Happy Birthday Lissa! Thanks for inviting me to the party. 🙂
I love birthdays and I think celebrating for the whole month is an excellent idea. Not to mention fun. One of my favorite things about birthdays (besides the yummy cake of course) are the surprises. I’ve planned many surprise birthday parties for family and friends over the years as well as been surprised myself. I think my favorite party that I planned was for my daughter that involved me going and picking up a carload of her friends at 5:30 in the morning on a school day and all of us waking her up for a before school breakfast party. I will never forget her shock. She talks about that birthday party quite often so I guess it was a big success. 🙂
As for surprises I have received there have been a few memorable ones. My own surprise sweet 16 party was quite a hoot. Still not sure how my mother and best friend managed to throw such a complex party without me knowing a thing but they did. Probably the most outrageous surprise birthday I had was one while I was in the Marine Corps.
A bunch of Marines from my unit kidnapped me and after a lot of driving around and disorientation I ended up right back where I started, the main hallway of our squadron headquarters with one slight difference. I was thoroughly and completely duct taped to a chair with a big goofy sign on my chest. Have you ever tried to get out of duct tape? lol It ain’t easy. After a few hours of struggling one of my fellow Marines took pity on me and snuck me a pair of scissors. It was pretty funny. Oh and there was that boot camp birthday where my mother brought bottles of wine on base and smuggled them in to us. Hmm. I wonder who I take after??
I don’t have any books that feature birthday surprises but I do have a brand new release today from Ellora’s Cave that features a hot m/f/m menage with two Marines and their childhood crush. The novella is Old School and is part of my Port of Call series that is based on the fact there is a bar outside every front gate that caters to the men and women of service. So in a way it is a party!
She’ll do anything to save her bar… Famous last words.
When the latest brawl at Old School lands Erin and her bar in hot water with the Corps, she gets desperate to keep things afloat. Thanks to her family connections, she’s given one last chance to clean things up in three days and impress the two officers assigned to her case. Easy peasy. Until the two men who broke her teenage heart walk in with their list of oh so naughty demands.
Jack and Levi returned to Quantico with one thing on their minds—break through Erin’s resistance. Years ago they tried to make her choose, with disastrous results. Now they want a second chance with a better plan. The fate of her future rests in their hands, and they’re not above using that fact to get everything they want.
Available from Ellora’s Cave
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oh the book sounds hot congrats on the release 😉
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The book sounds great. I love a stubborn woman. Better yet, two hot guys to wear her down? Oh,yeah. Sign me up!
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That is definitely going on my TBB list, sound interesting. Sadly I have never had a surprise birthday party, maybe one day I will get one 🙂
Congrats on the new release. I can’t wait to read this one.
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Thanks for sharing some of your birthday memories..Sounds like you had lots of fun.
Congrats on the new release.Old School sounds really good.
Congrats on the new release! Sounds great! Your daughter must have been very surprised on her surprise party and what a great way to do it too. She wasn’t expecting that I bet. lol.
Congratulations on the new release. It sounds hot, hot, hot. Which would come in handy on this snowy, freezing winter day here in Chi-town. Oddly enough, I’ve never had a surprise party, and never been invited to one either. It sounds like you’ve had some pretty awesome (love the idea of the breakfast one for your daughter) and exciting (not sure I’d want to be duct taped to a chair) ones.
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Okay that cover caught my attention! Thanks for stoping by!
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I’m already saying she should give them a second chance and don’t even know what they did:)
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Wow, this looks really good. I definitely want to read this one.
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Congrats on the new book release sounds fantastic can’t wait to read it. Loved your surprise bithday party stories.
This sounds like one hot read. Congrats on the release.
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I loved Southern Comfort, can’t imagine not liking Old School. It was already on my tbb list.
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Congrats on the release. I’m adding to my TBB list a lot lately. I follow the blog as nancyg5997@gmail.com
Congratulations on your new release Eve!
Love the cover! Thanks for the blurb and the description of the idea behind the story.
Thanks for sharing some of your birthday surprises, Eve! Congrats on the new release–sounds like a great read!
Hot book! Congrats on your release!
Congrats on the new release. This book sounds great and the cover is sassy; I love it!
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Oooh – that book sounds great! *sigh* I love anything with military men.
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Thanks for sharing some of your Birthday memories with everyone. A dawn surprise party, that’s one party she wouldn’t have guessed. 🙂 Love the sound of Old School and look forward to reading it. Congrats on the new release as well.
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It sounds like you’ve had a lot of great birthday surprises. Growing up we didn’t do a lot for birthdays but now we always celebrate all if the kids birthdays real big. Your book sounds very good.
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Nice! I just put this book on my wish list. I love a good military hero – or two! 🙂
Happy Release Day Eve! Love, love menage stories and can’t wait to read Old School.
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What a fun sounding story. To have two guys fighting over you would be a great birthday gift. And of course I’m a long-term follower.
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Can’t wait to read it!
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Congrats on your new release!
I like the cover.
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Congrats on the new release, Eve! As a “Navy brat”, I find myself drawn to books w/ military characters (raises the old Nature vs Nurture argument…LOL)
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I remember going to the bar outside our base with my girlfriends! We loved all the hot military guys!
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I love the cover. She looks a little snarky! The book sounds like fun.
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Congrats on the new release!!!
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And Happy Birthday Lissa! Hugs to you honey!
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Lol, it sounds like you definitely have some great memories of your time in the service! That story is priceless! Congrats on the new release! It sounds really great!! Will be sure to add it to my wish list 🙂
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Lissa –
Your birthday surprises seem very entertaining. Congrats on your new release.
Lea Ellen {night owl in IL}
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Thank you all so much for your wonderful congrats. I’m glad you enjoyed a few of my funny birthday surprise stories. It was fun to share.
Have a great week!
Eve
Old School sounds like a lot of fun!
Now, I am not sure I would get over being duct taped to a chair for hours as a birthday surprise!
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Congrats on the new release, sounds like a HOT read. I love stories of old romances rekindled and you added a menage. YUM 🙂
Congrats on new release!
I love the cover!
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Great cover! Looking forward to reading this.
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Solunds like a really fun read.
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oh I love military men!! YUM!!
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Sounds great another one for my TBR list. thanks
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sounds great. congrats on release
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That sounds great! Adding to my TBB list!
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I love a guy in uniform. Doesnt really even matter which one. a uniform just makes a guys hot factor go up
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I love a guy in uniform. Doesnt really even matter which one. a uniform just makes a guys hot factor go up
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book sounds great thanks
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Oh my gosh the marine story is funny. I can just picture that. One of my best friends was in the Army and some of the stories she has makes me crack up laughing. thanks for sharing
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Oh I love your book cover and it sounds good too.
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Always like to celebrate birthdays since there is a reason to have cake and ice cream.
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Here I go again. I am a follower. Man, I don’t follow instructions well at all.
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