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New Release: Seeds and Sunshine

September 19, 2023 By BA Tortuga

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Shiloh Williams lost his husband in the bullriding ring two years ago and hasn’t been able to move on. It’s been so long since he was happy he’s forgotten how to be. After making the long drive up to Vermont to visit friends, he finally decides that getting out of Texas might be the only way to leave the hard days of his past behind.

Tate Dutton is a high school math teacher in Burlington, and a part time driver for a local brewery in the evenings. It takes more than his teacher’s salary to keep his small dairy farm afloat, but he loves it so much, he doesn’t mind the extra work.

Shiloh has taken up residence in the back booth of a local bar where he’ll nurse one whiskey all night long. Tate has seen the cowboy many times, as it’s his favorite hangout too. The first time Tate stumbles into a conversation with Shiloh it doesn’t go so well, but Tate doesn’t seem to get the hint and before long Shiloh has no choice but to indulge the younger man.

Is there any hope for these two? Time will tell whether the grumpy Shiloh or the sunny Tate proves to be more stubborn, or if friends will interfere and bring them together.

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New Release: Here, Kitty Kitty

August 15, 2023 By BA Tortuga

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Brax has been with the Midnight Rodeo for a long time, taking care of the kitty food court and so many of his fellow traveling misfits. The problem is he’s a little lonely now that most of his friends have started to pair off and mate. Brax would never ask for help in that arena, but luckily, someone intervenes on his behalf, and when someone tries to hurt one of the kits in his pride, a protector arrives to help Brax. And to love him.

Liger shifter Orion has been away from the world for a long while, but when he’s sent to the rodeo, he remembers that he’s meant to be a guard, that he’s supposed to help those who are weaker than he is. While he’s happy to help save the kits of the rodeo from the forces who are trying to harm them, he’s really not sure Brax has ever been weak. But he also knows he was made to love this amazing mountain lion with all his heart. Can they defeat the demons that are trying to take it all away from them?

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New Release: Home Free

July 18, 2023 By BA Tortuga

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Connor Westin and Early Jericho have a comfortable, busy life in Denver. Connor is a lawyer who brings home the bacon and Early is a stay at home dad to their two young boys.

Sure, Early is a cowboy at heart, but he loves their kids and as far as Connor is concerned they’re happy in their suburban home.

When Early inherits a ranch on the Western Slope of Colorado, neither is sure what they should do about it. That is until they visit, and Connor sees just how much it all means to his husband.

Both men agree to uproot their family and take a shot at running the ranch together, but it takes time to shut down one life and start another. Early takes the boys to the ranch while Connor spends the summer in Denver to handle all the details of moving on.

Between the long distance, the new responsibilities, and interference from a not so well meaning employee, Connor and Early have trouble staying connected. Will the ranch become the home they need it to be, or will it tear their family apart?

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New Release: The Meaning of Life

June 27, 2023 By BA Tortuga

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When tragedy strikes in the parking lot of a rodeo event, bullfighter Jasper Dean loses his best friend Kayla, inherits her barrel racing horse, her pack of dogs, and her two babies, who also happen to be his biological kids. He has no idea what to do about any of it, and JD struggles to juggle all of his new responsibilities. So when an old friend makes an unexpected offer of help, he grabs it with both hands.

Nash Remington was right there when the crime happened, and he’s mourning just like the rest of his rodeo family. When he seeks out JD to deliver Kayla’s horse, which he’s been caring for, he makes the offer for JD to come to his ranch to let him and his family help JD figure out what to do next.

The two men have to deal with loss, their old attraction to each other, new love, and a whole new family dynamic, all while balancing work and life and trying to make sense of a terrible loss. Can they find the meaning of life together?

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New Release: Back in the Saddle

February 14, 2023 By BA Tortuga

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When David Garcia’s family suffers a loss, he comes back to New Mexico to help, leaving his life in Austin behind. He knows he has to make the best of it, so he uses his skills as a teacher to set up a daycare business on his parents’ ranch and start helping out local friends and family who need a babysitter now and then. It’s the perfect job for someone who also needs to run the small family ranch and make money to keep it afloat.

When rodeo cowboy Wiley Marquart decides to start a family, he sure doesn’t expect the barrel racer he made a deal with to up and leave him high and dry in New Mexico with both of his girls and nothing but a check once a month. He loves his kids, but starting a ranch from the ground up is tough, and he needs someone to watch the girls when he has to work the back forty or deliver a trained horse. So when he meets David, the relief if immediate. And it doesn’t hurt that after a false start or two, he likes the guy.

Between navigating family pitfalls, work disasters, and two ranches, David and Wiley start to forge a friendship, and then a lot more. But can they find a way to mesh their lives without dropping any of the balls they’re juggling, or are they destined for disaster?

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What I’m Working On 2.6.23

February 6, 2023 By BA Tortuga

Writing
Cowboy Cozy without a Title 😉
Wrecked book with Jodi Payne without a title

That’s it.

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New Release: Wholly Trinity

February 2, 2023 By BA Tortuga

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Dr. Isaac Daniels and Detective Neil Thrope have been on and off Dom and sub since they met a few years ago. Isaac is all in but he’s not everything switch Neil needs, so good as things are between them, they both know it’s not enough.

Being in the BDSM community, Isaac and Neil were there to help when sub Alain Remy Broussard was assaulted by a pair of Doms who didn’t ascribe to the notion of safe, sane, and consensual. Their friend, Dom and therapist Cyrus Hughes offered Alain a place to stay, and has been working with the boy to help him regain trust. When Cyrus is called out of town suddenly, he calls on Isaac, who agrees to take Alain in while he’s away.

Isaac feels instantly protective of Alain, but it’s Neil who quickly bonds with the sub. With Alain in the house, Neil might have found the balance he craves but thought was too much to ask for. Isaac, though, has only ever had that kind of connection with Neil. Will the Dom be able to get on board and love both men as they, and he, deserve?

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New Release: Christmas Bizarre

December 20, 2022 By BA Tortuga

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Charlotte Miller is tired of feeling like a failure. She may have gotten herself fired, her love life has imploded…so when she gets the call that the annual Summit Springs Christmas Bazaar, which helps support her family’s farm, is in trouble, she heads home to try to save the day. Maybe her luck will change and she will be happier for the holidays. Too bad her car decides to break down on the way.

Naomi “Lars” Beckett is too busy with the tree farm she runs and Christmastime to worry about a stranded hottie like Charlotte, but when they get snowed in together at an old cabin, she figures that’s what she gets for trying to help. On the surface these two seem to have nothing in common, but opposites do attract, especially with the magic of the season, and they find they have more in common than they think.

Once they’re back in the crazy mix of family, well-meaning town folk, and trying to make things just right for Christmas though, will they be able to make something together that lasts longer than old wrapping paper and holiday leftovers?

Christmas Bizarre is a small town, opposites attract, lesbian romance set in fictional Summit Springs, Colorado.

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Rainbow Advent Calendar

December 13, 2022 By BA Tortuga

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Reindeer Games, A Cowboy Healing Story
“Daddy?”

Patrick glanced at his baby girl, head tilting. He knew that look. He knew it because Maggie’s father had it and her brother Mason had it.

It meant wickedness, and it invariably ended up costing him both time and money.

“Yes, my love?”

Please say you want to make cookies. Make paper snowflakes. Sing every Christmas carol on earth. Even watch Elf again.

“If I already have Princess Anna, if I ask Santa for a pony, what will I get?”

Patrick put on his best physician face. “Well, I think Santa might say you already have a horse, so a pony might be better off going to a little girl who doesn’t already know how to ride.” Oh, that was good.

She frowned. “Okay, but I should still get something. I have one horse. Mason has six puppies.”

“You think so?” He blinked at her rapidly, making it fun.

“I know so! Six puppies does not equal one Princess Anna.”

Caleb’s snort-chuckle sounded from the kitchen door. Oh, they were ganging up on him. Turds.

“I see. Well, a pony might not be the thing. So what else could equal six dogs?” He stirred bay leaves into the pot of chicken soup he had on the stove.

“I want a reindeer.”

Patrick damn near knocked the soup off the stove. “What?”

“A reindeer. A girl one. Next year I’ll ask for a boy one. A reinstag.”

“A—” Now he knew his husband, unrepentant rancher and livestock freak, was behind this. “Hmmm. And will you take them to the Christmas stuff in town, Caleb Juniorette?”

“No, Daddy. Just the girl — I’m naming her Bernadette.”

“Just the—”

“Uh-huh. Because little kids don’t know that only girl reindeers have their antlers still at Christmastime. I wouldn’t want to hurt their feelings. The boy — Bernie — can stay home and think about making babies and being bald.”

Patrick was going to die.

So was Caleb, but only because Patrick was going to kill him for hiding and laughing.

“Well, I know nothing about reindeer or reinstags or whether Bernies are more or less apt to male pattern baldness. I’m afraid you’re going to have to talk to Pop-Pop.”

“I told him you would say that. He owes Mason ten dollars.”

“He does, huh? Maybe I need to talk to him. Sternly.”

“Hey, now.” Caleb strolled into the kitchen. “What do you think, baby girl? We could settle for an alpaca.”

“Don’t settle, Mags.” Mason strolled through, heading for the cookie jar. “You can put the ten toward dog food, Pop.”

“You’re all against me.” Patrick sighed dramatically, putting the back of his hand to his forehead. “But I’m easy. I don’t have to go feed them. That’s on your Pop and Buck.” Their full time hand was remarkably capable of dealing with weird animals.

“Okay. Pop-Pop, I want reindeers from Santa. Please. I can make them have babies and then when we have eight girls, we’ll teach them to pull a sleigh!” Maggie squealed the last bit, doing a little butt-wiggling boogie dance, her red-bowed braids bouncing.

He met Caleb’s eyes, totally unsure how they were supposed to find reindeers…

Caleb winked. “We’ll see about eight, kiddo. But I might know a guy…”

“Two reindeers can make eight more, Pop-Pop.”

Patrick loved that, that she still believed so much.

“Only if all the babies are girls, Mags.” And there was the big brother, busting her balloon.

She scoffed. “You don’t know.”

Caleb chuckled. “I think we see what nature gives us, huh?”

“No, Pop-Pop. Santa.”

“Right. Santa knows best.” Caleb winked at Maggie, then pulled him in for a kiss.

He melted into his husband’s arms, arms going around Caleb as he held on.

“PDA! Ew! Not in front of the children!” Mason said, around a mouthful of sugar cookie.

“Yeah. Ew! Mason, can you reach me a cookie?”

“Yep. Wanna go watch Pokemon?”

“Uh-huh. I think we should name the first reindeer baby Pikachu!”

“No! Charizard!” They ran off to the family room, laughing and planning…reindeer husbandry.

He glanced over at Caleb, one eyebrow lifting. “So I assume you know someone in desperate need to offload some reindeer.”

“He has three. They’re herd animals, so it’s good to keep them together…” Caleb waggled his eyebrows, looking hopeful.

How could he say no? Why would he? Caleb was the cowboy, and Patrick trusted him. If Santa had reindeer for their little cowgirl, so be it.

“Sounds like a merry Christmas in the making.”

“It really does. And Gage could really use the money too.” Caleb sighed. “Feed is just… high. And we can afford it. He says he can try to buy them back later if we need him to.”

“No. If they come here, they belong. Like the fuzzy cows and the Bill the one-eared llama.” They didn’t desert family.

“Okay. Well, I’ll talk to Gage, then. See what we can work out that’s fair but will still help him out. I’ve priced out basically what they go for.” Caleb grinned. “It will pay his bills for a bit.”

“Mmhmm…” He teased, because Caleb had made their ranch a going thing, the cattle feeding them and a number of restaurants and families in the valley. And Caleb was determined not to see anymore agriculture families suffer from lack of funds like his had at one time. “Well, I look forward to meeting them. I do fully expect you have them delivered Christmas Eve night and have bows around their necks Christmas morning.”

“You got it. She’s read all sorts of books on how to take care of them.” Caleb sounded impressed.

“Lord help me.” He was going to end up with a vet and a rancher. He supposed that was the best combination of him, his first husband, and Caleb.

“Wash your hands, cowboy. I need you to make butter bread, please.”

“You got it.” Caleb grabbed a loaf of French bread and the butter bell, which had been his grandma’s. “Just think of the things we can pull in the Christmas parade in Glenwood.”

“Yeah.” More huge animals and his tiny girl child. “Dog sleds, sleighs of all sorts. This will be the Christmas Ranch.”

“Exactly.” Caleb drifted right over to him again, kissing his mouth. “Ho, ho, ho, babe.”

“Merry Christmas.”

“Merry Christmas. I love you so much.” Caleb winked. “You let me have livestock.”

End

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New Release: Cowboy Healing

December 13, 2022 By BA Tortuga

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Patrick Kelly needs some help. His husband passed away a while ago, and now he has a thriving medical practice, two busy kids, and one ranch outside Aspen, Colorado that he’s not really sure how to run. Patrick doesn’t want to give up on any part of his life, but he knows he can’t do it all alone, so he turns to a service to hire a cowboy to help run the ranch and free up some of his time

Caleb Warren wants his family ranch back. So he hires on to work as the foreman there through the Cowboy Wanted service, just waiting for the fancy doctor who owns the place to get tired of roughing it and sell out. The problem is, Patrick’s kids love the country life, Patrick is a good man, and Caleb can’t quite get past the guilt he feels about being on the road with the rodeo when his family had some real troubles to deal with.

The two of them find more common ground than they expect, and between everything from animals to parent teacher meetings, Caleb lends and hand and Patrick learns to lean on Caleb for help. Can the two of them give up the past and embrace the future together?

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