Just want to thank Christine for Blog Swapping with me today. If you want to know where she is, Christine is over at my blog chatting away.
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Hot Summer Nights sounds like a really sizzling title for a book. Unfortunately, it has been my life story for the past few days and let me tell you it is anything but romantic.
The A/C crapped out and I have had two men in my attic for the past three days trying to install a new one. One day to haul the old junk out, another day to install it and another day to fix it because it’s already busted!
Of course, Murphy’s Law. The stupid machine is replaced during the hottest days of summer, a good sweltering 90 degree heat & humidity. Ain’t that the way?
Oh well, enough of my crying and moaning.
Let’s talk about real sultry summer nights. Since I have kids, the hubby and I getting naked, all hot and heavy under the sheet in the boudoir with a fan going is out of the question. Instead I let romance novels feed my 4th of July firecracker orgasmic needs.
I must not be the only one because every book publisher has their line of summer must reads. And you better believe I have a pile of them stacked up and ready to go by the beach bag.
Touch of Madness by CT Adams and Cathy Clamp (won it from Midnight Moon Café)
Talons Anthology by Samhain authors
Stray by Rachel Vincent (Do you see a huge a paranormal theme here?)
Here are a few summer e-reads that are coming out that I want –
(Gonna read these on the laptop on my deck while I BBQ)
Show Me by Jaci Burton (erotic romance)
The Last Thing I Want by Heather Rae Scott (romantic comedy)
Inventing the Abbots by Jerri Drennen (romantic suspense)
Starkissed by Lanette Currington (I am such a sucker for futuristic & aliens – don’t ask!)
Secret Agent Reunion by Caridad Pineiro (romantic suspense)
And most definitely…
The Bond That Ties Us by Christine D’Abo (another futuristic!)
There are so many more titles I want but alas the new A/C has made me broke.
I tell you, if I won the lotto I’d keep the romance publishing industry in the black. Of course right now my biggest concern is praying that we don’t have a blackout with everyone running their A/C’s. Knowing my luck I’ll be having another hot summer night.
If I don’t have a blackout then I’ll be online. Come visit me anytime over at www.gabriellahewitt.com
Ick.. Glad you got your A/C fixed so soon!
I can’t imagine being without it for long.. not even in the car.
*LOL* Hot summer nights is my all-year-around thing where I live. But I don’t complain. I love living in a tropical island. Hot summer nights give you an excuse for doing… well, many things. *winks winks*
Hi Gabriella
What a nice surprise to find you here! Sorry about your A/C — that’s a life’s-a-bitch moment if there ever was one!!
Hey Gabriella, nice to meet you! Sorry about the AC, aaargh, that sucks!!
You’re popping up all over! This is a great idea. Too bad about the AC, but glad you were able to get it replaced. Good luck with all the summer reading – laptop-while-barbequing is something I’ve never tried before.
(((Waves))) Christine is a doll to let me intrude upon her stilleto hot site:)
A/C is fixed. Thank God. Bitchy is not the word. I’m sure psycho-hormonal, hot-tempered-potty-mouth-wench may come considerably closer.
Julia – You must try it. BBQ is my thing. Total excuse to not be in the kitchen. Seems men have figured it out and conned women into thinking the grill is manly. Seriousy they pretend to cook. Salt & pepper and some marinade from a bottle, then throw a slab of meat or poutry on grill, low burn. 1 hr later. Ta-da! Dinner is served. All the while they sucked a beer and watched a game. I figured it out early in marriage and now use the time to consume mass quantities of novels & beer:)
Tempest – yu live on an island? now that’s hot!
Thank god for A/C!! So glad you got it back on.
I scored “Stray” at the RWA Convention. Signed! I’m very excited. Rachel is like 12, you know, lol.
Hugs,
Anna J. Evans
Hahaha…oh man I need my eyes checked. I read that quickly and thought it said Blood Swap and when I realized I had read wrong, it set me off into a fit of giggles. At work. Lovely, now there going to KNOW I’m up to something…
Amy – LOL. I know isn’t Rachel cute. The sweetest thing. She sent me a book to have in a raffle for charity for an animal shelter. Have my own copy and want to read it badly!
I have a feeling she’ll be big soon. Give her two more books, then watch her take off. So hold onto that copy. It’ll be worth a lot one day.
I have the gift of foresight. (Mystical fairies flounce around me) I predicted Christine Feehan and Laurell K. Hamilton would be big. Read theeir first novels and just knew it. Sort of like a gut instinct. Too bad I was too slow in getting on the internet otherwise I would have gushed all over them earlier. Oh well…
Met Nora (before she blew up and went hardcover) in Staten Island Mall bookstore and felt the energy. I have pictures of her in her non-glory days. Imagine little ole me in college catching a personal interview for the college paper! Wonder if that would happen now? Yeah, right.
It’s a gift. Too bad it doesn’t translate to me.
But one can never see one’s own future (tis a bad omen)
Hmmm…wonder if this means Christine d’Abo is up next? Read Susan Grant’s first futuristic novel and predicted she would go places and lo behold she’s taken futuristics out of the seedy-stupid sci-fi B-rated geekdom into the mainstream of respectable romance.
Prediction: Christine will be next! We can all brag we knew her when;)
Gabriella you are too funny! Please tell me that AFTER you read the book. I’d hate for you to have to retract the statement LOL!
I’m no Indian giver.
My grandmother was a Taino Indain from Puerto Rico w/ the gift. She knew stuff. My dad says I inherited it.
I recieve vibes. I need not have to read b/c if that were the basis Nora would have been out of the running. Have you read her early works from the eighties? Appauling! Bodice rippers w/ alpha males and virgins and flower covers. (shudder)
It goes deeper, instinct, gut feeling, cosmic fate, I have no idea how I know but I do.
Sort of how I knew when Samhain said they wanted the novel. I said yes! Mind you I had a lot of consulting w/ the fairies before signing. Now look at the company blow up! (Trust me there were other e-pubs considered when submitting and one offer from another e-pub that was passed on)
Trust me. Myy predictions are never wrong. Just like in Business school I predicted Latino would be big in America and China would be big in 3 yrs. I was right. My Professor and other kids doubted the Latino angle. Well, I bet they are red-faced now. Like I said I can predict it. Now if only I could figure out how to profit from it.
Of course notice that time must pass. You have 2-5 yrs before I need to go through your publicist to get an interview.
Good luck with your AC. I soooo know that feeling. A couple of years ago our AC crapped out during the hottest week of the summer. To make matters worse I was 9 months pregnant with my daughter. I swear I went into labor early just so I could enjoy the AC at the hospital…hehe!
LOL If I ever have a publicist I’ll make sure to give you free access!
I wanted to officially thanks Gabriella for the wonderful blog swap today. It was a lot of fun.
Yo Gabriella – what a surprise to find you over here! Delightful surprise though. Neat idea to body swap with Christine. I agree with your insightful predictions great Swami-G! Rachel totally rocks and so does Christine.