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Hunky Hero - Rescued: A Festive Novella

Rescued: A Festive Novella
By J'aimee Brooker
I don't know if it's the beaming hot sun rays, the always interesting people-watching, that intoxicating summery smell of sunblock, or the respite of the cooling waves as I swim out
past the breakers that entices me most about the beach. 
 
Maybe it's a combination of all those things. 

All I know is, for me, summer just isn't summer until the red and yellow flags are hoisted up and those gorgeous tanned lifeguards hit the sand. 
 
Growing up in Australia, it's hard to look past those iconic red Speedo's without harbouring some kind of lifeguard fantasy (surely I'm not the only one!) and Jack Covey, the Bondi  lifeguard in my latest novella, Rescued: A Festive Novella is, in my mind, the perfect hunky hero!

Tall, incredibly well built, with gorgeous deep brown eyes that you could easily drown in (lucky he's a lifeguard!), keen and finely tuned instincts and with the courage to save lives on Australia's most iconic and busiest beach, Jack Covey is certainly one of Bondi's finest.

When Anya and Sophie prove to be a distraction too good to refuse, Jack's skills in and out of the water are put to the test—and you can be assured this is a challenge Jack won't refuse!

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Two gorgeous girls 
A knight in shining speedos 
One red-hot Australian Christmas! 

Set against the glorious backdrop of Australia’s iconic Bondi Beach comes the story of childhood friends Anya Thompson and Sophie Anders and their brush with one of Bondi’s finest—lifeguard Jack Covey. 

As a lifeguard, Jack’s instincts are finely tuned. He’s spent his career watching for danger and avoiding distractions but when the gorgeous Anya Thompson catches his eye, he can’t help but be intrigued by Anya and her modest and reserved manner. 

Anya’s lost more than her Christmas cheer, but will one steamy night with her best friend and the deliciously handsome Jack be just the thing to restart her shattered heart?

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Hunky Hero Tip #42 IF THE SHOE FITS

Accept that no amount of shoes is ever enough. EVER.

I mean really, lets start with the basics.
1) Joggers - we've gotta keep fit, or at least look the part.
2) Thongs - a necessity at the beach
3) Heels - cause a girl's simply not dressed up without them.
4) Wedges - for the low key affair. Stylish yet comfy.
5) Practical - I'm talking the flats here, you know for the grocery shopping.
6) Boots - but there are several necessities here. You need the knee high's cause they're so damn sexy. Then there's the ankle high for beneath the jeans. And then maybe the boot scooters if you're so inclined.
7) Slippers - obviously I don't need to point out the reasons behind this one.

These are just the bare minimum, then of course we need a variety of colors too. Are you getting the picture??? Did I forget any?

I couldn't help myself, I counted my shoes - 29 pairs. WOW I had no idea I had so many. But I need them all of course. I wonder if my hubby reads my blog... guess I'll find out soon.
What's your tally, can anyone beat 29 pairs of shoes?

Did you see my last post - something about comparing men to wine... check it out here. Hunky Hero tip #45

Have you got a hunky tip you want to share?  I'd love to hear it.
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Hunky Hero - Holding Out For A Hero

Holding Out For A Hero
By Amy Andrews
Jake Prince, ex-footy star, is living an awesome life, thank you very much. He’s running a bar, drinking coronas and signing female body parts. He’s living in Margaritaville where it’s always five o’clock. But what I like about Jake, what I think sets him apart, is his innate sense of justice. Yep, driven by demons he doesn’t even recognise, he’s a sucker for an underdog and a lost cause even when he doesn’t want to be. From taking a street kid under his wing, to finding a home for a mangy stray, to taking on the coach position of Ella’s rag-tag football team, to mentoring her younger disaffected brother – Jake has an honourable streak a mile wide. 
 
He also looks pretty damn fine in a pair of blue jeans!

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When sensible schoolteacher Ella Lucas rides into her home town on a Harley and seduces the resident football hero, Jake Prince, she figures she can be forgiven and move on. After all, she’s just buried her mother.

Two years later, back in the city, their paths cross again but this time Jake is in the process of destroying her favourite dive bar. With her home facing a
wrecker’s ball, her school being closed down and her 15-year-old brother hell
bent on self-destruction, it’s the last straw. Throw in a dominatrix best friend
who is dating a blue ribbon guy so straight he still lives at home with his
mother, it’s no wonder the sanest person in Ella’s life is a dog.

With all this to contend with, the last thing Ella needs is Jake back in her life.
But, as fate would have it, Jake is the only chance she has to save her
school.

As the school football season heats up, old secrets threaten to surface and Ella takes on greedy developers, school boards and national tabloids. But can she save not just her home, her school and her brother, but also the reputation of the man she’s never been able to forget? And, more importantly, does she want to?

Holding Out for a Hero is a quirky, heartwarming tale of unlikely romance, friendship and family.

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Hunky Hero Tip # 45 WINE WINNER

A good man is like wine. ..tastes good, smells great, makes you giggle and forgives what you did last night.

Ok, so this isn't really a learning tip for the hero in your life, but it sound's good. Right?

These subtle and sometimes not so subtle Hunky Hero Tips are just a little bit of quirky fun. Wine may have been involved in reating them. Yes good wine plus maybe a selection of quality cheeses and a little quince paste... ummm, sorry I got a little carried away...
 
Feel free to spread my words of wisdom.

Have you got a hunky tip you want to share?  I'd love to hear it. You can use my contact form, or shoot me an email: Kendall@universe.com.au

And if you're an author who'd like to share your real Hunky Hero with the world, check out my Thursday Hunky Hero Blog posts. I'm always looked for great new characters to read about.

Hunky Hero Tip #29 SOCK AND SANDAL SETBACK

Wear socks and sandals together and your chances of getting laid drop by 87.169%.
Trust me, I did the research.

Raising men isn't easy, so I hope my subtle and sometimes not so subtle tips help. Wine may have been involved in researching them. Feel free to spread my words of wisdom. Have you got a hunky tip you want to share?  I'd love to hear it.

Hunky Hero - Blind Attraction

Blind Attraction
by Eden Summers
Mitchell Davies is a mass of contradictions. He’s most confident on stage, in front of thousands of fans, yet get him in an intimate setting like a radio or television interview and he’ll say the most inappropriate things. It drives his manager wild…and not in a sexy, I wanna jump your bones kind of way.
Like most famous rock stars, Mitch loves female attention. His ego is large enough to fill a stadium, yet when he meets ‘the one’ he starts to doubt himself.Maybe he isn’t that suave. Maybe he isn’t the superbly sexy man he always
thought he  was. Alana Shelton blows him away with her innocence. She’s beautiful, fragile and so different from the women he normally sleeps with that she might just bring him to his knees.

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He can seduce with a single glance. 
Peering down at a sea of fans, rock star, Mitchell Davies can’t deny the innocent beauty of a woman in the front row. He’ll stop at nothing to get to know her. When a public altercation leaves her weak and defenseless, he takes the opportunity to be her savior.

She’s been sheltered from the world. 
Alana Shelton wants to spread her wings and experience life away from her restrictive upbringing. But she isn’t prepared for a gorgeous stranger to sweep her off her feet while at her most vulnerable.

Attraction will bring them together, but their pasts will try to tear them apart.
He wants to teach her how to trust, but she’ll show him how to love. In a glamorous world of rock-and-roll, only time will tell if they’re up for the challenge.
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Hunky Hero Tip #5 NO SKID MARKS

The only skid marks we want to see is when you dash off to buy us flowers.

You can't say that isn't a great tip for the man in your life. These subtle and sometimes not so subtle tips are just a little big of quirky fun. Wine may
have played at part in the creation of them. Feel free to spread my words of wisdom.

 I'd love to hear your Hunky Hero Tip suggestions sometime.

Every Woman's Secret Weapon

I call myself a method writer, as in I like to draw from experience when I create my scenes. In writing Lost in Kakadu I had a huge amount of research to do and short of experiencing a plane crash I like to think I totally stepped out of my comfort zone with most of my research.   But not all of it was bad. Yes I did sit in the pouring rain, eat witchetty grubs that I dug from my garden and create as many meals as I could with just four ingredients, one of which being baked beans. 
One of the fun things I did was create a sling shot with my bra! 
Fortunately our figure-shaping-torture-devise has most of the minimum requirements to make this deadly contraption. Yes ladies, your sexy lingerie may save you one day, literally. With stretchy elastic straps and a flexible cup, the only other necessity is a forked branch.

So as this device is integral to several scenes in my Lost in Kakadu I promptly set about converting one of my boulder holders into a crude hunting device. Fortunately for me, I had scissors, string, a stapler, sticky tape and many other construction helpers at my disposal. Despite all my additional equipment my first attempt was rather pathetic.

The realization that I was cheating had me rethink my objective. After all, I was trying to experience a scene for my book. My characters merely had a pocket knife, an axe, some wire and a selection of Abigail’s rather expensive lingerie. So I tossed away my ‘luxuries’ and started again.  I was fairly happy with the result.

While I didn’t manage to hit any creatures with my final product, I was able to send a rock a distance of about six meters.

How cool is that? So next time you’re lost in the wilderness, don’t despair ladies. A weapon or hunting device is just a quick flick of the fingers away. However I do suggest that from now on, you invest as
much money as you can on quality underwear, you never know when it’s going to come in handy.

Want to know more about the crazy research I did?  CLICK HERE Lost in Kakadu is a story of survival, love, grief and self-discovery.

Hunky Hero Tip #2 - NO BUTT CRACK

  No butt crack please.
The only crack I want is when you crack a funny. These subtle and sometimes not so subtle tips are just a little big of quirky fun. Wine may have been involved during their creation.

Feel free to spread my words of wisdom.  

Have you got a hunky tip you want to share?  I'd love to hear it.

Hunky Hero - The House on Burra Burra Lane

The House on Burra Burra Lane
by Jennie Jones
Dr Ethan Granger is a little reserved so I’m going to talk about him behind his back. Swallow’s Fall in The House on Burra Burra Lane is his home town and he’s the vet. He’s thirty-four years old. He’s 6’ 5” (for those using metric only - that’s tall). He has sandy, wind-swept hair (he puts a comb through it every morning but he’s outdoors every day, so he just looks - you know – manly and adventuresome all the time). He doesn’t need much for his own comforts (or so he thinks). His days are filled with his veterinarian practice, six rescue horses in his field, a near-new utility truck which he’s very fond of and a few carpentry jobs he’d like to focus on. Yes, he’s a builder and carpenter in his spare time so you can imagine the strength he has in his shoulders (and at that height he’d look a little odd without broad shoulders, wouldn’t you agree?). 
 
Does he consider himself heroic? He said, “No. Not at all.” But there was a masculine blush on his tanned face as he answered because Swallow’s Fall newcomer, city-girl Sammy Walker was standing at his side, so I’m thinking he’s amenable to one woman thinking him heroic.

However, there were problems in his past, and the possible consequences of those and the attraction he feels to the city-girl have put him in the unsure position of not knowing what’s going to happen next. Or how he’ll cope. Want to know more?
A dilapidated house, a city girl looking for a tree change, and a rugged vet with a past. Just another day in rural Australia…  

Just ten days after her fresh start in the isolated Snowy Mountains, Samantha Walker
trips over a three hundred pound pig and lands in the arms of Dr. Ethan Granger
— and the firing line for gossip. It was hardly a ‘date’ but sparks of the sensual kind are difficult to smother in a community of only 87 people. Now there’s a bet running on how long she’ll stay and what she’ll get up to while she’s in town.

Ethan has his own issues — Sammy’s presence in his childhood home brings with it painful recollections of family scandals and a bad‐boy youth. When the gossip around them heightens, his life is suddenly a deck of cards spread on the table for all to see. Then Sammy's past catches up with her... and it looks like all bets are off.

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