Tina Gayle's Blog, page 112

A Friend with a Great Book - Lizzie Starr

Blurb:

Allyn Keely, Celtic artist and friend of Faerie, finally finds a man she can love. But she's older than he is and faces the insurmountable task of helping him realize his destiny in the Otherworld.

Successful businessman, Jaye Zeroun prides himself on his realistic, but lonely, view of life. Until Allyn knots her way around his heart and fills his life with a fantasy he refuses to believe. Then danger threatens their love, forcing him to either accept a deadly battle or lose the very things he never included in his life, a family and a love beyond his wildest imagining.

Excerpt:

Jaye leaned forward eagerly. "Do you ever use coupons?

"Well, sometimes." She giggled. "When I remember I have them."

"Okay. Now, if you were a store," Jaye lifted a hand to stop the comments obviously hovering on Allyn's lips. "Just play along with me here. If you were a store, would you accept coupons?"

Allyn shrugged. "Oh. I suppose so."

"Good." Jaye picked up the scrap of paper and held it in both hands. "Here is a coupon. I would like to redeem it."

Allyn looked at him, rolled her eyes and tentatively reached out her hand. Taking the slightly crumpled coupon, she pursed her lips and blew out a long, slow breath. Jaye shivered.

Cautious, Allyn looked down at the paper in her hand. Once again her tinkling laughter flowed through the large lobby, knotting and twining itself around Jaye's heart. "A bedtime story?"

Before he could answer, Jaye had to pause and catch his breath. His hand trembled slightly and he fought to control the tremor. Allyn lay the coupon on her knee and smoothed the wrinkled paper.

"One of my foster moms used to read or tell me stories to help me go to sleep. Just imagining it didn't work. Maybe a real story will. I'll bet you know lots of stories."

"Where did you get this?"

"I found it last night."

"Yeah. Right." She leaned forward to hand the coupon back to him.

"Really. Please, won't you accept my coupon? Help me out."

Allyn looked deeply into Jaye's eyes and he wondered if she was searching for his soul. Something inside opened to her willingly. Surprise touched her eyes before she blinked and sat back. Glancing again at the coupon, she took a few moments to fold it carefully and put it into her skirt pocket. "This isn't a very good place for a bedtime story."

"You'll do it?" Jaye jumped to his feet.

"Yes. To help out a friend." Allyn smiled up at him, took the hand he offered and let him pull her out of the chair. "You need to be in a familiar space. I suppose your room would be the best."

Jaye eagerly pulled her toward the elevator. Abruptly, he stopped, turned to her and rested his hands on her shoulders. It was difficult to resist the urge to knead them gently. "I have no ulterior motives, Allyn. I really just need some sleep."

Reaching up, she patted one of his hands. "I wouldn't agree if I thought otherwise."

Buy links:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0057XJX8U

Or get a 100% discount on the book at smashwords.


www.smashwords.com/books/view/68513

Find out more about Lizzie

~*~romance with a sparkling twist~*~

http://creativityforhappyendings.blog...

http://starrwords.blogspot.com

www.lizziestarr.com


Thanks Lizzie for sharing your book with us,

Tina

MMI - Be a Little Bull Headed

"Self-confidence is the key to the universe."

-Carrol Wrackley

And if you think about it who can not believe in us if we believe in ourselves?


Tina

Wonder Lake

After flying around Mt. McKinley in the morning, Mike and I took a hike around Wonder Lake.


We searched for the beaver next door, but he wasn't home.
Not that we cared. The view was awe inspiring enough.




Thanks for sharing my trip to Alaska with me. I had a wonderful time.

Tina

Take Flight

As you can see I gained by wings in Alaska and had to take a flight around Mt. McKinley.

Mike decided that since I was still a newbie, I could use a little help with my first flight so we went up in a small plane--and I do mean small, six seats. And I end up in the back, dragging butt. Not really but it was a thrill.













But it was so worth it. You would never believe the view and even this picture does not do it justice.




Mike thankfully took all the pictures, while I gawked at the scenery.

Love that man,

Tina

Took the Train

After flying back to Fairbanks from Dead Horse, we had lunch with the group we traveled north with and then spend the rest of the day recovering from the two days we spend riding to Prudhoe Bay.

The next day, we boarded the train to Denali, then hopped on a bus for the 90 mile journey to the back country. Another day of travel but we saw lots of wild life.



With the bear in the area, the park ranchers would not let us get off the bus at the rest area until they parked their trucks between us and the bear.

So all we saw was a "bear's behind."


But we didn't care it was just fun seeing the locals.



Tina

The Adventure Continues North

We made it as far as Dead Horse/Prudhoe Bay.

And dipped our fingers into the Artic ocean.


Check tomorrow to see where we headed next.

Tina

My Anniversary Trip

I wanted to share some of the pictures my husband took on our trip to Alaska. We started in FairBanks and took the Dalton Hwy up to the Artic cirle.
Going so far north can get a little cool.



Turn in tomorrow for more of our fun.

Tina

MY - Annuals to Add Color

Had to have some more color so decide to add some extra flowers to the mix.



Love the purple ones.



Here's to lots of bright blooms.



Tina

WW - Ugly Birds

Hey, I might not be that handsome, but I'm a great guy.

Right, but I'm not interested.

Yes, but I can peck bugs from under your feathers with my stiff beak.

An attitubute that might come in handy if I didn't have a nice beak of my own. Now, pleeeeese back off. You're blocking my light.

MMI - Good Morning

A summer sky of dazzling blue will follow morning's heavy dew.





Enjoy your day and have a great week,





Tina