As you can see by the schedule over on the right there our friend and fellow DIK lady Kristie was supposed to be posting here today. But Kristie had a horrible fall and she is in the hospital with a nasty broken leg. Poor Kristie!
However, that doesn't mean that Kristie has lost her sense of humor, oh no. Our girl Kristie is posting about her trials and tribulations while in the hospital and her dealings with an evil nurse that rivals Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
If you'd like to find out the whole story of and laugh with Kristie a bit you can head over to Ramblings on Romance and read up on it (the beginning of the story starts on Sept. 7). Be sure to leave a comment and wish her well in her recovery.
Not me - that's for sure! I love them. As with many other romance readers I'm sure, the 'bad boy' is one of my favourites. My latest read had a bad boy hero and while thinking about what to do for my day at the island, this topic came to me very quickly.
So here are some of my favourite bad boys
Mick Brody in Toni Blake's One Reckless Summer
It's tough to play it cool on a sultry summer night . . . The perfect daughter. The perfect prom queen. The perfect wife. Jenny Tolliver's been the good girl all her life, and it's gotten her nowhere. Now that her marriage has been busted up by her cheating ex, she's decided it's time to regroup and rediscover herself. This summer she's headed back to her hometown of Destiny, Ohio, to the very lakeshore cottage where she grew up, to figure out what life holds in store for her next. She never dreamed the answer would be Mick Brody, Destiny's #1 hellraiser. He comes from the wrong side of the tracks (or in his case, the lake), and he's landed in hot water more times than he can count. He's exactly the kind of guy Jenny's always kept her distance from . . . but soon the good girl and the bad boy are caught in a raw heat that's out of control. Too bad Mick's got a secret that threatens to tear them apart and ruin Jenny's perfectly, passionately reckless summer . . .
Johnny Harris in Karen Robards' One Summer
He was pure unadulterated trouble
Johnny Harris is home again, his too-tight jeans and damn-your-eyes belligerence honed to perfection by a ten-year stretch in federal prison for murder. Now he's out on parole and ready for the job Rachel Grant has promised to help him begin a new life. Unlike the rest of the town, Rachel has always believed in her former student's innocence. But one thing has changed...
The sullenly handsome boy she remembered is still sullen, still handsome ...but no longer a boy. And now the small Kentucky town is alive with gossip and whispers of scandal, as friendsh
ip turns to passion and Rachel abandons a lifetime of propriety in the ex-con's arms. Then the killer strikes again. All evidence points to Johnny Harris, but Rachel knows he is innocent. And she knows she is next ...as a shattering truth is uncovered and dark passions explode in the relentless summer heat.
Alec Tyron in Karen Robard's Tiger's Eye
The man with the golden eyes
He was the tawny, golden-eyed king of London's underworld. She was an aristocratic heiress, born to the satin sheets of an ancient family. Their two proud hearts struck a flame that would consume them both in the blaze of a love that no society could allow--and a passion that neither could deny.
Lady Isabella St. Just is shocked to learn the identity of the daring champion who comes to her aid -- for the man who rescues her from desperate felons is none other than Alec Tyron, the notorious king of London's underworld. Now she is beholden to an outlaw who is respected and feared throughout the city and stunned by her own intense desire for this dark man of mystery. Fate has united these strangers from opposite lives -- the beautiful aristocrat and the brazen criminal outlaw. And now that the flame has been lit, no power on Earth will quench the fire of their passion...or destroy a love that society cannot allow.
Billy Blade in Gaelen Foley' s Lady of Desire
A handsome scoundrel running from a secret past, Billy Blade has never met a woman like Jacinda -- her fiery innocence and blossoming sensuality set his rebel's heart ablaze. Having turned his back on the privilege of his tyrannical father's house years before, he vows to return to reclaim his title, Earl of Rackford -- to win the love of the ravishing beauty who has stolen his heart.
Impetuous Lady Jacinda Knight is the daughter of a scandalous woman. Though society predicts she'll follow in her mother's footsteps, the spirited beauty stands unashamed of her passionate nature. Then one night, in flight from an arranged and loeless marriage, Jacinda finds herself alone on a dangerous street face-to-face with Billy Blade, the notorious leader of a band of thieves. His stolen kisses awaken in her a longing for a man she can never possess.
Luke Turner in Lisa Gregory's The Rainbow Season
Luke Turner, an outcast, they called him "bad blood" from his boyhood in a tarpaper shack to his nights in a prison cell.
Sarah McGowan, her roots were deep in the Texas soil. But her secret shameful love for her sister's husband kept her from happiness. Pride and their love of the Texas land threw them together in an unlikely marriage. Then, as unexpectedly as a spring flood, long pent-up passion exploded in a storm that was to consume them both...
Luke McGuire in Justine Davis' The Return of Luke McGuire
You always want
Luke didn't need the town's nasty stares to know that Amelia was off-limits. But then, reformed or not, he'd never been one to abide by the rules. He only hoped that the quiet beauty would fall for the man he had become instead of the one he used to be.
What you can't have Luke McGuire was everything shy Amelia Blair had been fascinated by as a girl but too terrified to go near. And now here she was, the only person in the whole town decent enough to give him the time of day, caring enough to stand up for him...brave enough to get close.
Lobo from Patricia Potter's Lawless
His name was Lobo .... The notorious, Apache-raised gunslinger was hired to scare a lady rancher off her land using his dangerous reputation and his cold eyes-and worse, if it was necessary. He thought it would be the easiest bounty he'd ever earned, until he came face-to- face with Willow Taylor. No woman had ever touched his heart before, and now Lobo faced the toughest challenge of all. Did he dare to reveal his true self to this spirited, giving woman?
Within her heart there lived a love of the open frontier - and a passion for a lawless gunman Her name was Willow .... Strong and determined, she survived in a tough land taking on the challenges of the wild West as she worked her ranch with the small band of outcasts she'd claimed as her family. There was nothing she couldn't handle on her own-until a silent and mysterious gunman came to town and haunted her with his piercing gaze and his fiery touch ....
So what is it about the bad boy that we find so appealing? There are many things but one of the big ones for me is they never really feel like they fit it. In most cases they come from the 'wrong' side and overcompensate their sense of isolation by being bad. But what they really want is to belong but because of their backgrounds, they aren't sure.
So it's up to the heroine in many cases to make them feel really wanted and she is the one who fills that empty spot. That is so appealing for me.
Another appeal - bad boys are basically loners and it's just enjoyable to see a loner open his heart to love. They seem to have lived their lives almost waiting for the right heroine with the right key to open their hearts.
And of course it goes without saying that the bad boys of romance are always hawt!!
I did a recent list of my top 16 favourite romance books and it's no surprise that some of the bad boy heroes here are in my top 16 books
So now you know a few of my favourite bad boys and a few of my reasons why I love them. How about anyone else. Who are your favourite bad boys and if you love them like I do, why is it you love them so much? Inquiring minds want to know.
And I will leave you with a treat, though not a hero in a book, here is one of my Very Favourite Bad Boys
SO ladies today is BIRTHDAY TIME and to help me celebrate I have brought alone some of the finest menz out there. Like the guy to the right who just wants you to join him and me in celebrating the WONDERFULKRISTIE J's BIRTHDAY. (her birthday was on the 11th)
And if that wasn't enought insentive then Johnny decided to stop in and shout ummmmmm KRISTIE I hope you had a great day!!!!!
But Kristie isn't the only one we are celebrating today for Ms. THEA is also getting ready to celebrate the BIG DAY on AUGUST 20th!!! So for Ms. Thea I have the wonderful young man below Jason Momoa (not sure if that is how you spell it) He is waiting for you Thea in a pasture and is yours ALLDAY *wink*
As I was looking through the list I realized that Ms. SULA is also celebrating a birthday next week on the 27th!!! so Ms. Sula here is my gift to you a lovely eatable HUGH JACKMAN playing some golf for your viewing pleasure!
But as I was looking at Hugh in a towel I thought "what would Hugh look like wet" well the answer to that question is to the left. DAMN the man is fine! Then I thought well if Hugh looks good in a towel who else might look good in a towel and well I came up with these menz. What do you think? (I personally think the one in the red is the hotest but that may just be me)
Then the thought came "WHO NEEDS TOWELS?" well I don't so I decided on these menz!
And because I know it isn't fair to the rest of you to have to share all the hot menz on the island with the birthday girls I decided to fly in a few others for our viewing and enjoyment. So without further delay I present the line up for tonight's entertainment. They will be dancing, shaking their bom-bomsand of course whatever else we deem necessary (even if it means measuring things to see who can pleasure the best) in order to get our groove things on!
Well girls that's all for today PLEASE don't forget if you have a favorite picture you would like to see at the birthday parties to send them to dikladies@yahoo.com and if your feeling extremely nice you can also send them to my personal account b/c I love to drool saraijohnson@hotmail.com Alright LADIES have a wonderful day and KRISTIE I hope yours ROCKED!!!
Next up of our island babes is Kristie J from Canada
Favorite Reading Position There is something almost naughty in that question!! But being the grandkidless grandmother in the group, I’ll answer in a non-naughty way. I have this really great couch/sofa that reclines – and has a massage feature. That’s where I do most of my reading.
Best love song OK bear with me on this one. It’s I Want to Know What Love Is by Foreigner. You see – being a big 80’s kind of girl, Miami Vice was a must watch television show. While I thought Sunny Crocket played by Don Johnson was mighty fine, it was Tubbs played by Philip Michael Thomas who really rocked my boat. There was this one episode in particular that featured a romance between Tubbs and a woman. She was killed at the end, and the song they played was I Want To Know What Love Is. Ever since then, it’s been one of my favourites. And Kristie has supplied us with a link.
Favorite Heroine This is such a hard question to answer!! There have been so many I’ve loved over the years. But after pondering on it, I think Jessica Trent of Lord of Scoundrels is my all time favourite. But not by much!
Author everyone loves but you don’t Oh crap! This question is going to get me into trouble – I just know it. *heavy sigh* JR Ward. I like her. Really I do! I just don’t love her like everyone else on the island.
If you could be in one book/series/world which would you pick Hmm – another real tough question. I think I’d have to answer the Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evanovitch. They are just so damn funny, I‘d want to follow Stephanie around so I could laugh at all her problems. And Granny Mazur rocks! I’ve already got 2 people I work with turned onto this series.
How old is your inside voice Ah – you mean Krisite!! Well, she is 28. And I can even describe her. She is much taller than me, about 5’7”, much slimmer than me and unlike me, she jogs. She has long blond hair and big blue eyes. Women envy her – but like her. Men just want her. And she doesn’t have to wait around in grocery stores to ask someone taller than her to fetch her something on a top shelf.
Favorite sex song You mean song I find sexy or song I have sex to? I can only answer the question if you mean the first. And I think the answer to that one is In The Heat of The Jungle by Chris Isaac. Phew! It’s a melter. Come to think of it though, it might be good for the other interpretation of the question too! There is some heavy duty moaning going on it that song.
If you could be a hero who would you be And why would I want to be a hero again?
What heroine is most like you I really don’t have an answer to that one.
What heroine would you like to be On the other hand, this one is easy! Eve Dallas. She’s tough. She kicks ass on a regular basis. And she has Roarke! Who wouldn’t want to be Eve?
Boxers, Briefs, boxer briefs, kilt (I say we add commando) OK – this is a boring answer – but boxer briefs
Favorite book set on a tropical island It’s not exactly an island – but it is the tropics – River of Eden by Glenna McReynolds
If you were stuck on a desert island what 3 things would you bring Beer, books and best friends (now a round of aaawwwwsss)
Favorite drink to bring to the DIK party Beer! While I like Pina Coladas better, liquor makes my tummy hurt after 2. Beer on the other hand goes down real fine on a hot summer day!
and of course whatever else we deem necessary 
