October 12, 2007 | Filed under: Stuff
It’s been awhile but you might remember the drill. Name the book the below excerpt is from and I’ll draw names for a book from my backlist. Have a GREAT weekend!
update:
This time I went with the first two people to give me the correct title. Winners are: Za V. and Cassie. Congrats and email me with a few book choices from my backlist and your addy.
Excerpt:
He was dreaming about floating on a raft, surrounded by a sea of gorgeous, stacked Playboy centerfolds, each of them there to serve his every whim. Even dead asleep he knew the utter ridiculousness of the fantasy, and exactly how anti-feminist, not to mention politically incorrect, but hey, it wasn’t his fault, he was dreaming.
Which didn’t last long enough, because as he came awake in slow degrees, pain burst like licking flames through his entire body.
Holy shit. With a moan, he opened his eyes, and found himself staring up at one of his Playboy centerfolds. Huh. Still dreaming? Hard to tell. She wasn’t picture perfect like the others, nor magazine cover ready, but there was something vibrant, something extremely real about her.
She wore blue, which contrasted with her siren red hair, pulled into two haphazard braids on either side of her head. She was watching over him from behind a pair of black rimmed glasses from which a pair of forest green eyes outlined by long, spiky lashes blinked at him. These rather startlingly amazing eyes were narrowed, her forehead creased into a frown, one eyebrow bisected by a scar that drew his gaze.
He couldn’t look away. Oddly, he wanted to know what had happened to cause that scar more than he wanted to know why his head felt as if it’d been blown half off his shoulders.
She wore no makeup except for gloss on lips that were still frowning, and also moving.
Asking him a question, he realized. Unfortunately, he couldn’t seem to hear a thing.
Yeah, he had to still be dreaming. But what was this harassed-looking, slightly rumpled Playboy bunny doing in his dreams?
Because the others had all been naked, and yet here she sat wearing clothes. Scrubs to be exact, which wasn’t one of his particular fantasies, though he was always willing to–
Uh oh.
Turning his head, he took in the sky. Ah. Not a Playboy bunny, but an angel. Yeah, that explained it.
Except he didn’t want to be dead . . .
Then he realized he was looking at the sky from a small window. He was flying. In a pretty damn fine helicopter, too.
Oh boy. Either he really was on his way to heaven, or he was in big trouble.
Posted by Jill @ 1:00 am | Make a Comment
Stacy S says:
The Trouble With Pardise.
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 3:12 amSue A. says:
The Trouble With Paradise
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 5:16 amShirley says:
Darn it! My pc is on the blink and I thought I wasn’t going to get on here.
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 5:31 amAnyway, yes, even I know this one. The Trouble with Paradise.
Kathleen says:
Yeah! I know this one!!!
The excerpt is from “The Trouble With Paradise”. Awesome cover!
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 5:38 amBarbara-Jo says:
The Trouble with Paradise!! :bananadance: Have a great weekend everyone..
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 6:33 amLiza says:
The Trouble with Paradise.
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 6:44 amTami B says:
:shocked: The Trouble with Paradise!!!!
Yeah!!! I knew this one!!!
Tami B
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 6:44 amZa V. says:
Hi Jill,
It’s from Shadow Hawk which I really enjoyed-read it on the beach this summer. Have a great weekend!
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 6:52 amZara says:
The Trouble With Paradise, which is waiting for me at the top of my TBR pile right now! :bananadance:
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 7:45 amCassie says:
Shadow Hawk. I still drool over that cover. Great story, Jill.
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 8:03 amJoyce says:
The Trouble with Paradise !!
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 8:30 amSusan says:
That excerpt is from “Shadow Hawk”! It’s from when Logan wakes up. :yes:
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 8:52 amChrista says:
I’m going with Shadow Hawk.
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 9:12 amZara says:
It is Shadow Hawk isn’t it? I should have remembered that. I knew it seemed quite familiar lol.
This is your brain:
This is your brain after having children: :fryingpan:
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 9:41 amAny questions?
Carolyn A. says:
Jill, I just finished THE TROUBLE WITH PARADISE and I absolutely loved it! I’ve been home with a head cold this week and between blowing my nose 300 times and napping I’ve been reading some really great books.
The excerpt isn’t from TTWP, it’s from SHADOW HAWK (really enjoyed that book too, Jill!).
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 9:46 amAllie says:
I just read this recently. It is from Shadow Hawk. I just loved that book–an action romance!
Awesome.
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 9:53 amAllie
Maureen says:
I’ll say Shadow Hawk too
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 10:52 amStacy S says:
My bad! I thought it was from TTWP ( which I haven’t read yet). I forgot about Shadow Hawk. :fryingpan:
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 10:59 amBailey Stewart says:
It’s from Shadow Hawk – great book. Haven’t read The Trouble With Paradise yet.
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 11:35 amAngie T says:
Shadow Hawk…which ROCKED btw!! :bananadance:
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 11:47 amTeresa W. says:
The excerpt is from Shadow Hawk!
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 12:32 pmjeanne says:
Shadow Hawk
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 12:57 pmWendy says:
Shadow Hawk.
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 12:59 pmAmy S. says:
Shadow Hawk
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 1:00 pmJennifer Mleczynski says:
The Trouble With Paradise
Have a great weekend!!
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 1:29 pmCryna says:
Shadow Hawk.
Have a great weekend……. :bananadance:
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 2:13 pmDonna M says:
I thought it was from Shadow Hawk! Could I be wrong!?
That was my decision before I read all these comments about The Trouble With Paradise! Shadow I’ve read but not Paradise. 
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 2:16 pmHave a great weekend everyone.
Wendy says:
I was kinda shocked when I read all the TTWP responses because I just read that book (By the way, I LOVED it!) yesterday and it was fresh in my mind and that excerpt sounded nothing like the book.
Have a fantastic weekend, everyone!
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 2:36 pmkim h says:
yes shadow hawk, jt friend
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 3:22 pmcathy M says:
Shadow Hawk.
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 3:35 pmPat L. says:
SHADOW HAWK. HOW IS YOUR DAUGHTER DOING?
HAPPY WEEKEND TO ALL.
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 5:33 pmJackieToo says:
Shadow Hawk
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 6:24 pmKimW says:
I’m going to just have to guess and say Shadow Hawk.
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 7:34 pmJOANNE V. says:
ANSWER IS: SHADOW HAWK
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 7:39 pmDiana says:
Shadow Hawk. Yay, it’s the weekend.
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 8:59 pmLindsay says:
Shadow Hawk!!!! =)
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 9:39 pmFannie says:
I read Shadow Hawk and that’s where the excerpt is from. I don’t have The Trouble With Paradise yet. :hissyfit: Have a great week-end everyone and hugs to all. :wave:
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 9:39 pmRobynL says:
Shadow Hawk; may we all have a nice weekend.
Posted on October 12th, 2007 at 10:17 pmKaren B says:
Shadow Hawk :thumbsup:
Posted on October 13th, 2007 at 7:27 amapril says:
Ooooh, Shadow Hawk. It was my impulse buy at RWA.
Can someone tell me why it bothers me that they get the names confused or merged in the back blurb? Good thing the shirtless man distracts me.
Posted on October 13th, 2007 at 7:51 amTami B says:
:hissyfit: Aaauuuggghhhh!!!!! You are so right. This is Shadow Hawk!!! Logan (I think that’s the friend’s name – don’t have my book in front of me) and the paramedic. I totally forgot about them…
Can I change my answer, or is it toooooo late??? :loser:
Either way, LOVED the book!!!
Tami
Posted on October 13th, 2007 at 8:22 amCheryl S. says:
It’s from Shadow Hawk.
Posted on October 13th, 2007 at 9:47 amHelen MacDougal says:
This one is easy! Shadow Hawk is the book! Have a great weekend!
Posted on October 13th, 2007 at 2:46 pmKimberly H says:
I am going to copy everyone and say Shadow Hawk- I have not been able to read it yet, but hopefully I will soon!
Posted on October 13th, 2007 at 3:21 pmKathleen says:
Darn it!
That is what I get for posting sooo early in the morning! I was completely wrong!!
Can I have a second chance??!!! I now pick the correct answer which is “Shadow Hawk.” :thumbsup:
Posted on October 13th, 2007 at 3:23 pmDebra Guyette says:
I think Shadow Hawk
Posted on October 14th, 2007 at 12:31 pmCindy says:
Shadow Hawk
Posted on October 14th, 2007 at 5:19 pmKat says:
Shadow Hawk–I just finished reading it!
Posted on October 14th, 2007 at 11:38 pmkim h says:
wtg winners
Posted on October 15th, 2007 at 10:28 pmShadow Hawk by Jill Shalvis - Book Thingo says:
[...] Hawk’s partner, gets his own secondary romance. But although the first scene in Logan’s POV made me laugh, I couldn’t get into his romance much. I think Shalvis was being ambitious in [...]
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