UnCover Mondays on The Ranch!!!

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It’s that time again, time for gorgeous covers to take the spotlight in the round pen here on the Ranch! Enjoy awesome cover art and the super authors, publishers and artists who made them possible for you to gaze upon this month and each month. It would be great if you leave a comment letting everyone know what you think about them and maybe even check out a few author links to meet those behind the books. Or just say hi. Don’t forget to tell your friends to stop by so they can appreciate some greatness, or get in on the fun, too!

This feature is only to highlight the authors and artists (though if you see one you want to buy I’m sure the authors won’t mind 😆 ). Enjoy this months’ covers to ogle and explore. If there is one provided, you can follow the artist links by clicking on the name, if there’s an artist link provided, to learn more about the amazing creators of these beautiful covers. If I have it, I link the cover to the artist, otherwise, it’s linked to the author. I think they deserve fair mention since they helped create the book!

There’s a heat level rating for covers, one through five scale, for your benefit. You should never see a *5* rating on the Ranch. If there’s anything else you’d like to know about covers being revealed here, please don’t hesitate to let me know. You can leave it either in a comment or by my contact page https://calisarhose.com/say-hey/. 🙂

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Title: A Rancher of Her Own,

The Hitching Post Hotel #2

Author: Barbara White Daille

Weblink: www.barbarawhitedaille.com/

Genre: 3-steamy

Publisher: Harlequin

Cover artist: N/A

Release date: July 2015

THE LONG WAY HOME 

A guy like Cole Slater is hard to forget. Tina Sanchez should know—for years since high school she’s tried to bury the pain of Cole’s cruel betrayal. But it’s impossible to ignore the man she sees reflected in her young son’s eyes now that Cole is back in her life—and about to meet the child he never knew he had. 

Returning home to New Mexico, Cole is determined to put his playboy reputation to rest. Especially now that he knows there’s a little boy looking up to him. And seeing Tina again reignites all the feelings Cole ran from as a teen. Despite his fear that he can’t be the man Tina deserves, he’s determined to try. For his son’s sake—and his own.

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Title: Asylum Harbor,

Book 1, Salty Dog Series

Author: Isla Grey

Weblink: www.islagrey.com

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Heat Level: 4- hot

Publisher: The Wild Rose Press

Cover artist: N/A

Release date: September 16, 2015.

Trouble is the last thing Devon Brown needs when she leaves the painful memories of her past behind and heads to Shell Island. As the Salty Dog’s new bartender, she finds herself drawn to Kerr, the Shell Island harbormaster. But finding her happily-ever-after is difficult when dealing with an obnoxious bootlegger who supplies the bar with illegal liquor and a jealous coworker.

A standoffish loner with damaged emotions, Kerr avoids relationships like the plague. Things change when Devon catches his eye. As a simple flirtation grows serious, the coworker and bootlegger quickly become obstacles to any future Kerr and Devon may have together. As the situation worsens, Devon realizes that even the still waters of Asylum Harbor are no refuge during a storm.

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Title: Beyond Reason

Author: Gwen Kirkwood

Weblink: www.gwenkirkwood.co.uk

Genre: Historical Family saga

Heat Level: 1 to 2-sweet/sensual

Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd

Cover artist: Robert Hale Ltd

Release date: 2014 (available soon in audio!)

Janet Scott loves books, and learning, and is happy living at the schoolhouse where her grandfather is the dominie. When tragedy strikes, and her grandfather dies suddenly, everything changes, and she is sent to work for farmer, Wull Foster. Life with no one to protect her is tough, and Janet experiences first-hand the dangers which can befall a young woman. So, when philanthropist, Josiah Saunders, an old friend of her grandfather’s takes her in, they both enjoy the companionship. Josiah’s avaricious relatives resent his generosity and are furious when he encourages Janet to stay at Crillion Keep so he thinks of ways to thwart their scheming. Janet loves Fingal McLauchlan but while he is only a lawyers’ clerk he is unable to offer the helps she needs to keep her promise to her brother and care for their mother. She faces a difficult dilemma when Josiah offers her marriage, and security.

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Title: Going Against Type

Author: Sharon Black

Weblink: www.coldcoffeecafe.com/

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Heat Level: 2-Sensual

Publisher: Tirgearr Publishing

Cover artist: Elle Rossi
Release date: September 2014

Some would say Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Regan has it all. Beautiful, smart, athletic and a great job working as a journalist – in the almost exclusively male sports department. But Charlotte is not quite as sure as she seems. Recently split from her overbearing boyfriend, she escapes for weekends, surfing in the Atlantic, and spends her free nights watching sports, roaring at the TV.
Derry Cullinane is a fashion writer, gossip columnist and sophisticated man-about-town. The go-to guy for any woman seeking expert advice on what fabulous outfit to wear for any given occasion. He’s also tall, dark, good looking – and straight! So what’s the snag? He has a track record of dating glamorous, vain and shallow women.
Charlie gets an opportunity to write a new column under the pen name Side Swipe, but is soon drawn into a war of words and wit with a rival paper’s columnist The Squire – and their verbal fireworks get readers and editors talking. Yet neither Charlie nor Derry knows just whom the opponent is…
When Charlotte and Derry meet at the Races, the attraction is instant. As their relationship develops, so much more proves at stake, than protecting their alter egos. But a blunder puts Charlotte’s job in jeopardy just as Derry’s past makes front page, and Charlotte begins to doubt her feelings.
When Side Swipe and The Squire are finally forced to reveal themselves, will they revert to type – or confound everyone’s expectations?

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Title: Kissing Katie

His Girl Next Door #1

Author: Babette James

Weblink: www.babettejames.com

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Heat Level: 4- hot

Publisher: Chara Press

Cover artist: Jamie Banta

Release date: December16, 2014

Sometimes love is just around the corner

Seeking peace while he decides between prestigious job offers, burned-out lawyer Matt Powell rents his boyhood vacation home at the Jersey shore on a nostalgic whim. However, discovering the lovely widow next door is his childhood best friend, Katie Vanburen, complicates everything. His old love for her hits hard, but this time around his feelings are anything but innocent. It’s decision time: the high-profile career he’s earned–or a life he never dreamed possible loving his girl next door.

Twenty years ago, Matt broke Katie’s teenaged heart when he vanished from her life after his parents’ divorce. She grew up, buried her childish dreams, and moved on. New dreams shattered with her unfaithful husband’s death, but now she’s a successful website designer and owns her beloved shore house. She’s delighted to renew their friendship, but unready to trust her heart again–even if Matt’s kisses tempt her beyond reason. But can her cracking defenses hold when Matt argues his case for love so eloquently, in bed and out?

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Title: Templet’s Tasty Tails

Author: Mickie Sherwood

Weblink: www.mickiesherwood.com/

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Heat Level: 2-sensual

Publisher: Mickie Sherwood

Cover artist: Cheekycovers

Release date: July 1, 2015

Web Designer Erika Washington’s contract with her childhood best friend covers all possibilities about her pregnancy. But, one unpredictable event redirects her future. As a donor-surrogate, what does one do when fate changes the plan and claims the lives of the intended parents? If you’re selfless, strong-willed Erika Washington, you mount a defense to keep your baby.

Entrepreneur Booker Templet, owner of Templet’s Tasty Tails, secretly agrees to help his first cousin. However, unfortunate circumstances change the course of his life. After he learns the identity of the other donor, Booker plans to be a part of his child’s life. No matter what.

Will Erika and Booker battle over custody of the baby? Will their horrible loss help them find consolation in each other’s arms? Or will fate intervene yet again?

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Title: The Alpha Match,

Untamed Safari Series, #1

Author: Leigh Archer

Weblink: www.leigharcher.net

Genre: Contemporary romance

Heat Level: 4-hot

Publisher: Tirgearr Publishing

Cover artist: N/A

Release date: May, 13 2015

Conservationists Caro Hannah and Ben Duval must introduce endangered African wild dogs to a game reserve four years after their love affair ended. The challenges of their profession are nothing compared to the personal obstacles they must overcome to either bring closure to the events of four years before or reignite a passion hot enough to burn up the African bush.

The Alpha Match is the first in a series set in the African bush where luxury tented camps and romantic hideaways are havens for royals, celebrities, and the adventurous at heart. The Untamed Safari Series places unforgettable men and women in this captivating setting and holds its breath as they play out their passions.

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Title: The Ecology of Lonesomeness

Author: David J. O’Brien

Weblink: www.davidjmobrien.wordpress.com

Genre: contemporary

Heat Level: 3

Publisher: Tirgearr Publishing.

Cover artist: Cora Graphics

Release date: June 10th 2015

Kaleb Schwartz isn’t interested in the Loch Ness Monster. He’d enough cryptobiological speculation about Bigfoot while studying the Pacific Northwest forests. He’s in Scotland’s Great Glen to investigate aquatic food webs and nutrients cycles; if he proves there’s no food for any creature bigger than a pike, then so much the better.

Jessie McPherson has returned to Loch Ness after finishing university in London, hoping to avoid the obsession with its dark waters she had when younger and first discovered lonesomeness. She knows any relationship with a scientist studying the lake is a bad idea, but something about Kaleb makes her throw caution to the depths.

When Kaleb discovers Jessie’s lonesomeness refers not just to the solitude of the loch, he’s faced with an ecological problem of monstrous proportions. Can he find a way to satisfy both the man and the scientist inside himself, and do the right thing?

10% of the author’s royalties will be donated to WWF,
the World Wildlife Fund.

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Title: The Ghostly Father

Author: Sue Barnard

Weblink: www.facebook.com/suebarnardauthor

Genre: Historical

Heat Level: 1- sweet- sensual kissing only

Publisher: Crooked Cat Publishing

Cover artist: Crooked Cat Publishing

Release date: 8 February 2014

Romeo & Juliet – was this what really happened?
When Juliet Roberts is asked to make sense of an ancient Italian manuscript, she little suspects that she will find herself propelled into the midst of one of the greatest love stories of all time. But this is only the beginning. As more hidden secrets come to light, Juliet discovers that the tragic tale of her famous namesake might have had a very different outcome… 
A favourite classic story with a major new twist.

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Title: What the Future Holds

Author: Joan Fleming

Weblink: www.joanflemingwriter.com

Genre: Contemporary romance

Heat Level: 1-sweet

Publisher: Tirgearr Publishing

Cover artist: Amanda Stephanie N/A

Release date: June 2014

When 29 -year-old Amy Wilson learns of a proposal to build a leisure complex directly in front of her idyllic holiday cottage on the Scottish island of Mull, she makes up her mind to raise objections. It would obscure her uninterrupted view of the island of Iona and its famous Abbey.

The application is in the name of a member of the McFarlane family who are distant relatives of Amy. In their youth, Amy and Sandy McFarlane spent holidays on the island together as part of a larger group of young people, when the pair fell in love. Although she has no wish to enter into a conflict with Sandy, Amy determines to fight the plan. This sets in motion a chain of events which changes her entire life, not only in Mull, but also in Glasgow where she works as an accountant and lives with her partner, Matt.

She is about to lose control of the steady pattern of her life, and has no idea what will replace it, what the future holds…

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I want to thank all the authors who submit and make this a special place to share their work!

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† Special Note: Some covers might suggest more heat than the actual content of that book. Please take note of the heat level rating on those.

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