WIP excerpt - Big Sky... Crooked Tree Ranch, Montana book 1

COMPLETELY UNEDITED... rofl<br /><br />Problem was tonight even Josh was subdued. He picked at his spaghetti and pulled it apart on his plate.<br /><br />“What’s wrong buddy?” Jayden asked softly.<br /><br />Josh raised his gaze to Jayden. “Something happened at school,” he began.<br /><br />“What?” Josh was happy at his school, he had a couple of little friends, and was enjoying playing mini basketball with them in every possible break. It didn’t help he was the shortest amongst his friends, he still had fun.<br /><br />“Derek told me some stuff and I told him it wasn’t true but he said he’d read it.”<br /><br />“What about?”<br /><br />“You, and being momosecshal.”<br /><br />“Homosexual,” Jayden corrected instinctively.<br /><br />“Yeah that.”<br /><br />“What did he say?”<br /><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><br />“That the bible said you shouldn’t be wanting to kiss another boy and that if I ever tried to kiss him he would thump me.”<br /><br />Ah. So it happened. Jayden wasn’t in the closet but he didn’t make a song and dance about his sexuality either. Josh had met his last boyfriend, Mark, and they’d got along and Josh hadn’t said anything that suggested he thought it was odd, or different. So, Josh was six, what would Jayden need to say to this one?<br /><br />“Some people think that,” he began diplomatically.<br /><br />“Bigots,” Kirsten interrupted.<br /><br />While he loved that Kirsten was so at ease with the world it probably wasn’t the right word to try and explain to Josh how people could be. Jayden shot her a look encouraging her not to say anything else. She very deliberately put the buds of her MP3 headphones in her ear and pointedly looked away.<br /><br />He continued, “Anyway, some people think that, but I don’t agree. I think God wants you to love who you love.”<br /><br />“So if you loved a woman, that would be okay with you?” Josh asked curiously.<br /><br />“If that happened,” Jayden said. When hell froze over. “It’s not going to happen though. I like men.”<br /><br />“I like Melanie in the next class, she smells nice and has really cool lunches. I don’t wanna kiss Derek. He picked his nose in assembly and everyone saw it.” He wrinkled his nose. “So, yeah, can I have more water?”<br /><br />With that the conversation was over. Josh accepted what Jayden said and took it all in his stride. Jayden had to admire the little guy—he was being raised by a goth teenage sister, a depressed mother and a gay uncle.<br /><br />Yay for the American nuclear family.<br /><div><br /></div>

WIP excerpt - Big Sky... Crooked Tree Ranch, Montana book 1

COMPLETELY UNEDITED... rofl Problem was tonight even Josh was subdued. He picked at his spaghetti and pulled it apart on his plate. “What’s ...

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Crooked Tree Ranch, Montana - Book 1 - Big Sky

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfAPG9ig-EcYWuyn4KnEQwCoAN7HBCoaRUHmaUt7BZmGjNKE_c72qkhEyNqb2TRkWgxN9goWZe4fYT-uOa_Ak2ovmlq1-ylUMxwf6oifHG-stmIBW1wSX0-Wl2Zu7ZS2nX0Wb4zMiIMlg/s1600/bigstock-Cowboy-Silhouette-2351852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfAPG9ig-EcYWuyn4KnEQwCoAN7HBCoaRUHmaUt7BZmGjNKE_c72qkhEyNqb2TRkWgxN9goWZe4fYT-uOa_Ak2ovmlq1-ylUMxwf6oifHG-stmIBW1wSX0-Wl2Zu7ZS2nX0Wb4zMiIMlg/s400/bigstock-Cowboy-Silhouette-2351852.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div>Book 1 in the <b>Crooked Tree Ranch, Montana</b> series</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Series written for Total E-Bound</i></div><div><br /></div>On the spur of the moment with his life collapsing around him Jayden Sullivan answers an ad for a marketing expert on a dude ranch in Jedburgh, Montana.<br /><br />With his sister, Ashley, niece, Kirsten and nephew, Josh, in tow, he moves lock stock and barrel from New York to Montana to start a new life on Crooked Tree Ranch.<br /><br /><div>Foreman and part owner of the ranch, ex rodeo star Nathaniel 'Nate' Todd has been running the dude ranch, for five years ever since his mentor Marcus Allen became ill. His brothers convince him that he needs to get an expert in to help the business grow. He knows things have to change and but when the new guy turns up, with a troubled family in tow - he just isn't prepared for how much.<br /><br /><b>Dates for publishing:</b><br /><br />Crooked Tree Ranch, Montana #1 'Untitled' - <a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/authordetail.asp?A_ID=272" target="_blank">Total E-Bound VIP</a> (4 October)<br />Crooked Tree Ranch, Montana #2 'Untitled' - <a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/authordetail.asp?A_ID=272" target="_blank">Total E-Bound VIP</a> (27 December)<br />Crooked Tree Ranch, Montana #3 'Untitled' - <a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/authordetail.asp?A_ID=272" target="_blank">Total E-Bound VIP</a> (21 March)</div>

Crooked Tree Ranch, Montana - Book 1 - Big Sky

Book 1 in the Crooked Tree Ranch, Montana series Series written for Total E-Bound On the spur of the moment with his life collapsing around...

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAY6SqEHkLzzBFeKfdoCJd2ky6U51ijML6uIB5ZVB0GWUgfSZI4U74EOUYFpTA3Zp7mpei7buAo2O7i2ZuXDz8DvA8MTecI3UC8cIofeTsw3q45wAzBOkzCnylMgSEVRyhLazW5BMsrM8/s1600/The+Heart+Of+Texas+600x900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAY6SqEHkLzzBFeKfdoCJd2ky6U51ijML6uIB5ZVB0GWUgfSZI4U74EOUYFpTA3Zp7mpei7buAo2O7i2ZuXDz8DvA8MTecI3UC8cIofeTsw3q45wAzBOkzCnylMgSEVRyhLazW5BMsrM8/s400/The+Heart+Of+Texas+600x900.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><b>The Heart Of Texas</b><br /><div><br /></div><div>This is now, thankfully, back with me and is available in the usual places. <a href="http://lovelanebooks.co.uk/" target="_blank">Love Lane Books</a> (my site), <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Heart-Of-Texas-ebook/dp/B00B891PAQ/ref=sr_1_10" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-theheartoftexas-1050373-145.html" target="_blank">All Romance E-books</a>, <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/rjscott" target="_blank">Smashwords</a> etc. Barnes and Noble takes a little longer and I will shout when it arrives there.</div><div><br /></div><div>This means, anyone who purchases this book from now on is ensuring that the money comes direct to me. </div><div><br /></div><div>However the sequels <b>Texas Winter</b> and <b>Texas Heat</b> remain with their existing publisher and I can't see as how I will ever see money for those. All being well I will have these sequels back with me at the end of April. Watch this space. <a href="http://rjscottauthor.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/heart-of-texas.html" target="_blank">Read more >>></a></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Spirit Bear</b></div><div><br /></div><div>I am really sorry but this is being delayed by four days and will now be available 9 February. This is due to the fact that everything that has been happening with getting Heart Of Texas back has scrambled my brains and I do NOT want to publish an inferior product. Many apologies. I think this is the first time in nearly three years of writing that I have EVER delayed a book from release date... it hurts... I blame my ex-publisher. <a href="http://rjscottauthor.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/spiritbear.html" target="_blank">Read more >>></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Vampire Contract</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Is released 1 February and is my first book with eXtasy Books. I am really excited for you all to read Book 1 in this Supernatural Bounty Hunters trilogy. Book 2, The Guilty Werewolf, is out 1 March, and Book 3, The Warlock's Secret, is out 1 April... <a href="http://rjscottauthor.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/only-guilty-run-wip.html" target="_blank">Read more >>></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Case Of The Cupid Curse</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Written with Amber Kell, this is the first book in our End Street Detective Agency series. It is available for TEB pre-order 11 February and is available for VIP download 25 February. We are in the middle of writing Book 2... <a href="http://rjscottauthor.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/the-case-of-cupid-curse-end-street.html" target="_blank">Read more >>></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Montana </b></div><div><br /></div><div>My three book trilogy has been optioned by TEB... YAY! Dances... I can't wait to start writing... each book will be 50,000 words or more... more news to follow but I think we are looking at Summer for releases... Book 1 is called *Crooked Tree Ranch*. <a href="http://rjscottauthor.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/montana-sky-book-1-crooked-tree-ranch.html" target="_blank">Read more >>></a></div></div>

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The Heart Of Texas This is now, thankfully, back with me and is available in the usual places. Love Lane Books (my site),  Amazon , All Rom...

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