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Perfectly Seasoned

November 23, 2021 By BA Tortuga

Book Cover: Perfectly Seasoned
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Part of the Leaning N series:
  • Commitment Ranch
  • Finding Mr. Wright
  • Whiskey to Wine
  • Come Back Around
  • This Old Wind
  • Perfectly Seasoned

Geoff has seen a lot of people find love over his years at the Leanin' N ranch. He's been content to let others have their day, deciding that he's happy enough with good friends and found family. The truth is, Geoff isn't sure he's worthy of love. Or capable of dealing with it. So he's just not looking very hard, even when it's right under his nose.

Tiny has been in love with Geoff for ages, but they work together, and he's never been sure that Geoff sees him the same way. When he finally decides to make his move, he can't believe it works, and while Geoff seems surprised, he also seems perfectly willing to give Tiny his day and let their deep friendship turn into something more.

Which is when all hell breaks loose in their quiet, well-ordered life. Tiny's teenaged daughter shows up pregnant, and while Tiny knows he can't turn her away, it might be too much, too fast. Can Geoff handle so much change all at once, including an instant family with a grandbaby on the way, or will everything fall apart before it even gets well-begun?

Published: December 14, 2021
Publisher: Turtlehat Creatives
Genres:
Contemporary, MM, Western

Cowboy Logic

July 16, 2021 By BA Tortuga

Book Cover: Cowboy Logic
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When Anderson “Logic” Whitehead gets a call from his sister that she’s in a dangerous situation, he leaves his California home to head back to Texas for the first time since high school. He’s a different man now, a well-known author and creator, as well as out and proud, so he’s not about to let anyone intimidate him, whether his sister’s stalker or an old nemesis from his bad old days.

Cowboy Jericho Yeager has his land, his kids, and a lot of conflicting emotions about his hometown. When his neighbor Bailey starts having trouble with what his daughter calls a “bad man” Jericho mounts up to help, but he doesn’t find a stalker, he finds Logic, who used to be a skinny, pimply kid. Now Logic is everything Jericho could ever want, but he knows he can’t just grasp the brass ring.

Guys like Logic don’t fall for men like Jericho, and relationships that begin under high stress never last. At least that’s what Jericho tells himself. Logic is used to going after what he wants, so he’s wiling to ask Jericho to give him a try, but even he’s not sure he can get past all of their history with each other, and with their deep East Texas hometown.

Published: July 27, 2021
Publisher: Turtlehat Creatives
Genres:
Contemporary, Western

Tags:
Cozy Cowboys, Stand-alones

Leading the Blind

July 5, 2021 By BA Tortuga

Book Cover: Leading the Blind
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Part of the Roughstock series:
  • Blind Ride
  • And a Smile
  • File Gumbo
  • Coke's Clown
  • What She Wants
  • Back to Back
  • Pulled from All Sides
  • Leading the Blind
  • Adding to the Collection

Book seven in the Roughstock series

You don’t need the use of your eyes to see forever.

After his head injury leaves him blind, professional bull rider Jason Scott can only think of one thing. He desperately needs to win the title in the big leagues of bull riding so he can retire and start a new life—one he can live with his best friend and lover, Andy Baxter.

Andy—or Bax, as his friends call him—wants to keep Jason safe and alive, but he would never ask his man to be less than he is. With the help of their best friends, they start out on a path that will lead them back to the major events and to a deception that might lose them all their jobs.

There’s no way the league officials would let Jason ride if they knew he was blind, so Jason and Bax have to figure out how to get Jason back to the top of the leaderboard without any kind of advantage or cheating being called. Meanwhile, they have to figure out what their new life is going to look like and what they’ll be if they’re not bull riders any longer.

Will they get what they want? Or will the whole thing just be a case of the blind leading the blind?

Published: June 8, 2021
Publisher: Pride Publishing
Genres:
Contemporary, MM, Western

Temptation Ranch

July 5, 2021 By BA Tortuga

Book Cover: Temptation Ranch
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Part of the Beat the Heat series:
  • Wicked in Wranglers
  • Temptation Ranch

Playboy Tad Dawson dedicates his Saturday nights to looking for a strong man with the firm hand he craves at a certain sort of club in Austin. So when he heads out to his favorite neighborhood gay bar for a more casual Friday night, he’s looking to drink, dance with his friends, and maybe have a little sexy fun on the side. Tad certainly doesn’t expect to run into a man like Strait McMasters, a stunning, deep-voiced, stoic cowboy who seems to be everything Tad wants in one studly package.

Billionaire Strait intends to have a drink in honor of a friend who passed away when he stops in at the bar, but he’s not one to question his gut, and his instinct says that Tad, the young man with the unruly blond hair, is worth a second look. When their one-night stand turns into a several-day binge, Strait knows he’s found something special, and he hopes to keep it.

Tad is sure Strait can give him a stern look and a firm hand if only Tad can find the right way to tell him what he needs. Strait, meanwhile, isn’t sure Tad is ready for what it means to be part of his life, which includes a private island and full-time security. Will they find a way to truly understand each other, or is this temptation short term?

Temptation Ranch is part of the Beat the Heat Summer Reads Series.

Published: July 20, 2021
Publisher: Tygerseye Publishing
Genres:
BDSM, Contemporary, MM, Western

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With Jodi Payne

Wicked in Wranglers

July 5, 2021 By BA Tortuga

Book Cover: Wicked in Wranglers
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Part of the Beat the Heat series:
  • Wicked in Wranglers
  • Temptation Ranch

When Terry DeWitt heads to one of his favorite hole in the wall bars in Vegas, he’s riding high from a great season of bull riding. Which is a huge reason it’s such a shock when he runs into Matt Stephenson there, signing autographs on some kind of beefcake calendar. Matt is his one that got away, more like the one who ran away from all the things Terry wanted to do with him, and while Terry is on top of the world, it looks like Matt has hit rock bottom.

After a life-changing injury ended his bull riding career, Matt did his best to leave that whole world behind and make the best of what he had left. He’s been living in his truck and making money off his good looks, and when he sees Terry again, he decides one night will be enough to show him what he missed all those years ago when he was afraid to let Terry love him like they both needed.

One night is never enough, though, and when Terry takes Matt home with him, they have to decide how this new relationship will work, how to get Matt out from under a bad boss, and just how wicked they can be while still making a life together.

Published: June 15, 2021
Publisher: Turtlehat Creatives
Genres:
BDSM, Contemporary, MM, Western

Tending Tyler

May 12, 2021 By BA Tortuga

Book Cover: Tending Tyler
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Part of the On the Ranch series:
  • Tending Tyler
  • Roped In
  • Diamonds in the Rough
  • Outfoxed

Bartender, Tyler McKeehan, feels like his whole life is on hold. All he does is work and sleep, because he just doesn’t know how to move on with his day to day after the shocking loss of his best friend. When he meets Matt at Les’s Bar where he works in New York, though, he thinks he might have found someone who can nudge him out of his rut. The cowboy seems to live on fast forward, but at the same time, this kind, generous man makes Tyler feel wanted and safe.

Ranch owner, Matthew Whitehead, is just in New York for a visit. But when he runs into Tyler at Les’s Bar, he can tell right away that Tyler is special. Matt’s family thinks he makes snap decisions, and they worry about him, but he knows what he wants, and even after just a few days, he’s willing to fight to keep Tyler in his life. When Matt has to head back to Texas, he tells Tyler to come visit him and meet his kids. Soon.

Tyler doesn’t know if he can just pick up and go to Texas, but he misses Matt’s affection and calming presence, so when life gets too overwhelming, he makes the call. Between Matt’s huge, boisterous family, his children, his busy ranch, and the vast differences between New York City and Texas, Tyler wonders if he should go back to his old life every day. Matt is determined to keep Tyler right where he is, but can they overcome the odds against them and make a new life together?

Published: May 18, 2021
Publisher: Tygerseye Publishing
Genres:
Contemporary, MM, Western

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With Jodi Payne

This Old Wind

February 28, 2021 By BA Tortuga

Book Cover: This Old Wind
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Part of the Leaning N series:
  • Commitment Ranch
  • Finding Mr. Wright
  • Whiskey to Wine
  • Come Back Around
  • This Old Wind
  • Perfectly Seasoned

Rock star Simon McFee has no idea what to expect from the Leanin' N, the dude ranch in Colorado where his sister has decided to have her wedding. What he gets is a wrecked rental car, a really mad sister, and an old flame blowing in on the wind in the form of the wedding singer. Simon is so thrilled to see Michael again, and happy to take some time off from his crazy life and have a little retreat.

Michael Johns is a dad, an accountant, and still a musician, even if he mostly sings at weddings these days. When he sees Simon again, he's taken back to his days of touring with Simon and his late wife on the folk festival circuit. He falls for Simon all over again, but he knows he has to be careful. His twin girls, Chloe and Mickey are his whole life, and he has secrets that might end his love affair before it begins. Can Michael and Simon find the time and space to start a new life together, or will the wind carry them away from each other again?

Published: December 22, 2020
Publisher: Turtlehat Creatives
Genres:
Contemporary, MM, Western

Just Dex

February 28, 2021 By BA Tortuga

Book Cover: Just Dex
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Part of the Les's Bar series:
  • Just Dex
  • Hide Bound
  • Wholly Trinity
  • New Tricks
  • Lost Boy

When Dexter Appleton’s best friend Huck commits suicide, it damn near kills Dex too. Huck was a bull rider with a crazy life, and leaves behind a big house, and a ton of unanswered questions. But Dex is just a simple guy, just a Texas redneck trying to scrape together a life, and he can’t handle much more before he breaks.

Cyrus Hughes is a professional Dom. He’s shocked to learn that Huck is gone, he’s met with Huck twice a month for years, and didn’t expected to miss a client so much. When he heads to Texas to pay his respects, he instinctively feels protective of Huck’s anxious and unlikely best friend, Dexter.

The attraction between them grows, even long distance, until Cyrus insists he needs Dex with him in New York. Clinging to his last bit of hope, Dex takes a leap of faith and moves what little he still owns in with Cyrus, hoping to find his place is in the world, and learn how to love a lifestyle Dom.

Their path is full of trial and error, adjusting expectations and discovering how they fit together. Cyrus and Dex try to smooth out the rough edges and create their own family, one where Cyrus hopes to convince Dex that he’s not “just” anything.

Published: January 19, 2021
Publisher: Tygerseye Publishing
Genres:
BDSM, Contemporary, MM, Western

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With Jodi Payne

Ranch Manny

February 28, 2021 By BA Tortuga

Book Cover: Ranch Manny
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Trace is down on his luck, out of his teaching job, and on the road with his young daughter Susannah. Just as he's contemplating tucking his proverbial tail between his legs and heading back to his ex or his parents to ask for help, a job opportunity falls into his lap. What he's not sure about is working for a handsome cowboy. On a ranch. In the middle of nowhere.

Cowboy Brent has a ranch to run. three kids he inherited when his cousin passed away, and an elderly ranch hand with Alzheimer's to care for. He needs help, stat, and when Trace falls shows up at the local diner, Brent doesn't hesitate, even though he knows people might question Trace's rainbow dreads and piercings.

As Trace struggles to fit in and do his ranch manny job, and Brent tries to make time to breathe, the two of them find common ground and gradually a burning heat for each other. But can they make a real home together, or will everything fall apart as they both try to keep up with all their responsibilities, and face a life or death situation for all of them?

Published: February 23, 2021
Publisher: Turtlehat Creatives
Genres:
Contemporary, MM, Western

Tags:
Cozy Cowboys, Stand-alones

When the Bloom is on the Sage

November 16, 2020 By BA Tortuga

Book Cover: When the Bloom is on the Sage
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Bonner is just a regular cowboy, working his new job and trying to keep himself out of trouble. The family he works for treats him well, and he likes his job, so he figures a man shouldn't make waves. Buck is something else, again, a man like no one Bonner has ever met, from his strange colored eyes to his odd mix of swagger and humility. The two of them come together like a storm over Texas, finding ways to be a "them" in a time when they could find themselves in deep trouble for it. Can these two rough and tumble cowboys find a way to get to forever?

This is a previously published title under a different pen name.

Published: November 3, 2020
Publisher: Turtlehat Creatives
Genres:
Contemporary, Erotic Romance, MM, Western

Tags:
Stand-alones

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