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Weekly Contest Winner!

Congratulations  Christy you will receive a copy of Lucy's Monroe's For Duty's Sake plus a $5.00 gift card for Amazon.com.

Please email me with your name and address so I can get your prize in the mail. 


For additional information on For Duty's Sake, please visit my website.





52 Weeks of Romance from Lucy  

Congratulations Shelley B you will receive a copy of Lucy's Monroe's award winning book The Real Deal. Please email me with your name and address so I can get your prize in the mail. 

Guest Interview - Jami Davenport

Thanks Lucy for having me on your blog today.  I'm excited to get to know your readers and share my book Fourth and Goal.  I've added a link below to the excerpt page on my website. 
1.  What is your favorite thing to do when you are not writing? 
I have a full-time job in IT. I also ride horses in dressage. I live on a small farm, which requires quite a bit of maintenance. As you can see, boredom is never an issue for me. I enjoy working in the yard in what little other spare time I might have.

2.  What books are sitting in your TBR pile right now?  What book are you currently reading?  
I'm reading a book by an RWA chaptermate, Anthea Lawson, titled Five Wicked Kisses. I also have J. A. Jance's Betrayal of Trust, Jill Shalvis's Animal Attraction, and Jo Davis's Ride the Fire. 
3.  Please, share something you found most interesting or fun that you did to research for a book.
To research my latest release, Fourth and Goal, I attended the Seattle Seahawks Football 101 camp at the Seahawks headquarters in Renton, Washington, on beautiful Lake Washington. I spent the day there, listened to coaches and players talk, attended a session on football basics, and ran through football drills on the practice field.
4.  How did you come up with names, setting, character occupations or  plot for Fourth and Goal? 
I've been a football fan almost as long as I've been a horse lover. Over the years, I've toyed with writing a football romance. I wanted a book with football scenes as realistic as I could make them. My husband played College football so he helped me write the football scenes. A local female sportscaster, Jenn Mueller, also answered my questions relating to professional football. I wanted my heroine to have an unusual career goal as a football talent scout. There are very few women in this profession, and I was able to find some good information online.
5.  Action adventure or romantic comedy?  What is your favorite TV show lately?  
Actually I'm a reality TV-show addict. I love "House Hunters" on the one of the home improvement channels. Unfortunately (or not), it's inspired me to do some redecorating, which is needed in my 17-year-old house but cuts into my time. My husband and I also love to watch football (of course), and we've been watching old re-runs of JAG.If we're talking movies, one of my all-time favorites is "Pretty Woman." A good romance story doesn't get much better than that.
Fourth and GoalSeattle Lumberjacks Team Roster
 In a game played on and off the field, only one of them will emerge the winner.
Armed with an uncanny ability for evaluating football talent, a dogged determination to succeed in a man's world, and an empty bank account, Rachel McCormick agrees to help struggling wide receiver Derek Ramsey get his game back. Rachel believes Derek, her former best friend and lover, knows the truth behind the points-shaving scandal which ruined her father. She vows to expose the secret even if it destroys Derek in the process.
When Derek's coach suggests sex as an excellent tension reliever the night before a game, Rachel takes one for the team. The next day, Derek has the best performance of his not-so illustrious pro football career.
As Derek and Rachel rack up nights in bed and other places, the team racks up wins on the field. Rachel is torn between her loyalty to her father and her growing affection for Derek. Now it's fourth and goal, one second left on the clock. Their hearts are on the line. Do they trust each other enough to go for the long bomb or do they get dropped for a loss?
Click here to find a link to chapter 1. 

52 Weeks of Romance from Lucy Monroe!

A full year of Lucy Monroe books!  Did you know that you could read a new book every week and still not complete the collection?  This year I'm taking a trip down memory lane and giving away then entire collection.  Stop by every Thursday to see what book is being featured.  Answer the question and you could win your own copy of the book.


Featured Book Week #3
Bought: The Greek's Bride

Harlequin Presents - June 2007
ISBN 0-373-12636-0
© 2007 Lucy Monroe


Greek billionaire Sandor Christofides was born in shame, and has fought his way to the top. Now he has wealth and acclaim—all he needs is Eleanor to be his bride.
The scene is set, vintage champagne, red roses—a dazzling diamond ring! But does Sandor really want to cherish Ellie...or is she just a pawn in a ruthless game?


This book is still available for purchase in paperback. 
Contest Question:(Write your entry in the comment section below - winners will be posted on Saturday.  Answers to the questions can be found on my webpage.)
Bought: The Greek's Bride is part of the Mediterranean Brides Series.  Which Book is this in the series? 

Humpday Hottie!

You're looking a little stressed.....can I help ease your tension?

Retro Release January Contest!

Do you have this book yet?  Here's your chance to win a copy.  Each week during the month of January, I will be giving away one copy of For Duty's Sake.  To enter, simply answer a question from the previous week's blog posts.

For Duty's SakeUSA Today Bestseller ListMass Market PaperbackHarlequin Presents #2993 - June 2011ISBN - 10:0373129939 ISBN -13: 978-0373129935

Read an excerpt below:
Angele slid around the partially opened door to Zahir's office. He had disappeared from the wedding feast and she'd known she would find him here.
"Shirking your duty, Prince Zahir?" Her arms crossed over the sweetheart neckline of her short-short Juicy Couture original. "Tsk, tsk, tsk. What would your father say?"
The room was very much like Zahir, masculine, rich and imposing. And yet there was something in the artwork and the old world furnishings that reflected more, something special — an appreciation for beauty that she knew few were aware of.
But while Zahir didn't pay her any particular attention, she had watched him closely and probably knew more about the real man than most. She still wondered at her ignorance of the secret revealed short months ago.
She'd decided it was willful blindness on her part, but that had not made her feel any better. Only mind-numbingly stupid.
She was a twenty-three year old virgin with no prospects and she knew she was to blame for that fact and no one else. She had clung to hopes and fairytales that never came true in the real world. Her parents' marriage should have made her realize that.
Zahir looked up from some papers on his desk, his grey eyes widening a fraction at the sight of her. He quickly stood to his full, imposing six-feet, four-inches. He wore the traditional robes and head covering of a crown sheikh over a tailored Armani suit that did nothing but make him look mouth-wateringly attractive to her.
Not that he was even remotely aware of the effect he had on her. She would have to be on his radar as an actual woman for that to happen.
Click here to read more of Chapter 1


Contest Question:
Lucy has published over 50 books with three more coming out this year.  What is your favorite Lucy Monroe book or series? and Why?

How Reading Can Help Relax Your Mind

Do you sometimes find that your mind never shuts off? I often do.  Just when I think I'm ready to go to sleep, I lay down and find that my mind is still going 100 miles an hour.  I read this article that discusses how reading can help relax the mind and relieve the stress of the day.  I found it interesting and thought I would share with all of you.


[image error] Click here to read the article. 
Besides reading, what else do you do to help you relieve the stress of the day? 

Weekly Contest Winner!

Retro Release Contest!
Congratulations   BooksandPolish you will receive a copy of Lucy's Monroe's For Duty's Sake plus a $5.00 gift card for Amazon.com.

Please email me with your name and address so I can get your prize in the mail. 


For additional information on For Duty's Sake, please visit my website. 








52 Weeks of Romance from Lucy  



Congratulations  patches22 you will receive a copy of Lucy's Monroe's award winning book The Real Deal. Please email me with your name and address so I can get your prize in the mail. 

Lucy's Fans create our own Top 10 List - need your input

Hi all - this is Prom-gal here!  Have you ever seen late night TV and their top 10 lists?  I thought it would be fun for Lucy's fans to put together our own Top 10 list and I need your input.  Coming up with the right topic wasn't as easy as I thought, but decided I would go with....


Lucy Monroe Fans Top 10 reasons to read romance.
Let me know your reasons (keep it clean!) and your response may just end up on Lucy Monroe Fans Top 10 list.  I'll post the list on her Facebook Fans page next week.  I'm excited to create our own list! 

52 Weeks of Romance from Lucy Monroe!

A full year of Lucy Monroe books!  Did you know that you could read a new book every week and still not complete the collection?  This year I'm taking a trip down memory lane and giving away then entire collection.  Stop by every Thursday to see what book is being featured.  Answer the question and you could win your own copy of the book.





Featured Book Week #2 

THE REAL DEAL
by Lucy Monroe
September 2004 (tradesize) ISBN 0-7582-0860-X
June 2005 (mass market) ISBN 0-7582-0861-8


Like a classic Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn/Doris Day-Rock Hudson movie-but with plenty of steamy heat-Lucy Monroe's debut novel introduces a pair of delightfully sparring opposites whose undeniable attraction is about to take them beyond the edge of reason...and right into the throes of delicious passion...



SHUT UP AND KISS ME


The most important thing in Amanda's life is negotiating a successful merger between her company and Brant Computers, a family-held competitor. It should be a done deal: Company president Eric Brant is on board with the idea. But when Amanda arrives in Eric's office, it is his cousin Simon Brant who greets her-and Simon is anything but agreeable. He's not about to give up control of the family company or lay off loyal workers. Squaring off against the sexy, brilliant, sexy, obstinate, sexy, eccentric, not to mention sexy Simon is completely frustrating-and a total turn-on. And when he walks out on her presentation, sidetracked by another one of his brilliant ideas, Amanda is shocked...and intrigued...no, furious!...and...and...and so attracted she can barely enter data into her Palm Pilot...


Simon has never met a woman as passionate and driven as Amanda, or as devastatingly attractive. He can't decide if he wants to put her on the next plane home-in the cargo hold-or kidnap her and spend a long weekend showing her exactly the kind of negotiating he likes best. Come to think of it, if the lady wants war, maybe they should engage in full-on battle...in the bedroom...and see who will be the victor. But when intimacy leads to an explosive passion, it might be time to think of a different, more permanent kind of merger...one that's less about business and all about pleasure...


This book is still available for purchase in paperback. 
Contest Question:(Write your entry in the comment section below - winners will be posted on Saturday.  Answers to the questions can be found on my webpage.)
This book won multiple awards, list one of the awards given to The Real Deal.

Humpday Hottie!

He's thinking, "What kind of trouble could we get into together?"  I'm thinking, "Any kind you want!"