getting high

a while back I was searching for a nice pic to use for one of my posts, as it's always nice to spice things up a bit and turn up the heat,

and then later I came across this pic *gasp*

my, my, it was too good not to use!

so I filed it away for future use 

(yeah, it's already made an appearance on my blog but you'd have to wade thru rabbits, muscle and soldiers to find it!) 

anyway, time for a second appearance

I've been reading quite a few eBooks lately

I came across this blog on Romance books, Maryse's Book Blog, and her recommendations of modern day Mills and Boon romance for the em, modern woman of today.

And I was rather captivated by her enthusiasm for all this romance stuff

cause the last time I read a romance novel, was way too long ago to remember! 

(and no, I don't kiss and tell)

Though I do remember specifically what it was about because I think it was the only romance book I had ever read, as my main fodder is WWII sea stories, espionage and war stuff like that, and I'd never picked up a book with pink or hearts or nearly naked men on the cover.

It was about forbidden love, she was an American homesteader, and he was a North American Indian - you know the type, sun bronzed, muscly, feathers tied around his bicep with some leather strips, and his name was Hawk...

anyway, after seeing Maryse's list I made my way to Amazon and perused a few - you know how on Amazon you can 'look inside the book' and read the first couple chapters for free...?

well, well, well, I read quite a few of those romance books that way!

it's like being in a candy store, looking at all the jars, and not being allowed to try anything :)

I must say I was rather taken by this modern day romance stuff

and so I searched for some more, 

and came across some very appealing covers and some very nice romance boy pics and then I came across this very pleasing one above

and my heart missed a few beats!

he's very easy on the eye isn't he?

and here he is by another body of water this time

with his same shirtless body :)

and he's got a name infact, unlike that soldier above (if you know who that one is you gotta let me know! ha ha ha) 

this one's William Levy

and he's a Cuban American - mmm very very niiiice!

and there was just something about that pic that seemed so familiar, then I remembered - he reminded me of my first crush Clint Eastwood!

yeah, when I was tiny and before I came across Arnold (Schwarzenegger - who else?!) I was smitten with Clint

and who could not be smitten with someone as handsome as this cowboy eh?

now that is romance!

I watched every single movie he'd been in

and now, he's still one of my heroes, and my most favourite ever director (along with Ben Affleck - he's an ace director too)

...cowboys

....soldiers

......romance

........forbidden

- scintillating combinations for taking you to great heights of em.... fantasy ....

(omg! William in both a cowboy hat and cams, goodness me! what's the world coming too?!)

so um, like I was saying, I'd read an intro then bookmark the book for future

I do love paper books the most, and I'd only ever read a couple books online before in pdf, and I'd never ever read a kindle book ever...

...until I read the intro to this book -

Heights of Desire by Mara White

and for the first time in my life I purchased the book on the spot - I had to know what was coming next, I just had to!

I just couldn't wait to buy a paper book, or win a free one, or borrow a well read one, I had to buy my own one straight away, on the spot, pronto! ha ha ha!

I will definitely buy a paper version for my bookcase for sure, I love it so much

and I am on my second reading of it on my kindle

click on the cover pic above and read the blurb on the cover - it's absolutely perfect in every way!

if any book were to captivate me by it's blurb (what's that stuff called anyway? that blurb stuff?) anyway, the blurb is perfect in every way!

I am one of those easy to please folks who judge all books by their covers

yup, if the cover looks good, then I reckon the read will be too

and in most cases I am pretty satisfied (well, until this foray into romance I have always been excited to read a book about a battlecruiser and a commando with steel grey eyes staring up at the lancasters overhead) so yeah, I am pretty easy to satisfy

now though, I judge books by their muscle density, 6 packs and how low the denims ride... ha ha! :)

so did you read the cover blurb first then the intro on Amazon to Heights of Desire?

      I reckon you should, 

                                                    this very minute 

- and then spend a couple minutes appreciating these 'boys' playing in the playground - ha ha, and you will know exactly what I mean  :)

(by the way, that one on the right is a vegan boy, not bad eh!)

this is Mara White's first book ever

and goodness me, she is an exceptional writer! 

I could not put the book down, I was captivated from the outset and the story just read itself to me
it was by far the most riveting and enthralling book I have ever read
as in like ever!
and the romance - well, it was pure electricity!
in today's world - the romance is oh-so erotic!
and if you wanna get high on romance, on desire, on passion and real heart - pick up a copy and ...enjoy

Mara's second book, Fear of Heights, will be coming out very soon and I will be getting myself a copy right away, ha ha!
can't wait!

hmmm, I have come across so many nice surprising things!

here's another pic of William

did you know that he is a well-known actor? and speaks Spanish?

this is his latest movie, will be out in a month's time

Addicted

it's from a novel by Zane, I've not read inside the book on Amazon yet, but will do soon..

my local cinema usually only plays the big, huge Hollywood movies so I may have to get the dvd of this one,

but you never know - it may turn up

out of the blue

and surprise me

and being the visually inspired person that I am, I like to judge a movie by it's poster - and - trailer

usually, if the trailer is cut just right, it can make or break the movie

Arnie talks all about this is his autobiography Total Recall, and how the trailer really does sell the movie, irrespective of what the movie is really like

I totally love well put together trailers - they are like the covers on books! 

I love being at the flicks watching clever trailers, being excited about what's coming

and I'm pretty cool about the movie itself if the trailer excites me. To be pleased by the trailer is a delight in itself and I'm happy to enjoy it

besides, that poster above is very intriguing -

reality / fantasy - both look enticing eh?

both look kinda addictive

anyway, philosophical bul*@!#t aside, I know I will enjoy this movie - it has handsome men in it, with em, their shirts off.....

and here's another scene from it

looks like big time romance to me!

mmmhmm  I'll have one of those thank you :)


last year his other movie came out, but it never made it to my cinema even though I saw the poster there, and studied it for a while, on the wall, 
so it's now on my dvd wishlist - Single Mom's Club

it looks gooooood - looks like alot of fun! 

and he has his shirt off in that one too (just as well eh!) (*drool*)

well, I think I'm all romanced-out

nah! only joking - I'm never romanced-out!

and it's never time to come down from flying high around those heart shaped clouds

but it is late 

and I'd better be getting some kip eye soon and besides

I have dreams to dream

I shall be dreaming about my home and my large swimming pool

I would need a pool boy 

ofcourse 

to keep it clean and in perfect working order

and I will be dreaming about my large garden 

I would need a garden boy 

ofcourse

to pick up the leaves and water the clover

(yes, I'm planning on having a little long eared pal to nibble on that clover, very, very soon...)

unless ofcourse I dream about being a hawk flying high....

xxx

yeah, I am still dreaming most nights of Wesley and Arabella! *sigh* :)

here! have a little HAPPY :)

today in the gym I had the best ever laugh! it was totally so much fun and I laughed out loud so, so much! ha ha ha! totally loved it!

felt good! was nice to have so much fun, the gym boys are totally the best ever! (thanks boys :)

and last night I was smiling big time when I came across some Army Happy - 

check out these groovin' boys and girls from 4 SCOTS (4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland) having a wee break from their hard work in Afghanistan (that first dancer, wow! he's a mover!)

they sure know how to work it good, would love to share the dance floor with these smooth movers that's for sure! I would be smiling big time :)

and omg! I'm so loving the doggie dancing - that has to be the best ever!!

well I have some Happy news - I'm all sold out of my Army drive safe baby hares made from my Aussie cams that are supporting Nowzad! 
yay!

and that means that Nowzad has received a total of £112 in donations from me, ~and my wonderful customers!

and the funds are helping them look after the strays that they find and the strays that the soldiers adopt and take into their hearts and homes - now isn't that a beautiful piece of happy?

this basket of motherless strays were only 1 week old when Nowzad found them

but now, 3 weeks later they are fat and loved and will have homes very soon.

and omg! my heart melted when I saw that little fat ball at the front, looking up at me.... and you know what - he came into the world about 2 weeks after Wesley left....

(yeah, I'm sorta lookin' for my Wesley, ~ well, my heart is looking)

my very last batch of hares were made from the smallest scraps I had left

I even had to sew 2 pieces of material together to make a side!

em, do you like my 'quilting techniques'? 

I wasn't sure how to join 2 pieces of tiny fabric together so I just laid one on the other and ran some thread thru them

..em, I rather like the look, don't you?

I'm the kinda girl who's into frayed and unconventional and unorthodox and breaking the rules and all that

so, I apply that to my sewing! (and my life :)

a tailless ridgeback hare?

why ofcourse sir!

still, like the strays and the soldiers - my hares are not perfect - just like real life :)

~ shall have some new hares very, very soon made in UK DPCUs (disruptive pattern combat uniform) - I like my material to be the real deal, so it'll be cams that have done service time

and, by any chance (now what are the chances eh?) if you are a soldier reading this, and have an old set of cams, and send them to me - then I'll make you a free gps sat nav system. Uh, okay, I meant a little drive safe army hare :) and Nowzad will get 2 free ones. Good deal huh?

infact one of my purdy lil hares will be rolling in an Audi R8 very soon! 

just like this one above

yeah, no joke, the wee beastie will be on it's way to Texas soon to grace a beautiful car and be a companion to an even more beautiful lady

and it will totally not agree with anything Magellan says :) cos that's how backseat drivers roll!

the R8 is neat, 

but the car that does it for me is the Trans Am!

yeah, gotta be a '78 Pontiac Firebird! 

black and gold *sigh*

and when I move to Norway, sometime in the future (no rush though, I'm enjoying my now), then I will easily pick one up for my driveway

as Norway apparently has a huge Trans Am appreciation society! yeah, life is good

this is the '76, also real purdy too!

really love the back and gold, look at the gold detailing, gorgeous!

hmmm, can hardly wait, really, really excited 

and it's a 6.6 litre V8 

*swoon*! 

could a car be any musclier?

I'll have my toons blaring, pedal to the metal

...this girl, she rolls to Metallica..

and ofcourse for the days that my Trans Am is in the garage getting it's service and mot, then I will hit the highway with my matte black Maserati Grand Turisimo

such a beautiful car!!!

look at that grill, look at those mags and rims and sleek lines *drool*

last month when I was up in the city visiting my mum (yeah, she lives opposite Edinburgh Castle! really!)

anyway, we were going to my car in George Street, and omg!! omg!! there just over from my car was a matte black Maserati!

well, the truth was I did touch it, and I did drool, but my drool never landed on the car, god forbid! and my heart started to beat fast, my mouth felt dry....

whew! my mum had to drag me away! I so love my sleek sexy cars :)

I'm really loving this one above too, look at that air thingy on it, that's so Hot! it's like a shark gill!! (just a single one :) (one is enough!)

so now that I'm full of Happy and worked myself into a little frenzy of appreciation

I will share a book I wanna read. Because of You by Jessica Scott

Can't remember the path I travelled, must have been the low road, but I found myself on Maryse's Book Blog and on the Military Romance page! ha ha ha

and I'm the type of girl who reads espionage and WWII war stuffs and boys war comic books, not girly romance stuff! sure, I love romance, but my reading time is for action and uber tough handsome psychologically damaged alpha males!

But after reading the synopsis and the free chapters on Amazon, well, I reckon I need to read this book, like pronto!!

It's only available as an eBook for kindle. I don't have a kindle, I like my paper pages, but I see that I can get some free app that will let me read it on my mac, so that's good. 

Yeah, desperate measures call for desperate actions... downloading an app... sheesh!

Though a little foray into the world of alpha males, sweat, muscles, hot love and some heart. Hmmm, I'm thinking that would do me good infact. 

It was written by a soldier too so the feelings will spot on. There is an unwritten code for soldiers, the banter, the humour, the attitude, the confidence, so it will be nice to 'be there again'.

Looking forward to this.

and the cover dude looks welcoming...

though when I was on pinterest the other day (my god! that place is the place of dreams!) I came across this photo above 

and, er,

I was transfixed!

yeah, had to wipe the drool off my keyboard! really.

I tried to locate the source, but it was elusive. So this handsome man shall remain in my dreams as I read that book.

I reckon that photo looks like a shot for a Military Romance book cover infact? what do you think?? 

anyone know who he is?

not that it matters ofcourse, as looking and appreciating is always a nice productive way to spend some time

...I'm happy to drool... *sigh*

...but if you happen to know who he is... and if he's into Metallica and Maseratis and Trans Ams and firey strong wild tomboys then...

and since I was admiring beautiful Military men, I thought I would put this in here too

I reckon this will soon become an iconic photo (if it already is not).

Just look at the mood, the downcast eyes, thick black lashes, aquiline nose, downturned corners of his mouth, brooding persona and the deep draw on the ..er, Marlboro red. 

Gotta be a red eh? all soldiers smoke reds, I used to! way back in the days...

and I shall just leave you with a totally awesome, amazing, superb, breath-taking fantastic clip for the Army, since it's been soldiers thru and thru here

- they are recruiting, full-time, part-time - fancy signing up?

stay safe!
and remember to be Happy :)