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My Ten Favorite Romantic Movies!

Posted in Anne Rainey with tags , , , , on June 30, 2010 by Anne Rainey

Today I want to share ten of my favorite romantic movies. For me the key to a great romantic movie is the ending. Don’t give me a Romeo and Juliet ending! I want them to be together. I want them to have their HEA. That’s a MUST. Even better is if there are some funny mishaps along the way. I love romantic comedies. Life is too stressful so when I watch a movie I want to escape. I want to laugh. I want to walk away feeling good.

So, in no particular order…

Dirty Dancing…there isn’t a woman alive who doesn’t LOVE this movie. Patrick Swayze as Johnny Castle is the ultimate bad boy with a heart of gold. I was half in love with him after this movie. 

Pretty Woman is one of those Cinderella type movies. Edward is the handsome rich guy, Vivian is a prostitute just trying to earn a living. Of course it’s a match made in heaven. LOL Sweet Home Alabama. I’ve seen this movie three times and it never gets old. I love the ending. LOVED IT. It’s so sweet, romantic, a total tear jerker. The opening, where Melanie and Jake are friends on the beach in the thunderstorm, and then the way it comes back around to that in the end. *sigh* So completely romantic…  Bridget Jones’s Diary is a movie that brings reality into a romantic comedy. Bridget is very easy to relate to with all these issues and problems. She’s one of us, and I loved seeing her get her HEA.

Just Like Heaven makes you realize that sometimes it’s just meant to be. Fate. Fight it all you want, but in the end there’s a plan and nothing you do is going to change it. It’s a sweet romance, and Reese is adorable as Elizabeth. License to Wed is almost too difficult to watch. At least for me it was. Everything goes wrong and I don’t usually go for those types of movies. But there’s a reason and it all comes together nicely.Made of Honor…what can I say? He rides into the church on a horse. Sure, he falls off, but hey! Nobody is perfect! LOL

Besides, Patrick Demsey is a cutie. ;) When Harry Met Sally. You’re missing out on a wonderful treat if you haven’t seen this movie. It’s easily one of my favorite movies of all time. Seriously, I loved these two. Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan are absolutely perfect together on screen. Jane Eyre…okay, it’s not the typical romantic movie. Nor is it a comedy. It’s different from what I usually like, but it’s timeless. A classic. I prefer the older, black and white version to the new version. Orson Welles, there’s just something about him that I find completely sexy. He’s not the usual perfect hero. He’s flawed and demanding and intense. All the things I go for! Last but not least, Did You Hear About The Morgans? This is the newest of my top ten. I admit, I loved it mostly because I love Hugh Grant. He’s so freaking cute! LOL In this movie Hugh plays a guy who screwed up pretty badly with his wife. She’s far from perfect, of course. They’re on the outs. Circumstances force them together, and of course they’re then forced to work out their differences.

Okay, that’s my top ten. Do you have a favorite romantic movie? One that makes your heart flutter every time you watch it? Tell me, because I’ll be hitting Blockbuster this weekend and I need some new stuff to sigh over. :D

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and for a hunk…can’t forget the hunk!

Okay, fine, TWO hunks! ;)

Tomorrow I’ll be posting an all NEW excerpt…stay tuned ;)

a glimpse of “What She Wants”

Posted in Anne Rainey with tags , , , , , on June 29, 2010 by Anne Rainey

So, for today I’m giving you all a peek at my upcoming (August 3rd)Samhain release. I hope you like it! :D
Summer just got a whole lot hotter…

Summer Chase has already loved and lost once and she has no intention of going through that pain again. But when a hunky Camaro-driving P.I. shows up at her B & B looking for a room for the week, she sees something more than a hard-bodied guest. For the first time since her husband’s death, Summer’s sexual interest is awakening, and she’s not about to hit the snooze button!

Gage Knight is a P.I. in desperate need of a vacation. His impromptu trip to Cape May, New Jersey, seems just what he needs to relax and unwind. But when he knocks on the door of Chase’s Bed & Breakfast and comes face to face with sexy owner, Summer Chase, relaxing drops to the bottom of his to-do list. Now all he wants is a tasty Summer treat, and he plans to take his time, savoring the curvaceous beauty one inch at a time.

Question is…can she watch Gage drive off into the sunset when the week comes to an end?

Warning: This story contains a hard-as-nails, ornery, demanding, tattooed PI eager to please…a widow ready to get back to the business of living and loving…and the kind of hot summer sex that you just might want to bookmark for later.

And now for a never before seen EXCERPT:

“Damn.” Gage couldn’t move, couldn’t breathe. She was perfect. She was his dream woman and then some. Her breasts were large, firm, round pillows of creamy flesh. Christ Almighty, he could get lost for a decade playing with Summer’s bountiful swells. He ached to taste her rosy-tipped nipples. Lick and bite and suck until his heart’s content.

His hand reached out of its own volition and stroked over one turgid peak. She shivered, and he was lost. He stepped forward and wrapped an arm around her lower back and drew her up against his chest, pressing and flattening her pretty tits against his T-shirt, driving himself crazy with the feel of her. As he took possession of her mouth, Gage lost all sense of calm at the sweet flavor of her lips.

He drank in her moan of excitement and licked at her full lower lip. He’d thought about tasting her everywhere. Imagined it from the moment he’d laid eyes on the tempting beauty. Now she was here, in his arms, clutching at him with eager abandonment.

Slow the fuck down. She was trusting him with something special. Something she hadn’t given another man in two long years. The thought gave him a possessive kind of pleasure. He wouldn’t disappoint her. He would stroke and play, satisfy her every which way he could think to satisfy a woman. Knowing just how snug she’d be when he entered her the first time made his cock swell painfully.

“Open for me, baby,” Gage groaned against her mouth. She did as he commanded. He took advantage, slipping into the wet warmth, tasting and swirling his tongue over and around hers, sipping at her with a kind of crazy fever that went beyond anything he’d ever felt. When she whimpered and drew her arms around his neck Gage felt the last thread on his control snap.

Keeping his lips firmly against hers, Gage bent and hooked his arm behind her knees. Lifting her into his arms, he cradled her nude upper body close. He wanted her completely bare. He wanted to see all of her, from head to toe, so he could work his tongue over her, inch by slow delectable inch.

As Gage laid her out on the quilt and broke the kiss, he snagged her gaze. The warm whiskey shade had changed once again. Now they were dark, almost the shade of milk chocolate, and he could easily drown in their unruly depths. His jaw locked against the need to rip her shorts and panties down her legs and take her. Hard. Fast. To hell with being gentle.

He smoothed his palm over his shaven head and made one last attempt to take it slow, to make it good for Summer. As he watched, she licked her lips and shifted restlessly on the bed. The taut peaks of her nipples begged to be nibbled on. Her long, dark hair, the stuff of fantasies, spread out all around her, tucked beneath and partially covering at the same time. Gage loved looking at her, but he was going to enjoy touching her even more.

He grasped at the edges of his shirt and pulled it off. Then he moved to the waistband of his jeans, thrilled at the eager way Summer stared in wide-eyed readiness at his fly.

Before he gave in to her silent pleas, he softly demanded, “Take off your shorts. Real slow. Make me beg for it.”

Summer slipped a single finger beneath either side of her beige drawstring shorts and tugged. She wiggled, and the shorts slithered downward, baring a pair of yellow cotton bikini panties with black polka dots all over them. Yum. When she had the shorts down around her ankles, she kicked her foot outward and they fell to the floor.

Gage’s muscles tightened as he stood frozen, staring. “Christ, Summer, you’re so fucking sexy. I’m dying just looking at you.”

“Now you, Gage.” Her words feathered over him, bringing him out of his hypnotic stupor. “Let me see you.”

He shook his head, denying her request. “Those panties are cute as hell, but I want them gone. Let me see that pretty pussy, baby.”

Her chest rose and fell with her rapid breaths. The telltale sign proved to him that Summer liked his game. She was nervous, but turned on. Watching her capitulate to his orders drove his desire up another notch.

She pushed her slender fingers beneath the elastic of her panties and inched them down and off her long, shapely legs. His first glimpse of Summer’s thatch of dark brown curls, glistening with her arousal, would be etched in his soul forever. “Tasty,” he whispered. “A pretty treat.”

Within a heartbeat, Gage was on the bed beside her…

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Of course, what would a post be without a little eye candy? ;)

Tomorrow I’ll be back to talk about a few of my favorite romantic movies.  Oh, and don’t forget to leave me a comment. The contest is going on all week!

Also, be sure to check out the websites of each International Heat author (links over there –>) to read other excerpts from my books!

Piercings?

Posted in Anne Rainey with tags , , , on June 28, 2010 by Anne Rainey

I’m sort of an oddball, I don’t have any piercings. Hell, I tried to get pierced ears once, years ago, never worked out. After that it just didn’t seem like a big deal to me. My husband loves that I don’t have any piercings because he gets to save a lot of money by not having to buy me diamond earrings for birthdays and Christmas. LOL Saving money makes him a happy camper. ;-) But piercings are very popular these days. I’ve never had to face the decision of my daughters wanting any piercings—other than the usual ear piercings. Truthfully, I’m not sure how I’d react if my 16 year old daughter came to me and said, ‘I want my nose pierced’. I think I’d be okay with it. After all, I do try to let them express themselves. But, ya know, I’m still a mom!

Anyway, that’s not really what I want to talk about. I’d rather talk about piercings on the opposite sex. My husband tends to be the conservative type. His hair is cropped short, he doesn’t have any tats, nor does he have any piercings. Still, that doesn’t mean I don’t find piercings on a guy sexy. Damn straight I do! But pierced ears are so tame, right? Pierced lips, eyebrows, noses, that’s the thing these days. Pierced heroes does it for me, too, I admit. Like Z from Ward’s BDB series. Yum! After reading his book, I started seeing body piercings in a whole new light. But then Z makes everything sexy. LOL! Lora Leigh has a few pierced heroes as well—and I’m not talking nipples and noses either. ;)

So, you tell me. Have you read a book where the hero was pierced? Um, down there? Did you like it? If you don’t mind, maybe you could give me a title or two. I want to read more pierced heroes! :D

And because I’m all about visual aids, I asked a friend, the wonderful Barb, to help me find a few pictures of hot guys with piercings. That woman finds the best hunks, I swear!

And don’t forget, there’s still a contest going on so leave me a comment! Also, come back tomorrow because I’ll be sharing an excerpt from one of my upcoming Samhain releases! And I’m not telling which one either. :P

HIIIIIII!!

Posted in Anne Rainey with tags , , , on June 27, 2010 by Anne Rainey

It’s my first time. I’m so nervous my legs are shaking and my fingers are sweaty. I mean, what if it’s no good? What if it’s awful? That would be so humiliating! I’ve been waiting for this moment for so long. I’ve come totally prepared though. Armed, really. It’s true that I have my expectations up, but who wouldn’t? I’m only human.

Oh, wait, maybe I should introduce myself first. Yeah, that’s a good idea. Hi, I’m Anne Rainey! <g> The newest member of International Heat. *waves madly* THANKS FOR HAVING ME!  I’ve been reading this blog for months now. I’ve admired it from afar. Now that I’m actually here, posting, I’m sort of feeling overwhelmed. I mean, I’m like an IH virgin! LOL What could I possibly bring to the blog that’s not already here? Fabulous excerpts? They’ve got that. Sexy covers, gorgeous hunks? Nope, they’ve got that too. After I took a big gulp of my wine and gave it some more thought I figured I’d just bring…me.

So, here I am. I’m a wife, mother of two teenage girls, and a writer. I’m published with Kensington, Samhain, Red Sage, and I recently signed on with Ellora’s Cave. When I’m not writing, you can find me yelling at my kids and picking up after my husband. Oh, and the dogs and cats. I have three dogs and three cats. My house is freaking insane. LOL

So, sometimes when I’m in need of a break from sweeping up Doritos and attempting to get some unknown stain out of my daughter’s favorite shirt, I write hot stories. Here’s a scene from my latest release with Kensington Aphrodisia. Hope you enjoy it! Beware, it’s HOT! (and be sure to check out the bottom of the post, there IS a contest!)  

Body Rush

 

Three restless women…one naughty idea…

Legal Briefs

Taking orders from egotistical hot shots in suits is no turn-on for legal secretary Lydia Burke, but she knows where to find what she’s looking for–at a local BDSM club. Three sexy, commanding men want to show Lydia their version of the law, and she’s just the woman to yield to their demands…

Doctor’s Orders

Psychologist Roni Smart is willing to play doctor in her spare time, but she’s looking for a man who lusts after more than her money. Enter Jake, a computer whiz whose able fingers, red-hot body, and brash take-charge attitude are the perfect antidote for her fever…

Midnight Snack

Coffee shop owner Jeanette Williams just can’t read the menu when it comes to men. But she’s more than happy to serve the knee-weakening biker guy who shows up each morning, stirring a shameless desire within. So when she catches his hungry eyes on her, she offers him an after-hours culinary lesson he’ll never forget…

 Excerpt:

Lydia was in another world. That was the only way to explain how she could even consider letting three men pleasure her at once. Up until that moment the wildest thing she’d ever done was let her high school sweetheart make out with her during a football game. She’d felt guilty afterwards and had prayed for two days straight.

This time Lydia only wanted to feel. She didn’t want to think about what would happen after. As Apollo held his cock in his fist, Lydia’s thoughts scattered. It was so close, within touching distance. She craved the flavor of him. She couldn’t explain why, but she felt as if she’d hungered for him forever.

“You can taste it, Lydia.”

Lydia didn’t speak as she stared at Apollo’s hard flesh. She licked her lips and moved forward another inch, then let her tongue shyly swirl over the swollen crest. Lydia heard Apollo’s deep rumbling voice praising her, urging her on. Lydia opened wide and wrapped her lips around his flesh. She could only manage the first few inches, he was wider and longer than any man she’d known. Suddenly a large, calloused hand was petting her spine and traveling towards her buttocks. Lydia moaned and sucked another inch of hard flesh into her mouth.

“Such a pretty mouth, baby,” Apollo ground out as he wrapped his fingers in her hair. “Just a little more now, let me feel that throat tighten around my dick.”

Lydia pulled back, releasing his flesh entirely and glanced up at him. The dark eyes and black leather hood made him appear fearsome. Panic swamped her as Lydia realized just how vulnerable she was with three such powerful males, all immensely turned on.

“No,” Apollo bit out. “Don’t go there, Lydia. We won’t hurt you. This is about pleasure, only pleasure.”

Lydia watched as Poseidon moved onto the bed, a bottle of oil in his hands. She didn’t even know he’d retrieved it. She turned her head, weary of his intentions. He only smiled and popped the top before pouring some of the fragrant liquid into his palms. As he touched her upturned bottom, Lydia jumped.

“Shh, it’s okay, sweet girl,” Poseidon soothed, his voice barely a whisper. “It’s just a massage.”

Apollo cupped her chin and forced her to look at him. “Didn’t it feel good with my finger in that hot little pussy, while Poseidon teased your clit?”

Lydia’s face heated at the reminder of just how good it had felt to let herself go so completely. To let them take over, strumming her body like an instrument.

“Imagine how good it’s going to feel when we fill you with our cocks, baby. Spreading you open, pushing you into another realm where there’s nothing but sweet satisfaction.”

Lydia’s blood ran hot as a series of x-rated images fired into her brain. Still on her knees, she reached up and grasped Apollo’s hard-on and stroked.

“Christ, yeah, just like that. Touch me, Lydia. Own that dick.”

Barriers fell away as Apollo’s words flitted through her. Once more she sank her mouth onto his flesh, this time sucking half his length deep. Apollo cursed and wrapped a lock of her hair around his fist. He didn’t pull her onto him, just held her firm, the slight sting to her scalp lent to the eroticism of the moment. Out of the corner of her eye she watched Zeus step forward, his fist wrapped tight around his own cock as he moved up beside Apollo. Lydia licked and suckled Apollo’s thick crest, then released him and moved over to Zeus. She licked the pearl of moisture at his tip and Zeus groaned. He didn’t speak a word, merely dropped his hand and let her play. A sense of feminine power came over her as she realized how much pleasure she could bring the three men. Lydia lowered her mouth over Zeus’ cock, enjoying the differences between the two men. Apollo was larger around, but Zeus was a little longer. Both men were bigger than any she’d ever been with. As Lydia reached over and cupped Apollo’s balls, she felt Poseidon’s hands smoothing over her ass. He kneaded the tight muscles of each cheek before drifting his fingers higher over her lower back. Lydia moaned and sucked Zeus harder, hollowing her cheeks and bringing him to the back of her throat. Soon she felt Apollo’s hand in her hair, pulling her backwards, forcing her to release Zeus. She looked over at Apollo as she took his hard length into her mouth.

“Fuck, baby, you’re so damn hot. You like this, don’t you? Sucking the both of us, making us crazy with that tongue.”

Lydia hummed as Apollo wrapped his hands around her face and began to fuck her mouth. First with slow easy strokes, then harder. The forceful action had her body vibrating. Poseidon’s fingers travelled down to her hips, then ventured between the round globes of her ass. Lydia started to tense as a finger circled her anus, but as Apollo drove his cock clear to her throat, Lydia forgot her uneasiness and allowed herself to be taken into that other realm Apollo had promised her.

Zeus placed one knee on the bed, then brought his cock to her cheek rubbing the head over her soft skin. She felt surrounded by them, thoroughly entrenched in their wicked world.

“You’re a very naughty girl, aren’t you, Lydia?” Apollo asked, his voice rough with arousal.

Lydia could only moan as Apollo moved his hips back and forth, sliding his dick over her ravenous tongue. Lydia braced herself on the mattress, as she looked over at Zeus. He smiled down at her, then gently slapped her cheek with his cock. It shouldn’t have been a turn on, but Lydia’s pussy flooded with her juices and she badly wanted him to do it again.

“Mmm, she likes that, Zeus,” Poseidon murmured as he continued to tease her tight pucker with his oiled finger. Another hand found its way between her thighs and suddenly there were two fingers sinking inside her hot cunt. “So tight and hot. You’re going to drive us all crazy with this sweet little body, aren’t you, Lydia?”

Zeus slapped her cheek again and again with his erection, each slap drawing more moisture to her pussy and causing her clit to swell and throb.

Lydia took Apollo’s cock further down her throat, until he was balls deep inside her mouth. Suddenly he pulled away. “Enough,” he commanded.

As if of one mind, Poseidon pulled his fingers free and moved away, while Zeus stepped backwards.

Lydia glanced up. Witnessing the dark arousal on Zeus and Apollo’s faces had her own body coiled as tight as a spring. “You need to come again, don’t you?” Apollo asked, as he stroked her lower lip with his thumb. “This time we’ll be buried inside of you when you do.”

“Come here, sweet girl,” Poseidon growled from his position behind her. She looked over her shoulder to see him lying on his back on the bed, his legs spread. His cock jutted away from his body, the veins pulsing with vitality. Lydia turned around and before she could lose her nerve, straddled his thighs. Within seconds he had her spread out on top of him, his mouth covering hers. She couldn’t think, couldn’t move. Poseidon’s lips were different from Apollo’s, softer, fuller. They were pressed to hers, his tongue in her mouth, playing and teasing with the flesh of her bottom lip. She melted against his hard strength. As his powerful arms came around her shoulders, holding her tight, Lydia sighed and surrendered to him. Amazon | Barnes & Noble

And now for a contest! I’m going to be picking 3 winners at the end of the week. All you have to do is leave me a comment on my posts and you’re entered to win. What do you win? Your choice of ANY one of my current releases. Ebook or Print. You can find more information on my books at: http://annerainey.com/bookshelf

Tick tick tick

Posted in Lexxie Couper on June 27, 2010 by Lexxie Couper

That’s my week of the Feel The Heat Week almost up. Did you have fun? I didn’t get to tell you all about masturbating yabbies (how Mornay, the female adult in our tank positions herself on her side between two rocks and rubs the inside of her tail back and forth over the pointest one. How Link, the male adult positions himself over the air-stone and grips it with his front pincers, letting the bubbles continually stream over his…err….his…bits) but I did get to let you all into a little part of my pysche for seven days and that’s probably scary enough for one week :)

Anyway, I’ve had an absolute blast this week. I’ve been stupidly busy and hopefully in the not too distant future I can let you all in on the secret reason why, but I’ve loved every chance I’ve had to come play with you all.

Three things – one, you will not believe who is coming next on the Feel The Heat Week (I’m so excited I almost pee myself whenever I think about it *grin*)

Two, the winner of my Release Day contest is….

Courtney S. Courtney, let me know where I can send you your copy of Spaceport: R and R (or any other Lexxie Couper Spaceport book if you couldn’t help yourself and rushed out to buy R and R ASAP *grin*)

And three, the winner of my GRAND PRIZE for the week contest is….

Anna Shah Hoque!

Anna, let me know where I can send your prize too and it’ll be in the mail ASAP!

Thanks, Everyone. I’ve had a blast!

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