I’m happy to have both Vivian Arend and Elle Kennedy at Smexy today to celebrate their upcoming November 20th releases. Vivian Arend has Rocky Mountain Angel coming out which I really enjoyed and I don’t have my hands on Getting Hotter by Elle Kennedy yet, but her previous book in this series is a favorite erotic this year. I’ll turn it over to the ladies now…
Cool Canadians, Hot Contemporaries
November 20, Vivian Arend and Elle Kennedy share a release day at Samhain Publishing: ROCKY MOUNTAIN ANGEL and GETTING HOTTER. We’re stopping off at some of our favorite blogs to ramble for a bit and share some COOL or HOT excerpts, just for fun. The theme for this post?
Cool Showers (and other wet things)
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Elle: Ready. Pick your poison.
Viv: Okay, we have to be…polite on this topic. Watch the PC of our comments. It’s Cold Showers…
Elle: LOL. Uh-oh.
Viv: Well, my excerpt is a river, not a shower. But yours? Yeah, uh-oh.
*watches Elle struggle to not use the word handjob*
Elle: Let’s just say that Seth takes a shower, stuff happens, and then it happens again.
Viv: *dies laughing* Stuff, huh? Is THAT what you call it?
Elle: Yup. Stuff.
Viv: Okay…this is me jumping to a seemingly unrelated topic.
Elle: Hit me. Hit us?
Viv: Stick with me here. Someone was giving away a necklace as a prize, and I could NOT figure out why people were giggling like 12 year olds. Finally clued in. It was a Pearl necklace.
*whistles innocently*
Elle: AHAHAHA!
Viv: And on that mature note…off to the excerpts!
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Getting Hotter
Seth chugged the rest of his water and dropped the empty bottle in the blue recycling bin across the room. He left the kitchen, peeling off his black T-shirt as he made his way to the bathroom. Considering the relentless throbbing down below, he really ought to be taking a cold shower, but when he yanked off his jeans, the erection that popped up and slapped his navel was impossible to ignore.
Screw it. One way or another, he was getting some relief tonight.
Two minutes later, he dunked his head under the shower spray, letting the hot water slide down his face and neck. Rivulets coursed down his chest and dripped onto his hard cock, making it ache even more.
With a strangled groan, Seth leaned forward and rested his right forearm on the tiled wall. Then he brought his left hand to his groin and encircled his stiff shaft.
(Viv comments: I KNOW…Isn’t Elle MEAN to stop there?)
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Rocky Mountain Angel
The first thrill of being jerked over his rock-solid body was instantly doused by icy-cold river water.
“Shit, Gabe, what the—ahhh.” She choked off her scream barely in time to slam her mouth shut and stop the water from pouring in. She squirmed in an attempt to get away, but his arms were iron bands gripping her. Instead, she caught hold of him, tightened her legs around his hips and clung to his neck until the tumbling stopped, and he rose to his feet.
“Oh, yeah, that’s fresh,” Gabe gasped.
“Fresh? Oh Lord—” Allison let out another involuntary squeal as he hoisted her, his hands under her butt.
Then his mouth was over hers and complaining about the cold wasn’t nearly as important anymore. She rubbed her torso against his. Her nipples had gone tight, but were now tingling for more reasons than the temperature of the water around them.
She buried her fingers in his hair and held on, panting breaths escaping them as the kiss got wilder.
He tore his mouth free only to drag his lips along her jawline, taking small bites at her skin. “Why the hell can’t I slow down with you? It’s like touching you flips a switch, and all I can do is blast ahead full speed.”
Allison didn’t care, not one little bit. “Who said we had to go slow?”
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COOL CANUCKS, HOT CONTEMPORARIES is brought to you by two writers who are good friends in spite of their extreme opposite lives: big city/small town, west coast/ east coast, married/single.
Check out where the rest of the tour is happening here for more chances to win.
GETTING HOTTER, book #8 in the Out of Uniform series by Elle Kennedy isavailable at: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Samhain Publishing
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Vivian Arend‘s ROCKY MOUNTAIN ANGEL (Six Pack Ranch #4) is available at: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Samhain Publishing
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*HOT & COOL PRIZES!*
*GRAND PRIZE:* Nook (wifi)
*SECOND PRIZES:*
#1- Cowboy Gift Pack (No, no real cowboys-sorry) 100th anniversary Calgary
Stampede bag and cowbell. Paul Brandt CD, Print copy of ROCKY MOUNTAIN HEAT
#2- A Navy Seal gift pack. (No, still no real Seals included– but keep
dreaming!) Print copy of HOT & BOTHERED (OOU #1-3), and a bunch of fun
stuff you really want to win.
*Winners for these drawn from comments at all the tour stops, and announced
at our blogs November 23.*
Besides the above grand prizes, they are giving a daily prize away at each blog. Leave a comment for your chance to win and e-book from either Vivian Arend’s back list or Elle Kennedy’s back list (winner’s choice). Contest open through November 17th to everyone.
Have you ever swam in a creek?
November 14, 2012 at 11:25 am
Thanks for a fun post and congrats to the ladies on the tour and new releases! Ya know… know that I think of it… I haven’t swam in a creek. A river yes… under duress but that’s another story… :)
November 14, 2012 at 11:27 am
Great excerpts!! Thanks for the giveaway!!
November 14, 2012 at 11:36 am
No swimming in a creek but had a chilly showerwhile jungle trekking on holiday. A village had used bamboo to pipe water from a river to an emptyish spot not too far from the huts. As you can imagine, the water was cold and there was no way to turn off the constant run of water. However, this was in Thailand and the heat made the cold water feel wonderful. One had to bathe in a swimsuit though since it was a public area and the people who lived there felt quite comfortable to watch foreigners, they even brought snacks of tamarind fruit, etc to do it.
November 14, 2012 at 12:44 pm
Wow…great excerpts….can’t wait to read the books. Elle has always been one of my favorite authors and her Seals are very dear to my heart! Vivi ….I love your books too. Now there is something super sexy about a man all wet…. I think when we read shower scenes or water scenes it ignites something in our imaginations. In real life our men are usually rushing to get showers out of the way so that they can get on with their responsibilities. We women are in the same frame of mind…on to the next thing in the to do list. Maybe we all should just put “the shower” on the “to do list”….Yeah…that’s the ticket!
November 14, 2012 at 1:51 pm
Glad you like my Seals, Michel! And yeah, there is definitely something awesomely sexy about a man who’s all wet. I love a good shower/swimming scene in a romance :)
November 14, 2012 at 1:09 pm
I have swam in a creek when I was younger. But, of course, you have to hit the showers afterwards for a leech check! Thanks for sharing those sexy excerpts!!
ehaney578 at aol dot com
November 14, 2012 at 1:12 pm
I snorkeled in a creek once, does that count? :) I was just looking around and all of a sudden I see a bunch of splashing and I look up and my husband is standing on the four inches of a rock that were out of the water because he came face to face with a snake. I don’t know that I had ever seen him move that fast!
November 14, 2012 at 1:49 pm
Renee, you snorkeled in a creek?? That’s so random! Did you see anything interesting at least? lol
November 14, 2012 at 1:15 pm
Loved the excerpts :)
I have never swam in a creek.
elaing8(at)netscape(dot)net
November 14, 2012 at 1:40 pm
Love this authors. Thank you for the excerpts.
I have swam in a creek. Fun.
November 14, 2012 at 1:52 pm
Yep, used to swim in a creek in the backwoods of CT. And as the Canadian hosts know, swimming in a creek up north is waaay different temp-wise :-)
Thanks to Smexy, Elle and Vivian!
November 14, 2012 at 2:14 pm
Sounds like both books will be great. We used to go swimming in the creek in high school, some ppl skinny dipped….not saying who :)
November 14, 2012 at 2:29 pm
I agree that Elle is very mean to stop the excerpt there ;)
And I live in Nova Scotia…we have creeks coming out the wazoo. I learned to swim in the one behind my house.
November 14, 2012 at 3:17 pm
I used to go swimming in a creek during high school. It sure was a lot of fun!
Thanks for the excerpts.
November 14, 2012 at 3:41 pm
I have never swam in a creek. Don’t even know where the closest creek to me is.
November 14, 2012 at 4:00 pm
Yes, I have. There is one on my parent’s property.
November 14, 2012 at 5:01 pm
Can’t wait to read these two books. I never swam in a creek. Love the excerpts!!!
November 14, 2012 at 6:20 pm
Thanks for the excerpts! I can’t wait for November 20th. Oh, and I have swum in a creek before. I was 8. It was cold. It won’t happen again.
November 14, 2012 at 7:21 pm
Creek, river, lake, natural springs… I’ve done it all! Still prefer the ocean, though– especially when it’s nice & warm :)
November 14, 2012 at 8:44 pm
Swimming is just not my thing– I’ve heard it stems from a childhood incident by a cousin who dunked me under and I freaked out– I was very small and don’t actually remember it, but I don’t like swimming. I do LOVE lakes, oceans, steams, rivers etc. though, as long as I’m beside them and not in them. Weird, I know. LOL
Man, I am loving this blog tour– you two are cracking me up:)
November 15, 2012 at 1:44 am
I think I have once or twice as a kid; it was eons ago, and I don’t remember much except it was fun splashing with my friends. I’m much too easily disturbed by wildlife/bugs now to fully enjoy the experience ;)
November 15, 2012 at 6:57 am
Creek, River, Lake, Ocean, & Pond….you name it I’ve swam in it lol I have lived all over the US moving with my Military father. I am a complete nature girl.
November 15, 2012 at 7:03 am
We were swimming in a creek as kids but I can’t do that any longer. I’m too disgusted by bugs and whatever is in there as an adult. :D
November 15, 2012 at 9:04 am
Congrats, ladies, on your new releases. Thanks for the great post and excerpts.
We used to swim in the creek when we were young. The water hardly moved and my parents thought that was safer than the ocean.
November 15, 2012 at 10:40 am
Oh you ladies are so fun!!1 To answer you question NO. But I have swam in a river.
November 15, 2012 at 11:25 am
Yes I have, but unfortunately it was winter time, and what we thought was solid enough ice to place ice hockey on wasn’t so a couple of us landed in the water.
November 15, 2012 at 12:00 pm
Nope, I’ve never swam in a creek. I have, however, swam in a lake. Close enough, right? ;)
November 15, 2012 at 2:55 pm
I have swam in a lake, a river, an ocean but never a creek.
November 15, 2012 at 5:24 pm
No, I haven’t. Thanks for the chance to win!
November 15, 2012 at 5:45 pm
I swam in a creek when I was younger, but I haven’t swam in a creek as an adult.
November 15, 2012 at 6:06 pm
Thanks for the awesome giveaway and congratulations. Please enter me in contest.
November 15, 2012 at 8:41 pm
I though Viv was the tease master, until I read Elle’s post…evil to stop there!! Yes, every summer while I was growing up, we spent a couple of weeks on my uncle’s farm in indiana, and my favorite spot on hot days was the creek along the back of his property. It wasn’t real big, but it was cold, and I was like maybe ten the last time we went there.
November 15, 2012 at 9:36 pm
Can’t wait for these books!!! I have swam in a creek many many times…swam, waded, caught crawdads and tadpoles, you name it:-)
November 15, 2012 at 11:37 pm
Not since I was a little girl!!Great giveaway. Thanks.
mlawson17 at hotmail.com
November 16, 2012 at 8:34 am
haha i can’t swim. i kinda scared of water who went deeper than my chest
November 17, 2012 at 9:44 pm
Yep but we cheated and swam the horses so the horses were actually doing the work ;) Only it doesn’t work so well in a swollen river opps
November 19, 2012 at 8:59 pm
Great excerpts. No I haven’t swam in a creek.
mythic021@gmail.com
November 21, 2012 at 8:55 am
Great excerpts!! Thanks for the giveaway!!
parisfan_ca@yahoo.com
November 21, 2012 at 11:17 am
Great excerpts!!!! Cant wait to read the books.
lauratroxel@yahoo.com
November 21, 2012 at 12:39 pm
I loved your excerpts and am looking forward to reading your books.
I used to swim in the creek in back of the farm house while I was growing up.
November 21, 2012 at 9:00 pm
I am loving learning so much about these books. I want to start reading them.
I was born a river rat and have swam in rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, and creeks. We used to catch minnows for bait and push the tractor through the creek. Bringing back lots of memories.
mel
bournmelissa at hotmail dot com
November 21, 2012 at 11:27 pm
No creek for me, sadly!
vitajex(at)aol(dot)com
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