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Let’s Buck!

Posted on by Author Cat Johnson
Bucked (Studs in Spurs, Book 2) debuted on its release day yesterday at the #10 spot on the My Bookstore and More Best Seller list. Overnight, it shot up to #5 proving everyone loves a cowboy!
Below is a short snippet of the first review for Bucked from Chrissy Dionne of Romance Junkies, who gave it the highest rating of 5 Blue Ribbons…

“If you’ve read UNRIDDEN, the first title in the STUDS IN SPURS series, then you’ve already been introduced to Mustang’s wild and unrepentant ways.  With BUCKED, Cat Johnson brings him back for an encore performance but with a few twists and turns and a lot of unexpected background information


…BUCKED introduces all new characters you’ll fall in love with… and gives readers the opportunity to revisit all of the characters you know and love from UNRIDDEN.  Cat Johnson once again proves she’s an author who has staying power.  I can hardly wait to find out what her next story will involve.”

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New Review: Private Lies

Posted on by Author Cat Johnson

“…Cat Johnson exceeded my expectations with her comically endearing story PRIVATE LIES.  Jax’s independent nature and opinion of her mother’s schemes kept me chuckling especially during some of the more candid and embarrassing conversations.  Jax’s honesty, hurt over her husband’s betrayal, anger over the whole situation and lust for a bartender blend into one wacky fun storyline that’s full of many ‘OMG, she didn’t just…’ moments and several ‘oh yeah, you go girl!’ scenes as well.   The sex scenes are hot and Shane is absolutely loveable.  Oh, and I imagine you want to know what happens with the soon-to-be ex?  Well you’re just going to have to pick up a copy to find out – but I have to tell you, when Jax gets even she does it with style.  This is the perfect story to warm your heart and tickle your funny bone on a cold winter’s day.


PRIVATE LIES is one of the 28 Days of Heart stories being released through All Romance Ebooks during the month of February.  All profits generated from sales of these titles will be donated to the American Heart Association to help combat the number one killer of women.”


5 Blue Ribbons

Chrissy Dionne, Romance Junkies


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BRINGING THE WILD WEST BACK…ON TODAY’S TERMS

Posted on by Author Cat Johnson

I received a wonderful early Christmas present this year when I discovered UNRIDDEN had been nominated for The Romance Studio’s CAPA Awards for Best Erotic Contemporary Romance and I was up for Favorite Erotic Romance Author. With the upheaval of having Unridden released in May under the Linden Bay Romance label, and then re-released as a best seller for the second time in 6 months in November through Samhain Publishing, to have this validation that the story stands on its own two feet as far as readers and reviewers are concerned was wonderful…

For those who may have missed TRS’s review that led to UNRIDDEN being reviewer-nominated for a CAPA, here is a snippet….

“…Cat Johnson is an author who brilliantly captivates her readers luring them into her world time after time. Every delightful tale she writes is brimming with passion, humor, action, and love. She immediately captures her reader’s attention with her clever plotting, compelling characters, and the simmer passion that she creates. Once you have read one of her stories you will be hooked.

Unridden launches a new series for Ms. Johnson that is sure to play on readers’ fantasies with wicked delight. What woman doesn’t dream about two sexy-as-sin cowboys and the simmering passion and naughty delights that can be found with them? Jenna is hooked and this sassy and a bit neurotic city slicker is having the ride of her life! These appealing characters are unpredictable, outrageously funny, and dynamic. The witty and snappy repartee between them will have the reader laughing out loud. The secondary characters add a little spice to the story and work well to move the story forward. Readers will still be thinking about these characters long after the last page is read. The sexual escapades are truly delicious and add sensual heat to burn up the sheets. Each scene is masterfully crafted, each emotion real and touching. The backdrop of the rodeo circuit works well with this plot, paving the way for extreme action, danger, and pulse pounding adventure. This is a story that shouldn’t be missed!

Fans of Cat Johnson prepare for her to unlock your deepest desires with this memorable story!”

Overall rating:

Sensuality rating: Very sensual

Reviewer: Shannon, The Romance Studio

What I find particularly motivating in writing this series about the romance of the modern cowboy is that it brings the Western Romance genre out of the dark ages of the historical romance, where the heroine was a fainting violet and the hero so stuck in his own principles of being a gentleman sex was out of the question. The esteemed Eloisa James blogged just yesterday on the Barnes&Noble blog about how sad that true westerns were hard to find. By true she meant set in the late 1800′s in the Amercian West. I dare say she is wrong. The western romance is alive and well, it has simply been brought into the 21st century, and thank God for that.

Cat

Review for Unridden

Posted on by Author Cat Johnson

“A story with a city girl, two bull-riding cowboys, and so much sizzling sex you’ll melt the house down. How can you possibly go wrong? Cat Johnson has delivered another ménage to swoon for in Unridden, book one in the Studs and Spurs series… This is a delightful romp that fans of ménage will enjoy. You have the angst, the tension, and oodles of white hot sex. You’ll root for Slade and Jenna, and enjoy Mustang because the characters are so well written so that you understand what goes on between him. The writing is great, the story flows well, and you’ll go from zero to sixty in five seconds flat. Unridden is a satisfying read that’s pleasurably hot to the touch. Don’t forget to put this one on your TBR list.”

Fern, Whipped Cream Reviews

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New Review for Rough Stock

Posted on by Author Cat Johnson

“Rough Stock will take you for a ride that will make you wish you were there… I was totally taken by this beautifully told story of romantic, youthful love that becomes the love that every person ever dreams about… Rough Stock definitely kept me reading into the night.” Judy King, Veiled Secrets Reviews, 5 Dragons

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Taking it up a notch… new review for Rough Stock

Posted on by Author Cat Johnson

“Menage isn’t difficult to find nowadays, but menage with heart is an entirely different story-literally. …after reading Rough Stock, my expectations have been taken up a notch… Definitely check this one out!” Read More

Fern, Whipped Cream Reviews

Everyone loves a soldier…

Posted on by Author Cat Johnson

AFGM_200I’ve had this fantasy since I began seriously writing romance in 2006. I’ve always wanted to walk through an airport and see a traveler reading one of my books, like I always see them reading James Patterson, or whatever the current, hot new bestselling release is (according to the NY Times). Well last night, the soldier kind of made my dreams come true. My Army consultant is stateside for leadership training and…this is amazing, I still can’t believe it…while flying to Fort Benning in Georgia, he saw a woman reading my book in the airport!

It was the first one he helped me write back in 2007, A Few Good Men, while he was a tank commander in Ramadi and I started seriously penning real life military missions into my romantic fiction, thanks to him. He told the woman he knew me, and that I support his platoon, but he didn’t tell her he helped me, that the missions in the book were actually his. He didn’t think she’d believe him. I reminded him that his name is most likely in the dedication, but always a man of mystery, Sean wanted her to figure it out for herself. And actually, now that I look back at that dedication, I used his nickname because he was feeding me such incredible military details, I was afraid I’d get him in trouble if I put his real name. Whether she knows or not, I am still thrilled. I didn’t get to see it myself, but someone was reading my book in the airport!

This event, the fulfillment of my lifelong dream, if even on a very small scale, strikes me on two levels. One, as much as I often love to loathe Amazon.com and support wholeheartedly the local indie bookshops in my area, I know in my heart that traveler purchased that book from Amazon where I always have a place on their virtual bookshelves. I know that a tiny indie bookshop can not possibly stock even one copy of every book, every author has available, and that is a sad truth. The other thing that strikes me is how the universe has recently begun throwing boulders in my path, yet after every assault, it will dangle a carrot in front of me to keep me moving forward. Just its way of keeping cosmic balance perhaps. So as I dodge the boulders and follow the carrots, I keep plodding along. Thank you to any of you who choose to monitor my progress or join me on the journey. APAM_200

And speaking of carrots…. A new reader review has just been posted for A Prince Among Men (one of my Contemporary Military Erotic Romances), just in time for the Fourth of July holiday. Here is a blurb: “WONDERFUL! FABULOUS! I WANT MORE!!!!!! What more can I say, I loved it. Hot Hot HOT HOT HOT!!!!! I laughed, I gasped, I was totally pulled in and fell in love with the characters. All I can say about Ryan is…..I want one! Totally great plot and super well written… Phenomenal story telling.”

Read the full review at http://seriouslyreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/07/prince-among-men-by-cat-johnson.html

Have a safe and joyful Fourth of July, and don’t forget to tip a beer to all the men and women of the armed services this weekend.

Cat

A Prince Among Men and A Few Good Men are both available in print on Amazon.com and in eBook from Linden Bay Romance.com, All Romance eBooks.com and My Bookstore and More.

Unridden Rated Orgasmic by Just Erotic Romance Reviews

Posted on by Author Cat Johnson

You can’t please everyone. That is what I tell myself anyway. Then, sometimes, a reader or a reviewer really gets it. T. S. Peters from Just Erotic Romance Reviews really got UNRIDDEN. This reviewer got Jenna the heroine, as well as the hero and the story, which means more than I can say because so much of me is in Jenna. The mediocre writer whose career is dictated by forces outside of her control, who takes reviews and criticism too much to heart, who’s been more than once forced to turn to strangers for help only to have them turn into more in her life.

The review is very long but more than worth the read, however I believe fair use laws only allow me to paste a bit of it here, not the entire thing. It can be found in full now in the JERR Newsletter (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/justeroticromancereviewsnewsletter/) available at their Yahoo group. It will eventually be posted at the JERR website, though there is usually a bit of a lag. (justeroticromancereviews.com)

JERR REVIEW SNIPPET FOR UNRIDDEN (STUDS IN SPURS, BOOK 1)

“This is a story about an erotic romance author whose reviewers and agents tell her that her writing is just average. She is told that if she wants to further her career she has to change her style. Although I am not normally into cowboys, just this premise alone sparked my interest and had me laughing my head off. I feel the need to warn readers that this is not a true ménage book. It is at its heart still a boy meets girl story. Girl just happens to leave her options open while she’s falling. …the sex (which there is a WHOLE LOT of) between them is amazing! I found it to be adventurous, passionate and very, very stirring… I would happily recommend this book to anyone, with full assurance that it would soon be on the keeper shelf.”

T.S. Peters, Just Erotic Romance Reviews (JERR)

Rated Five Stars: The reviewer found this book to have engaged all her reading senses. Well written, arousing, with well developed characters and plot line. There were no faults with this story, and considers it definitely worth re-reading

Heat Level Orgasmic!!! Our reviewer found the ultimate satisfaction with this book.

“Ms. Johnson does know her cowboys!”

Posted on by Author Cat Johnson

New review for UNRIDDEN, my contemporary cowboy menage.

“… This book was a pleasure to read. The bullriding scenes were right on and the sex scenes, well……they were, too! A good book, worth the time to read it. Ms. Johnson does know her cowboys!”

Reviewed by Nancy Eriksen, ParaNormal Romance Reviews