This summer I’ll be sharing romantic ideas with an awesome group of romance authors. Today I’d like to welcome Harlequin author Barbara White Daille. Cowboy in Charge, is her new release. And I’m over visiting her blog HERE.
Meet Barbara White Daille ~ Barbara lives with her husband in the sunny Southwest. Though they love the warm winters and the lizards in their front yard, they haven’t gotten used to the scorpions in the bathroom.
Cowboy in Charge, the latest book in The Hitching Post Hotel series, is a brand-new release! Other books in the series will follow. A larger print reissue of A Rancher’s Pride, book one in Barbara’s popular Flagman’s Folly series, is now available exclusively from Harlequin, while the e-book version is available everywhere. And at the end of 2016, she begins a new sweet romance series for Entangled Bliss.
Here is Barbara’s summer #RomanticIdea ~ Every July, my thoughts naturally turn to what we can do to stay cool. Considering the heat wave most of us have been suffering through for a while now, those thoughts have been a priority lately!
Here’s an idea that’s also a sweet treat…take your significant other to a nice, cool ice-cream parlor, where you can share a sundae or a banana split. And if you want to be especially sweet, make sure to give him or her most of the whipped cream and all of the cherry on top. 🙂
Sounds like a cool way to spend time together! Speaking of treats, the heroine from her new release, Cowboy in Charge, is in for one, though she doesn’t know it yet…
TIMING IS EVERYTHING
Single mom Layne Slater thought she’d seen the last of Jason McAndry when he chose the rodeo over her and their unborn son. Now Jason’s back in Cowboy Creek and just as handsome as ever. But Layne can’t give in to those feelings again. She has to protect her children…and her heart.
Jason wants to try to make up for the pain he caused when he left. The least he can do is help Layne while he’s home. Before long, Jason realizes he’s finally ready to be the husband, father and man his family deserves. But can Jason prove to Layne that this time, their love is forever?
Enjoy an excerpt from Cowboy in Charge ~
I’m visiting Author Nancy Fraser’s Notes from a Romantic’s Heart. It’s Sneak Peek Saturday and she’s asking who is my favourite romantic novel hero? It’s 
Meet Katherine Bone ~ National best-selling historical romance author Katherine Bone has been passionate about history since she had the opportunity to travel to various Army bases, castles, battlegrounds, and cathedrals as an Army brat turned officer’s wife. Who knew that an Army wife’s passion for romance novels would lead to pirates? Certainly not her rogue, whose Alma Mater’s adage is “Go Army. Beat Navy!” Now enjoying the best of both worlds, Katherine lives with her rogue in the south where she writes about rogues, rebels, and rakes—aka pirates, lords, captains, duty, honor, and country—and the happily-ever-afters that every alpha male and damsel deserve.
Sounds like a wonderful way to spice up a quiet evening! Here’s a bit about The Rogue’s Surrender, Nelson’s Tea Book #3, Available July 12, 2016 ~ 
Meet Victoria ~ Victoria Pinder grew up in Irish Catholic Boston before moving to the Miami sun. She’s worked in engineering, after passing many tests proving how easy Math came to her. Then hating her life at the age of twenty-four, she decided to go to law school. Four years later, after passing the bar and practicing very little, she realized that law wasn’t for her. She refused to one day turn 50 and realize she had nothing but her career and hours at a desk. After realizing she needed change, she became a high school teacher. Teaching is rewarding, but writing is a passion.
Penny moves back to Miami to start her new job. She must start on Monday, so she has a list of things to accomplish.
I’m over at the Soul Mate Authors blog writing about head hopping. When someone pointed out I head hopped in my story, I thought it was a compliment! Nope. Turns out it’s jumping from one character’s point of view to another in one scene. It’s a tricky technique to master. How do I do it? Click 
The artwork and colour in the 36-metre long (36!!) quilt is truly breathtaking. My favourite was the shell from Bahamas, but you had to love the detail in the embroidery from Mauritius and Myanmar. One of the quilters from the Kingston Heirloom Quilters who worked on the quilt, told me that one of the squares was made out of butterfly wings!
The quilt had its official unveiling in Ottawa in 2005 and has travelled across Canada, to the Arctic, as well as United States and Malaysia. It hadn’t been to Kingston! Apparently, it’s quite the rigmarole to pack it up and ship it, but I’m glad they managed to make a stop for us to see!
I’m over at the Everybody Needs a Little Romance bloggin’ about Special Time with Siblings – Family fun! Check it out