Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Cowboy Up (Dry Creek Ranch #1) Release Blitz +Giveaway +Review


Title: Cowboy Up
Series: Dry Creek Ranch #1
Author: Stacy Finz
Publishers: Lyrical Shine/Kensington/
Penguin Random House
Genre: Contemporary Cowboy Romance
Release Date: July 23, 2019


Blurb
Cash, Jace, and Sawyer: Three cousins sharing an inheritance of five hundred acres of prime California ranch land—and a whole lot of surprises . . .

Cash Dalton is no rancher. He’s an FBI agent—or at least he was, until he left a haunting case behind him and a load of guilt in front of him. Now it turns out he’s also a father—to a twelve-year-old girl he didn’t know he had. Clearly, it’s no time for a new romance, especially not with Aubrey McAlister, who’s renting the cottage on Dry Creek Ranch. She doesn’t even seem to like him. Still, there’s nothing wrong with looking . . .

After calling off her wedding, Aubrey is trying to focus on her interior design career and avoid the fact that she’s the center of small-town gossip. Clearly, it’s no time for a new romance, especially not with brooding Cash. Though she does find him sexy as hell. And he has softened since his daughter arrived—enough for Aubrey to help decorate her room—and even try to get Cash to open up about the chip on his shoulder. Once he does, both their hearts might just follow—but will their futures sync up as well? . . .


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AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU


Excerpt
Aubrey got the impression they were no longer talking about painting. “You must be a renegade, Cash Dalton.”
He held her gaze, his eyes so blue, they reminded her of Mill Lake in summertime. “Maybe, how ’bout you?” And then his eyes slid over her in a way that wasn’t altogether respectable.
“Me? Uh…I’m pretty conventional.”
“There’s nothing about you a man would call conventional.” He stepped in front of her and flicked a piece of tape off her shirt.
She lifted her face to his, hoping she wasn’t misreading what was going on here. “Should I take that as a compliment?” Are you making a move on me?
“Damn straight it’s a compliment.” His lips twitched and he tilted his head down close enough that she felt his warm breath on her cheeks. “You know, I nearly kissed you the other day? How weird would it be if I kissed you now?”
She chewed her bottom lip. “Probably pretty weird.” But she didn’t move away.
His lips hovered barely an inch from her mouth. “Should we try it? What’s the worst that can happen?” 
It was just a kiss, she argued with herself, trying to dismiss all the reasons it was insane, starting with the fact that she’d just broken her engagement to another man. Her head told her to back away, but her mouth said, “I don’t see how it could hurt.”
And then, just like that, he covered her mouth with his, tasting her lips until the kiss grew deeper…


Author Bio
Stacy Finz is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance. After more than twenty years covering notorious serial killers, naked-tractor-driving farmers, fanatical foodies, aging rock stars and weird Western towns as a newspaper reporter, she figured she finally had enough material to launch a career writing fiction. She is the author of the Nugget Romance series, the Garner Brothers series, and the upcoming Dry Creek Ranch series. She lives in Northern California with her husband.

 
 
This is the first book I have read by Stacy and I really enjoyed it. Cash Dalton is a former FBI agent who just found out he has a daughter. He has been trying to get his cabin ready for his daughter to move in and mourning the loss of his career. He has a lot of guilt over his last case. He wasn’t able to save a woman. Aubrey is the talk of the town when she dumps her fiancé and move to Dry Creek Ranch. They are is more to what happen the just about everyone knows but that is a secret she intends to keep. Aubrey and Cash begin to spend time together and things get interesting. They could squash the rumors around town by pretending to be a couple. I really enjoyed this book. I felt for Aubrey and everything she was going through. Aubrey and Cash are immediately attracted to each other but the timing isn’t great. I felt for the guilt Cash carried as well. Things don’t go smoothly or great really with his daughter. Cash finds himself doing more and more for Aubrey. Aubrey wants to help so badly with Cash’s daughter. Cash and Aubrey manage to help each other so much throughout the book. This book has a lot of emotion in it. I look forward to reading the next book when it comes out. Great job Stacy.
 
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