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This particular journey is one i'll never forget !
First of all, my whole-hearted thanks go out to Decadent
Publishing and the team of editors for the Western Escape line, those ladies
are awesome !!!
Their encouragement is
what got me involved with Western Escape in the first place. They were having a Shooting Star Writing
Contest which I knew nothing about but had this story I wanted to see if would
fit into the Freewill setting. The
editors there were very helpful telling me all about the town and submission
guidelines and said why don't you enter it into the contest?
I'd never in my life entered a writing contest so what did I have to lose? I really had no reason not to so i did what was
necessary, read through it one more time and submitted the first 3 chapters for judging.
Then I had to wait a horrifying month to hear any word and I was in pins & needles. However, to my utter surprise after said month, I got an email telling me I was one of 3
finalists...holy buckets !!! ME?? No way!
So now they say they wanted the complete manuscript and I started to
get super nervous. My ending for this
book was bad so I made sure to mention that when I submitted. They just reassured me that if it got that far, that's what editors were for :)
So now we hurry up and wait another month for the final manuscripts to be read, re-read and judged. Just so you know, I am not a patient person :) They had a set day to announce the winners so marked that on my calendar!
Once the official winner announcement day was upon me i was
freaking out! I never left my email all
day I was so anxious to hear the winners but seriously didn't expect my name to
be at the top of the list. My poor kids
were sitting at the dinner table when my email alert chimed on my phone. I opened it and proceeded to scream and i
swear i just about cried i was so danged excited !!!
This is the official announcement on the Freewill blog !
I can tell you I've never been through more thorough edits in my life but all 3 editors are truly wonderful to work with !!!! I couldn't be more proud to be a Decadent Publishing Author !!!
So, here it is...
Take Me Home, Cowboy
Blurb:
Ally Kincaid returns to Freewill, Wyoming, to see her father
after a two year absence. Anticipating a quiet family reunion, she finds
herself butting heads with her father’s foreman instead. The man’s arrogance
and sexy drawl push all her buttons, making her wonder what he’s hiding beneath
his cowboy swagger.
Matt Gentry walked away from the past and shies from the
future. No ties means no one gets hurt…until the boss’s daughter, a hot,
green-eyed blonde, tempts him to break his own rules.
When tragedy strikes, will building tension and pride
destroy their growing attraction or show them the way home?
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