#ManCandyMonday – Vampire Diego Rivera from BLOOD CALLS

I loved Diego and his faithfulness to his lover when he first showed up in DANGER CALLS. I knew he had to have a happy ending after things went badly for him in that story. A Spanish nobleman who converted during the Inquisition, he was betrayed by his wife for his infidelity and died but vowed to be a better “man” as a vampire. Diego has truly kept that promise so his story was a pleasure to write! If I had to cast Diego in the movie version of BLOOD CALLS, I think the right actor would be Danilo Carrera. He just has that elegant look that I would expect from a nobleman like Diego! Also, don’t forget to enter the Grab Bag Giveaway by following me on Bookbub! You can get the details at https://www.facebook.com/Caridad.Author/posts/10157154578330913. Photo Credit Caleb Castillo / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).

#ManCandyMonday – Rob Lowe and Holiday in the Wild

While taking a break from my reality show binges (my latest one being The Repair Shop!) I decided to watch a movie that my sis recommended to me – Holiday in the Wild. It had been on my radar since it has one of my favorite pieces of Man Candy – Rob Lowe. He is so handsome and age hasn’t diminished how good-looking Rob is.

Holiday in the Wild is about a Kate Conrad whose husband surprises here with “I don’t love you anymore” on the eve of a safari intended to be a second honeymoon. When Kate heads on the safari alone, she encounters bush pilot Derek Hollister (Rob Lowe) and finds herself abandoning her safari plans to instead assist at an elephant rescue shelter when Derek detours to assist an orphaned elephant whose mother was murdered by poachers.

Kate’s journey becomes one of self-discovery as she uses her veterinary skills to assist at the shelter and also to help her college-age son through his own passage into adulthood. Of course, there may be a bit of romance involved as well as Kate and Derek find out more about each other as they spend time at the shelter.

Holiday in the Wild is a fun and romantic story. I recommend it to fans of romance movies as well as feel-good stories with animals (not to mention the gorgeous Rob Lowe!).

Holiday in the Wild is available on Netflix.

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#ManCandyMonday #MatineeMonday – Zac Efron

You’re probably saying to yourself “Hasn’t she done Zac before?” You’d be totally right! To be honest, I cannot get enough of this delicious Man Candy. Today is actually a hybrid post since as you can see it’s also a Matinee Monday. Why you might wonder? Well I just watched Zac in the Netflix movie Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.

Was it interesting? Yes.

Was it upsetting? Yes.

Many people have condemned the movie for glamourizing serial killer Ted Bundy. I didn’t find that it glamourized him so much as it humanized him and made it totally believable that this psychopath possibly didn’t commit these crimes, much as he claimed during the course of the various trials.

My recommendation to you is to first watch Zac in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile and then pop over and watch the Ted Bundy tapes which have not only the actual footage but also first-hand commentary from the individuals involved with the capture, arrest, and prosecution of Ted Bundy. It will be a true eye-opener and take away some of the glamour that casting Zac Efron created in the first movie.

P.S. Zac was wonderful in The Greatest Showman as well!


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#MatineeMonday – Always Be My Maybe

I was going to share another show today, but I needed a pick-me up and this movie definitely fits the bill. ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE is a rom-com with lots of humor and a feel good ending. I definitely recommend it. It’s the story of two life long friends who break apart after the death of the hero’s mother and a teenaged fling. Fast forward sixteen years and their lives have gone in very different directions. The heroine, Sasha Tran played by Ali Wong, is a celebrity chef and quite successful. The hero, Marcus Kim played by Randall Park, is living at home and working with his dad while sometimes playing music with his garage band. Sasha and Marcus find themselves thrown back together and rekindling the chemistry they once had, but not without some major bumps in the road. There is lots of humor, emotion and an ending that will have you smiling. There is also a surprise appearance by someone, but I won’t spoil that for you!

ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE is available on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/title/80202874) and according to Wikipedia, was written by Ali Wong, Randall Park, Michael Golamco and directed by Nahnatchka Khan.
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#WriteWed – What’s Up With the At the Shore Series and Celebration Time!

Many of you have been writing to ask when #3 in the At the Shore series will be coming out! Thank you! I’m happy to say that I’ll be releasing #3, tentatively titled A SEA KISS CHRISTMAS, on November 12th just in time for the holiday season. I love Emma and Carlo’s story and I hope you will also. Plus you’ll get to meet Carlo’s sexy brothers Tomas and Paolo and I hope to do their stories sometime next year.

Next year is also going to be exciting since I’ve accepted an offer from Hallmark to do a book for them and cross your fingers that it’ll be chosen to be a movie. The tentative title of that book is SOUTH BEACH LOVE and as you can guess from the title, the book is set in South Beach and the nearby Miami area. As soon as I can tell you more, I will, but for now, look for it to possibly be out in June 2020!

I’m also working on preparing the next books in THE CALLING IS REBORN vampire novels for release. I’m hoping to get DEATH CALLS out in the next month. In the meantime, the first three books in the series are out and I’ve got them specially priced at 99 cents. Just follow this link to check them out: https://amzn.to/2WxQBFd

Also look for the re-release of my sexy paranormal Nocturne Cravings novellas, The Vampire’s Consort, Amazon Awakening, and Night of the Cougar. They are also specially priced for 99 cents at the various online retailers.

Lots of good things happening and I want to thank you all for your friendship and support! I hope all is going well with you!

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#ManCandyMonday Tyler Hoechlin is my choice for Owen Pierce!

OMG! Just 8 days to go until the release of ONE SUMMER NIGHT so we have to get to the really important stuff, like who to cast for the movie! The hero in the story, Owen Pierce, is dark-haired and has charcoal grey eyes shot through with silver. He is drop dead handsome and dresses like someone off the pages of GQ in bespoke suits since he is a real estate tycoon.

After giving it a lot of thought and doing thorough research – a tough job but someone has to do it — my choice to play Owen Pierce in a movie version of ONE SUMMER NIGHT is Tyler Hoechlin! So what do you think?

You can buy ONE SUMMER NIGHT at these retailers:

Amazon Kindle: http://amzn.to/2krMwfE
Amazon Paperback: http://amzn.to/2kYLWZV
B&N: http://bit.ly/2kNuo0p
iBooks: http://apple.co/2qsqdwx
Kobo: http://bit.ly/2fuEphL

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Photo Credit: By Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

#ThrowbackThursday Philly Comic Con & Laura Kaye

A couple of years back a group of us got together for a booth at Philly Comic Con. Stephanie Julian, Judi Fennell, Laura Kaye and myself had a blast there meeting people, selling books, and chasing after our own fav movie and television stars. Here’s a photo of Laura and me at our booth.
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