Book Bangin' -Historical Fiction

Book Bangin' is a feature hosted by Kelly @ Belle of the Literati where, once a month, we talk about boys in books! Today we're talking about the men of historical fiction. 

I love historical fiction! Judith McNaught and Jane Austen are  some of my favorite authors! :) Let's do this! 

 Ian Thornton

-fast reader
-intelligent
-stubborn
-weird
-likes making snarky comments! :)

Clayton Westmoreland

-determined
-patient....sometimes
-umm....a little possesive? (okay....a lot)
-does not trust easily

Gavin Montgomery

-alpha male
-strong
-resourceful
-possessive (this is an understatement)
-a bit rash






Royce Westmoreland

-alpha male
-nicknamed "The Wolf"
-strong
-intelligent
-willing to learn
-learns humility

I'm sorry, but would it be wrong to offer you a quote? 

"Behold your new mistress, my wife. And know that when she bids you, I have bidden you; what service you render her, you are rendering me; what loyalty you give or withhold from her, you give or withhold from me." -Royce Westmoreland

Alex Montgomery

-dutiful
-patient
-respectful
-bound by honor
-extremely loving
-simply wonderful...


 Mr. Darcy

-prideful
-judgmental (sometimes)
-handsome
-good friend
-introvert
-induces the swoons


 Frederick Wentworth

-proud
-rich successful Captain
-jealous
-makes hasty decisions





And those are all my favorite guys from Historical Fiction! Did I miss any? Let me know! :)

Announcing Five Days of Features

Greetings, my lovely Browsers!


This will be a very short post! :)

Remember when I said that I had 5 new features bouncing around my head, but haven't introduced them yet? Well, I'm introducing them! I figured if I waited too long all my ideas would just pile up and it'll seem impossible to get them all done, so here we are! I'm announcing five days of the features my brain has managed to come up with. I'm so excited! Don't worry, guys. I won't be overwhelming you with these features all the time, they will be used sparingly. I'm just worried that if I don't go ahead and show you them now, I'll never get to it. Stay tuned for the next two weeks!

I hope you guys enjoy them!

Also Feature a Blogger Sign-Ups are open again!

Happy Browsing!

News Alert: The Lunar Chronicles Fan Video Contest

First of all, I'd just like to say OMG! 

I don't know if you guys have heard about this yet, but if you haven't. Allow me to enlighten you. 

You know The Lunar Chronicles, right? Yes....the series I've been freaking out about ever since I started book blogging! Well...they're having a contest and just wait till you see the prizes! Marissa Meyer posted a blog post about this contest here. I'm going to do a quick summary of what was said. 

All can be explained with this picture.

Isn't that awesome?!

IT GETS BETTER!!!!!

One grand prize winner will receive a Lunar Chronicles-branded tablet filled with Lunar Chronicles goodies, a signed set of CINDER, SCARLET, and a personalized CRESS by Marissa Meyer, and an exclusive sneak peek at book four!

Five first place winners will receive a signed set of CINDER, SCARLET and CRESS by Marissa Meyer, and an Iko-branded USB filled with Lunar Chronicles goodies.
How amazing is that?! Especially since we have to wait till November 2015 for the last book of The Lunar Chronicles.

Here's how to Enter:  Create a video where you tell us why the Lunar Chronicles is THE BEST THING EVER, who your favorite character is, and why you’ll love them forever. Upload the video to YouTube and submit the link with the rest of your information here to enter the contest!

I wish the best to all the participants. If you haven't entered yet, hurry! It ends on June 13! :D

Happy Browsing!

Book Blast Tour: The Runaway Mail-Order Bride by Anne Glynn

Welcome to my tour stop in The Runaway Mail Order Bride's Virtual Book Blast Tour. Anne will be awarding an eBook copy of The Runaway Mail-Order Bride to a randomly drawn commenter in their choice of format at each stop during the tour, so stick around, and leave a comment. Remember, the more stops you visit and comment, the better your chances to win.

She thought she’d met the man of her dreams. She couldn’t have been more wrong.

His letters had won her heart. Leaving everything behind, Lisa Hanlon is ready to start a new life in the West. Sheriff Donald Skroch is attractive, influential, and eager to wed his mail-order bride. Shortly after arriving in Tate City, Lisa discovers that he's also short-tempered, violent and possessive…and she’s soon fleeing for California, desperate to escape the man she’s promised to marry.

Arriving at a broken-down ranch in the middle of nowhere, Lisa is only seeking a place to hide. She’s dismayed to discover a rugged drifter, Pearce Folsom, in one of the outbuildings. Burdened with secrets of his own, Pearce hides the truth of his past but not his attraction to Lisa. When he steals a burning kiss during the middle of a midnight storm, Lisa knows this handsome cowboy wants more from her than she is ready to give. She can’t truly offer her heart until she is finally and forever free from Donald.

Then, one terrible day, a telegram arrives: FOUND YOU.

Excerpt

On a different night, in a different setting, Pearce would have enjoyed making the acquaintance of this appealing stranger. She appeared to be exactly his kind of girl: beautiful, full of spirit, and revealing more of herself to a stranger’s eyes than any proper woman would rightly consider.

Apparently, she was also ready to shoot him on sight. This was something new. In his past experiences, it had usually taken a few weeks before the women he’d met had wanted him dead.

“What are you doing?” he asked. “Alone out here, on a night like this? You’re more than a little foolish, girl.”

“I’m twenty-five years old. I’m hardly a girl!”

“You’re right about that.” Again, he allowed himself the pleasure of viewing her. She was dark-haired, with brown eyes and a pale complexion. Her frame was small but nicely proportioned. Noting her attire, he realized his visitor had dressed modestly but the weather had overcome her good intentions. 

For the first time in his life, Pearce felt grateful for an unexpected downpour.

The woman’s face colored under his gaze. Seemingly aware of the blush coloring her cheeks, she frowned. Her jaw tightening, she went from discomfited to angry in just a few seconds.

Having embarrassed and angered his share of the female population, Pearce had met with this type of reaction before. He said, “Aren’t you a firecracker.”

Author

A collector of vintage Barbies and younger boyfriends, Anne Glynn currently resides in the American Southwest.

The truth is a little more complicated. I'm Anne and my S.W.P. (Significant Writing Partner) is Glynn. Together, we write as 'Anne Glynn'.

However, I am a collector of vintage Barbies and I have, on occasion, collected the younger boyfriend. Not so much these days.

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Be sure to visit the other stops! Remember Anne is awarding an eBook copy of The Runaway Mail-Order Bride to a randomly drawn commenter in their choice of format at each stop during the tour. 

You can visit the other stops here (scroll down when you get to the site)

Remember to leave a comment to enter the giveaway! :)
Happy Browsing!

Win The Rings Virtual Book Tour + Author Interview

Hello! Welcome to my stop of the Win The Rings Virtual Book tour. Scroll down to see an excerpt of Win The Rings, an author interview, and then comment.  One randomly chosen commenter will win a $50 Amazon/BN.com gift card. Good luck! :)

Jace has been the property of the U.S. Army since they found out about her when she was five, and now she has become one of its most valuable weapons. But Jace is not the only one of her kind. Gray is one too, but with the help of his sister, he has spent most of his sixteen years hiding from the Army.

Now, the Army has found out about Gray and they cannot allow him to roam free. Operating on the theory that it takes one to catch one, Jace is send out with a special ops squad to hunt Gray down. But Jace is not the only one pursuing Gray, and the competition is after her too. What ensues is a desperate chase through city after city as duty and honor collide with love and sacrifice.

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Excerpt:

Chapter 7

Jace

I’m standing outside the boy’s lounge, out of sight, waiting for Max to signal to me. The dorms conveniently have two TV lounges, which long ago were apportioned one to the girls and one to the boys. Management allows us access to televisions, and all of us have requisitioned one for our rooms, but the channels are restricted—we only get ten. The reason for this, we think, is that ten channels are all management is capable of monitoring. We know they monitor the feeds because occasionally a particular channel will go dark for an hour, or maybe thirty seconds in the case of a commercial management finds offensive. Still, what TV we get is enough to give us a treasured window onto the outside world.

The TV lounges have rules. The boys—that would be Max—makes the rules for their lounge, and the girls—that would be me—make the rules for our lounge. One rule we have in common is that guys and girls can’t enter the other lounge without an invitation. The boys haven’t invited me into their lounge in years, not since Adelee and I led a group of girls on a surprise strike on their lounge one night, taking down a dozen or so of them. Hey, we had to do it; they hit us first and had it coming. Adelee was eighteen at the time, and little twelve-year-old me was her prodigy—God, she was tough as nails. She graduated a while back and I officially took over leadership of the girls, much to the carping and objections of some of the older girls.

I’m here with Carmen and Nessie, who are the closest thing I have to friends. Carmen and I have our issues, but she’s as protective of the girls as I am, so in dealing with the boys she always has my back. She’s a slender Asian girl with long, silky black hair that hangs almost to her waist, but her petite body is deceptive. She’s almost as fast as I am and totally lethal. Nessie, on the other hand, is a pouty little flirt whom I tolerate only because she’s Carmen’s lieutenant, and she fights hard.

I hear a cacophony of voices around the corner in the lounge along with some raucous laughter. Then I hear Max’s voice.

“Okay, settle down,” Max says. “Let’s get down to business.”

“You sure we can trust Max?” Carmen whispers to me.

“He’s a dirtbag,” Nessie snarls.

“Relax,” I say. “Let’s give him a chance.” In the back of my mind, a small voice tells me they’re right and that I’m an idiot to trust him, but I squelch it and stay put.

“We’ve got a special visitor tonight,” Max says to a now-quiet crowd. “She has safe passage. Anybody tries anything, you’ll wish you were dead.” More silence. “Jace, come in.”

I turn the corner and enter the lounge filled with boys sitting on couches, recliners and the floor, all with hatred in their eyes when they see me. Carmen and Nessie follow a step behind, one on either side of me. Immediately, a wave of hisses and boos erupt, and someone lobs handfuls of popcorn at me, until Max rushes over and kicks the bowl out of the guy’s arms sending an explosion of the white stuff into the air.

“Behave,” Max thunders.

The room goes silent again.

“I’m here to listen,” I say to the room full of hostile eyes. “So, let’s talk.”

Viraj Smith immediately shoots to his feet. His last name isn’t really Smith. I don’t know what it is. All of us are given new surnames when we arrive here, as if to reinforce the point that the old us is dead and cremated. Viraj is one of the brainiacs here—so nerdy and geeky that just the sight of him makes me struggle not to laugh. But, next to Max, he’s the best fighter among the guys, so I respect him for that.

“Jace, you can’t lock us out of the pool every time the girls want to swim,” Viraj says, his voice tense with anger.

“Yeah, Mason wants to see Brittany in her bikini,” someone shouts.