A warm welcome to author R.J Scott joining us today to talk about her new release “Love’s Design” The fifth book in her populair Bogyguards inc series.
Welcome R.J 🙂
Love’s Design (Bodyguard #5) by RJ Scott
Publishing date: 11th December 2015
The Christmas tree
I love Christmas. Not so much the actual day itself, weirdly enough, but the buildup… Buying presents for people, planning what we’re going to eat, organising meeting up with friends for Christmas events, that kind of thing. When I knew I was due to write blogs for the release of ‘Love’s Design’ I knew that I wanted to try and write about things that make me want to write Christmas stories; to capture the excitement of Christmas.
Our tree went up early this year because our daughter came back for a quick weekend from university. This year, for the first time in 12 years, I purchased new ornaments. They joined the peg reindeer that Briony made when she was little and the things friends have sent us over the years. I would love to say that my tree is ‘themed’ and fits in perfectly with our ‘themed’ house, but it’s not in any way at all. I love red and gold. So I guess the tree is predominantly those colours. But, the tree itself is a receptacle for so many different colours it could make you dizzy. Turn off the main lights, turn on the tree lights and settle in with a crappy Christmas film on ‘Christmas 24’… Perfect.
A tree figures in a couple of very poignant moments in Love’s Design, as both celebration of what could be, and a reminder of what had been lost.
Do you have a tree? When do you put it up?
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Blurb: Can Christmas be the time when Kirby finally stops running and allows himself to fall in love with the man who saves his life? CIA Agent Stefan Mortimer is cooling his heels in the UK until he can go home. Taking on easy assignments with Bodyguards Inc. seems like a good solution to keep him sane. He’s used to life throwing him curveballs, and it’s just another day at the office when he rescues Kirby Devlin and his niece and nephew. Now he has to keep Kirby and the kids alive and stay professional. Kirby Devlin has one priority; keeping his small family safe. On the run, and facing danger at every turn, Kirby finally runs out of places to hide on a snowy December day at Edinburgh airport. Stefan comes to the rescue, saves him and the children. Is it possible that Kirby finally has someone to trust? Now, if only it would be as easy for Kirby to trust Stefan with his heart.
Kirby held Louise tight and eased over one shoulder the backpack he’d left in the room with his niece and nephew. The burn was intense. Tommy had hit his mark each time. God knows what would have happened if Bull had joined in. Kirby should thank the heavens that Stefan had found them before he ended up a bloody mess or worse on a bathroom floor. They wanted Andy and Louise, and there was no way Kirby would crack and tell them where they were.
“Come on, Andy, he won’t hurt us,” Kirby lied. How the hell would he know what this superhero was going to do? He was CIA, but that wasn’t a cop, so he wouldn’t know who McLeod was, wouldn’t know how bad this situation was for Andy and Louise. He held out a hand to Andy, which the child took immediately.
“I’ll take the boy,” Stefan ordered, attempting to wrest Kirby’s grip from Andy.
Andy shouted a sharp “No!”
“What the hell? Stop it! For God’s sake, you’re scaring him,” Kirby snarled, his free hand coming out to block Stefan’s movement.
They stood staring at each other.
“I’m scaring him?” Stefan sounded incredulous. “How can I be scaring him? I’m trying to help him.”
“Just be gentle.” Kirby’s voice was determined, firm, but it wasn’t enough to get Stefan to stand down. At this point, Kirby wasn’t sure that anything he could say would make Stefan stand down. Kirby’s voice was low, his hand raised, palm upward, entreating Stefan not to make a fuss. As Stefan moved again, Kirby switched suddenly from simply telling to instant pleading. “Please, don’t hurt him. Just help us out of here.”
Bodyguard Inc. Series
Book 1 – Bodyguard to a Sex God
Book 2 – The Ex Factor
Book 3 – Max and the Prince
Book 4 – Undercover Lovers
Book 5 – Love’s Design
Competition to win $15 Amazon/Are giftcard, and 2 further prizes of RJ Scott e-books – closes 24th December at 00:01 GMT (London)
RJ Scott has been writing since age six, when she was made to stay in at lunchtime for an infraction involving cookies. She was told to write a story and two sides of paper about a trapped princess later, a lover of writing was born.
As an avid reader herself, she can be found reading anything from thrillers to sci-fi to horror. However, her first real true love will always be the world of romance where she takes cowboys, bodyguards, firemen and billionaires (to name a few) and writes dramatic and romantic stories of love and passion between these men.
With over seventy titles to her name and counting, she is the author of the award winning book, The Christmas Throwaway. She is also known for the Texas series charting the lives of Riley and Jack, and the Sanctuary series following the work of the Sanctuary Foundation and the people it protects.
Her goal is to write stories with a heart of romance, a troubled road to reach happiness, and most importantly, that hint of a happily ever after.
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Finally did it this week!
We put ours up late because we leave it up for Little Christmas.
I always try to put up my Christmas tree on time but this year I had exams so I just did it today.
Today!!
Uhm, never? *lol* I’m a Muslim so I don’t do Christmas trees
I put mine up after Thanksgiving.
We aim for the beginning of December but this year gave my daughter the honours – she left it to the 10th, but did an awesome job.
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