Today I'm welcoming back the lovely Aimee Duffy to my blog. Aimee's new book, Never Say Never, released on Monday and is already garnering some excellent reviews (including from moi! I loved it). More on the book will follow (yes, and the giveaway - it's coming, I promise but you have to keep reading to get there!).
As my regular readers will know, convention bores me, so instead of getting Aimee to answer questions she must have been asked a gazillion times already, I've got her to write her Bucket List - or in this case, the Ten Things To Do Before She Hits Thirty.
So, over to Aimee:
Ten things to do before I’m…thirty. Ok, here goes:
10. Quit my addiction to…chicken paste on toast. Good
substitute for smoking in a way, but a killer on the waistline. Yummy too.
9. Visit Egypt. I’ve always wanted to go, but no one wants
to go with me. Although I don’t want the package holiday experience. Gimme a
backpack and a map, I’ll make my own way down the Nile thank you very much. Do
you think that’s why people are adverse to the idea? I believe the words my ex
used when I begged him were “over my dead body”. Hmmm. Can you see why he’s my
ex?
8. Write an erotic novel. *Gasp* I know. I want to try at
some point, and there’s no time like the present, is there?
7. Get back into my sixteen year old self’s jeans. (I can
dream, can’t I?)
6. Join in at a stand-up comedy show. Not that I think I’m
funny (in fact, I’m often told I’m not) but it’s one of those things I’ve
always wanted to do, and only nerves are stopping me.
5. Learn to play a musical instrument. I did play the piano
and guitar as a child, but have forgotten how. And when are guitars not cool?
4. Build up a tolerance for…wine. Not because I want to be
an alcoholic, more so because after one glass I’m anybody’s. So that doesn’t go
over well on works nights out, and with a bunch of lawyers jagerbombs and vodka
are not an option. Poo!
3. Walk the West Highland Way. I’m not into the roughing it for a week part, but would
like to do it. What an incredible achievement (if I didn’t pass out and need
airlifted to a hospital mid-way, that is).
2. Read more books. I’m getting into paranormal these days,
and this year alone have devoured all of J.R Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood
books. Any good recommendations? Yes Linday Pryor, I am eagerly awaiting my
next fix of Blackthorn. Hurry it up will you?
1. Get married. Okay, I can’t even keep a straight face
typing that. Maybe one day, but no rush. Actually, I’d much rather travel the
world. America is the place I want to start. Who knows, maybe I’ll be back on
Chelle’s blog in three years typing from the States, or Egypt or Japan or
Istanbul (it could happen).
Aww - maybe you'll be back on my blog in three years, posting from some exotic locale while on honeymoon...
As promised, Aimee is doing a giveaway. Never Say Never is book 2 in The Price of Fame series and she is giving away one copy of the book that kicked off this fab, glamorous series, The Monster of Fame. To enter to win a copy of The Monster of Fame, all you have to do is leave a comment, and we'll get one of my kids to pull a name out of hat (can't say fairer than that can I? The only real problem will be letting the kids decide who gets the job. There may be tears.).
Blurb:
When pretend turns to
desire, heartbreak is unavoidable.
Sander Chase needs a
date for his ex-fiancée's engagement party, but he doesn't have time for a
woman in his life. Between working on the TV show Do You Have What It
Takes? and his band reforming, he's too busy for a relationship. What
he needs is a pretend girlfriend. He thinks he may have found the perfect woman
for the job, and the bribe he offers means she's sure to accept.
After losing her job in
the film industry, breaking up with her movie star boyfriend, and finding out
her mum has dementia, Chloe Butler returned to the UK determined to put her
life back together. The last thing she needs is to parade around London on the
arm of a celebrity, and after the heartbreak caused by her ex, she swore she'd
never again date a star. But when Sander offers her a chance at her dream job,
it's not something she can turn down.
As Chloe gets to know
Sander she learns he's nothing like her scumbag ex. But she struggles to fight
her attraction to him, knowing their relationship is only for show and their
separation date is closing in fast.
Ignoring the insane
chemistry between them should be easy for Sander, especially since he carries a
secret that means there can be no future for them, but the more time he spends
with Chloe, the harder it is to keep his hands to himself.
Content Warning: contains more denial than you'll find in a
courtroom, more sexual tension than most people could handle, and explosive sex
that some readers may find long overdue.
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Yes, the time has finally arrived when Blood Roses, the second installment in the fabulous Blackthorn series created by the genius that is Lindsay. J. Pryor, releases. I have to admit to a definite dose of excitement here and am currently waiting (impatiently) for the postman to deliver my pre-ordered copy. He'd better pull his finger out or there will be blood (oops, already getting carried away by the *bloody* excitement of it all).
"She was supposed to kill vampires, not save them. Those were the rules. That was the lore." A rare and powerful witch whose blood is lethal to vampires, Leila has always viewed her serryn abilities as a curse. After seeing her mother slaughtered as a child, Leila longs for a safe, quiet life. That wish is shattered by Caleb Dehain - a vampire with a dark past and a darker heart. The most feared serryn hunter of his generation, Caleb now needs the help of one of the witches he despises to save his dying brother. A serryn who has no reason to help him. Except that he has her sister. Caleb and Leila are each other's worst nightmare- but the slow-burning spark of attraction between them is undeniable. Will Leila's blood be his damnation? Or could her kiss be his salvation? 
