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 Insights
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Viv: Cool insights, ie, the things that make one of the characters go O_o Whoaaaaa…. Actually, both our excerpts involve relationship secrets, you know, things that make the other character go O_o. Not that I just repeated myself or anything.
Elle: LOL!
Just reading your excerpt now. Are you telling me Allison really doesn’t know the effect she has on Gabe? I always know when my clothing is transparent.
Viv: Hey, she’s been living alone for years! She has other things on her mind…
Elle: True, and Gabe is too much of a gentleman to be overt about his attraction. Seth, not so much.
Viv: LOL Seth doesn’t WANT to be a gentleman.
Elle: Nope!
Viv: I love Seth.
Elle: Me too. Some people will, some won’t.
Viv: You think? Oh, no. He’s a playboy, a bad boy, and he’s got some growing up to do. What’s not to love? Hang on and watch Miranda tame the wild beast.
Elle: Hey, you don’t have to convince ME of that! I love him. Anyway, question for you…you’ve been married for a while—do you still gain new insights even after years and years together?
Viv: Oh definitely. 28 years together and my hubby still shocks me at times. Because we change… That’s the neat part that makes being with a person for a long time fresh and new.
He’s NOT the man I married, he’s even better.
Elle: Awwwwwww! I like that.
Viv: It’s true.
Elle: Look at us, all serious in this post.
Viv: It had to happen, in payment for the post regarding…well, we won’t discuss that again.
Elle: LOL Nope.
Viv: Off to the excerpts?
Elle: Yeppers!
Viv: 
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Getting Hotter
She met his inquisitive gaze. “This is the first time I’ve kissed a man since the twins were born.”
Silence.
And then some more silence.
Seth was staring at her like she’d grown horns and a tail, as if the fact that she hadn’t been making out with men left and right was truly astounding. The longer he stayed quiet, the more uncomfortable she became, and the discomfort only skyrocketed when understanding dawned on his face and she saw him grasp what she hadn’t said.
“Shit, you haven’t had sex in six years?” he blurted out, each word dripping with incredulity.
She managed a quick nod. Her cheeks were so hot she knew she must look like a tomato.
“Six years.”
She finally found her voice. “Seven, if we’re going for accuracy here.”
“Seven years?”
“Yes, and stop looking at me like that.”
“Seven years!”
She heaved a sigh, wishing he would quit acting like her admission was so damn unfathomable. Lots of people went without sex.
Right?
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Rocky Mountain Angel
She poked him in the chest. “You telling me you were touching me just because you’re mad at your father? I call bullshit.”
She was a smart one. He’d told Ben that, and here was more proof. “I’m touching you because you’re a beautiful woman. And you’ve been living under my roof for a month, and seeing you wander around in that thin bathrobe is driving me crazy.”
Allison’s mouth fell open. “Thin?”
“See through. Completely. Damn, when you stand in the kitchen getting coffee in the mornings? The light shines right through the window, and I can see every curve and hell if I don’t want to go back and take another shower. Cold, to make me stop from thinking about peeling the fabric off you and—”
Her hand covered his mouth. “You should have told me.”
He licked her palm, and she smiled, the smile turning to a gasp as he slid his hand over her ass and cupped her butt cheek. “You would have turned even redder than you are now.”
She nodded, pulling her hand down his chest, her gaze following her fingers. “So…what’re we going to do about this?”
“Buy you a thicker robe?”
Allison stuck out her tongue, and he had to hold himself back from wanting to lean in and catch it with his mouth. Start kissing her all over again, maybe remove a few of her layers.
Lay her out in the full sunshine and examine every single part of her in minute detail, preferably with his mouth.
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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 is available 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
*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.*
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DAILY PRIZES: One commenter at each blog will win their choice of one of
Elle or Viv’s backlist Samhain ebooks.
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Leave a comment for your chance to win. (Oh, the question I REALLY want to ask…bad Viv! Heheh.) If you could have any kind of slippers, what would they look like?
Honorary Mention of Book Sluts 'R' Us Blogger Awards by 
I think the first time I ever read a story with hot, HOT military guys was an Elle Kennedy books. I love Navy Seals because of her! And I learned more about their culture because of her! Her books is one awesome self pre xmas gifts
Both books look great! I’m already a fan of Elle’s. Looks like I’ll have to make room on my TBR list for Vivian, too:)
Hmm, favorite slippers…They should be cute, of course, but what really matters to me is that they have good traction (I’m clumsy and like to fall down in my kitchen) and FIT my teeny tiny size 5 feet. Fleece-lined mocasin-style slippers have always been on my wish list, though I think the wish list only works if you tell the people who are likely to buy you gifts about it;-)
Good luck, ladies on the blog tour and with your releases!
Both books sound great! Great contest.
I love Navy Seals because of Elle. I love this series. I call it her Hot series, cause all the titles have Hot in them. Viv is a new author for me. Definately added to my Christmas list. I loved the post Elle, I can’t wait to read this book.
If I could have any slippers I would want a nice pair of warm slippers that just kept your feet warm all over. I would want them to be pink or black and very soft and fuzzy. I love my Uggs and would love some Ugg slippers.
Congratulations on your joint Release Day!
Great posting! Love both cowboys and Seals books, they are so
wonderful! So sorry that no real cowboys/Seals are in the prize
packages! That would have been most interesting!! For wear
around the house, I prefer a big pair of slipper socks with sturdy
“bottom of the foot” traction.
Happy release day! And thank you for the excerpts, they are downright funny.
As for slippers… I remember that, one day, a friend lent me Goofy slippers (yes, slipper with Mickey Mouse’s friend’s face). They were totally ridiculous but wow! They were wonderful: comfy, warm. The perfect slippers… and they were not mine. It’s such a shame!
I love those animal slippers… I am into the cute things!
Congrats on your releases!
Congrats on the new releases Elle and Vivian.
Slippers I want are vampire bunny slippers
Happy Release Day to Elle and Vivian. I want those classic mule slippers with a heel and feathers.
I love men in uniform! I love all of elles books!!:-) I would have slippers that are fuzzy andones that massage my feet and make them very soft and moisturized!
I want these books!!! If it has a SEAL or a cowboy – I’ll read it. These are my favorite heroes. These books look awesome and I’ve got them on my wishlist. Keeping my fingers crossed! Thanks for the chance. (BTW, I want bunny slippers!!)
Happy release day! Just in time for the American Thanksgiving holiday… too bad I’ll be stuck in lab doing experiments so I can graduate, haha.
As for the slippers… I don’t really like wearing shoes at home, so I’m more a fan of the slipper socks. Warm & fuzzy ‘cos it’s feckin’ cold up here in the winter, and with traction on the soles so I don’t faceplant when I set foot in the (uncarpeted) kitchen or bathroom.
Congrats on your new releases. They sound awesome. I would choose plush, really warm slippers.
Thanks for the giveaway. Please enter me. I would love to read these books. They sound very good.
LOL! I do admire those cute animal slippers but in reality, I’m OK with any slippers that are warm! Woot!!
I love walking around barefoot in the house, so no slippers for me!
I love both series and can’t wait to read the books! Thank you for the giveaway!
Congrats on the new releases Elle and Vivian.
Slippers I want are vampire bunny slippers
Our house is cold so any slippers are great. Congratulations on the new stories!
The house is usually cold and I wear socks all the time.I don’t believe I’ve ever worn slippers.
Congrats, ladies, on the new releases.
I love animal slippers and i have one. But i always barefoot in the house, if weather cold, i will use slippers
Congrats on new releases!!
I like fleece lined Bunny slippers. They are so comfy.
Congratulations on your release! These books sound like wonderful reads! I do like fluffy bunny slippers
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I have several of Vivian’s books and LOVE them. Elle is new to me so I look forward to reading her books.
I love any kind of slippers. I have a pair of sock monkey ones that I love.
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I used to have those Bear Feet slippers, which looked cute but were totally unsound–padded horribly on top, no support on the bottom. Just ordered some machine-washable leopard print ones, and I’m psyched!
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