Welcome to the Blog + Review Tour for A Cameo for a Cowgirl by Carolyn Miller, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
About the Book
Title: A Cameo for the Cowgirl
Series: Three Creek Ranch #1
Author: Carolyn Miller
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date: June 14, 2024
Genre: Christian Romantic Comedy
Welcome to Three Creek Ranch, home of the James family for over a hundred years, complete with its own Western movie set.
Franklin James might be a famous pro hockey player, but just because he's Cassie's older brother doesn't mean she wants to step into the limelight. She's too busy helping her dad run the ranch and managing the ranch's movie set, and negotiating with the giant egos of movie stars like Harrison Woods, who's supposed to be filming the new TV series of As The Heart Draws. And while his TV hero characters might be hugely popular, Harrison's real character seems anything but noble. Cassie is convinced he's hiding something, and that this diva's nice guy moments are just an act.
Can she remind him what being a true hero is all about?
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Interview with Author Carolyn Miller
Can you tell us a little about yourself?
Sure! My name is Carolyn Miller, and I’m an Australian author of 40+ contemporary and historical romance books. I’m married to Josh, have 4 children 21 & under, and a fluffy muffy named DeeDee, and we live in a small town about halfway between Sydney and Canberra in New South Wales, Australia. I’ve worked as a high school English teacher and in learning support roles, and my husband and I pastored a church for ten years. I love reading, writing, traveling, eating – which means I also love walking DeeDee and taking pics of beautiful things I see on the way.
What do you do besides writing?
I have 6+ books releasing each year so writing is definitely my day job! It means when I take time off I enjoy going to the movies or watching Escape to the Country or other TV shows that help provide inspiration for some of my settings. I recently watched Farming For Love, a Canadian-based reality show, because it features some people in a not-too-dissimilar scenario, looking for love in rural North America. I’m also a hockey fan, which means listening to games while walking DeeDee – and using some of these descriptions to deepen the authenticity of my Christian hockey books.
I LOVED the fact that the ranch featured in A Cameo for a Cowgirl is based on a REAL ranch, that—just like in my book!—has its own Western Town movie set! This naturally meant HOURS of perusing images and videos and maps working out some of the descriptions and so on. I discovered that the CL Ranch I based my ranch on actually has filmed episodes of everything from Lonesome Dove to Jackie Chan’s Shanghai Noon to early episodes of When Calls the Heart – which naturally led to yet more inspiration for this story. You can see some of those pics here. My daughter was actually studying at Calgary University while I was writing this, so it was great to have her outsider take on things, and blend that with some of details checked by some awesome Alberta-based authors and readers I’ve come to know over the years.
Do you have images you can share that come close to how you picture your characters? Do you like to find visual inspiration for your characters before or during your writing process?
Gosh, sometimes I do, but I like to leave a lot of that up to the reader’s imagination. Obviously there is the cover image (which I actually had before I’d written the book, so there was a fair bit of direction there), and I’ve attached a hero-esque picture, but I have more pictures of scenes and character inspiration on my Pinterest board here. (And just a heads up for all the When Calls the Heart fans out there – you’ll see some very similar inspiration for my book, seeing it deals with the filming of a TV show called, ahem, As the Heart Draws ☺. So think Mounties, and schoolmarms, etc.)
I might have started listening to some Josh Baldwin tracks to get my ‘country’ on. Songs like ‘Narrow Road’, which talk about the challenge of following God when it means saying ‘no’ to the world, which really resonates with one of the themes of this book.
What message would you like readers to ultimately take away from the book?
No matter our façade, we all need God to fix the hidden (or not so hidden) broken parts inside. So don’t judge; see through the eyes of Jesus and you may just see someone come to know Him.
What can we look forward to coming from you in the future?
I’m SUPER excited about my next hockey book, Pointe, Shoots, and Scores, which has a kind of Dancing With The Stars scenario, which sees a reluctant hockey hero partner with an ex-ballerina on the show. It’s so much fun, with banter galore, and yet delves into some pretty realistic and relatable issues too. I think readers will love it! It’s out July 25th and people can preorder now.
And very soon I’m going to start writing the second book in the Three Creek Ranch series, A Valentine for a Vet. In this one, we see Cassie’s younger sister, veterinarian Jessie James, figuring out how to bring one of her older brother’s teammates to heel, in a fun friends-to-more story packed with heart and humor.
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About the Author
Carolyn Miller is a bestselling Australian author of historical and contemporary romance. A longtime lover of romance, especially that of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer’s Regency era, Carolyn holds a BA in English Literature, and loves drawing readers into fictional worlds that show the truth of God’s grace in our lives. Her Regency novels include the Regency Brides and the Regency Wallflowers series. Her contemporary novels include the Original Six and Northwest Ice hockey romance series, the Muskoka Shores romance series, and those in the Independence Islands series. Her stories have been described by Publishers Weekly as "a winsome exploration of life, love and faith" and witty "with snappy repartee that rockets off the page" (Library Journal). Readers enjoy these books that are humorous yet also deal with real issues, such as dealing with forgiveness, the nature of really loving versus 'true love', and other challenges. Her novels can be considered 'inspirational', and may appeal to readers of Christian fiction, who want stories of hope and redemption - with a twist of Aussie humour.
Connect with Carolyn at carolynmillerauthor.com to follow her on social media and sign up for email updates.
Tour Giveaway
(1) winner will win a print (US only) or ebook (where available) copy of A Cameo for the Cowgirl plus a $20 Amazon gift card!
Full tour schedule linked below. The giveaway begins at midnight June 12, 2024 and will last through 11:59 PM EST on June 19, 2024. 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 for print. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.
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