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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Celebrate Lit Blog Tour: Falling for a Shy Cowboy by Karen Baney





Book: Falling for a Shy Cowboy (Vargas Ranch Book 2)

Author: Karen Baney

Genre: Contemporary Christian Cowboy Romance

Release date: December 19, 2023

She’s a single mom with a disabled son. He’s been in love with her since high school. Will this shy cowboy finally win her heart?

Dylan Vargas is too shy for his own good. While he and his best friend Adan work with the horses on his family’s ranch near Wickenburg, Arizona, Adan signs him up for an online dating service. Dylan begrudgingly looks through the profiles. One face stands out above the others—that of his childhood crush. There’s only one impossible problem—she is Adan’s little sister.

Brisa Franco moves home to Wickenburg after a tragic car accident left her four-year-old son disabled. As she starts a new job in her hometown, she never expects to help her brother’s best friend in his quest to overcome a speech impediment.

Will Dylan steal her heart as she helps him learn how to release his anxiety? Will Brisa learn to trust him and let go of her deeply engrained fears from her past relationship?

 

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I enjoy Christian Romance books. I also enjoy books with a Western theme.  Falling for a Shy Cowboy is Book 2 in the Vargas Ranch Series. I read Book 1 in this series and was excited to read this book!

The 2 main characters in this book are Dylan Vargas and Brisa Franco. Dylan's friend and co-worker, Adan, sets Dylan up on a dating service site. Dylan is matched with Brisa, who happens to be his childhood crush and the sister of his best friend, Adan. Brisa has come back to Arizona with her 4yr old son who is disabled. Brisa discovers that one of her first assignments at her new job it to help Dylan overcome a speech impediment. Brisa isn't exactly sure if she is ready to move forward with a new relationship due to past relationships. Will Dylan and Brisa connect and begin a relationship? Can they both overcome the things holding them back? 

WOW, this storyline captured my attention from the very first pages and I could not put the book down. I really LOVE that Dylan and Brisa were bought together not only through the dating service, but also the fact that they are both helping one another with life struggles. I also LOVE how they are both strong in their faith and rely on God's timing for life.  I truly enjoyed reading being back at  Vargas Family Ranch in Book 2. The book is about Faith, LOVE and Following God's Plan and not our own. I HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone who enoys Christian Romance. AWESOME BOOK!



 




Karen Baney is passionate about writing stories full of flawed characters. She enjoys weaving together stories of second chances, redemption, and overcoming personal trials. As a transplant to Arizona, she loves researching the state’s history and finding ways to seamlessly incorporate real history and real settings into her novels. In addition to writing and speaking, Karen works as a Software Development Manager for a Christian ministry.

Her faith plays an important role both in her life and in her writing. Karen and her husband, Jim, make their home in Gilbert, Arizona, with their two dogs, Bella and Daisy. Both Jim and Karen are active at Rock Point Church in Queen Creek, Arizona.

 

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You’ve Got Mail?

As an author, sometimes you write something so identifiable to readers that you (the author) completely miss the obvious. Yeah, I did that in Falling for a Shy Cowboy.

Since Dylan Vargas, our hero, deals with a speech impediment, I thought a great way to help him connect with his one true love would be through a dating app—one where he keeps avoiding meeting in person. His best friend, Adan, signed him up for the dating app with a profile picture that obscures part of his face. When Dylan looked through the app, he finds Adan’s sister Brisa on the app. Imagine his excitement that his long-term crush was available!

So, Dylan responds to Brisa’s profile as Wrangler92. He’s much more comfortable pouring out his heart through messages in the dating app than fighting with his speech impediment in person. She’s keeping a few secrets of her own through their interactions on the app, creating tension.

And viola! The You’ve-Got-Mail “trope” successfully applied.

If only I had realized that’s what I’d done. It wasn’t until one reviewer wrote, “Who doesn’t like a little You’ve Got Mail in a cowboy romance?”

This is where I face-palmed, laughed out loud, and finally realized my shy cowboy and his one true love are clearly written like the old Meg Ryan & Tom Hanks movie You’ve Got Mail.

Anyway, I will be forever grateful to Jerah A. for pointing out the obvious connection. I hope you enjoy my take on a shy cowboy who woos a single mom a la You’ve Got Mail style.



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To celebrate her tour, Karen is giving away the grand prize of a $50 Amazon card and a signed copy of the book!!

Be sure to comment on the blog stops for extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.

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5 comments:

Michael Law said... Best Blogger Tips

This looks like a fantastic read. Thanks for sharing.

Jcp said... Best Blogger Tips

Sounds wonderful

Roxanne C. said... Best Blogger Tips

This sounds like such an amazing romance. Brisa's little boy is of special interest to me.

KarenB said... Best Blogger Tips

Thank you so much for the wonderful review. I'm glad you enjoyed Dylan and Brisa's love story. Thanks for sharing it with your readers. :)

Emma said... Best Blogger Tips

This sounds good. I like stories that have a lot going on besides just romance.

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