Guest Post – Naughty and Nice

20 Friday Jun 2014

Posted by romanticreadsandsuch in Blog Tour, Contest

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Hometown Heroes series, Making Waves, Margo Bond Collins, Ophelia London, Perfect Kisses series, Taming the Country Star

Today we welcome Justine from Making Waves and Kylie from Taming the Country Star as they share their idea of a perfect date. (Make sure you come back tomorrow when I share my review of Taming the Country Star.)

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Making Waves

Justine’s perfect dream date

Justine loves the water. If it’s the weekend or her day off, you’ll most likely find her at the beach or the pool. Recently, she’s fallen in love with Hawaii. For a dream date, it would be kind of amazing if her dream guy (for the sake of argument, let’s go ahead and call him Will) surprised her with a weekend trip to the Islands. He’d have a convertible waiting at the airport and—after a quick “lei”—they’d drive straight to North Shore to hit the big waves. Justine isn’t an accomplished surfer like Will yet, but she’s willing to learn and Will is a very hands-on teacher.

After they’re tuckered out from a morning of surfing, Will takes Justine to his favorite shrimp stand in Haleiwa. For dessert, they have amazing shave ice at Matisumoto’s. Will doesn’t even suggest they share a cone, because he knows Justine will want one of her own. Once they’ve had their fill, Will takes them to a secluded beach only he knows about. The waves are calm so they can just float in the water or play or…whatever other private activity they feel like doing. Once the sun is ready to set, both Will and Justine are ready to take this party indoors. And there’s not a more gorgeous place on Oahu than The Turtle Bay Resort. Being a gentleman, of course Will reserves two rooms. But, come on… Talk about paradise!

Taming the Country Star

Kylie’s perfect dream date

One of the things that Kylie Andrews loves best about living in Fort Worth, Texas, and working in the touristy Stockyards District is that she gets the best of both a big city and a small town. And like most people who work in tourist areas, she doesn’t spend nearly enough time exploring her own city. So her favorite date would involve activities close to home. If she could write up a date itinerary (and she might—she’s pretty organized!), it might look something like this:

Fort Worth Herd Longhorn Cattle Drive in the Stockyards district
A stroll through the Stockyards Museum
Dinner at the Reata Fort Worth, a restaurant serving Southwestern haute cuisine
Dancing at Billy Bob’s Texas

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Taming the Country Star

by Margo Bond Collins

Blurb:

He’ll do anything to win her heart. She’ll do anything to keep him away.

Country star Cole Grayson is in town, and Kylie Andrews is less than thrilled. As if months of changing the radio station and tearing down his posters weren’t bad enough, now she has to deal with a town of fans swarming toward the man who deceived her the year before. But when Kylie’s eyes meet Cole’s again, she can’t deny the electric chemistry that drew her to him the first time around.

Cole Grayson is on a mission. Ever since Kylie left him, he hasn’t been able to forget her sweet country smile. After writing a song just for her, he sets off for her hometown to prove he’s not the player she thinks he is. But as much as Cole can’t forget her, Kylie wonders if she can forgive him…

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Author Info – Margo Bond Collins

Margo Bond Collins currently teaches college English courses online, but writing fiction is her first love. After a decade of moving all around the country (Los Angeles, New York, and Atlanta are a few of the places she’s lived), she has settled in her native Texas. Margo lives near Fort Worth with her husband, her daughter, and several very spoiled cats, and she spends most of her free time daydreaming about heroes, monsters, cowboys, and villains, and the strong women who love them. She currently writes for Entangled Bliss – Website*Blog*Twitter*Facebook * Goodreads

Making Waves

by Ophelia London

Blurb:

She’s in over her head and he’s in hot water…

Visiting her friends Ellie and Charlie in Hawaii was supposed to be a much-needed vacation for journalist Justine Simms. But when she learns the notoriously reclusive pro-surfer Chase Ryder is coming out of retirement for a competition, she knows she’s found the perfect exclusive to save her career. Of course, then she learns he’s the gorgeous, secretly nerdy guy who broke her heart a year ago.

Will Davenport—aka Chase Ryder—doesn’t do interviews. He keeps his real name out of the papers and doesn’t mix his public life with his private. That is, until the still-heartbroken Justine blackmails him into giving her an exclusive. Seeing Justine, stunningly beautiful as ever, brings back all the feelings he had before. But despite their smoldering attraction, nothing has changed since he had to leave her the first time.

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Author Info – Ophelia London

Ophelia London was born and raised among the redwood trees in beautiful northern California. Once she was fully educated, she decided to settle in Florida, but her car broke down in Texas and she’s lived in Dallas ever since. A cupcake and treadmill aficionado (obviously those things are connected), she spends her time watching art-house movies and impossibly trashy TV, while living vicariously through the characters in the books she writes. Ophelia is the author of ABBY ROAD; the Perfect Kisses series including: PLAYING AT LOVE, SPEAKING OF LOVE, and FALLING FOR HER SOLDIER, and the new adult DEFINITELY, MAYBE IN LOVE. Twitter * Website * Facebook * Goodreads

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Spotlight – Falling for her Soldier

16 Thursday Jan 2014

Posted by romanticreadsandsuch in Blog Tour, Contest, Sneak Peek

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Falling for Her Soldier, Ophelia London, Perfect Kisses series

Today we’re going to take a look at Falling for her Soldier. I’ve read this book, which is definitely a winner, and I’ll have a review up on it soon, so make sure you keep an eye out for it. But for now check out all of the delicious details below and make sure you enter to win an Ipod Shuffle.

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Falling for her Soldier

Perfect Kisses Book 3

Ophelia London

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Publisher: Entangled Publishing – Bliss

Date of Publication: January 13, 2014

ISBN: 9781622662852

ASIN: B00HFU5RIS

Number of pages: 260

Cover Artist: Jessica Cantor

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Blurb:

She fell for the nice guy, but will she fall for the real guy?

Ex-ballerina Ellie Bell has twenty-four days left until her self-imposed man-less year is up. No more falling for the wrong kind of guy—charming, sexy, bad. Why can’t she find someone sweet like Charlie Johansson, her soldier pen pal? His e-mails meant the world to her, and she can’t stop thinking about him…until she meets Hunter, whose muscles and cocky smile threaten to have her relapsing.

Before Charlie “Big Game Hunter” Johansson’s last tour of duty, he’d gone through women like crazy. But after connecting on a real, emotional level via letters with his best friend’s sister, Charlie’s ready for a relationship—with Ellie Bell.

But then her brother introduces him as Hunter. Proving he’s no longer a player by becoming Ellie’s dance partner for an Army benefit seems like it could convince both siblings he’s changed, but the harder he falls for Ellie, the harder it is to come clean. Can he convince her to fall for the real him before it’s too late?

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Excerpt:

If he wasn’t so frustrated, he would really enjoy being close to her like this. He should be enjoying himself, for hell’s sake.

“The music is throwing me off,” he complained, stepping back in frustration.

“There has to be music,” Ellie said. “That’s one hard-and-fast rule.”

“Who is this singer? His voice is bugging the crap out of me. I can’t hear myself think.”

“It’s Michael Bublé. And you’re projecting blame.” She folded her arms. “Don’t blame Bublé.”

“I sure as hell blame Bublé. Elvis would be better.”

Ellie lifted her eyebrows. “You like Elvis?”

Charlie shrugged. “He’s the king.”

“Sorry, I don’t have any Elvis on my phone, so Bublé has to do.”

“Bublé,” Charlie muttered, pronouncing the word like it was profanity fit for a drill sergeant. “I can step, I guess, but I can’t feel when I should. Does that make sense? How do we do it so our bodies move together?”

She didn’t reply, but was kind of staring at him. Then he realized what he’d said.

Dammit, he was throwing out Hunter lines without even meaning to.

“Come here, let’s try something.” Ellie took his hand and moved them into starting position, the only move he’d halfway mastered. “Rest your forehead against mine.”

Charlie lifted his eyebrows and looked at her staring up at him. He didn’t know what this had to do with learning a damn box step, but he wasn’t about to complain. He didn’t have to stoop very much; Ellie was nice and tall.

When their foreheads touched, he couldn’t help taking in a long, deep breath, smelling her shampoo, her skin. He shut his eyes and inhaled.

“Close your eyes,” Ellie said in a quiet voice.

“I am.”

“Listen to the music.”

“Bublé,” he muttered.

He felt Ellie’s body vibrate in a silent giggle.

“I’m going to start,” she said. “I’ll move you backward using only pressure from my forehead. Just feel it.”

Charlie nodded an inch. A moment later, he felt Ellie’s weight shift forward ever so slightly. His body’s natural response was to move forward to meet hers, but he knew that wasn’t the intention, so he swayed back on his left foot.

Ellie followed forward. Then he felt her shift to the side. Again he followed. Then forward. Side again. Back.

“You’re doing it,” she whispered.

“Quiet, woman, you’ll throw me off.” He readjusted his grip on her hand, his forehead still pressed to hers, breathing her in, being guided. Forward-slide-together, back-slide-together.

He didn’t have to repeat it in his mind anymore, he was simply moving with her. And he suddenly realized he was doing the leading, guiding her back and to the side with only the slightest shift of weight.

He was leading them, and she was following. His fingers slid from her waist and splayed across her lower back, pulling her closer. He rearranged their grip, easing her hand to rest against his chest. At some point, her other hand had moved from his shoulder to behind his neck. It was a little bit of paradise, feeling her breath on his face, though he was barely breathing himself.

With eyes closed, his other senses were full of her. Her silky skin, the whisper of her breath, the memory of her laughter and face behind his closed eyes. He ran his fingers down her spine, then up her arms, their foreheads still together. He felt his heart pounding under her hand pressed to his chest.

“Ellie,” he whispered, heat flooding his body.

She didn’t speak, but he heard her breathing hitch. He moved his hands to the sides of her long neck, touching the softness of her skin, her pulse racing with his. Every breath he took pushed the ache in his chest further down to the pit of his stomach. Part of his brain realized their feet were no longer moving, but the rest of his brain went blank when her fingers slid up the back of his hair. He dipped his head and pressed his cheek to hers, easing her in until her chin rested against his shoulder.

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Author Info:

Ophelia is the author of DEFINITELY, MAYBE IN LOVE, ABBY ROAD, and the Perfect Kisses series including: PLAYING AT LOVE, SPEAKING OF LOVE, and FALLING FOR HER SOLDIER (Jan 2014).

Visit her at http://ophelialondon.com

But don’t call when The Vampire Diaries is on.

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