Ladies, do I have a surprise for you!!!!  Last month, the Romantic Times Convention was held in Orlando, Florida, and among the activities of the conference was the crowning of the 2009 Mr. Romance.   Today I am so excited to announce that we have the winner of the Mr. Romance contest with us.   Please give Mr. Charles Paz a very warm RNTV welcome.

Charles, thank you so much for joining us today.  I am sure all the ladies are very excited to learn more about you.  First, I must say that I have truly enjoyed getting to know you over the past couple of weeks.   You are a very sweet man with a great sense of humor.   I think your nickname for me has taken hold – Sweet N Low.  LOL!   …

I have a question to ask you ladies today.   Have you ever fallen in love with a character from a television show?  I tend to on a regular basis. This season my heart belongs to Richard “Rick” Castle from the ABC drama Castle.  Nathan Fillion is the brilliant actor who has brought Rick Castle to life and into my heart. For those of you who have never seen this show (you really need to check it out!), Rick Castle is a famous mystery/crime novelist who is asked by the police to help them catch a murderer who is copying the death scenes from each of his novels. While Nathan Fillion is a good looking man, the thing I love most about the character Rick Castle is his quirky humor and…

Reviewed by Buffie Johnson
Publisher: Penguin
Rating:   4.00

Shadoe Grayson, a rookie agent with the Department of Justice, just accepted her first undercover assignment, which is to locate the DEA agent who is tipping off a Columbian cartel on when the Department is conducting a sting operation.   Shadoe’s assignment is fairly easy – pose as a headlining stripper at the Wild Rose Club in New Orleans and identify the rogue agent.  Shadoe is a woman who is always proving herself to everyone.  First there was her father, a military man who wanted sons to carry on the tradition, but much to his chagrin had a daughter.  Then it was all the cadets and leaders at the academy who felt since Shadoe was a woman she was somehow inferior to the men.  And now…

Reviewed by Buffie Johnson
Publisher: Penguin
Rating:   4.75

Spending her entire life on a country farm, Jolie Russell is a total tomboy.  She loves getting down and dirty on the farm, whether it is fishing, working in the barn, or riding in her old pickup truck.  Jolie and her widowed father are use to struggling in a down home country way.  But all that changes the day Cody Dean knocks on their door.  Cody Dean is the oldest son of predominant local family and has recently taken over running daddy’s high end development company.  Cody offers the Russell family an offer they cannot refuse . . . millions of dollars for their farm property and a home in the upscale community Cody Dean plans to build on the farm land.  Cody is not…

One of my all time favorite bad boys is Sebastian, Viscount St. Vincent, from Devil in Winter, the third installment in Lisa Kleypas’ Wallflower series.  The reason I love to read about bad boys is because the tougher they are, they harder they fall.  And the fall is the best thing to watch.  Plus we all know that a reformed rake makes the best husband!

Sebastian made a brief appearance in Secrets of a Summer Night but truly came into his diabolical ways in It Happened One Autumn, where he kidnapped Lillian Bowman and threatened rape in an attempt to marry her for her riches.  After a much deserved brutal beating by Lord Westcliff, Sebastian returns home to contemplate his next move.  Being in dire financial straits, Sebastian needs to find money…

The other day I was in my car heading to the grocery store listening to one of the main Atlanta radio morning shows when I heard this sexy voice coming out of the speakers.   I actually sat in the parking lot of the grocery store listening to the DJs interviewing this sexy voice.   The voice belonged to Gilles Marini, and his voice is not the only sexy thing about him!!!!

Gilles exploded onto the hottie scene after appearing in the movie Sex and the City, which I am told has a very special *ahem* shower scene.   I have not yet seen the movie, but it is now at the top of my list!!!    Gilles has made several appearances on tv shows, like Nip Tuck, Dirty Sexy Money, Ugly Betty, and Criminal…