Spotlight & Giveaway: Hope on the Range by Cindi Madsen

Posted June 23rd, 2021 by in Blog, Spotlight / 35 comments

Today it is my pleasure to Welcome author Cindi Madsen to HJ!
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Hi Cindi and welcome to HJ! We’re so excited to chat with you about your new release, Hope on the Range!

 

Please summarize the book for the readers here:

This book is about dreams and following them, from taking that shot with your best friend to opening a horse rescue ranch. There are two romances that take place, between the cowboy next door and his childhood friend and the supposed bad boy of the teen rehab ranch and the town good girl who barrel races.
 

Favorite quote from the book:

“Just like that, the friendship switch fully flipped, desire going from a flicker to blinding in an instant.”

 

If your book was optioned for a movie, what scene would you use for the audition of the main characters and why?

If the book was optioned for a movie, I’d use this scene to audition the main characters, because it’d show their comedic timing and the chemistry:

“When you think about it, crickets have it so easy.”
Tanya lowered her eyebrows. “Crickets?”
This was a perfect example of what happened when a bull took the lead, but in for a dime, in for a dollar. “Yeah. The dude just rubs his legs together and boom, the females are so impressed at the racket that they come to find him.”
Sputtered laughter erupted from Tanya, dissipating the awkwardness in the air between them. Then she lay all the way back in the bed of the truck, not a care to the dirt and hay dust. Her hair contrasted with the dark plastic lining and, with the extra humidity in the air, her curls were bigger than ever, wild and untamed. His fingers twitched with the urge to plow through all that silky, fiery red. “Human males have it easy, too,” she said.
Brady lay next to her, clinging to the normalcy of the move, even though he couldn’t help being keenly aware of the brush of their arms and way her breasts rose and feel with each breath. “How so?”
“Oh, please.” The dim light of the moon played across her features, softening one and then the other as the clouds muted its glow. “All you have to do is grin or flex, and females come running.”
“And all women have to do is smile and bat their eyes. Maybe add a hair flip.”
She rolled to face him and propped her cheek on her fist. “I, uh, tried that. You thought I had something in my eye.”
A snort-laugh escaped, and Tanya began to pull away. Brady tugged her to him and guided her head onto his shoulder, and then he secured an arm around her waist to prevent any further attempts to flee. “In my defense, that was eye twitching if I ever did see it. Winking goes more like…”
Brady lifted his head an inch or two and gave her an exaggerated wink.
Evidently his skills weren’t what they used to be because the muscles in her jaw tightened as she shook her head.
He twisted his neck so they were nose to nose. “Talk to me, Yaya. It feels like you’re mad at me.”
“I am mad at you.”
“For which part?” he asked, since he didn’t doubt she had a reason to be. Once he learned where he’d messed up, he could apologize for it and then they could figure out the rest—they had to. Honestly, that was the main reason he hadn’t even let himself indulge in the idea of more. It was a lot to risk, and that was if he hadn’t already gone and ruined it.
“I’m pissed at you for not reading my mind, okay? And I know that’s silly. It’s just I had all these expectations of you noticing how pretty I looked, and that somehow my newfound flirting skills would unlock this, like, secret desire. I guess I sorta hoped that after I’d put in all that effort, you’d read the signs and do the rest.”
Brady drifted his fingers down the soft skin on her arm and folded her hand into his. “Is that still what you want? Because I can’t read your mind. There’s a lot at stake, so I need you to tell me.”

Excerpted from Hope on the Range by Cindi Madsen. © 2021 by Cindi Madsen. Used with permission of the publisher, Sourcebooks Casablanca, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. All rights reserved.

 

What do you want people to take away from reading this book?

That sometimes our fears keep us from taking a leap that’ll lead to happiness, and that we tend to make snap judgments that hurt ourselves as much as others. But also, a lot of laughing and swooning along the way, because laughing and love are the best.
 

Thanks for blogging at HJ!

 

Giveaway: A print copy of Hope on the Range by Cindi Madsen

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Book Info:

Brady Dawson grew up in the Colorado heartland running the Turn Around Ranch with his parents and his brothers. The Turn Around offers safety and rehabilitation for troubled teens, and doesn’t leave a lot of downtime, so it’s lucky his best friend is the girl next door, Tanya Greer. Everyone tries to label them as more than friends, but they’ve never crossed that line. Well, except that one time…

Tanya’s family’s dude ranch isn’t attracting a crowd any more. Tanya would love to turn the ranch into a summer riding camp for city kids, but her parents refuse to consider her idea. They still seem to think of Tanya as a kid herself. So when they get an offer from a slick businessman, it looks like they’re going to sell. And when Tanya is offered a well-paying job in the city, she knows it’s time to forget her dreams for the ranch, and her hopes of being more than friends with Brady.

Brady doesn’t want Tanya to go, but he doesn’t want to hold her back either. The thought of losing Tanya has Brady’s cowboy heart in knots. He realizes he’d better take his own advice, cowboy up, and confess his feelings. He only hopes it isn’t already too late.

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Meet the Author:

Cindi Madsen is a USA Today Bestselling author of contemporary romance and young adult novels. She sits at her computer every chance she gets falling in love with her characters. She has way too many shoes, loves music, dancing, and wishes summer lasted all year long. She lives with her husband and three children in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
 
 
 

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35 Responses to “Spotlight & Giveaway: Hope on the Range by Cindi Madsen”

  5. Nicole (Nicky) Ortiz

    That hard to choose.
    Maybe I’ll stick to dogs
    Thanks for the chance!

  12. SusieQ

    Since I have worked through a TNR (Trap, Neuter, Release) program for feral cats in my neighborhood, I’d pick cats.

  15. Glenda M

    A sanctuary for large cats – all of them – that have been kept as pets.

  24. Kay Garrett

    If money and space were no object, I would love it to be all about bears. After going to the Tetons and Yellowstone and see bears in their natural habitat, I think they are the most fascinating animals around. We now live in the Ozark Mountains and can drive less than 10 miles to see them roaming the woods. The prettiest one I’ve seen is a cinnamon black bear. It would be amazing to work with injured bears, bears that need to be relocated or bear in general would be amazing.
    2clowns at arkansas dot net

  26. rkcjmomma

    I would save dogs they are my favorite animals and id love to save them all and love them!!

  32. Amy R

    If you had the space and the means to run an animal rescue, which animal would you pick to rescue? all types

  34. Patricia B.

    We have done rescue of sorts. We have always been the neighborhood rescue squad for injured or abandoned wild animals no matter where we lived. We have also adopted a variety of rescue animals. In our current home we did puppy litter and other dog fostering for about 6 years. We have had rescue cats, dogs, peacocks, rabbits, chickens, and a ball python, at one point, all at the same time. Right now we are down to one geriatric dog an attack rooster (brought to us because he was attacking the dogs at the campground where he resided) and 7 hens (one from the campground and 6 from someone who couldn’t care for them any more.
    If we had a certified rescue, it would be for dogs. I think we would likely concentrate on the older dogs which are harder to find homes for but would take any age.

  35. Terrill R.

    I might pick both cats and dogs. Neglected, abused, or abandoned cats and dogs tend to be more loving and thankful or need extra patience in order to get there.