Hey y’all! I’m BA Tortuga, resident redneck and lover of all things redneck.
Trey and Ap are two cowboys trying to raise their sister and brother’s five kids.
Really, isn’t that enough of a hook all on its own?
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Trey headed in from feeding to start his second pot of coffee.
He put five bowls out in front of the Crock-Pot, then pulled out brown sugar, raisins, milk, and butter.
All right.
Breakfast.
Now, children.
He started down the hallway, bellowing at the top of his lungs. “Good morning to you! Good morning to you! Good morning. I love you! Good morning to you!”
He banged at every door he passed.
Kids began to appear by the time he made his way back down the hall, Bella and Amelia first, then Braden. Sleepy-eyed, hair wild, they all blinked at him.
“Good morning! Oats for breakfast. School bus is in an hour. Brush your teeth and hair and get dressed.” He kissed them each, went to bang on Cole’s door again and then wake his youngest, who would sleep twenty hours a day if he let her.
Cole flung the door wide. “I’m up. Oats?”
“Yep. Just for you, son. Good morning.”
“Morning.” Cole shook his head. “Sorry I missed feeding. I was up late working on that history project. I’ll get Courtney.”
“No big. I remember you telling me about it, bud.” He went to gather up laundry.
He heard Courtney grumbling at Cole, but that was the last one up, so he moved back to the kitchen to start the wash.
“Uncle Daddy, my button fell off my shirt!” Bella was standing there, looking at her blouse like this was a personal affront.
“Well, either fix it or pick another shirt. You’re twelve. That’s old enough to mend a button.” He didn’t have time to baby them, not about that sort of stuff.
Her lower lip pooched out. “You never help me!”
He fixed her with a stare. “Pardon me?”
“I tried to put the button on!” She thrust the shirt at him.
“Okay, let me…. Damn, girl. The button broke!”
“I told you!”
“Go find another shirt. I’ll have to take this and buy a new button.”
She whirled around and stomped away, and he wanted to beat her butt, but she came out dressed a few minutes later. He let it go.
“You’ll fix it, Uncle Daddy? It’s my favorite.”
“I’ll fix it. Oats.”
“Thank you.” She hugged his arm before making a bowl.
“You’re welcome. Orange juice or milk?”
“Why does Cole get coffee?”
“Because I got tired of fighting with him about it.”
Braden came in. “You don’t even like coffee,” he told Bella.
“No, it’s nasty.”
“Well then.”
She rolled her eyes, and he growled like a bear and grabbed her. “I’ll roll those eyes right back at you.”
She squealed happily, wriggling in his arms. “Uncle Daddy!”
God, he loved them. All of them. He hoped, somewhere, their momma was looking down on them. She would be proud.
Much love, y’all,
BA
Two of a Kind blurb
Once upon a time, Trey Williamson and Ap McIntosh had quite the whirlwind romance—but that was before family tragedy left them the guardians of five kids. Their lives have changed quite a bit over the last six years, but Ap is still on the rodeo circuit, doing what he does best in an attempt to feed all those extra mouths.
That leaves Trey back on the ranch, isolated and overworked as the kids’ sole caregiver. Something has to give, and when Ap comes home, they’re reminded how hot they burned once upon a time. But is it a love that can withstand wrangling over time, money, and the future? They have to decide what kind of family they want to be… and whether what they share can stand the test of time.
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Texan to the bone and an unrepentant Daddy’s Girl, BA Tortuga spends her days with her basset hounds and her beloved wife, texting her sisters, and eating Mexican food. When she’s not doing that, she’s writing. She spends her days off watching rodeo, knitting and surfing Pinterest in the name of research. BA’s personal saviors include her wife, Julia Talbot and coffee. Lots of coffee. Really good coffee.
Having written everything from fist-fighting rednecks to hard-core cowboys to werewolves, BA does her damnedest to tell the stories of her heart, which was raised in Northeast Texas, but has heard the call of the high desert and lives in the Sandias. With books ranging from hard-hitting GLBT romance, to fiery menages, to the most traditional of love stories, BA refuses to be pigeon-holed by anyone but the voices in her head.
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