I'm so thrilled to be blogging here monthly. I hope you all will enjoy it too. I'm one of those people who loves writing down resolutions each year. And--please, don't hate me--I'm also one of those people who usually has checked them all off by the end of the year. It's just my nature to make lists and check things off.
This month the last book in my Holiday Heat series from Harlequin Blaze is out. It's my New Year's Eve themed book and I couldn't resist adding a resolutions list to the beginning of the book.
Here's a snippet of the scene:
“What food do you want to try next year?”
she asked, reading from the list and hoping that she could keep her courage
until midnight. Only another fifteen minutes. She wanted him. She wanted this
New Year’s Eve to be different from all the rest.
“Food, eh?” He wrinkled his forehead. “Not
sure. I’m going with one of my cousins on a trip in Iceland to see a reindeer
farm. So maybe reindeer?”
“I bet it doesn’t taste like chicken,” she
said with a half smile. “When is that trip?”
“In the fall. It’s a Northern Lights trip.
We spend three weeks up close to the Arctic Circle living with the locals and
watching each night for the aurora borealis.”
That sounded...cold, but intriguing. “Have
you done anything like that before?”
“Nah. This is the first year that I’m not
competing anymore.”
She looked at him in surprise. “What? Why
not?” If not for her reconstructed knee, she’d still be training and focusing
on four years from now. The next winter games.”
“I have gold medals and more titles that
one man could ask for. It’s time to set my sights on something else.”
“Such as...?” she asked, leaning closer.
This is what she was searching for. What came after competing the way they had
for most of their life? It was different for Carter because he’d been born with
a silver spoon in his mouth. A little rich kid who got whatever he wanted. But
that had only carried him so far. She knew that he’d worked as hard as she had
to get to the winter games.
“Not sure. But this is my year of
adventure. My year to find out. I’m working on that charity you’re involved
with to help kids get started in winter sports, because that’s new for me. The
old man is glad to see me giving back. Can you believe he said that to me?”
Carter scowled. “I’ve given back a lot over the years.”
For a moment she caught a glimpse of the
real Carter. “You have. I’ve heard about the board you developed. It changed
snowboarding.”
“Yeah, that was nothing,” he said, flashing
a grin at her. And the real man disappeared behind that flirty facade. “So what
new food are you going to try?”
“Nothing exotic like you. I have a thing
about dairy and have usually not eaten cheese. I know that sounds silly but
this year I think I’ll give it a try.”
He lifted a brow. “Cheese?”
“Yes.”
“You seriously don’t eat cheese?” he asked.
She had friends who acted the same way when
she mentioned it. “I don’t like dairy stuff usually.”
“Cheeseburgers?”
“Nope.”
“Pizza?” he prodded.
“Pesto-based pizza with fresh tomatoes. No
cheese.”
“Weirdo,” he said.
“Like you’re normal!”
“Who wants to be normal?” he scoffed.
“Okay...all kidding aside, what new thing are you really going to try?”
She looked at him for a long minute before
the two lemon-drop martinis and her courage finally caught up with her mouth.
“You.”
What about you? What's something new you want to try this year?
Leave me a comment to be entered to win all three books in the Holiday Heat series.
Kathy :)
7 comments:
I need to get this last book soon and then I'll be enjoying the trilogy.
My husband and I used to try a new recipe every week but we have so many old favorites now that it's not often we try new ones. Gotta chance that this year.
Oooooh... this sounds awesome :) Congrats to Kathy on the new release! I want to try Indian food this year!!! Thanks for s haring!
I want to try a new job - one I would mostly like going to!
sallans d at yahoo dot com
I don't have anything on the horizon at the moment.
Denise
I actually would love to have a go at quilting. Not something I have attempted before.
Kayaking, We're also going to trek through the swamp at Big Cypress Preserve in southwestern Florida right next to the Everglades.
I don't have any new plans for the year.
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