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Hunky Hero Tip #33 DIRTY LAUNDRY

Believe it or not, jocks and socks cannot get into the washing basket by themselves.

Yes I know... big shock right! These subtle and sometimes not so subtle tips are just a little big of quirky fun. Wine may have been involved in creating them.
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Hunky Hero Tip #56 - Bargain Buy

A bargain is something that I simply can’t resist regardless of the price.

Just agree. These subtle and sometimes not so subtle tips are just a little big of quirky fun. Wine may have been involved. Feel free to spread my words of wisdom. Have you got a hunky tips you want to share?  I'd love to hear it.

Have you ever hated your boss?

I had a boss I hated once. I didn’t hate her at first. In fact she wasn’t even my boss, she was the boss’s wife. Maybe that was the problem.  As I’m blonde haired and quite buxom maybe she would’ve preferred her husband’s Personal Assistant look more like Kathy Bates did in Misery. It didn’t take me long to work out why a procession of PA’s had preceded me.  But I loved my job and was determined to shut out her unfounded angst towards me. 
As it turned out, she didn’t just hate me, I think she hated anyone who wasn’t in her inner circle of toffee nosed friends with more fake tans, fake boobs and fake nails than a Thailand Ladyboy Beauty Pageant. 
I only worked there for eight months but during the last few months I spent my spare time dreaming up things that would ruin her day. The writer in me, took over. Killing her off would’ve been too nice so I dreamt up things that would’ve sent her crazy if they actually happened.

I also imagined reasons why she was so horrible. I gave her tragic moments in her life that shaped her and to some degree justified her despicable behavior. Of course I don’t think she had any excuses, she was just a nasty piece of work.

But now, as I reflect on those last six months of working hell, I realize that I’m lucky. Because without that experience I would never have created Abigail Mulholland, the heroine in my
book: Lost in Kakadu. Abigail is a rich pretention bitch who survives a small plane crash in Australia’s rugged wilderness. Learning to live in such a brutal environment takes Abigail to shattering point.

But as the weeks thread into months her Botox fades, her makeup runs out and the physical labor shapes her body into a lean sensual figure that she's proud of. As she gathers the pieces of her sanity she discovers a new woman within her who's not afraid to wield an axe or eat snails in order to survive. The pompous façade disappears and a strong, passionate and resourceful woman emerges with a wicked sense of humor and a fierce determination to live.
         
I love this character, she has incredible depth and I hope my readers enjoy and feel her personal growth too. And unlike the real woman who inspired my character, I love who Abigail becomes. Authors get the best revenge... don't you think?

So… have you ever hated your boss? 
Now that you know what inspired my character, I would love to know your thoughts on Abigail Mulholland in Lost in Kakadu.

Lost in Kakadu -
"A thrilling, captivating, deep, adventurous and memorable read" Crashing into an ancient Australian wilderness is pretentious socialite Abigail Mulholland’s worst nightmare. She survives the accident with two complete strangers, however things go from bad to downright hellish when rescuers never come. As she battles to live in an environment that’s as brutal as it is beautiful, Abigail finds herself also fighting her unlikely
attraction to Mackenzie--a much younger man. A man she’s willing to change for.

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Hunky Hero - The Lies We Tell

The Lies We Tell
By Elizabeth Dunk
What makes Todd a hero in my eyes is not his willingness to accept he was wrong about Sia and make amends; not his desire to take care of Sia and her family; nor his acceptance of and support for gay men (although the latter almost wins). No, what makes Todd a hero for me is the efforts he’ll go to to make Sia’s sexual fantasies come true.
When Todd meets Sia, his thoughts about her are influenced by his belief she was responsible for the events that led to his father’s untimely death. Once he realises that isn’t true, his thoughts are then influenced by Sia’s very playful sexuality,  something he’s more than willing to go along with. In their first sexual encounter, Sia is very open about the things that turn her on and in the course of the book, Todd makes sure every one of those fantasies comes true. It doesn’t
go all the one way – Sia does her bit for Todd too. But at the end of the book, it’s Sia’s list that’s been fulfilled. Although I daresay Sia won’t waste her time finishing Todd’s list for
him.

Regardless of what you want from your sex life, the ultimate aphrodisiac is a man who wants to give you that. That’s why Todd Lansing is such a hunky hero.

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Ten years ago, Todd Lansing stood over his father’s grave, his heart thumping out curses on Sia Collins for causing his death. When he returns to Oberon and sees Sia again, his heart
thumps with a different emotion, one he fights with all the anger he still feels. 

Sia didn’t commit the break-in that ended up killing Mr Lansing, but to admit that would send her father to jail. She has rebuilt her life in the small town, atoned for her accused crime, and carved out a niche using her talent with paint to reach out to the community, raise funds, and support her family. 

When Todd finds out the truth, he can’t understand why Sia won’t speak out and clear her
  name, and it threatens to tear them apart. With her relationship with Todd on the line, will Sia choose loyalty or love?

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Hunky Hero - Detained

Detained by Ainslie Paton
Will Parker isn’t your typical billionaire businessman. 
He’s a small town boy.  So small it’s barely on any map.  He has a broken nose, a much scarred body, an enormous picture tattoo on his back.  He did badly in school.  He didn’t learn to read until he was a teenager, but he speaks the local Shanghai dialect like a backstreet
hawker.  
He prefers the shadows, eschews the limelight, specialises in exerting the kind of control you don’t see coming. He’s a gambler, focused, determined, ruthless.  He avoids relationships but had a devoted mistress. He wasn’t born Will Parker.  It’s a surname that was chosen for him—a rebirth, a chance to make something of himself, something unexpected out of a horror childhood. 

He’s not all hard edges.  He can be charming, funny, urbane.  He likes the world’s most
expensive Scotch Whiskey and he wears a tux like a second skin. He’s comfortable with the wealth he’s made and generous with it.  But he’s equally happy in old jeans, a battered hat and worn boots.

He’s a phantom, an enigma and a temptation and under it all a fighter.

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A romance about manipulation, truth and facing the past.
Truth can make you and break you. But can it glue you back together again?

Detained in a cold, dull room in the depths of Shanghai airport, a journalist chasing a career break and a businessman with a shadowy past, play a game of truth or dare—deliberately not exchanging names.

They tell each other painful secrets and hot desires. One dare leads to a kiss and a wild weekend of illicit passion, setting off a dangerous sequence of events and bringing exposure, and disgrace.

Only the brutal truth can save them. But it will also rip them apart. And it will take more than daring before they have a chance to build a new truth together.

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Hunky Hero - Hearts on Hold

Hearts on Hold
by Gracie MacGregor
Professor Brandon Blackshaw is a “mystorian” – a solver of historical mysteries – although the biggest mystery in his life right now is the intriguing, secretive, prickly Cate Boyd.

Brandon’s the gangly nerd who grew into a chick magnet rather than a mad-professor type. Fortunately, his ego has never quite caught up with his newfound sex appeal, and women have long taken second-place to his fascination with his work and his aspiration to become Cambridge University’s youngest-ever history chair. Until now. When Brandon finds himself indebted to Cate, sleeping on the couch in her lounge room and helping her in her campaign to save her island village community from rampant development, his ambitions start to blur. 
 
Problem is, the monolithic multinational that funds his university research turns out to be the same company threatening Cate’s home. 
 
She had big trust issues already; finding out he’s working for the enemy doesn’t endear Brandon to Cate, although the attraction between them sizzles in the Mediterranean heat. They need each other, in more ways than one, but love? That’s something Cate’s not
prepared to allow in her life again, and Brandon has a fight on his hands to persuade her otherwise.

And when he discovers the horrifying secrets in Cate’s past as well as the very real dangers in her future, Brandon has to make some tough choices: the career pinnacle he’s worked for his whole life, or the woman who teaches him there other things worth fighting for.

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Emotional, suspenseful and set in paradise, Hearts on Hold is a novel for fans of Nora
Roberts and Jayne Ann Krentz.

The strongest sunshine casts the darkest shadows...

Cate Boyd is searching for a place where nobody knows her name. The sleepy Maltese village of Xlendi offers privacy, anonymity, and the serene life she craves, far from her former world. But her peace is shattered when monolithic development company Vena announces its plans to level her village, and threatens to expose Cate’s secrets if she stands in its way.

The arrival of seductive, nosy professor Brandon Blackshaw seems too coincidental for comfort — especially when she discovers that Vena is his research partner. As the pressure mounts, Cate must decide which is more important: her hard-won privacy, or the future of her
beloved Xlendi.

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Hunky Hero - The Last Gladiatrix

The Last Gladiatrix
by Eva Scott
Titus is a Roman Centurion, hardened by years of campaigning.  His body is honed and scarred.  He has a still, watchfulness about him, a contained quality which makes you want to get under his skin and find out what’s going on.  He’s decisive – he knows exactly what he wants and he’s not afraid to take it. After meeting Xanthe, our heroine, he doesn’t question the sexual attraction he feels for her, giving himself over to the lust arcing between them.  Yet its not all about the sex.  Titus doesn’t abandon Xanthe to her fate instead he does what he can to save her. He smoulders in his intensity making him compelling. When it comes down to the fight you want this man in your corner and afterward you’ll want this sweaty, hunk of man in your  bed. Want to know more?
Captured and enslaved by a Roman legion, Xanthe never expects to end up training for the Coliseum floor, but every night after the day’s march, she is put through her paces by a Roman solider who challenges her, tests her, and excites her.

Titus is drawn to Xanthe, her fire and her spirit, so he breaks one of his rules and brings notice on himself, offering to train her as a gladiatrix to spare her a courtesan’s role. But training her, working with her, soon becomes too much. Titus knows the penalty for taking property that
does not belong to him, but how long can he resist?

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Hunky Hero - King Hall

King Hall by Scarlett Dawn
Unique…that is a special word. Even more uncommon in a romance novel is King Hall has more than one hero. Even more than two. More than a handful. “Unique”, yes? I will try to narrow it down though. To two special heroes.
First, there’s Jack Collins.
Jack is the type of man who sneaks up on you and crawls into your heart without you noticing until it’s a punch in the gut if he’s in danger. His wit and humor and devotion rival the highest of men, and he’s cocky enough to let you know it.  Born a water Elemental, and discovered as the next in line for the
Elemental
  throne, his influence over others definitely comes in handy.
Not to mention his “little” water Elemental power is kick ass.Next, there’s Ezra Zeller.
Ezra is his own man. Unapologetic. Ruthless. This mysterious man knows exactly what he wants and isn’t afraid to make it happen any way he knows how – even by illegal means. He
was born a Vampire, and as a toddler was discovered as the next in line for the Vampire throne, also giving him massive amounts of superior sway. His beating heart holds his deepest secrets and his Core holds his magic, two deadly qualities for any woman.

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A fresh, meaty, sink-your-teeth-in-and-hold-on-tight new adult fantasy series kicks off with
King Hall…
King Hall — where the Mysticals go to learn their craft, get their degrees, and transition into adulthood. And where four new Rulers will rise and meet their destinies.
 
Lily Ruckler is adept at one thing:  survival.  Born a Mystical hybrid, her mere existence
is forbidden, but her nightmare is only about to start. Fluke, happenstance, and a deep personal loss finds Lily deeply entrenched with those who would destroy her simply for existing — The Mystical Kings.  Being named future Queen of the Shifters shoves Lily into the spotlight, making her one of the most visible Mysticals in the world. But with risk comes a certain solace — her burgeoning friendships with the other three Prodigies: a wicked Vampire, a wild-child Mage, and a playboy Elemental. Backed by their faith and trust, Lily begins to relax into her new life.
 
Then chaos erupts as the fragile peace between Commoners and Mysticals is broken, and suddenly Lily realizes the greatest threat was never from within, and her fear takes on a new name: the Revolution. 

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Hunky Hero - Lost in Kakadu

Todays blog is dedicated to my very own Hunky Hero - Mackenzie Steel.  Lost In Kakadu released today and I'm looking forward to finally sharing him with the world. Lost in Kakadu
By Kendall Talbot
Mackenzie Steel is no Crocodile Dundee, but he is handsome, sexy and can cook a mean snake kebab. He’s led a troubled life, full of tragedy and triumph and he’s no stranger to fighting to survive. His past has made him a strong, compassionate man who fights for his beliefs yet he’s not afraid to show love. Match these traits with his Adonis body, olive skin, eyes the color of molten honey and his gift at taking random ingredients and turning them into a mouth-watering masterpieces and now you have my hunky hero – Mackenzie. I hope this has left you wanting more. Click here to read all about Lost in Kakadu.  You'll find the blurb, reviews and several other interesting bits and pieces about the story, my characters, my journey and Kakadu National Park.

Here's how Harlequin Escape described my book: 

It’s romance with a Survivor twist, when a socialite ends up stranded in the Australian jungle with a much younger man who sees right through her shell and challenges her world view. Meaty, challenging, and risky.

Hunky Hero - Red Moon

Red Moon
by M.A. Grant Flynn’s a total package: intelligent, loyal, and the quintessential alpha. He’s the strongest werewolf of the men in his family.
 Clearly, he’s got some special skills thanks to his lycanthropy. He can stop an attacking grizzly bear. His highly evolved sense of smell allows him to find people swiftly — always useful during extractions from mall riots during the holidays — and while he may not know the differences between different kinds of wild berries, he’s the bane of grouse and hares everywhere. Flynn’s most unique characteristic is actually a result of his father’s sadistic training. In order to have the perfect enforcer, Flynn was forced to learn how to control his inner wolf, honing the sharp mental clarity of a man and combining it with the brutal force and instincts of a beast. It’s nearly impossible to maintain control in those split-second life-or-death moments, but Flynn’s iron will means he has the upper-hand in battle. 

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Dark, moving and original, a story of family, survival, and getting on with life...

 Flynn Sinclair understands pack loyalty — for years as his Alpha father’s enforcer, he has done things in the name of duty that he can’t ever forget. But the vast expanse of Alaska offers him a peace he’s never known. Alone, removed from pack life, he can focus on his research and try to forget his life before.
 
But duty has a way of inviting itself in, and Flynn finds himself doing two reckless things in one week: leaving the safety of Alaska to save his brother Connor’s life, and unwittingly falling in love with Evie Thompson, a woman who doesn’t deserve to be drawn into his terrifying world.
 
Connor carries news of their father’s descent into madness, and it looks like neither geography nor Flynn’s attempts at disengagement will put off a confrontation. Flynn had finally begun to believe that he might deserve something good in his life — something like Evie — but to move forward in the light, he must first reconcile with the dark.

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