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Book Details:
Book Title: Falling for a Smart Cowboy (Vargas Ranch Book 4) by Karen Baney
Category: Adult Fiction 18+, 208 pages
Genre: Christian Western Romance
Publisher: Desert Life Media
Release date: June 25, 2024
Content Rating: G. Brief mention of kissing. No bad language. No sex of any kind.
Book Description:
She’s on a mission to bring orphaned children hope. He wants off his family’s ranch for good. Will they survive his shocking family secrets?
Devon Vargas longs to be more than just a cowboy. After finishing his teaching degree, he plans to leave his family’s guest ranch for good. Between his growing affection for the new children’s program director and a huge family secret revealed, he second guesses everything about his life.
Raina Crawford lost her parents at a young age. Through the grace of God, she survived life in the foster system. She desperately wants to bring children the life-changing faith that gave her hope. The job at Vargas Ranch was supposed to be a steppingstone. Except she’s losing her heart to the smart, ambitious cowboy bent on leaving his family’s ranch—and her—behind.
Will Raina finally find the family she’s always wanted? Will family secrets unravel his new dreams? Will those same secrets tear them apart?
What I Love Most In A Cowboy Romance by Karen Baney
Horses. Horse scenes. I mean, what is the cowboy without his horse?
In each of the books in the Vargas Ranch Series, I’ve included a horse-riding scene. Sometimes it is a central or pivotal part of the plot. Other times it’s a chance to draw the two main characters together.
In Book 1, Falling for a Real Cowboy, the horse-riding scene spans several chapters, starting with grooming the horses. Even though River knew how to ride horses, she had never groomed one, which provided a perfect opportunity for some zinging (clean) attraction between her and Dalton Vargas. Then the horse-ride and picnic added critical drama to the romantic arc of the book.
In Book 2, Falling for a Shy Cowboy, Dylan Vargas manages the stables, so there are many horse related scenes. While he asked Brisa on a horse ride, circumstances delay it. The first time we see her on a horse is when she searches for him after he’s been missing for hours, heightening the tension in the story. When they finally experience their peaceful horse ride together, it’s part of their happily ever after.
In Book 3, Falling for a Bossy Cowboy, Derin Vargas shows up at Madison’s casita with a saddled horse for the horse ride he never told her about. The scene provided a great opportunity to emphasize the boss and sass dynamic between them, settling into a pleasant get-to-know-you conversation.
Well, of course when it comes to Book 4, I needed a horse-riding scene. In Falling for a Smart Cowboy, Devon Vargas runs the children’s center at the resort part of the ranch. Growing up on the ranch, he enjoyed gathering his thoughts as he rode his horse. But how could I create the perfect moment for him and Raina? Easy. She asked him to teach her how to ride horses. A little (clean) zinging attraction from the close proximity. A few errant thoughts on his part. And viola! A lovely horse scene for the romantic tension in the story.
It’s a lot of fun coming up with different ways to throw my fictional couples together in a horse scene. Wonder what I’ll come up with next?
Meet Author Karen Baney:
Karen Baney is passionate about writing stories full of flawed characters. She enjoys weaving together stories of second chances, redemption, and overcoming personal trials. As a transplant to Arizona, she loves researching the state’s history and finding ways to seamlessly incorporate real history and real settings into her novels. In addition to writing and speaking, Karen works as a Software Development Manager for a Christian ministry.
Her faith plays an important role both in her life and in her writing. Karen and her husband, Jim, make their home in Gilbert, Arizona, with their two dogs, Bella and Daisy. Both Jim and Karen are active at Rock Point Church in Queen Creek, Arizona.
Visit Karen on the web at: www.karenbaney.com
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