Today we have with us the very talented Pamela Clare author of the I-Team (romantic suspense series) and equally breathtaking historical romances. Pamela’s latest release Naked Edge (that I was lucky enough to get to review) is releasing this Tuesday March 2nd! Be sure to go and get your copy this week trust me this is one you do NOT want to miss it's Awesome with a capital A. :)

JJ: Hi Pamela it’s so good to have you with us today!

PC:Thanks for having me, Jenn. I really appreciate it!

JJ: Now Naked Edge is the fourth book in the I-Team series, and for those not familiar yet with the series can you tell us in your own words what the I-Team is and how you came about to write this series?

PC: I-Team is short for Investigative Team. It’s a special group of elite reporters, more highly trained than most, whose job it is to dig deep into what’s happening around them and reveal wrongdoing that would otherwise remain hidden.

An investigative journalist myself, I started writing romantic suspense after having a conversation with my agent and mentioning that I’d been threatened (again) for something I was working on at the paper. She said, “You ought to write romantic suspense because you live it.” And I said, “All except for the ‘romantic’ part.”

From that conversation, I decided to take some of my experiences as a journalist and turn them into romantic suspense novels. I had never read romantic suspense before, and I really had no clue what to do. My experience both as a reader and writer had been strictly with historical romance. But writing that first suspense novel was a lot of fun, and so I keep doing it.

JJ: I also want to hasten to say that it makes a great stand alone as well so you don’t have to read the others for this one to make sense at all but I’m positive that once the read this one they will be rushing out to get the others as well! :)

PC: It’s true that each novel can stand alone. The hero and heroine of each novel has their love story contained entirely in that novel. There are repeating characters, which is fun, because I love to stay in touch with them.

JJ: Now Katherine James the female heroine in Naked Edge is half Navajo and half white. I found her and her Native American heritage fascinating by the way! How did you come up with her character and why did you pick the Navajo culture for her background?

PC: I’m so glad you enjoyed that aspect of the story, Jenn.

Kat as a character and her entire story arose from my years of covering Native issues as a reporter. I’ve traveled many times from my home in Colorado to the Navajo reservation in Arizona — about a 12-hour drive if you don’t stop — to cover things that were happening there. So few reporters cover Indian issues (and so few make any attempt at doing it well), that my coverage of Navajo issues led to requests from other Indian people to cover issues on their land. By 2001, I’d been asked by acknowledged spiritual leaders from three Indian nations — Navajo, Hopi, Lakota — to act as a bridge between the Native world and the white world. This story is one way of carrying out that charge and trying to be a bridge.

Through all this, I ended up developing friendships with different Indian people, and those friendships have changed my life. I’ve camped out in the desert under the stars, been invited to many ceremonies and have eaten my share of fry bread and mutton stew while sitting in desert sand.

I’ve tried to be very accurate and careful with the depiction of Native culture in this story. After all, if I am going to be a bridge I need to improve understanding, not muddle it. There are no stereotypes in this book, no Disney Indians.

JJ: Now the way that she meets Gabe the hero (and a very sexy hero I might add) ;) is she is out hiking and she has a terrible fall when some of the ground gives way and Kat actually falls down the side of a cliff. Now some people may already know this… others may not, but you took this part of the story from something that actually happened to you. Could you tell us about that accident? (I know people will find this amazing and doubly so that you survived to tell about it)

PC: I grew up in a climbing family. That is to say a family where rock climbing and mountain climbing were regular events. My father taught both alpine and rock climbing and helped build trails in Boulder’s foothills. He took us into the mountains with him. In fact, it’s really not much of an exaggeration to say I grew up on the trails.

I was backpacking with him in 1994 deep in Rocky Mountain National Park. We’d been hiking along the Continental Divide at 12,0000+ feet in altitude when I slipped on some ice and feel 40 feet — 20 vertical feet and 20 feet bouncing over rock. (Statistically speaking, 50 percent of those who fall 20 feet are killed.)

I was, of course, badly injured. But when you’re in remote parts of the Rockies without a cell phone, survival is up to you. Once my father had stabilized me a bit — I’d started going into shock — I had no choice but to continue climbing down the side of the mountain we were on. I tried to stand, but couldn’t. My right tibia was broken. I spent about two hours scooting down on my behind. We’re not talking a grassy hillside, mind you; we’re talking talus mixed with big volcanic boulders.

At the bottom of that slow was a snowfield (think something like a glacier but smaller). It was mid-July, so the snow was mushy in the afternoon sun. I couldn’t scoot across it because I just sank. So I had to crawl about the distance of a football field dragging my leg behind me. My toes caught in the snow, so each movement forward meant dragging that broken leg and pulling on the broken bone. I screamed with each step.

Like Kat, however, I got lucky. A park ranger on his day off saw us from a distance and came down to tell us we couldn’t camp where my father had pitched a tent. Then he learned what had happened. He was a paramedic, too, and he spent about five minutes checking me out. Then he called for a helicopter rescue. Hours went by before the chopper arrived, and they were tough hours for me.

In the end, I had a head injury, a broken tibia, a ruptured quadriceps, a torn Achilles tendon, broken ribs and more bruises and deep cuts than I could count.

I got very, very lucky. Given that we hadn’t seen anyone all day, the ranger’s arrival felt to both my father and me like a miracle. My father says that it counts among the few times in his life when he believes God truly intervened.

I’m in pain every day of my life from that accident, and sometimes I feel like a 80-year-old woman. But that beats being dead, doesn’t it?

Here’s the interesting thing: I’ve always felt so ashamed of myself for falling. It was stupid, stupid, stupid. But until I wrote this book, I wasn’t able to give myself credit for being tough that day. I climbed/crawled for more than two hours with all of those injuries. With my father’s and the ranger’s help, I worked my way toward only site where the chopper could land, moving just a few feet at a time over hours. I truly wanted to give up because it was unbelievably painful by then. But I didn’t give up. And I’d never given myself credit for that until I watched through Gabe’s eyes while Kat struggled to survive in a similar situation.

JJ: Wow, I've heard this story before but it never ceases to amaze me that you lived through it. You are a very very lucky woman and I have so much respect for you that you made it through all you did that is nothing short of amazing truly. Whew...

JJ: Now Gabe Rossiter is a Park Ranger for the National Park Service and he’s also a big time daredevil and extreme sports junkie isn’t he. Can you tell us more about that?

PC: Gabe is a typical Colorado guy. Like me, he grew up next to the mountains. He probably learned to ski as a kid, as most of us do. Here, skiing is part of our PE classes. We get on the bus and spend one day a week during the winter learning to ski. (Rough life, I know.) So the outdoors is in Gabe’s heart and soul.

He climbs rock and ice. He climbs mountains. He’s also an expert skier, meaning that he can handle all terrain. Here, you find guys and gals whose biggest thrill in life is “chasing pow,” i.e., following snow storms around the Rockies so they can ski fresh powder (also called “pow-pow” and many other idiotic names). These professional ski bums live in their cars and give up everything for skiing. They like “skiing trees,” a risky but thrilling attempt to get down the side of the mountain without killing yourself on a tree, and they like “hucking” or “catching air,” i.e., skiing off bumps or cliffs that leave them airborne.

Now, Gabe doesn’t live in his car, though that lifestyle certainly appeals to him. He has a very challenging day job. As a park ranger, he’s like a cop, only he does his job in the mountains. In addition to dealing with bad guys, he saves lives by bringing people down off rocks and cliffs who’ve gotten in over their heads while climbing. He also cares for wildlife and helps protect the landscape and the animals in it from stupid people.

My father and brothers are black diamond skiers. My dad even takes his Telemark skis on the downhill slopes. No thanks! My oldest brother has climbed all the 14,000-foot peaks (“fourteeners” in Colorado lingo) in the state. He and my father have also climbed Mt. Baker, Rainier and Hood. My brother has climbed Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere, where he ended up pitching a tent next to a frozen corpse on the night before his summit bid. In the Andes, “Acon” is more than 22,000 feet in elevation, and more people die on it each year than on Everest. Thank goodness my brother doesn’t have the $65,000 you need to buy a permit for Everest!

So when I was writing this book I was getting to channel in some of my family’s obsession with outdoor sports. My brother helped tweak some of the lingo, as did a couple of major ski bum friends I have. (I will be interviewing them and showing crazy videos of them skiing trees and catching air on my blog soon.)

I ski greens and blues, by the way. But I have worked as a volunteer naturalist for Boulder Mountain Parks, where much of the story is set. Before I started writing seriously, I spent the weekends patrolling trails, leading hikes and helping the rangers. Some of the rangers there are my friends, and one of them sat down and went through all the gear in his truck and on his duty belt so that I could have a better grasp of his job. I scrambled their names to create the names for Gabe’s fellow rangers, which prompted much laughter among the real rangers.

OK, was that too much information?

JJ: NO not at all I find this all so facinating and I know others will too! :)

JJ:I loved how very different Kat was as compared to her other fellow colleagues both in life an as a reporter. She’s also far different from many of the modern day heroines in that she is still a virgin. Can you tell us more about that and was it harder for you as a romance writer to write about a modern woman with those kind of older fashioned values?

PC: I was actually kind of afraid to write a contemporary heroine as a virgin. I, personally, was never a virgin, and I know very, very few women who were virgins when they got married. They say, “Write what you know.” I know nothing about virginity.

But to be true to traditional Navajo values, which view sex as a means of making babies and something that is very quiet, private and which does not involve hand cuffs, vibrating devices or chairs that hang from the ceiling, I needed to include that as part of her personality. Then I had to have her world and her views seem understandable to readers so that they could believe that she really was committed to virginity — at least until she met her half-side.

JJ: I really loved the fact that she was a virgin by the way! It was very well written and I know that they are in the minority in today’s times but there are some who do abstain until they find the “one” and I think that’s awesome just wanted to say that. :)

PC: If I had my entire life to do over again, I might view virginity differently. Mine was stolen when I was a child, so I never had any sense of purity. My friends had sex when they were 14 and 15 years old. Although I’ve always supported women’s sexual liberation, I think some of what’s precious in sexual relationships has been lost. My younger self would not have understood this, partly because of what happened I suppose. In the end, having lots of partners tends to tear women down emotionally. And some day women need to shift our culture so that they get the respect they deserve.

JJ: Some of the sales from Naked Edge are going to a charity to help women and children on Navajo Reservations correct? Can you tell us a little more about that and how others can help in other ways as well? :)

PC: I’m in the process of researching charities on the reservation that help women and children. Because of my own background, I’d prefer it to be a center that helps women who are victims of rape or sexual violence. But that’s still something of a taboo topic among many Navajo. So it’s taking some time.

I want to give back to the Navajo people. It’s their culture that figures so prominently on this book, and I don’t want to exploit that. It’s true that I have a bona fide connection with them, but still I want to give back.

In terms of helping, I really suggest strongly that everyone be very, very careful before donating any money to a charity that purports to help American Indians. So many of them are rip-offs designed to prey upon people’s interest and sympathy for Native people. Investigate thoroughly before sending a check. Right now, even I can’t say which charities are genuine. That’s how confusing it is. But when I determine which one I’m donating to, I’ll let everyone know via my blog and Web site.

JJ: Now a few personal questions for you if that’s ok? If you could travel to anywhere in the world where would you like to go? :)

PC:Two things pop to my mind: Denmark, where I have so many friends and where I hope to live again one day; and the UK — England, Wales, Scotland.

JJ: When you read, who are some of your favorite authors?

PC: For historicals, I loved Kathleen Givens’ books and was heartbroken when she passed on in January. I was about to interview her for my blog. I also love Anna Campbell, who is the only Regency author I read at this point. Then there’s Julie Garwood, Catherine Anderson, Patricia Potter…

For romantic suspense, Tara Janzen, Nora Roberts, Christy Reece, Roxanne St. Claire.

Outside romance, I love Colleen McCullough. Her series set in ancient Rome is so amazing. I’m a big Dickens fan. I also love, love, love J.R.R. Tolkein. Mika Waltari’s historical novels are second to none.

JJ: What kind of music do you like to listen too?

PC: Everything but country or anything that sounds too much like country music.

The bulk of what I listen to probably falls under “rock” and “Celtic.” I love traditional Celtic music, and by traditional I mean the stuff they were singing in Scotland, Ireland and Wales back in the 15th through 18th centuries. I listen to it all the time.

For rock, I love everything from Rush to 3 Doors Down to Nickleback to Staind to stuff from my childhood — Elton John, the Beatles, Fleetwood Mac and so on.

I also love Bruce Cockburn. He’s a Canadian folk-rock singer/songwriter whose depth and humanity blows me away even after a couple of decades of being a rabid fan. I’ve interviewed him several times and met him in person many times. Last time I saw him, he signed my son’s guitar and told me he had a copy of Extreme Exposure on the bus. I almost died.

Music is an absolutely essential part of my writing. I use it to manipulate my emotions. My characters often end up with their own playlists. And they have their own musical tastes. I listened to a lot of gangsta rap while writing Julian’s scenes in Hard Evidence, for example.

JJ: What is your idea of the perfect romantic night?

PC: Hmmm…. A sunset hike. Dinner at a wonderful restaurant. Ice cream on the Pearl Street Mall. And then crazy sex all night long. :-)

JJ: Now if you don’t mind for just a couple of questions I would like to talk to Kat James if I could here Pamela. :)

Kat Yá'át'ééh (hello) it’s so good to have you join us.

KJ: Yá'át'ééh. So you know some Navajo.

JJ: I looked up a few words just for this interview! :) Kat what inspired you to become a reporter?

KJ: I wanted to be a voice for those among my people who have no voice. As a Native woman, I thought I could make a difference for Indian people by working in media. The media do so much to shape our opinions about the world, but rarely do you see anything about the concerns of Indian people on the news or in newspapers. It’s almost as if we’re invisible. I wanted to change that however much I could.

JJ: How do you like working with the other members of the I-Team?

KJ: I like it a lot. They’re the best reporters I’ve ever worked with, and they’re good people. They have good hearts.

JJ: What was your first thought when you saw Gabe for the second time I’ll say second because it was a little too traumatic for you the first time you saw him lol.

KJ: The second time I saw him I felt so disappointed that the man who’d saved my life could be a part of desecrating a sacred ceremony. I didn’t know at first that he’d been sent there and ordered to do something he didn’t want to do. I also didn’t realize how lucky the other women and I were to have him there. He stopped us from getting hurt — I’m certain of that.

JJ: If you hadn’t been a reporter what path do you think you would have chosen for a career?

KJ: I thought for a while about being a teacher, and that’s still something I might do one day. Children need to believe in themselves. They need adults who can guide them and be role models for them.

JJ: Kat if you could travel to anywhere in the world where would you like to go?

KJ: I’ve always wanted to see Aztec and Inca ruins, so I’d have to say Mexico and Central and South America.

JJ: Do you think you will always be a reporter?

KJ: I’ve always wanted a big family with lots of children. Being a reporter doesn’t leave much time for other things. I don’t expect to be in journalism much longer, at least not full time.

JJ: If you had just one sentence to describe Gabe what would it be?

KJ: Gabe has the courage and strength of a warrior with the heart of a little boy.

JJ: I know you are a busy lady and I want to say many thanks for coming to be with us today Kat! Ahéhee Hágoónee'

KJ: Ahéhee’! You’re welcome. Walk in beauty. Hágoónee'.

JJ: Now back to you for a couple of more questions Pamela... What would be the best way for readers contact you? Do you have a website? Email address? MySpace site? Blog? Message Board? Group?

PC: I am very easy to reach. I have an email: pamelaclare@earthlink.net. I also have a Web site at www.pamelaclare.com, where readers can sign a guestbook to send me messages. My blog is at pamelaclare.blogspot.com, and everyone is welcome. I don’t have a message board, but I am on Facebook and I do have a Yahoo group, both of which you can link to through my Web site.

JJ: And my standard question that I have to ask everyone lol. Do you ever use real life actors or actresses as how you see your characters when you write in your head? I know I personally see them as the main characters a lot in the books I read when I’m reading them so I was just wondering if authors do that as well when they are writing them?

PC: Rarely do I write with the image of an actor in my head. Most of the time my imagination comes up with its own image. I did have Adrian Paul in mind when I wrote Surrender and Untamed. Also, he was the man in my head when I wrote Hard Evidence. I read somewhere that a reader wondered if I had written Julian’s character with Adrian Paul in mind, and, in fact, I did. Funny that it came through. He is ridiculously HAWT! I guess I had an actress in mind for Amalie in Untamed. Sophie Marceau. She’s so incredibly beautiful.

JJ: Many thanks to you Pamela for your time in being with us and for sharing your amazing stories with us! I hope you will come back and visit us again sometime. :)

PC: Thank you, Jenn. Chatting with you is always a pleasure.

Pamela also wanted to give one lucky commenter an autographed copy of Naked Edge! So post your comments and Questions here for Pamela and you could have this hot new book in your hands! :)

A HUGE THANK YOU to the ladies at Quakers and Tease I was notified that I won a Kindle from their place!!!!! *Squee and happy dance!!!* Yes I confess looked like this cat in my living room when I got the email lol!!!!! I'm not a dancer or generally a squeeler either but this had me doing both I can tell you! I can't believe it and I can't thank you ladies enough you are awesome! God bless you all BIG HUGS!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is my recent acquisitions. Can't wait to dive in on them! :)

Have many exciting things coming up in the next few weeks including interviews with Kerrelyn Sparks, Pamela Clare, and Paula Quinn. With many chances to win as well!

The Vampire and the Virgin is book 8 in the Love at Stake series. Robbie Mackay has lived for centuries but never has he so burned with anger and the lust for revenge! After his capture and the extreme torture that he endured at the hands of the Malcontents Robbie has vowed that he will make all of the evil blood suckers pay for what they did. He’s so obsessed with getting his hands on those responsible that Angus and the other vamps at Mackay Security are worried that he will get himself or someone else killed in his present loose cannon state. Angus orders Robbie to either submit to seeing a psychologist or to take several months leave of absence on the Greek Island of Patmos to finish his recovery and to cool off and get his head and emotions back under control. Robbie is less than pleased with the idea but he would rather die than to talk about the torture that he endured and the subsequent humiliation because of it. Robbie decides that he will use the time to build back his strength and get himself in even better condition to track down and destroy the Malcontents and their leader Casimir once and for all. He never thought that his exile to Patmos would bring him face to face with a woman that would make his blood burn hotter than any revenge ever could.

Olivia Sotiris is a unique woman in more ways than one after all she works for the FBI as a criminal psychologist. She is gone to visit her grandmother in Greece and to try to forget the criminal mastermind that has become obsessed with her. No one could touch her here or so she thought… when Olivia meets the handsome and enigmatic Robby Mackay she feels things she never felt before and she can’t feel something that she has always been able to feel… she can’t read Robbie or his emotions at all. Olivia is an empath and has always had the gift of being able to “read” people and their emotions for as long as she could remember. But Robbie is the first person she has ever encountered that she can’t read a single thing from- not one solitary thought or emotion, and that is both thrilling and extremely scary as well. And while there is no doubt that she and Robbie are attracted to each other. Will their feelings have a chance at growing? He with his haunting memories and wanting nothing to do with a psychiatrist or reliving his ordeal? Not to mention his undead status. How could a vibrant woman like Olivia be satisfied with a man that is dead during the day? Plus can he give up his well laid plans for revenge even for a chance at love? But all of those questions may be for not when the mad man who has his sights set on Olivia comes back to claim her...

I don’t want to say more and give any more away from this wonderful plot but trust me you don’t want to miss out on what does happen! I have loved this series from book one and have been waiting for Robbie’s book! Those of you who do follow the series will remember all that Robbie has gone through to get to where he is now … and couldn’t wait to see him have his own story! Kerrelyn Sparks certainly didn’t disappoint. This one was a page turner it pulled me in and made me laugh and sigh and yes fan myself with those hot love scenes! ;) If you love paranormal romances that are passionate and exciting with doses of laugh out loud moments sprinkled in do yourself a favor and pick up this one and the rest of the series you will be very glad you did! I have long thought of these books as the Stephanie Plum series with fangs! Kerrelyn Sparks is a mega talented author and I hope to see this series continue for many, many books to come!

I fell off the face of the earth yet again huh lol. Has been a busy week but I have something cool to share I had the HUGE honor of being able to work with the fabulous Ms. Pamela Clare on her new book trailer for Naked Edge. It was a blast and a half - even more so because I just loved the book to no end! It is truly a page turner! You can have a look at the book trailer here and at Pamela's blog it just went up tonight. :)

What do you all think of Gabe and Kat?

I also received a lovely award the other day from Cecile at All I Want and More! BIG HUGS and Many thanks Cecile for this beautiful award! :)

This one came with rules:
List 10 things that make you happy. Try and do at least one of them today.

Tag other bloggers that brighten your day. Link back to the person that tagged you.

1. God
2. My son -he never fails to make me smile
3. My cats
4. Cuddling with the Hubby
5. My REAL Friends
6. A good book and a warm blanket
7. A massage
8. Being able to pay the bills
9. A good movie
10. Holding a baby

I pass this award onto...

*and if you already received it I apologize :) *

Leontine

Marissa

Patti

Pamela

Emily

I should have the review for Kerrelyn Spark's The Virgin and the Vampire up here in the next day or two! Hope you all have a great one!

Lusting for Covers is a weekly meme, held on Sunday, that allows bloggers to share their current cover obsession with fellow book lovers.

May it bring much joy and love to your hearts. :)

I was tagged by the lovely and sweet Cecile over at All I Want and More in the build your own Book Boyfriend challenge...

We all have our favourite book boyfriends and now you have the chance to create one just for yourself and your fantasies! How do you play? Fill out the quiz bellow, post a picture of sexy man and tag five (5) other book addicts to do the same. Don't forget to pop to their blogs as let them know they have been tagged! Once tagged... you have to do the same, grab the button, answer the questions, and keep it rolling! But don't forget the picture of the sexy man! It doesn't have to match your fantasy man, just a little eye candy for the rest of us... heheheee!

1- Hair colour and style - Black hair long enough to touch his collar and for me to run my hands through it's silky strands.

2- Eye colour and facial features - Eyes a beautiful midnight blue with enough lighter blue flecks to set them off like the ocean at nightime with the moon reflecting off of it. *dreamy sigh* ok I'm melting just at that lol! A nice nose not to long or short just right in between. A handsome chiseled jaw with a slight five oclock shadow - call me crazy but I find that sexy as all get out. and finally but certainly not last, rich full lips to kiss...

3- Height and body type - my ideal man would be ripped if I'm gonna go for my dream guy why not go all out right? He has hot chisled abs and a chest that makes me drool and has me constantly asking him to take off his shirt so I can gaze on it. Yes I admit it I've always been a chest girl lol. I love to see a handsome guy with his shirt off! Height hmm I would like him tall but because I'm short only 5'2 I don't want him towering over me so much I need a crate to stand on to kiss him so probably around 6 foot but no more lol.

4- Visible age - 35 people can talk about young guys all they want and yes some are handsome and they have their good qualities, but I love to see a guy that has come into his own and has enough maturity on him to make him look like what he is a MAN!

5- Bangability ie: kinky/bi/size - he will be hot of course and very romantic even though he is a manly man he knows how to sweep me right off my feet. He loves to talk to me while we make love whisper sweet things that make me burn all the more for him. Size well that really doesn't matter honestly to me, I just want a man that loves me and wants me and as long as I have that well all the rest "size" etc is just icing on the cake to me. Now some of you may be scoffing at me there but seriously as long as they know what they are doing size does not have to be an issue at all! ;)

6- Human or other - Oh now this is a hard one lol. I do want him to be human at least human like that is, but I wouldn't fuss over much if he was a vampire (As long as he's a good vamp) I admit the allure of him being eternally young and wouldn't die on me (at least not as easily as a human can) would be awesome and it would add a sense of security to me. I do want him to be Scottish a man in a kilt and that soft low burr in his voice oms melts me every time!

7- Paranormal skills - Oh another toughy since I love paranormal books this one is vast for me lol. Let's see here I would love to have him be able to teleport. Say we would be in Scotland (at home in our castle hehehehe) in the morning and then he could wisk us away to Italy for a romantic dinner and then on to Paris for dessert before going back home to Scotland. And he would have super strength at least he would be much more powerful and strong than a mere mortal man. Every girl wants to feel like her man can protect her from anything right. And I wouldn't mind if he could shape shift to much either I think that's cool.

8- Interests - He would love to watch movies with me, go for long romantic walks through the countryside. Picnics by a beautiful waterfall. He would like to travel and take me places I had never been before. He wouldn't care about football or watching sports on the weekends he would much rather spend the time with me. And i'm with Cecile on this one he would love to read like me so when I'm reading he would be enjoying his own book as well, we would be snuggled up together of course while we read though hehehehe.

9- Habitat - I touched on this one a bit in the other question whoopsie but we would have an authentic Scottish castle in the beautiful Highlands that has been in his family for centuries. It would be updated with all the modern comforts and ammenities without taking away from it's original beauty and history. A perfect mix of the old meets modern times with just enough modern to be comfortable. It sits near a the ocean and we could gaze out or bedroom window and the beautiful sunrise and sunsets everyday over the cresting waves. And we could go for long walks in at the edge of the surf whenever we wanted. And we would have plenty of room for furry friends as we both love animals especially cats! ;)

10- Special skills - He is a deadly shot with a gun be it pistol or rifle of any model. He knows how to protect and defend. He is a defender of what's right and he's not afraid to stand up for what he believes in. He's very good with animals and people, while he's a big strong man he's also caring and compassionate to others. He can also tell if anyone is lying just by hearing them speak and the tone of their voice. And he wouldn't mind taking out the garbage for me without fussing! LOL

Ok for the eyecandy now I can't think of just one man that has everything I want in the perfect book boyfriend so it's gonna be a combination of the photos below....

Oh yeah baby.......

Now it says I'm suppose to tag 5 more people to play so I'm gonna tag five but you only have to play if you have time and want to ok! :)

So I'm tagging...

The Book Queen
Blanche
Patti
Caffey
and H.A.W.K

Now before I end the post here is my lusting for covers post for this week... :)


Lusting for Covers is a weekly meme, held on Sunday, by The Book Queen that allows bloggers to share their current cover obsession with fellow book lovers.

Here's what you do:
1- Take the graphic (left) to use on your post. Remember to give credit to the original host (TBQ).

2- Choose your own book cover that you've fallen in "lust" with in the past week. It can be new, old, a reprint, or even a book that is not yet out-- it's all up to you! If you find a cover that catches your eye, then showcase it on your blog, and let others see the pretty covers out there.

3- Copy the direct link to your own L4C post into the comment section on my post (when in doubt, use this link and then scroll down to find the post), and allow others to come and see what you picked!
(OPTIONAL):

4- Besides posting the picture of the book cover you chose, it's nice to provide the book summary, title, author, or a website link for the book. It's not required, but it can help you readers' to add more books to their own list! A brief "Why I choose this cover" is also appreciated, but not required.

So here is my lustful cover for the week....

I saw this one at the bookstore don't know how I missed it before with this lushious cover but it stopped me dead in my tracks and had me reaching for it immediately lol. What's not to love the gorgeous blue hues and that sexy man there with the castle in the background all combined to have me purring and putting it in my basket so now I get to enjoy this cover even more woohoo.

This is the fourth book in Allie Mackay’s wonderful Highland Ghost series and for those of you that have enjoyed the series so far this is one that we have all been waiting for this is Bran of Barra’s story! (For those of you that have not read this series before it would make a great stand alone and I think will have you rushing out to get the others as well!)

Mindy Menlove lives in an authentic Highland Castle that was transported stone by stone to the US and reassembled in modern day Pennsylvania by her late fiancé Hunter MacNeil. When he met an untimely but very deserved death (he was a cheating scoundrel) the castle was willed to Mindy. And while this would be a dream for most breathing females Mindy is not at all in love with the Highland castle and its dark and broody atmosphere in fact she is done with all things Scottish after Hunter’s betrayal. She wants nothing more than to sell the castle and to head for the beaches of sunny Hawaii to sip fruity drinks and enjoy the good life as far from the memories of castles and MacNeil's as possible. But it seems that a host of very Scottish ghosts that reside in the castle have much different plans in store for Mindy they intend to see their beloved ancestral home back on Hebridian soil once more… and they will stop at nothing to make sure that it does!

Bran of Barra is a MacNeil through and through too the very marrow of his bones. This proud and braw 700 year old Highland chieftain has enjoyed his life and his afterlife to the very hilt! Everyone in ghostdom knows of Bran and his Island Castle of delights where food and drink flow unceasingly and women are warm and always willing. He has been entertaining and rollicking at his beloved Tower for centuries with a host of ghostly revelers coming and going on a regular basis. Aye he has lived the high afterlife as it were undisturbed for centuries… but all of that is about to change. Bran has his world turned upside down when a feisty American lass enters his realm claiming that she has come to restore is castle back to its original state and place on the Isle of Barra. Bran has long said that he wants nothing to do with the modern world or the modern American women like several of his ghostly friends have recently fallen blissfully in love with. But from the moment he sees Mindy he knows that fate as well as the fabled Heartbreaker sword at his side have other plans for him and this 21st century lady.

Though Mindy has sworn she will not let the handsome highlander and his homeland anywhere near her heart she has a hard time living up to that vow when every moment that she spends on Scottish soil and close to Bran makes she and her heart burn with passion and could it be something more? And can this centuries old rogue truly reform his philandering ways and find happiness at last?

This was a great read I have wanted to read more about Bran from his appearance in Allie’s very first book Highlander in her Bed. He and Mindy couldn’t be more different in every conceivable way but they are perfect together and I loved watching this very determined NON-Scotophil being converted every step of the way! And I especially enjoyed seeing many of the characters from the previous stories making guest appearances and we get to meet a group of many brand new characters that I certainly hope to see again and learn more about!

Most of you know that Allie Mackay is really Sue Ellen Welfonder I didn’t until way after I had read her first book but if you love Sue Ellen’s books you should definitely give her alter ego here a try. And ANY true paranormal fan would love this series especially if you are a die hard Scottish fan like me! :) If you want a fun and passionate ghost love story look no further than Allie Mackay!

This book was given to me via Night Owl Romance in return for an honest review.

Hello everyone I hope you all had a great weekend! We actually had 4 inchs of snow which is a LOT for where we live in TN lol. It's the first pretty decent snow my son has ever seen and he's 10 so he had a lot of fun outside this weekend playing in it.

NOW for the announcement you all have been waiting for.... The winner of the 100 follower celebration and the Amazon gift card! I'll let my handsome friend Matt here do the honors. Take it away Matt.......

Thank you Jenn and hello ladies...

The winner of the contest was chosen via the Randomizer at Random.org.
And the lucky winner is ... *opens envelope*

Throuthehaze

BIG Congrats hon and please do send me your email here and I'll get your gift card right out to you. I do hope you enjoy it! :)

Now for those of you that didn't win this time around there are more cool contests coming up in the next few weeks and several big guests coming up very soon that you won't want to miss! ;)

I'll see you guys tomorrow God willing with the Review of Allie MacKay's Some Like it Kilted! :)