Archive for January, 2009

One Groom . . . Introducing Myself

Friday, January 9th, 2009


Hi. PJ here.

Anne is up to her eyeballs in revisions. So she’s giving me free rein at her blog while she works. She says she has to be done by Monday, and that Christo and Natalie are NOT cooperating, and she’s going to wring their necks.

Makes me glad she was a lot better humored when Ally and I were the couple of the month.

I guess we’re the couple of the month again now — at least our book is. If you don’t mind a bit of shameless self-promotion, I’ll just tell you that it’s called Antonides’ Forbidden Wife.

I figured they ought to have called it Antonides’ Absent Wife. After all, I hadn’t seen her in five years!

It was a heck of a shock when she came waltzing in the door. It was an even bigger surprise when she said she wanted a divorce.

Divorce?

Seems to me that if you’re married, you ought to at least give it a shot before you call it quits. Try telling Ally that, though.

Well, I did try, in the book. Pretty successfully (if you don’t mind me spoiling the ending). But Anne says the interesting bit is how we got there.

Maybe. But I like the end result a whole lot better.

If you like the process, though, answer the questions in the last blog or on Anne’s contest page and you might win a copy of the book (and Santos Cordero’s book and Nick Jago’s book).

Anne says if you’ve already read mine, you can win Sebastian’s book, Savas’ Defiant Mistress, because she actually got copies the other day.

If you have questions about Antonides’ Forbidden Wife, fire away. I’ll be here through the end of the month.

Aloha,
PJ

Here Come The Grooms . . . Again!

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009


It’s back!

The 3rd Annual Here Come The Grooms! Contest starts January 7, 2009 and runs through January 21, 2009.

What does this mean to you?

Depends on if you want three chances to win three new books.

For the last three years Kate Walker, Liz Fielding and I have had Grooms come and take over our blogs — not to mention our lives — in January. It all began when we all had books out in February 2007, and they all had the word “Bride” in the title.

We thought our brides would like to host a “Here Come The Brides” contest on our sites. And they did.

But they had so much fun that the grooms decided they’d get into the act, too. So they pretty much hijacked the month. They ran their own contest — and their successors, the 2008 grooms, came back and did it again last year.

Not to be outdone, PJ Antonides (my guy) from Antonides’ Forbidden Wife, Santos Cordero (Kate’s guy) from Cordero’s Forced Bride, and Nick Jago (Liz’s guy) from Bedded in a Whirlwind, have been lurking around waiting for their turn.

It’s here.

We’ll be introducing you to each of them in the next few days.

And they’ll be along to blog. At least I’m sure PJ will.

I suppose Jago and Santos will be, too. In the meantime, PJ says that he has his question ready and you can find it and the answer to it (if you’re in a hurry) on the contest page of my website. The other grooms’ questions are there, too.

Just click on the tab there and answer the questions (look in the excerpts or on our blogs for the answers) and you will be entered in PJ’s drawing which will be after the contest ends January 21. Do the same thing on Liz’s and Kate’s websites and you have THREE chances to win.

PJ says that if you have already bought his book (which he hopes you have), and you win, he will either send you a backlist title of your choice (providing he can find it in my attic) or a copy of my upcoming Savas’ Defiant Mistress when the first author copies finally arrive.

That’s if you’re into delayed gratification, he says. As he has had to wait ten years for his wife to turn back up in his life, PJ understands all about delayed gratification.

He’ll be back later this week to blog.

Send in your entries now!

99 Things

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

As we are looking forward these days, I was just given this meme by a fellow blogger. It made me stop and think about what I’ve done and what I’d still like to do. What about you?

Let me know if you do this on your blog. I tag any and all readers — and if you do it, send me a link or link back here. I’d like to see what everyone else is up to.

THE 99 THINGS MEME

Things you’ve already done: bold
Things you want to do: italicize
Things you haven’t done and don’t want to – leave in plain font

1. Started your own blog.
2. Slept under the stars.
3. Played in a band.
4. Visited Hawaii.
5. Watched a meteor shower.
6. Given more than you can afford to charity.
7. Been to Disneyland/world.
8. Climbed a mountain.
9. Held a praying mantis.
10. Sang a solo. (absolutely no way)
11. Bungee jumped. (ditto)
12. Visited Paris.
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch. (Does Jezzball count?)
15. Adopted a child.
16. Had food poisoning.
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty.
18. Grown your own vegetables.
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France.
20. Slept on an overnight train.
21. Had a pillow fight.
22. Hitch hiked.
23. Taken a sick day when you weren’t ill.
24. Built a snow fort.
25. Held a lamb.
26. Gone skinny dipping.
27. Run a marathon.
28. Ridden a gondola in Venice.
29. Seen a total eclipse.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.
31. Hit a home run.
32. Been on a cruise.
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person.
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors.
35. Seen an Amish community.
36. Taught yourself a new language.
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied.
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person.
39. Gone rock climbing. (but they weren’t really big rocks)
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David in person.
41. Sung Karaoke.
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt.
43. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant.
44. Visited Africa.
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight.
46. Been transported in an ambulance.
47. Had your portrait painted.
48. Gone deep sea fishing.
49. Seen the Sistine chapel in person.
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. (well, as high as they would let us go that day.)
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkelling.
52. Kissed in the rain.
53. Played in the mud.
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre.
55. Been in a movie.
56. Visited the Great Wall of China.
57. Started a business.
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia.
60. Served at a soup kitchen.
61. Sold Girl Scout cookies.
62. Gone whale watching.
63. Gotten flowers for no reason.
64. Donated blood.
65. Gone sky diving.
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp.
67. Bounced a cheque.
68. Flown in a helicopter.
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy.
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial.
71. Eaten Caviar.
72. Pieced a quilt.
73. Stood in Times Square.
74. Toured the Everglades.
75. Been fired from a job.
76. Seen the Changing of the Guard in London.
77. Broken a bone.
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle.
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person.
80. Published a book.
81. Visited the Vatican.
82. Bought a brand new car.
83. Walked in Jerusalem.
84. Had your picture in the newspaper.
85. Read the entire Bible.
86. Visited the White House.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
88. Had chickenpox.
89. Saved someone’s life. (If someone around me needed their life saved, I would hope I’d be able to do it. But I’d just as soon no one did)
90. Sat on a jury.
91. Met someone famous.
92. Joined a book club.
93. Lost a loved one.
94. Had a baby.
95. Seen the Alamo in person.
96. Swum in the Great Salt Lake.
97. Been involved in a law suit.
98. Owned a cell phone.
99. Been stung by a bee.

Right now I’m close to finishing the revisions. That’s what I really want to have done.

Watch this space in the coming week for the 3rd annual Here Come The Grooms contest when Liz Fielding, Kate Walker and I turn our heroes loose with their questions — and you get a chance to win copies of our books!