On the weekend I got to attend my first ever military gala and it was AWESOME! My uncle Kev is a captain in a reservist armored unit here in B.C. and he invited my hubby and I to attend this year's event.
I wore a camo scarf with my evening gown, and pinned it in place with my grandfather's WWII regimental pin. I think he'd have been tickled.
This being the 70th anniversary of VE Day, there was a WWII theme, complete with the orchestra playing 40s music, which is my favorite and what I write to all the time. There were military bagpipe bands and swing dancers to entertain us throughout the evening.
But my two favorite moments were the Toast to the Fallen, and then I was proud to be on my uncle's arm during the Grand March through the ballroom. I was even introduced to two lieutenant colonels and one brigadier general in the Canadian forces. A great night had by all!
Hope I get invited back next year.
Kaylea ;)
Monday, March 30, 2015
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Its' GO Time For The Bad Boy
SEAL My Home
It's Go Time For The Bad Boy
ETA: 3-31-15
Bad boy Rory Kennedy was raised in foster care, bouncing in
and out of trouble along the way. He finds his true family and real brothers as
a Navy SEAL, one of the Navy’s elite warriors. When his BUD/S instructor barked
the SEAL’s Motto: Only Easy Day Was Yesterday,
he knew he had found home.
Megan Palmer works in a bookstore and finds her passion in
life through reading steamy romance novels. Her brief affair with a man she
later found out was married has left her damaged, until she meets the handsome
SEAL, who stands ready to open her world and give her things she’s only dreamed.
On a skiing trip, Rory suffers a possible career-ending
injury and also comes face to face with a past he never knew of, and a family who
had abandoned him. His relationship with Megan is tested to the breaking point
as Rory wades through the dark waters of recovery and whether or not he can live without the life
he loves. A home-grown terrorist cell forces his hand and he discovers his true
purpose.
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Sharon Hamilton
Life is one fool thing after another.
Love is two fool things after each other.
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Sunday, March 15, 2015
New Hot SEALs Release : KISSED BY A SEAL
KISSED BY A SEAL
The Hot SEALs series
by New York Times & USA Today Bestseller
Cat Johnson
in eBook & Paperback March 17, 2015
Retired SEAL Chris Cassidy knows the bro code—no
messing around with teammates’ sisters. However, Chris never was one for
following rules. Besides, his teammate Rick’s gorgeous sister Darci is worth
breaking the rules for.
Darci Mann is tired of being alone. Since Zane, the
bad boy SEAL she formerly had a crush on, fell in love with someone else and
her best friend Ali found her own happy ending Darci’s feeling her single
status extra keenly. Though she suspects her brother’s buddy Chris would be
willing to change her status . . . if she decides to let him.
When a routine assignment turns deadly and Chris
switches from charming joker to capable trained warrior willing to kill or die
to save Darci’s life, she might have to reevaluate her feelings about the
perpetual bachelor and her own future.
CHAPTER 1 Excerpt (G rated)
Chris
watched the sway of Darci’s hips as she skirted the stool that stuck out from
beneath the kitchen island. She headed toward the fridge and pulled open the
door.
When
she bent at the waist to grab a can of coke from the bottom shelf Chris got one
hell of a nice view. The fabric of her pants stretched across the ass he’d been
itching to get his hands on for many years.
Good
God almighty, that girl could work it.
A
sight like that was enough to make a man’s mouth water. Sometimes it seemed as
if the doggone woman put a little extra sashay into her walk just to torture
him. But if she was doing it on purpose, Chris knew it wasn’t for his benefit.
There
had only been one guy Darci Mann had her eye on, that Chris knew of.
Sadly,
in spite of what he considered his good looks and unending southern charm—if he
did say so himself—that one man in Darci’s sights wasn’t Chris Cassidy.
For
better or worse, that honor belonged to his teammate, Zane Alexander.
Meanwhile,
Zane had always been such a self-centered player he’d never even noticed how
Darci couldn’t drag her eyes off him whenever he was in the room.
Chris
had noticed, though.
Man
oh man had he noticed, and it ate a hole in his gut every time he saw the
expression on Darci’s face when Zane would hook up with one random woman or another,
while not giving Darci more than a passing friendly hello.
Jealousy
was an ugly trait, but Chris couldn’t fight it, any more than he could fight
his feelings for Darci.
Now,
Zane was off the market, thanks to his new and surprisingly serious girlfriend,
Missy.
Zane
apparently settling down hadn’t helped the situation much. It was like Darci
was extra determined to prove to Zane what he’d missed out on.
It
seemed her skirts were shorter, her lips more pouty, her glances sexier . . .
The
results were enough to have Chris walking around like a dog drooling over a
bone any time he was near her, and it had him waking up to some pretty steamy
thoughts at night.
He
was like a damn schoolboy when it came to Darci. It was as if he was forty
going on fourteen, and thanks to circumstances Chris couldn’t have stayed away
from Darci even if he’d wanted to, which he didn’t.
“So
what do you guys think?” Jon’s question tore Chris’s attention off Darci, and
how hard she was working it, and back to actual work.
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