New Release Today & Guest Post - Hunter Moon by Cait Lavender

Bawling cattle tore Shelby Flint from her bed. With lawyer fees to pay in her struggle to keep her ranch from the clutches of her greedy cousins, she couldn’t afford the loss of even one calf. When she sees a large wolf circling her cows, she aims and fires. While the wolf escapes, Shelby can’t seem to get away from her troubles when a marijuana grower sets up shop on her land, sabotaging her property and eventually coming after her. Adding to that, a handsome game warden is poking his nose into her business and working his way underneath her skin. Shelby will have to fight harder than she ever fought before to keep from losing heart and everything she ever loved.

We are so excited to announce the new release of Hunter Moon by Cait Lavender. The book sounds amazing and I know I will be getting my hands on it! Cait has offered us a wonderful post on Excitement of a Newly Published Novel. So without further ado....Welcome Cait and take it away!

Ladies & Gentlemen, I present you with Cait Lavender!

My stomach is in knots and it’s getting late but I’m not going to bed until I can’t keep my eyes open any longer. When I started writing, the idea of actually becoming published seemed so very far into the future, almost impossible. With each word down and each contact made, the release day grew closer and closer. The wonderful people in my writing group pushed, encouraged and coaxed me to this point and I’m forever grateful, because now I’m published!


            My poor F5 button. At this point in time I’m sure it’s wailing in agony after being pushed over and over again, but I simply can’t help myself! I’ve been constantly checking and re-checking my sales, giggling with glee each time the numbers change. After a year of trials, anguish, frustration and spurts of inspiration I’ve finally completed my first full-length novel and today it’s been released out into the world. Is this how parents feel when they send their child to school the first day?

My child, my baby, my book is now floating around freely. Anyone can read it and that is daunting. Until today, only a handful of people have read my book. I’ve poured my heart, soul and personality into the words on each page and now I have to sit back and hope that it will be well-received. If it isn’t? I can only assume it will wound me as deeply as if someone told me my baby girl is ugly. How dare you!

I know I have to get thick skin to continue on in this business without curling into a ball and sobbing after each negative review. Either that or hope that my book is so brilliant that it’ll never receive any negativity (ha!). But for now, I’m reveling in the afterglow of clicking that “Submit” button and feeling the same sense of accomplishment I had after I had my daughter. My baby is out there now, I’ve done all I can, and now I’ll just have to sit back and see how it does. Be kind!

I love it and it is exciting to have a new release. The worst part is waiting on it lol. Congratulations Cait!

Cait Lavender is a twenty five year old wife and stay at home mother of one in Central California. Living on a cattle ranch and raising her daughter doesn’t afford her much leisure time, but when she has a spare minute or two she loves riding horses, baking and reading everything she can get her hands on. She grew up loving the written word and creative writing and finally decided to work on her dream of becoming a published author.

She has a short story, Cowboy Moon, and a full-length novel, Hunter Moon, both available on Smashwords, Amazon and Barnes & Noble. She’d love to hear from you on her Facebook author page, @caitlavender on Twitter or on her blog... 

www.caitlavender.com

 Barnes and Noble 

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