Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Reasons to Buy Svetkavista

1. Remember the scene from that otherwise awful mutilation of a film, The Queen of the Damned, wherein Stuart Townsend as Lestat plays the violin with a pair of gypsies on the beach? Brishen's character was inspired by that one little, memorable, scene.

2. Learn about a new culture. The Rom, more commonly known as gypsies, are complex, fascinating people. Find out why they're not what you think.

3. Like historicals but tired of Regencies and Scottish heros? (You better not be!) Explore something a little different! Set in 1760's Hungary, Svetkavista offers all the fun of an historical novel with none of the cliches.

4. Do you like music? Of course you do. Svetkavista is filled with it, the soulful sounds of the gypsy violin woven through the pages in a way that will make you want to rush to iTunes and buy yourself some Bartok. Which you should do anyway.

5. Kelly from AORAOG reviews called Svetkavista "sensuous, heartfelt, and truly beautiful...one of the best romance reads of the year" in 2006. Julianna from TwoLips "couldn't stop reading it and really didn't want it to end." Caro from Coffee Time Romance calls it "absolutely stunning." Cathie at Euro Reviews found it "extraodrinary" and "unique." Find out why. Do you really want to miss out on that?

6. Learn how to curse like a gypsy. They do it better than sailors.

7. Discover the book that put Kayleigh on the map. Initially published in July 2006, Svetkavista is Kayleigh's first published full-length novel. The buzz was immediate. Hop on the bandwagon and say you knew Kayleigh way back when.

8. Show your support for the new publisher everyone is talking about. You've heard about Tease Publishing, the new, women-run, exclusive publisher that is already developing a name for itself with its quality books, gorgeous covers, and creative marketing strategy. Show your support and satisfy your curiosity.

9. #1 Bestselling author and 2007 EPPIE winner Emma Wildes loved it. You love Emma. Therefore, you will love it too.

10. It's a KJ book. So you know it's gonna get hot.

11. Do you like coffee? How about coffee on the go? Keep your eyes peeled here for how to get your own FREE travel mug, just by answering a question or two.

12. Anyone who emails Kayleigh their receipt of purchase (kayleigh.jamison@gmail.com) by November 30th will receive a press packet from me filled with fun goodies.

13. The first 25 people to email (kayleigh.jamison@gmail.com) their receipts of purchase will be entered into a drawing to win a signed copy of Svetkavista in print when it is released February 15th of next year.

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Thursday Thirteen

Kayleigh's 13 Biggest Pet Peeves

Yes, I admit I'm in a crappy mood. So this is going to be a passive aggressive bitching Thursday Thirteen. Deal.

1. Ignorance

2. Immaturity

3. People who can't voice their opinions

4. People who complain constantly about a situation and then, when given an opportunity to voice their distaste to the very object of their suffering, back down. Goes to #3.

5. Dishonesty. Goes to #3 and 4 as well.

6. Bad table manners.

7. Clueless drivers.

8. Tom Cruise. I didn't like him before he went off his rocker, and I sure as hell don't now.

9. Divas. You know the ones.

10. When people stand over my shoulder. Or, when someone stands in the doorway watching television rather than just sitting down on the sofa.

11. People who have personal, intimate conversations on their cell phones in public. I'm really sorry you were abused as a child, random lady, but I don't see why I've got to hear about. (Yes, when I worked retail I actually heard that one - twice)

12. Passive Aggressive behavior. Except, of course, when I do it. Then it's fine.

13. People who drive the wrong way down one-way lanes in the grocery store parking lot. Seriously, there are big ass arrows telling you which way to go. How hard can it be?

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Thirteen Horror Movies Kayleigh Loves

1. Night of the Living Dead

2. The Exorcist

3. Halloween

4. Ringu

5. Suicide Circle (aka Suicide Club)

6. Session 9

7. 28 Days Later

8. Battle Royale

9. The Abandoned

10. Friday the 13th

11. The Hamiltons

12. Rosemary's Baby

13. Infection

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Thirteen Places Kayleigh Loves to Visit

1. Edinburgh, Scotland

2. Cajamarca, Peru

3. Moscow, Russia

4. London, England

5. Barcelona, Spain

6. Bermuda

7. The Bahamas

8. Bermuda

9. Montana

10. Moab, Utah

11. New Orleans, Louisiana

12. Grand Junction, Colorado

13. Savannah, Georgia

No Thursday Thirteen This Week

I'm out of town (or rather, in town, since I'm where I grew up and lived until about a year ago...hmm) for my sister's wedding, so there won't be a TT this week. I just can't get my brain to put that much effort into anything.

What I need to be doing is working on my toast. Crap. A writer, and I can't pen a simple wedding toast.

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Reality Shows That Kayleigh Secretly Loves

1. Top Chef

2. Project Runway

3. America's Next Top Model

4. Rock of Love

5. Hell's Kitchen

6. Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (and the American version, Kitchen Nightmares)

7. I Love New York

8. Flavor of Love

9. The Real World

10. The Hills

11. Mad Mad House - it only ran that one season but I loved that show!

12. Survivor

13. The Bad Girls Club

Thursday Thirteen

The Thirteen Most Recent Books Kayleigh Read

1. Carnally Ever After, Jackie Barbosa

I was pleasantly surprised by this Regency novella. Witty, humorous, and downright sexy, it's a fantastic first effort! 4.5/5

2. The Spying Maid, Lillith Payne - 4/5

3. Whispers In the Dark, Gayle Eden - 5/5

4. An Unexpected Bride, Jennifer Lynn Hoffman - 4.5/5

5. His Unexpected Bride, Jodici Belle - 6/5!

This book freaking rocks.

6. Silk and Steel, Stella and Audra Price - 5/5

7. A Taste of Temptation, Gayle Eden - 4.5/5

8. Winter Heart, Gayle Eden - 5/5

9. His Wicked Ways, Jaide Fox - 4.5/5

10. The Fox, Gayle Eden - 4/5

11. Refuge From the Storm, Gayle Eden - 4/5

12. Traitor Moon, Emma Wildes - 5/5

13. A Most Scandalous Position, Emma Wildes - 5/5

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Kayleigh's Thirteen Favorite Books

1. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

2. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte

3. The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner

4. House of Leaves, Mark Danielewski

5. Lessons Learned, Katrina Strauss

6. Hostage Moon, Emma Wildes

7. Insomnia, Stephen King

8. Lasher, Anne Rice

9. The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins

10. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens

11. Glamour, Stella and Audra Price

12. Outlander, Diana Gabaldon

13. Knight in Shining Armor, Jude Deveraux

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Kayleigh's Thirteen All Time Favorite Literary Heros

1. Heathcliffe - Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights.

2. Mr. Darcy - Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

3. Lestat de Lioncourt - Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles

4. Stefan Eldritch - Katrina Strauss' Lessons Learned

5. Robbie McCray - Emma Wildes' Hostage Moon and Wicked Moon.

6. Blair Ruthven - From my own Leading Her to Heaven (hey, can't blame a girl).

7. Hamlet.

8. Lord Bane Eldritch - Katrina Strauss' Secrets Revealed

9. Cassiel - Stella and Audra Price's Eververse Series

10. Malcom Frost - Stella and Audra Price's Eververse Series.

11. The Prince of Beauty and the Beast.

12. The Phantom - Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera (and the follow up books by Susan Kay, Phantom, and Colette Gale)

13. Acheron - Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter series