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Reunion Romance + #Giveaway – Shannon Taylor Vannatter

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I always think it’s so romantic when I hear about a real life couple splitting when they were young and finding each other again years later. As a result, I’ve written quite a few reunion romances. When the hero and heroine have had a past relationship that didn’t work out, there’s instant conflict. And romance novels thrive on conflict.

A Texas Holiday Reunion is my first Christmas book. It’s book 3 in my Texas Cowboy series set in Bandera and  it’s a reunion romance. Resa McCall was a side character in the previous book in the series. Her broken heart was hinted at, so it was time to explore her story and the source of her heartache.

Resa designs rustic log furniture for her parents’ store. The log furniture thing came about during our vacation a few years ago. My husband is a Texan and has family in the Hill Country region. During our last visit, he wanted to buy a cowhide rug so we stopped at a log furniture store. As I strolled through the showroom filled with everything from dining room tables and beds to futons and desks made from logs, inspiration hit.

Colson’s dad is business partners with Resa’s parents, so they’ve known each other a long time and went to school together. Since he was a bit of a wild child and she was a Christian, they ran in different circles. Until in their early twenties, when he came to work at their parents’ store. She was a good influence on him and he became a Christian.

They fell in love. But after a whirlwind romance, he left her and married his ex-girlfriend. Six years later, her parents are on a cruise and her ranch foreman faces surgery. Colson, now widowed with a daughter, returns to fill in as her foreman.

Resa’s design office is in her barn, which has a picture window on Colson’s world as her foreman. With her heart still smarting, she didn’t know he had a daughter, so things are complicated between them from day one. Add to that a big secret about his daughter and the fireworks begin.

All with a backdrop of Christmas, my favorite season. To  celebrate, I’m having a special giveaway.

Giveaway details:

Comment to enter the drawing for a copy of A Texas Holiday Reunion. Six copies will be split among names drawn during the blog tour from Oct 18 – Dec 1. One winner will get to pick the theme for a custom made memory board personally crafted by the author. Deadline Dec. 8th. Winners will be revealed on the author’s blog on Dec 10th. Go to my website http://shannontaylorvannatter.com and sign up for my newsletter to enter more giveaways and get a free book download.

Follow my blog tour for more chances to win A Texas Holiday Reunion:

Oct 18 – https://allbettsareoff.wordpress.com/

Oct 19 – https://www.inspyromance.com/

Oct 24 – http://craftieladiesofromance.blogspot.com/

Oct 24 – http://brendaandersonbooks.com/blog/

Oct 24 & 27 – http://shannontaylorvannatter.com/inkslinger-blog/

Oct 26 – https://saralfoust.com/blog/

Nov 2 – https://jenniferslatterylivesoutloud.com/about/blog/

Nov 3 – http://chirpnchatter.blogspot.com/

Dec 1 – http://sarahruut.com/tag/author-interview/

His Christmas Homecoming 

With her foreman out of commission, Resa McCall needs horse trainer Colson Kincaid to run her family ranch through the holidays. But having the handsome single dad back in Bandera, Texas, is unsettling. Colson broke Resa’s heart years ago, and she can’t risk getting close again. Still, working with him and bonding with his sweet little girl is making the ranch feel merry and bright. Being at Resa’s side stirs up emotions Colson thought were long gone. But he has a powerful secret that could keep them apart forever. Can Colson give Resa the one Christmas present that might finally bring them back together—the truth?

Award winning author, Shannon Taylor Vannatter writes contemporary Christian cowboy romance and has over a dozen published titles. A romance reader since her teens, she hopes to entertain Christian women and plant seeds in the non-believer’s heart as she demonstrates that love doesn’t conquer all—Jesus does.

She gleans fodder for her fiction in rural Arkansas where she spent her teenage summers working the concession stand with her rodeo announcing dad and married a Texan who morphed into a pastor. In her spare time, she loves hanging out with her husband and son, flea marketing, and doing craft projects.

Connect with her: Shannon’s Facebook, Shannon’s Goodreads, Shannon’s Pinterest, Shannon’s Twitter, and  Shannon’s Amazon Author Page.

Narelle Atkins (199 Posts)

A fun loving Aussie girl at heart, Narelle Atkins was born and raised on the beautiful northern beaches in Sydney, Australia. She has settled in Canberra with her husband and children. A lifelong romance reader, she found the perfect genre to write when she discovered inspirational romance. Narelle's contemporary stories of faith and romance are set in Australia and international locations.


Comments

  1. HI Narelle and Shannon. Thanks Shannon for sharing about your new book- you are a new author to me, so I will check out your books.
    Blessings:)

  8. I enjoy second chance and reunion stories. I have been following you on all your sites, but have not yet read one of your books. These sound like really good books, and I look forward to reading them. I enjoyed this post.

  12. Thanks Iraines. I know a couple who dated in high school. His dad was kind of snooty and she didn’t fit his standards. His parents ACTUALLY moved to get him away from her. Ten years later, they reconnected and are happily married.

  15. Me too. This is my third book with reunion in the title. Though several of my other books are reunion too. My critique partner told me once that she didn’t think there were that many high school sweet hearts in real life that end up together. I know several though. I married mine a year after we graduated.

  20. Hi Shannon! You are a new-to-me author, and I would love to win a copy of your book. It sounds like an intriguing story! Thanks for the chance to win a copy. ?

  29. Welcome back to Inspy Romance, Shannon! I’m in the midst of writing a reunion romance myself right now. It occurred to me it wasn’t a trope I’d explored much in all my stories. :)

  32. Thanks Valerie. I love this blog. Many moons ago, I was invited to join it. Back when y’all were first starting it up. At the time, I was overwhelmed and turned it down. I’ve regretted that. This is my 5th reunion romance. I think.

  33. Thanks for sharing about your new book. Reunion stories are always challenging, especially ones that involve children.

  37. This book sounds like one I’d love to read. I like stories set in Texas and Christmas stories. I hope I win.
    I’m not able to get out to the library easily.

  38. Sounds like an interesting read. I haven’t read many reunion romances but I have enjoyed the ones I’ve read.

  40. I knew what you meant, Betty. I tell everyone Texas is my second favorite state. We visit that branch of family every few years and always have the best time. I’m pretty sure I could happily live there.

  42. Hey Linda. What could be better than Texas and Christmas wrapped up in a book? This is my first Christmas book and it was fun to write. The only thing is you really can’t do snow. I’ve been to Texas when it’s been really warm and when it’s been really cold during Christmas. But snow? Not so much.

  43. Hey Jessica,

    I love taking long ago issues that kept a couple apart and then blowing it all up in their faces. I guess I’m kind of mean to my characters. But I’m nice to them in the end.

  45. I’m glad Walter. Actually, I am too. I always carve out time to read my books once they’re in book form. In the initial writing, I love each book. Through the editing process, after reading it so many times, I go through that – this is the worst book I ever wrote phase. When I read it in book form – I’m like, oh yeah, I love this story.

  49. Hi Andrea, I love LI too. The first ones I read were by Deb Kastner and Lenora Worth. I’ve been hooked since. And almost swooned when I met Lenora at a writer’s conference. She was a great encouragement and always knows who I am when I’ve seen her since. Swoon.

  50. Hey, Shannon, welcome to Inspy Romance! I found (and bought, of course) A Texas Holiday Reunion at my local Walmart. Always so much fun to run into friends there! :) Congratulations on another release. I can remember when you and I were newbies, just learning the business, and now look at you! Hugs from Minnesota.

  51. Hey Brenda. You rock. Brenda and I are critique partners and I learned so much from her on character body language and emotion. She’s the master. One of these days, we need to rendezvous at a conference again.

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