His Christmas Cowgirl: Author Guest Post + Giveaway

 

Welcome to the Blog + Review Tour for His Christmas Cowgirl by Cari Lynn Webb, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

About the Book

Title: His Christmas Cowgirl
Series: Three Springs, Texas #5
Author: Cari Lynn Webb
Publisher: Harlequin Heartwarming
Release Date: October 24, 2023
Genre: Contemporary Romance (Clean)

Can she win the rodeo…  

And his heart? 

Cowgirl Vivian Bryant needs a winning horse to fulfill her rodeo champion dream, and equestrian trainer Josh Sloan agrees to help. But when Vivian fibs to her family that Josh is her boyfriend, their pretend relationship slowly evolves–while planning a Three Springs, Texas, gala together. She’s competing for a trophy that will secure their separate futures, but the real prize just might be finding love…at Christmas. 

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About the Author

Cari Lynn Webb lives in South Carolina with her husband, daughters and assorted four-legged family members. She's been blessed to see the power of true love in her grandparent's 70 year marriage and her parent's marriage of over 50 years. She knows love isn't always sweet and perfect, it can be challenging, complicated and risky. But she believes happily-ever-afters are worth fighting for. She loves to connect with readers.

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Author Guest Post

Christmas is my favorite time of year. And I get extra-excited when I propose stories to my editor, and she turns one of them into a holiday release. For the Sloan brother books, it happened that Josh and Vivian’s book, His Christmas Cowgirl, became a holiday set romance. I enjoy asking friends and acquaintances about their holiday traditions (and I love researching forgotten holiday traditions on the internet too). I love hearing about the traditions, small or big, that families share year after year without fail.  

In His Christmas Cowgirl, there is a collision of two families who celebrate Christmas very differently. Vivian’s family travels every Christmas, and this has been their long-standing holiday tradition since Vivian was a young child. On the flip side, Josh’s family spends Christmas at their family ranch. I knew it was going be fun, if not chaotic, when these two families came together and ended up spending the holiday under one roof. I come from a large family myself and we had rather chaotic and quite boisterous holidays when I was growing up. And those are some of my favorite memories. I like to think Vivian and Josh shared a holiday not soon forgotten in His Christmas Cowgirl as well.  

One of our holiday traditions is baking cookies. We have recipes we always make and then each year I try to add at least one new recipe.  

Here is one of our favorite family cookie recipes. This recipe has been passed down through our family. My older brother eats them off the cookie sheet right out of the oven.  

 

Pecan Balls 

Ingredients 

• 1 cup butter – softened, room temperature (My great-grandmother’s original recipe calls for  
  
• ½ cup butter and ½ cup shortening. I never seem to have shortening on hand so I use 1 cup of salted butter) 
• 1/3 cup sugar 
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 
• 2 teaspoons water 
• 2 cups flour 
• ½ cup chopped pecans  
• Powdered Sugar 

 

 

 

Instructions: 

1. Preheat oven to 325° F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats. 
2. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter. Then add sugar, vanilla extract, and water. Cream together until mixture is light and fluffy. 
3. Add the flour and combine. Stir in chopped pecans. 
4. Chill dough. I often chill my dough for more than an hour (although in my great-grandmother’s recipe, she never really specified how long she chilled her dough). 
5. Roll the dough into individual balls. (I use my large cookie scoop – I like my cookies on the larger size and with the larger cookie scoop I can get around 24 cookies from this recipe.) 
6. Bake for 15 minutes on a cookie sheet or until set. (I usually leave my cookies on the softer side, but that’s personal preference.) 
7. Remove from oven. (I let my cookies sit on the cookie sheet for a few minutes then I proceed to the powdered sugar). Roll each cookie in powdered sugar and then place on a cooling rack to cool.  

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Tour Giveaway

(2) winners will win a $25 Amazon gift card and two backlist titles by Cari Lynn Webb!

Full tour schedule linked below. The giveaway begins at midnight November 8, 2023 and will last through 11:59 PM EST on November 15, 2023. Winner will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. US only. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.

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