April's Affections and Intrigues: Love and Mystery Bloom

Victoria Colyer-Kerr

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Re: My Lady Quicksilver (7:04am October 4, 2013):

When younger we all tell lies to some extent or another. Hubby & I saw his best friend's wife ruin their marriage due to this. Our #1 rule is No Lies, no matter what. 16 years of marriage, and we have lived with facing the hard truths of No Lies (can be harsher than people realize at times).
Reading your book blurb reminded me of Robert A Heilein's saying 'The best lies are hidden in some truth' -no a direct quote, but general idea. That the best way to keep your lies straight is to keep them simple & masked in at least some truth...

Re: Love On A Midsummer Night (10:54am August 8, 2013):

You talk about us looking back (deathbeds), and I think the real thing about HEA is not falling in love BUT making love work after the first rush of falling. Keeping the wonder of true/real love (vs. a crush or just lust) is the real magic of life and what many of us lose. I think that is why romances are so popular (imo).
I LOVE your "How to Avoid an Unwanted Marriage." Too many heroines lately can't figure out how to resist "unwanted" advances. I really want to know why they don't just bite a guy when an unwanted kiss is pressed on them??

Re: Waking Up With A Rake (9:05am January 11, 2013):

Someone mentioned the old "bodice rippers" where the 'hero' would kidnap the h and seduce her...I've been reading historicals forever! And I love Johanna Lindsey for all that time (even own all her books). One of her early one, a pirate one, has the hero somehow kidnapping the h, and raping her several times. Of course it's more complicated & somehow everything works out, but I've always had trouble with that story. To the point that when I get in the mood for her work, I've never re-read it!
beyond the pale: cruelty to animals; hurting kids, knowingly letting kids be hurt; starving anyone/thing; serious physical or mental abuse.

Re: The Billionaire's Christmas Baby (9:44pm December 27, 2012):

I am grateful to be happy with the lifestyle I have chosen/ended up with. Never expected to end up where I am (me a housewife? Never would have guessed that when I started college, lol.), yet I am happier than I ever expected to be. Slower, more aware of life and family. I don't take as many things for granted, yet am able to enjoy the little things in my life.
Mostly, I am thankful for my hubby being insinc with my enjoyment of the with simple things in life.

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Re: Secret Santa Baby (9:32pm December 27, 2012):

Of course it's about the kissing! Remember "making out" as a teen? Hour many hours can a teen spend kissing on a couch, in the back seat of a car or on the bench in the park or at a game?
Part of a marriage counselor's new technique is to recommend that a couple "make out" that is limited to kissing as a way to reconnect or find their way back to their dating years.
Friends making the best life partners. My mom's husband was her best friends for 3 to 4 years before they married (29 years before she past last year). Same for both my aunts. My hubby became my best friend while we dated and we have been married for almost 17 years so far. I always recommend it to my friends that they finds someone they like to date.

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Re: Christmas On Mimosa Lane (9:06pm December 27, 2012):

This year is hard since I lost my mom last year, then my grandmother this year. But we had a great Christmas this year anyway. Everyone got the gifts they wanted, and much of the family was able to get together. The really great thing for me was sitting down and helping my (fav) niece set-up her new kindle and show her the great (free) classics my mom (her grandma) introduced to me at her age! The reading bug has been past down through each generation. We even have my grandma's Girl Scout book the girls inherited (4th or 5th gen now). Showing my niece all the things she can get on her kindle that her grandma and I use to read is a memory I will always treasure! And I love that she reads like I do, instead of wanting movies or games like her brothers do ;)

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Re: The Viking's Captive (4:38pm December 20, 2010):

Oh, I love my old favs. I found Johanna Lidnsey in high school and have every one of her books (not sure how many times I've read some of them). Stephanie Laurens is another keep and re-read. Outside of romance, I love Robert A Hielien, Anne McCaffrey and Robin McKinley. Some of their books I have gone through more than one copy of!

Thanks for the great giveaway and Happy Holidays!

Re: The Winter Sea (4:17pm December 20, 2010):

I love historicals, esp when I know the history is so well researched! Thanks for the effort!
And of course the giveaway :)

Re: The Ghost Hunter (1:28pm December 10, 2010):

I love the Renasance (can't spell it, though). And I love reading Regency historicals.

As for location: hubby took me to Paris, France couple years ago. It was the best (haven't traveled THAT much, so limited on how much to compair to)! SOOOO much history all around that city, so many centuries, one right on top of another! And so much of that city is set up for tourist (I wouldn't want to live there, that is how much it is geared to the tourist)! We were there for 2 weeks and still did see/do everything I could have wanted...

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Re: Outrageously Yours (12:46pm November 30, 2010):

I married a nerd too (ok, don't tell him I said that, but it is true). And all I have to say is: remember the end of Revenge Of The Nerds? These men will bring more to a relationship than guys who are full of themselves, guys who know they are good-looking, or guys who are so wrapped up in gaining power or money that the women in their lives take 3rd or 4th place.

Your books sound like a lot of fun (esp for us girls who were the slightly brain-y ones themselves. The sort-of nerds). Thanks for the contest!

Re: The Magic Knot (12:13pm November 30, 2010):

Wow! Now your giving us presents! *sniff* Thank you!

Hope you have a great Holiday season!

Re: The Christmas Clock (12:01pm November 30, 2010):

Thanks. Have a great holiday season, too!

Re: The Gift (11:57am November 30, 2010):

Oh, I'll have to show this to my hubby, he is the baker in our house (and the pecan pie eater). Thanks!

Happy Holidays!

Re: Winter's Desire (11:55am November 30, 2010):

Can I second your wish? Goodness knows this planet needs it.

Happy Holidays.

Re: Drive Time (11:53am November 30, 2010):

Congrats on your upcoming release! Good Luck!

Happy Holidays!

Re: On Strike for Christmas (11:47am November 30, 2010):

Congrats on the Movie! Drink sounds like trouble to me (became a light weight after getting the diabetes), but bet it tastes great!
Happy Holidays!

Re: Holiday Magic (11:03am November 30, 2010):

What a nice greeting. May I wish the same for you and yours! Happy Holidays from us in Oklahoma.

Re: Deadly Ties (11:00am November 30, 2010):

In a way, me too. I have become a book reviewer this month. Not a paid one, unfortunatly (we are a one income household, so that would help). But I am still so excited about this! And I am sure that my hubby is getting very tired of hearing all the little details of what is happening with each aspect of it. He does hide it well and shows great support for me though. Now I just have to keep doing a good job...

Re: Motor City Witch (8:54am November 30, 2010):

I love that you took somewhere we think of as regular and maybe "dirty old car town" and gave it such a different twist! Great imagination (real or fiction)! We all get hung up in our stereo-typing and its good to have our 'eyes' opened!

Thanks for the giveaway!

Re: Second Chances (8:43am November 30, 2010):

I have to agree with the other comments on several accounts. Yes to second chances, but only when well done. We all should be growing and changing all the time (not everyone does, but SHOULD). Main reason second chances can work is if the people involved grow and improve themselves.

And I have to agree my fav would be Persuasion. Love that book, and can still get into the characters when I re-read it! You know the story is good when that happens.

Thanks for the great giveaway!

Re: Swift Justice (9:20pm November 25, 2010):

I use to be the "Perfect Gift Giver" and well as the buying year round when on sale to save us money since we are a one income household. I even had a cabanet/closet set aside just for gifts and wrapping back then. As the nieces and nephews get older, the get harder (and more expensive) to buy for. Last year, between no one making lists (money and outragious items being the only things asked for) and the weather, everyone got gift cards! NOT what Super Aunt Vicky is known for. It was so easy and stress free, I may have to switch to this from now on... They didn't seem to mind very much anyway (they all just wished it way cash instead...I even remember the days I did too! That is so tempting, except it takes so much more to buy the things today, not sure if it would work, but still thinking it). I see a new trend in my gift buying.

Re: Holiday Sparks (8:54pm November 25, 2010):

You about covered it. Knowing that everything in the story will work out. If I want real life, I will watch the news (or my family drama). I love the HEA endings. I love knowing the couple will end up together.

And I love pumkpin pie. Well, you asked ;D

Re: Her Kind of Hero (6:03am November 23, 2010):

Well, we didn't start out as friends. But I did resist meeting/dating my hubby, because all our shared friends kept doing the "you have got to meet him, you two would be perfect together." Except I got the feeling that they thought I would be perfect for the nerdy, quit guy they knew who had a hard time getting dates.
After several monthes of this, it finally worked out that we all ended up at the same camp-out. And I had had a bad week before getting there. AND my car broke down just as I arrived. So he ended up helping me out a lot that weekend.

Before anyone knew it, we were seriously dating, and a year later getting married. We have been married almost 14 years now. And one of the important things that make our marrage work so well is that we make sure that we stay friends as well as lovers! My mom married her best friend (he was the shy, quiet guy always around when she needed him) when I was 12, and they have stayed friends the whole time. Her best advice in my life was to be and stay friends with my husband. And it is what I always give out on cards for weddings, too.

Re: Dating Mr. December (5:51am November 23, 2010):

What inspires me is love and safety. The love of my hubby and family. The safety we have made and found for ourselves (growing up poor didn't always lead to feeling that no matter how much my Mother may have tried). I have ended up very lucky with my hubby in his care of and for me!

Re: The Christmas Clock (9:02am November 20, 2010):

I wanted to say that I just found some of your books last month (in tbr pile now). Tis one looks good for holidays :) Thanks!

Re: Honky Tonk Christmas (7:31am November 19, 2010):

I am thankful for my hubby and all his support! And I love Shania Twain. STRONG Women! Ourselves or supporting others, strong women make this world better!

Re: The Taming Of The Wolf (7:26am November 19, 2010):

Love shifters, seem more believable than vamps. Haven't come across your books before, though. Thanks for the contest. Great list, lol!

Re: The Forever Queen (5:29am November 14, 2010):

I love history, and love that you have done Emma's story. I will admit that for I have read about women through out history, she is one I managed to miss. Thanks for bringing her to our notice!

Re: Falling Home (9:41pm November 12, 2010):

Lots of us are nerds of one sort or another (even if we don't have Mr Roger's sweater). Just think, we are what make the world work (run)!

Re: Deadly Intent (9:46pm November 10, 2010):

It helps that I was names after her (middle name), but Anne of Green Gables. Doesn't fit in, mouth gets her in trouble (oh, do I know that one!!!), goes through a clumsy stage (I never outgrew mine, just cover it well), hates her red hair...
She is a character in ALL the meaning of that word. Yet we can all relate to some aspect of her and are on her side through out the book(s)!
I still have all my Anne books, and always buy copies for all my nieces when they get old enough.

Re: Holiday Grind (12:34pm November 6, 2010):

I am a pumpkin pie junkie. I only eat it at the holidays, but I love it. The real treat, though, is my Aunt Jean's carrot cake. This is just to die for, it is so good! She uses fresh everything (except maybe a box mix, but not even sure about that!), and has raisens and sometimes nuts in it. And her scratch cream cheese icing is divine! It is good enough that the year we were snowed in for xmas, she got special orders from family for this cake!

Re: The Devil She Knows (12:26pm November 6, 2010):

My grandparent's house. They lived on the hill above Oolagaha lake here in Oklahoma. It is a man made lake, and they even had stories & pics of when the lake was 'made.' The whole extended family use to gather for every holiday at their house (not so many of us back then). And it would be hard to climb that hill during the few ice/snow storms we get here in OK. We still miss that place.
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Re: Marked By The Moon (6:22am November 4, 2010):

I don't like the traditional monster. I really didn't like 'American Werewolf in London' for example. I am a HEA girl. But the modern, he's a good-ish guy with a monster problem, well that is another story. That is like liking our alpha men. But he (or she) must be good when everything is said and done. But that's just me. (And I do expect a vamp to drink blood & a werewolf to hunt small furry creatures like rabbits no matter how cute. Let's get real...)

Re: The Snow Globe (6:13am November 4, 2010):

I have never done a snowglobe. But I use to do all sorts of crafts with my sister's kid (I babysat them for years). I even had a stack of books to give us ideas and help them understand the directions. They still ask if I will come over and do "projects" (big boys don't do girly crafts!) with them. We have pictures of different projects done over several years and a few have even servived! That would be something to save for future story telling to their kids.