Wake Me Up Wednesday

Niko Calin

32 years old

Myspace

Tired of pretty boys? Want that hot bad boy look without the grunge? Then do I have a man for you!

This guy was awarded Man Of The Year 2008 by Playgirl and I believe they chose well! He is a personal trainer and exotic dancer from Transylvania and on occasion he still GoGo Dances in West Hollywood.

When asked in his June 2008 Playgirl Magazine interview "Do you prefer to make the first move with a girl?", he said, "I definitely want to make the first move. I want to see her look at me, but I like a little shyness."

Another one of Niko's answers I thought was great was, "I like a woman's neck. When she tilts her head back, I love that." This was in response to his favorite female physical trait. Ahhh...just melts you doesn't it?

Happy Wednesday to you and I hope you enjoy!

Friday 56: A LOST TOUCH OF MAGIC by Amy Tolnitch

Rules:

* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Post any sentence from that page (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog. (If you do not have your own blog) post it in the comments section of this blog.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

"By the Saints, Magnus, what else can I do?" Padruig gritted his teeth. "If naught else, the sight of what that whoreson Ransolm did to his own horse would decide me. I cannot let Freya go into his hands."

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Other Friday 56 Blogs:

Do you buy your books at Digi Books Cafe?

If you don't, you should. Especially right now.

Digi Books Cafe is giving you a 20% off coupon code to buy any of their books.

Ræliksen is available there and if you use the promotional code, you can save! Just go to their website and use the code:

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Wake Me Up Wednesday

Derek Richardson

Age: 28 years old
Male Model

Website

Credits:
Rick Day

You mean you forgot we are featuring Derek again? Why of course we are! I'd be crazy not to! He had so many scrumptious pics I found myself indecisive over which ones to feature. And because I am so generous, I didn't want to put you all in a position of choosing either. It would only be fair to show them all. Am I not right?

Can't imagine any of you disagreeing...so happy Wednesday, ladies!

Renee Vincent Guest Blogs at Romance Books "R" Us

I am talking about the flawed hero, a trend that started in the Romantic Movement of the late 18th century both by authors and artists alike. And yet, we still love the tortured hero today.

Come on over, pull up a chair and make yourself comfortable at Romance Books "R" Us and tell me your side of it. I'll be there all day. (So will the eye-candy - but that is not why you want to visit me right?) haha

And The Winner of BLOGMANIA 2010 is.....

Doreen R.

of Canada!

Congratulations to you on winning

The Beach Retreat

Prize Package from Renee Vincent!

*I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who took the time to participate in my contest for BLOGMANIA 2010. You all are great sports and I am very appreciative of the new followers and friends. I hope you won't hesitate to come back to my blog for a visit and/or tell your friends about my site. Have a wonderful week and thank you again!

Friday 56: RED: A SEDUCTION TALE by Maddie James

Rules:

* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Post any sentence from that page (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog. (If you do not have your own blog) post it in the comments section of this blog.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

As his palms skimmed over her hips, the red satin dress bunched around her waist and Max moved over her to straddle her body. Grasping the thin straps, he lowered them, smoothing his hands over her shoulders. Garnet felt warm and safe… wanted his hands on her… waited for his mouth on her breasts, for she knew where he was heading. He released each one of them then, pushing her dress down around her waist. The red satin became a band around her middle, her upper and lower body fully exposed.

To Max. Her lover.

Her mate.

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Other Friday 56 Blogs:

BLOGMANIA 2010 Is Here!

WELCOME To BLOGMANIA !

My Blog is #113 of 168 blogs participating.

You’ve arrived at exactly the right time to explore lots of new blogs, all of which, ARE GIVING AWAY A VERY SPECIAL BLOGMANIA GIVEAWAY (For Two Days Only – September 15-16th) .

We’ve done all the work for you. No hunting or surfing. Each blog will have a number and these numbers will allow you to keep track of which blogs you’ve visited and how many are left to visit.

CLICK! CLICK! CLICK!

Here is MY GIVEAWAY and RULES:

• Leave your first name, last intial, and email address in the comments section of this post
• Follow my blog either through Facebook Network Blogs or through Blogger (your choice - located on the right side column)
• And CLICK HERE to join my Fan Page on Facebook
• And lastly join Turquoise Morning Press Book Club Yahoo! Group.

My gift package theme is Beach Retreat: all the things necessary for a great relaxing getaway!


*A list of all the blogs participating in Blogmania has already been compiled for you (below), so you can enter in their contests as well. Remember there is no limit to the number of contests you can enter. Good luck and have fun!

1.	A Design Diva with Interior Motives (US/CAN)	2.	A Dash of Nutmeg (US)
3.	A Few of My Favorite Things (US/CAN)	4.	A Gluten Free Journey (US)
5.	a {mod cot} life (US)	6.	A Mom After God's Own Heart (US) (US/CAN)
7.	A Mom's Take (INT)	8.	A Writer's Mind (INT)
9.	Adelle Laudan - Author (US/CAN) (INT)	10.	Alexia's Books and Such (US)
11.	Alice Audrey, Author (US) (INT)	12.	Amundsen House of Chaos (US)
13.	And Then There Were 4 (US/CAN)	14.	Andy Mathis (INT)
15.	Aubut Family (US/CAN)	16.	Being Tazim (INT)
17.	Believing is Seeing (US/CAN)	18.	Between The Lines (US) (INT)
19.	Between The Pages (US/CAN)	20.	Bitten by Books (where amazon will ship)
21.	Book Obsessed (US)	22.	Book Sake (US)
23.	Book Whore (US)	24.	Books and Things (US)
25.	Books R Us (US/CAN) - possible (INT) ?	26.	Bookworming in the 21st Century (US)
27.	Bree Bee's Thinking Outside of the Box (US) (INT)	28.	Bright Morning Star (INT)
29.	Broken Teepee (INT)	30.	Busy Moms Tips (US)
31.	Busy-at-Home (US)	32.	CalleLillyCafe (INT)
33.	Cheeky Reads (US/CAN)	34.	Children Teaching Mama (US/CAN)
35.	Chronicles From The Crib (US/CAN)	36.	Chubby Cheeks Thinks (US/CAN)
37.	Colorcrazed (INT)	38.	Coupons Are Great (US)
39.	Crazy Cat Lady's Library (US)	40.	Crazy House (US)
41.	Curling Up By The Fire (INT)	42.	Dark Faerie Tales (INT)
43.	dBeauty Junkie (INT)	44.	Deanna's Tidbits (INT)
45.	Debbie Sews Retro (INT)	46.	DebsHere (US)
47.	DemonLover's Book Review (US/CAN)	48.	Designs By Dawn Marie (INT)
49.	Dolly Outfitters (US)	50.	Earl's Daughter (US)
51.	Ellz Readz (INT)	52.	Enjoy Life, Enjoy Now (US)
53.	eTreasures Publishing (US/CAN) (INT)	54.	Evoluchun's Misc (US)
55.	Extreme Personal Measures (US)	56.	Fab Find Foodie (US)
57.	Family and Life in Las Vegas (US) (US/CAN)	58.	Fang-tastic Books (US)
59.	Farber Family Adventures (US/CAN)	60.	Florida Frugal Family (US)
61.	Forever and After (US/CAN)	62.	Freebie Spot (US)
63.	Happy Birthday Author (US/CAN)	64.	Health, Beauty, Children and Family (US)
65.	Home Grown Families (INT)	66.	Hookless Shower Curtains (US)
67.	Hope. Dreams. Life…Love	68.	I'm a Lazy Mom (US/CAN)
69.	Inspired by Fiction (US/CAN)	70.	Jeannie Ruesch's Happy Endings (US/CAN)
71.	Jennifer's Musings (US/CAN)	72.	Just My Blog (US)
73.	LB and J (US)	74.	Leksi Designs…This Handmade Life (US/CAN)
75.	Let's Just Give It Away (US)	76.	Life with 5 monkies (US)
77.	Lipstick and Luxury (US/CAN)	78.	Literaturely Speaking (US/CAN)
79.	Little Yayas (US) (US/CAN)	80.	Live Love Laugh with Leslie (US)
81.	Love With A touch of Magic (US)	82.	Lovin' & Livin' Life Reviews (US)
83.	Lovin' Life on Less (US)	84.	Loving My Life (US)
85.	Kelly's Lucky You (US/CAN)	86.	Luxury Reading (US)
87.	Making Time For Mommy (US)	88.	Mama B (US/CAN)
89.	Marvelous Mommy (US/CAN)	90.	MI Savings (US/CAN)
91.	MelissaStuff (US)	92.	Mia Ma Miah's Diaries (US/CAN)
93.	Midwestern Gone Idahoan (US)	94.	j is for joseph.com (US)
95.	Emmy's Boos and Rawrs (US)	96.	Mom to Bed by 8 (US/CAN)
97.	Momma Maven in the Making (US)	98.	Momma Told Me (US/CAN)
99.	Mommy Has to Work (US)	100.	Mommy's Free Time (US/CAN)
101.	Mommy's Minute (US/CAN)	102.	Mother of Pearl It Is (US/CAN)
103.	my favorite PINK (US)	104.	My Life As Grandma (INT)
105.	My Life with Rats and More (INT)	106.	My Silly Monkeys (US/CAN)
107.	Night Owl Crafting (US)	108.	Nine More Months
109.	Nomie Eco Ware (INT)	110.	Not-Really-Southern Vamp Chick
111.	Of Ink and Quille (US/CAN)	112.	Paranormal Bites (US/CAN)
113.	Past The Print (INT)	114.	Proud Book Nerd (INT)
115.	Que's Ramblings (US)	116.	Reading At The Beach (US)
117.	Reading Teen (INT)	118.	Reading, Writing and Waiting (US)
119.	Reflections with Coffee (US)	120.	Review Retreat (INT)
121.	Reviews and Giveaways by The Chickenista	122.	Rex Robot Reviews (US/CAN)
123.	Rockin' Deals (US)	124.	Sandra K. Marshall
125.	Sarah's Blog of Fun (INT)	126.	Save the Date for Cupcakes (INT)
127.	Saving Obsession (US)	128.	See It! Love It! Win It! (US)
129.	Seize the Book (US)	130.	SidewaysGravity (INT)
131.	Simply Living on a Budget (US)	132.	Simply Stacie (INT)
133.	Skhye's Ramblings (US)	134.	Stanwood PlaySchool (US/CAN)
135.	Still Blonde after all these YEARS (US)	136.	Stretching the One Income Dollar (US/CAN)
137.	Studio Chic Design (INT)	138.	Survey Junkie (US)
139.	Sweet Mint Studios (US/CAN)	140.	Sweethearts (US)
141.	Tammy's Book Parlor (US/CAN)	142.	Texas Monkey (US/CAN)
143.	The Clever Mommy Chronicles (US/CAN)	144.	The Coupon Goddess (US)
145.	The Freebie Junkie (US/CAN)	146.	The Girl is A Mom (US/CAN)
147.	The Missionary Mama (US/CAN)	148.	The Mommy Diaries (US/CAN)
149.	The Organizing Genie (US)	150.	The Susquehanna Writers (US/CAN)
151.	The Sweetest Romance Authors (US/CAN)	152.	The Thrifty Things (US)
153.	The Two Savvy Sisters (US)	154.	The Very Best Housewife (US/CAN)
155.	This Mama Loves Her Bargains (US)	156.	Toddler Awesome (INT)
157.	Trees Will Bend (US/CAN)	158.	Tribute Books Reviews & Giveaways (US)
159.	Truth Be Told (US) (INT)	160.	Upstate Ramblings (US) (INT)
161.	Village of Moms (US)	162.	Women's Life Link (INT)
163.	WordVessel (US)	164.	Writing is a Blessing
165.	Yellow Tennesse (US)	166.	Tim and Angi's Family Blog (US/CAN) (US)
167.	Today's Adventure (US/CAN)	168.	Mysteries and My Musings

Wake Me Up Wednesday

Derek Richardson

Age: 28 years old
Male Model

Website

Credits:
Rick Day

Whew! It seems we are back to the body style I love the most! The "long and lean farm-boy machine" body. But this guy has something else going for him...that intense look in his eyes. He has a stare quite unlike any other, and you're not sure if you are in trouble, or if he just intensely desires you. Hmm...both could be fun.
Happy Wednesday, ladies!

Tune in next week when I let you see the rest of this guy's pics.

Yes, he's another one with too many great pics to choose from.

Blogging at Nice N' Naughty

Yes, it's the second Saturday of the month already! Can you believe it? Time to head on over to Nice N' Naughty for another dose of Saturday Soulful Quotes by yours truly. Hope to see you there!
Click HERE to jump on over.

Friday 56: KENTUCKY BLUES by Cat Shaffer

Rules:

* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Post any sentence from that page (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog. (If you do not have your own blog) post it in the comments section of this blog.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

Elise took a deep breath. Sam had broken her heart once before and she’d survived. One phone call and a little kissing-up and she’d be back in Roger’s good graces. Her life would go on as always.

Mom, however, only had Ken as a fallback. He was a nice guy, with a reputation for raising the best tomatoes around, but even a champion tomato-grower couldn’t hold a candle to a sexy man intent on seducing every woman around. Every Drummond woman, anyway. Elise hadn’t been in town long enough to find out who else Sam might be wooing.

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Other Friday 56 Blogs:

Balancing Act (Guest Blog by Author Tonya Kappes)

Where does the time go?

Sometimes we look at the clock and it’s already 9pm. And if you’re like me, at 9 pm you can put a fork in me because I am done. D.O.N.E!

With the summer coming to a close, and school back in session, I am scrambling for more time in the day. I start my day at 5:30 AM by getting my four boys (ages 11-17) off to school, dear hunky husband off to work, and get myself off to my “real” job. Yes... writing is my hobby job…well…read on…

Of course this puts me home in the late afternoon, just in time for my kids to get home from school, get a snack and off to sports. Am I complaining? NO! I’m just saying I need more time. I can’t stay up late because it’s been proven that I can’t write worth a nickle after 9 PM.  And I’m finding that I need that extra time-God knows where I can get it-because I have edits to get finished.

How in the world did I ever get six novels written? Well. . . you see this is the problem. For the past three years, my children attended a school out of our district so I was able to sit in car line for over an hour and write with out any distractions. This year they are all in middle school and ride the bus. Where does the extra hour go?

Yep, laundry, cleaning little boy pee off the toilets, dust bunnies, getting dinner ready earlier, grocery…But I did all this last year and I can’t remember how.

It’s time to buckle down and get into a routine.

So for the next six months, I will be coming up for air once a month to stop by and blog here at Past The Print. I blog about life, writing, and heroes!

Well. . .I might check facebook every once in a while. . .

Can you suggest some time management skills?

Please find me on the web.

Thenakedhero.com

Tonyakappes.com

BLOGMANIA 2010 Is Coming Around The Bend...

BLOGMANIA is an amazing TWO DAY ONLY blog event hosted by Parker PR Online. And it's sneaking up on us!

All you have to do is mark the date September 15 -16th on your calendar and check back here on that day when BLOGMANIA starts. On that day you will find:

• My requirements for entering my Blogmania Giveaway
• And the starting links to the blogs participating in Blogmania 2010 right at your fingertips where you can enter to win their giveaways as well

There is NO limit to the number of giveaways you can enter, but remember, each blog has different requirements for their specific giveaway. Make sure to read each one carefully (also realize they are going to be VERY easy - nothing time consuming on your part. Promise!)

Here is the list of the Blogmania gift items in my prize package:

• Super-Large Turquoise Beach Towel
• Turquoise Aluminum Water Bottle
• Turquoise Flip Flops
• Insulated Lunch Tote
• Banana Boat Sunscreen
• Spring Water Spa Body Cream
• Two Autographed Books by Maddie James: The Heartbreaker and Falling For Grace
• An autographed Book by Renee Vincent: Ræliksen
• Ræliksen CD Soundtrack
• Two Sparkling Blue Nail Polish

 Besides my gift valuing at $100, there are loads of other blogs preparing their special Blogmania Giveaways to share with you (each Blogmania blog participant must have a prize(s) totaling at least $100 -- at least!) That means huge winnings for YOU especially since there is no limit to the number of contests you can enter! And, like I mentioned above, I'll be providing those links to you on September 15th-16th. Hundreds of gift items are going to be given away for two days only! BE OUR GUEST - PLEASE tell your friends - and reap the rewards!

*Click here to read the Blogmania Early Bird Check List so you are prepared and ready for this great event!

Blogmania even has its own Facebook FanPage and Twitter Page! (Free free to follow them so you can stay current.)

Wake Me Up Wednesday

Paul Marron

Website
Blog
Undergear

This gorgeous man has been on many romance covers and is the male spokesmodel for Undergear. He is definitely worthy of waking us up on a mundane midweek morning and I'm happy to feature him as he was brought to my attention through a special request. Happy Wednesday!