I need a HERO!!

I think it was because I grew up hearing that song on the radio...*sings* I ne-e-e-ed a hero!  Later it was reinforced by Shrek but anyway, I have a great love for the hero.  He's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast and he's gotta be fresh from the fight...

*sighs*  I love the heroes in Heather Long's military romances, the Always a Marine Series from Decadent.  Although I haven't written a military hero, or a firefighter, I recently wrote a police officer.  Since my dad was a cop, that story was close to my heart.

But the hero I want to talk about today isn't like any of these.  Sometimes your hero is your best friend.  In The Accidental Pirate, Jamie steals a necklace and is stuck in foreign waters with no way home.  Having dug a hole she isn't sure how to get out of she turns to her best gal pal, Bette, for help.

In my real life, my best friend has helped me get out of quite a few scrapes and my other gal pals often find themselves playing hero (for some reason, it always seems to be at 2am...) 

I liked reflecting that in this story.  Because, girls, we all know that men are wonderful and make excellent heroes...

But when life throws you lemons like they are the balls in some universal dodge ball game, and you are losing, our friends are the ones who help us cut up those lemons and do tequila shots with them.

So, my hero blog isn't dedicated to a gorgeous hunk of man.  It's dedicated to friendship.

Blurb:
Hangover, check. Ship, check. Hot babe, check.

Sterling McCabe woke to a lovely lady pirate stealing his ship. What he didn't plan on was the assault she'd make on his heart.

Jamie Ashley stumbled over a priceless necklace. What she didn't plan on was stealing the very sexy Sterling McCabe's ship in a mad dash for American waters.

Constantly battling their attraction, Jamie and Sterling are in for a rough ride. Jamie yearns for the affection of the beguiling Sterling while McCabe is desperate to slake the raw desire for his little pirate.

Boat chases, wild friends and a sea tempest create the perfect storm of sexual tension...

Grab your copy today!

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Since this is a blog hop, you all know there are prizes.  To start, comment in the comment section below and include your email addy and you are entered to win a copy of The Accidental Pirate.  

But commenting can get you more than just my ebook...

Since I am part of the Hero Blog Hop, you're also entered to win big.

Starting on Friday and ending on July 31st, over 100 Authors and Bloggers will share their favorite things about romance heroes, a character post from them, and what we love about romance and men in general. 

And while we do that, we are EACH doing a giveaway. Yep. There will be over 100 giveaways on each blog hosted by that Author or Blogger.

But that's not all....

We have THREE grand prizes. You as a reader can go to EACH blog and comment with your email address and be entered to win. Yep, you can enter over 100 times!

Now what are those prizes?

1st Grand Prize: A Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet

2nd Grand Prize: A $50 Amazon or B&N Gift Card

3rd Grand Prize: The following Swag Pack!

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Thanks to Carrie Ryan for organizing such a fun blog hop.  So, write a comment with your email to be entered to win.  

Good Luck!!

A Hero's Blog Hop!!

Are you ready to hear what your favorite romance heroes have to say? Well, we authors are ready to share our hunky heroes! Starting on Friday and ending on July 31st, over 100 Authors and Bloggers will share their favorite things about romance heroes, a character post from them, and what we love about romance and men in general. 

And while we do that, we are EACH doing a giveaway. Yep. There will be over 100 giveaways on each blog hosted by that Author or Blogger.

But that's not all....

We have THREE grand prizes. You as a reader can go to EACH blog and comment with your email address and be entered to win. Yep, you can enter over 100 times!

Now what are those prizes?

1st Grand Prize: A Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet

2nd Grand Prize: A $50 Amazon or B&N Gift Card

3rd Grand Prize: The following Swag Pack!

Yep. ALL of that! Whoot! Be sure to come back here on Friday and over the weekend to enjoy some stories and facts about our favorite Romance Heroes and enter to win!

Sneak Peek-Watkin's Pond Book 2

Having just finished Watkin's Pond Book One, Runaway Groom, I planned to write a short story in between to give myself a breather between long books.

Carnie and Lou, the secondary characters from Groom aren't having it.

So, I give you, my loyal readers, a sneak peek into book two...

Enjoy!

Excerpt:

Prologue

Cold beer, hot night, fireflies dancing over the pond and his girl by his side.

Lou figured there weren’t many nights as perfect as this one.

Splashing and laughter from the water followed by silence told him his best buddy, Braxton, was getting some tonight. With his wedding just a week away, Braxton was dewy eyed over Abby constantly these days.

Lou got it. Rolling over on the blanket on the dock, he met Carnie’s eyes. Carnie left him a little dewy eyed himself lately. “You want another beer?”

Wearing an itty bitty bikini and a pair of denim shorts that just barely covered her sweet little behind, she rolled towards him, illuminated by headlights and starlight. His breath caught in his chest.

Right then he knew she was gonna be his wife. Their whole lives stretched out in front of him, like in a country song, and he could picture getting old with her, holding her through life’s little storms and loving her through a thousand nights.

He would swear, for years later, his heart stopped dead in his chest in that moment.

“No. I’m good.”

Fumbling a little, he went up on one knee above her. “Marry me, Carnie.”

Scuttling away from him, she practically fell off the dock. “What the hell?”

“I’m serious.”

“You’re drunk. Be serious, Lou.”

He knew Carnie. Seemed he spent a good chunk of the years since she moved to Jefferson watching her. Right then, she was panicked.

And that was okay. She could panic. He’d calm her down. He might have to spend awhile to warm her up to the idea but he knew now how things were gonna work out.

“I’m not drunk. Well, I’m a little drunk. Doesn’t change the fact I’m a man who knows what he wants.”

She snorted, an inelegant sound from a woman still slick from her old city home. “You want laid. So do I. Get your hillbilly butt over here and stop talking nonsense.”

Rolling her under him and back onto the blanket, he began to nuzzle the flesh he’d claimed as his own in his mind. “S’not nonsense. It’s the God’s honest truth, Carnie. I’m gonna make you my bride.”

Smacking his chest, she shoved away from him. “The hell if you will.”

“Baby—”

“Don’t you ‘baby’ me, you backwoods barbarian. I have no plans on settling for being barefoot and pregnant and bringing you pie and beer for the rest of my life. I have plans. They don’t include marriage to you.”

Standing, she grabbed her towel and began to stalk up the dock toward the trucks. “Carnie, where did you think this was headed, exactly? A woman doesn’t run off when a man offers to spend his life with her.”

Stopping, she spun, silhouetted by the headlights. “If she has a brain in her gourd, she runs. I thought we were having a good time,Lou. If you want Betty Crocker, look elsewhere.”

Laying back, he decided to let her cool off a bit. Once she thought it through,she’d see reason. He loved her. She’d admitted she loved him. If she wanted to pretend she didn’t know that ended in a double ring ceremony, fine. It wasn’t like she was going anywhere.

The only vehicles out here were his and Brax’s trucks. And Carnie wasn’t the type of woman to walk anywhere she could ride.

The sound of his truck firing up had him rolling to his feet and almost falling into the water.

As it roared away, he heard Any Man of Mine blasting from his speakers.

Damned Shania Twain strikes again.

Happy Writing!!