Cover Reveal - The Mrs. Astor by Deanna Lynn Sletten

Cover Reveal!

The Mrs. Astor

A Gilded Age Novel of Caroline Schermerhorn Astor

I'm so excited to share the cover and description of my upcoming novel, 

THE MRS. ASTOR

I've been diligently working on this novel for months and am happy that it will finally be released on October 6, 2026.

Gorgeous cover design by Deborah Bradseth.

Book Description:

Inspired by true events, this richly researched novel offers an intimate portrait of the woman who reigned over America's Gilded Age—and the unforgettable night that tested her power, her convictions, and her heart.

 

New York City, 1896

On the eve of her annual January ball, Caroline Schermerhorn Astor reflects on her life and all that has led up to this moment. She is about to reintroduce her daughter, Charlotte, into society after a scandalous divorce. Society dictates that divorced women simply disappear, but Caroline refuses to ban her daughter from her rightful place. After all, Caroline is the woman who runs New York City society. If anyone can break the rules, it’s her.

From her privileged childhood among the families of the oldest Dutch settlement in New York to her marriage to William Backhouse Astor, Jr., one of the richest men in the country, Caroline has done everything expected of a proper society wife. With elegance, determination, and an unwavering belief in tradition, she raised the Astor name to even greater heights and created an exclusive world where only the most distinguished families belonged. But now, all that could disappear if New York society rejects her because of her daughter’s scandal.

Whatever the consequences, Caroline will hold her head high, because she is The Mrs. Astor, and no one can take from her what she values the most—her precious family.

Genre: Biographical Historical Fiction

Release Date: October 6, 2026

Preorder now on:

Amazon Kindle

This book will be released in Paperback and Audiobook on the release date.

The Lifestyle - Cover Reveal

Cover Reveal & Preorder Info 

I'm so excited to share with you the

beautiful cover for my upcoming novel

The Lifestyle

A Novel

Contemporary Women's Fiction

Release Date: November 12, 2024

Book Description:

Her life was picture perfect…until it wasn’t.  

 

What happens when a twist of fate makes all your dreams come true, and then you watch your life unravel before you?

 

Eight years ago, Kylie Madison was a new mother with a baby who rarely slept, even at eight months old. Exhausted and feeling isolated as a stay-home mom while her husband, Jordon, worked twelve-hour shifts, she opened up to her few friends on Instagram late one night, asking if there were any other tired moms out there struggling. To her surprise, many women answered her. After that night, she began to share her struggles, successes, and parenting dilemmas, and her following grew as other women feel a connection with her. Before Kylie knew it, she’s become an influencer and companies are willing to pay her to promote their products. Slowly, her life becomes her job and the earnings are amazing. But every silver lining has a dark cloud on the horizon.

 

Eight years later, Kylie is successful and on the verge of becoming a lifestyle guru with her own television show, but her past sneaks up to threaten to take it all away. Her children hate being a part of their mother’s brand, and her husband is pulling away from her. Then, the girl who once worked for her as a nanny has written a tell-all book about Kylie and her family, exposing secrets about their lifestyle that will ruin her. And there’s nothing Kylie can do to stop her. Or is there?

 

Be careful what you wish for—it might just come true. And when it does, will you be able to handle it?

Preorder now on: Amazon Kindle

Coming to Paperback on Release Day

Audiobook coming soon, too. 

Thank you to Deborah at DB Cover Design for the beautiful cover!

Cover Reveal + Preorder Link: The Last Lady of the Silver Screen

Release Date: May 28, 2024

Preorder on Amazon Kindle

 Cover Reveal!

The Last Lady of the Silver Screen

I am so excited to share this new historical novel and gorgeous cover with you. I had so much fun writing this story about a fictional movie star from the 1940s to today along with a cast of real celebrities from Rock Hudson to Marilyn Monroe.

This beautiful cover was designed by the talented

Deborah Bradseth of DB Cover Design.

Book Description:

The streets of old Hollywood are paved with glitter and gold, secrets and lies. What’s real, and what’s imagined? Only those who lived it know the truth.

 

1934 – Young Kathleen Carver dreams of becoming a movie star despite her father’s warnings that she wouldn’t want that life. As she grows, she becomes more determined, and her strong personality and independent soul won’t let her give up. After college, she stays out east and works in the theater. Then her big break comes—Hollywood is calling—and she goes home to California to become the star she always knew she’d be. But there are bumps along the highway to stardom, heartbreak, losses, and scandals. And secrets—so many secrets to keep.

 

Today – Kathleen Carver hates publicity. Despite having been an actress of both stage and screen since the early 1940s, she’s always despised the way newspapers and tabloids distorted stories about her private life. Her life had been unconventional for a single woman of her generation, making her an easy target for rumors. But now, at ninety-eight years old, she’s published her autobiography for personal reasons, and she hates that she had to do it. Additionally, she’s agreed to do several interviews for a documentary on a streaming channel, and it feels like torture sharing bits and pieces of her life with the world. But she has her reasons, and the public will never learn from her the true secrets she’s kept locked inside no matter how hard they try. Because old Hollywood had big secrets, and she refuses to betray her friends, or herself.

Historical Fiction/Women's Fiction

Release Date: May 28, 2024

Preorder now:

Amazon Kindle

Coming soon to Paperback and Audiobook

Will also be in Kindle Unlimited

Cover Reveal: Death Becomes You, A Rachel Emery Novel, Book Two by Deanna Lynn Sletten

 I'm so excited to share with all of you the new cover of the second book in 

The Rachel Emery Series!

DEATH BECOMES YOU

Cover Design by Deborah @ Tugboat Design

Book Description:

Rachel Emery hadn’t planned on investigating a murder mystery again after her first and only experience solving a long-ago murder. But when her friend, romance writer Ariel Weathers, called her, frantic about her dead ex-husband stalking her, Rachel is too intrigued to refuse to investigate it.

As Rachel digs up information about Randall’s death, new twists and turns keep springing up, taking her in several directions. And when the original case investigator, Jack Meyers, joins in, they seem destined for choppy waters. Then a shocking new murder takes the two sleuths down yet another path that becomes more deadly by the minute.

What happened the day Randall went out for a cruise on his yacht? Did he die as they’d thought, or was he setting up a devious plan of murder?

If you enjoyed the first book in the series - you are sure to enjoy this one!

Death Becomes You

is now up for preorder!

Release Date: August 10, 2021

Murder Mystery/Women Sleuths

Preorder Now:

Amazon Kindle

Coming soon to Paperback and Audiobook

It will also be available on Kindle Unlimited after release.

 

Cover Reveal: The Ones We Leave Behind by Deanna Lynn Sletten

Cover Reveal

I am so excited to share my upcoming historical women's fiction novel with you

THE ONES WE LEAVE BEHIND

A heart-wrenching story of family, loss, and redemption.

The amazing cover is designed by

Deborah Bradseth of Tugboat Design

Book Description:

Diane picked up her mother’s phone. “How do you feel about your mother being let out of prison today after sixty-five years?” the reporter asked. Diane stared at her mother. “My grandmother is alive?” That one phone call hurled shock waves throughout the entire family.

1955 – Anna Bergman Craine’s life changes in an instant when she commits a crime of passion and is sentenced to life in prison. Leaving behind two young children, she is left alone in the world, never to hear from family or friends again. Decades later, she is set free, and finds she has a family that has chosen to forget her. What caused this beautiful, intelligent, young woman to commit such a drastic deed that would pull her away from everyone she loved?

2020 – Diane Martin is shocked to learn that not only is her maternal grandmother alive, but she’s just been released after decades in prison. Against her aging mother’s wishes, she visits the older woman and soon hears a tale of the events that led up to that tragic day in 1955. Diane realizes that her own life has mirrored that of her grandmother’s and, had circumstances gone differently that fateful day, she might have experienced the same fate.

A heart-wrenching story of a family torn apart because of a moment in time and trying to put the pieces together after being separated for decades.

Historical Women's Fiction

Release Date: September 8, 2020

Preorder now on:

Amazon Kindle

Will also be available on Kindle Unlimited

Coming also to:

Paperback and Audiobook

I can't wait for you to read Anna's story!

Cover Reveal & Preorder: Chasing Bailey (A Lake Harriet Novel) by Deanna Lynn Sletten

Hi everyone!

I'm so excited to finally share with you the cover of my upcoming contemporary romance novel 

CHASING BAILEY

A Lake Harriet Novel

Book 3

The cover was created by my amazing designer

Deborah Bradseth of Tugboat Design

First we met Kristen and Ryan in Walking Sam. Then we met Mallory and James in As the Snow Fell. Now, we'll meet two more residents of the Lake Harriet neighborhood and a wiley dog named Bailey in the sweet romance, Chasing Bailey.

Book Description:

A Lake Harriet Novel

In the charming Lake Harriet neighborhood where we first met Kristen, Ryan, and their dog Sam in Walking Sam, two people are struggling to put their lives back together with the help of a rambunctious dog named Bailey.

Lisa Evan’s life has been in turmoil since her husband, Andrew, left her nine months earlier. With two-year-old Abby to care for and a new full-time job as a school nurse, she’s just trying to keep her head above water both emotionally and financially. It didn’t help that her ex-husband gifted a rambunctious puppy to Abby for her second birthday. But Abby instantly fell in love with Bailey, so Lisa didn’t have the heart to say no. Even though Lisa’s quiet neighborhood is a great place for kids and dogs, there’s one neighbor who isn’t thrilled about Bailey—the hermit across the street. And try as she might, Lisa can’t keep the dog from digging his way out of the yard and running to the hermit’s house. But after one particularly nasty clash with the hermit, Lisa discovers that maybe the man across the street isn’t as terrible as she’d once thought.

Avery McKinnon moved to the quiet neighborhood to hide out after an extremely nasty divorce. In one year his entire world has fallen apart. His wife left him, he lost his house, and his novels are no longer selling as well as they used to, taking a bite out of his income. He’s bitter and angry and the last thing he wants is to become chummy with all the annoyingly happy people in his neighborhood. When the puppy across the street keeps running over to his house and digging up his yard, Avery explodes. Can’t that annoying woman across the street control a puppy? But when he finally sees Lisa for who she is, he realizes that maybe he’s been angry long enough. Maybe it was time to let someone back into his life. And then her ex-husband comes back into the picture and ruins everything.

Contemporary Romance

Sweet Romance

Release Date: October 8, 2019

You can Preorder now on:

Amazon Kindle U.S.

Amazon Kindle UK

Amazon Kindle AU

Amazon Kindle Canada

Paperback and Audiobook Coming Soon!

If you loved WALKING SAM and AS THE SNOW FELL, you will love CHASING BAILEY!

Cover Reveal: The Women of Great Heron Lake by Deanna Lynn Sletten

Cover Reveal!

I am so excited to share with you the cover of my upcoming historical fiction novel, THE WOMEN OF GREAT HERON LAKE. It’s a sweeping story of two women, decades apart, living parallel lives. Here is the beautiful cover designed by Deborah Bradseth of Tugboat Design.

Created by Tugboat Design

Book Description:

Two strong women, generations apart, living parallel lives.

When Marla Madison’s husband dies, she realizes her life has become very small. Her daughter is grown and Marla has spent the past two decades focused on his friends, his interests, and his home. Feeling lost, she throws herself into fixing up the one-hundred and fifty-year-old family manor on the lake. She soon discovers an old journal in a secret drawer and is instantly intrigued. The handwritten book tells the tale of another Mrs. Madison from over a century ago, the first woman to live in the lake manor. As Marla reads the journal, she discovers that her life parallels that of the woman who wrote those words decades ago and Marla finds inspiration from her strength.

1875 - Alaina Carlton was content to become a spinster until her beloved father introduces her to Nathaniel Madison, one of the most prosperous men in St. Paul, Minnesota. Even though she values her independence, Alaina is intrigued by this man who pursues her. When they marry, she believes she’s found a man who will treat her as an equal, but soon realizes that isn’t entirely true. From their mansion on the illustrious Summit Avenue to their manor at Great Heron Lake, where the rich and powerful play, her life is no longer her own. But fifteen years and two children later when Nathaniel grows ill she takes her rightful place where women weren’t allowed in order to secure her children’s inheritance and her future.

An inspiring family saga of two determined woman who found meaning in their lives by following their passions and not allowing society, or propriety, to hold them back.

Release Date: September 10, 2019

Women’s Historical Fiction/Family Saga

PREORDER NOW!

U. S. Amazon Kindle: https://amzn.to/2XKyLwa

Amazon Kindle Canada

Amazon Kindle Australia

Amazon Kindle UK

Coming Soon in Paperback and Audiobook

This book has been a labor of love and I hope you will preorder your copy so you can enjoy it on release day!

Cover Reveal: Delicious Disasters by Isabella Louise Anderson

Cover Reveal 

for Author friend Isabella Louise Anderson's newest novel!

Delicious Disasters

Book Description:

When Tessa Markham’s bookstore gets bought out, she is forced to face an uncertain future. After her best friend challenges her to start baking, she accepts—even if the last time she baked wasn’t what she would call a delicious success.

After a small kitchen fire, Tessa’s life begins to change. She finds encouragement from a sexy fireman, agrees to a questionable ruse to help another business owner with a complicated situation, and needs to be there for her best friend now more than ever.

Can a delicious disaster lead to a new future and a successful baking career?

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About the author:

Isabella Louise grew up with a book in her hand, and to this day nothing has changed. Aside from writing, she focuses her time on featuring other authors on her blog, Chick Lit Goddess, along with sharing book reviews. Isabella Louise is also a member of the Romance Writers of America.

She lives in Dallas with her husband, enjoys spicy Indian and Mexican food, margaritas, and red and white wines. She loves spending time with family and friends, and cheering on the Texas Rangers. When Isabella Louise isn’t working on her next release, her attention is also on her Scentsy business, where she’s a consultant.

Contact Isabella Louise Anderson:

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Cover Reveal: Miss Etta: A Novel by Deanna Lynn Sletten

Hi all,

I am very excited to share with you my upcoming novel, MISS ETTA. I have been working on this novel for years...and now I'm finally able to share it with all of you. I'm also excited about the cover - created for me by the talented Deborah Bradseth of Tugboat Design.

Be sure to read below about The Real Etta Place.

Now available for preorder - MISS ETTA.

MISS ETTA

      ~A Novel~

Deanna Lynn Sletten

Book Description:

She rode with the most famous outlaws of her time. Then she vanished.

In the fall of 1895, Etta Place falls in love with Harry Longabaugh, alias the Sundance Kid. She gives up everything to follow him and his partner-in-crime, Butch Cassidy, in their outlaw life across the continent and beyond. Breathtakingly beautiful and every inch a lady, Etta can also ride and shoot as well as any man. As their fugitive life begins to crumble, she finds herself alone and living in a convent with her newborn son. Knowing she can’t hide away forever, she moves halfway across the country to begin anew. Etta prays her past won’t catch up with her.

In 1911 Emily Pleasants steps onto the train station platform of Pine Creek, Minnesota with a teacher’s contract in hand and a secret life she’s fled. A young widow with a small son, she’s searching for a safe place to raise her child where no one will recognize her. She meets Edward Sheridan, a successful merchant and bank owner, who quickly falls for her beauty, intelligence, and kindness. Still, she worries her notorious past will threaten the one thing dearest to her—her son.

From the deserts of Texas to the sweeping vistas of Wyoming, the refinement of New York City to the lush valleys of Argentina, Etta followed the outlaw men she loved so dearly. And then, she disappeared.

One woman, two separate lives. What became of the elusive Etta Place?

Historical Women's Fiction

Release Date: September 4, 2018

Preorder now!

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Coming soon to Paperback and Audiobook

Harry Longabaugh alias the Sundance Kid
and Etta Place.

The Real Etta Place:

Etta Place was a real woman who was married to the notorious outlaw the Sundance Kid. From 1895 to 1907, she followed Sundance and Butch Cassidy, the leader of the Wild Bunch, along the Outlaw Trail and down to South America where the threesome tried to go straight. She was a young, beautiful woman who was said to be refined and mannered, even though she could shoot and ride as well as any man. No one knew her real name. She went by the alias Etta Place, but some thought her name was Ethel. Sometime around 1906–1908, she disappeared. Some say that during that time, she died in a Denver hospital and Sundance went on a drunken brawl and shot up a bar before returning to South America. Others say she died in childbirth. Stories persist that she left Sundance for someone else, that she came back to America alone, or that she died in the final shootout in San Vincente, Bolivia where it was believed that Butch and Sundance died. In reality, no woman was killed during that shootout, and there has yet to be any evidence that Butch or Sundance died that day.

What became of Etta Place? No one knows. And that is what makes her story so interesting. Using a timeline of true events that are known, I create her past life with Butch and Sundance, while giving a fictional version of her life after she disappeared. Enjoy!

Cover Reveal: Night Music

I am so excited to share with you the cover of my

upcoming women's fiction novel

NIGHT MUSIC

Created for me by the talented Deborah

at Tugboat Design.

NIGHT MUSIC will release on

March 13, 2018

Here is more about the novel:

Book Description:

1968 - 1971

Charlotte Parsons is devastated over losing her brother in the Vietnam War. Desperate to learn more about the war, she joins a group of college women who send letters to soldiers and befriends Joseph Russo, a young soldier. But a few months after they begin corresponding, his letters stop coming, and Char moves on, still confused as to why so many young lives are being lost so far away from home.

Two years later, Char begins college in her small Illinois town of Grand Falls. She’s been dating her brother’s long-time best friend, Deke Masterson, who is a senior in college and is deep into the anti-war movement. Char isn’t sure how she feels about the war. Then a stranger comes to town and changes everything.

Joseph Russo served in the Vietnam War, earning a Purple Heart for his injury as well as a life-long limp. He’s ready to put the war behind him. While in Vietnam, he’d corresponded with a girl from Grand Falls and he enjoyed reading about her idyllic life. When he’s discharged, he moves there to attend college. And when he meets Charlotte in person, he’s taken with her sweetness, intelligence, and beauty.

The battle lines are drawn as Deke resents Joe’s presence around Char. What started out as a well-deserved escape to a small town for Joe soon turns into a battle of wills between him and the idealistic Deke. And there stands Charlotte, right in the middle.

Night Music is a story about a moment in time when the world was chaotic and nothing was completely clear. In the midst of all the chaos, can Char and Joe find enough middle ground to fall in love?

Women's Fiction

Release Date: March 13, 2018

Preorder now on:

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iTunes Bookstore

Google Play

Coming soon to:

Amazon Kindle

Paperback

Audiobook

Add to your To Read list on Goodreads.

Cover Reveal: As the Snow Fell by Deanna Lynn Sletten

Hi all,

I am so excited to share with you the beautiful cover of my upcoming romance novel, As the Snow Fell. We return to the delightful Lake Harriet neighborhood where we first met Kristen and Ryan and their beloved dog, Sam, in Walking Sam. If you loved their story, you are going to love Mallory and James story too.

Here is the gorgeous cover created for me by Deborah at Tugboat Design

Book Description:

In the charming Lake Harriet neighborhood in Minneapolis, MN, where we first met Kristen, Ryan, and their beloved dog, Sam, in Walking Sam, we meet another couple who are struggling to find true love.

Mallory Dawson is planning the winter wedding of her dreams. She’s found a wonderful man to share her life with and is looking forward to a promising future together. But one month before her wedding, she runs into the man she once loved who she hasn’t seen in ten years and her entire life is turned upside down.

James Gallagher fled to California ten years ago to start his life over after the love of his life, Mallory, refused to marry him. But when his dad passes away and his mother becomes ill, he returns home to help run the family business. Seeing Mallory again brings a flood of memories back, and he begins to wonder what his life would have been like if he hadn’t left.

Will the wedding go on or will fate play a hand in Mallory's happily ever after?

Publish Date: November 21, 2017

Contemporary Romance/Sweet Romance

Pre-order now on:

Amazon Kindle - $3.99

Barnes & Noble Nook - $3.99

Coming Soon to:

Paperback

Be sure to pre-order now!

Cover Reveal ~ One Wrong Turn: A Novel by Deanna Lynn Sletten

Hi all,

I'm so excited to share with you the new cover for my upcoming novel ONE WRONG TURN. It will be available June 20, 2017 from Lake Union Publishing. I love this story and am so happy to be able to share it with you.  

  

One Wrong Turn

 



 

Book Description:

Author Deanna Lynn Sletten returns with an unforgettable novel about one man’s crisis of self and his greatest act of love.

The words “I’m her husband” roll off Clay Connors’s tongue, but with his ex-wife lying in a coma—and no assurance that she’ll awaken—he knows he’s perilously close to losing everything. A singular, terrifying accident has left Jess Connors suspended between life and death. Now Clay is reunited with the family he hasn’t seen for two years, including the daughters he left behind.

Clay should have been there for his family. He never should have stayed away so long. The alcohol that took over his life destroyed everything but a shred of his self-preservation. Sober and haunted, Clay revisits the memory of love, marriage, and how his life unraveled. He hopes that by trying to reconnect with the daughter who blames him and the daughter who barely knew him, he can find a light of hope in this darkest hour. As his family faces its most grueling, emotional test yet, Clay must summon the courage to make right what was wrong—and find forgiveness from his harshest judge: himself.

 

Women's Fiction/Romance

Lake Union Publishing

Publish Date: June 20, 2017

Pre-order Now:

Amazon Kindle

Paperback

I think you are all going to love this story. Be sure to pre-order now so you don't miss it the day it comes out.

Cheers,

Deanna

Cover Reveal: Finding Libbie by Deanna Lynn Sletten

Hi all,

I'm so very excited to share with you the beautiful cover of my upcoming novel Finding Libbie. Without further ado - here it is!

 

 

 

 

Book Description:

 

Poring over a dusty hatbox of photographs in her grandmother’s closet, Emily Prentice is shocked to discover her father was married to his high school sweetheart before meeting her mother.

In the summer of 1968, Jack and Libbie fall in love under the spell of their small town, untouched by the chaos of the late sixties. Though Libbie’s well-to-do parents disapprove of Jack’s humble family and his aspiration to become a mechanic, she marries Jack a year after they graduate high school. But soon their happiness crumbles as Libbie’s mental state unravels and she is drawn to alcohol and drugs. Despite his efforts to help her, Jack loses the woman he loves and is forced to move on with his life.

Now that Emily’s mother has passed away, Jack is alone again, and Emily grows obsessed with the beautiful woman who had given her father such joy. Determined to find Libbie, Emily pieces together the couple’s fragmented past. But is it too late for happy endings?

Finding Libbie is a powerful story of a love so strong that decades cannot tear it apart.

 

If you loved Sara's Promise or Memories - you will love this novel!

 

Publication Date: September 6, 2016

Lake Union Publication

Pre-order now on Amazon!

Kindle

Paperback

 

 

I'd like to thank my editor, Danielle Marshall, and the entire team at Lake Union Publishing for their patience and hard work on Finding Libbie. They have been amazing to work with.



Cheers,
Deanna

Walking Sam Cover Reveal & Pre-order

Hi all,

I am so excited to share with you all today the cover reveal of my latest contemporary romance novel, Walking Sam. And even more exciting - you can now pre-order it on Amazon Kindle!


Walking Sam

Cover design by Tugboat Design

Deanna Lynn Sletten

Book Description:

Love isn’t always a walk in the park…

Ryan Collier has lived a quiet life with his golden retriever, Sam, and two orange tabbies since the death of his wife nearly three years ago. His friends and family are encouraging him to move on and find someone to share his life with, but Ryan feels he’ll never find anyone he’ll love as much as his wife. Ryan reluctantly starts going out on weekends, and soon finds that not only have women changed, but also the rules of dating. He’s longing for a fulfilling relationship but everyone he meets only want one-night stands. Then, Kristen moves in next door and he finds they have a lot in common. There’s only one problem—she’s not available.

Kristen Foster craves a peaceful place to call home. With her stressful job as a Pediatric Oncology Nurse and a failed marriage behind her, she doesn’t want any more drama in her life. Then her casual boyfriend—a surgeon—proposes to her. And she finds that the widower next door is a thirty-something, handsome man who seems to have his choice of young women every weekend. His only redeeming quality is his beautiful dog, Sam. But as she gets to know Ryan, Kristen is drawn to him. She finds herself struggling to choose between the dependable surgeon or the man she believes is the neighborhood playboy.

Can Sam’s furry charm bring Ryan and Kristen together?

Walking Sam is a heartwarming story of two people who have to let go of the past in order to see what’s right in front of them.

 

Contemporary Romance

Release date: March 29, 2016

 

Pre-order now on Amazon Kindle - $3.99

 

Coming soon to Paperback

 

A big thank you to Deborah at Tugboat Design for creating the beautiful cover. This is one of my favorites of all the covers she's created for me.

Cheers,
Deanna

Kissing Carly Cover Reveal

Hi all,

The third and final book in the Kiss a Cowboy Series is almost ready so I thought it would be fun to reveal the cover and description. I'm afraid I don't have an exact date for you on its publication, but I am working hard to get it out to you by mid-May. So here it is...Kissing Carly!

Kissing Carly
(Kiss a Cowboy Series, Book 3)

Book Description:

She never expected to fall in love...

Carly Stevens loves to have fun but her carefree lifestyle has finally caught up with her. Broke and in debt, she heads to Montana to spend the summer with her sister, Andi Brennan, at the Brennan ranch. Her sister agrees she can stay on two conditions—she works to pay down her debt and changes her wild-girl ways. Reluctantly, Carly agrees, but it isn’t long before she breaks her promise and finds herself in a bind and Randy comes to her rescue. Carly begins to see the ‘crusty old cowboy’ in a different light and soon finds herself falling for the one man she’d never thought it was possible to fall in love with.

Randy Olson’s life has never been easy—growing up with an alcoholic mother and an absent father— but he considers himself lucky to work for the Brennans and to be considered a part of their family. When Carly shows up to stay for the summer, he does his best to ignore the spoiled city girl, as he has done over the past two years when she’s visited. Then, one night, everything changes and he realizes there may be more to Carly than he ever imagined. As their relationship grows, old doubts plague Randy—could a city girl like Carly ever truly love a simple ranch hand?

 

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Kissing Carly will be available on:

 

Amazon Kindle

B&N Nook (limited time)

Paperback

 

 

The beautiful cover was designed (of course!) by Deborah Bradseth of Tugboat Design. When I first decided on continuing book one as a series, I asked Deborah to come up with all three cover designs at once so they would look consistent - and she did an amazing job. Deborah creates all of my book covers - and I love them all!

 

If you haven't had a chance to read this series, I hope you will grab book one, Kiss a Cowboy, and give it a try. I'm been so pleased with reader's responses to this series and if you love a fun romance novel - you should enjoy this series.

 

Buying information:

 

Kiss a Cowboy, Book One

 

Amazon Kindle

 

Paperback

 

Available for free on KindleUnlimited

 

 

 

 

A Kiss for Colt, Book Two

 

Amazon Kindle

 

Paperback

 

Available for free on KindleUnlimited

Be on the lookout for the Chapter One Reveal for Kissing Carly - coming soon!

Cheers!

Deanna

Cover Reveal: A Kiss for Colt (Kiss a Cowboy Series Book Two) by Deanna Lynn Sletten

Hi all,

I am so excited to share with you the beautiful cover of my upcoming novel, A KISS FOR COLT, the second book in the Kiss a Cowboy Series. It's Colt's turn to fall in love, but does he fall fast and hard for the wrong woman? Coming December 2014.



A Kiss for Colt

Cover by Tugboat Design

(Kiss a Cowboy Series Book Two)
Deanna Lynn Sletten


Book Description:

"Colt isn't going to know what hit him," Luke Brennan teased when Colt first met Carly. That was the understatement of the year.

 A kiss is just a kiss…

Colt Brennan is a sweet, shy cowboy who has spent his life working the family ranch in Montana. He's never given a thought to doing anything different, until the vivacious Carly Stevens comes along and steals his heart. Everyone warned him that Carly gets bored with her men easily, but Colt doesn't believe it's true. Once their relationship goes beyond a few stolen kisses, he's sure that Carly and he are meant to be together. On Carly's invitation, Colt leaves everything behind to move to Seattle and live with her. But sometimes a kiss is just a kiss, and although he wants much more with Carly, he finds her slowly pulling away, leaving him confused.

And then there's Beth. Colt feels an instant connection with Carly's roommate, Beth Owens, and is intrigued by her quiet kindness and inner strength. Beth is the one to bring a smile to his face and warm his heart when all his life plans goes awry. As time goes by, Colt finds himself caught between the woman he thinks he loves and the woman he feels a deep connection to. Who will be the woman who steals Colt away with just one kiss?

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Coming soon to:

Amazon Kindle
B&N Nook
Paperback

Be sure to Add A Kiss for Colt to your To-Read list on Goodreads!

A big thank you to Deborah at Tugboat Design for Colt's beautiful cover as well as for all my book covers!

If you haven't read book one, KISS A COWBOY, then be sure to grab a copy now. You don't want to miss out on Luke and Andi's story! While each book in the series could be read as a stand alone novel, it's more fun when you start at the beginning.

Buy KISS A COWBOY on:

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Cheers,

Deanna

Cover Reveal: Kiss A Cowboy

Hi all,

I am so excited to share with you my upcoming novel, KISS A COWBOY. It is a flirty, fun, heartwarming romance that you are sure to love. After all, who can resist hot cowboys on a Montana ranch? KISS A COWBOY is Book One of the Kiss A Cowboy Series which will include three books total. (Unless I find a few more hot cowboys to write about!). This book will be available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble as well as in paperback in early August.

Without further ado - here is the cover and book description for KISS A COWBOY.

Book Description:

Sometimes fate steps in and changes everything...

Andi Stevens drives away from her home town of Seattle and says goodbye to her sister to begin a new life with her fiancé in Buffalo, New York. When her car breaks down in the mountains of Montana, she reluctantly knocks on the door of a cabin for help. What she finds is Luke Brennan, the most handsome man she's ever met, who appears annoyed by her bothering him and is also downright rude. He takes her up to the main ranch house where his mother welcomes her warmly, opening their home to her for as long as she needs to stay. Andi quickly falls in love with the ranch and its occupants, and the beauty of Montana. And no matter how hard they fight it, she and the brooding cowboy form a bond that becomes stronger by the day. Andi soon finds herself struggling with her promise to marry one man and the attraction she feels for another.

Luke Brennan isn't interested in having his heart broken again. He's loved and lost once, and he's hardened his heart against ever falling in love again. But when a beautiful woman with the most tantalizing green eyes shows up at his door one night, he is taken by surprise. As hard as he tries to stay away from Andi, he finds himself drawn to her time and time again. But she's a city girl, and engaged to another man. She's off limits. Yet, he finds his heart slowly giving itself away to this woman. Should he bet against all odds and tell her how he feels before it's too late?

Does fate hold all the cards for the cowboy and the city girl, or will they choose their own destinies?

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I love the book cover which was designed for me by Deborah at Tugboat Design. Deborah has designed all of my book covers and I love them all.

Be sure to add Kiss A Cowboy to your To-Read List on Goodreads.

I will share the first chapter of KISS A COWBOY with you all soon.

Cheers,

Deanna

Destination Wedding Cover Reveal!

Hi all,

You are invited to a lovely island wedding...

I just can't wait any longer. My next novel, DESTINATION WEDDING, will be released soon and I want to share the beautiful book cover with you. Deborah at Tugboat Design creates all my book covers and she outdid herself with this one. I just love it! Here it is!

 

 

 

 

Book Description:

 

 

Life is full of surprises…

Claire Martin's life is perfect, or at least she tells herself it is. She owns a successful clothing boutique, has a steady, dependable boyfriend, and a beautiful grown daughter who is about to be married. Sure, Claire's husband of twenty years left her for a younger woman four years ago, but that is all in the past. Now, Claire is looking forward to her daughter's Bahama wedding and spending a week in paradise. The only thing Claire dreads is her ex-husband and his wife will also be on the island. Claire is determined to make the best of it, though. What Claire doesn't realize is ignoring her ex-husband for the week is going to be impossible.

James Martin's life is a mess. His wife of less than four years has made him the most miserable man on earth and now they are in the middle of a messy divorce. He's happy that he can forget her for a week as he goes off to the Bahamas to attend his lovely daughter's wedding. Jim is embarrassed to admit to his daughter and his ex-wife, Claire, that he made the biggest mistake of his life when he left her for another woman, so he makes up a story as to why his new wife didn't come along. When he and Claire are unexpectedly forced upon each other, Jim soon realizes what he's lost and he begins to wonder if he can find a way back into Claire's heart.

 

 

Coming soon to Amazon Kindle ~ B&N Nook ~ and in paperback.

 

Be sure to add DESTINATION WEDDING to your To Read List on Goodreads.

 

Cheers,

Deanna