#HumpDay – Counting Down to Valentine’s Day #WaybackWednesday

Trying to stay positive on this Hump Day by counting down the days until Valentine’s Day! Only 8 to go until a romance writer’s fav day of the year. One of the things I love is hearing how people first got together. In my case, it was rather embarrassing I must admit. Hubby and I had kind of met at a Freshman Orientation mixer that the university was holding so new students could get to know one another. As was typical after such parties, I rushed home to pull out our Freshman yearbook to find out more about “Bob”, the young man I’d just met. Turned out he was a Brooklyn boy who was also in my major and after a few days of class, I ran into him again off and on. But that’s not where it gets embarrassing. When it came time for one of our classes to assign seats in the lecture hall where we had class, I looked him up on the seating chart and saw he was sitting right in front of me. Unfortunately, when Bob sat down it was in the wrong seat and silly me, I was only too quick to tell him! Ugh, I was so not savvy about the whole man/woman thing having been too involved in my studies and other non-romantic type activities. Sigh. But somehow it worked out all right since we’ve been married forever. Today I’m sharing this photo of those two awkward freshman who were dating! LOL

How about you? How did you meet your significant other?

#ManCandyMonday Henry Cavill & BE MINE Release Party & #Giveaway!

Today’s Man Candy is a guy who I can totally see playing Rafe from STAY THE NIGHT – Henry Cavill. I just watched him in IMMORTALS and boy is he sexy! Of course, I’m sure many of you have seen him in his many other roles from a stint on THE TUDORS to the commercially successful relaunch of the SUPERMAN movie franchise.

Henry Cavill
By Sue Lukenbaugh (Henry Cavill) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

What do you think? Can you picture him as a sexy military hero coming home to his wife?

STAY THE NIGHT, my sexy Navy Seal reunion story is part of the BE MINE: 10 Erotic Romances for Valentine’s Day box set. The BE MINE: 10 Erotic Romances for Valentine’s Day box set is available now for pre-order and will release on February 10th! In addition to the ongoing giveaway, we’re having a release party tonight with lots of fun and prizes as well. You can join us at the party by clicking here!

You can get BE MINE at the following retailers:

BE Mine Erotic Romance Box Set
Amazon: http://bit.ly/AMZBeMine
Amazon UK: http://bit.ly/AMZUKBeMine
Amazon CA: http://bit.ly/AMZCABeMine
Amazon AU: http://bit.ly/AMZAUBeMine
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Kobo: http://bit.ly/KoboBeMine

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#TeaserTuesday STAY THE NIGHT and the BE MINE Erotic Romance Box Set

Stay the Night Erotic RomanceIt’s wicked cold out there today! What better for such a chilly day than something to warm you up, namely an excerpt from my erotic military romance STAY THE NIGHT.

STAY THE NIGHT is specially priced at 99 cents, but it’s also part of the BE MINE Erotic Romance Box Set which is also specially priced at 99 cents for a limited time.

Blurb for Be Mine

Be Mine Erotic Romance

    Be Mine — Ten Erotic Romances for Valentine’s Day features contemporary romance, paranormal romance, military romance, and BDSM romance from today’s New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors. This box set is ONLY available for a LIMITED TIME so get your copy before it’s gone.

    So…Won’t you be mine?

    ~Ten Complete Stories, Professionally Formatted, Limited Release~

    Snowed in With the Tycoon by Shoshanna Evers
    When they get snowed in together on the same piece of land they’re each fighting for, unexpected desire sparks.

    Wrong Bride by Geri Foster
    Short, sexy, fun…

    Crashing Down by Cathryn Fox
    Will the fire they created turn to ash when truths come spilling out?

    Eternal Ever After by A.C. James
    BDSM and HOT alpha Vampires… Oh, my!

    The Erotic Dark (A BDSM Erotica Novel) by Nina Lane
    A downright dirty book!

    Stay the Night: A Navy Seal Erotic Romance by Caridad Pineiro
    He was the kind of man that every woman would want . . .

    Marley’s Ménage by Jan Springer
    Single, soon-to-be mom, Marley Madison’s latest cravings are downright…naughty, she wants a menage and she needs it bad.

    Heat Wave by Denise A. Agnew
    He’s one hot man she can’t resist

    Romance Quickies (Encounter 2) by Monique DuBois
    Brooke is determined to have a one-night stand, but will the sexy stranger let her ride him on the subway?

    Morgan’s Match by Krystal Shannan
    The biggest catch to being a matchmaker…you can’t work a spell on yourself.

If you can’t see the excerpt below, you can click here to read the STAY THE NIGHT teaser.

You can get the BE MINE Box Set at the following retailers! More are coming soon!

Amazon: http://bit.ly/AMZBeMine
B&N: http://bit.ly/BNBeMine

#ManCandyMonday “Is that a gun in your pocket?”

“Or are you just happy to see me?”

Love International StyleLOL, I just couldn’t resist. I’m bad, I know it. But so are today’s Man Candy Monday choices, Bad Boy Princes Alexander and Peter from THE PRINCE’S GAMBLE and TO CATCH A PRINCESS.

Why today? Well, it’s release day for the LOVE INTERNATIONAL STYLE, Valentine’s Anthology with my friends and fellow authors Cathy Perkins and Nikki Logan!

This romantic suspense anthology has an arsenal of action, suspense and romance and what a steal at only $3.79. That’s less than .99 cents per book!

But back to Man Candy! Here’s how I pictured Prince Alexander. Sexy, in command, and definitely not looking for any kind of romance, especially with a woman who thinks he may be involved in some nasty happenings at his casino.

Prince Alexander

Poor Alexander doesn’t know what hits him when he meets sexy FBI Agent Kathleen Martinez.

Prince Peter is a bad boy of a different kind. For years Peter has been running from his secrets, including the fact that he’s been hot for his best friend Alexander’s younger sister, Tatiana. But once he can own that, there’s just one little problem: Peter hasn’t told Tatiana that he’s the man her parents have arranged for her to marry.

Add a thief, stolen jewels and an assassination plot to the mix and Peter will have his hands full! Here’s what I pictured Peter would look like.

Prince Peter To Catch A Princess

So tell me? Could you resist those two pieces of Man Candy? LOL!

Speaking of Man Candy and Bad Boys, don’t forget the Lucky 7 Bad Boys Contemporary Romance Boxed set, also a steal at just .99 cents for 7 fabulous novels.

How I met my Valentine!

With it being Valentine’s Day, it seems like a good time to share with you how I met my Valentine and I’d love to hear from you how you met yours!

Here goes…

It was Freshman orientation and I noticed a young man in the group of new students all hanging out during orientation. We exchanged some conversation and names but then got dragged away with friends. Like teenagers do, once I got back to my dorm room, I plopped down with my friends to look through what was known as the Freshman Record to try and find the cute guy I had just met.

The Freshman Record was a kind of like a yearbook which had pictures and basic information about the incoming students. Luckily for me, it wasn’t hard to find the young man who had caught my eye. Also lucky for me, it turned out we had the same major and he was in most of my classes.

A couple of days later, I went to my biology class where the professor had put up a seating chart for the class. I checked it and found out that my little crush was sitting right in front of me in class.

But before I go on, please understand that I had very little experience with guys. I had spent most of my high school days involved with classes, playing the bassoon, and sports, not men. So unlike my kick ass heroines, I was not the kind to take charge and win the heart of the hero. I was not suave and saucy and boy did it show on that fateful day.

I took my seat in bio class and as my cutie came down the aisle, he sat down in the wrong row and chair. He turned around to say “Hi” and I said “Hi” back and proceeded to tell him he was sitting in the wrong place.

DUH! He was a little shocked, but then he grinned and went back to check the seating chart. A few seconds later he returned and sat right in front of me, still smiling. He clearly realized that I had checked him out.

Well, what can I say? I guess it was meant to be from that moment. He was cute and funny and smart and here we are, a long time later.

How did you meet your Valentine? If you haven’t met him/her yet, what would your perfect Valentine be like?

Here’s a picture of me and my Valentine!

Human Target Hottie Mark Valley & Contest

I have so gotten into HUMAN TARGET lately. It’s a perfect combination of action, adventure, quirky characters, dark comedy and sexual tension. The last few episodes with the developing romance with Elsa and Chance have been awesome! This is a show that’s on the bubble for Season 3 and I hope Fox decides to stick with it because it is really beginning to hit its groove. Not to mention that Chance, played by hottie Mark Valley, is a perfect alpha male action hero.

Don’t you think? He’s all cocky male, but with a real heart. Drop by the HUMAN TARGET website at Fox to watch some of the episodes if you haven’t already caught it.

Drop by Brigit’s Journals today where I’ll be blogging about what connections Aztecs have to Valentine’s Day and leave a comment for a chance to win some goodies.

Have a great Valentine’s Day!


Special Valentine’s Blog!

Today is Valentine’s Day, a very special holiday for romance writers. In celebration of that special day, I’m taking part in the Writerspace Soiree! Drop by for lots of fun and exciting prizes! Here is some more info on it and make sure to register in advance for all the cool stuff:

It’s time again for the annual Writerspace Valentine Party, to celebrate love, chase away the winter doldrums and just to get in the mood for romance! So please join me and dozens of your favorite authors at the 2010 Valentine Soiree at Writerspace on Sunday, February 14th from 8pm ET to 11pm ET. Authors will be dropping in to chat all during the evening and we will be giving away 100s of new books and other fantastic prizes — autographed, hard-to-find, advance copies plus special treats like gift baskets and more. We hope to see you Sunday night! You don’t have to be present to win, but you must be registered. To register, and for details on all participating authors and the prizes they’re giving away, visit http://www.writerspace.com/Valentine. To register, click here!

On another exciting note, FURY CALLS my March 2009 release has been awarded a coveted CataNetwork Reviewers’ Choice Award for 2009. CataNetwork reviewers considered FURY CALLS one of the best that they have read and reviewed for CataRomance this year! Woo hoo! Thank you CataNetwork!