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BLURB
To honor her
brother’s last request, Barbara Audiss takes on his identity. Letting loose her
secret will get her arrested. But keeping it prevents her from giving her heart
to handsome sheriff Keith Rakestraw.
Furious at
“Judge Audiss’s” latest verdict, Keith discovers she’s a fake and consequences
seem easy: toss her in jail. Instead, he finds himself eager to give her his
heart.
EXCERPT
Barbara choked over the long-nine cigar. A vile habit to be sure, but
smoking kept her voice sounding hoarse and her body smelling manly.
The linen strips binding her bosom also contributed to her strangled
lungs.
But mostly it was Sheriff Keith Rakestraw, staring at her from the
front row and stealing her breath clean away. He was the one man who could get
her feeling like a woman.
If she’d been allowed to be one, that is.
The verdict all but gagged her, too. However, Uncle Samuel had died at
the hands of vigilante justice. She and Badge had sworn to improve things in
the lawless west. Keep things to the letter of the law. Her twin brother’s bad
luck, dying on the way to Colorado.
And, her good luck—the
chance to put her legal education to use in his stead when everybody back East
said no.
Even if it meant acting like a man.
BIO
Tanya Hanson loves those cowboys and
writes Western romance, both historical and contemporary, both sensual and
inspirational. Claiming His Heart, her
first full-length inspirational romance is a recent Prairie Rose Publications
release.
Writing as Anya Novikov, she is
developing a Young Adult series for the Painted Pony line.
She lives on California’s Central Coast
with her firefighter husband and considers their son and daughter the best
thing she’s ever done. Volunteering at the local horse rescue is a treasured
activity.
Best of all are two little grandsons whom she considers the halves of
her heart.
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Intriguing concept. I do not think I have read one like this. Certainly do hope to.
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Hi Debby, it was a fun story to write. It's a snowbound romance, one of my favorites, and I started it last year while we were in Vail Colorado on a wonderfully snowy day, snug inside the condo. Thanks for posting.
DeleteI love the story premise in Open Hearts. Smoking cigars to smell like a man is pretty inventive. I loved Shakespeare's Twelfth Night where Olivia pretended to be a man to protect herself, but fell in love with a man who thought she was his friend and confident. I like how the situation usually makes them friends and leads to even deeper love when it's discovered the "he" was actually a "she." This is a wonderful story, Tanya.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Sarah. I actually loathe smoking LOL (fortunately I live in California where it's outlawed pretty much everywhere)...so it was hard to have Barbara smoke...but it fit the plot line. Thanks again, my friend. xo
DeleteSuch a beautiful story. So happy others will get the chance to read it. Best on this and others. (I do have a passion for Old West women doctors, and this is a good one.) Doris
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Doris. I so admire the professional women of the west for the incredible obstacles they had to overcome. Since my husband encouraged our daughter to be anything she wanted, it's so hard to understand the male mind-set of that day. Sheesh.
DeleteSounds great, Tanya. You got me at "legal". I would love to read it. Beat of luck.
ReplyDeleteRobyn Echols
Thanks, Robyn Hope you enjoy it! Of course it's a happy ending LOL.
DeleteThanks so much for another wonderful opportunity, PRP. I was away from home all weekend so didn't get to post my thank you before now. xoxox
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