Christmas is definitely a great time to watch holiday movies or catch up on your reading. And today is week three of The Wilder Roses Christmas tour. Be sure to follow the blogs and posting rules listed at http://rosestour.blogspot.com to find out how to increase your chances of winning some fabulous prizes.
I'm personally giving away The Man of My Dreams---candle scent. lol! Just post a comment about the man of your dreams or, tell me about your favorite Christmas movie, story or book. But first, check out what Nana Malone has to say.
Well, Nana, what would you consider a Best Ever movie for the holidays?
Mistletoe, Hugh Grant and Liam Neeson
I love a hot man with my mistletoe. That’s why I love the movie Love Actually. It’s my all time favorite. It’s got young love, unrequited love, enduring love, and even pseudo porn star love. What’s not to love?
Did I mention Hugh grant and Mr. Darcy himself, Colin Firth? Liam Neeson and Alan Rickman. And hold on to you knickers ladies, but it also has Brazilian Love God, Rodrigo Santoro. If that doesn’t just say yum, I don’t know what does.
Oh yeah, there are also some lovely vignettes with romance to spare and excellent actors like Bill Nighy, Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson.
If you haven’t seen it, add it to your must view list. Pull up a comfy chair, a warm blanky, some hot chocolate and cuddle up with the hotties of Christmas.
Who are your favorite Christmas hotties? And no, Santa doesn’t’ count unless he’s carting diamonds.
Nana Malone is a fellow Wild Rose Press author, and her new release, Game, Set, Mach is a romance that heats up the courts and could well heat up your Christmas!
Book Blurb:
Off the court, tennis star Jason Cartwright’s playboy image is taking a public beating. On the court, he’s down forty-love. A knee injury is shutting down his game, and the paparazzi are splashing his love life on every magazine. A comeback is in order, but the makeover he needs to save his faltering career is in the hands of the woman he loved and left fifteen years ago.
While single-mom, Izzy Connors, sees people for who they really are through the lens of her camera, even without it, she knows Jason isn’t the star he appears to be. Although his charm and good looks haven’t dimmed since he broke her heart, all she sees is his wasted talent and playboy lifestyle.
Can Izzy put the past behind her and help Jason get his game, and his image, back on track? Or will the click of her camera shatter his world as well as his heart?
What better to feast on during the holiday season than good food and good books. Today, we'll be talking about both with author Rachel Brimble. She's guest # two on this second week of The Wilder Roses Blog Tour. So check out the tour for info on how to win some great prizes.
At the end of the tour, I'll be giving a way The Man of My Dreams-- a candle from Celebrating Homes. To be entered to win, post a comment about the man of your dreams OR a favorite holiday food or recipe. To see other blogs and rules for other chances to win, visit: http://rosestour.blogspot.com/
Now, here's Rachel, to tell us about her favorite Christmas foods.
My Favorite Christmas Food – Yum!
Hmm…where to start??
In the UK we tend to start eating for Christmas WAY before the actual date appears, I wonder if it’s the same for you guys in the US? We don’t have Thanksgiving as you probably know so the decorations are up in the shops in November without fail, as though reminding us all the big day is approaching lest we forget.
I love everything about Christmas and always try to get my shopping done as early as possible so I can enjoy the festivities rather than buckle under the stress! So in comes the food with no thought or care for calories, weight gain or fitting into my favorite Christmas outfit.
And best of all is I am not the cook in our house (I am thirty-six years old and have never cooked a roast dinner in my life, how shameful is that?), my lovely husband is so I prepare all the vegetables and potatoes for him on Christmas Eve and on the actual day leave everything to him, while I nurse a ice-cold glass of Chablis. Perfection!
So what are my favorite Christmas foods? Well, why don’t I give you my dream menu?
Starter
Prawn Cocktail or Lentil Soup
Main
Turkey dinner with all the trimmings!! Roast potatoes, parsnips, carrots, sausage wrapped in bacon, cabbage and I’m even a fan of the dreaded sprouts!!
Dessert
Raspberry Pavlova or Crème Brulee
Finished With
Cheese with Cranberries and biscuits
Oh, bring on Christmas right now! I want it all, ha ha!
And of course, I have a pretty good idea what my heroes and heroines would love to eat too!
Lily and Andrew (The Arrival Of Lily Curtis) are in Victorian England so it would be a very traditional British Christmas with maybe raw oysters or pea soup to start, traditional dinner with roast potatoes and vegetables, but more likely than not, the meat would have been goose or turkey…and to finish would have most definitely have been plum pudding.
As for Lisa and Aaron (Transatlantic Loving)? Well, Aaron is American so I’d love to hear about what you guys in the states tend to traditionally eat at Christmas – do you just have your turkey at Thanksgiving? I’ve never been sure if you repeat it again on Christmas Day! And Lisa is a bit of a traditional girl like me so I’m thinking her ideal Christmas menu wouldn’t look too dissimilar to mine. Good girl!
So over to you! What are your favorite Christmas foods???
Rachel,
As an American who loves the holidays, I can tell you that we do Turkey on both Thanksgiving and Christmas. There's also nothing better than a good Christmas ham. And on my mom's table, there may not be raw oysters but we do have oyster stew. Yum.
And for those readers who think Rachel's books sound as yummy as her dinner menu, here's a bit more about her and her fabulous romance novels:
Rachel lives with her husband and two young daughters in a small town near Bath in the UK. Having always believed there’s someone for everyone, Rachel started writing her own tales of love once her children were at school. Since then, she’s had several books published with The Wild Rose Press, Eternal Press and Lyrical Press. She aspires to secure an agent in the near future. A member of the Romantic Novelists Association and Romance Writers of America, Rachel cannot imagine her life without romance or writing!
When she isn’t writing, you’ll find Rachel with her head in a book or walking the beautiful English countryside with her family. And in the evening? Well, a well-deserved glass of wine is never, ever refused…
Aaron Taylor can’t believe his eyes or ears when he is introduced to Lisa – sexy and funny, she has no idea how her accent enhances the heartbreaking wait he endures waiting for his daughter to call him back to the UK. But after spending just three short weeks with Lisa, he sees the answer to his pain in the eyes of the most phenomenal British lady he has ever met…
