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June 30, 2016
Thankful Thursday
Oh, you lucky lucky boys and girls, it is Thankful Thursday again and this week I got a suggestion! Which I am always open to, but I couldn’t resist this picture that Catriona Spencer sent me of Zach Miko. I don’t know about you, but I’m not into the matchstick leg, skinny hipster guys out there. I’d much rather have a guy like this. Those eyes? Those arms? Unf. Great suggestion, Cat, and I think we’ll ALL be happy to have him guiding us into Friday.
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June 27, 2016
Music Monday
It’s Music Monday again and I’m back at the day job after my awesome scuba diving adventure this past weekend. I almost laughed when I saw that ‘Get Free’ by Whissell was my next song on the Music Monday unofficial playlist (for songs I want to use), because my day job is both desperately trying to convince me to stay here, and also doing everything imaginable to drive me away. Basically, it’s a nightmare, but luckily I can put on my headphones and block them out until the next meeting.
Enjoy, lovelies!
Favorite lyrics:
You hold me like you want me to stay
You only wanna keep me from running away
You hold me like you want me to stay
You only wanna keep me on your ball and chain
You don’t get to have it your way
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You got a hold on me and I gotta get free
…
I’m a cigarette, you’re nicotine
Good to know honey finally, you’re gonna crave me
Shaking like you need me to stay
You’re never gonna keep me from running away
‘Get Free’ by Whissell
June 24, 2016
Who wants to play with guns on #SatSpanks?
I’m working on the prequel book for ‘Lethal Sin‘, and it’s already dark, and twisted, and a lot of fun. If you’ve already read Lethal Sin you may have been a little curious about Camille’s sordid past, about how she got involved in the assassin game, which ultimately puts her on the path to collide with Mateo in the book. I was so caught up in Camille’s story myself that this prequel started flowing out. It’s not named yet, and I’m not sure when I’ll have it finished, but this scene has her and Smith at a shooting range, and he’s just handed her a gun for the first time.
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“Pull the trigger.” His voice was just behind her ear, and she wrapped her finger around the metal and pulled.
Click.
“What the fuck?” She turned on him. “There’s no bullets in this thing!”
He jerked back from her and then yanked the gun out of her hand as it passed in front of his face. “No, there weren’t any bullets, and that is why. You don’t wave a gun around, and you definitely don’t point it at anything you’re not planning on killing.” Shaking his head he muttered under his breath. “Nevermind, I’m not selling -”
“Wait! Look, I’ll learn your stupid rules -”
“The rules aren’t stupid. You want a gun, you need to know how to use one.”
“You do this for all the people you sell guns to?” She asked, crossing her arms as she leaned against the wooden barrier. Those jade eyes met hers for a moment, and then he looked away, moving back towards the bag with the gun in his hand. “Stop! Shit, I’ll listen. I swear. Just show me, alright? I’ll pay attention.”
“You need to get your temper under control. That’s the next lesson you need to learn.” He sighed and reached into the bag. With a quick movement he shoved something into the bottom of the gun, pulled at it, and turned and started firing. She screamed and covered her ears, but he walked forward steady and calm, and then the noise stopped as soon as it had begun. The room smelled like the air had been burned, and he pointed down the range. “If you can ever manage to control yourself, you might be able to do that one day.”
Turning around she saw the tight cluster of shots in the very center of the paper outline. He had blown a hole through the middle of the thing. “Holy shit.”
“So, do you want to listen?”
“Fuck yes, I’ll listen if you teach me to do that.”
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Ohhhh, Smith has so much to teach her, but Camille has her own plans with what she wants to do once she can fire a gun like that. Curious? Stay tuned for more bloghops! In the mean time, check out these others below!
June 23, 2016
Thankful Thursday
It’s Thankful Thursday and I need a hottie to drag me off into the weekend because this week at work has been hell. Anyone else feel like having this tattooed hunk throw them over his shoulder and do all kinds of things into the weekend? What do you say lovelies?!
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June 20, 2016
Music Monday – War
So, I discovered Former Vandal when he had a song on TV for something, and then I stumbled on the Wolves album and completely fell in love with pretty much every song. Two of them are particularly on my repeat lists all the time, ‘War’ and ‘War: Pt II’, and since I know I’d eventually put both songs on Music Monday, I decided to just compile them into one, so today is DOUBLE Music Monday. (P.S. The song ‘If The Money’s Good’ by the same guy was the Music Monday on 5/9). If you can’t tell, I love this guy, and these two songs back to back will rip your heart out with the lyrics, while also providing excellent music.
Enjoy, my lovelies!
Favorite lyrics for ‘War’:
I’m not sick but still so far away from sane.
Nightmares, but I haven’t slept in ages.
The battles won, but there’s still poison in our veins.
We’ve lost control, anything but gently down the stream.
Hold me close, hold me tell me life is but a dream.
Save me, I think I’m losing my mind.
You said you’d come for me when the world swallows me whole.
Well, this is war.
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Let the darkness come for me, let it try to steal my soul.
As if I had a soul to steal. Hold me tell me life is but a dream.
Save me, I think I’m losing my mind.
‘War’ by Former Vandal
aaaaaand, part two!
Favorite lyrics for ‘War: Pt II’:
Rest easy, fearless warrior
You can sleep now, you can finally calm your bones
Breathe easy, noble savior
Only human, still more valiant than us all
Nobody ever said that victory came without casualties.
They say the good die young, but they never really tell you that they never die alone
We all fall down. Bury a bit of our souls six feet underground.
If you die, then we die with you.
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Save me, I think we ran out of time
You said you’d come for me when the world swallowed me whole
Well the war is over
And there are fallen soldiers
Hold me tell me life is but a dream. Hold me tell me life is but a dream
I will always be waiting for you, love. I will always be waiting for you
‘War: Pt II’ by Former Vandal
June 16, 2016
Thankful Thursday
It’s Thankful Thursday, lovelies, and it’s Father’s Day this Sunday, so we’re celebrating with a super hot dad who is also baby-wearing! He knows that one of the sexiest things in the universe a man can do is be a great father. When a woman sees that, it’s like her ovaries punch her in the stomach and say, “HEY! LOOK!” I definitely felt that way when I saw this picture, and he is absolutely gorgeous. What do you think?
PS – I totally didn’t die while learning to scuba dive, and I do my lake certification next weekend! Then I get to find out where the Dom is taking me!
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June 13, 2016
Music Monday – Do You Remember?
Today’s Music Monday is brought to you by the lovely Lee Savino, a good friend of mine (and fantastic author). She is one of the people who checks my Music Monday every week and we have very similar tastes in music, so when she suggested Jarryd James’ ‘Do you Remember’ I totally agreed. I’ve loved this song since I first heard it, the video is better than I even thought it would be, and as she says… the lyrics are fantastic too!
Do you have a suggestion for Music Monday? Don’t be afraid to send it to me!
Awesome lyrics…
Oh, don’t be scared about it
Don’t forget it was real
Do you remember the way it made you feel?
Do you remember the things it let you feel?
How do I make you stay,
When it’s easier to let you go?
Nobody knows what we know about it
No one needs to know
Call me when you’ve made up your mind but you won’t
Caught up in a way that you played my heart
Only love could ever hit this hard
‘Do You Remember’ by Jarryd James
June 10, 2016
A little taste of sin on #SatSpanks!
I’m working on the prequel book for ‘Lethal Sin‘ (which just appeared on BookBub last week and is still on sale for 99 cents!), and it’s going to be dark, and twisted, and a lot of fun. If you’ve already read Lethal Sin you may have been a little curious about Camille’s sordid past, about how she got involved in the assassin game, which ultimately puts her on the path to collide with Mateo in the book. I was so caught up in Camille’s story myself that this prequel started flowing out. It’s not named yet, and I’m not that far in (a little over 10k words) but I already love this scene between her and a very important person in her life. Well, he will be important, but this is from when they meet.
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“I have money,” she whispered, but the man just sighed again.
“You don’t have enough. Trust me.” Crossing his arms he faced off with her, his pencil flipping over his fingers, and she was surprised for a moment by how handsome he was. Most of the dicks in this place were haggard, run down by their hard lives, the drugs and the alcohol – but he looked clean and put together. Rare.
It made her hate him a little more.
“I’ve got six hundred. Cash.” Her voice was barely a whisper, but he’d heard her. One eyebrow lifted neatly and he seemed to really look at her for the first time, his eyes narrowing as he stared.
“Where did you get that?”
“Around.” Camille swallowed and leaned back in her chair, mimicking his posture. Casual, laid-back, but still clearly in charge.
“I don’t like liars.”
“I didn’t ask you to like me, did I?” She kept her stare leveled at him, but he surprised her again by laughing, low and quiet.
“No, you did not.” The man stood up and tucked the paper under his arm as he tilted his head. “Alright. Come with me.”
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Curious? So am I! I can’t wait to see how this book unfolds, and I’ll try to share scenes as I write them and love them. This is definitely a book that you’ll want to read ‘Lethal Sin’ with, although it can be read alone. The entire Dangerous Games series is going to be raw like this, and I have to say I’m having a blast writing this kind of full-force language. Until my next blog hop, check out these others below!
June 9, 2016
Thankful Thursday
Cross your fingers for me, lovelies! I need to rock it this weekend so I pass the lake certification in a few weeks!
Hope your weekend is spectacular!
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June 6, 2016
Music Monday – Honeythief
I’ve got a hot song for you this week called ‘Honeythief’ by Halou. It’s slow, but has a wicked little beast and I love her voice. A quick update from me because this past week was very exciting! Tara (Daughters of Eltera Book 2) went live on Amazon, and Lethal Sin was featured on BookBub on Sunday! Lots of excitement, and I’ve been taking some downtime to catch up on my infinite to-be-read list. Luckily, I had quite a few amazing books sitting on my Kindle just waiting for me to give myself a break. (‘The Beast’ by J.R. Ward and ‘Born to be Bound’ by Addison Cain!)
Back to the song though, it’s just so sinfully sweet. Definitely some book inspiration hidden inside it. Here’s a cut from the lyrics:
Sometimes I doubt the path I chose
Sometimes my dreams feel all on hold
There’s no doubt that this will make me strong
Because it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done
Despite this cruel world
And all my best efforts
You surprise me with just how perfect you are
Even with all my flaws
And my bad examples
You surprise me with
Just how perfect you are
‘Honeythief’ by Halou
