Friday, December 14, 2012

Holiday Gifts of Love



I often tell my boyfriend of 2 years that he doesn't have a romantic bone in his body. He's an alpha male with a capital A and has, what I tell him, "cave man" views and values. As we head into our second Christmas together, I've realized that romance isn't just candlelight dinners, or sensitive words, or sky-gazing on a starry night.

His recent shopping trip for my Christmas gift(s) brought this to my attention. Suddenly, I found myself sitting back and thinking, "Aww, that's so romantic." Why? He could've taken the easy way out. When he asked me for a Christmas list, I emailed him ideas complete with purchase links. Simple...click, add to cart, purchase. He would've been done in less than ten minutes. A lot of men would've jumped at the ease of that.

Instead, he subjected himself to a full day of doing the one thing most men hate: Shopping! He left the house at 10:00 am and didn't return until nearly 5:00 pm. I have no clue exactly where he went or what I'll be opening on Christmas morning. I do know, thanks to a few phone calls exchanged throughout the day, that he spent hours at the dreaded mall, then hopped all over town, and enlisted his sister's help via phone as well. By the time he returned home, he was totally frazzled, exhausted, and teetering on the edge of a foul temper, but he had done it all for me.

I realized then that, while he may not be traditionally romantic, there are little things he has done throughout our 2 year relationship that stood out to me as being sweet at the time, but should have set off my romance meter, too. Maybe it did subconsciously. I know it certainly made me fall head over heels in love.

Enter to win tons of prizes!

Comment on this post for a chance to win $5 in Strand Bucks to be used at Siren-BookStrand. Hmm, maybe you'll want to use it to get started on The Heroes of Silver Springs series before the Christmas Eve release of the latest edition, Going Under. :)


For a man who vowed never to fall in love, how can it be possible Cameron Stone managed to fall for two? When he finds himself in Silver Springs, hometown of Adrien Bingham and Thaddeus Carter, emotions run wild and attraction explodes. Can the self-proclaimed playboy hold onto his resistance?

Hop around the blogs in the list below to enter to win 200 other prizes AND get your name in for one of the THREE Grand Prize drawings.

Now what are those prizes?

1st Grand Prize: A Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet
2nd Grand Prize: A $200 Amazon or B&N Gift Card
3rd Grand Prize: A Swag Pack that contains paperbacks, ebooks, 50+ bookmarks, cover flats, magnets, pens, coffee cozies, and more!


27 comments:

  1. Aww - that's sweet. Mine usually asks for a list - and then completely surprises me out of the blue with something that he knows I will like - even if I never mentioned it. That's how I got my kindle last year for christmas - out of the blue.

    all the best to you and yours this season. Thank you for participating and the opportunity!

    glhince at gmail dot com

    ReplyDelete
  2. Thanks so much--happy holidays!

    vitajex(at)aol(dot)com

    ReplyDelete
  3. That is so sweet! My husband has his moments as well and usually only at Christmas and Anniversary time! The rest of the year, not so much! lol

    susanmplatt AT hotmail DOT com

    ReplyDelete
  4. Thanks for the chance to win!

    jung {dot} shari {at} gmail {dot} com

    ReplyDelete
  5. Thanks for the giveaway!

    Happy Holidays,

    Lasha
    mslasha at gmail dot com

    ReplyDelete
  6. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
    cassandrahicks1989@yahoo.com

    ReplyDelete
  7. Merry Christmas to you! Thank you for the giveaway!
    verusbognar (at) gmail (dot) com

    ReplyDelete
  8. Aw that is so sweet, mine hates to shop but does pretty good every year :).

    Happy Holidays!

    Dawna N.

    vampiremistress2010(at)gmail(dot)com

    ReplyDelete
  9. Happy Holidays
    Thanks for the great giveaway :)
    BeckeyWhiteATgmailDOTcom

    ReplyDelete
  10. Hubby and I stopped buy each other things for Christmas. We focus on our three sons more and on income tax we buy what we want and say "that's our christmas gift from each other". Because hubby has bought some things that insulted me like bake ware.

    Raonaid at gmail dot com

    ReplyDelete
  11. thanks for being part of this giveaway
    Merry Christmas

    crystaley73 at yahoo dot com

    ReplyDelete
  12. Merry Christmas and may your new year be filled with books.


    flip at ida dot net

    ReplyDelete
  13. This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Happy Happy Holidays! Thanks for the great giveaway!
    grapeapril75(AT)gmail.com

    ReplyDelete
  15. Happy Holidays to all...I'm hoping to get lots of gift cards for books ;)

    evitap67(at)gmail(dot)com

    ReplyDelete
  16. Thanks for the great post and Happy Holidays!
    sqwalker2@hotmail.com

    ReplyDelete
  17. What a sweet boyfriend! Have a Merry Christmas!
    smoofrog@gmail.com

    ReplyDelete
  18. the book soundzs good thanks for hop
    kaholgate at ymail dot com

    ReplyDelete
  19. Happy Holidays!!

    Sassychassy333 at gmail dot com

    ReplyDelete
  20. What a great guy you have:)
    Happy Holidays!
    ajcraig77@comcast.net

    ReplyDelete
  21. Happy Holidays, Big Hugs
    Missie Jones
    missie25524@netzero .com

    ReplyDelete
  22. What an awesome hop!! And a fantastic giveaway! Thank you!! Happy holidays to you all! Best wishes and many blessings!
    shadowluvs2read(at)gmail(dot)com

    ReplyDelete
  23. Oh my husband doesn't have one "traditional romantic bone in his body". lol But some small things like know dates such as: the day we first met, the day we fisrt did it, the day we married, etc shows him really a different side of romantic. We have been together for 20 years and he has never forgotten one of these dates ever.

    Happy Holidays!
    morebooksthanlivros@gmail.com

    ReplyDelete
  24. Hello, thanks for the giveaway!

    skizzles_22_hju@yahoo.com

    ReplyDelete
  25. I'm spending this holiday season with my family and hoping to win so I can read more romances. I don't have an ereader. Happy Holidays! lisarayns at gmail dot com

    ReplyDelete
  26. Happy Holidays!

    Morganlafey86(at)aol(dot)com

    ReplyDelete
  27. My favorite thing about this season is cookies; I love making and eating them. Everyone is so willing to share.
    planterofhope at aol dot com

    ReplyDelete