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Wet and Wild Blog Hop – May 20-25-Day Four
So it’s getting close to hotter than Hades in Texas so you can imagine what my answer is…I’d rather be wet! 
But what about you? What gets you hotter? Being slippery when wet (yes, Bon Jovi reference, sue me) or being part of the Wild Gang? Or actually being the Wild Thing? Yep, I’m full of it can you tell?
Here is a nice visual for all you Bon Jovi freaks like me. Woo Hoo!
Taking at the concert in Dallas in 2012.
Just leave a comment and an email address so you can be entered into the grand prize drawing. What’s the Grand Prize?
Harlie’s prize is a copy of The Couple in any format of your choosing. Good luck! Here’s the linky code for the other bloggers/authors.
Wet and Wild Blog Hop – May 20-25-Day Three
So I was going to do another post with a Bon Jovi reference but out of respect to my relatives and friends in the great state of Oklahoma, I will hold off until tomorrow. Please pray for everyone and donate if you can. $5 goes a long way. Thanks.
Just leave a comment and an email address so you can be entered into the grand prize drawing. What’s the Grand Prize?
Harlie’s prize is a copy of The Couple in any format of your choosing. Good luck! Here’s the linky code for the other bloggers/authors.
Wet and Wild Blog Hop – May 20-25-Day two
So it’s getting close to hotter than Hades in Texas so you can imagine what my answer is…I’d rather be wet! But what about you? What gets you hotter? Being slippery when wet (yes, Bon Jovi reference, sue me) or being part of the Wild Gang? Or actually being the Wild Thing? Yep, I’m full of it can you tell?
Here is a nice visual for all you Bon Jovi freaks like me. Woo Hoo!
You’re welcome!
Just leave a comment and an email address so you can be entered into the grand prize drawing. What’s the Grand Prize?
Harlie’s prize is a copy of The Couple in any format of your choosing. Good luck! Here’s the linky code for the other bloggers/authors.
Wet and Wild Blog Hop – May 20-25
So it’s getting close to hotter than Hades in Texas so you can imagine what my answer is…I’d rather be wet! But what about you? What gets you hotter? Being slippery when wet (yes, Bon Jovi reference, sue me) or being part of the Wild Gang? Or actually being the Wild Thing? Yep, I’m full of it can you tell? Just leave a comment and an email address so you can be entered into the grand prize drawing. What’s the Grand Prize?
Harlie’s prize is a copy of The Couple in any format of your choosing. Good luck! Here’s the linky code for the other bloggers/authors.
Buck Naked (Naked Cowboys, Book #2) by Desiree Holt – Book Blitz/Excerpt/Giveaway
Sometimes out of the frying pan and into the fire is the best way to burn.
Naked Cowboys, Book 2
Amy Stark has it all together—except for chronic bad taste in men. She’s firmly in hands-off-all-men mode when a flat tire forces her to accept the help of exactly the type of man she’s sworn off. Arrogant, cocky and condescending.
When she runs into him again later that day and then finds out her brother has invited him for dinner, the fire between them has a sizzle of a different kind.
At eighteen, Buck Montgomery left home to make his mark on the bull-riding circuit. He may have had wild success in rodeo but his personal life is in the dust, and while he’s ready to start a new life he’s wary to expose his heart. Buck knows he should tell Amy the truth, but every time he opens his mouth, hers is right there with kisses like molten lava.
When his past resurfaces at the worst possible time, Buck can only wonder if Amy will love the man he has become…or if the man he was will chase her away.
Product Warnings: Contains barnyard language and clap-your-hands-over-your-mama’s-eyes sex between a cowboy with a checkered past and a ranch girl with all the right moves
Amy ran her finger around the rim of her mug. “I understand you met our new neighbor. Buck Montgomery.” She made her voice as casual as possible.
Matt looked at her with curiosity. “Yeah, I did. How did you know?”
“I met him at the auction.” She didn’t see the need to tell him the flat-tire story, or the fact that just the short time she’d spent with him, only minutes, had given rise to erotic fantasies in her dreams that made her squirm when she remembered them. “He, uh, seems very nice.”
Her brother leaned forward on his elbows. “He is nice. He bought the Hayes Ranch and plans to increase the stock and bring it back up to the level it once was.”
“He must have a lot of money,” Reenie commented. “As we all know, ranching’s not cheap.”
Matt shifted his gaze from his wife to his sister and back again, his face nearly expressionless. “I believe he had a nest egg he cashed in. He’ll be running pretty close to the bone for a while, but I have a feeling he’ll make a success out of that place.”
“What do you know about him?” Amy asked. “Where did he come from?”
Matt laughed. “Amy, if you’re so interested, why don’t you ask him yourself?”
“Yes,” Reenie chimed in. “In fact, let’s invite him over for dinner.”
Amy drained the last of her coffee. “Are you sure that’s such a good idea? I mean, he seemed nice enough, but what do you really know about him?”
Matt snorted. “Damn, Amy, how much do I need to know to be a good neighbor? I’ve spent a little time with him twice, and I’m pretty sure he’s not an ax murderer on the loose.”
“That’s not what I meant, I just—”
“He’s a neighbor,” Matt stressed. “Since when did you become so antisocial?”
Since I had an unwanted physical reaction to the man. And dreams that I can’t seem to control.
“Fine.” She pushed back her chair. “Fine, fine, fine. Call him and invite him over. You can do your famous barbecue steaks.” She rinsed out her mug and put it in the dishwasher. “I have some errands to do in town. I promised Hank I’d ride fences with him this afternoon.”
Hank was the oldest of their hands, the one who’d been here the longest. He’d been the one to put Amy on her first horse and to show her “which end of the cattle eats and which end craps,” as he’d so colorfully put it.
“You know you don’t have to do that,” Matt pointed out. “You’ve got records to bring up to date and the monthly weight-gain reports to get out. And Hank just wants an audience for those tales he’s told a thousand times.”
When their parents had decided to move New Mexico, she and Matt had split up the responsibilities of the ranch. She took care of all the paperwork, which he hated, and he served as the actual foreman, supervising the hands and overseeing the daily care and feeding of the cattle as well as maintaining the fences and outbuildings. But when she was younger she had often ridden fences with Hank, listening to his. She figured by now she was the only one left who’d put up with them.
“I’m good,” she told him. “And sometimes it just clears my head to ride along with Hank.” She picked her keys up from the counter. “See y’all later.”
All the way into town, she couldn’t seem to get Buck Montgomery out of her head. She’d hardly spent much time with him, and half of that she’d been royally pissed. But the image of the man just lingered in her brain, not to mention what thoughts of him did to her body.
Wait. She was an intelligent thirty-year-old woman not given to stray erotic fantasies. Especially about men she hardly knew. It was bad enough when she fantasized about men she did know and they all turned out to be assholes. But lordy. There was just something about Buck Montgomery that set her pulse to pounding, her blood to racing and every hormone in her body to waving a flag.
She reached the center of town almost before she realized it, and considered herself lucky to find a parking place on Main Street. The entire time she did her shopping, Buck Montgomery occupied her thoughts. She was so distracted by the time she stopped at the office-supply store, she picked out some items she’d purchased the week before. The salesman jokingly asked her if she wasn’t a little young for her memory to be fading. Finally, she decided to stop and get something to eat. Maybe a full stomach would make her brain behave better. But as she went to open the door of Bit and Bite, a hand reached out ahead of her.
“Allow me.”
There it was, that deep, rich voice that haunted her dreams and sent shivers skating along her spine. And made the pulse deep inside her body throb hard and fast.
Buck.
Buy Links:
Amazon:
Samhain:
http://store.samhainpublishing.com/buck-naked-p-7366.html
Nook:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/buck-naked-desiree-holt/1114503300?ean=9781619215788
Connect with Desiree:
Link to Contact page: http://www.desireeholt.com/contact/
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GIVEAWAY: Desiree is giving away an Ebook of choice from her backlist for each blog stop plus she has two grand prizes. (1) 6 ebooks (winner’s choice) from backlist and a Phoenix Agency Mug and (2) Buck Naked mouse pad and a Wild West messenger bag. Grand prizes will be drawn via rafflecopter (code below) and individual blog prizes will be drawn from commenters. Please leave your email for the individual prizes and good luck!
The Romance Troupe’s Beltane Blitz, May 1-3, 2013 Day Three
Blog hop, e-party, and Giveaway!
Win Books Win Gift Cards
Win Swag
Play Fun Games
+…visit each blog for random prizes!
May 1 – 3, 2013
Its really so simple to win. I’m giving away $10 GC to the ebook retailer of your choice. Just leave your name and email. No email, no prize. My question is posted on The Romance Troupe Blog. If you have read The Couple, the answer should be fairly easy. Hint, hint!
Good luck!
As most people know, I’m a lover of all things Star Wars. I was ten years old when the first ever Star Wars movie came out. My dad took me and my younger brother to do see it. My dad loved Star Trek so he thought why not take the kids? Unfortunately, he created a beast with me. I devoured every movie and then some.
I have since past my obsession with all things Star Wars to my 7 yr old son. Shoot, I was 8 1/2 months pregnant when the 3rd (New) Star Wars movie came out and my dad, husband and I went to go see it. Oh…my dad and I have seen every Star Wars movie together, in the theater, since 1977. Its kind of our thing. My mother just laughs at us.
So my question for the hop is up today. Should be an easy one for any Star Wars fan.
Harlie
The Romance Troupe’s Beltane Blitz, May 1-3, 2013 Day Two
Blog hop, e-party, and Giveaway!
Win Books Win Gift Cards
Win Swag
Play Fun Games
+…visit each blog for random prizes!
May 1 – 3, 2013
Its really so simple to win. I’m giving away $10 GC to the ebook retailer of your choice. Just leave your name and email. No email, no prize. My question is posted on The Romance Troupe Blog. If you have read The Couple, the answer should be fairly easy. Hint, hint!
Good luck!
The most exciting news I have is that for Mother’s Day we are going to see Iron Man 3 this weekend. Over two hours of drool worthy Robert Downy, Jr. Too bad I have to look at Gwenth Paltrow. LOL!
Mother’s Day for me this year is extra special. I get to actually celebrate it on Mother’s Day. My husband is a store manager for Sherwin Williams and his assistants have been moms so he works that weekend. Not this Mother’s Day. Now, I just have to figure out what I want to do. *sigh*
Any suggestions for the day? The night is covered, thanks. 
Harlie
The Romance Troupe’s Beltane Blitz, May 1-3, 2013 Day one
Blog hop, e-party, and Giveaway!
Win Books Win Gift Cards
Win Swag
Play Fun Games
+…visit each blog for random prizes!
May 1 – 3, 2013
Its really so simple to win. I’m giving away $10 GC to the ebook retailer of your choice. Just leave your name and email. No email, no prize. My question is posted on The Romance Troupe Blog. If you have read The Couple, the answer should be fairly easy. Hint, hint!
Good luck and come back tomorrow for some exciting news from me!
Harlie
The Romance Troupe Blog Hop – Winners!!!
Harlie is giving away a copy (in your choice of format) of The Couple. Please leave a comment and email address to win. All this week, I will be sharing snippets of two WIP’s that I have going. One is for my editor pitch at my chapter’s writer’s conference and the second one is for a contest. Try to guess the contest and I will throw in a $5 GC. So basically there are two contests for my blog. Good luck.
Coach Taylor would like to take this time and thank everyone for participating in the blog hop (of course, he still doesn’t understand a blog hop but he understands winning). Without further ado….
The Winner of the contest guessing and the $5 GC is Catherine Lee!!!! Which by the way is the Harlequin Blaze writing contest. You were sooooo close Catherine! I should find out in July. *fingers crossed*
The Winner of a copy of The Couple is bluebirdsub24@….
Emails have been sent out and again….thank you so much for stopping by and reading my two WIP’s. If you want to see who the Grand Prize winners are the link is above.
The Romance Troupe Blog Hop-Day 5 PG-13-rated Excerpt and the final clue as to what contest this story is going to!
Harlie is giving away a copy (in your choice of format) of The Couple. Please leave a comment and email address to win. All this week, I will be sharing snippets of two WIP’s that I have going. One is for my editor pitch at my chapter’s writer’s conference and the second one is for a contest. Try to guess the contest and I will throw in a $5 GC. So basically there are two contests for my blog. Good luck.
A little bit about the Romance Troupe. Krystal Shannon thought it would be a great idea to form a group of writers, published and unpublished, to help each other, push each other and form a band of ladies that will take over the world. Here’s a list of the fabulous ladies that I’m with now: Krystal Shannon, April London, Liberty Ann Ireland, Angela Rose, Susan D. Taylor, Lynn Myshe Joseph, Natalie Gibson, Lynda Kaye Frazier, Susan B. Anna, Jinni James, Kerry Adrenne, Dariel Raye and Suzan Tisdale. At the bottom of the post is the link to visit the participating authors and their posts. Happy reading!
Leave a comment to enter to WIN!
1st Grand Prize – Kindle Fire
or
$200 Gift Card to Amazon/B&N
(US or International)
(no email = no entry)
2nd Grand Prize
$20 Amazon/B&N Gift Card
(US or International)
(no email = no entry)
3rd Grand Prize
Swag Pack including several paperbacks!
(US mail ONLY)
(no email = no entry)
Winners will be determined via random.org and posted to
www.theromancetroupe.blogspot.com
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Good Enough for Him (working title) Excerpt PG-13:
Please forgive NOT EDITED
With a gleam in his eye, he took her hand and led her to his bedroom. Once they reached the bedroom, Noah didn’t turn on a light, the small light from the bathroom was enough. He turned around and looked at Kate and saw the self-doubt hanging there in the air. He knew that she was self-conscience about her body and how she looked but to him, she was the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. She had filled out in all the right places and could now finally appreciate it as a man, not a boy.
He would take his time with her, no matter the effect it had on him and his body. She deserved to be worshipped and he planned on worshipping it all night long. Kate looked at Noah and all of her self doubts came to surface. As much as she wanted him, she was too wrapped up in her body image and what he would think about it. One touch was all it took for her doubting to go away. He slowly untucked her blouse and lifted it above her head and throws it on the chair by the window. The task done, Noah reached out and with the lightest touch, slowly trailed his fingers from her neck to her waist. Going back up over her stomach and then over her breast and stopped at the top of her bra. He then outlined her bra with his fingertips and found her nipples. He slowly, very slowly caressed them ever so lightly until they budded.
Noah could feel Kate fighting the sensation and failing. He also heard the soft gasp and then moan coming from her throat and saw her open her eyes with the deepest desire he had ever seen in a woman. He trailed his fingers from the bottom of her bra to her waist and slowly turned her around and unhooked her bra and let the straps fall off her shoulders and let it fall to the ground. He turned her around and began the slowly torture again. Kate arched back from the sensation and realized that his mouth needed to be there instead. She took his head and brought it to her breasts and watched him smile. With a flick of his tongue, she nearly came undone. Noah was in no hurry with her and told her so. He reached around her and unzipped her skirt and let that fall to her feet. He helped her step out of it and her shoes.
What he didn’t realize was that Kate was wearing thigh high hose and skimpy bikini panties. Again, Noah thought, why did she have any doubt about her body? She was beautiful, curvy and a woman. Noah traced his fingertips again down from her stomach to the top of panties and listened as Kate hitched her breath and let out a soft moan, almost a plea. That sound was nearly his undoing. He traced the outline of her panties and reached around and traced her butt.
Lord, what a butt it was, round and curvy. Supple and soft, like a baby’s bottom. Kate could feel the heat building in her and realized that Noah was still dressed. Kate looked at Noah and started kissing him and at the same time untucked his shirt and pulled it over his head and threw it over to the chair with her blouse. With the lightest touch, she began kissing him from the jaw and down his chest to his stomach. Noah felt himself hitch and gasp for air with Kate’s kisses. No one had ever done that to him and nearly made him come. He realized that this was important to Kate and just let the sensations come to him. She found his belt and unbuckled it. Noah did her the favor and took his shoes off and toed his socks off. As Kate slowly took his pants off, she bent to her knees and left feather soft kisses on his waist and worked her way down.
Did you like it? Hate it? What’s the contest story and NO its not for a RWA sponsored contest. Come on Catherine! You are sooooo close! I’m rooting for you!
