Welcome to the twentyfirst day of my Almost Heaven West Virginia Blog Bash.
The Parkersburg High School Choir as they sang The Hills of West Virginia, not a dry eye during this song. Denny giving his speach, he didn’t write it, it all came from the heart. This one was before we started the ceremony.
Welcome to all my followers and visitors, I am having a month-long celebration in my husbands honor. My husband Denny is retiring from the Navy after serving for 24 years. We are packing up one last time and moving back to his home state of Wild Wonderful West Virginia. Each post will start off with a picture to showcase West Virginia. Everyday their will be a prize up for grabs and at the end we’ll be giving away some chocolate.
Here is the Mountaineer and the Boat’s Seal, if you look on the Seal the Mounataineer is holding a trident instead of a rifle.
Please follow the rules posted at the end of each post to enter the daily contests and remember you don’t have to subscribe to win but I hope you decide to stick around. Also any post that contain super erotic material will carry the warning label so as not to shock or offend anyone upon opening.
PHOTO by 2G Rodeo Photos PHOTO by 2G Rodeo Photos
Raise your hand if you love a good cowboy story……yeah, I pretty much thought that would be everyone. So now that we are all in accord let me introduce you to a wonderful lady who can pen one heck of a hot Cowboy story. Cat Johnson
Bio:
As an author of contemporary romance in genres including military, cowboy, ménage and paranormal, Cat Johnson uses her computer so much she wore the letters off the keyboard within a year. A self-proclaimed promo ‘ho, she is known for her creative marketing and research practices. Consequently, Cat has sponsored bull riding rodeo cowboys, owns an entire collection of cowboy boots and camouflage shoes for book signings and a fair number of her consultants wear combat or cowboy boots for a living. In her real life, she’s been a marketing manager, professional harpist, bartender, tour guide, radio show host, Junior League president, wife and avid animal lover.
And it’s Release Day for Texas Two-Step: Cowboy Shuffle What’s a cowboy to do?
When the woman he wants, wants nothing to do with him, Shooter Welles pretends to be someone else. That’s how he finds himself hiding behind a fake profile on an online matchmaking site to woo the girl of his dreams—literally. Erotic, hot and sticky dreams that make him see his best friend’s sister, Ellen, in a whole new light.
Ellen Griffin wants a steady man in her life, but she’s had enough of both rodeo cowboys and doctors. Unfortunately since she’s a busy nurse and a barrel racer, those are the only men she’s around, until she meets a mysterious guy online.
Can this seemingly perfect stranger be the perfect man for her? And what will happen when he reveals his true identity?
EXCERPT (PG)
“Take off that big-ass showy buckle of yours so I can finally see what’s behind it.”
The sound of her soft, husky voice in combination with the feel of her hands on the very buckle she spoke of sent a thrill straight through him. Particularly through the part of his anatomy located just below his belt.
Shooter Welles swallowed hard. He glanced down at the sky-blue eyes gazing up into his, and then lower at the swell of the tops of her breasts showing above the neckline of her low-cut T-shirt. He tried to yank his gaze up and away from that danger zone. This was Ellen Griffin—the sister of his best friend Wes—and there was no way he should be thinking about doing what his cock, already hard enough to drive nails, was already anticipating.
“Ellen—” Her name came out sounding like a plea, though he wasn’t sure if he was begging her to stop, or to keep going.
“Come on. You know you want to.” She practically purred it in a tone he’d never heard come out of her in all the years they’d known each other. Well, perhaps when she spoke to her horse before a barrel racing competition, but certainly never when she talked to him. Usually Shooter got the annoyed Ellen voice, not the soft, sweet and totally sexy one. He wasn’t sure he could resist it, or her.
Fuck it. Why even try?
“Hell yeah, I want to.” He scooped her into his arms as she squealed in surprise.
He carried her from the living room of the apartment she shared with Wes, directly into her bedroom, angling both their bodies sideways through the narrow doorway just like a groom carries his bride.
And why the hell were thoughts even remotely related to marriage crossing his mind at a time like this? Now, when he was about to take her every way he could imagine, plus maybe a few ways he hadn’t even thought of yet.
Putting her down next to the bed, he squelched the bride-and-groom image right quick and concentrated on planning how best to strip her for the quickest access to the parts of her he’d never even dreamed he’d ever get to see. But before he could get to work on Ellen, she was making short work of him, conquering his buckle quick as a wink. With the two ends of the heavy leather and brass belt hanging open wide, she unfastened his jeans, and then her hands were upon him. With her help, his hard-on sprang free of his boxer briefs.
“Mm. I’ve waited a long time to do this.” She glanced down while stroking him.
Shooter shuddered at the sensation of her hand grasping his cock. They’d both been waiting a long time for this. In spite of the fact she was Wes’s sister, and that she had an attitude at times that could put a man in his place with a single glare, she was still all woman and Shooter had never failed to notice that.
He watched in fascination as she dropped to sit on the edge of the mattress, pulled him closer to her and slid his cock, ramrod straight and hard, between her lips. Glancing over at the mirror above the dresser, he saw their reflection. It was a tantalizing image, her golden head bouncing over his erection. His suntanned arms braced on her shoulders as she worked him hard. He felt the resulting tingling shoot from his balls, straight up his spine.
Trembling and trying to hang on just a little bit longer, he grabbed her head to hold her still before it was too late. She resisted, sucking harder, and then it was too late. He shot off into her mouth after what felt like barely a minute.
Ellen raised golden brows above those so-blue eyes as she pulled back and looked up. “Well, now I know why they call you Shooter.”
Shooter woke with a start, tangled in the sheets in his own bed. The boxer shorts he’d fallen asleep in were warm and wet, soaked through and clinging to his rapidly deflating hard-on.
What the fuck? He pressed his head back against the pillow and scrubbed his hands over his face.
Why was he dreaming about having sex with Ellen? More importantly, since it was his dream, why the hell had his own subconscious made him perform so badly?
I haven’t read Texas Two -Step but I know readers often know what they are talking about. These are on my TBB list. I love Cat’s Studs In Spurs series with Bucked being my favorite. The emotions Mustang feels in this book are profound. Here are the covers to wet your apetite.
When country boys meet a city girl, everyone is in for a wild ride.
Slade Bower and Mustang Jackson are living the high life on the professional bull-riding circuit. The prize money is big, the bulls are rank, and the women are willing. But something is missing.
For Slade, waking up in a different city with a different woman each morning is holding less and less appeal. Even Mustang’s creative attempts to shake things up don’t help. Then along comes a big-city author who’s like nothing they’ve ever encountered. Something about her makes Slade sit up and take notice—and Mustang is always up for anything.
Romance writer Jenna Block has a problem: her agent thinks a cowboy book will jump start her career. A born New Yorker, Jenna doesn’t do cowboys, not on paper, and definitely not in real life. Luckily for her there are two cowboys ready, willing and able to take her out of her comfort zone in every way that counts…and some ways she hadn’t counted on.
Warning:
This story contains two hot cowboys, one very lucky woman, hot ménage sex, and lots of bull.
This cowboy is looking for more than just an eight-second ride.
Studs in Spurs, Book 2
Mustang Jackson does two things well—ride bulls and love women. So the injury that takes him out of the arena leaves him only one way to make a living. Unfortunately, getting paid to be a stud in front of the camera isn’t as fun as private conquests. When he catches sight of little Sage Beckett, minus the glasses, braces and pigtails he remembers, doing time in his hometown suddenly gets a lot more interesting.
Sage had a crush on Michael long before he started using that ridiculous nickname “Mustang”. Though from what she’s overheard about his string of buckle bunnies, the man more than lives up to it. In the past he always looked right through her. Now that he’s home again, she’s determined to capture and tame this wild stallion, no matter what it takes.
She intends to satisfy her curiosity and move on, but with every touch she’s less sure she’ll ever purge him from her system. Once corralled in her arms, Mustang finds himself thinking that domestication may not be so bad after all.
Except, once she finds out about his side job, she may not stick for the next go-round.
Warning: Contains one well-hung cowboy riding much more than just bulls, some ménage action in front of and behind the camera, some whips and chains and some red-hot cowboy loving.
INTENDED FOR ADULT READERS-OVER 18 ONLY free E-book
This is also the cover for 8 Second Ride free E-book
What happens in Vegas…sometimes follows you home.
Pro bull rider Chase Reese knew things move faster than an eight-second ride in Las Vegas. He just never expected to be driving home with a national championship under his belt and a wedding band on his left hand with no clue how it got there.
Yet he can’t complain about the stripper bride beside him. From the moment his buddies bought him a lap dance from her, her trembles told him there was more to her than stiletto heels.
Leesa Santiago has met the perfect guy. Her timing couldn’t be worse though. If it was just their explosive sex, she could walk away. But from the moment her lap dance brought her this close to his baby blues, she was hooked. She can’t lie that she couldn’t be happier to bear his name—or guiltier that she’s using it and his Oklahoma farm to hide out from mob hit men.
That’s before Chase’s family gets involved. And his determination to do the right thing pushes her to do the one thing that will keep him safe. Break his heart.
Do cowboy boots mix with stripper heels? And can a love that started out on the wrong foot end up on the right one? That’s the risk you take waking up in Vegas.
Warning: Contains one happy-ending lap dance that will make you squirm, some pretty hot sex between two strangers who also happen to be married to each other, and a huge surprise conclusion.
And coming in time for my Birthday in August – Hooked His last eight seconds could lead to the longest, most satisfying ride of his life.
Studs in Spurs, Book 4
Annie Grant is at the top of her game as an on-air interviewer for the pro bull-riders tour. In all those years standing within microphone range of thousands of sexy cowboys, she’s never been tempted…until now. Now that respected veteran Luke Carpenter is no longer with his longtime girlfriend, he’s back on the market. And Annie is buying.
Luke knows his days are numbered. Every year the rookies get younger, the bulls get ranker and, like it or not, the time is coming when he’ll be hanging up his spurs. After a sizzling hot night with Annie, he realizes that maybe this old dog can learn some new tricks. But quicker than a bull can spin, things get complicated.
A tragedy forces Luke into a no-win decision: hang onto the tail end of his career, or retire early for his family. Either way, he can live with his choice. Question is, can he live without Annie?
Warning: Contains knock-your-boots-off cowboy lovin, some up close and personal interviews of the oral persuasion, and a happy ending…cowboy style.
Cat also writes about Military heros and Romantic Comety. Here’s some of her other covers.
So today I’m giving away a e-book Copy Of Texas Two-Step: Cowboy Shuffle to a winner and to another winner I’ll give a e-book copy of my favorite – Bucked.
So now it’s Q &A Time:
I love Suzanne Brockmann and Alison Kent, who both inspired me to try my hand at writing military with my Red, Hot & Blue series.
So if you want to go check Cat and her Cowboys out you can go here http://catjohnson.net/ or here http://catjohnson.net/blog-2/ or here http://eatsomethingsexy.com/blogs/catjohnson/
Z Seawitch
Rules:
1. You must leave a meaningful comment, something more than Hi, Hello, or Great Post. Ask a question, squee like a fan girl or whatever you want as long as it’s appropriate.
2. Every comment counts so chat away. Please include your email in your comment.
3. Winners will be drawn 3 days after each post and a master list will be posted on Feb 17th. You will have until Feb 29th to email me at SeawitchReviews @ yahoo (dot) com. I will also send an email to each winner but if I don’t hear from you by the 29th a new winner will be drawn.
Z Seawitch
devanialderson
Feb 02, 2012 @ 09:16:16
how many days are u going to do….?
Carol L.
Feb 02, 2012 @ 09:53:29
Cat, I love these excerpts. And those covers. 🙂
Sam Elliot’s vice is so alluring and makes my knees wobble. lol Love Sam.
I can’t wait to get an e-reader because I’m missing out on some awesome reads. Thanks for sharing .
Carol L
Lucky4750 (at) aol (dot) com.
seawitchreviews
Feb 02, 2012 @ 11:08:56
Ok, for some reason it’s not letting me reply to each comment,
devanialderson : I am doing about 30 days of celebration.
Carol L: I love Sam’s voice I’d love to listen to him do a audio book.
Shelley Bagby: Hot cowboy stories makes me want to move to Texas or Wyoming.
Barbara: You are welcome, I’m always happy about meeting new authors.
StacieD: Yep that about sums up a cowboy,
KittyKelly: I haven’t read her red, white and blue series but I have read her cowboys.
Z
seawitchreviews
Feb 02, 2012 @ 09:58:29
Good Morning everyone and Cat.
I wanted to let everyone know there is an extra question today in the Q & A portion about sponsoring bull riders, didn’t want you to miss it. I’m headed out for RI in an hour or so and so wanted to remind everyone about tomorrow special noon time post…..hope you like music.
Hope every one enjoys meeting Cat and taking a look at her wonderful books.
Z
Shelley Bagby
Feb 02, 2012 @ 10:13:30
I love hot cowboys! I also love stories where guys lust after their Friend’s sisters.
Barbara
Feb 02, 2012 @ 10:30:56
GREAT interview! I loved the excerpts and the covers…whew…HAWT! Gotta LOVE them cowboys..boy, howdy! I haven’t read any of Cat’s books…yet. THANK YOU, Z for introducing me to ANOTHER new (to me) author! Nice to meet you, Cat! I can’t wait to get my hands on your cowboys…er, I mean books! Great pics too! I think it’s wonderful that you actually sponsored a couple of bull riders…talk about going the extra mile in your research! 😉
barbbattaglia@yahoo.com
StacieD
Feb 02, 2012 @ 10:35:46
Hello Cat! I love cowboys. I always have. I grew up in rural Oklahoma surrounded by them. I love cowboy heroes because of their work ethic, their manners and because they aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty. I like my heroes to be rough around the edges. Cowboys work hard and play even harder.
KittyKelly
Feb 02, 2012 @ 10:36:46
LOVE the Red, Hot, andBlue books. Sadly I haven’t read anything else by Cat as of yet. I was lucky enough to meet Cat at last years RT. She is soooooo sweet and I love her leopard boots…obviously. lol
KittyKelly
Pomma
Feb 02, 2012 @ 11:30:33
I so love your excerpts, and have missed many of the postings as we have been in a deep freeze here, and spent much of the time keeping the home front toasty warm for our furries, keeping our water from freezing and vehicles running, so it’s been so busy. But its been marvelous to catch up on all the post.
I so love your stories and cowboys and soldiers are always at the top of my list.of favorite. *S*
I love the covers, and keep adding to my gotta have list.
Hoping all are staying snuggly warm!
Darcy
pommawolf @hotmail.com
seawitchreviews
Feb 02, 2012 @ 14:37:59
Stay warm Darcy, read a great book at night to get ready for bed. Thanks for stopping by.
Z
Cathy P
Feb 02, 2012 @ 11:39:17
Good morning, ladies! Cat, you are a new-to-me author, but I love the excerpts and covers from your books Also loved your interview. Have to buy your books. I think it’s great that you are sponsoring 2 hot cowboys. My questions for you are what made you decide to become a writer, and how long did it take you to get published?
seawitchreviews
Feb 02, 2012 @ 14:42:06
Hey Cathy o
Thanks for stoping in, yes isn’t it great that Cat could help some bull riders.
Z
seawitchreviews
Feb 02, 2012 @ 14:44:43
Cathy P
Samara
Feb 02, 2012 @ 12:34:28
❤ ya cat. He's been riding good
seawitchreviews
Feb 03, 2012 @ 17:58:24
Glad he did well.
Z
Victoria Zumbrum
Feb 02, 2012 @ 14:21:55
I love fairy tale stories also. I love Once Upon a Time. I have been watching that. I always love the Beauty and Beast series that was taken off of television. That was one of my favorite shows. There are so many good goods and some hot looking cowboys. Please enter me in contest. Tore923@aol.com
seawitchreviews
Feb 02, 2012 @ 14:49:49
Hello Victoria
I love once upon a time. I loved Beauty and the Beast to.
Z
Author Cat Johnson
Feb 02, 2012 @ 14:44:50
Thanks to everyone for stopping by! I’m overwhelmed with all the great comments. Let me tackle a few specific replies—
FIRST- the comment above from SAMARA, is from Brian’s girlfriend reporting in that he rode recently and did really well. So that’s great news!
CATHY P- I always wrote, from the day I won a writing contest in First Grade I was hooked. It was easy, too easy, for me to first get published. I was handed a contract and subsequently went on to write 12 YA books when I was only 2 weeks out of college. THEN after that, it was very rude awakening when I got my first of many rejection letters.
KITTY KELLY- Great meeting you too at RT. Will you be there this year in Chicago? I’m bringing my new addition to my boot family–my snakeskin cowboy boots I treated myself to for my birthday last year.
CAROL L- I actually read eBooks on my laptop for years before I finally got any sort of eReader, but I know a lot of people don’t like reading on a computer. A few years ago I got an iPod Touch and read eBooks in the apps–Kindle, BN, iBooks. I loved it was backlit, and so small I could stick it in a purse and whip it out when I was waiting for an appointment or traveling. That’s what I read on until I got a Nook.
Thanks to everyone, and especially Zina for hosting this party.
Cat
KittyKelly
Feb 02, 2012 @ 15:05:51
I plan on being there in Chicago. Since I have moved to TX I feel like i need a pair of cowboy boots but I haven’t gotten any yet. Maybe one day…lol. And I forgot to add you do have some awesome promo! 🙂 Let’s Buck-it just doesn’t get much better than that. 😉
KittyKelly
Author Cat Johnson
Feb 02, 2012 @ 15:08:11
Kelly–This year at RT I’ll have LET’S BUCK temporary tattoos!! Make sure you stop by the Western Authors Reader Round-up (or whatever that party is called LOL)
Cat
KittyKelly
Feb 02, 2012 @ 15:14:19
Hmm…that one might have to go in a “fun” place. LMAO You know I’ll stop by. That was the first party we went to last year. *Sigh* Memories…
KittyKelly
Ivy
Feb 02, 2012 @ 20:12:51
I love Cat’s self description…
My oldest turned me on to The Big Bang Theory. We usually just get it by the season but sometimes watch it on the computer.
These sound so good & no, I’ve never read Cat. I just jumped on the cowboy wagon last year & have a lot of catching up to do!
Stay Safe & well, Zina!
seawitchreviews
Feb 03, 2012 @ 18:01:41
Thanks Ivy, we made it to RI and took the babies to the doctor, Chris is good but the baby has Broncitus. I know I’m spelling it wrong. Yep gotta love those cowboys.
Z
Karen C
Feb 02, 2012 @ 21:42:22
Hi, Cat – Congratulations on the release of Texas Two-Step: Cowboy Shuffle!! It’s been fun meeting you today. I’m partial to cowboy stories because I have my very own cowboy. I think that your line “why the hell had his own subconscious made him perform so badly?” is one of the best I’ve read – very, very cool. Oh, and I love Sam Elliott, too – and not just his voice. I’m really looking forward to reading your books – they’re definitely hot!
kacbooks(at)hotmail(dot)com
seawitchreviews
Feb 03, 2012 @ 18:02:56
Lucky you for having your own cowboy.
Z
vampedchik
Feb 02, 2012 @ 23:07:36
I LOVE your covers! Ive had your books on my wishlist for awhile now! I always love a good cowboy story! 🙂
Thanks,
-Amber
goodblinknpark@yahoo.com
seawitchreviews
Feb 03, 2012 @ 18:03:28
I love to just peruse the selves looking at covers.
Z
lisagk
Feb 03, 2012 @ 03:16:44
I am amazed that Cat sponsors bull riders. Sounds like so much fun and definitely interesting thing to do. I’m hooked on Big Bang as well, it is the one show I will record if I’m not going to be home. Sheldon is the best geek ever. I think Shooter is going to give his subconscious a stern talking to. Can’t wait to read this one. Love the pictures from Denny’s ceremony. lisagk(at)yahoo(dot)com
seawitchreviews
Feb 03, 2012 @ 18:06:02
I know I love Sheldon. We dvr Once apon a time, Grimm and
Tera Nova.
Z
Tracey D
Feb 04, 2012 @ 08:29:11
I’ve read some of Cat Johnson’s works and loved them. I look forward in reading more.
Thank,
booklover0226 at gmail dot com
seawitchreviews
Feb 04, 2012 @ 19:59:59
Thanks for stopping Tracey D.
z