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A few weeks ago I read an article about ways men can make their women swoon and feel special. Here are a selection:
1. Ask her to dance.
2. Put your arm around her when you introduce her to your friends and family.
3. Kiss her eyelids.
4. When she’s walking down the street, across the room or up stairs to meet you, walk toward her as soon as you see her.
5. Grasp her hand when a sexy woman walks by.
6. Mention your upcoming anniversary before she does.
7. Call her just before you get on a plane.
8. Order her coffee and make sure it’s exactly how she likes it.
9. Worship her breasts.
10. Draw her a warm bath.
11. In the middle of a conversation, tell her you love her.
12. Kiss her hand in front of your friends.
13. Notice when she’s wearing something new.
14. Make love to her and focus entirely on her needs.
Source: Men’s Health.com
Charlotte Dixon, the heroine from my recent release One Night of Misbehavior is charmed by Ashley Marlborough. He’s definitely swoon worthy. He’s rich, talented and possesses charisma by the bucket load. On top of that he’s kind. He brings her coffee and he focuses on her until she feels very special, even if she fights him every inch of the way.
He wears his scars on the outside. She keeps hers safe inside.
Charlotte Dixon ignores her stepmother’s edict and, in an act of disobedience, attends one of the social events of the year—a masquerade costume ball. Charlotte’s naughtiness escalates when she dances and smooches with a sexy mystery man. The night of anonymous passion that follows makes her yearn for a different life, but the next day she’s back to her dull routine of household management.
Advertising tycoon, Ash Marlborough is about to set a private investigator on the trail of his nameless princess when she waltzes right into his place of work. Charlotte is shocked to meet her masked man in the flesh, and even more perturbed when he asks her out on a date. Despite craving another night of sexy loving, she doesn’t have time for a man, not when she wants to reinvent herself and grasp a new, improved life with both hands. But Ash knows what he wants, and he’s determined to win the heart of his princess. Let the dance of seduction commence.
Warning: Contains a conniving stepmother, selfish stepsisters, a grandmother with fairy godmother tendencies and a sexy masked man who is willing to face them all for the love of a good woman.
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I’m thrilled to take part in the MFRW’s erotic romance blog hop this weekend. Don’t forget to check out the contest below and visit the other participants who are all posting about luck and getting lucky.
Luck – my dictionary defines luck as a force that brings good fortune or adversity. It can also be a circumstance that operates for or against an individual. With good luck a person can prosper and succeed, but if they strike bad luck all bets are off.
In order to attract good luck, some people carry a “good luck” charm while others believe certain animals or objects work to attract good fortune.
A Few Things Said to Bring Good Luck
Four leaf clovers
A rabbit’s foot (not so lucky for the rabbit)
Rainbows (because of the pot of gold at the end)
Saint Christopher
Dream catchers
Horseshoes (hung above door)
Wishing wells
Kissing the Blarney stone
Buddha (rubbing his belly)
Some people are naturally lucky. My husband is one of them, and he’s always winning raffles and the like. I never win things. In fact, I always look upon raffle tickets etc as a donation and never an opportunity to win something.
Some people get lucky, which is different again since there are sexual connotations in this context. If a person gets lucky, they manage to score with the opposite sex.
My latest release, One Night of Misbehavior, is a modern retelling of Cinderella.
The hero, Ash Marlborough gets lucky at the masquerade ball.
The heroine, Charlotte Dixon also gets lucky at the ball, but for her it’s a one night stand, a chance to get away from her normal drudgery.
Gran, Charlotte’s step-grandmother, makes luck for Charlotte. You’ll have to believe me on this because I don’t want to give away spoilers.
Elizabeth, Charlotte’s stepmother is making her own luck and it’s rooted in jealousy.
Jenny and Rachel, Charlotte’s stepsisters get lucky all the time with men. They’re very lucky Charlotte is in charge of household matters, and they don’t need to lift a finger.
There’s a lot of luck and good fortune in this book. Some bad luck too. Read it and find out for yourself.
He wears his scars on the outside. She keeps hers safe inside.
Charlotte Dixon ignores her stepmother’s edict and, in an act of disobedience, attends one of the social events of the year—a masquerade costume ball. Charlotte’s naughtiness escalates when she dances and smooches with a sexy mystery man. The night of anonymous passion that follows makes her yearn for a different life, but the next day she’s back to her dull routine of household management.
Advertising tycoon, Ash Marlborough is about to set a private investigator on the trail of his nameless princess when she waltzes right into his place of work. Charlotte is shocked to meet her masked man in the flesh, and even more perturbed when he asks her out on a date. Despite craving another night of sexy loving, she doesn’t have time for a man, not when she wants to reinvent herself and grasp a new, improved life with both hands. But Ash knows what he wants, and he’s determined to win the heart of his princess. Let the dance of seduction commence.
Warning: Contains a conniving stepmother, selfish stepsisters, a grandmother with fairy godmother tendencies and a sexy masked man who is willing to face them all for the love of a good woman.
CONTEST: Answer one or both of these questions, fill in the rafflecopter and you’re in the draw to win a $20 Amazon gift certificate or a $20 All Romance ebooks gift certificate.
1. Are you a lucky person? Give an example
2. Do you wear/own a lucky charm, and if so what is it?
Today is National Cookie day—the perfect time to celebrate all things cookie and sprinkle in a little Christmas. Author Jessa Slade has organized a Cookie blog hop, and I’m taking part.
My favorite biscuit (since I’m in New Zealand and that’s what we call them) is shortbread. Christmas just isn’t Christmas without a piece of shortbread, but since I’ve posted a shortbread recipe before I thought I’d try out a new biscuit recipe.
So, without further ado, I give you – Midnight biscuits
125 grams soft butter (4 oz/half cup)
175 grams sugar (6 oz)
1 egg
1/2 vanilla extract
125 grams flour (4 oz)
35 grams cocoa (1 oz)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Method:
1. Beat the butter and sugar until fluffy.
2. Add the egg and vanilla and mix.
3. Sift the flour, cocoa and baking soda and mix into the butter/egg mixture.
4. Roll into teaspoon size balls (mixture will be quite soft. Using damp hands will help)
5. Place balls on baking tray. Don’t crowd.
6. Bake in a pre-heated oven 180C/350F for around 10 – 12 minutes.
7. Cool on tray for five minutes then transfer to a cooling rack.
Notes:
1. My biscuits took 9 minutes to cook since I used fan-bake.
2. I think I’ll add a few dried cranberries or chocolate chips next time.
3. Great served with a glass of milk since they’re so chocolatety
Christmas is coming. Give your lover the gift of pleasure…
Gaby Montgomery works for Fancy Free as a condom designer. Recently she’s been designing sex toys and testing her inventions with fellow designer Marc, but they’ve parted ways. The timing couldn’t be worse because she’s stuck without a willing test subject for her sexy products.
Gaby’s roommates Liam Richardson and Fletch Darcy both want a serious relationship with Gaby, and now that she’s free, it’s time to make a move. But how do they decide which one will date Gaby? Fletch finally suggests they share her. Liam is skeptical but agrees the scheme might work, which allows Fletch to move on to step two of his romance plan. Fletch doesn’t just want Gaby, he wants Liam as well.
The loving is hot, their days full of fun product testing, exquisite pleasure and laughter. Everything is perfect until the outside world intrudes, putting their budding relationship under stress. This time their love and friendship might not stand the pressure.
Publisher’s Note: Want to have more fun with the characters in this book, including finding out more about those spaceship sightings, then pick up Fancy Free along with the books in the Talking Dog series. They’re an out-of-this world experience.
Come join our Merry Ménage Giveaway Hop hosted by Day Dreaming, My Secret Romance and The Book Tart! Need a new bedtime story to light your fire? Looking for something with a little heat to warm you during the cold holiday season? Feel like decking the halls naughty style? Well then, come join us as we stand under the mistletoe for this wickedly sexy giveaway hop! The more the merrier! Have no worries, we’ll help you trim your trees, deck yours halls, and spark that fire!
The dictionary defines a ménage a trois as an arrangement in which three persons share sexual relations, and there is a forbidden element to a threesome that really lends itself to an erotic romance plot.
But besides the kink factor, a ménage a trois gives a writer the scope to write about trust, open and frank communication, the shuffling of three people within a relationship and possible jealousy. Then there are all the naughty love scenes, both fun and serious, as the relationship progresses.
My preference when writing threesomes is to have two men and one woman who work toward a committed relationship. I like equality within the relationship, which usually means that the men have physical contact with each other as well as their female lover.
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If you’re a fan of reading romances featuring a ménage a trois, what do you like about them most?
I’m giving away a $10 Amazon Gift Certificate to one lucky person. Just fill out the rafflecopter below to be in the draw to win. Contest ends on 8 December.
From the time I started reading romances I’ve loved reading books featuring military heroes. I mean, what’s not to like? Military men are strong, alpha characters who are capable and loyal. Sometimes they might be loners, but the love of a good woman can shift them from their lonely path. Sometimes they’re emotionally troubled and dealing with the effects of battle, the loss of close friends or they might be in protective mode, determined to keep the heroine or family members safe.
In these days of equal opportunity, a reader is just as likely to run across a female character who is active in the military, and I enjoy the strong, independent action woman too. A military romance allows the characters to shine and grab the reader by the throat, taking us on a nail-biting ride of excitement and terror. Exciting times!
This love of military romances led me to write some of my own. To date I’ve written contemporary, historical and sci-fi military romances.
Do you enjoy reading military romances, and if so, what do YOU like about them?
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CONTEST
At the end of the hop I’ll choose three winners. Each of the three winners will receive two of the above e-books of their choice. This giveaway is available world wide.
Fill out the rafflecopter below to enter the contest.
When I first heard about the chocolate blog hop my excitement and imagination knew no bounds. I love chocolate. It’s one of my favorite things, and I indulge—often. Blogging about it sounded like fun.
I thought about and discarded several ideas before choosing one. I’d make, photograph and later consume (duh!) my stunning recipe for chocolate sauce/chocolate body paint.
All of this came to a screaming halt on Friday. The loud noise you heard – that was me.
And the reason for the ungodly muttering coming from our house? I’d decided to try on a few clothes since we’re off on holiday in two weeks. Either my closet has become home to little elves and they’re stealing the fabric from my clothes or it’s me. Sigh. Yep, I’m pretty sure it’s me.
The very next day, a four-letter word—DIET—came into play and anything chocolate related went on the banned list. I have two weeks to fit into my clothes and feel comfortable instead of worrying about busted seams.
Which left me with a dilemma. What could I do for What’s Your Chocolate?
I could point you to some of the delicious chocolate recipes I’ve posted on my blog in the past, all tested and photographed. Told you I like chocolate!
Do football or baseball butts drive you nuts? Do you love to see sweaty men chasing after each other? Tackling each other? Does the sight of a pair of sexy calves kicking a ball down field heat you up? Do NASCAR drivers rev your engine?
YES to all of the above for the GP Review Crew and the UTC Maidens. Even though it’s summer, nothing’s stopping us from HEATING up our days and nights with HOT JOCKS! Join Guilty Pleasures and Under The Covers for locker room talk about some of our favorite JOCK romances.
Hi and welcome! For those who are new to my blog, my name is Shelley Munro, and I live in New Zealand. As a New Zealander, I’m a huge rugby fan. Watching men run around in tight shorts and shirts…what’s not to like? It’s rugby season at present and every Friday and Saturday night my husband and I watch the latest games in the Super Fifteen tournament, which features teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.
Since I’m also a writer it was inevitable that my love of rugby would find its way into some of my romances. I currently have five published romances featuring rugby.
On a Tuesday I normally participate in Teaser Tuesday, so here is a rugby teaser from Issy’s Infatuation.
“Oh man, have you seen the replacement coach?” Angela, the Jet’s star winger bounded into the changing rooms, dressed in sweats with her rugby boots dangling over her shoulder by their laces. She shook her umbrella, scattering raindrops over everyone in the vicinity and kissed her fingertips with loud moans of sexual appreciation. “An ass to die for and the rest of the package isn’t too shabby.”
Issy Deans has a secret—she’s always lusted after Tyler Jameson. Call it an unfortunate infatuation with her brothers’ best friend. A surprise meeting at rugby training brings a provocative proposition. One month of hot sex then they’ll both walk away. Issy isn’t a fool. She says yes. Let the month begin. Each touch sizzles. It’s pure magic between them. Passionate. Intense and even better than she imagined. Issy is riding high on Tyler and her hot prospects as a representative rugby player until reality steps in with a forward pass…
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.
And finally, New Zealand are the current rugby world champions, beating France in a very tense final late last year. At the start of each international game our team, the All Blacks, perform the haka. This is a Maori war dance that was performed on the battle field prior to engagement with the enemy. The first pre rugby match haka was performed way back in 1888, and it remains a tradition to this day.
Check out this video of the pre-match haka. There are quite a few different versions available at YouTube. This one is older, but it has a mix of traditional Maori images with the haka.
CONTEST:
I’m giving away three prizes today, all available internationally.
1. $10 Amazon Gift card.
2. Winner’s choice of an ebook download of one of my five rugby titles above.
3. Winner’s choice of an ebook download of one of my five rugby titles above.
Do you have a favorite sports themed book or series? Is there a real life athlete who you can see as your favorite hero from a sports themed romance? We would love to know your favorites! And a final question from me – do you own a Kindle? (make sure you answer this one because you never know – I might decide to gift a few titles)
Want to discover some more romances featuring different sports? Check out the links below and do the blog hop!
WINNER PICKED: Congratulations to Molly Frenzel. I’ve emailed you about your prize. Thanks to everyone else for visiting! Happy reading. :-)
I’m taking part in the Sinful Sirens Giveaway hop, which takes place from 15 – 20 May. This hop is hosted by Under the Covers and Guilty Pleasures.
While I was pondering a topic for today’s post I received redo covers for my Talking Dog series. A sign! The perfect thing for my post today. A cover reveal.
And so, without further ado, here are the new, updated covers for the three books in my Talking Dogs series…
TALKING DOGS, ALIENS AND PURPLE PEOPLE EATERS
Janaya is a bodyguard on a mission. She must protect her Aunt Hinekiri from mercenaries and then return to Dalcon in time to take her captain’s exam.
A simple assignment for an officer of her caliber—except nothing goes as planned. Their spaceship crash lands on Earth. No spare parts available. Big problem.
Janaya is stuck on a tiny outpost called New Zealand. She’s going to stuff up her promotion chances. And because she neglected to have her travel inoculations in her urgent hurry to protect her aunt, Janaya has bonded with an Earthman.
Police officer Luke Morgan seeks a quiet life. No press. No nosy reporters. No women. Just lots of fishing and fresh country air.
Luke doesn’t count on meeting a pair of aliens and a talking dog and participating in a shootout with purple-suited aliens. Nor does he expect the surge of lust he feels for Janaya. Suddenly a routine callout turns into a big problem that Luke suspects might only be the tip of the iceberg.
Sex. Lily Morgan hasn’t had any since her husband ran off with his boyfriend. But where will she find a man willing to overlook chronic clumsiness, dimpled thighs and cellulite?
Sex. Prince Alexandre Bellangere has too much. Sex, that is. Being treated as a sex object is becoming a pain in the ass.
Heck, he’s more than just a pretty face and muscular body. Alex has brains and ambition. But Dalcon princes are expected to have sex, mate and breed royal undergrowns.
Determined to change his life, he sneaks from the palace and the planet disguised as plain Alex Bell.
Sex. Lily Morgan takes one look at the golden stranger and starts thinking “what if?”
Alex Bell takes one look at the curvy travel agent and reconsiders his stand on sex. Maybe.
Sex. Lily’s family is not happy about her mating with an alien they know nothing about. They decide to leave Killer, the talking dog, to keep an eye on the situation.
Take one chubby travel agent and an alien Dalconian prince in disguise, add in sex, laughter, endless possibilities. Combine and shake vigorously. Result…a true-blue love.
New Zealand cop Richard Morgan is settled and perhaps a tad boring. Maybe he’s a little lonely since his wife died, but there’s no need to change a lifestyle that works for him. Small-town life suits him perfectly.
Intrepid alien explorer Hinekiri walks through life alone, eager to explore uncharted worlds and try new experiences. She’s arrived on Earth to fulfill her ambition to witness the wildebeest migration in Africa . Unfortunately, she has Torgon mercenaries hot on her trail, eager to steal her valuable galaxy charts, and a niece who wants to spoil her fun.
From the minute Richard unwittingly finds himself in bed with the beautiful alien temptress it’s hard to catch his breath. Suddenly he’s lusting after Hinekiri and discovering they’re very compatible indeed! Richard’s flying in spaceships, talking to dogs and fighting Torgon mercenaries in his spare time.
So what do you think of the new look covers? And an extra discussion question – a form of informal research – I used to read a lot of erotic romance, but while I still like a hot read, I also enjoy young adult stories with no sex at all. What side of the pendulum do your reading tastes fall? Have your tastes changed?
GIVEAWAY – I’m giving away a $10 Amazon voucher to one randomly drawn commenter. Fill in the rafflecopter and leave a comment. Good luck!
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