick and loved the Bret brothers. I also liked Sugar Foot. I wish I could have seen all those episodes. There were so many great westerns back then. Rowdy Yates was my sister's true love.
Don't enter me in the contest. I have Trucker's Paradise as well as all the books on your post. I love your stories. I've become a big fan of yours.
I remember reading the Calder series.
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Hi Celia, your books are awesome. i read some early Janet Dailys too. There's nothing like a guy in boots and Stetson...and this from a coastal suburbanite LOL. xo
ReplyDeleteSending a big Yee-Haw from south east Texas. Yes, those Stetson topped cowboys roam Texas, from the miles and miles of miles to the big cities like Dallas and Houston. Cowboys? We got 'em. Thanks for sharing. All your books are fabulous :-)
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JD
Oh yeah, I remember the old time cowboy stars from the old movies they showed on TV. Bob Steele, Hopalong Cassidy, Gabby Hayes and a bunch of others
ReplyDeleteWhen I think of cowboys I think of John Wayne. Or Tom Selleck. I got an autograph from Gene Autry when I was a kid. Still have it.
ReplyDeleteHi Celia I'm Texas at heart. Does that count? I live and breath the Texas music scene and some of my favorite authors are from Texas. I think I just added to the list ;-) I have the entire Calder series on my keeper shelf. I look forward to getting to know you better. Country Blessings! Angela
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I have a copy of Truck Stop Paradise and I enjoyed it very much. For a latecomer to the genre you sure know how to spin a good yarn!
ReplyDeleteKathleen--Seems like Janet Dailey's Calder Series was a big favorite. Rawhide? Rowdy Yate? Ohhhh, I loved that one!! Don't worry, I have you email noted!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much.
Mona--Thank you so much--I love all Western movies, and I love all the Western novels. So many to read...
ReplyDeleteSarah--oh, my lands, that is sooo funny! I know your parents loved you..you were creative even then.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks so much for reading some of my books. Your compliment will keep me going for days! Thanks.
Jenny--it seems as though many loved the Calder Series.
ReplyDeleteAnd..I have your email noted.
Thanks!
Tanya--almost everyone loves a cowboy in a Stetson and boots. Thank you for coming by...I know how busy you are!
ReplyDeleteJ.D.--coming from you, I consider your statements a true compliment. You have quite a reputation, my dear...and thanks so much for visiting.
ReplyDeleteKate--you remember all the old favorites, too. We all must be alike in our love for the old west.
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Charlene--you got an autograph from Gene Autry?? I can't believe it! My little sister loved Roy Rogers but I loved Gene Autry. She's said Gene Autry was fat, and I'd say Roy Rogers had squinty eyes...and the fight would begin.
ReplyDeleteGlad you and I agree.
Thank you.
Angela--you have the entire Calder series on a keeper shelf? Well, my dear, that qualifies you as a true blue Western romance lover, and in my book...a Texan.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to meet you, too, and stop by anytime.
Also...look for our group blog...
Sweethearts of the West.
Thank you so much for commenting.
Maggie--thank you so much. You know I love knowing what you think--you opinion is important to me.
ReplyDeleteThanks for being part of the hop, I love the old western TV shows. I read the Calder books too. John Wayne was a favorite western actor, but I loved him in all his movies. lisagk(at)(yahoo)dot(com)
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Hi Celia!
ReplyDeleteI was about 8 yrs old when Alias Smith and Jones aired in the 70s, but I couldn't wait to see what trouble Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry would get into. Heyes was my favorite played by Pete Duel. I know have the DVDs of this show in my collection. :)
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Nice covers. Thanks for participating
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Lisa--it does seem many of us read the Calder Series. They were such good stories, and had everything a Western Romance novel should have.
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Tamara--Thank You! ...for making my blog one of your stops.
ReplyDeleteKaren Michelle--I barely recall Alias Smith and Jones. Those were the some of the hardest years I had as mother to teenagers, teaching high school, working on a Master's Degree, being The Good Wife, etc. I don't think I watched much tv during that time. The 70s were pretty much a blur!
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Thank you, BN!
ReplyDeleteThe Calder series was one of the first series I can remember reading. A fan of John Wayne and his movies, can watch them again and again.
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Jean--this is amazing, that so many of us Western Romance lovers read The Calder Series. All of them were good, but that first one is the most memorable for me.
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I first read Kathleen Eagle's books, then Leigh Greenwood's. Love western historical romance! All the new authors have finally given us more books to read. I've really enjoyed your books!
ReplyDeleteJacquie--I forgot about Kathleen Eagles books. Of course, I've read everyone of them, and some more than once. They are so very emotional and...different.
ReplyDeleteThank you for reading my books..I appreciate any support!
Good morning, Celia! I'm so glad I have another author of the western genre whose writing I can read! I started reading the Ranch Romance periodical when I was a teenager, graduated to Louis L'Amour and Zane Grey...and then stumbled upon Janet Dailey and I was hooked on a new generation of western romance. I've read all of Diana Palmer's and Joan Johnston's books...and am moving onward. I love the cowboy/lawman hero and the simple lifestyle of the West. It suits me right down to the ground. jdh2690@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI loved the Calder series and I was hooked on Diana Palmer's cowboys for years. I grew up watching Bonanza and Alias Smith and Jones.
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Janice--so many of us began with Janet Dailey! That's amazing. I forgot Sandra Brown's westerns,and I loved all of hers, too.
ReplyDeleteI do hope you'll try one or two of my books--some sex, but not overload, for sure.
Thanks so much for finding my blog!
Sherry--welcome to the sisterhood of Western Romance! It's so nice to find others who love Western Romance like I do.
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The books sound great and the covers are lovely.
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Thank You, Ingeborg--I do appreciate your comment.
ReplyDeleteI went and bought Truck Stop Paradise right away and then finished reading so if I am lucky enough to win.....any contemporary book of yours would be wonderful.
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CBarton--I'll remember that! And thanks for purchasing Truck Stop Paradise.
ReplyDeleteI saw me a Jimmy Thomas cover in there. Nice! My first heroine is Addison.
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~~Emmly Jane
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You're welcome, EmmlyJane...and thanks so much for commenting. Yep! You saw Jimmy Thomas on all four of my Western Dime Novels. Just on those...for me, that's about as far as I go with "hot!" Haha....
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your books! Great success! :) They all sound great! One of my favorite cowboy series is Diana Palmer's Long, Tall Texans. Love it! Thank you for sharing and being apart of this hop!
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Thank you, Shadow! I appreciate your comment and your email.
ReplyDeleteCelia,
ReplyDeleteI was in college when a friend loaned me a romance book and started me on the long slippery slope of reading and writing Western romances. I love Louis L'Amour, and if Hondo and Conagher aren't considered romances, they should be. And of course, I just love your books, some of my favorites.
Sorry it took me a few days to get here. No need to put me in the drawing, I just came by to say howdy and keep those cowboys coming.
--Kirsten
I also read Janet Dailey's books way back when. Also, Celia, I much enjoyed Addie and the Gunslinger.
ReplyDeleteThere's something about a cowboy that's so romantic!
Morgan Mandel
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http://www.morganmandel.com
Kirsten--oh, thank you so much. I appreciate your coming by..and yes, Conagher was truly a romance..at least most of us think so.You keep writing, too!
ReplyDeleteMorgan--love those cowboys! Addie and the Gunslinger was my favorite, too, and it was also my all-time best seller. And did it sell! Don't ask me why..but I surely had a good ride with that one. Thanks so much for commenting.
ReplyDeleteI grew up on John Wayne, Sam Elliott, all the great Cowboys of Saturday afternoon westerns - Thanks Dad!
ReplyDeleteIt helped that we owned a horse ranch and sold a bunch to Hollywood...but yeah. I have many fond memories of jingling spurs, sheriff badges and hot cowboys!
Thanks for being part of the blog hop. Excellent post!
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I must confess I was never into Westerns, either books, movies or TV series. Maybe that's because the 'Wild West' was unreal to me as a child living in NW England! Although I've now visited a lot of places in America, I've yet to see the American West - and maybe a REAL cowboy!
ReplyDeleteMargaret--growing up on a ranch much have been wonderful--and to sell horses to Hollywoord? That's impressive. Thanks for visiting.
ReplyDeletePaula--The real west is tamed, now, although there are ranches all around. Most of what you see will be the entrances to ranches, and maybe some cattle and horses grazing. We see ranchers on tv a lot because many have property that border Mexico--Texas and Arizona, in particular. The illegals cause many problems for those land owners...and there's little that can be done about it. Often, we'll see a rancher interviewed, and yes...he'll be a real cowboy.
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I'm always on the lookout for new authors and after reading today's blog I've found one. Thanks for the info. Your books sound terrific.
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Enjoyed your blog today. I grew up watching the old black and white Westerns too. Wish they had the like on todays' tv program list. Enjoyed your blog.
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JackieW--thank you so much for visiting my blog--I do appreciate it!
ReplyDeleteJoye--We love our Westerns, don't we? Thanks for stopping by at my blog to leave a comment!
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