The Romantic Scribe

All my geeky, guilty pleasures...

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[strangelyineffable]

This is so in character. I can’t stand it.

[wilsonpatricks-deactivated20191]

The demon, Crowley… a-a-a wily adversary…

[newyork]

Mount Rainier, Washington | Photographer: Nitin Kansal

[everythingfox]

Baby fox steals fish from fisherman (🔊)

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[darlenefblog]

My review of How To Seduce A Bad Boy by Traci Douglass.

How To Seduce A Bad Boy is the first in Traci Douglass new series called Victory Vets and is available starting today, January 14th.  The premise of this series is a group of Army vets arriving home, starting new lives and finding love.  Victory Vets also happens to be the name of the auto garage the vets started and/or work for.  Never having read any of Ms Douglass previous work, I wasn’t sure what to expect.  Sure the title and description reeled me in but I had no idea what I was getting into.  It’s a nice story that hit a little too close to home for me.

Melody “Mel” Bryant is the only, she thinks, 24 year old virgin in Point Beacon, Indiana.  She might be right.  Mel may be stunning but…she’s a librarian, dresses like Mrs. Cleaver in 1950, and owns a cat.  First dates don’t lead to second dates.  She feels dependable, predictable, boring, and invisible.  For those of us not popular, not head cheerleader types, this stings.  Wondering why your friend, but not you, attracts men who buy drinks and want to dance.  Oh yes, it stings.  Mel decides that if she wants to be an un-virgin by her next birthday she needs an overhaul.  Her BFF agrees, makes her a hair/makeup appointment and then flakes at the last minute.  The plan must continue, cannot be derailed.  There’s only one thing to do, one person she wants to help her, her girlhood hearts desire.

Adam Foster is her brothers best friend.  He was always around when they were kids and Mel’s crushed on him forever.  She tried to lose the v card to him 8 years ago but he said no and joined the Army.  Way to feel special, not.  She works up the nerve to ask Adam for help and manages to talk him into it.  If he doesn’t want her surely someone will.  Adam does want Mel, always has, but she’s James little sister.  He can’t ruin his friendship, can’t screw up the business they started together.   Mel is driving him crazy but he must resist as long as possible.  That’s about a week.  Adam is sure disaster lies ahead but jumps in with both feet anyway.

Their story is sweet and relatable.  A wallflower who doesn’t know how attractive she really is, how to flirt and can’t find out from a book.  A bad boy with a bad reputation trying to live it down and forge a new, good life for himself.  These two deserve a happily ever after and you’ll want it for them too.

Thanks to Netgalley for providing an ARC.  Receiving a free book ARC is a privilege and one I enjoy.  Being able to share my opinion is a pleasure.  Both are free and without obligation.  Happy reading.

[anitabyars]

My Review!

5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Get Ready To Laugh, Swoon, & Fall In Love!

Yowza! Loved this Charming, Entertaining and Sexy Romance. I Love this trope and they never fail to make me swoon. This is the first Traci Douglass story that I have read and I can’t wait to read more, more, more.

Poor Melody she has always been the good girl, and dressing like an old June Cleaver hasn’t helped her situation. But every man in town, just doesn’t measured up to Mel’s crush, her big brother’s best friend Adam, the towns’ bad boy, who was too wild, too reckless, and too poor. But he left town eight years ago, after he turned her down. But after two tours of duty he is back and is in business with her brother running Victory Vets Body Shop and Repair.

Adam has always been attracted to Mel but she was always to good for him, besides her brother and his best friend, James, will kill him if he gets involved with her. So when Mel asks for his help to give her the male perspective with a make over he says no, but Mel just doesn’t give up until he gives in. And when Mel and her friend Lily pulls out all the stops, Adam can’t take his eyes off her. As Mel and Adam work on her flirtation skills and her conversation for dates, Adam starts to fall. But when she talks about ruining her reputation and getting rid of her v-card before her twenty-fifth birthday with another man, he only sees green with envy. And is not about to let that happen. Will these two finally realize they are great for each other? What will happen when her brother finds out what they are up to? You will need to read this witty, charming, entertaining and sexy romance to find out! YUMMM…. Loved it!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

[hiddlestonhiddles]

Tom Hiddleston

[zorped]

um AAAAUUUUGH

[antyc67]

Bond. James Bond. @larouau12 @andlifeisgrand @catedevalois @jossisgod @xdelayedgratification @clojury @littletime67 @littlewomanly1 @legion567 @annedeadly @angreav @angryschnauzer @loricameback @mtllovelygirl @crescent-moon-rising @allthatandasideoftom @toothsleuth2013 @quoting-shakespeare-to-ducks @lokiwholockfactory @loki-in-winterfell @the-haven-of-fiction @beaglebitch @ancientfinnishgoddess @ladyoftheteaandblood @ohhiddles-myhiddles @but-glorieux @underbree @pedeka @spindle-berry @wendy7777 @th3n5 @peskipixi @tegwin @iamtopdrawer @curator-at-large @greengirl888 @hiddleshoneybunny @particularscarf @precursorpress @maevecurrywrites @missdibley @marvelousmissfit @lokilockedcougar

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@insanely-smart She said the thing. Make her stop saying the thing.

[insanely-smart]

Nope. It’s true. Pretty sure I tweeted the same thing last week, with pics: https://twitter.com/insanely_smart/status/655907578694758400 Fun fact: In Moonraker, Bond is 37. It’s assumed throughout the books that he’s between 35 and early 40s. Next Bond should be out in 3-ish years. Just sayin… @beaglebitch @antyc67 @zorped @hiddleshoneybunny

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I’m gonna need you to stop right there.

[insanely-smart]

Bond went to Eton? Should I stop now?

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[hiddlescheekbones]

“Shout out to our Northern Irish crew who were incredible.”

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x

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The smile on the right… 

[insanely-smart]

@beaglebitch The look into my eyes smile…

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@insanely-smart

[insanely-smart]

Actually me. ^^^^^

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[jennphoenix]

Processed with Photoshop CC. The photo’s not mine; it’s the property of the photographer/magazine etc. This is a fan edit only.

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Thomas Sharpe protects the ones he loves.

[lokihiddleston]

(x)

[lokislittlewitch]

#Glorious camera angles #frickfrickfrick!

[amatasera]

I’ve watched this for longer than I care to admit 

[therealopheliatagloff-deactivat]

How dare you zoom in on his face

[nightmareofcat]

im a horrible human being, im imagining Thomas in the first gif mentally screaming “yay not my sister, new coochie!”

theres a special place in hell for me right now…

[writernotwaiting]

This cannot possibly have been her first time. 

[peskipixi]

Auto-reblog by this time tbh…. and I agree with @writernotwaiting….

[awesomedreamtocometrue]

She probably read too many smutty fanfictions .. so she knows what she is doing even if it was her first time .

[ladyoftheteaandblood]

No one has ever mentioned the look of glee on Thomas’s face in the first one. He such a happy bunny!

[ache-and-hunger-deactivated2019]

@writernotwaiting - I agree. Now I enjoyed the film and Tom is hot as balls but come on Mia! If it was her first time she was chilled as and if it wasn’t then you’d still be a little more lively surely? Tom’s giving us the old jaw jut of sex like its the most pleasurable thing in the world and meanwhile on top it’s all kinds of blank expression. Otherwise Mia was ace but the sex scene could’ve been so much more… @andlifeisgrand come and help me out!

[andlifeisgrand-deactivated20160]

We know from the abridged bios that all Edith had experienced in the ways of physical love was one kiss as a teenager from Alan McMichael. Therefore, it stands to reason that she would have been much more reserved - meaning not riding dirty her first time.

I get it. GDT wanted her in charge but I present you this: what if the first time Thomas was more in charge? Edith would still pursue him. She’d still make her intentions known and absolutely still have agency over her body but maybe Thomas is the guide while Edith points out places on the map she wants him to visit, if you will.

The first time with all the giggles and shyness and bonding and trust. This is the first time she’s giving herself over. The first time a man has seen her bits. Wouldn’t she be a little shy? Or cautious? She’d look to him. They’d be a team. For the first time Thomas would be sharing in something this exceptional as an equal.

So as for the big moment on top - is that the pinnacle of positive female sexuality? Actually physically being on top? *sad trombone* I don’t think so. It’s cheap and easy but the movie is just two hours long so I guess that’s what we got.

Now I don’t know what was up with the way Mia played it. Did GDT say to hold back, she’s a repressed Victorian? Still… Tom looks excited and in the moment. Hadn’t Edith been waiting, longing, wanting this? Instead she looks fucking bored.

“Is this going to mess my outfit? This room is warm. I’m sleepy. Huh, no ghosts here. Oh is that a penis? I guess the post office really does deliver.”

But I digress.

[writernotwaiting]

(*giggles gleefully*) Have I mentioned recently how much I love Tumblr? How I truly adore all of the bloggers I follow and who follow me? @amatasera @ophelia-tagloff  @nightmareofcat @museofcherry @andlifeisgrand @peskipixi – I love you.

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Reblogging for this comment: “I guess the post office really does deliver.”