With the release of INHERITING HIS SECRET CHRISTMAS BABY only a few short weeks away, I thought it would be a good time to start with book-related hunka-hunkas.

So here’s the first contestant who could play rich & powerful Trevor Jarrod, if he wanted to…  Sexy Ryan Reynolds all suited up & ready to seduce…

As you know, I am part of this year’s “Dynasties:  The Jarrods” continuity series for Silhouette Desire, wrapping things up with INHERITING HIS SECRET CHRISTMAS BABY early next month.

I am SO excited about this release!  For those of you who don’t know, I’ve been away from Silhouette Desire for a while…doing the knitting books & then the vampire book.  All great projects, but I do dearly love writing for Desire, & CHRISTMAS BABY has been a wonderful re-introduction to the line for me.

Yes, it’s a continuity story, which means that it’s part of a multi-book, multi-author series, but even though I was handed much of the plot for this book, it was right up my alley from the very beginning.  We’ve got a secret baby, a bit of blackmail, & a boatload of super-steamy sexual tension between the hero & heroine—who could ask for anything more? :winkwink

So let me introduce you to this wonderful story & it’s even more wonderful characters, Trevor Jarrod, Haylie Smith, & baby Bradley.  (Is he a Smith or a Jarrod—or both? :whhhat )

Silhouette Desire #2055
December 2010
ISBN 978-0373730681
(Dynasties: The Jarrods — Book 6)

This wasn’t the type of Christmas present he’d been expecting. Trevor Jarrod—a daddy? Yet the enticing woman seated in his office claimed the Aspen businessman was the father of her baby nephew. Quick as he could say paternity test, Trevor discovered she was telling the truth. But just what did this revelation mean? The confirmed bachelor knew nothing about being a parent. And Haylie Smith wasn’t about to hand off the precious infant to a complete stranger.

If Trevor really wanted to claim his unexpected heir, he had an important choice to make—head to court…or head to the altar!

And now, to introduce you to our cast of characters (as suggested in the “Dynasties:  The Jarrods” bible).

MEET TREVOR JARROD

At six-feet-two-inches, flirty, laid-back, athletic Trevor Jarrod can often be found frequenting the slopes. He runs a marketing firm in Aspen, Colorado, & has recently taken of as President of Marketing for Jarrod Ridge.

MEET HAYLIE SMITH

Slightly full-figured, honey-blond Haylie Smith always takes care of everyone else before herself. She owns her own event-planning company in Denver, Colorado, & is sister to Bradley’s deceased mother, Heather.

MEET BABY BRADLEY

Aww.  Bradley Smith—possibly soon-to-be Bradley Jarrod—is an adorable three-month-old baby boy.  He enjoys naps, baths, sucking his toes, & a warm bottle on a cold day.

CONFESSION #47

So here it is, & I hang my head in shame…

I’m reading Twilight.

Yes, it’s true.  And I’m not proud of it.  But even though I’m about five years past the curve, I admit that I’ve been mildly curious to find out what all the hoopla is about concerning this book/series/author.  (The movies will come next, if I think I can stomach them.)

I’m not a big fan of most YA—or whatever you might call this genre of story—but I felt the same way about wanting to know what the Harry Potter books were about, & that turned out okay.  At least for the first few books. :crazy

So when our local bookmobile librarian handed me the entire series in one gigantic stack, I first groaned, then thought what the heck.  Just because I start it doesn’t mean I have to finish it, & just because I read the first book doesn’t mean I have to read all of them.  Right?  (And, yes, I also confess that although I buy most of my books new to support their authors, I am not forking money out for this one.  At least not yet.)

My assessment so far is this…

I actually chuckled about three times in the first 15 pages.  Good.  It gave me hope.

But now I’m about 60 pages in & I’m bored.  Not bored enough to give up—yet—but feeling very ho-hum.

I don’t dislike any of the characters too much so far, but I do keep picturing Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen, & it’s beginning to creep me out. I mean, seriously. Can you believe this not-bad-looking kid…

…is also this creepy-looking fellow?

Gurk.

Surprisingly, I don’t picture Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan—go figure.

The biggest problem I fear I’m going to have with this book is the teenage angst.  And worse yet, teenage vampire angst.  It makes my head want to explode. :hothot

But again, I’m giving it the old Dungeon try.  (Complete with torture chamber & weeping. LOL)

So what about the rest of you?  Have you read Twilight or the…*clearing throat*…Twilight Saga yet?  What did you think?

And if you haven’t, have you ever read a book or watched a movie/TV show that you were kind of afraid to admit to?