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Here, Kitty Kitty

August 1, 2023 By BA Tortuga

Book Cover: Here, Kitty Kitty
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Part of the Midnight Rodeo series:
  • Welcome to the Pack
  • Tails and Whiskers
  • Above the Fold
  • Brownie's Sway
  • Thack's Angel
  • Here, Kitty Kitty

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?

Midnight Rodeo Series
Welcome to the Pack by BA Tortuga
Oklahoma Rain by Kiernan Kelly
Big Bear, Little Bear by Julia Talbot
Light a Rocket by Julia Talbot
Freaked Out by Kiernan Kelly
Tails and Whiskers by BA Tortuga
Above the Fold by BA Tortuga
Vampire Protection by Julia Talbot
Shifting Responsibility by Kiernan Kelly
Brownie’s Sway by BA Tortuga
The Dragon's Dilemma by Julia Talbot
Thack's Angel by BA Tortuga
Up in Flames by Julia Talbot
Heavy Petting by Kiernan Kelly
Quick Change Artist by Kiernan Kelly
Here, Kitty Kitty by BA Tortuga

Published: August 15, 2023
Publisher: Turtlehat Creatives
Genres:
Contemporary, MM, Western

The Meaning of Life

June 22, 2023 By BA Tortuga

Book Cover: The Meaning of Life
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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?

Published: June 27, 2023
Publisher: Turtlehat Creatives
Genres:
Contemporary, MM, Western

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Cozy Cowboys

Cowboy Healing

November 16, 2022 By BA Tortuga

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Part of the Cowboy Wanted series:
  • Cowboy Healing
  • Second Chance Cowboy
  • Covering the Cowboy
  • Cowboy Needed

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?

Published: December 13, 2022
Publisher: Turtlehat Creatives
Genres:
Contemporary, MM, Western

Cowboy Protection

September 25, 2022 By BA Tortuga

Book Cover: Cowboy Protection
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Part of the Merry Everything series:
  • Window Dressing
  • Cowboy Protection
  • Cowboys and Cupcakes
  • Thawed Out
  • A Present for Parker
Part of the Wrecked series:
  • Wrecked
  • Window Dressing
  • Special Delivery
  • Cowboy Protection
  • Pick Up Man
  • Seeds and Sunshine
  • Cowboy for Sale

Maverick “Mackey” Keyes keeps the rodeo cowboys safe on his watch and he knows how to make his bullfighting team walk the line. He might be starting to feel his years, but he’s a pro, and he’s not afraid of anything that might happen on the arena floor.

Sidney Scott knows how to go with the flow, so when his dream job passes him by, he grabs the chance to work the bull riding circuit as a TV producer. He’s going to do the job right, traveling with the show, even if he hears some rumbling from the riders.

Mackey and Sid butt heads more than once, but when it really counts, they manage to get on the same page. When Mackey is injured, Sid steps up to help, and things take a far more personal turn. They might have been able to ignore the growing attraction between them at work, but a long road trip over the Christmas holiday and time away from the other cowboys lets them find something together that neither of them expect, but both of them need.

Cowboy Protection is an opposites attract, rodeo romance featuring a bullfighter and a corporate suit, with a side of holiday magic.

Published: November 22, 2022
Publisher: Tygerseye Publishing
Genres:
Contemporary, MM, Western

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With Jodi Payne

The Cowboy Contract

August 28, 2022 By BA Tortuga

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Part of the Foster Ranch series:
  • The Cowboy Contract
  • The Cowboy Guardian
  • The Cowboy's Texan
  • The Cowboy's Bullfighter

Ryder Vittor has almost everything he could ever want. He was a successful bull rider, he runs a rodeo company and a ranch for his family, and he's right where he wants to be. Until his grandmother issues him and ultimatum. Now he has to get married and have kids if he wants to keep the life he loves, but he can't exactly produce a man and a baby out of thin air, can he? So he sets out to hire a husband in order to get what he needs.

Kase McDaniel is at the end of his rope. His bull riding career has ended in a bad crash, his family doesn't want him back, and he has nowhere to go. When Ryder offers to let him come stay at Ryder's New Mexico ranch, he's grateful, but he's stunned when he finds out Ryder intends to make a contract with a stranger to marry him and raise kids with him. Kase has been in love with Ryder for years, so why shouldn't he put in for the job?

Neither one of them has any idea what they're setting in motion when they tie the knot, and soon they're overrun with foster kids, rodeo family, and more. Can Kase and Ryder find something real in all the chaos, or will they be parting ways when the contract ends?

Published: September 20, 2022
Publisher: Turtlehat Creatives
Genres:
Contemporary, MM, Western

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Cozy Cowboys

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Roped In

May 30, 2022 By BA Tortuga

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

They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, but sometimes distance makes people drift apart.

Rope Canutt has announced his retirement from bull riding and is making the most of his final year on the circuit, riding the big shows and resting in between so he can finish the season on a high note. He isn’t sure what’s next for him. He has no plan yet and nowhere to go, especially since his family sold their ranch a few years back.

Jude Sharpe remembers Rope fondly from their younger days in Austin. Mostly he remembers how hot the rodeo cowboy was and how much fun they had hooking up every time their paths crossed. That was a long time ago, and Jude’s been married and lost his husband to cancer in the years since they’ve seen each other. Now he’s raising a son alone.

When bull riding comes to New York City, Jude’s consulting firm uses their private box to entertain clients from Houston, and Jude brings his son Silas along to see the show. Rope is riding and Jude hopes to introduce Silas to a real bull rider. They’ve each lived a whole lifetime apart, and Jude and Rope aren’t sure how much they have in common anymore. So will they be drawn to each other when their paths cross again?

The books in this series are standalones and can be read in any order.

Published: May 10, 2022
Publisher: Tygerseye Publishing
Genres:
Contemporary, MM, Western

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With Jodi Payne

Broken In

May 30, 2022 By BA Tortuga

Book Cover: Broken In
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Greyson Hayden wants to prove to his ex that he's made it. He's a successful stock contractor with a couple of million dollar bulls, a ranch owner with more acres than he can count, and he stopped drinking when Kyler kicked him out. He's had a lot to prove, but now he's back in town to show Kyler that he has. And maybe rub it in.

The hardest thing Kyler Lassiter ever did was let Greyson go, and he's lost a lot in his life, right up to his legs in a terrible accident. He's willing to let Greyson one up him if it makes the man feel better, but when fate throws them together again in the most bizarre way, Ky isn't sure he'll survive it, or having to lose Greyson again when it's all said and done.

Can these two hardheaded cowboys learn to forgive each other, and themselves in time to find something lasting, or are they more broken than broken in?

This is a MM cowboy romance with tough love, tough luck, and lots of learning to be something new.

Published: July 19, 2022
Publisher: Turtlehat Creatives
Genres:
Contemporary, MM, Western

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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

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Cozy Cowboys, Stand-alones

Leading the Blind

July 5, 2021 By BA Tortuga

Book Cover: Leading the Blind
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?

Genres:
Contemporary, MM, Western

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