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Saturday, May 23, 2015

Under the Gazebo: Naughty Hottie Memorial Day Blog Hop @ngwngroup @giveaway



Hi friends, and welcome to the Naughty Hottie Memorial Weekend Blog Hop, brought to you by members of the Nice Girls Writing Naughty Author/Reader Group! We're all here to share some naughty fun. There are prizes and fun at each blog on the hop. The Grand Prize, offered by author Leela Lou Dahlin, is a $50 Amazon gift card! In order to qualify for the Grand Prize, just stop by each blog on the hop (link posted below) and leave a comment.
 The naughty hottie I'm featuring is Bryan Dunn, a sexy college professor who appears in my upcoming release, Write to Me. Bryan is taken with the lovely Gloria Navarro, who has found a love letter between the pages of a used book. Though the note has nothing to do with him, Bryan allows Gloria to think he wrote it as a means to get closer to her.
Let me share this excerpt from the novella, where Bryan and Gloria's stroll in the park is interrupted by a thunder storm:
   
Gloria, still holding his arm, strolled by his side. A rumble of thunder sounded in the distance. She shuddered. “That doesn’t sound good.”
“No.” A fine mist of rain began. He squeezed her hand and nodded toward a gazebo in the distance. “Let’s head over there.”
Their clothes and hair were damp by the time they reached the structure. Bryan tried not to let his gaze linger on the way Gloria’s pretty sundress clung to her curves.
She smoothed her shoulder length hair. “It’s frizzing up already. I must look awful.”
“No.” Without thinking, he threaded his fingers through her dark tendrils. Her hair felt delightfully soft and luxurious. “It’s lovely.”
Her breath caught and her hands fell to her sides. Bryan went still. He didn’t want to stop touching her. The air around them felt electric, from the storm or from their mutual attraction. If he took one step closer, he could kiss her…
Thunder rumbled again and fat heavy drops of rain began to fall. Gloria stepped back, her smile hesitant. “How have people reacted to your new haircut?”
He took her cue to put some space between them. “I’ve gotten quite a few compliments, actually.”
The corner of her mouth lifted. “From your adoring female students, I’m sure.”
His eyebrows flew upward in surprise. Was there a tinge of jealousy in her voice? The thought pleased him.
She shook her head. “I shouldn’t have said that. Of course you’ve gotten compliments. The cut is very becoming, if I do say so myself.” She moved to sit on a wooden bench in the center of the gazebo. “We should talk about the letter.”
He blinked. “Ah. The letter.” Of course they’d come round to that again.
“Yes.” She cleared her throat. “That’s why we’re here, yes?”
No. He didn’t want to waste time talking about the damn letter, but he’d boxed himself into a corner. It was the only way she’d continue seeing him.
Man up, his better self urged. Tell her the truth. She’ll be pissed, sure, but she’ll get over it. Then you can tell her how you really feel.
And how did he feel? This whole adventure began with him wanting to get Gloria into bed. He still wanted that, but he wanted more, too.
Something new for him. Uncharted territory he had no idea how to navigate.

I hope you enjoyed that little snippet from Write to Me! Though Bryan imagined kissing Gloria under the gazebo (the pictures describe what he'd *like* to be doing with her), they have yet to share their first kiss. For a chance to win the $10 Amazon (or other) GC I am offering, please comment and answer this question:

Where did you and your sweetheart share your first kiss?

I'll announce the winner on Monday here and on the Nice Girls Writing Naughty Readers Group on Facebook. If you haven't yet joined our group, now's your chance :-) We have events and prizes every month!

Don't forget to comment at all the stops for a chance to win the Grand Prize! Find them all here!

Thanks for taking part in the Naughty Hottie Memorial Day Blog Hop!




23 comments:

  1. Thanks for the excerpt and pictures. Have a nice weekend.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, Deb! Happy Memorial Day.

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  2. Our first kiss was at a bus stop. It was all kinds of romantic.

    marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com

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    1. Wow, sounds very romantic, Mary! Happy Memorial Day and thanks for commenting!

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  3. Our first kiss was in a bar booth, the night we met. So romantic. lol

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    1. Wow, sounds like love at first sight, Marcy! Thanks for the comment and have a great weekend!

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  4. I love when one character knows something, we the reader knows it but the third party isn't in on it. Sounds like quite a pickle he's gotten himself into.

    If we are talking about my first sweetheart then I'd say it was in his finished basement with his parents upstairs I think I was about 16.

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    1. Hi Leela! A finished basement with parents upstairs sounds like the perfect place for a first kiss! Thank you for stopping by!

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    1. I guess the dark movie house makes it easy to sneak a kiss! ;-) Thanks for commenting, Pam.

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  6. Movie theater too. Must have been a really boring movie😉

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    1. LOL, I hope the kiss was more memorable, sassy! Thank you for commenting.

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  7. This was DECADES ago, so the details are a little hazy, but I think on the couch of his summer apartment?

    --flchen1

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    1. Must have been quite the kiss, Fedora, if you're with the same sweetie all this time later! :-) Thanks so much for stopping by.

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  8. Hi Nona

    It was a long time ago and as I recall it was at a company picnic.

    Thank you for the snippet and this appears to be a wonderful story of Bryan and Gloria.

    Happy Memorial Day🇺🇸

    Ginger aka robertsonreads

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    1. Hhha, Ginger, a kiss at a company picnic sounds like a great premise for a romance novel! Thanks so much for stopping by and Happy Memorial Day to you, too. :-)

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  9. Our first kiss was actually at the back entrance of my job. In the middle of a divorce and didn't need anyone finding out about us yet. It was an exciting time.

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    1. Wow, Shellyann, that definitely sounds exciting! Thanks so much for commenting.

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  10. Oh gah, Nona! I'm 52 years old ~ which sweetheart are we talking about here? Lol. Guess I'll just say my first kiss was with a cousin of my next door neighbor for whom I had the biggest crush. Unfortunately, the kiss didn't live up to my dreams: his breath smelled like stale buttered popcorn .

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    1. Aw, EM, too bad the reality didn't live up to the fantasy. :-( Hope you've had better kisses since then, lol. Thanks for stopping by. :-)

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  11. Awesome excerpt! I fondly recall necking in the back seat of his Ford Tempo. ~grin~ Those were the days.

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    1. Ah, for the days of being young and skinny enough to neck in the back seat! :-) Thank for stopping by and sharing, Darla.

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  12. Friends, thanks so much for all your comments! They were all wonderrful. The randomly chosen winner of the $10 GC is Shellyann76! Well, I brilliantly forgot to ask folks to leave their email addy, so I'm not sure how to get hold of you. Shellyann, if you could contact me at nona (at) nonaraines dot com, I will get the GC to you asap!

    To my other friends, please join the Nice Girls Writing Naughty Facebook Group if you haven't already. We have fun events like this every month and there are always prizes and fun! Thanks again everyone for taking part! :-)

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