The Way, Way Back gets a THUMBS, THUMBS UP!

What movie to see as a family with teenagers? Look no further.
The Way,Way Back is a winner for sure this summer.

Set in Cape Cod aka spring break for parents, this film portrays the awkwardness of being fourteen both in the protagonist, Duncan's life and seamlessly delivered by the very nuance of his stance, gait, and ability to hold an pained expression.

What could have been another cheese-ball Hollywood film rose without faltering. A summer that starts out dismal, sharply turns upward when Duncan in his misery happens upon a water park. Water Wizz is more than a chlorine laced haven in New England. It's a place of grounding, friendship, and finding relief when parents in general and especially his parent's boyfriend behave badly.

The actors glide on and off the screen in rapid-fire succession and it works. The on-off scenes are much akin to watching a PowerPoint presentation and before the viewer gets comfortable, another movie angle is up for grabs. The opening and closing of the movie shot in an vintage station wagon as Duncan stares out the back window are memorable.

This film may not rock the charts, yet it rates as a film to see with teenagers, Consider  a twilight movie (showing between 4-5) and then grab a bite afterwards. Easiest way to start a conversation with your kid today is by doing something together. You'll be way, way ahead in the parenting game.


ROTTEN TOMATOES INFO

THE WAY, WAY BACK is the funny and poignant coming of age story of 14-year-old Duncan's (Liam James) summer vacation with his mother, Pam (Toni Collette), her overbearing boyfriend, Trent (Steve Carell), and his daughter, Steph (Zoe Levin). Having a rough time fitting in, the introverted Duncan finds an unexpected friend in gregarious Owen (Sam Rockwell), manager of the Water Wizz water park. Through his funny, clandestine friendship with Owen, Duncan slowly opens up to and begins to finally find his place in the world - all during a summer he will never forget. (c) Fox Searchlight                  
PG-13,
Drama, Comedy
,
Nat Faxon, Jim Rash

$9.1M
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When the last chikadee leaves the nest. Now what?

I think it hits harder when the first child goes off the college. I didn't know what to expect. Heck, I was so uncomfortable with the idea, I moved to the same city as my child. From Miami to Nashville. No joke.

Think my daughter was impressed. Mmm. that's a big FALSE!

oh brother

A man and woman marry, they plan or don't plan a family, and if they become parents, well some how it happened. Matters not. The birth of a child is the birth of hope. Sure, you're life is what it is, but suddenly you're given this tiny wee babe, who relies upon you day and night. Sometimes, it seems more like the nights. But oh well.

Those days go by...I look back. It had to be nano-warp speed because there I was listening the Dean of Vanderbilt give his address welcoming the students and basically telling the parents, Adios...now, flee and go have a life.

Until that moment, I did have a life. Filled with the needs, wants, dreams of my daughter. Suddenly, I was untethered and it felt like I was falling faster than lead. I DIDN'T LIKE IT!!

But being a type-A jackass, I dove into work. A high school teacher and I had a new biology and physical science class needing to be set up. I stayed after classes. I was the first person in, manning the grill at football games, and carting students to and fro. I met tons of families and lots of kids that weren't my students. Still, it was a way to stop missing a life that had so suddenly changed.

Then I met my husband and things changed again. From empty nest to a nest with two little chicks. And the process began again. Step-daughters with active schedules, lives that needed tended, and it was easy to put myself on the shelf. Right next to all the other dusty things. Soon enough one child left again (now second year in college) and this fall, the last chickadee leaves for college in MA. Just home this weekend from orientation and what a world of difference that makes. For everyone it's a collective sigh in being assured for the next four years, she's in great hands.


And here I am again. Only this time it's different. In between a change in career, I found a secret hiding place within myself. And boy the stories that were on the shelf waiting to come out and play.

The tugging heart strings cannot be stopped, but this fall, I'm prepared. Trading one hat, I've others to wear. Never just one and lots to keep busy hat on, hat off. As these daughters make their way in the world, learning to be independent, I'm grounded and simultaneously, ready to fly. Turn on the computer, and out another story is waiting to be born.
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DAVID GANDY Candy...Fantasy Video

Oh my. What have we here?
Mr. Gandy on the hunt. Maybe...maybe not.

Take a moment (or longer) to enjoy this fantasy, aimed at teasing every molecule of your body into sizzling overdrive.

Mr. Gandy is featured here in various states of dress or undress.

Muse or object of desire?
I don't know. You tell me. That is when you are capable of coherent thought again.

Happy Friday!


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ROCK INTO ME, Super Hot Love-Hate Story...Erotic Version of My Fair Lady




A Driving Erotic Rock Romance
Within Nashville's music scene, the week-long battle of the bands is fierce and cut-throat as well as a time to party hard. Orion, a five-member band gaining momentum, catches the eye of Jonathan Lansing, producer and CEO of Lansing Records on Music Row.

He creates stars out of those he represents...
As a hard-nosed record producer for some of the hottest bands, Lansing is accustomed to pushing boundaries unmercifully. Now, it'll take a wild night and a bombshell of a woman to bring him to his knees...

She's the one to call his bluff...
No surprise when Alana St. James—provocative lead singer of Orion—struts out on stage, everyone's attention is riveted. In turn, she notices the man seated directly in front of her with his brooding intensity, not to mention his sexy arrogance saturating the space around him.

After Orion’s performance, Lansing and Alana meet-up in a less than stellar manner. Fighting the urge to throttle one another, they discover a scorching desire. Their painful union evolves with a wrecking-ball force, detonating into a fiery connection. Tempted beyond endurance, Lansing breaks his rule for no client hook-ups, unleashing his wild inhibitions, and rocking both their worlds.

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Rock Into Me Teaser



Erotic Rock Romance
Within Nashville's music scene, the week-long battle of the bands is fierce and cut-throat as well as a time to party hard. Orion, a five-member band gaining momentum, catches the eye of Jonathan Lansing, producer and CEO of Lansing Records on Music Row. 

He created stars out of those he represented...
As a hard-ass record producer for some of the hottest bands, Lansing is accustomed to pushing boundaries unmercifully. Now, it'll take a wild night and a bombshell of a woman to bring him to his knees...

She's the one to call his bluff...
No surprise when Alana St. James, provocative lead singer of Orion, walks out on stage, everyone's attention is riveted. In turn, she notices the man seated directly in front of her with his brooding intensity, not to mention his gorgeous arrogance saturating the space around him .

After Orion's performance, Alana and Lansing come at one another with a wrecking-ball force, detonating into a fiery connection. These two don't know if they should smack one another or tear each other's clothes off. Tempted beyond endurance, Lansing breaks his rule for no client hook-ups. For one night, they discover an irresistible attraction that rocks their worlds.  

EROTIC INSTALLMENT to the Series RULE BREAKER
Sex, Love & Lies in Music City
Crash & Burn is the next installment...shattering walls soon!  
 

 

  


 

 
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R U a Rule Breaker? ROCK INTO ME contest & sizzling blog hop.


Yep, it's the good ole 4th and we're all looking forward to fireworks tonight.

Well, before it starts to get dark, you can get a sampling of sparks flying with this little firecracker romance, ROCK INTO ME.

Straight from the Rule Breaker series staring Alana St. James with all her naughtiness and she's about to careen into a man, she doesn't even realize holds her future in his two gorgeous hands.
 


A favor was called in by his partner has J.P. Lansing saddled with a client who needs a keeper as much as she needs a producer.

When Alana and Lansing meet it's more akin to a train-wreck and TNT detonating all at once. With sex-that-can't-wait, these two don't know if they should smack one another or tear each other's clothes off.

ROCK INTO ME, is a novella - a tasty tease to whet your appetite for the Rule Breaker series. Book 2, Crash and Burn is due out in August 2013 with more of the band and a slathering of eyeball scorching exploits of Alana and Lansing when they're not ready to tear each other apart. Mmm. That's not true. There's plenty of angry-crazy-hot sex in that book as well.

Sexy Tease- Smexy Snipper Flipper

The smell of her fragrance, the sound of her words, and the way she bit her lip after her tirade irked every cell in his body. In vain he inhaled, only to get another lungful of her seductive scent. He tightened his jaw, fully intending on holding up his palm to ward her off, when his fingers grazed her luscious tit. Firm, and from his earlier experience, perfectly suited to his palms.


He might have had a chance in hell if she’d not pushed her tits fully into his fingers, egging him on. He slanted his gaze over to her, praying he’d find an expression of shocked outrage. He could take her bitch banter to keep the distance between them more easily than her wide-eyed stare. That’s not what he got.


“You’re just going to huff and puff all night?” Alana’s whispered query was every bit as seductive as she’d been on stage, in the alley, and lying on the backseat of his privately-driven car.


Well, fuck. His cock throbbed, ready to explode. Her lips were slightly parted. Those wide green eyes didn’t look contemptuous, they looked downright appealing, even if she narrowed them like a seriously pissed-off cat.

He reached for her body, taking hold of her and pressing his mouth to her warm lips. He fully gave in to the need to press his erection into her belly and pulled her against him, biting down on her plump bottom lip as she molded to him. The feel of her tongue tracing his lips had him groaning sounds into her mouth. She pushed him back into the wall of the elevator, and he had no intention of fighting her persistent fingers on his zipper. The red “Stop” on the lift panel caught his eye, and he flipped the switch.

He pulled up her dress, running his fingers across her panties, surprised that she still had them on. He’d fucked her the last time by pushing them to the side. This time his patience had worn thin; he grabbed the flimsy material and in one swift tug he stripped them from her slender hips in a fast rip. Damn. The feel of her hand on his cock, tugging roughly, was about to take him to his knees. He swallowed hard. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

“I don’t have a condom on me.”

“So much for being prepared. No worries. I’m on the pill. I know where I’ve been. You, on the other hand, seem like an easy lay.”

“Didn’t you just join me in the back of my car after we’d known each other for an hour…give or take? And now, in an elevator. Sounds like the pot calling the kettle into question.”
      “Hush. You’re talking way too much."
 

  
 
 
 
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TEMPTED by TROUBLE~OFF THE CRAZY-HOT SCALE

Tempted by Trouble goes way off the smoldering contemporary romance scale. Way off.


This erotic Western is so hot it scorches your e-reader, so watch out. Not the Western book your granny read way back when. 

This fast-paced delves into the story of a rancher with dying cattle and the large animal vet who has agreed to help him solve this genetic anomaly.
Sparks fly fast and furious when Carolina and Matt first meet, and continue to arc and burn throughout this novel.
Tempted is the first book of the Bad Boys series.

And now this firecracker romance
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Crimson Romance's first anniversary.

Reviewers agree, Tempted by Trouble is filled with smoldering romance and "...it has one of the most amazing scenes I've ever read in a romance novel - the heroine, a vet helps the hero deliver a calf. It also has one of the most romantic closing scenes I've ever read." Maria, Amazon  

Happy July 4
and enjoy this treat to spice up your summer with some a panty-melting cowboy who connects with a sassy vet from Miami for explosive romance.

~Tasty Tease~
         “You don’t want someone fearing for their livelihood. We don’t have a bull on the ranch. We breed by stock lines from other ranches. That’s someone reputation we’d be casting doubt on.”
      “Genome studies are common. This type of analysis I’ve done isn’t something out of a science fiction movie. I don’t understand why a ranch would go to pieces if we found a flaw in a breeding line.”
      “Throw around a suggestion concerning a bad seed or poor seed. That’s how ranch fires occur. I won’t have my cattle set on fire inside our stables. You get my meaning? This isn’t going to be a bunch of sophisticated gentlemen we’ll be questioning. These are men who work to pay a note on their home, feed their family, and hope to God that there’ll be work next year. Those men who sit around in the Gentleman’s Cattle Club will turn in an insurance claim without blinking. Don’t think for an instant that this is the type of news that you can release and then take back.”
       “I understand the serious nature of this. But why can’t you just say I’m your friend?”
        He inhaled, gazing into her grey-golden eyes rimmed in green. “’Cause I ain’t got no female friends, darlin’.” He tilted his glass and drained the liquor. “And I sure as hell couldn’t pretend with you.”
       Carolina didn’t look away. “So we’re just going to show up at your ranch, hook up, and hang out. That will take some real acting.”
       He leaned in closer again. “Sweetheart, it’s not like we don’t want to do it. You could always pretend to be a decent woman who wants to wait. I hear there’s a couple such women left in the world.”“You’re incorrigible. Really full of yourself. Wait a second, buster. Are you suggesting that I couldn’t hold back from your charms?”
        She tilted her precious nose upward, defiance clearly dancing in her expression. It took every ounce of strength to say the words she’d find as enticing as if he’d dumped a pail of ice water on her lovely head. The next few seconds were going to be nothing but tense. If left up to him, he kiss her right then and there.
       “Seems like it from where I stand. Don’t bother to lie about our mutual attraction. Baby, both us want to roll around in the sheets. I just can’t risk a whole ranch over a good time. You do understand what’s standing in our way.”
       She sputtered as if drenched. “Care to make a wager, Mr. McLemore? Just to make it interesting, Let’s put our money where our mouths are. Say, my service contract versus what? What do you have that’s of equal value?”
      “You’re calling me out? What, you think I’ve got no self-control?”
      Her angled brows were enough.
    “Hell, woman, you’re on. I’ll put up … double or nothing.”
    “No, that’s just chump change from where you hail.” She smiled so sweetly he knew she had something up her sleeve. “Don’t men like you have a special horse? You know, the one who comes when you call?”
       He snickered. “You’re good.”
       “Well?”
       “Suit yourself. What would you do with a horse?”
        “You don’t know anything about me. Do you? Let me worry about the horse. Are you in or out, McLemore?”
        His name on her lips caused his heart to hammer a rhythm he’d nearly forgotten. He was getting off easy if this is all she was going to take. Shit, no; he needed to up the ante.
        “Fine. My damn horse and my damn car and my damn boat to prove it won’t be me coming after you. How’s that for being sure of myself, Carolina?”
        Her name slipped over his tongue, easing between his skin, thundering inside his temples. Carolina, he repeated to himself



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