Book Tour
Hello! I want to welcome the hero from Victoria Vane's upcoming release, Rough Rider to my blog today. Thanks for joining me Mr.Knowlton. I appreciate you taking time out of your busy schedule to pay a visit.
So Dirk, I have a few questions I'd like to ask. Here goes.
1.
Dirk, why were you so attracted to bulls,
instead of another form such as calf roping, etc?
Bull riding was a progression for me. It was
never my favorite event I was a better saddle bronc rider and actually
preferred it, but bulls get the most attention. Bulls are the most challenging
and the most dangerous. Riding bulls also qualified me for the all around
champion.
2.
Dirk, you are the oldest yet at times you seem
to feel less worthy than your younger brother, why?
Wade and I were really close as kids. When we
were younger he looked up to me, but by the time we reached high school he’d
grown about an inch taller than me and had started coming into his own. We
seemed to have less and less in common as we got older. I was the jock, he was
the achiever. I was restless, he was rooted. He was the responsible one, I was
the rebel. Wade didn’t mess up his life like I did. He didn’t disappoint
anyone.
3.
I know you wanted to do something that would
help folks beyond your everyday life, but why the Marines, instead of say the
Navy?
I dunno. It wasn’t anything I’d ever planned to
do. It just kind of happened. I was at a really low point when I ran into an old
rodeo buddy of mine who’d joined the Marines. It just seemed Providential, I
guess.
4.
I’m curious. Janice is vastly different from
your previous girlfriend, what drew you to her on that rainy night?
There was always something real about Janice,
something that attracted me on a gut level, whether I was consciously aware of
it or not. That night she was my safe haven in from the storm.
5.
When you realized, Janice might not be as happy
in her relationship with Grady as you thought, how hard was it to walk away?
It friggin’ killed me. But what could I do? We’d
both made mistakes that couldn’t be undone. I felt helpless to do anything for
her, but she wouldn’t have let me anyway.
Thank you, Dirk for giving me some of your time. I'm sure my viewers will find this fascinating.
Rough Rider
By Victoria Vane
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Contemporary Western Romance
February 3, 2015
ISBN: 9781492601159
Two wary hearts …
Janice Combes has two loves, bucking bulls and Dirk
Knowlton. But Dirk only has eyes for a dazzling rodeo queen. How can Janice
ever compete while mired ankle-deep in manure? Exchanging playful banter with
Dirk is all Janice can expect—until the stormy night he knocks on her door
dripping wet and needing a place to crash.
Different Dreams…
Dirk Knowlton is living the cowboy dream. Life should be
good—roping, branding, backing broncs, riding bulls, but there's a void he
can't seem to fill. After getting hung up by a bull, he wonders if this is
really the life he wants. Restless and rebellious, he bolts…but there’s a
certain cowgirl he can’t forget.
When a battle-scarred Dirk returns to his Montana ranch
he's determined to hang on at any cost. Janice has come back home to lick her
own wounds. When old dreams turn to dust, can two wary hearts take another
chance on love?
Praise for Slow Hand by Victoria Vane:
“A “red-hot cowboy
tale...their sexual chemistry crackles. Well-paced, scorching scenes and witty
banter move the story along while setting the stage for Wade’s war-hero brother
to find his own true love in the next installment.” – Publishers Weekly
“SLOW HAND by
Victoria Vane is delightful, funny, page turning steamy sexy… I'm beginning to
think Victoria could write a phone book and make it sexy.” – Unwrapping Romance
“PULL THE FIRE
ALARM & STOCK UP ON FIRE EXTINGUISHERS FOR THIS STEAMY ROMANCE!” – Avon Romance
Victoria Vane
is a multiple award-winning romance novelist and history junkie whose
collective works of fiction range from wildly comedic romps to emotionally
compelling erotic romance. Victoria also writes historical fiction as Emery Lee
and is the founder of Goodreads Romantic Historical Fiction Lovers and the
Romantic Historical Lovers book review blog.
Excerpt from ROUGH RIDER by
Victoria Vane:
He looked abashed. “We didn’t
just have to leave the party, we got kicked out of the hotel too.”
“Evicted from your room?”
“Yup. And there aren’t any
others available in all of Casper.”
“I know,” she said. “It’s why
I’m camped out here.” She paused to digest what he’d left unsaid. “So you and
Rachel?”
He shook his head with a scowl
“We’re done now. Quits.”
“You’re kidding.”
“Nope. History. Case closed.”
“It’ll blow over.”
“Don’t think so. It was her
idea to boot us. Said she didn’t give a shit if I had a room tonight or not.
Then I couldn’t even try finding anything outside of town because my asshole
brother took my keys so I wouldn’t drive. My next move was to pilfer a blanket
and pillow and camp out under the stars in my truck bed, but then it started
pouring on me.”
“So you came here. How’d you do
that with no wheels?”
“Walked.”
“Three miles in the pouring
rain? No wonder you look like something the cat dragged in.”
“Can I crash for a coupla
hours? Maybe just camp out in the back seat of your dually? All I need is to
get warm and dry again.”
Janice’s mouth went dry as sawdust.
Dirk Knowlton. Cold. Wet. Here. Now. Wanting a bed? She’d give her right arm to
warm him up. Heck yeah.
Misreading her silence he
mumbled a curse. “Sorry, Janice. It’s my damned head. I’m not thinkin’ right.
It’s still throbbing like hell. Haven’t been myself all night. M’pologies for
being such a dumb-ass and imposing on you—” He turned to the door.
“No! Wait. It’s not that.” She
grabbed his sleeve. “I was just thinking of your injuries. You don’t need to
make matters worse by sleeping all cramped up in the truck.” She gnawed her
lower lip and then blurted. “Y-you wanna just stay here instead?”
“Here? That’s mighty generous
but there isn’t a whole lot of room for both of us.” He glanced up at the
gooseneck with a frown. “If you’ll just gimme a blanket, I’ll take the floor.”
“You don’t need to do that,”
she said. “The bench here flips down over the table and converts into a single.
It’s really narrow and not very comfortable, but still better than the truck.
Warmer anyway. Besides you need to get dry.”
“You sure about this?” he
asked.
“Yeah.” She smiled. “What are
friends for? I’m sure I’ve got a shirt for you too.”
“Thanks, Red. That would be
great.”
Red? The single syllable rippled warm and tingly, all
the way to her toes. He followed up with a lopsided grin that stopped her in
her tracks. She turned to the small cabinet that served a dual function as
dresser and closet and shut her eyes on a sigh—but the same air stuck in her
throat the minute she turned back around.
He’d shed the denim jacket. And
the black tee. His bare torso with well-developed pecs and a mouthwatering six
pack greeted her. He was drying his face with his discarded shirt. Janice tore
her gaze away and cleared her throat. “Here.” She thrust an extra-large Dixie
Chicks T-shirt into his hands, a souvenir from their Top of the World Tour.
“I—I can get you a towel too.”
He eyed the shirt skeptically.
“No thanks.”
“What? You don’t like female
musicians?”
“Don’t like their politics.
Natalie should just shut up and sing.”
“Ah.” She nodded slowly. The
shirt was from the tour that caused the “incident.” A lot of her friends had
since thrown out their Dixie Chicks CDs, but Janice still loved their music. “I
Can Love You Better” was her favorite. The lyrics, she’s got you wrapped up in her satin and lace. Tied around her
little finger…but I can love you better, perfectly summed up all the
heartbreak and frustrations of unrequited love; all her secret feelings for
Dirk. She only wished she could show him now that he was here. In the flesh. A
big strong, blue-lipped and teeth-chattering fantasy come true.
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