Hi everyone! I’m so happy to welcome fellow Dreamspinner author, BA Tortuga, to the blog. Her new release, EVER THE SAME, came out on the same day as WINTER’S WOLF, so we’re release buddies. Happy to say both books are bestsellers. Be sure to enter to win a signed copy on the Rafflecopter.
Author Name: BA Tortuga
Author Bio:
Texan to the bone and an unrepentant Daddy’s Girl, BA Tortuga spends her days with her basset hounds, getting tattooed, texting her sisters, and eating Mexican food. When she’s not doing that, she’s writing. She spends her days off watching rodeo, knitting and surfing porn sites in the name of research. BA’s personal saviors include her wife, Julia Talbot, her best friend, Sean Michael, and coffee. Lots of coffee. Really good coffee.
Having written everything from fist-fighting rednecks to hard-core cowboys to werewolves, BA does her damnedest to tell the stories of her heart, which was raised in Northeast Texas, but has headed to the high desert mountains. With books ranging from hard-hitting GLBT romance, to fiery menages, to the most traditional of love stories, BA refuses to be pigeon-holed by anyone but the voices in her head.
Where to find the author:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/batortuga
Twitter: @batortuga
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/batortuga/
Other: http://www.batortuga.com
Other: http://batortuga.blogspot.com
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover Artist: Christy Caughie
Blurb:
Audie Barrack is in it up to his elbows with a sick calf when his son’s school calls. Seems Grainger has gotten into yet another fight. When he walks into the principal’s office, he’s shocked to find his son has been fighting with a little girl named Randi.
A little girl with one blind dad and one dad who recently passed away.
Goddammit.
Dixon has lost his sight, his career, and his husband. Thank God for his brothers, Momma and Daddy, and his little girl, or he would simply give up. The last thing he needs is for Randi to start trouble at school, especially trouble that puts him in contact with another dad who might expect him to be a functional human being.
Dixon is struggling to live as a blind man, Audie is terrified someone might see he has a closet to come out of, and everyone from the school to both men’s families is worried for the men and their children. Unless they get themselves together and commit to change, neither of them stands a chance.
Excerpt:
“It’s not like him to pick on someone who’s having a hard time.”
“Of course it’s not. Randi’s the one that’s the vicious little bitch, right?”
Damn, Mr. Snooty could snap.
“Dixon!”
“What? She’s had a shit life for the last year. She lost one of her dads, she had to leave Austin and her friends and her school, and suddenly she’s the fucking bad guy?”
“Hey, I never said my boy was perfect,” Audie said, snarling a little himself. “He’s managed to get to six without trying to kill anyone, though, so this is new. Back off.”
“Enough. No one is saying either of these children are bad. Randi has a huge number of hurdles to overcome, and Grainger is a shy little boy with a tendency to follow the crowd. Neither of these children have mothers at home, and I was hoping we could brainstorm some ways to help Randi feel included with the others.”
This was ridiculous. It wasn’t his fucking job to make sure this asshole’s little brat felt like she didn’t need to punch his son anymore.
“That’s her teacher’s job, Shannon.” Audie was through with this shit. “I’ll tell my boy to stay away from her. Can we go now?”
“Yes. Yes, of course. Mr. White….”
“I’ll talk to her. If it happens again, I’ll… shit, I don’t know what I’ll do. I’ll make it up as I go along.” The guy stood, and his mom handed him a cane. A white cane.
Oh, Jesus fucking Christ. Seriously? Seriously, Grainger picked the kid with a blind dad and a dead….
Wait.
EXCLUSIVE Excerpt!
“You pick good?”
“Yeah. Yeah, I do. That’s what I did for a living before.” It was one of the few things that was still right.
“Oh, I love to listen, if you want to play.”
“Me too.” The smaller voice surprised him, Grainger right there, quiet as a mouse. “I like to sing too.”
“You have a nice voice already, Son. Really.” He finished his Coke and put it down. “You have a favorite song?”
“I like ‘On the Road Again’ by Mr. Willie Nelson.”
“‘On the Road Again’ it is.” Thank God he knew that one. It would totally blow his reputation if he didn’t. He played Willie, then a little Hank, some Peter, Paul and Mary.
“Do you know ‘Seven Bridges Road’?” This kid was a pro at the ripe old age of six. Lord help him.
“I do. You ready?” He started picking, and they sang it together, and the kid knew almost all the words. There were a few missteps, some hilarious, but damn, it almost made him believe he could teach this kid to play.
Almost.
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AMAZON:
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