The Hawaiian phrase of the day is:
Hana I Wa 'Ia
It is scandal.
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| Danny waits for Family Court in Hana I Wa 'Ia. cbs.com |
Jayne Fresina gives romance readers a fresh voice in scandalous behavior in her Sydney Dovedale series. Perhaps she draws on personal experience. From her bio,
Jayne Fresina sprouted up in England, the youngest in a family of four daughters. Entertained by her father's colorful tales of growing up in the countryside, and surrounded by opinionated sisters - all with far more exciting lives than hers - she's always had inspiration for her beleaguered heroes and unstoppable heroines.
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| Leighton's Signing the Register |
Book 2 from the series, THE WICKED WEDDING OF MISS ELLIE VYNE, is now available:
WHEN A SCANDALOUS LADY...
By night Ellie Vyne fleeces unsuspecting aristocrats as the dashing Count de Bonneville. By day she avoids her sisters' matchmaking schemes and dreams up torments for her childhood nemesis—the arrogant, far-too-handsome-for-his-own-good James Hartley. Her latest prank: "winning" the Hardey diamonds in a card game from James's mistress.
STEALS FROM A NOTORIOUS RAKE...
James finally has a lead on the thieving Count de Bonneville, tracking him to a disreputable inn. He bursts in on none other than the brazen, irritating, nearly naked Ellie Vyne. Convinced she is the count's mistress, James decides it's best to keep his enemies close. Very close. He must get those diamonds back, and seducing Ellie will be the perfect bait.
IT CAN ONLY END IN A WICKED WEDDING.
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| A wicked wedding in Ko Olina |
I posted my review of THE WICKED WEDDING OF MISS ELLIE VYNE on Amazon at this link and Goodreads at this link. I am giving away a print copy of THE WICKED WEDDING OF MISS ELLIE VYNE to one randomly selected commenter. To enter the giveaway,
1. Do you play cards? My kids poker with their dad ... I'd rather play Scrabble.
2. Comments are open through Saturday, January 26, 10 pm in Hawaii.
3. I'll post the winner on Sunday, January 27.
Mahalo,
Kim in Hawaii
To learn more about Jayne and her books, check out her website at jaynefresina.com.
1. Do you play cards? My kids poker with their dad ... I'd rather play Scrabble.
2. Comments are open through Saturday, January 26, 10 pm in Hawaii.
3. I'll post the winner on Sunday, January 27.
Mahalo,
Kim in Hawaii
To learn more about Jayne and her books, check out her website at jaynefresina.com.
I love playing cards. Hearts is my game of choice.
ReplyDeleteYes, I still play pinochle!! Once a month with my friends from high school and when I visit my sister we play 3 handed pinochle with my niece.
ReplyDeleteI love playing cards.
Played Canasta with my grandmother and then bridge with friends. Haven't played in years though.
ReplyDeleteNot very good with cards but I did play in university a bit... But not how I prefer to spend my time... Books come first!
ReplyDeleteI haven't played cards in years. I used to play rummey, and snap. LOL That's about all I know.
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds great, and I'd love to read it. The covers and artwork of Jayne's books are stunning.
Thank you for this opportunity to win. ;-)
Thanks for the lovely review! My favourite card game was, and is, "cheat". I always have to teach people how to play though as no one else ever seems to have heard of it.
ReplyDeleteI haven't played cards in years but when our kids were little we played card games.
ReplyDeleteWe sometimes play cards when we are on trips. Like Crazy Eights, Go Fish, those kind of games. We never seem to play cards when we are at home though.
ReplyDeleteI love scrabble too. My favorite card game is Euchre.
ReplyDeleteI'm not much of a card player but give me Scrabble anytime.
ReplyDeleteI love playing cards but haven't in awhile unless I play War with the grandkids. :)
ReplyDeleteWould love to read this. Thanks for the chance.
Carol L.
Lucky4750 (at) aol (dot) com
I don't play cards at all. When I was younger I did a lot of chasing hearts (I believe it's called, don't even know for sure) on the computer. But it's not the same as playing with friends or family.
ReplyDeleteI love playing cards (and scrabble lol). We have a card club and the game we usually play is called sock and shoe - sort of like canasta. I really like playing any kind of game.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the fun post! I love this author and this book was soooo much fun!!! My family always played Phase 10 during holidays. It was a goal for us kids to try and beat Grandma!
ReplyDeleteI haven't played cards in many years, but loved to play pinochle when I was younger.
ReplyDeleteI haven't played cards in a while, but I do love blackjack.
ReplyDeleteI used to play Rummy many, many years ago. Not real good at cards. Or games.
ReplyDeleteLove the Bride signing the register. We always take UNO Cards with us when we have a girls weekend away...
ReplyDeleteHave a good one Ann/alba
I don't really play any games, including cards, although I used to play some when I was younger. These days I'd rather read a good book. :D
ReplyDeleteI do play cards some, though not as much as I used to. I like Boggle and Trivial Pursuit.
ReplyDeleteWe love playing all types of games. We play rummy, Hand and Foot, Skip Bo, and another favorite is Aggravation with cards.
ReplyDeleteMel
bournmelissa at hotmail dot com
I'm not much of a card player, unless you count solitaire. I'd rather be reading.
ReplyDeleteWhen the family get together we play a card game called 500. It's a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteIhave never been very good at cards. Scrabbble is more my style!
ReplyDeleteI have always loved playing cards. Solitaire, Gin Rummy, Poker (especially Texas Hold 'Em). I also love playing word games though (addicted to Words with Friends & Hanging with Friends) and other games of strategy or puzzle.
ReplyDeleteMy family plays cards whenever we get together. Our game of choice is called 5 Crowns. It has an extra suit and is really fun. Be careful though if you play against my mother she is quite the card shark.
ReplyDeleteWe used to have card night every friday when hubby was in the marines... Now it is more family card games at the table and mouse trap lol... Back home we play rummy and gin 13... but you get a group of 5-8 around we will play some poker.
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I used to when I was a kid (family get togethers during the festive season!) but not nowadays. I prefer to read. My dad plays gin rummy wkly.
ReplyDeleteyes, i love play card sometimes
ReplyDeleteNot anymore! We used to play alot of spades and Rook years ago, but since my husband works nights now, we don't have much opportunity anymore. I'm loving the Hawaiian words and their meanings. Thanks for the chance to win this one, it sounds really good.
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Ha, the dh just started teaching my children to play poker, today they broke out my jar of pennies!
ReplyDeleteZ
seawitch reviews at yahoo dot com
Me too, I'd rather play scrabble. Plus my father doesn't approve us playing with cards since he's a bit scared that we might turn out to be like his uncle who sold his clothes just to pay his gambling debts. (He was naked when he got to their home! :P)
ReplyDeletesometimes play cards
ReplyDeleteI love playing all kinds of games with family and friends, especially poker.
ReplyDeleteI love cards! Big fan of Go Fish, Battle, and Uno :-)
ReplyDeleteNot really, but if I do, I usually just play Big 2 or something, lol.
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