Guest Post with Author Maggie McGinnis and Giveaway

Meet Maggie McGinnis, author of Accidental Cowgirl.

Maggie McGinnis is the author of Driving Without a License, which was a finalist for Romance Writers of America’s Golden Heart award. A former high school English teacher, an accomplished musician, and a certified black belt, she lives in New England with her family.

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These Boots Are Made for…

Thanks so much for hosting me today! I’m thrilled to be here!

When I first saw the cover for Accidental Cowgirl, I fell completely and shamelessly in love with the heroine’s boots. This surprised me, because I’m actually not a boot girl. In reality, I’m more of a slipper girl, or clogs for those special going-out-of-the-actual-house occasions. But when I saw those boots, I really, really wanted some.

I might have also felt that way about that cowboy on the cover, but I digress.

I’ve never really understood the shoe thing. I wouldn’t know a pair of Manolos from a pair of Kmart specials (I know – sorry! I’m totally going to lose my real-girl card.) and the thought of tottering about on heels makes my ankles hurt. I own four pairs of shoes – the clogs I wear every single day because I’m officially short and they make me feel taller, the sneakers I pretend to run in sometimes after dark, the shoes I use to mow the lawn, and the pair of one-inch black heels I save for weddings and funerals. I’m pretty sure they still have a bit of mud on them from that rainy outdoor wedding in 2007, which is the last time I wore them. I have one pair of boots for when the snow is less than three inches high, and one for when it storms. That’s it.

So my reaction to the boots on my book cover was unusual, to say the least. I started Googling cowgirl boots, found all sorts of sites I never knew existed, found all sorts of products I never knew existed. It was like discovering a whole new world of stuff I would never ever use … but somehow had to have.

Unfortunately, real cowgirl boots are expensive. I can’t afford to form an attachment that could become an addiction. And really, where would I wear them? Sitting in my office typing away with gorgeous boots on sounds completely silly.

Then again, have you seen those boots?

How about you? Which catalog or website has you craving completely impractical things?

In her Loveswept debut, Maggie McGinnis tells the tale of a city girl who’s running on fumes—and the cowboy who shows her all the good things she’s been missing.

After being betrayed by her con man ex-fiancé, Kyla Bennett nurses a broken heart. But Kyla's friends have other ideas and when they whisk her off to Whisper Creek, a dude ranch staffed by cowboys so hot they dim the Montana sunset, all Kyla wants to do is hide under a quilt. Then in rides Decker Driscoll. He’s hauling about as much emotional baggage as Kyla, but when he stands close by, both of them want to stay close—and begin to succumb to an undeniable attraction.

After experiencing personal tragedy, Decker never thought he’d see Big Sky country again. But now that his family's Whisper Creek property is in deep with a Vegas gambler, Decker’s back for the summer—and spending all his time running from “cowgirls” who come to the dude ranch to score some dudes. Then he meets Kyla, a kindred spirit who brings on a stampede of protective feelings . . . and a powerful hankering to sear her with a new brand of love.

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Check out what's up for grabs.

Up For Grabs:

• 1 $50 Gift Card to Bootbarn + NetGalley copy of Accidental Cowgirl
• 3 Loveswept Coffee Mug
• 5 NetGalley copy of Accident Cowgirl

To Enter: 

• Please answer Maggie's question: How about you? Which catalog or website has you craving completely impractical things?
• Please fill out the Rafflecopter form.

Good Luck! 

Special thanks to Maggie McGinnis & Tasty Book Tours for sponsoring this tour-wide giveaway!

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