Black Friday Blues.

Don't fight the crowds and end up with bruises and nothing worth the hassle out of all of it. Shop at home from the comfort of your jammies and the computer or your tablet or smart phone. It's all at
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Finding Love Between Terror and Rage

Book One in the new MC Series

The Howling Death MC



 

Mia knows they’re dangerous men, but Terror and Rage make her feel alive for the first time since her husband’s murder, where she nearly died. Though she carries the scars of the attack, she has moved on. One glimpse of the new bikers in town and she can’t stop thinking about them.

 

Terror and Rage are instantly attracted to the dark-haired beauty who serves them drinks. They try to stay away from her for her own protection while they rebuild The Howling Death M.C. When people start to die and a rival M.C. threatens their town, they can’t ignore the threat to her and intervene. They will do anything to protect her and make her theirs.

 

Mia has to decide if living a dull but safe life is enough for her, or if she wants to find love between the two men who make her feel alive.

 

Buy it here on Bookstrand for Kindle/Nook/ and many others:   BUY Finding Love Between Terror and Rage

 

 

  

Finding Them

Book 6 of the Riverbend, Texas Heat Series

 



 

Sierra is in over her head. She has more responsibilities than she can handle, two sisters in college, and a ranch under foreclosure. All she’s been able to do for the last eight years is take care of everyone else.

 

Rollan and Thorne are new to the area but are instantly attracted to Sierra, with her quiet strength and sensual beauty. More than anything, they want to see her happy. When they find out she’s being blackmailed with her ranch, the men come up with a plan where they can spend more time trying to convince her that they are meant to be a family.

Sierra’s unexpected attraction to the two men is baffling. She’s afraid to trust her instincts where they’re concerned but accepts their offer of help, putting herself close enough to get burned. Are Rollan and Thorne the answer to her prayers, or will they be her downfall?

 

 

You can also find this one on Bookstrand in all major download types.  BUY Finding Them

 

Don't forget to sign up on my webpage to be able to chat in the forum there. I will be sharing what I'm working on, snippets of new books, and lots more. I'll announce when a book is going on pre-order, released for publishing, and when it is available at Amazon.

 

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There will be interviews with some of the characters from my books and once a month we are going to feature a new author and find out more about them and their books. Just because I write doesn't mean I don't read. I have the hardest time finding good books that I'm interested in reading.

 

So start signing up and introducing yourselves there. I will be stopping by on a regular basis beginning tomorrow, the long awaited, Black Friday!

 

So have some Thanksgiving left over and stop by to say hello. I'll watch for you!

 

Marla

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The Wrangler's of Bear Mountain A Sneek Peek

I promised to tell you a little about the new series. I based it on my trip to Montana back in September. Had a wonderful time. Pork chop is still on my mind. ;-)  Anyway, I don't have a title for the first book yet, but I will share the names of the first threesome.

Laredo and Laramie Marshall are twins who come home when their father has a massive stroke to try an save the family ranch. They've been overseas in the service for over ten years. Its' time for them to come home.

Billy Jean Simmons is from Kentucky and after finishing culinary school, is looking for a fulltime position as a chef. Unfortunately, some trouble she had in the past black listed her with all of the nice restaurants and hotels. She can flip burgers at a burger joint or work in a greasy spoon somewhere at a truck stop. Her dream of running her own kitchen didn't include slinging hash browns or dropping fries.

When she answers an add for a cook on a dude ranch all the way in Montana, Billy Jean expects to get the thanks but no thanks brush off there as well. To her surprise, they offer her the job. How is she going to be able to work there with the tiny little problem she has? Surely it won't interfere with her cooking. After all, a chef didn't cook in a barn full of horses, did she?

Here are a few pics to stir your interests. I know my um, interests were stirred. :-)

 

I'm all about the tall, dark, and handsome. Maybe another picture is in order...

 Or two.



Okay, back to writing. Have a good night you guys!

Marla

Some New Book Info and A Call Out For Help

Okay, just to give you guys a peek at the first book in the new series based in Montana, the heroine has PTSD but it is from an event in her life that happened when she was a teenager. The heroes have to figure out how to overcome this boulder in their path to make her theirs. It's a big one, too.

So....I need some help now. I need votes on what to call my new series as I'm getting ready to finish it and send it to Siren.  Here are the options, please help me out guys!

1.  Montana Wranglers
2.  The Montana Wranglers of Bear Mountain
3.  The Wranglers of Bear Mountain

Okay, give me some help guys! As incentive, here are a few pics of hot cowboys. :-)

So put your thinking caps on and give me some help. Comment below. I'm stuck and on a deadline!

Marla

Monday Blues on Sunday Night

Yep, it's Sunday evening and I'm wishing it were Friday already. I've got a good job, but it takes me away from what I love to do, reading and writing. We all would rather be doing something else besides working. Still, it provides me with more than insurance and vacations. It also is where I see one of my friends everyday and it has proved to be an interesting source of ideas for my books, so I really shouldn't let it bring me down on Sunday nights.

Sometimes when I'm working, a brilliant idea for a book will pop into my head and I pull out my trusty notebook to quickly write it down before it drifts away from me. Then I spend the next twenty minutes trying to get back into whatever I was working on. That idea is bubbling in my subconscious, daring me to stop and give it life. I fight it, but it is persistent.

Once I get home and am sitting at my computer, the damn thing plays hide and seek with me. Grrrrr. I bet a lot of you have that problem out there as well. I can just about touch it and just as soon as my brain locates it, the thing slips away again. Aghghg. 

I move on to something else until time for bed. Then when I climb into bed and pull the covers up, the blasted idea sneaks out to taunt me. Sleep or write, sleep or write.....

So, the next day, I'm nodding at my desk and trying not to snore so that anyone hears me when my boss decides to spend the day in our building. Yep, writers have sucky days too.

What am I working on? Right now, it's a book in the River Bend, Texas Heat series. Angela is just about to start working for Travis and Randy Woods. She is going to be their office manager/bookkeeper on their ranch. Wonder what the guys have planned for her?

Here is what I'm looking at tonight. Enjoy!

 



Striving to Be Better Than My Last Book

It has come to my attention that my writing is wilting. I'm not giving you what you need and failing to jerk the emotions out of you hard enough. My heart is heavy. So, I'm stepping back and looking at what is different in my life that needs to be corrected. I as a reader know the need for being pulled into a book until you can't bear to put it down.

I pulled out some authors who did this for me and searched to see what I am missing and got lost in Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon then moved on to her Born in books until I was washed out and worn out from all of the emotions bombarding me. That is what I'm missing. I may never reach the depth and height that this woman and many others like her achieve, but I will proceed ever forward in that quest.

The books even now being edited haunt me as I know they will not reach your heart and soul like I want to, but from now on, I will write my heart and soul into each book.

I will research each one until I am too sore to move and enjoy every minute of it. Every new experience that I undertake will add to my writing. I will surround myself with inspirational pictures like these...

and study each inch of delectable skin until I can feel it against me so I can describe it to you. Feel free to send me your favorite heroes that I might present them to you in a future book. I pledge to keep you updated on this first book from my imagination as I'm BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN!

 

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Pictures

I promised pictures from the Retreat in Texas and here they are. I will have more later. Just digging through my photos.

This is the owner of the ranch we were staying at The Silver Spur in Bandares, Texas. He knew all the stories and history about cowboys!

He was one of the wonderful cowboys who let us harass him over and over again. ;-)

This is a real Longhorn cow. They are lethal with their horns. The thing is, they turn their head and don't realize they are going to poke you. You have to be on your toes around them.

These are two of the three donkeys on the ranch. This is Jenny (mom) and her baby. Jenny is expecting another one soon!  Her mate is Jack, not shown here. They were free to roam all over the ranch and stayed right by the main lodge. We had fun feeding them. They would follow you anywhere for some food.

Okay, everyone. That's all I have for now. More pics. later. Right now I'm busy writing on Book Two of The Ghost Riders.  Vernon and Rhodes have to find Jessie. Tussler, her brother, shipped her off to relatives to get her away from them.

Hugs!

Marla Monroe
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How Do You Say Goodbye?

Tomorrow is my last day at The Silver Spur in Texas. I've had a ball. The people have been wonderful and so fun to be around. Lots of things to do and so little time to do it all.  Had a cowboy interview today that was so fun. Lots of good information to draw on later.

I'll share some photos when I get home. There is a donkey family there. Jack, Jenny, and their baby.  The news is she is pregnant again. :-)  Don't they know what causes that?

My other news is that I finsihed my Christmas book, A Dirty Dozen Christmas. All I have to do now is edit and send it off. The gang had big plans for Christams but naturally they didn't exactly go as planned. Mid December you will be able to read what they did to make sure everyone had a Merry Christams.

Well, I better go pack and make sure I have everything. I'll be talking to you all from home in a few days.

Marla
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Friday Morning on the Ranch

Already about time for lunch here. It's be a great morning with some interesting workshops and time to write. The Internet here is spotty, so I won't be on as much as I would like. That just means more time to write though.

Talked with a hunky cowboy at breakfast and learned some interesting things. He talked about cattle wresling and branding and how they mostly use liquid nitrogen now to brand the cattle with. In a liquid state it is wicked cold and works just as well as branding does.

Anyway, it was fun talking to him and even more fun sitting next to him. wink wink   I'm sure he is in hog heaven with all of us women hankering to talk to him. There will be a Q&A with him tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it.

That's all for now guys. I'll check in again later when I can.

Marla\
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Home On The Range of The Silver Spur Ranch

Hey everyone! I'm in Texas at The Silver Spur Ranch about 50 miles west of San Antonio. So far it is hot and humid, but I'm enjoying the scenery. The cowboys have been fine to look at so far. I'm looking forward to some up close and personal time later.

I'll be taking some pictures and sharing them later on in the weekend. Nothing like some down to earth research to get my creative juices flowing. There's going to be lots going on this weekend but I'll check in when I can. My goal this weekend is to relax and write and of course, do a little cowboy, I mean horseback riding on the side. ;-)

Later guys.
Marla
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Getting Ready to Ride

Hey everyone! I'm nearly packed and getting really excited here. I'm going to Texas tomorrow to enjoy a little R&R on a real working ranch! Love me some cowboys! I'll keep you posted on what (or who)I'm doing while I'm there. ;-)

We're going to watch a rodeo, go cowboy bar hopping, and ride horses. I'm sure I'll manage to get some writing in sometime while I'm gone. And did I say cowboy watching? Well, hell yeah! That's a sport women love to be a part of.

I wonder how many paris of blue jeans I need to pack? Oh, and I can't forget my hat!

How about a hot cowboy cover to oogle while I'm gone?

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