Today is our first day of the Romance Bandit’s Invasion. Our first group of authors, Anna Campbell, Suzanne Welsh, Tawny Weber and Trish Milburn choose the photograph ‘ The forest‘. Here are their vignettes based on the photo.
Add the last line to one or all of the vignettes and you will be eligible for A signed copy of TEMPT THE DEVIL by Anna Campbell, $15 Borders Card, signed copy of RISQUE BUSINESS by Tawny Weber, chocolates, signed copy of A FIREFIGHTER IN THE FAMILY by Trish Milburn and Goo-Goo clusters. All four authors will decide on the one lucky winner at the end of the day. You can enter more than once.
Vignette 1 by Anna Campbell
“You won’t marry that man!” Ethan’s dark eyes were fiery with familiar passion and even more
familiar anguish. His long-fingered hands closed hard around Fiona’s shoulders, hurting her, although she hardly registered the pain through her misery.
“I have to,” Fiona said dully, standing like a doll in his grasp. Her desperate gaze frantically traced every beloved line of his face. Likely they’d never meet again. She meant to imprint every line, every plane, every expression on her memory. A memory full to the brim of his kisses and sweet, forbidden words of love. “You know what happens to my father if I don’t.”
Determination tightened his features. “Run away with me. We’ll reach the coast by nightfall, France tomorrow.”
She was already shaking her head. “I can’t abandon my family.”
A growl of angry despair emerged from his throat and he abruptly released her. She staggered and collapsed to her knees.
The sharp snap of a twig made her stiffen.
Award-winning historical romance writer Anna Campbell’s latest release from Avon is TEMPT THE DEVIL, a Romantic Times Top Pick. You can find out about Anna and her books at her website www.annacampbell.info
Vignette 2 by Suzanne Welsh
“Do you think they saw us, Pierre?” Ilsa ducked down as the planes passed overhead.
“I don’t think so. As soon as we catch our breath we’ll move further into the forest just to be sure.” He watched as the last plane passed overhead, then smiled at the newest member of the resistance. “You were very good tonight, distracting the Gestapo guards.”
A becoming blush filled her cheeks. “I only flirted with them. You had the more important job of getting the American officers onto the boat. Do you think they got away safely?”
Before he could answer her the sound of dogs barking and German soldiers yelling filled the air.
Suzanne Welsh, a 2006 GH double finalist and an Ohioan transplanted deep in the heart of Texas, has never met a lawman she didn’t like. Now she writes sexy books about cowboys, sheriffs, marshals, cops and FBI agents in many different time periods.
Vignette 3 by Tawny Weber
The hush of the forest wrapped them in a lover’s embrace. Silence 
punctuated only by the rustle of leaves, the trill of the birds and their heavy breathing.
“I need you,” he murmured against her lips, using his mouth as well as his words to worship her. She was a dream to him, everything he’d ever wanted. Need ripped through him with vicious claws, reminding him of everything he risked to taste her. To have her.
“You’ll never forget me,” she promised as her lips slipped away from his. She whispered seductive kisses over his jaw, down his throat. Her fingers teased, her breath warmed.
Just as she fell to her knees, a noise punctured the sweet seduction of the moment.
“What on earth?” she gasped, looking over her shoulder. “Is that a bird? Or a plane?”
He followed her gaze, peered between the trees and groaned. “Neither. It’s….
Tawny Weber happily divides her time between writing hot, sassy stories filled with sexy attitude for Harlequin Blaze and her never ending quest for the perfect pair of sexy shoes to wear while stalking Johnny Depp. Check out her home on the web at www.tawnyweber.com
Vignette 4 by Trish Milburn
Thalia turned her attention toward the western sky, which had captured Branson’s attention. That or thoughts of what they’d left behind, what might still be in store in the hours ahead. She dare not think days. Already she’d said more to Branson today, in one day, than she had in the entire three years she’d been employed by his family.
“How long, do you think, before they find us?” she asked.
“If we’re lucky, never.”
Trish Milburn writes romance under her own name for Harlequin American and young adult fiction for Razorbill under the name Tricia Mills.
Add the last line to one or all of the vignettes to be eligible to win : A signed copy of TEMPT THE DEVIL by Anna Campbell, $15 Borders Card, signed copy of RISQUE BUSINESS by Tawny Weber, chocolates, signed copy of A FIREFIGHTER IN THE FAMILY by Trish Milburn and Goo-Goo clusters.
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Dani~ aka The Romance Book Addict
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 1:11 am:
do we just add it right here in the comments?
PJ
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 1:22 am:
Oh, those are all so good! Something popped into my mind for Tawny’s but I’ll have to think on the others and post in the morning when I’m awake.
Vignette #3: “What on earth?” she gasped, looking over her shoulder. “Is that a bird? Or a plane?”
He followed her gaze, peered between the trees and groaned. “Neither. It’s Granny. Hang-gliding. Again.”
Dani~ aka The Romance Book Addict
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 1:46 am:
Hello Anna, Suzanne, Tawny, and Trish! danie88 popping over from the blog!
I’m not much of a writer, but here goes nothing…
Vignette 1- She turned around slowly to find 2 men, guns drawn, standing there waiting to escort her back. Turning back to Ethan to memorize his face one last time she spoke in a low shaky voice, trying to hold back the tears, but it was no use, “I must marry him, Ethan, I must, please try to understand.” Seeing both anger and pain evident on his face, she slowly stepped backwards, one step after the other, every step drawing her further and further away from her one true love, who she will never see again.
(okay, so maybe I got a little too into finishing it LOL)
Vignette 2- Pierre looked down into llisa’s eyes, knowing that she knew what they must do. There was no time for catching their breath. They had to keep running, had to, to make it out alive.
okay so there is 1 and 2…. I gotta think about 3 and 4… I’ll be back to post them soon!
Aunty Cindy aka Loucinda McGary
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 2:09 am:
“…It’s Granny. Hang-gliding. Again.”
ROFLOL! OMG, PJ! Your post should come with a beverage alert! Diet Pepsi on the keyboard is not a pretty sight.
AC
Tawny Weber
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 2:15 am:
Granny… hang gliding. OMG ROFL. I love it!!! Now I’m picturing that scene from the old sit-com, MASH, where Klinger in another of his attempts to escape the army was hangliding in his fuzzy slippers and ladies robe. OMG I’m going to be laughing all night, PJ.
Tawny Weber
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 2:16 am:
Trying to contain myself and waving hi to Danie, too. I’m excited about all the fun this week. Thanks so much to the amazing ladies of RNTV for letting us invade you with our wild partying ways.
heidenkind
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 2:37 am:
Vignette 1: In the tree dangled Fiona’s little sister, Marigold, clinging to a branch with her fingers and bare toes like a monkey. “You don’t have to marry Ergelstein to save Father!” she said. “I have a plan!” Suddenly, her left foot was attacked by a rabid squirrel and she went somersaulting to the ground, screaming.
Vignette 2: Suddenly, they heard a sound above them. “Up here,” a voice whispered. They looked up to see the queerest sight they’d ever beheld: a (obviously male) figure covered almost entirely in brown cloth, with a small hole for the eyes and various leaves and branches attached for concealment. He was hanging from a high branch with a series of ropes and pulleys to support him. “I can help you escape.”
Vignette 3: “… a silver bullet.”
“Huh?” Melissande said, eloquent as always.
“Mel,” Armand said, tugging her to feet and moving them deeper into the forest, “I might have forgot to mention that I’m a werewolf.”
As he picked Mel up and started running as speeds she could only imagine, Melissande started screaming.
Anna Campbell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 2:38 am:
Hey, girls, I think this is going to be huge fun. And the vignettes are brilliant – I’ve read them all and I KNOW!!!
PJ, sorry, I just burst out laughing when I read about Granny hang gliding! Knowing our Tawny and her saucy ways, Granny might end up with an eye-full before she’s finished!
Then I read Dani’s ending to my piece and I got all teary. Poor Ethan! Poor Fiona! I can see this is going to be a major emotional roller coaster!
Anna Campbell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 2:39 am:
Hey, Marisa and Maria, wanted to say a big THANK YOU for inviting us to invade again. We had a ball last year and I think this year might be even bigger! We love visiting you guys. Although we always have trouble lassoing the cabana boys back into the lair after they’ve been over to your place. I’m not quite sure what you do to them, but it turns them utterly feral!
Dani~ aka The Romance Book Addict
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 3:00 am:
ok so I honestly don’t think I can beat PJ’s response LOL that’s hilarious… I’m gonna have to keep brainstorming… hmmm
here is Vignette #4
Vignette 4- Before even turning to look back at Branson she could feel his gaze burning into the back of her skull. Turning ever so slowly, she looked up into his deep brown eyes, waiting… wanting for him to kiss her, kiss her with the burning passion she could see in his gaze as he looked upon her.
Tawny Weber
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 3:05 am:
Awww, Dani, you’re a true romantic!! I’m sighing and smiling.
Natalie Hatch
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 3:38 am:
I had in mind that for Anna’s story a golden cockerel came sauntering through the bushes with a big packet of TimTams stuck to it’s back in untimely fashion. But the hang gliding granny kind of took the wind out of my sails.
cyclops8
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 3:48 am:
Hi Banditas,
I suck at this stuff. I’m going to have to come back later and try my hand at these vignettes. Happy Australia Day, Anna.
Anna Campbell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 3:57 am:
Dani’s stuff is great, isn’t it, Tawny?
Nat, I think the hang-gliding granny took us all by storm! I look forward to seeing what you come up with.
Thanks for the happy Australia Day wishes, Cyclops.
Tawny Weber » Monday’s Quote
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 4:05 am:
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Tawny Weber
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 4:36 am:
Well, Natalie, the hang gliding granny might have swooped down and grabbed the Tim Tams out of the golden cockerel’s beak, huh? I mean, it could happen.
*g* I can’t wait to see what else people come up with. This is so fun.
Marisa
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 5:59 am:
Hi Anna, Tawny, Suz and Trish – WE LOVE HAVING THE BANDITS take over; and as for the cabana boys? Well Anna, we’ll have to do some negotiating at the end of the week. Yes?
I know Granny is hang gliding – you go PJ, and I know I’m not eligible, but I can’t resist.
vignette #1
She turned around and dropped to her knees as a glow of light enveloped them and beamed them aboard the mother ship.
vignette #2
Pierre picked up the locked case, grabbed Eliza and made a run for the door.
vignette #3
My squadron flying over head, and their leaving with out me.
vignette #4
If we’re unlucky it will only be a matter of minutes, so take those heels off and start running.
Anna Campbell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 6:03 am:
Marisa, no negotiating with the cabana boys! They come home with us or else!!!
Hey, LOVE the Sci Fi twist you put on my Regency Romeo and Juliet scenario! Sorta like R&J go to Mars. Do you think Baz would be interested?
Nikki Logan
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 6:45 am:
Oh yes… finish the work of The Banditas… that’s not scary at all!! Alrightey then, here we go…
Anna – (because one line is never enough for you Ms Campbell…)
In the space between breaths, Ethan swept her to her feet and shielded her with his body against the crumbling bark of the Agony Pine. Aptly named, is it turned out. How would she ever live beyond this perfect, crippling moment? Ethan’s body hard against hers, their breath suspended together, his eyes already bleaching for want of her love.
Suzanne
“Schnell!”
(okay I’ve just always wanted to say that… blame it on Hogans Heroes – LOL)
Tawny
“… our rendezvous… with shrivellingly bad timing.”
Trish
He tugged the white scarf from around his neck and coiled it gently around hers. Eugenie’s scarf. The sister he would never see again. But the flutter along her skin was not revulsion at wearing a dead woman’s clothing. It was the barest brush of Branson’s fingers.
Jane Olivera
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 6:48 am:
OMG, this is such fun.
#1 She knew one of Leopold’s men were near by, and that more than anything made her want to forget the promise she had made to her father.
#2 Pierre glanced out the window and saw the lights from a dozen or more flashlights and knew their time was short.
#3 Neither, its the Good Year Blimp… I was trying for a grand gesture.
#4 She turned to him with anger in her eyes and said ” When has luck ever been a part of my life?”
Dani~ aka The Romance Book Addict
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 7:02 am:
ohhh thanks so much Tawny and Anna!
I’m loving everyone’s entries… this is so much fun!
Caren Crane
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 7:02 am:
Y’all are killing me this morning. I should have suspected PJ would come up with something off-the-wall: she’s too much like me!
Nikki, I sometimes succumb to my temptation to say, “Mach schnell!” by yelling it at my children. Oh, maybe I shouldn’t post that here. Too late! I can’t wait until you get a load of the REST of the vignettes this week. The Golden Rooster may be getting lonely since we’re playing over here, though, so be sure to visit us at Romance Bandits too!
Stacy ~
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 7:43 am:
Wow, not even 7am and you guys are rockin’! Welcome Bandits. How lovely of you all to take over RNTV. We look forward to our captivity *g*
I’ll have to think a little on these clever vignettes. Which is making me think of baguettes (sp?) and now I’m srsly hungry.
PJ
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 7:55 am:
Tawny, I’m a MASH junkie and Klinger in that scene was exactly what I was picturing! LOL!
Caren, I consider that a high compliment!
Glad I could incite a few chuckles! I’m off to get my weekly allergy shot but I’ll be back later to join in the fun. Welcome to RNTV, Banditas, Bandita Buddies and all new friends who pop in to say “hi”!
Beth Andrews
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 8:11 am:
Good morning all! Thanks so much to Marisa and Maria for allowing us to invade RNTV again this year! This week is going to be so much fun *g*
These vignettes are fabulous! And I’m absolutely loving the endings you all are coming up with
I can see my fellow Banditas are going to have one heck of a time picking just one!
Will pop back in later to check out more clever endings
Kathy Savas
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 8:51 am:
Ending to Tawny’s vignette 3:
“Is that a bird? Or a plane?”
He followed her gaze, peered between the trees and groaned. “Neither. It’s my ex-wife on her broom! I told you she was a witch!”
Kirsten Scott
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 9:09 am:
Oh lord, ya’ll are going to make this fun, aren’t you? Witches? Grannies hang-gliding? The Good Year Blimp?!
Whoever said romance was predictable? LOL!
Gannon
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 9:19 am:
Woo hoo! Banditas in the house! I need some more coffee to come up with something brilliant. Everyone has written such clever endings. PJ, the hang gliding line is priceless. I can picture Klinger, too, fuzzy slippers and all. *g*
Laura
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 9:42 am:
Vignette #1: She turned to find a angry wolf growling. “Oh no! It’s him, he’s come for me.” Fiona turned, shocked to find that it was no longer her Ethan standing there, but a wild beast to match the master behind her. She screamed, “No! Not you Too!” Running as fast as she could she could hear the faint growls and grunts of the wild beast fighting for her hand. Screaming in her mind ‘THIS CAN NOT BE HAPPENING TO ME!’ But it was, and there was nothing she could do.
Donna MacMeans
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 9:46 am:
These are so much fun. PJ – great job on the hang glider. Heidenkind – are you channeling TWILIGHT? Love the werewolf twist. To be honest, when I saw that picture – I thought of Star Wars with those speed gliders racing about. And what a location for a ewoki (is that what you call those teddy bear creatures?) You all have some great endings. Can’t wait to read the next set of vignettes.
Suzanne Welsh
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 9:56 am:
Good morning, all! So glad to be here on the first day of the Great Bandita invasion! Thanks Marissa and Maria for having us! OMG PJ!!! Granny, handgliding? I had visions of Granny from Beverly Hillbillies hand gliding behind Jethro driving the truck!!
Suzanne Welsh
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 9:57 am:
Nikki, I loved Hogan’s Heroes, too! But unlike Caren I NEVER said Mach Schnell to my kids….yeah, that’s the ticket!
Joanie T
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 9:59 am:
ROTFLMAO and I just rolled out of bed!
Waving to the first batch of Banditas (Ya’ll….like seriously rock) and the equally amazing BB’s and friends who are AMAZING with your endings.
As with everyone else, I started off LMAO at the “It’s a bird, it’s a plane…” and then PJ came and I was a goner. An alternate for her might have been “They looked down in horror at the swarm of chocolate turtles scuttling through the underbrush”
I’m so glad I’m off the next three days and can come play!
Thanks Marisa and Maria for having us!
Suzanne Welsh
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 9:59 am:
Dani, liked how you got into the intensity of the last line of mine!!
PJ
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:04 am:
“They looked down in horror at the swarm of chocolate turtles scuttling through the underbrush”
ROFL! Horror, Joanie? Or glee?
Trish Milburn
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:10 am:
LOL! PJ, you are one funny woman!
Nikki, I love the ending you put on my vignette. Just the type of tone I was going for.
Kathy, LOL at the ex-wife on the broom! You guys are funny.
Maria Lokken
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:14 am:
Hi Banditas! SO very happy to have you with us this week.
#1 “You brute, now you’ve ruined my dress.”
#2 “Ilsa, where is the magic camouflage coat I gave you?”
#3 “No, it’s those damn geese. Duck before we get splattered.”
#4 “But what about the money? I only came with you because of your inheritance.”
It’s an invasion! | Trish Milburn & Tricia Mills
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:17 am:
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Suzanne Welsh
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:20 am:
heidenkind ….OOOOOOO, that was good…and kind of uh, creepy!
Suzanne Welsh
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:25 am:
Jane O…Loved your ending to #2. Very cool next line!
Suzanne Welsh
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:26 am:
Maria? Are you channeling Tolken or Xmen for mine?
Joanie T
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:26 am:
Horror, Joanie? Or glee?
Well PJ, she’d JUST run two miles through the forest to get rid of those pesky two pounds, so a little horror (with underlying joy)
And Maria…again LMAO at the Geese!
PJ
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:27 am:
He tugged the white scarf from around his neck and coiled it gently around hers. Eugenie’s scarf. The sister he would never see again. But the flutter along her skin was not revulsion at wearing a dead woman’s clothing. It was the barest brush of Branson’s fingers.
Nikki, that is so beautiful.
Dani~ aka The Romance Book Addict
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:30 am:
Joanie T- swarm of chocolate turtles? LOL what’s next?
Suzanne Welsh- Thanks! I had fun writing it.
Maria- duck? I thought you said they were geese? LOL j/k… sorry I couldn’t resist…
Fedora
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:32 am:
‘Morning, all! Gadzooks, I have to think?! OK, I’m going to have to come back later–my brain is clearly not working at this time of day
Hello, Banditas!
Suzanne Welsh
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:37 am:
I have to run to the post office….so I have to tell y’all that this was not my FIRST vignette for this particular picture. I wanted to write something funny with the man as the king’s chef and the woman was helping him find truffles, mushrooms, not chocolates. Problem was each time I wrote it, he kept comparing her to a pig. Funny, but not romantic!!
Christie Kelley
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:40 am:
OMG, PJ! Granny hand-gliding was fantastic!
Arianna
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:42 am:
#1 –
Fiona glanced over her shoulders, her gaze wide and alert. Her betrothed, Lord Cuthbert, stood with arms crossed, an evil glint in his eyes.
“Fiona, your father will be so disappointed.” His voice, calm and cool, sent shivers up her spine.
#2 -
Pierre froze then pushed Ilsa into the hidden cave, the hard ridges of his muscled body pressing against hers. He pressed a finger against her lips as he leaned down. “Shh,” he whispered, his breath teasing her skin.
#3 -
It’s a flying monkey. I have a strange feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.”
#4 -
Thalia’s heart thrummed at the thought of spending the rest of her days with Branson. “Never?” she asked, denying the longing and desire that filled her every pore. “I hope not.”
Hope I did this right!
Suzanne Welsh
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:52 am:
Arianna, you did it very well!!! If Pierre doesn’t kiss poor Ilsa in the next minute, there is something wrong with that boy!! and Flying monkeys? HEHEHEHE
Dani~ aka The Romance Book Addict
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:58 am:
Arianna- i love your #2 and your #3 is hilarious! flying monkeys… hehe…
Caren Crane
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 11:00 am:
Suz, I want to hear a scenario with the truffle search! A porcine reference surely won’t deter our feisty heroine.
Sandy Blair
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 11:01 am:
#3 It’s the button to my 501 jeans. Do be a love and stand…before I grab you by the ears and make the hot fantasy that’s been running through my mind since you fell to your knees before me a reality.
Caren Crane
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 11:02 am:
Ooh, Arianna, I think I had shivers running up my spine. Good job!
Vicki
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 11:02 am:
This is so fun.
Here’s mine:
Vignette 1 by Anna Campbell
It couldn’t be him, yet in her heart she knew he’d found them.
Vignette 2 by Suzanne Welsh
He grabbed her hand and pulled her against him, his eyes issuing the unneeded command of silence.
Vignette 3 by Tawny Weber
Your father and the priest, Bella, what have you done?”
Vignette 4 by Trish Milburn
If only that could be true, but she knew his father would have the hounds searching for them. For her.
Suzanne Welsh
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 11:05 am:
hehehe…uh, Caren, I deleted them all. It’s a whole obsession with pork products though….Hubby gave them up and now….well, I just couldn’t make my hero say….”darling, you’ll need to put your nose to the ground and sniff them out.” I just couldn’t!
Arianna
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 11:07 am:
#3
It’s big huge bat!”
She heaved a sigh. “Why on earth did I let you take me to Transylvania?”
Kay Thomas
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 11:22 am:
Hey Everybody
This is too fun! I love all the responses. I’ve only come up with two so far. Granny and her hang-glider- coffee through the nose funny!
#2 The rabid Chihuahua from Dr. Schmidt’s lab was leading the way. “Run before he bites you!” shouted Ilsa. “The Americans took all the serum with them.”
#3 It’s Ellesmere, my dragon. I told you he’d find us eventually. He’ll take you back to the Sisters of Mercy convent, but it’ll be a bumpy ride.
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Elyssa Papa
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 11:24 am:
Vignette 1
She caught a glance of bright white, walking toward them through the thicket. Then she gasped once she saw who it was. She placed a steadying hand on Ethan’s arm, so he wouldn’t shoot—
“Fiona, can you tell me why your brother is dressed as a nun?”
Vignette 2
In a matter of seconds, they were surrounded with guns pointed at them. A blonde-haired man stepped forward, his eyes cold and lifeless. The same eyes that once looked at her with love and compassion, the hands who so lovingly comforted her now held an instrument of murder.
Ilsa swallowed past her tears and prepared to face death at the hands of her father.
Vignette 3—I’m not sure I can top PJ’s hang-gliding grandma. Hands down, that’s the best one!
Vignette 4
But too soon the sound of helicopter blades filled the air, people who wore orange-colored vests and carried flashlights swarmed the area. She tightened her hold around him. Maybe it hadn’t been the smartest idea to help a con evade the cops.
Becke Davis writing as Becke Martin
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 11:45 am:
Vignette #1: The imposing figure of the duke stood before them. “What makes you think I would have you?” he asked Fiona disdainfully. “You’re welcome to this young ruffian. I prefer a woman with more refined tastes.”
“But what of my father?” she asked fearfully. “You said…”
“I know what I said,” the duke snapped. “Hold back your lover — he seems to need taming. Your father is a grown man. He and I are fully capable of settling our differences without the interference of a chit like you.”
Becke Davis writing as Becke Martin
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 11:57 am:
Vignette #3″ “Ashton Kutcher,” announced the tall, dark-haired man who stepped out from the trees, a cocky grin on his handsome face. Was that a camera crew? “You’ve been punked,” he smirked.
“None of this was real?” her lover demanded. “You’ve put us through this for nothing?”
Before the young man could respond, a fist plowed into his jaw with all the force of her frustration behind it. Her lover watched in shock as she shook her bruised hand. “Punk me, will you? You think it’s funny to keep two lovers apart? When will you people ever learn? A heroine without a happy ending is a thousand times more dangerous than a woman scorned!”
Dani~ aka The Romance Book Addict
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 11:59 am:
oh my gosh! ROFL Ashton Kutcher! LOL Becke… that was amazing!
Kay Thomas
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 12:01 pm:
Hey Everybody
This is too fun! I love all the responses. I’ve only come up with two so far. Granny and her hang-glider- coffee through the nose funny!
#2 The rabid Chihuahua from Dr. Schmidt’s lab was leading the way. “Run before he bites you!” shouted Ilsa. “The Americans took all the serum with them.”
#3 It’s Ellesmere, my dragon. I told you he’d find us eventually. He’ll take you back to the Sisters of Mercy convent, but it’ll be a bumpy ride.
Jo Robertson
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 12:29 pm:
OMG, ladies, well done!! I love your vignettes. And the picture is lovely and so evocative, the stories so varied.
PJ, ROTFL at the Granny hang-gliding! Pepsi all over my computer too, AC! But not DIET!
Jeanne AKA The Duchesse
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 12:30 pm:
OMGosh, these are GREAT!! Gliding grannies, flying monkeys, the Mother Ship and a rabid Chihuahua all before lunch. What more could a girl want? SNORK!!! This is so much fun.
Thanks Maria and Marisa for allowing us to invade again this year. What a delicious time we had last year, and I know this year will be even MORE fun, thanks to those incendiary photos. (Raise any eyebrows with that comment? Hmmmm? You’ll just have to be here every day to see which pictures I’m talking about….) :>
As to Cabana Boys, I’ve sent them for hot toddies for the Stateside gals (Snow in the midwest and northeast today, rain in the South), and some refreshing cool Margaritas for our Downunder pals. Amazing how…flexible….those RB Cabana Boys are. Always willing to pop off to Aus for a delivery of goodies and drinks. Accomodating to say the least. Anna…have you been…YOU HAVE!! No wonder they’re willing to jaunt off to Aus. I told you the photos in that magazine article would get ‘em riled up.
SNORK.
Suz, I’d love to read the pork version too.
Trish, what a great start to a story. I adore it. Now I want to read the rest.
Tawny, while the hang-gliding grannie is now forever lodged in my mind, my first thought was “….it’s SUPERMAN!” Snork. Tights. Cape. Yep. She’s on her knees, he’s a-flame with passion and…a superhero pops in? That’s worse than a cold shower.
Anna, you can even make a forest noir. Heehee.
Fab job, Banditas! Can’t wait to read more…
PJ
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 12:30 pm:
Everybody’s ending lines are so good!
Ely, I’m ROFL at your #1 but I love your ending to #2. Powerful!
PJ
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 12:31 pm:
Becke, I’m LOL at your #3. Terrific!
Tracy Garrett
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 12:40 pm:
Hello, Banditas and Marisa and Maria!
You guys are good! And so are the vignettes.
PJ, you should do stand up. Ganny hang-gliding. The immediate pic in my mind was also Klinger, “a big green bird with fuzzy pink feet.” Love that show.
Tracy Garrett
Touched by Love, available now
http://www.tracygarrett.com
Holly
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 12:44 pm:
I can’t compete with this, they are all so amazing.
Ok, I’ll give it a try. Jeanne, you’re right, Anna can even make a forest noir.
#1 The sharp snap of a twig made her stiffen. As she turned she began to realize the depth to which Hugo would go to posses her, to claim her and to ruin any chance she had to find happiness.
#4“How long, do you think, before they find us?” she asked.
“If we’re lucky, never.” If we’re lucky the treasure map will be where Jason said it would and we’ll be able to leave this god-forsaken country long before they know we’ve left.
Jo Robertson
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 12:52 pm:
Adrianna, that is perfect undestatement: “Fiona, your father will be so disappointed.” Love it!
Wow, you ladies are really hot with your vignette endings this morning. They’re wonderful. Me thinks we have more than a few blossoming writers among the readership!
Joanie T
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 12:55 pm:
Flying monkeys !!! Flying monkeys!!! {Ducking}
I HATE flying monkeys!
But dang all these responses are so FANTASTIC!!!!
janeybooks
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 12:58 pm:
First, The vignettes are so wonderful and all so different. Second, some of the last lines are just way too funny I can hardly catch my breath. I’m so not good at this, but I’m feeling inspired so I’ll give it a try.
#1 “The sharp sanp of the twig made her stiffen.” She knew with out having to turn around. She knew by the look in Ethan’s eyes. She knew by the way the forest had become so slient. She knew by the rapid beating of her heart. She knew that Derek had found them.
(OMG, after re-reading what I wrote I’m thinking, repetition much?) I’m sure at this point, Ethan should say something like, Well, hell Fiona, if you knew why don’t you warn a guy next time.
Ok, lunch time almost over, I’ll check back later.
Anna Campbell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 1:23 pm:
Heidenkind, you crack me up? What? You were serious? Apologies!
This forest is turning into a terrifying place. Hang gliding grannies. Rabid wildlife. Teams of marching men with guns. Werewolves. I think I’ll stay home and watch TV!
Goodness, Nikki! Yours was fantastic, pine included! I can see why Harlequin snaffled you up (Nikki’s recently sold to Harlequin and I’m not at all surprised – she’s been burning up the Aussie contest circuit for some time now). By the way, ouch to the shrivelingly bad timing! :-0
Anna Campbell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 1:29 pm:
Jane, I’m LOVING the responses! I’m loving the funny ones and I’m loving the serious ones. Great finishes! The Good Year Blimp? Oh, dear, that reminds me of how much chocolate I ate over Christmas! It’s making me laugh how everybody’s making the bad guy in my Vignette German! Was gibt, meine Freundinnen?
Even Caren’s getting the whole Deutschland vibe!
Nein, Stacy, nicht baguettes! Pumpernickel!!!! Oh, dear, I should stick ein lederhosen in meine mouth und shut up, ja?
Trish Milburn
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 1:34 pm:
Elyssa, your “brother dressed as a nun” — too funny.
Becke, love the Ashton Kutcher “punked” line.
Anna Campbell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 1:35 pm:
Kathy, I’m starting to feel very sorry for Tawny’s couple! They seem to be interrupted by the most bizarre array of humans and non-humans! The ex-wife on the broom? Hilarious! Beth’s right – picking one winner is going to be SOOO tough!
Laura, wow, a paranormal take on R&J! Didn’t even occur to me! Oh, dear, I hope poor Fiona’s got the flea powder handy!
Oh, Donna, no! Now I’ve got a picture of Ewoki doing naughty things in the forest!
JT, chocolate turtles? PJ’s CHOCOLATE TURTLES???!!! Stand aside, Fiona, this is a job for Mamma!
Anna Campbell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 1:40 pm:
Maria, you cynic! A funny cynic, though! I especially love the mixed metaphor of ducking to avoid the geese! Let’s hope nobody gulls them into being stoolpigeons!
Fedora, hurry back! I want to see what you come up with. You’ve spent so much time with the rooster lately, you must be brimming with inspiration!
Ooh, Arianna, your end to my vignette was so good, it sent shivers up my spine too. And at last we’re out of the Black Forest!
In fact all yours were great – absolutely you did it right. Here, take this gold star!
Anna Campbell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 1:48 pm:
Caren, but if the porcine reference involves the Good Year Blimp, our poor hero may be in trouble! No truffling with our girl’s affections!
Sandy, it had to be said, didn’t it? LOL!
Vicki, fantastic answers! Thanks for playing! Oh, dear, poor Tawny’s couple with the father and the FATHER turning up!
LizBeth
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 1:50 pm:
These are so good. What talent. I’m almost afraid to try. But I’m especially inspired by the Germans. WWII is one my favorite historical periods.
#2
“Before he could answer her the sound of dogs barking and German soldiers yelling filled the air.” The sound of barking dogs had always terrified Ilsa, especially after what had happened to Johnny. She wasn’t sure she could take the next breath. She dimly heard Pierre’s voice calling after her as she rushed to unlock the back door.
Anna Campbell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 1:56 pm:
Arianna, you crack me up! I’m not sure if it’s his blood she wants to suck, though!
Ely, oh, no! Now we have cross dressing nuns! It’s too much! Hey, love your other two endings. Especially the father one – that was really chilling!
Becke, I LIKE it! You gave poor Ethan and Fiona a happy ending! In fact, I’m rather liking the sound of the duke. Perhaps I should rethink this scenario…
Tawny Weber
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 1:57 pm:
Oh man… this is too fun. I just did a quick read through and am laughing like crazy. Back to the top to read them again
Thanks, everyone, for such an entertaining morning!!
Nancy Northcott
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 1:57 pm:
Wow! This has turned into a real creativity fest. What fun!
Nikki, I remember Hogan’s Heroes. My dad loved that show, and we never missed it! I always felt sorry for poor Sgt. Schultz.
Nancy Northcott
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 2:00 pm:
Joan–You hate flying monkies? I had no idea.
Good thing you have gladiators to defend you!
Chocolate turtles? Where? Forget the gladiators–I’m having some of those.
Anna Campbell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 2:01 pm:
Becke, cute ending to Tawny’s! I think I’d punch Ashton if he turned up at that moment too!
Kay, great endings! Hmm, perhaps it’s the name, but I find Ellesmere kinda sexy! Do you think the rabid chihuahua caught it from the rabid squirrel?
Jeanne, forest noir? Oooh, I like it!
Nancy Northcott
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 2:01 pm:
Ariana–bats and Transylvania? LOL! What a hoot!
cheryl c.
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 2:01 pm:
These are so much fun to read! The varied endings put such a different slant on each story.
OK, here are my lame attempts. Keep in mind that I simply must have HEA endings!
#1 – It was her father, gazing with love at her. “Go, child, follow your heart and don’t worry about this old man. All of you have underestimated me. I have a plan, you see.”
#2 – Then he heard another sound from the other direction…motorcycles. With desperate hope, Pierre looked into the woods and saw two of his Resistance comrades riding towards them. As they reached Pierre and Ilsa, his friends yelled, “Hop on! We must hurry or die!”
#3 – “Neither, it’s Spiderman, Spiderman, does whatever a spider can…”
#4 – Thalia said, “Whatever time we have left, I want to spend with you. Let’s keep going.”
Nancy Northcott
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 2:03 pm:
Jeanne, I have to admit Superman crossed my mind, too. You know, up in the sky, etc.?
PJ, I should’ve figured you’d come up with something funn. I love the hang-gliding granny!
Becke–Ashton Kucher? How funny!
Nancy Northcott
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 2:05 pm:
Cheryl, I laughed at the Spiderman reference! Some years ago, our son took a Spiderman backpack through airport security. As it went undre the scanner, the TSA operator was softly singing that song. I never see or hear it without remembering that.
Joan likes that song, too.
Anna Campbell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 2:06 pm:
Oooh, Holly, LOVE your ending! You are now officially a member of the Forest Noir Club! And hey, a treasure map always helps! Very Romancing the Stone!
Janey, I think you built up a great rhythm with all that repetition, really built suspense. I’m thinking this encounter isn’t going to end well for Ethan and Fiona. Mind you, I’ve since decided Ethan is a wimp and she’d be better off with Becke’s duke anyway!
LizBeth, guten Tag! More Germans! Ach, mein heilige Frankfurter!
Anna Campbell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 2:06 pm:
Hey, guys, thank you SO MUCH for a fantastically entertaining start to my day! These are all brilliant. You’ve all outdone yourselves! BRAVO!!!!!
Becke Davis writing as Becke Martin
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 2:08 pm:
Spiderman, chocolate turtles, hang-gliding grannies: what next? These are incredible!
Anna, see what you’ve done? I don’t even like dukes, and yet…now I want that duke to have his story, too. Aaaugghh! Next thing you know, you’ll have me writing historicals, too!
The Banditas should do this more often — haven’t had this much fun on a winter Monday in a long time. Oh, and I guess I should have signed in with my usual signature, Treethyme.
orannia
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 2:16 pm:
ROFLOL. I’ve only just started reading the comments but I’m still in a fit of giggles over the hang-gliding Granny! And since I’ve been watching MASH re-runs, Tawny’s Klinger comment has produced images I don’t think I’ll ever scour clean from my brain
Tawny Weber
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 2:27 pm:
Marisa, lol at bringing a little sci-fi into that romantic forest. I love it.
Nikki, I’m giggling about the shriveling, and love the effect of the scarf! Wow.
Jane – the Goodyear Blimp? LOLOLOLOLOL I love it!
Kathy I LOVE the witch wife LOL. Honestly? That was in my mind when I wrote it That, and the Punked angle LOL. Way to rock it,
Susan Sey
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 2:36 pm:
Oh my gosh, you banditas! You’re all so amazingly inventive! It’s so cool the way you all can look at the same picture & find such unique ways to find the story in it!
I’m so looking forward to reading all the lines people have contributed so far!
Susan
Anna Campbell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 2:39 pm:
Oh, that’s right, Becke, most of the Banditas know you by your OTHER pseudonym! You are a woman of many faces, my mysterious friend! Seriously, I started off thinking Ethan was da bomb but I’ve since decided, nah, Fiona’s better off with the duke. Feed Ethan to the dobermans!
Orannia, the hang gliding granny seems to feature on everyone’s list!
Susan, you’ve got a treat ahead of you! I’m astonished and awe-struck at the creativity of all these, even the silly ones.
Helen
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 2:44 pm:
I haven’t read thru all of the posts as yet Hopefully I will have time before I go to work but I am going to have a go but a writer I am not
Vignette 1
Fiona we wll take your father with us and settle him in France then we can be together
Vignette 2
Quick Iisa run into the forrest we must get away
Vignette 3
It is the minders coming for me run we must be together
Vignette4
We were meant to be together they will never find us
Have Fun
Helen
Christine Wells
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 2:47 pm:
Lucky I’m typing because I’m laughing so hard I can’t speak! Love the vignettes and the responses are just incredible. Thanks everyone for rising to the occasion (especially PJ’s granny!) So many talented people here. I’m awestruck at the response!
The Cabana boys seem a little distracted at present–who knew they could read?–but I’ll put in an order for coffee, since it’s not yet 6am Downunder.
Anna Campbell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 2:52 pm:
Hey, Helen, great to see you here! Love your answers – and it’s nice to see my poor characters get a happy ending! Are they going to take the rabid animals and the aliens and the werewolves with them when they go? They might have problems at the border!
Hey, Christine, I’ll see you sooooooon! Going down to Briz Vegas to talk to a reader group and taking the chance to catch up with my favorite Aussie Bandita. Haven’t the answers been great?
Angela
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 2:55 pm:
Vignette number 1. Breath suspended in her lungs, Fionna turned, seeing her worst nightmare. A Micheal Jackson lookalike and he was singing “Thriller” desperately out of tune.
Vignette number 2. Ilsa shot Pierre a confused look. “It’s Germany? I thought we had just taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque.”
Vignette number 3. “Neither my darling, it’s just my pesky beeper going off again.”
Vignette number 4. Branson lifted her hand pressing a fervent kiss to her fingertips. “How long do you think I’ll have to wait before we have sex?”
Thalia hastily slid her hand from his. “Does never ring a bell?”
Christine Wells
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 3:07 pm:
LOL, Angela! Hey, I hope the Ms are picking the winner because that’s going to be a very tough job!
Anna, yes, can’t wait to see you! We’re going to have a fun day:)
Suzanne Welsh
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 3:09 pm:
LOL, Angela! I quote Bugs Bunny’s line all the time! Thanks for adding it.
Suzanne Welsh
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 3:11 pm:
Oooooooooo Cheryl C, more hunky Resistance fighters to the rescue! I like how you think…if one hero is good, 2 or 3 would be so much better.
Suzanne Welsh
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 3:14 pm:
LizBeth…very cool! You’ve got me wondering what happened to poor Johnny and how Pierre is going to save our heroine. WWII is one of my favorite subjects, too. Maybe I will play with this one later on…
Becke Davis writing as Becke Martin
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 3:16 pm:
Vignette 4: Thalia watched as the sky filled with alien ships, blocking the sun. Her heartbeat slowed as her blood turned to ice in her veins. “I guess our luck just ran out.”
Suzanne Welsh
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 3:17 pm:
Kay Thomas!!! Hey girlfriend! A rabid chihuahua? AND you let the Americans run off with ALL the serum? What are poor Ilsa and Pierre going to do now?
Suzanne Welsh
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 3:20 pm:
Ilsa swallowed past her tears and prepared to face death at the hands of her father. Elyssa, this was very good! And sort of a star-crossed lovers thing.
Suzanne Welsh
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 3:21 pm:
Sandy Blair!!! You went where Tawny and I both wanted to go but didn’t!! hehehe….button of his 501 jeans? You are so bad, CP!!
Anna Campbell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 3:21 pm:
Angela! Your answers are among my favorites! The MJ thing is REALLY scary, much worse than rabid squirrels or werewolves!
Becke, if the aliens are invading, I’d say definitely their luck just ran out!!!
OK, off to catch my train. Hope to check in later. Wish I could take this with me – it would definitely keep me entertained on the long journey! I’d say play nice, girls, but then that would be no fun for me to read, would it? Bwahahahahahahahaha!
Arianna
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 3:22 pm:
Hey Anna! Glad I gave you a chuckle. PS: You might remember me by my old name: Sindee Sexton. I decided I needed a tamer name
Cindy/Arianna
Joanie T
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 3:24 pm:
Ariana–bats and Transylvania? LOL! What a hoot!
AND flying monkeys!!!!
Pierre! Grab your gun and SHOOT them!
(No flying monkeys were hurt in the exhortation to keep them away from me!)
Joanie T
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 3:27 pm:
Joan likes that song, too.
Song? Oh, THAT song…..”Spider Pig, Spider Pig…..”
It’s not my fault Suz. YOU brought up porcines
BTW, I am with Treethyme. I am alternately marveling and LMAO at these scenarios. Ya’ll rock!
Trish Milburn
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 3:35 pm:
Angela, I snorted at the Michael Jackson lookalike line.
Suzanne Welsh
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 3:36 pm:
Joanie!!! Do not make me make Pierre smack you! (You might like it too much! hehehe)
Jo Robertson
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 3:40 pm:
LOL, love that you brought Spidey into your ending, Cheryl!
Arianna
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 3:43 pm:
#3
“It’s the U.S.S. Enterprise.” Captain Kirk shook his head and spoke into his wristband. “Beam us up, Scotty. There’s no intelligent life down here.”
Alina couldn’t believe her ears. The nerve of this man! “You wouldn’t know intelligent life if it bit you in the–”
The words died on her lips as Kirk vanished into thin air.
“Good bloody riddance.”
Virgina H
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 3:50 pm:
Vignette 1- She turned and there stood the man she had to marry, but Ethan was the one she loved, what must she do.
Vignette 2- The German soldiers had found them. They must run deeper and deeper into the forest to get away, their lives depended on it.
Vignette 3- Its my brother he is in love with you and wants you for himself. He has told me to stay away for you or he will kill me!
Vignette 4- I don’t ever want to be found because your famile will find out that I am in love with you and that I am a spy.
Becke Davis writing as Becke Martin
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 3:50 pm:
Vignette #2: Ilsa turned to Pierre. “Perhaps I didn’t flirt hard enough. Perhaps I should have done more.”
“More?” Pierre asked, his voice hard. “What more would you have done? How far would you have gone?”
“As far as it takes to save us,” she said. The dogs were getting closer. “For heaven’s sake, Pierre, I wasn’t expecting a Spanish Inquisition.”
He stroked his mustache and leered at her. “Mon chere Ilsa,” he laughed as he chucked his long black coat, revealing a German uniform. “No one expects a Spanish Inquisition.”
Tawny Weber
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 4:02 pm:
Flying Monkeys!! I love flying monkeys LOL.
Arianna, I love the intensity of Lord Cuthbert’s evil glare. NICELY DONE.
Sandy, they really don’t make those buttons as strong as they used to, do they? LOLOL
Vicki, wow, nicely done times four!!
Arianna
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 4:09 pm:
OMG! Becke!!!! Monty Python! Classic!
Maureen
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 4:19 pm:
#1 – Ethan had fallen to one knee and said, “Darling, your father is an idiot so let’s stop the drama and tell them all to go to hell.”
Tawny Weber
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 4:27 pm:
Elyssa, I love the con angle. What a great take on Trish’s opening.
Becke – ROFL. Perfect!!! Punked is right LOL
Kay… Dragons!! Too cool. Almost as fun as the rabid chihauhau LOL
Holly, treasure is so intriguing. Nicely done.
Pat Cochran
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 4:34 pm:
Hello, Banditas, You’ve wandered away from the Lair today! What fun!
1. Vignette 1: “Please,” she whispered, “not yet. It’s too soon, Ethan!”
2. As they turned to escape, the pursuers broke into sight and ran past them.
After a few minutes, Allied troops followed closely behind them.
3. “..my wife.!”
4. “But we can’t take further risks. Follow me!”
Pat Cochran
Tawny Weber
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 4:36 pm:
Joanie, you hate flying monkeys? Beth does too. I love the darned things and keep adding mention of them to my books just to make myself laugh *g*
LizBeth, way to keep the intensity high and strong. WOW.
Cheryl, Spiderman!!??!! OMG LOLOLOL, and YAY, it sparked the spider pig song! That amuses me to no end. LOVE it!
Orianna, I’m watching MASH reruns too, I love them. And now Klinger is front and center in my brain.
Tracy Garrett
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 4:38 pm:
Hello Banditas and Marisa and Maria!
Everyone is so creative today. PJ, I’m still laughing over the hang-gliding granny, and I read it at 10am this morning. You’re too funny!
Tracy Garrett
Touched by Love, available now
http://www.tracygarrett.com
Addison Fox
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 4:41 pm:
Vignette #2
“What madness is this?” Pierre muttered to himself, clutching Ilsa to his chest. “Even Indiana Jones gets a break from the Nazis to kiss the girl.”
cheryl c.
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 4:42 pm:
I have had to keep checking back because this has been so fun to read. Maria and Marisa, this was a great idea! 120 posts and counting shows how popular this has been! Banditas, you are a blast…but then I already knew that!
Arianna
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 5:02 pm:
Ethan craned his head to lock gazes with his brother, the Earl of Oldham.
“How surprising, Brother.” There was no masking the contempt flashing in his eyes. With a sinister chuckle, he shook his head. “My father’s byblow? Did he not tell you?”
Fiona just stood there in stunned silence, shock and anger etched across her face
ruth
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 5:08 pm:
1. She was in heaven
2. He pulled her into an endless embrace
3. What is Toto doing here?
4. Let’s run to Never Never Land.
Trish Milburn
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 5:28 pm:
Never Never Land. LOL, Ruth! You all have some fun and quirky senses of humor.
Joanie T
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 5:39 pm:
Yes, Tawny I do not like the flying monkeys.
I just went to see Wicked and THOSE were even scarier….
Although, really it might be the little bell hop outfits
Ooooo, Arianna. I LIKE The last one. Makes for some REAL tension.
Bronwyn
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 6:04 pm:
I’m not sure if I’m too late but I’ll have a crack…
#1 – Fiona watched as her father stepped into the sunlight, his expression murderous. If her plan was going to work, she had to make her next move beyond convincing.
#2 – “I believe their absence has been discovered,” Pierre pulled the gun from his holster and aimed it at Ilsa’s heart. “You played your part well, my dear, but now they know your face…”
#3 – “Neither. It’s bloody Robin.” He swore softly. Just when his lycra was going to finally get him some action…
#4 – Thalia took the moment to breathe a sigh of relief but she knew their time would be short. He was the only man left on earth, the others would come looking for him but until then, he was all hers.
Marisa
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 6:06 pm:
OK, a girl goes away for a few hours and comes back to a full out invasion. OH HAPPY DAY. I’ve been sitting here reading all these posts and I can’t believe how funny and creative everyone is. Fortunately for me Christine, Maria and I are not picking the winners. That impossible task goes to Anna, Tawny, Suz and Trish – good luck. While you try and decide Ilsa, Fiona, Thalia and I are having the cabana boys set up the massage tables. Oh, and I think I need a bit more ice with my apricot sour.
Tawny Weber
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 6:09 pm:
Albuquerque? LOL Angela. What fun. And ouch on the Never… way to put him in his place. But MJ and Thriller take the cake.
Arianna, I loooooove Star Trek. Great reference. Talk about a shock, him just zipping out like that (and he without his 501 button LOL)
Maureen, how romantic.
Pat ROFL, “My Wife.” Ooops Busted.
Tawny Weber
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 6:13 pm:
Awww, man, Marisa. We have to choose? I got all excited when I saw Christines comment about you ladies having that tough job LOL. This is going to be SO tough. These are fabulous and fun posts.
Addison, love the Indie (swoon) reference.
Arianna, what a twist! Nicely done.
Joanie, is it just flying monkeys, or do short bellhops wig you out, too?
Bronwyn… Batman? ROFL I snorted at the lycra action. WELL DONE!
Nancy Northcott
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 6:15 pm:
Angela–”Thriller” off-key, huh? Too funny!
Joan, I wondered if you’d share the Spider-Pig line.
Ariana–I love the Enterprise bit!
Karin
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 6:15 pm:
I’ve been laughing my way through everyone’s endings. Love them!
Okay, so here are mine for the first two:
Vignette 1: “You won’t be abandoning anybody,” Ethan’s sister called from behind Fiona. “Your family is already on their way to France courtesy of your betrothed’s loyal servants. Good help is so hard to find these days.”
Vignette 2: Pierre and Ilsa ran deeper into the forest, drawing the Germans along with them to where others from the resistance waited to ambush them.
I have to take a break and finish some work before I can come back with last lines for the third and fourth vignettes.
Nancy Northcott
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 6:17 pm:
These are great–way more fun than the Civil War materials I’m reading for my class prep!
Bronwyn–the Batman bit is great!
Nancy Northcott
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 6:20 pm:
Marisa, it’s a good thing the cabana boys are in charge of ice. If that were the Golden Rooster’s job, you’d wait for-dadgum-ever!
Thanks so much for having us. The week is off to a great start.
I’m curious to see everyone else’s vignettes. The Friday group swapped ours around, but the only other Bandita who saw them was Anna C., and I haven’t seen any other group’s.
I’m kinda glad I’m not eligible to win. The competition is fierce!
Kate Carlisle
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 6:25 pm:
I’m so late but so happy to finally get here and read the Bandita vignettes and all these fabulous endings!! LOL, you ladies are crazy!!!
PJ, you are hilarious!! Granny made me choke on my chai latte!! Snork!
Elyssa, wow, your ending to Suz’s was fantastic!
Loved the Spanish Inquisition, Becke!
Flying monkeys are very scary.
Arianna
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 6:28 pm:
Thanks for the props! This is too much fun.
Trish Milburn
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 6:30 pm:
Bronwyn, I really like the last man on earth line.
Karin
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 6:39 pm:
Okay, now that I finished that little bit of work, here are my lines for the last two.
Vignette 3: “…Pegasus. Didn’t I tell you about my godly connections?”
Vignette 4: “In that case, we’d better keep going. Lucky is the one thing I’m not.”
Janga
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 6:42 pm:
Am I too late too play? I have to say that moving past PJ’s hang-gliding granny was difficult.
#1
“Stop the cameras! Drunk again, Fiona?”
#2
“Of all the forests in all the countries in all the world, she walks into mine.”
“Rick! I knew you were no Pierre!”
#3
“Your husband. And he has a gun.”
#4
“And if we’re not lucky?” Thalia whipped out her invisibility cloak and prepared to do the thinking for both of them.
Cath Evans
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 6:45 pm:
What an inspiring competition… here’s my bit to add for the first and second vignettes -
1) Her father stood there, a stormy expression marred his face as he implored his favourite daughter, “Go, my girl, your happiness is important, besides, nothing will happen to me.”
2) Rifle fire cracked the air and silently Pierre fell beside her, his hands flailing as he encouraged her, even in his death, to keep running.
Thanks for the fun, Cath
Joanie T
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 6:49 pm:
Joan, I wondered if you’d share the Spider-Pig line.
Well, yeah Nancy. Suz loves that song so much ;-D
As to the short bell hops…only if they fly!
LOL, love your #2 Janga!
Jeanne AKA The Duchesse
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 6:55 pm:
OMGosh, these are GREAT!
Banditas and monkeys and bellhops…OH MY! Snork.
And then, there’s the Spanish Inquisition. And Batman. Oh, AND Robin. That pesky boy wonder DOES tend to get in the way, doesn’t he? He’s much more useful as a teen titan (anyone with kids?) :>
We even got Potter in there with the invisibility cloak. Thalia is a fast one on the draw with that cloak. Go Thalia!
What a fun day!
Arianna
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 7:05 pm:
#1
Ethan doubled over in pain. “Ach! Not the family jewels!”
Dear lord what had she done?
Arianna
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 7:10 pm:
This is strangley reminiscent of the Avon Fanilt competition
Pam Grootemaat
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 7:22 pm:
1. She looked up at Ethan. He no longer looked at her. Instead his stare went past her into the forest where Fiona knew the soldiers were emerging. As she saw the surprise in his eyes turn to hatred her aching heart finally froze solid. Her betrayal of Ethan was now complete.
2. “Quickly, we mustn’t get caught here. We’re going to have to run for it,” Pierre said. He grabbed her hand and hauled her further into the darkness of the forest.
3. “…uncle Saul’s latest invention. He still thinks SETI has it wrong on how to contact aliens,” he said with a long suffering sigh.
4. Thalia swallowed. She probably should have sobbed or screamed or something but his words stopped her. Being stuck in the wilderness with Branson was a fantasy come true.
Joanie T
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 7:36 pm:
Pam!
LOVE #1!
There’s nothing like a good betrayal to make dating tough
Anna Campbell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 7:51 pm:
sindee! Arianna is a lovely name – good choice!
Virgina, great vignettes! Love them!
BECKE! We’ll have to torture you in the comfy chair if you keep this up!
Anna Campbell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 7:55 pm:
Maureen, works for me
Hey, Miss Pat! Great answers! Isn’t this a fun game?
Addison, very cute!
Anna Campbell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 8:00 pm:
Arianna, fabulous twist! I LOVE the brother thing!
Ruth, great answers!
Bronwyn, I LOVE your answers!!! What cliffhangers! Brilliant!
Anna Campbell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 8:04 pm:
Karin, love it! Oh, these are all so good, I don’t know what we’re going to do about choosing a winner! Eeeeek!
Janga, fantastic! Certainly not too late to play!
Cath, glad you’re having a good time. I’m having a ball! Ooh, like the ending to my bit. Nice that there’s a couple of happy endings for Fiona and Ethan!
Anna Campbell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 8:09 pm:
Arianna, I LOVED fanlit! If this reminds you of this, fantastic! In fact, even fanlit-astic!
Pam, oh, no! Fiona is a baddy? What a great twist!
OK, I’m not sure what email access I’ll have after this. But what a brilliant start to the invasion! You’re all so brilliant, great stuff!
Marisa
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 8:12 pm:
Anna, Fiona and Ethan deserve a happy ending, after all between being beamed up to the mother ship and being torn between her father, her brother, her despised and evil betrothed – and evil glints being tossed at her, she definitely deserves some happiness.
Cassondra Murray
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 9:24 pm:
Oh, I don’t like flying monkeys either!
Hello everyone, and sorry to be last to the party! Today was my work day so I just read through the vignettes and the last lines and OMG! This is amazing!
PJ said:
“Neither. It’s Granny. Hang-gliding. Again.” ROFLMAO!!!!
OMG!!
And a dragon named Ellesmere? Wait…okay, I’ve lost the post, but that’s a GREAT dragon name.
Marisa and Maria thanks for inviting us and for the great pics and the idea to do this. I can’t believe all the cool answers!
Marisa
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 9:27 pm:
Cassondra – I’ve spent the last 20 minutes reading all the posts and I’ve been in a state of both awe and laughter the whole time.
Nancy Northcott
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 9:37 pm:
Janga, I love #1!
Cath, your #2 is really cool!
Ariana–ouch! How funny.
Pam, your #1 is heart-wrenching.
PinkPeony
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 9:39 pm:
Hmm…. Ethan sure looks like Daniel Day-Lewis and Fiona reminds me of Olivia Hussey.
Nancy Northcott
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 9:39 pm:
Joanie, it’s nice of you to do the song for Suz.
Cassondra, Ellesmere would, indeed, be a great Dragon name!
Marisa, you never know what you’ll find on the Mother Ship, do you?
What great fun all this is!
Caren Crane
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 9:49 pm:
Oh my gosh, y’all are KILLING me! I’m so sad I’m working this week. I have a feeling this party is going to get wilder every day! Hey, that’s good for me, though, because Friday is MY day.
Hee, hee, hee (and yes, if your’re wondering, that WAS an evil laugh)…
Everyone is so clever today! Save up, guys, you’ll need more for later in the week. I have a feeling PJ’s hang-gliding granny set the bar pretty high.
Tawny Weber
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:08 pm:
Nice evil laugh, Caren
Pam, WOW. Big kick with that betrayal twist. Very nicely done. These are all wonderfully emotional.
What a fabulous day and so much creativity. I’ve been laughing like crazy – you all are brilliant!
Bronwyn
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:16 pm:
I have two questions: It says the winner gets picked at the end of the day? When is the end of the day?? and… What is a goo-goo cluster?
Arianna
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:17 pm:
#3
It’s the Romance bandits invading Romance Novel TV!! ”
“Wow!” she exclaimed, her eyes wide with wonder. “I’ve never seen paratrooper gear worn so well!”
Thanks for the fun, you all
Louisa Cornell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:18 pm:
Don’t cut off the entries just yet. I just got home from the dreaded day job. Give me a minute! But I don’t think anything tops Granny hang gliding!
Joanie T
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:18 pm:
The end of my day will come as soon as I take a hot bath!
And Goo Goo Clusters? Dear, Lord! Those are favorites of the {whispers in a voice cracked with fear} flying monkeys!!!!
Arianna
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:31 pm:
Yeah, Granny and her handgliding caused me to laugh out loud and get strange looks at work.
Cassondra Murray
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:35 pm:
Bronwyn said:
“Neither. It’s Granny. Hang-gliding. Again.”
Oh, dear. Dear, dear Bronwyn. You haven’t had the divine experience that is a Goo Goo cluster?????
Okay, BANDITAS, we must do an intervention.
I’m not sure when or how, but before this invasion is over, Bronwyn must be baptized in the caramel and peanuts and chocolate and….well….I shouldn’t spoil all of it….
Bronwyn, let’s just say the Goo Goo clusters are God’s way of saying, “I’m sorry there are some vile men on Earth who will break your hearts. Here…..I’ll make up for it….have a Goo Goo Cluster.”
Cassondra Murray
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:37 pm:
Whoops…obviously my “copy” command did not work…Sorry Bronwyn. The point is…we must find some way to get a Goo Goo cluster to wherever in the world you are. Australia perhaps? y’all have Tim Tams. I can’t believe you’ve missed Goo Goo Clusters. That just seems so….wrong.
Amy S.
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:38 pm:
Vignette 1
She looked behind her and saw her father there with a gun. “She will not run away with you,” he said. “Come on daughter, you have to go to your wedding.” Ethan let Fiona go so he could plot on how to break up the wedding and run away with the bride.
Marisa
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:39 pm:
Bronwyn – well with Anna just starting her day, and Tawny, Suz and Trish in different parts of the county – the end of the day is any one’s guess. But no worries – we’ll definitely have a winner – just give the 4 fab authors time to digest all the entries and confer. MEANWHILE at 12 midnight EST (NYC TIME) the 2nd day of the Romance Bandits Invasion begins – A Girl, A cage, and 4 authors – that’s all I’m saying.
Louisa Cornell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:44 pm:
Vignette 1 :
The steady cadence of hoof beats thrummed through the forest calm. A lone rider wove through the trees, a reckless dancer with partners that refused to move.
“Davenworth, what are you doing here? Are you mad?” Ethan cried. He stepped in front of Fiona.
“Guilty as charged, my friend. Is this her?” The rider raked Fiona with open appreciation and gave her an impudent wink. “Well worth a little mayhem and sedition to be sure.”
“You found him?” her lover asked.
“Found who? Ethan, wait. Where are we going?” Fiona stumbled over her feet as he dragged her to the horses tethered to the underbrush.
“To Devilwood Hall, my lady!” the rider called over his shoulder as he spurred his horse back the way he came. “To break your father out of the dungeon where he is held prisoner! Tally ho!”
“Bloody lunatic,” Ethan muttered as he tossed Fiona onto her horse and then mounted his own.
“You’re going to break my father out of the king’s prison? If he’s a lunatic, what does that make you?”
Ethan leaned from the saddle to take her lips in a searing kiss. “I’m the man who would betray his king to marry you.”
Jeanne AKA The Duchesse
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:45 pm:
Marisa, you’re SUCH a tease….
My sons are currently into WWE – don’t ask, I’m just shakin’ my head – and cages have a WHOLE different meaning to those guys…
Looking forward to tomorrow.
BTW, Cassondra, God delivered some of those Googoo clusters on just the kind of occasion you mentioned, many years ago. Truly, they are God’s Gift…And JT? I’ll be d*mned if I let the flying monkeys have ‘em!
Grins.
Bronwyn
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:47 pm:
Thanks everyone. A girl and a cage? I like the sounds of that… Your midnight is my 3:30pm so I’ll check it out!
Hmmn, I love peanut butter and chocolate and caramel, sounds like a match made in heaven *sigh*. Tim tams are a bit boring but every few months Arnotts release a limited time flavour. I always look forward to those.
Marisa
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:47 pm:
Louisa – you’ve given me a kiss to dream upon.
Marisa
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:48 pm:
…. of course I might also be dreaming of goo goo clusters…
Bronwyn
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:49 pm:
I was so not thinking about WWE when I thought about cages…
Cassondra Murray
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:51 pm:
OMGOSH, Louisa, that’s AMAZING! No wonder you’re tearing up the contest circuit girlfriend!
You GO!
Cassondra Murray
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 10:53 pm:
Jeanne said:
BTW, Cassondra, God delivered some of those Googoo clusters on just the kind of occasion you mentioned, many years ago. Truly, they are God’s Gift…
On the eighth day God made Goo Goo Clusters.
I’m just sayin.
Louisa Cornell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 11:03 pm:
Vignette 2 :
“The question is, how are WE going to get away?” Pierre grabbed her arm and began to drag her deeper into the forest.
“I thought you had this whole thing planned!”
“I had the American soldiers’ escape planned. I was just going to wing the rest of it. How are you at flirting with dogs?”
Ilsa found it nearly impossible to keep up with the long-legged resistance fighter. Tree limbs and vines slapped her in the face.
“Winging it would be great if we had a plane,” she managed to gasp. “Do you have a plane?”
“On me? No, can’t say that I do.”
“What DO you have? Other than a killer smile and a sexy French accent?”
“I have this!”
Ilsa stared at what looked like two pair of bicycle handlebars attached to a line that shot across the cliff they were fast approaching. She broke his grip on her arm and turned back the way they came.
“Where are you going? Ilsa!”
“I think I’ll take my chances with the dogs!”
“You’re not scared of falling, are you, Ilsa?”
“Not at all, mon ami! It’s the landing that scares me!”
“Oh hell! They’ll probably shoot us before we fall off.”
Trish Milburn
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 11:15 pm:
Bronwyn, I’m the one offering up the Goo Goo Clusters since they make them down here in my neck of the woods (Tennessee). Check out https://secure.woodgroupinc.com/googoo/GooGooproduct.asp to learn more. I honestly don’t eat them myself since I don’t like nuts, but I know lots of people adore their gooey goodness.
Bronwyn
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 11:19 pm:
Thanks Trish. We do have sort of the equivelant but ours has a biscuit base instead of the marshmallow. I like the look of yours better!
Louisa Cornell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 11:23 pm:
Vignette 3 :
“My partner. Dammit! They just don’t make dragon restraints like they used to. Hey! Look out!” He pushed her to the leaf strewn forest floor and covered her body with his just as a burst of flame took out the top of the tree above them.
“Hey, Lizard Breath! That was close! You could have killed us!”
“I can assure you, dirt bag, if I wanted you dead you’d be flame broiled by now. Burger King might give me a buck or two for you. You gonna let the lady up or do her right here?”
With an indignant cry she threw his weight off her and struggled to her feet. The brilliant blue dragon that had dropped from the sky was now six and half feet of sex and muscle. And he breathed fire. She felt a chill coming on.
“You tied him up?” she asked, the obviously ticked off man standing next to her.
“He certainly did. And he didn’t even kiss me first,” the dragon lord purred with a grin.
“I offered. You told me to do something physically impossible with my gun.”
“You two are partners? I didn’t know the force was pairing humans with shifters.”
“They’re not,” Mr. Tall, Formerly Blue, and Very Sexy replied. “They didn’t pair me with a human. They paired me with him.” He strolled over and wrapped a muscled arm around her waist. “But I’m thinking I need to trade up. Where have you been all my life?”
In seconds she discovered exactly what a smoking hot kiss really was. It was going to be one interesting assignment, if her two partners didn’t kill each other first.
Arianna
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 11:33 pm:
Wow, Louisa! Amazing!
Louisa Cornell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 11:36 pm:
Vignette 4 :
“I believe in making my own luck,” Thalia said as she turned and started farther into the woods. “Lets move.”
“Where are we going?” he asked. He hefted the duffle bag onto his shoulder and fell in step beside her.
“Away from here. We can make at least ten miles by nightfall. They won’t be expecting us to go into the middle of nowhere.”
He managed to keep up with her pretty well for a spoiled pretty boy. She wondered how long it would be before he started to complain and fall behind. If he was anybody else she’d leave him sitting on his butt on the nearest rock and make the rendezvous point by herself. She had her orders. Apparently he was a very valuable spoiled pretty boy. Great. And she was the lucky body guard who was stuck with him.
“Are you always this way or did that fall from the tree shove a stick up your …”
“Look, Branson, I don’t know what they told you, but my job is to get you from point A to point B without some hit man folding, spindling or mutilating you before I turn you over to the Feds. I don’t know what makes you so precious. Don’t wanna know. I just want to get you off my hands minus any broken bones or bullet holes. So could you just shut up and keep walking?”
“Gee, and here I thought you had the hots for me,” he sniped and gave her a sexy grin. “Total disgust and loathing is very attractive on you. What are you doing after the rescue?”
“Seeing a shrink. Only a lunatic would put up with your crap for the last three years.”
“Well then I guess you shouldn’t have married me. I guess the honeymoon is over.”
Louisa Cornell
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 11:37 pm:
Goo Goo clusters ??? Are you kidding me??? I grew up on Goo Goo clusters, moon pies and RC Cola. Explains a lot, doesn’t it, Trish!
Dani~ aka The Romance Book Addict
on Jan 26th, 2009
@ 11:50 pm:
wow look at all these comments and entries!
ohhh goo goo clusters are amazing… i haven’t had one in ever though
DarleneW
on Jan 27th, 2009
@ 12:05 am:
As Fiona’s eyes blurred with tears, a massive form darted out of the forest bearing down with blurring speed directly for Ethan.
Keira Soleore
on Jan 27th, 2009
@ 12:06 am:
Read through the entire thread. Wow! Louisa, wow! PJ, your hang-gliding granny is a hit.
DarleneW
on Jan 27th, 2009
@ 12:11 am:
Vignette # 2 Gunshots exploded in the distance as a terrifying scream rent the air.
Arianna
on Jan 27th, 2009
@ 12:38 am:
So when do they post the winner? Not that I have a snowball’s chance in… well… you know
Tawny Weber
on Jan 27th, 2009
@ 1:43 am:
LOL – we have to convene and choose the winner. Which is amazingly difficult, as I’m sure you can guess. Given that we’re all scattered across time zones, we’re a little behind. Sorry for the wait, but check out Day 2! WOW… such intense vignettes.
kh
on Jan 27th, 2009
@ 2:22 am:
#3 its my heart beating for you to kiss me
Alison
on Jan 27th, 2009
@ 3:32 am:
#1 “Quick, Fiona, get up and act casual.”
#2 “Oh, Pierre–”
“Hush, Ilsa and let me think. North? Or South? Descions, decisions.”
#3 “It’s your father and your four brothers, and your two uncles and seven cousins, but do not fear, my love, they do not firghten me,” he scoffed, leaning back against the tree. “Not in the least.”
#4 A weary Thalia envied Branson. Nothing seemed to faze him.
Trish Milburn
on Jan 27th, 2009
@ 4:52 pm:
Okay, after much deliberation, we’ve chosen PJ and her hang-gliding granny as Monday’s winner. PJ, drop me an e-mail at trishmilburn AT yahoo DOT com with your address so I can pass it on.
However, since we had so many good entries and since we were kicking off the week and we appreciate all the participation, we’re giving a secondary prize of a copy of Anna’s Tempt the Devil and my A Firefighter in the Family to Nikki Logan.
Vicki
on Jan 27th, 2009
@ 4:54 pm:
Congrats to both PJ and Nikki!! The hand-gliding granny was such a lol, I was hoping she’d win.
Dani~ aka The Romance Book Addict
on Jan 27th, 2009
@ 4:57 pm:
woohoo! congrats PJ and Nikki Logan!
Marisa
on Jan 27th, 2009
@ 5:40 pm:
Congratulations to PJ and Nikki and to all the entries – they were all terrific!
Thanks Anna, Trish, Tawny and Suz you made the day incredibly special!
PJ
on Jan 27th, 2009
@ 9:08 pm:
Thank you and congrats to Nikki!
Thanks Anna, Trish, Tawny and Suzanne. It was a blast!
Louisa Cornell
on Jan 27th, 2009
@ 11:36 pm:
YAY PJ AND NIKKI !!!! I LOVED the hang-gliding granny. Too funny and a great line!! Thanks Anna, Trish, Tawny and Suzanne!! This was fun!
Helen
on Jan 28th, 2009
@ 4:52 am:
Well don PJ and Nikki so well deserved
Have Fun
Helen
Anna Campbell
on Jan 28th, 2009
@ 12:34 pm:
Congratulations, PJ and Nikki! Actually it was so tough narrowing it down to just TWO winners – one was impossible. Thanks so much for kicking off the invasion in such style!
Nikki Logan
on Jan 28th, 2009
@ 7:44 pm:
Congrats PJ – a truly worthy winner. And *mwah* to Anna and *mwah* to Trish for the extra generosity. I’ll LOVE them both, I know.
And… how good was the response to just the first of this series …. 200+ replies. Now *thats* some danged fine blogging… congrats RNTV and the Bandits.
xxx