A compliment can change everything…
I was walking through a parking lot on a very hot day with tired feet and a to-do list that seemed endless…and a young girl rolled down the passenger window and called out to me “I love your skirt!” A little thing, but she made me stop in my tracks, smile really big and continue with, yes, a list that was no shorter, a day that hadn’t suddenly turned cool and feet that still registered each step–but suddenly all I could think about was how great I felt.

At my next stop, I walked up to an older lady and told her how great her hat was. She beamed.

How great would the world be if we’d just take a minute and give someone–stranger or friend–a compliment, just out of the blue?

Hope you enjoy watching this!

A Compliment Can Change Everything

Who says Mondays can’t have joy in them? This video made me smile and get a little teary, too.

Enjoy!

(apologies that it includes a tiny commercial-wish it didn’t but worth the wait!)

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Welcome to the King-Daddy of Cowboys Blog Hop. There are 5 stops on the blog hop. At each stop, one of the authors from the LOVE ME SOME COWBOY anthology will tell you a little about their hero and why he is the “King-Daddy of Cowboys.” Read the blog and leave a comment. The more blogs you visit and comment on, the greater your chances of winning the grand prize, a $50 gift certificate to Barnes & Noble or Amazon. Smaller prizes will be available at each stop along the way.

At each stop, one author will describe the hero of their book. Telling you who would play them in the movie, and some interesting tidbits about their hero. Let us know what you think of the hero.

Good luck, and have fun!

Here’s my candidate to play Boone: Josh Holloway. No, Boone is not remotely like Sawyer from LOST, but his hair is blond and he’s tall and broad-shouldered like Josh. (He is not, however, likely to call Maddie Freckles.;) This former SEAL takes life waaay too seriously. Maddie, however, does not!) Boone is the rock-solid guy who’s a wizard with horses and loves his land to his core…which is why the very thought that his father willed the ranch to a yoga-loving New York chef who knows more about microplanes (what is a microplane, anyway, Boone asks?) than saddles drives him absolutely nuts. Maddie, however, proves impossible to either forget or ignore.

So when you’re reading Boone’s answers below, then hopping to the other blogs and checking out their guys and their answers, just keep in mind that Boone is not only a born protector and a man in whom you can entrust your life…he’s also way hot and deliciously muscle-y!

TEXAS SECRETS

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Hero: Boone Gallagher (played by Josh Holloway)

His cowboy motto: Take care of your family and your land
 
Last thing he takes off at night: That’s not the sort of question a real cowboy would answer.;)
 
What’s the one thing he’d never do/compromise on: Breaking his word
 
Name of his favorite horse: Slow Dance
 
What does he love most about his heroine Maddie: Her sass, her courage and her generous heart.

 

Leave a comment below to enter for your chance to win!

Don’t forget to visit the other authors on the Blog Hop for a chance to win the prizes pictured below and increase your odds of the grand prize!


Lisa Mondello

Jean Brashear

Barbara McMahon

Day Leclaire

Ginger Chambers
 

 

To learn more about LOVE ME SOME COWBOY, read an excerpt from any one of the full length novels.

 

Nothing But Trouble
By Lisa Mondello
Texas Secrets
By Jean Brashear
Crazy About A Cowboy
By Barbara McMahon
Once Upon A Cowboy
By Day Leclaire
Love, Texas
By Ginger Chambers
Buy LOVE ME SOME COWBOY