Colorado for inspiration by Rhonda Lee Carver

My second trip to Colorado was spectacular!

I didn't take many pics because time got away from me. But we visited Pike's Peak and Garden of the Gods. 

I came away with a lot of inspiration.

Describing the mountains never compares to actually seeing them in person. There's a mystic quality about the area that rejuvenates the soul and mind. I didn't realize how much I needed an electrical jolt to my body and mind. 

Have you been to Colorado? I'd love to hear where your favorite spot(s) are.

HERE'S what I've been up to...

 They thought it was one night. A secret. A mistake they’d never make again. They were dead wrong.

 

This age-gap romance anthology is a fever-dream of obsession, taboo heat, and men old enough to know better who don't care. He’s her best friend’s dad. Her professor. Her boss. The man she ran from…and the one she keeps running back to.

 

Inside, you’ll find possessive men who break every rule—billionaires crossing lines, sheriffs protecting more than secrets, and professors failing their own moral tests. With runaway brides, enemies who can’t stay dressed, and fake fiancés who turn dangerously real, this collection drips with angst, jealousy, and filthy devotion.

 

Come for the chaos. Stay for the slow burns that snap, the anti-heroes who                never beg but will grovel for her.

 

You haven’t read age-gap romance like this. Until now.

 

 

Including stories by:

Stephanie Morris - USA Today bestselling author

Ari Thatcher - USA Today Bestselling Author

Cora Lyle

Michelle Rose

Rhonda Lee Carver

Tamsin Cross

Brielle West

Ella Braeme

Lara Norman

Taliyah Rose

Daisy Oliver

Lenore Ashwood 

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The Texas Heat is hotter than ever. Love unfolds and protective sides unravel.

When members of the Texas Heat Rangers Reconnaissance Team are ambushed and shot, they receive orders NOT to retaliate. However, rules mean little when someone wants to eliminate the undercover team off the map.

First, they must recover from near-fatal injuries.

Sharp Creed returns home to Fin’s Creek to recuperate and plan his vengeance, but something diverts his focus—a beautiful, untrusting single mother who has moved into the neighboring house. Although he tries to resist getting involved in whatever drama she is chasing, he feels drawn to her fiery independence and spirit. And the kid ain’t so bad either.

CaDee Lang has twenty dollars to her name and is on the run from her troubled past. She comes across a job ad that could be the lifesaver she needs. Yet, can she pull it off? She has no inkling how to run a farm.

Almost immediately, she finds herself face-to-face with a brooding cowboy, a ranger, and a local hero. The last thing she needs is him getting involved in her business. She’ll do anything to keep her son safe, but can she handle a menacing cowboy?

As she starts to realize Sharp isn’t the enemy, she understands he may be the only one who can truly protect her son. However, what will shield her bruised heart from the unexpected feelings that arise?

Out on the ranch by Rhonda Lee Carver

A while back, we had a photo shoot for my book covers.

We had a blast. We spent hours at a ranch shooting cowboys, cows, sunsets, and scenery.

You'll see many of these cowboys on my covers.

I like to use local "cowboys" on my covers and these fellows are all from my area.

You'll see Brian on my newest book cover.

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The tangled web of sisters, love and the greed for land continues at Sagebrush Rose Ranch. The land holds secrets and desires, and soon everything will be unearthed.

Sam Rose, the patriarch, may wield his authority like a branding iron, but Justice Rose won’t be branded. She’s the wildflower that refuses to be tamed, even if it means risking her inheritance—her home. Yet, someone from her past is out to stir up trouble for his own greedy needs and she might be forced into following the rules.

Jinx Weathersby was shaped by hardship, his hands calloused from years of labor and putting everyone before himself. There’s something about the ranch, and Justice, that softens him. Jinx, with his rugged charm, becomes more than a hired hand. He becomes a part of Justice’s life that she can’t turn away from. But one mistake might ruin any chance he had to win her heart.

As trouble flows from every direction, Justice and Jinx will have to face secrets that will tear them apart or bring them closer together. They might be the only two left after the fire is extinguished.

Jinx is willing to fight for her because he is Loving Justice.

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What do I like on my hot dog? by Rhonda Lee Carver

 Hi, y'all! I CANNOT believe we're halfway through March already. Where has the month gone? This year? I am excited that we're one month closer to warmer weather. Spring is such a wonderful, renewing time for every living thing. The trees and flowers blossom. Plants grow. Fur babies are born. Each morning brings with it a scent that is unexplainable...the scent of spring. 

I'm always getting questions from readers. Mostly they relate to my books, and sometimes they are questions that relate to me personally.  I've decided to answer a few of them here. Be prepared, some will bring a laugh...

What is your favorite alcoholic drink?

I'm not a big drinker. I grew out of that stage years ago, but at times I do enjoy a cocktail. My fave is a lime margarita...not mango, peach, raspberry...lime. With a ring of salt, not sugar. 

In some of your videos you're wearing glasses. Are they prescriptions?

No. Actually, I can see perfectly, except for up close. Age has done a number on me, and I need readers.

Mustard or Ketchup on your hot dog?

I haven't eaten a hot dog in a very long time. I guess if I had to choose, I'd go with mustard. The only thing I eat ketchup with is fries.

If you were reincarnated, what would you come back as?

That's an easy decision. One of my characters :)

Would you choose three million dollars or a vacation house on the beach?

That is a hard one. I'd have to flip a coin. I chose heads for the money, and it came up tails.

Lace or satin?

There's a time and place for both.

Name some pet peeve of yours.

Don't pretend to be my friend then not have friend qualities. If I'm your friend I have your back, through thick and thin. I put a lot of stock in good friendships and they're hard to find these days.

I have zero tolerance for someone taking something I said, jumbling it sideways to make me look bad, then that person playing innocent. Nope, can't do that. Those who know me realize I'm one to say it straight. 

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Hell on Wheels by Rhonda Frankhouser

Anson Mount as Cullen Bohanen in Hell on Wheels

Okay, so I never figured myself a railroad groupie, but the Netflix series (once AMC series) Hell on Wheels, starring the brooding Anson Mount as civil engineer extraordinaire, Cullen Bohanen, has changed all that. He's everything a western romance writer could dream of in a hero; handsome, sexy, faithful, fearless, and vicious. 

Hell on Wheels is a name actually used for the mobile encampment of 'hangers on' who followed the westward expansion of the Union Pacific Railroad as they became the first Transcontinental Railroad to cross the United States in the 1860s. After a long days work, railroad workers, mercenaries, surveyors and the other necessary business folks, which consisted, in part, of freed men and Irish Catholic immigrants, could count on a stiff drink, a hand of cards, and the company of their favorite lady of the evening. That is if they weren't otherwise occupied dealing with the ever present threat of Native Americans defending their territory, the usual gunfight, and diseases which took many of their number on a regular basis.

John S. Casement - Brevet Brigadier General - 'General Jack'

Cullen Bohanen's character was loosely based on the real life of John S. Casement, Civil War hero and railroad construction connoisseur. From starting at the Michigan Central Railroad, to finishing out his career with the second route to the Pacific which reached Costa Rica in 1897, Casement boasted that he'd constructed more trackwork mileage than any other engineer in U. S. history.

Though the series boasts many things about it's main character that stretch the truth beyond the actual, John Casement's was a full and interesting life all on it's own. Brigadier General turned thrill-seeking adventurer, fighting against the elements and time to create the first true route of expansion to form the old West. Even events leading to his death are curious.

Collapsed Vendome Hotel after 7.9 earthquake

He and his wife were among many injured in the 7.9 earthquake that struck San Jose, California in 1906. Casement was pinned under a bed with three broken ribs as the Hotel Vendome collapsed. He was never to regain his full health after that incident. In 1909, he was laid to rest in Painesville, Ohio (his wife Frances' home town), at the age of 80.

Anson Mount as Cullen Bohanen

But let us get back to the brooding Mr. Bohanen in the Netflix series. Anson Mount, 47 year old American actor, born in Illinois, raised in Tennessee by his professional golfer mother, and contributing editor to Playboy father, where have you been all my life. On my next cover, that's where! Whew.

                       
Rhonda Frankhouser is an award-winning author of western romance and contemporary fiction. Originally from sunny California, she now lives in the beautiful state of Georgia. Follow Rhonda at www.rhondafrankhouserbooks.com