Welcome to day three of Early Christmas! I hope you guys are having as much fun around here as I am. I’m rubbing my hands together with anti-Scrooge glee, just thinking about all the happy souls when I announce the winners on Monday.
Welcome to day three of Early Christmas! I hope you guys are having as much fun around here as I am. I’m rubbing my hands together with anti-Scrooge glee, just thinking about all the happy souls when I announce the winners on Monday. Today, I have Gwyneth Bolton in the house. I met her this past year; she gave me a hug and everything. This lady is a real class act. I must admit to being a little intimidated by her, though, because she’s a college professor, so I figure she has to be uber-smart as well as talented. She was kind enough to provide me with a holiday message for readers, so let’s check that out:
If you think about it, the song didn’t lie. This really is the most wonderful time of the year! Take away the commercial aspects of the holidays and we are left with some things to grow on. You see, we move from being thankful for all we have and all we have accomplished in the year to a spirit of giving to the celebration of renewal. And lucky us, we get to embrace all of this with family and friends close by! Now, if we could only figure out how to capture and keep these wonderful holiday feelings with us year round, all day, every day… I think the wonderful Ann Aguirre has figured out a way. Happy holidays, everyone! Much love and peace…
~ Gwyneth Bolton
Cor, I’m blushing. I don’t know if I have the holiday spirit in me all year, but I do like giving away books to people who love to read. It’s one of my favorite things. And when I can share books I’ve really enjoyed with folks, that’s even better.
I totally agree with what she’s saying about that sense of renewal. A new year carries with it a sense of endless possibilities. This year didn’t turn like you thought? You have next year to make all your dreams come true.
Today, I’m featuring a trilogy (actually there are four novels but the last one doesn’t come out until next year) of Gwyneth’s about a quartet of sexy brothers named Hightower. Their names are Jason, Joel, Lawrence and Patrick.
This series reminds me a little of Suzanne Brockmann’s men in uniform books, but these stories have more urban flair. Set in New Jersey, the Hightower men have a tradition of working in public service; they raise heroes in this family, policemen and firefighters. So that gives the ladies in their lives a lot to live up to, but don’t worry; they are totally equal to the task.
The thing I like best about Gwyneth’s work is her heroines. Oh, the men are dead sexy; don’t get me wrong. But her heroines are just attitude and a half. They make me laugh out loud with their witty cracks. I also love that they take no crap. I love reading about women who have worked for their success and they’ve made it despite the odds, and Gwyneth offers that all over the place. She writes strong women, which I adore.
The first book in the series is all about the drama. The second book tackles some serious issues, but not in a way that drags you down. I love that the heroine doesn’t let the hero feel sorry for himself at all. She picks him up when he’s down, but she doesn’t become his mama. The third book in the series is just plain hot, and that’s all I’ll say about that. I can’t wait for Patrick’s story. He’s the oldest and he’s wary after a bad divorce. I just love when the oldest brother is all quiet and remote because it just means he’s gonna fall super hard when he meets the right woman. She’ll turn him ass over teakettle before he knows what hit him.
So I’m giving away a Gwyneth Bolton trilogy. If you want something hot-n-sassy in your stocking, here’s the game. You’re a romance novel heroine again, but this time, your hero is a cop (or fireman) and he’s about to leave, heading into danger. You may never see him again, so you have to make this moment count. You look deeply into his eyes and…
(Fill it in, folks! But keep it PG-13, please.)
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December 17th, 2008 at 7:56 am
lean forward until my lips touch his and then passionately kiss him, letting him know I don’t want to let go.
December 17th, 2008 at 8:51 am
Grab him by his head, look deeply into his eyes and whisper “I love you.”
Then get down on your knees…
December 17th, 2008 at 9:04 am
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December 17th, 2008 at 9:18 am
Ann -
I have the pleasure to have met Gwyneth several years ago and you are so right – she is a very classy act who is so sweet and down to earth. Her personality is infectious and everyone is soon in a wonderful place when being in her presence.
This is a very hard question as since he is going into a dangerous situation – you want to make sure that he keeps his mond on what he needs to do.
So… I guess that I would give him a passionate kiss and hug and tell him I love him and take care. I will see you later.
December 17th, 2008 at 9:31 am
A peck on the lips and
“remember to pick up the milk on the way home.”
December 17th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Ann, I love Gwyneth’s writing and those sexy Hightower men.
December 17th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Woo Hoo..love these interviews! I have not met Gwyneth (yet) but she is one of my most favorite bloggers, writers and online peeps!
I look deeply into his eyes, tell him how much I love him and that I will wait until her returns home to me…I bite his lip slighly, licking away the slight pain, before he leaves…
Smooches!
angelia
December 17th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Lightly grab the back of his head, whisper I love you, and put my hips into in. Like len against him, to make sure he gets the meaning. I little grab on the backside wouldn’t hurt either :)
December 17th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Tell him that I love him, to be careful out there, give him a passionate kiss and remind him that I will be waiting for him to return home to me.
December 17th, 2008 at 11:15 am
I’d kiss him and tell him I love him. Then I’d whisper, “If you don’t come home to me, I’m marrying your hot best friend the day after your funeral.”
December 17th, 2008 at 11:33 am
*Laughs at Ann*
December 17th, 2008 at 11:38 am
I actually used that in an argument with my husband, KB. He was a smoker when we first got together, but he quit. He backslides in times of stress and then he tries to lie about it. (I have a super-nose, and he can’t fool me.)
The last time I caught him, I told him, “Well, if you’re determined to die of lung cancer, I guess there’s nothing I can do about it. So if you could please triple your life insurance? Thanks. I want to be a rich widow. I won’t mourn you long, you know. I’ll marry some hot young thing as soon as I can.”
(He wasn’t pleased. But he’s not smoking anymore!)
December 17th, 2008 at 11:52 am
You are a cougar! LMAO!
December 17th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
i love this series, actually this is one of my favorite series. I am so looking forward to book three in this series.
December 17th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
I’d kiss him and tell him I love him. Then I’d whisper, “If you don’t come home to me, I’m marrying your hot best friend the day after your funeral.”
Hilarious!
The last time I caught him, I told him, “Well, if you’re determined to die of lung cancer, I guess there’s nothing I can do about it. So if you could please triple your life insurance? Thanks. I want to be a rich widow. I won’t mourn you long, you know. I’ll marry some hot young thing as soon as I can.”
Double hilarious! I wish I had this line when I was getting my hubby to give up nicotine. He quit a while back. But I would have loved a zinger like this to inspire him… LOL.
Thanks for featuring my books today!
Gwyneth
December 17th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Jump up, wrap my legs around him, kiss him hard, and tell him how much I love him.
Then I’ll tell him to go kick some ass, and that I’ll give a back rub when he comes home
December 17th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Another great contest, Anne! Thanks Gwyneth for the Interview!
I’m simple. I would tell him I love him and will see him when he gets home.
Then I would worry all day.
Thanks again!
Katie
December 17th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
I would kiss him all over, tell him I love him and then strip down to my sexiest undergarments; strike a pose on the couch and let him know what will be waiting for him when he gets home. Oh yeah, I’d tell him not to wait too long because I might get started without him. LOL
I love Gwyneth’s books. I wish I had one ounce of her talents.
December 17th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
…tell him that I love him, I’ll be waiting for him, give him a kiss and tell him to make me proud, but come home to me.
Deidre
December 17th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
I’ll tell him I’ll wait for him and proceed to jump his bones.
December 17th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
lol I can’t top your line, Ann! I love it – both comments!
December 18th, 2008 at 12:03 am
Kiss him deeply and tell him not to be a hero, just to come home to me.
Selfish? Hell yes! But I like my men alive and whole.
December 18th, 2008 at 12:45 am
Give him a passionate kiss and tell him to hurry home safe.
December 18th, 2008 at 8:53 am
…I look into his eyes and remind him I’m right there in his heart with him and I won’t move an inch until you’re back with me. So listen to your heart, my love is in there to help you through too….
Hi Anna, I’m having a blast here!!! That was fun to do. I just had to think of my hero of 25 years :)
Did I ask you if you wrote this story that you are posting? I get hiccups laughing so hard. I’m reading a chapter a day but I think I can read it all (its all posted?). I shall do that!
Cool you got to meet Gwyneth! I love hot and sassy and love to be in for this! You know, I love reading music’s lyrics since that’s what I am able to get from music and since I started doing that instead of ignoring it saying I couldn’t hear it, I started looking up more lyrics and too signing more of the Christmas songs (I used to sign them in the malls, songs that were signed as pictures so anyone could understand them). So I agree with Gwyneth that the lyrics tell so much a story!
Off to read more of Cesar and Chastity!
December 18th, 2008 at 10:02 am
Hi Caffey, yes I wrote chapter two. It’s a fun and loving tribute to the many Hqn Presents I have read over the years.
December 18th, 2008 at 10:53 am
I’m loving the spoof series, Ann. As a kid I devoured my mom’s Harlequin Presents novels and you guys have me cracking up! The funny thing is your spoofs aren’t that far off from some of the characters you find in these novels. And you’ve give us not just one, but two secret babies. LOL. I’m hooked and waiting for the next installments.
Gwyneth
December 18th, 2008 at 11:44 am
The HP I read as a kid were full of those punishing kisses. I used to wonder, what is a punishing kiss and is it worse than a whipping?
December 18th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
kiss him desperately. Then follow it with a sharp slap upside the head and tell him that if he does anything stupid I’ll put it on his gravestone to eternalize it. *grins*
December 18th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Hard one this one.
I look him deeply in the eyes and give him one long passionate kiss. Then I take his face in my hands and tell him that he better come back to me. And then to try to put a smile on his face I say that if he doesn’t then I will hunt him down in the afterlife and kick his ass.
December 22nd, 2008 at 1:12 am
I would kiss him soundly on the lips, tell him that I love him, and I will be waiting when he gets home.