December 4, 2006 • Print This Post
UPDATE:
Winners are Sunshine, Joyce, and Sydney Dawn. Please email me with your snailmail and a few books choices.
Original Post:
As I’ve been joking about on my own blog, my brain is overloaded. Seriously, my To Do list is longer than my Christmas Wish List (I’m looking at a pile of laundry that is rivaling Mt. Everest as I type this) and what am I doing? Reading. I can’t help myself, it’s a sickness. I love to read, it feeds my soul much in the way that soft, gooey chocolate chips cookies do. On my reading pile is a set of my own page proofs. For those of you not familiar with this term, page proofs are the last time an author sees her book before it goes to print. This when I should catch all those pesky last minute things, like whoops, my heroine’s hair isn’t blonde and yikes, my hero says the F word just a few too many times and I really don’t want to get any letters on that. (Yes, I once really once got a letter regarding bad words. The disgruntled reader had circled — in red in case I was blind — all the swear words and sent them back to me.)
So I thought I’d share the chore. Below is an excerpt from my upcoming Brava SMART AND SEXY, enjoy on me. But if you find any mistakes, speak up now or forever hold your peace.
Oh, and I’ll be drawing two names from all of you who comment, for a book of your choice from my backlist.
Excerpt:
Another shot ricocheted past his nose and Bailey screamed loud enough to blister his ears. Hell. Wrapping an arm around her hips, he yanked, sliding her down into the protection of his body. Ignoring the fact that she fit against him as if she’d been made for the spot, he took a look over his shoulder. Eight feet to the balcony of the fifth floor. Or was it the fourth?
Wincing, because this was going to hurt like hell, he held onto his bundle of woman and leapt.
Bailey screamed again but Noah was too busy hitting the deck, then having the air sucker punched out of his lungs when she landed square on top of him to tell her to shut up again.
Honest to God, she was the noisiest woman he’d ever been shot at with.
Oh, wait. She was the only woman he’d ever been shot at with. One more whizzing bullet and his heart nearly lurched to a complete stop, starting up again on a staccato beat when Bailey covered her own mouth with her hand to keep in the next scream.
Good girl, he wanted to say. But with a groan, he rolled over in the snow, finding one hand full of soft breast. Christ. Yanking it back, he went up to his knees, keeping her tucked in front of him as he hit the ground running toward the balcony door, not an easy feat with the few inches of slippery snow. Pulling her up, he sandwiched her against the wall. “Wait here,” he said in her ear. “Don’t move, don’t breathe, and for God’s sake, don’t scream.”
“But—“
He put a hand over her mouth. “Bailey, goddamnit, for once, just do it, no discussion.”
Posted by Jill Shalvis @ 7:13 pm • Filed under: Jill Shalvis
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Loved the excerpt for Smart and Sexy. Will definitely be looking forward to more sneak peeks.
Oh wow! I loved that excerpt! I love your books Jill! I definitely will be buying “Smart and Sexy”! Please enter me in your drawing for one of your books. Thanks!
Sounds like you need a break or vacation from all that writing! Have yourself a spa day. You deserve it! Maybe Santa will give you a gift certificate to one. Merry Christmas and happy Holidays!
Michele
I’m hooked! I can’t wait to read it. You have quite a knack for pulling us in with the first paragraph. You’re the best.
Gena
Very hot Jill! Can’t wait to read it. Sounds sexy and exciting and boy, those sparks are flying!
Bailey and Noah already have a lot of “chemistry”!! Looking forward to reading the whole thing! Thanks for the christmas treat. Loved it!!
Looks perfect.
Did you know that laundry, when left to its own devices, begins breeding? Your pile could very well go from Mt. Everest to the entire Himalayan range if you don’t STOP THEM NOW!!!:grin:
The excerpt sounds great! Can’t wait to read the rest of it.
You got me hooked. Pretty good being shot at and ONLY using hell, damn and Christ.
I am going to make some choc chip cookies soon and I am not a cooky baker but the chips were on sale and I had to buy 2 bags for my choc fruitcake - and they were 3/$5. Thus, the extra bag and what to do with it.
Stop over and I will give you some.
I can’t wait for Smart and Sexy to come out. It sounds really great.
I have to disagree with Michelle. I don’t think you need a spa day, after all its hard to read while getting a massage. I just think you need a maid.
Love the sound of the book and oh yes I will buy it bought all the rest will buy this one please put me in the contest
thank you
THe excerpt sounds great, I can’t wait to read it.
Loved the excerpt, can’t wait to read the book.
~~~HAPPY HOLIDAYS~~~
No fair! Now we have to wait!
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Hi Jill:
Looks like a great story. Can’t wait for the story to come out will definitely be on my list to buy.
I am will Julie spa days are great but the maid will make enjoying the book a lot easier.
Love the excerpt. Really wan to read it now.
Sounds like a great story.
Loved the excerpt.
Yep, this time of the year is especially busy. Looking forward to your book.
Wow, that was a great excerpt, and now I’m itching for more!
I loved the excerpt. What a strong character, lol. (bossy)
Loved the excerpt, Jill! Now the wait for the book begins….:neutral:
I counted too many swear words. Nor for me. Sorry.
(I’m waiting for lightening to strike me at any moment.)
Great excerpt, Jill. Can’t wait to read it.
Sounds like my kinda book!!!
Can’t wait til it comes out !
really hot Jill, can’t wait
Great excerpt! Sounds like a great read.
I loved the great excerpt!
I love the title of the book, I think smart IS sexy! can’t wait to check it out
Thanks for posting an excerpt for us Jill. Sounds good!
The books sounds exciting already.
Love your excerpt.
Both my married sons wanted to know what to get me for Christmas. My reply - BOOKS. My one son is working p/t for a book chain, and I already gave him my list. Reading is an addiction but doesn’t hurt anyone.
My pile of books is taunting me while I write this… I have been so busy that I havn’t been able to sit down and enjoy a good read. I am going through book withdrawl!
Hopefully my schedule will be clear when Smart and Sexy comes out!(If not I will find a way:) )
p.s.Good luck with your pile of laundry:lol:
I love the excerpt, thanks for sharing! I can’t wait to read it =) Ha I still have yet to read Out of This World , it’s in my book pile too! But it’s on the top!
’she fit against him as if she’d been made for the spot’:
wow, I like this! Great excerpt and the story sounds very promising.
Chin up on all you have to do; one thing at a time and it eventually will be done.
Oh boy! Something to look forward to! Thanks for sharing with us Jill. Wish I had it right now for something to do as I recuperate from surgery…..
Can’t wait to read this!!!
Oh Wow, what a great excerpt. I can hardly wait to read this one, and talk about tensions already. Thanks for sharing…..
Dammit, Jill. I want to own everything you write and that is a very very bad thing for my book budget. Fantastic excerpt!
Sounds yummy!
Oooh, I love her name.
Can’t wait to read this.
Great excerpt. Looking forward to reading more.
Loved the excerpt. Looks like another book has been added to my TBR list.
My To-Do list and Christmas shopping list is just growing by leaps and bounds and I don’t know when I’ll get to them or to any leisure reading. I recently accepted an editing job at an e-publisher and now I’m swamped with edits (on top of my day job).
The name was my first thought - anyone we know roflmao. Great excerpt!
I didn’t want to say anything, but yeah, that name sure does seem familiar! I checked your site, we have to wait over 100 days for this one!! No FAIR!!
Sweeties, believe me, if I meet anyone named Noah, y’all will be the first to know.
Jill, I can’t find any errors cuz i’m so into the excerpt that I forget you wanted me to look,
But it was so good!! I have to go see when this will be out!!
Fun excerpt! I didn’t catch any errors, but like Cathie, I was too into the action and humor to look.
I read it 5 times
the first four times cause i just wanted to lap up the story, cause Noah sounds like fun 
and the 5th was for proof reading. Looks fantastic - can’t wait for it to be released 
Neat Alicia!
wtg ladies
Sydney Dawn, I’m sorry I misspelled your name, I am the world’s worst speller and dyslectic to boot. Anyway, congrats to the winners.
That’s because you need a keeper.:mrgreen: