Carolyn Brown’s Wild Cowboy Ways is out today from Forever and she’s stopped by to answer our questions! Be sure and pick up your copy of Wild Cowboy Ways today!

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BOOK BOYFRIENDS

Who are your book boyfriends? (list a maximum of five) What do you like about them? What characteristics do they share with the hero from your latest release?

Oh, I have many book boyfriends hiding on my shelves between the pages of my well worn books.

#1 Rhett Butler from Gone With the Wind. He brings his dark looks and wild side to Blake in Wild Cowboy Ways.

#2 Orrin Sacket (Tom Selleck) from The Sackett Series. He shares his common sense and love for an adventure to Blake.

#3 Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) from Elmore Leonard’s Fire in the Hole brings his swagger to Blake.

Everyone has a favorite couple (an “OTP” in ‘shipping terms) in romance, whether in a romance book, movie, or television series. Who is your favorite couple, and why?

Rick Castle and Kate Beckett from Castle are one of my favorite couples. I love that even though Rick is famous and rich, and Kate is successful in her career they still have to overcome the same obstacles in their romance that my characters do in their stories.

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FIRST ROMANCE (AKA My First Time):

What was the first romance novel you read?

The Concubine when I was about fourteen. I hid in the cellar to read it because once I looked up the word concubine in the dictionary I figured Mama would take it away from me if she caught me with it.

What do you remember about it?

That Anne Boleyn wasn’t much older than I was at the time and had already had a romance with an Earl and the King was flirting with her.

What did you like most about it?

That the King defied all his advisors against following his passion for the young girl. Going against common sense and everything he knew to be right, he still used all the power at his disposal to bring Anne from lady-in-waiting to the highest position in the court.

What did you like least about it?

I did not like the way that Henry used her and then fell for another woman. I could have chopped his head off without blinking an eye. But I do have to admit that it gave me a love for romance and taught me a lot about the inner circle of the court in those days. Norah Lofts truly brought that whole era of intrigue to life for me.

Have you ever reread it? If you did, how do you feel about it now?

I have never reread that book. I went on to pick up Lady Chatterly’s Lover which my mother did not know about either.

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SNAPPY CHAT

Darcy or Wentworth?

(bonus: who’s your favorite Darcy or Wentworth on screen?)

OMGoodness. Do I have to choose? I could toss a coin but (don’t shoot me) I do not watch these movies or television series. Can I change it to Raylan Givens or Boyd Crowder on Justified. Then it would be Raylan. He flat out stole my heart!

Christian or Gideon?

See above. Maybe we could change this one to Longmire or Branch on Longmire? Then it would be Branch. There’s something about those eyes even if he is a bad boy.

Rochester or Heathcliff?

I had to read this one in high school so I’m familiar with it. And it would be Heathcliff with his dark brooding ways.

Spock or Kirk?

Spock for sure.

Sunrise or sunset?

Sunset. In my opinion there is nothing more beautiful than a Texas sunset.

Angst or humor?

Humor. It cures everything!

Tea or coffee?

Coffee. Black and strong.

Wine or beer?

Neither but I do like an occasional shot of Jack Daniel’s.

Cake or pie?

Pie. Cherry with a scoop of ice cream or pumpkin with whipped cream will do just fine.

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New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author and RITA® Finalist, Carolyn Brown, has published more than sixty books.
Brown presently writes both women’s fiction and cowboy romance. She has also written historical single title, historical series, contemporary single title and contemporary series. She lives in southern Oklahoma with her husband, a former English teacher, who is not allowed to read her books until they are published. They have three children and enough grandchildren to keep them young.