Tempt Me Tuesday

Oh my goodness.

I'm trying to form coherent thoughts but it's difficult because I have just read the first two chapters of ENTWINED WITH YOU by Sylvia Day.

Lovely, generous Sylvia gave the masses of tongue-lolling, Gideon-starved creatures like me a taste of the third book in the Crossfire series today, and I can't think (really. I can't think.) of a more perfect way to introduce a series of posts on my blog called--you guessed it--Tempt Me Tuesday.

Temptation plays a huge part in SPEAK EASY, my NA historical set in 1923. The temptation to drink, to smoke, to wear lipstick, to kiss, to roll your stockings down, to rip some buttons off a three-piece suit...

Come on babe, why don't we paint the town?
Or you could just take off your pants and we'll stay in.

OK I better stop.

So every Tuesday I will post something to tempt and tease you...could be anything! For today, here is the link to Sylvia Day's site where the chapters are posted.

Between the chapters and all the pics floating around Twitter of readers' choices for Gideon Cross actors, I may never breathe normally again. The #GideonEffect. 'Tis a real thing.

Is it June 4th yet???

This is not the welcome post I meant to write (It's Gideon Cross's fault)

So I had totally planned to blog about something useful for my first post here.

Some kind of welcome.

I was going to introduce myself. Talk about writing sexy stories. About awesome books and the people who write them.

I planned to admit that I am just finding my way along the path to self-publishing and volunteer to share everything I learn with you.

But I can't do that now. Because I just discovered two things on Twitter that have hijacked my brain:

1. Sylvia Day thinks Henry Cavill would make the perfect Gideon Cross.

yes please

2. Gideon Cross has a Twitter account. And he posts pictures like this:

can't...breathe...

I'm afraid the above has rendered me useless this morning. Let's blame Henry.

No, wait--that doesn't seem fair. Let's blame Sylvia!

Well, no, I guess it's not really her fault either. OK, let's blame the Gideon Cross Twitter feed. Because now, not only is my first blog post a mess, but I'm in no mood to write, edit, or research self-publishing. I just want to do this 

with Henry Cavill. (Or that model. I wouldn't shove him off my couch either.)

But perhaps there's a lesson here somewhere: When you're trying to get something done, don't get on Twitter. Because Gideon Cross will find you.

Le sigh. I'll try again tomorrow.