A PRP VALENTINE'S EXTRAVAGANZA (SALE AND FREEBIES!)

Today is the big “kick-off” for PRP’s VALENTINE’S EXTRAVAGANZA! We have got a ton of excellent reads for you with a new “feature post” every day this week—yes, even after Valentine’s Day is over. Heck, it’s only one day, and PRP and Imprints has so many wonderful stories, we want to share the love! So our FREE and .99 SALE days will run all the way through FRIDAY, the 17th!
PLEASE CHECK THE BLOG EVERY DAY FOR MORE .99 BOOKS AS WELL AS SOME "FREEBIES" TO CELEBRATE WITH!

Who loves a great Valentine’s Day story? I DO! I love to read them and write them. If there is a more romantic time of year, I don’t know what it is—and it’s especially so for me, since my hubby and I got married on February 10, 1979, thirty-eight years ago!

With flowers and candy at the top of the “romantic” list, I always indulge in a guilty pleasure or two and buy myself some VERY romantic stories to lose myself in at this time of year. At PRP and Imprints, we’ve made it super easy to pamper yourself AND your Valentines—including children, teens, and those of the “manly” variety who are looking for some darn good books!

Here are a few “picks” for you if you’re looking for some romantic Valentine’s Day reading…

HEARTS AND SPURS is an “oldie but a goodie” fun collection of Valentine tales being offered FREE OF CHARGE Feb. 13-17! How do you capture a cowboy's heart? HEARTS AND SPURS is a collection of nine stories by some of western romance’s best—just in time for Valentine's Day! Some excellent stories of handsome cowboys and the women who captivate them await your reading pleasure in HEARTS AND SPURS.

HEARTS AND SPURS features nine sensual Valentine's Day love stories of the old west that will leave no doubt—Cupid is a cowboy, and he's playing for keeps!

THE WIDOW’S HEART by Linda Broday
Desperate and alone, Skye O’Rourke finds courage and a love she thought she’d lost when a man from her past emerges from the shimmering desert heat.

GUARDING HER HEART by Livia J. Washburn
Outlaws threaten a Valentine's Day wedding!

FOUND HEARTS by Cheryl Pierson
An enemy from the past threatens Alex Cameron’s future on the day he’s set to wed mail-order bride Evie Fremont. Can they survive their wedding day?

OPEN HEARTS by Tanya Hanson
A woman living as a man to practice the law she loves must guard her identity--and her heart--from a handsome sheriff, who discovers her secret and must decide whether to turn her in or fall in love.

HOLLOW HEART by Sarah J. McNeal
Lost love and the hope for possibilities…

A FLARE OF THE HEART by Jacquie Rogers
Celia Yancey heads west to marry a preacher her father picked for her. Bounty hunter Ross Flaherty has traded his guns for a pitchfork and is content to be a farmer, but Celia brings his nemesis right to his door. Can Celia and Ross shed the past and forge a new beginning?

COMING HOME by Tracy Garrett
Sometimes it takes two to make dreams come true. When a man who believes he’ll never have a home and family finds a woman who has lost everything…It takes a lot of forgiveness and a few fireworks to realize that together, their dreams can come true.

TUMBLEWEEDS AND VALENTINES by Phyliss Miranda
The wildness of a tumbleweed and the sweetness of chocolate bring Amanda Love the love of a lifetime.

THE SECOND-BEST RANGER IN TEXAS by Kathleen Rice Adams
A washed-up Texas Ranger. A failed nun with a violent past. A love that will redeem them both.
(Kathleen’s story was a WESTERN FICTIONEER PEACEMAKER AWARD WINNER IN THE BEST SHORT FICTION CATEGORY!)

GET IT HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Hearts-Spurs-Linda-Broday-ebook/dp/B00HU5SCYE/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1486946975&sr=1-1&keywords=Hearts+and+Spurs

LARIATS, LETTERS, AND LACE—VALENTINE’S COLLECTION FOR ONLY .99!
It’s nearing Valentine’s Day, and that all-important letter or card could mean romance for a special couple…from a new love to those who’ve wanted to speak up for a while, but have only just gathered the courage. A fateful letter could be the catalyst to match-making, or one that brings news that could change everything. No matter if it’s a newly-discovered love or one that’s been simmering, the contents of these missives could turn someone’s world upside down—just in time for Valentine’s Day!

Linda Carroll-Bradd, Agnes Alexander, Kaye Spencer, Gail L. Jenner, B.J. Betts, Patti Sherry-Crews, Zina Abbott, and Niki Mitchell all contribute their own brand of Valentine’s Day romance to LARIATS, LETTERS, AND LACE, providing some great reading that you’re sure to enjoy—and the price is right for ONLY .99!

GET IT HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Lariats-Letters-Lace-Agnes-Alexander-ebook/dp/B01B86B6U2/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1486947069&sr=1-1&keywords=Letters%2C+Lariats%2C+and+Lace

DON’T MISS THIS ONE! BIG MEADOWS VALENTINE by ZINA ABBOTT—FREE (FEB. 13-17) You’ll want to snap up the first book of Zina’s Eastern Sierra Brides 1884 series—especially since it is FREE. Here’s a little bit about it:

Beth Dodd leaves civilized Ohio to travel to the lawless California gold mines in search of her scalawag of a husband who deserted her. In Lundy, Beth finds rancher Val Caldwell with a heart bigger than all the gold in the Mono County mountains of the eastern Sierra-Nevada. But, having lost almost everything she values, can she ever again trust a man? Beth resists the attraction she feels toward Val. Can he make any headway in persuading Beth to consider a future with him someday?
GET IT HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Meadows-Valentine-Eastern-Sierra-Brides-ebook/dp/B00T0BJ768/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1486947184&sr=1-1&keywords=Big+Meadows+Valentine

Speaking of an excellent series, PRP offers the EVERLASTING HEART set by SARA BARNARD, and the first book of the series, A HEART ON HOLD, IS FREE right now! In this beginning story, Charlotte Adamsland’s brand new groom, Sanderson Redding, a captain in the Confederacy, has to leave her on their Arkansas homestead the day after their wedding and return to war. When she learns that Sanderson has been captured, Charlotte heads north armed with only her faith in God and her beloved horse to bring her husband home—one way or the other. Will she be able to rescue him? Or will her love remained locked forever in A HEART ON HOLD…
GET IT HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Hold-Everlasting-Book-ebook/dp/B01DOQC9GE/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1486947261&sr=1-3&keywords=A+Heart+on+Hold

From our FIRE STAR PRESS imprint, A HEART FOR A HEART is a contemporary Valentine’s Day novella you might enjoy…
Kiera Leslie is all set to welcome Cory Tiger into her home as a foster child. Orphaned and with a learning disability, Cory is looking forward to living with his tutor. Until his uncle shows up...
Sam Tiger returns from military duty to find his deceased brother's son being taken in by a stranger. The boy needs his family—and Sam is it. He never expects the tutor to stand up to him and want to keep Cory. Then the worst happens—he finds himself attracted to Kiera.

It’s Valentine’s Day, and Cupid’s got deadly aim!
A HEART FOR A HEART is priced at .99!
GET IT HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Cheryl-Pierson-ebook/dp/B00MT3TIFE/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1486947421&sr=1-1&keywords=A+Heart+for+a+Heart+by+Cheryl+Pierson


What about some western stories that aren’t so “touchy-feely” for the guys? Have we got the deals for you!

Do you know someone who loves zombies? Hey, zombies need love, too! If you have a zombie lover in your midst, here’s a great offering—the first book of Jackson Lowry’s series PUNISHED BOOK 1: UNDEAD is available this week for only .99!

The day the Yankees came and took everything from wealthy landowner Vincent Bayonne was a day he’d never forget. Now, a drunkard who has only his consuming hatred to sustain him, he makes his way from Louisiana to San Francisco, barely managing to survive on the Barbary Coast. Just when he thinks he has nothing to live for, he discovers that William Sherman, the former slave who torched his home, is alive and well—and Sherman bears a hatred for his former master to match Bayonne’s. When Sherman bests Bayonne in a fight, the once-wealthy Southerner wakes up in a coffin, prepared for a fate he could never have imagined. Can an old Chinaman provide the answers Bayonne needs to survive in the world of the UNDEAD?
GET IT HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Undead-Punished-Book-Jackson-Lowry-ebook/dp/B01G107LQS/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1486946122&sr=1-1&keywords=PUNIshed+Book+1%3A+The+Undead

And here’s one that is great for any age—young and old alike. A great coming-of-age story by master storyteller James J. Griffin, A RANGER TO RIDE WITH is the first of a wonderful set of books about a young eastern tenderfoot, Nathaniel Stewart, whose life changes in the blink of an eye when his family is murdered by a band of marauding raiders on the Texas plains. They’ve made one terrible mistake…they didn’t finish the job. Fourteen-year-old Nathaniel is very much alive and ready to exact the justice his mother, father, and older brother deserve. Taken in by a company of Texas Rangers, he begins to learn what it means to survive in the rugged wilds of Texas. Each of the Rangers have something to teach Nate, as they come to call him, and he’s a fast learner. When some of the same raiders later return, Nate proves his mettle when he saves the Rangers from being ambushed and wiped out. A RANGER TO RIDE WITH is the first story in this exciting western series, LONE STAR RANGER—and right now, A RANGER TO RIDE WITH is available for only .99!

GET IT HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Ranger-Ride-Lone-Star-Book-ebook/dp/B00JJ8NWOU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1486947528&sr=1-1&keywords=A+Ranger+to+Ride+With

Who doesn’t love magic? Especially the “magic” of the love of a dog! Got a younger reader? Ages 9-12? Here’s a collection sure to please! MY DOG CAN DO MAGIC! is a set of five stories that will warm any heart Have you ever known a dog that had his or her own certain brand of magic? Each story in this collection tells of a canine friend with a special gift—and from FEB. 13-17, MY DOG CAN DO MAGIC is FREE! If your young reader loves stories about dogs and the “magic” they sometimes are able to do, this is the perfect book for them!
GET IT HERE: https://www.amazon.com/My-Dog-Can-Do-Magic-ebook/dp/B00U0710KW/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1486948738&sr=1-1&keywords=My+Dog+Can+do+Magic

What would Valentine’s Day be without a story of medieval love? Author Keena Kincaid presents ENTHRALLED—a story that is guaranteed to keep you spellbound! William of Ravenglas wants only one woman—his foster sister, Ami—but she is promised to another, a fate sealed by his father’s recklessness. Ami, true sister to Aedan ap Owen the minstrel, refuses this decision. She wants William. But when his kiss awakens her dormant magic, it triggers cascading events that sweep her into the queen’s fiendish web and threaten William's life. Now Ami must learn to control her fey powers or watch William die. But with a mystery lover in his past, even if she succeeds will he truly be hers?
Snap ENTHRALLED up for some powerful Valentine’s Day reading for only .99!
GET IT HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Enthralled-Keena-Kincaid-ebook/dp/B01BPZQP8Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1486947701&sr=1-1&keywords=ENthralled+by+Keena+Kincaid

Growing up is a miraculous time. Fond memories of pedaling bikes through honeysuckle-scented streets with a pack of neighborhood friends and playing “kick the can” and stickball on warm summer evenings alight with fireflies are accompanied by the inevitable loss of people and places dear to the heart—and a seminal moment when we know we’re leaving childhood behind.
These are the stories of a turning point—when the world shifted, and nothing would ever be the same. In this first collection of the MEMORIES FROM MAPLE STREET, U.S.A., series, Sundown Press brings you real-life stories, from the touching to the humorous, the inspirational to the adventurous, and a wonderful group of childhood memories you’ll never forget. LEAVING CHILDHOOD BEHIND is available now for FREE!

GET IT HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Memories-Maple-Street-U-S-Childhood-ebook/dp/B015NGU91A/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1486947787&sr=1-3&keywords=Memories+from+Maple+Street

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VALENTINE TREATS FOR ALL PRP READERS! by CHERYL PIERSON

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and boy, do we have some sweet treats in store for all of our wonderful readers here at Prairie Rose Publications!
Just two years ago, Prairie Rose Publications published its first Valentine’s Day collection of short stories, HEARTS AND SPURS!


How do you capture a cowboy's heart? HEARTS AND SPURS is a collection of nine stories by some of western romance’s best—just in time for Valentine's Day! Following up their Christmas collection WISHING FOR A COWBOY, these ladies have done it again with new stories of handsome cowboys and the women who captivate them in HEARTS AND SPURS.

HEARTS AND SPURS features nine sensual Valentine's Day love stories of the old west that will leave no doubt--Cupid is a cowboy, and he's playing for keeps!

THE WIDOW’S HEART by Linda Broday—Desperate and alone, Skye O’Rourke finds courage and a love she thought she’d lost when a man from her past emerges from the shimmering desert heat.

GUARDING HER HEART by Livia J. Washburn—Outlaws threaten a Valentine's Day wedding!

FOUND HEARTS by Cheryl Pierson—An enemy from the past threatens Alex Cameron’s future on the day he’s set to wed mail-order bride Evie Fremont. Can they survive their wedding day?

OPEN HEARTS by Tanya Hanson—A woman living as a man to practice the law she loves must guard her identity—and her heart—from a handsome sheriff, who discovers her secret and must decide whether to turn her in or fall in love.

HOLLOW HEART by Sarah J. McNeal—Lost love and the hope for possibilities…

A FLARE OF THE HEART by Jacquie Rogers—Celia Yancey heads west to marry a preacher her father picked for her. Bounty hunter Ross Flaherty has traded his guns for a pitchfork and is content to be a farmer, but Celia brings his nemesis right to his door. Can Celia and Ross shed the past and forge a new beginning?

COMING HOME by Tracy Garrett—Sometimes it takes two to make dreams come true. When a man who believes he’ll never have a home and family finds a woman who has lost everything…It takes a lot of forgiveness and a few fireworks to realize that together, their dreams can come true.

TUMBLEWEEDS AND VALENTINES by Phyliss Miranda—The wildness of a tumbleweed and the sweetness of chocolate bring Amanda Love the love of a lifetime.

THE SECOND-BEST RANGER IN TEXAS by Kathleen Rice Adams—A washed-up Texas Ranger. A failed nun with a violent past. A love that will redeem them both. (WESTERN FICTIONEER PEACEMAKER AWARD WINNER!)

What a wonderful anthology this is and it’s now on sale for only .99 for the digital edition. It’s also available in print!

Last year, PRP brought out another Valentine’s Day anthology, COWBOY KISSES. What could be better on a cold Valentine’s Day than to sit down with a book chock full of stories about special cowboys and their ladies?



In Lorrie Farrelly’s tale of love and fate, a tattered old diary sends a young woman into the arms of a long-ago Texas Ranger for A Kiss in Time.

Linda Carroll-Bradd’s When My Heart Knew is the story of young Maisie Treadwell, who has never been in love before, and handsome Dylan MacInnes, who might or might not be the one.

A Westward Adventure by Kristy McCaffrey is a story of aspiring novelist Amelia Mercer, who travels to Colorado, determined to find her own adventure to write about. When Bounty hunter Ned Waymire comes to her aid, the true adventure begins!

Valentine Angel by Gail L. Jenner is a poignant story of a determined young woman who rescues a wounded lawman and then must help him fight off his nemesis.

In Gil McDonald’s story, Hearts and Red Ribbons, a feisty young woman who dresses in men’s clothes and a drifter looking for—something—are thrown together by Fate on a wet February day.

Hunter’s Gamble, by C. Marie Bowen, is a gripping tale of lost love and determination. Life is a gamble, and Hunter knows he can't always win. With true love in the mix, the odds are stacked in Hunter’s favor!

Her Thief of Hearts by Tanya Hanson is the tale of an outlaw, an orphan, and a socialite—is this a recipe for disaster or true love?

Beverly Wells will steal your heart in her story, Hopes and Dreams. A woman on the run, a sheriff sworn to uphold the law, and one little girl’s pleas to Mr. Cupid for a new daddy!

Settle in for some mighty fine Valentine’s Day reading from your favorite western romance authors. COWBOY KISSES has just what you’re looking for—eight stories by some fabulous authors who share with you their love stories of the old west!

And that brings us to our third anthology of Valentine tales, the 2016 collection in which all the stories are based on a letter sent—or received.

Prairie Rose Publications is proud to bring you another wonderful collection of stories of Valentine’s Day romance that is bound to satisfy your need for something “sweet”! Each of these western romance tales revolves around a letter of some kind—with some unexpected results.

It’s nearing Valentine’s Day, and that all-important letter or card could mean romance for a special couple…from a new love to those who’ve wanted to speak up for a while, but have only just gathered the courage. A fateful letter could be the catalyst to match-making, or one that brings news that could change everything. No matter if it’s a newly-discovered love or one that’s been simmering, the contents of these missives could turn someone’s world upside down—just in time for Valentine’s Day!

Linda Carroll-Bradd, Agnes Alexander, Kaye Spencer, Gail L. Jenner, B.J. Betts, Patti Sherry-Crews, Zina Abbott, and Niki Mitchell all contribute their own brand of Valentine’s Day romance to LARIATS, LETTERS, AND LACE, providing some great reading that you’re sure to enjoy.

Join us for some wonderful Valentine’s Day tales that are sure to keep you reading to the very end!

Most of the stories in HEARTS AND SPURS and COWBOY KISSES are also available as single sell short stories, as well, for only .99 each.

We hope you will stock up on some wonderful Valentine’s Day reads, past and present! Leave a comment for a chance to win a digital copy of LARIATS, LETTERS, AND LACE--and don't forget your contact info, in case YOU ARE THE WINNER!

If you just can’t wait to see if you won, or if you want to buy these collections for yourself or gifts for a special friend, we’ve included the buy links below. ENJOY!

Buy Links LARIATS, LETTERS, AND LACE    Barnes and Noble    Smashwords    Kobo    iBooks

Buy Links COWBOY KISSES   B & N Nook        Smashwords

Buy Links Hearts and Spurs  B&N    Smashwords

    

            

       

LARIATS, LETTERS, AND LACE--VALENTINE'S DAY ANTHO. CALL FOR SUBMISSION--by Cheryl Pierson

In the days before the internet, people communicated by handwritten notes. Those who set out to tame the Wild West eagerly awaited letters from home in order to catch up with family goings-on. Who married? Who moved away? Who added a child to the clan? Letters brought great joy to separated sweethearts … and great pain to the families of fallen soldiers. Letters delivered comfort … and spoke of sorrow.

We’re looking for Valentine’s Day stories in which the hero and heroine are brought together by a letter. The missive needn’t be one of love, although it certainly could be. Let your imagination run wild. Perhaps she receives a note meant for someone else, or maybe he carries a dispatch across the country for a friend. Whatever the situation, the letter — and a little help from cupid — deliver a man and a woman into one another’s arms.

Send us your tale about a happily-ever-after Valentine's Day in the Old West. Manuscripts may have a heat level of sweet to spicy, but no erotica, please. Attach the completed manuscript to an email addressed to Cheryl Pierson at fabkat_edit@yahoo.com, and include a brief synopsis in the body of the email. All manuscripts should be in 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced. Please put LARIATS, LETTERS, AND LACE in the subject line.

We look forward to reading your story.

If you have questions, please e-mail me at prairierosepublications@yahoo.com or fabkat_edit@yahoo.com

Happy writing!