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Holding On (Colorado High Country #6) —
The Colorado High Country series returns with Conrad and Kenzie's story.
A hero barely holding on…
Harrison Conrad returned to Scarlet Springs from Nepal, the sole survivor of a freak accident on Mt. Everest. Shattered and grieving for his friends, he vows never to climb again and retreats into a bottle of whiskey—until Kenzie Morgan shows up at his door with a tiny puppy asking for his help. He’s the last person in the world she should ask to foster this little furball. He’s barely capable of managing his own life right now, let alone caring for a helpless, adorable, fluffy puppy. But Conrad has always had a thing for Kenzie with her bright smile and sweet curves. One look into her pleading blue eyes, and he can’t say no.
The woman who won’t let him fall…
Kenzie Morgan’s life went to the dogs years ago. A successful search dog trainer and kennel owner, she gets her fill of adventure volunteering for the Rocky Mountain Search & Rescue Team. The only thing missing from her busy life is love. It’s not easy finding Mr. Right in a small mountain town, especially when she’s unwilling to date climbers. She long ago swore never again to fall for a guy who might one day leave her for a rock. When Conrad returns from a climbing trip haunted by the catastrophe that killed his best friend, Kenzie can see he’s hurting and wants to help. She just might have the perfect way to bring him back to the world of the living. But friendship quickly turns into something more—and now she’s risking her heart to heal his.
A hero barely holding on…
Harrison Conrad returned to Scarlet Springs from Nepal, the sole survivor of a freak accident on Mt. Everest. Shattered and grieving for his friends, he vows never to climb again and retreats into a bottle of whiskey—until Kenzie Morgan shows up at his door with a tiny puppy asking for his help. He’s the last person in the world she should ask to foster this little furball. He’s barely capable of managing his own life right now, let alone caring for a helpless, adorable, fluffy puppy. But Conrad has always had a thing for Kenzie with her bright smile and sweet curves. One look into her pleading blue eyes, and he can’t say no.
The woman who won’t let him fall…
Kenzie Morgan’s life went to the dogs years ago. A successful search dog trainer and kennel owner, she gets her fill of adventure volunteering for the Rocky Mountain Search & Rescue Team. The only thing missing from her busy life is love. It’s not easy finding Mr. Right in a small mountain town, especially when she’s unwilling to date climbers. She long ago swore never again to fall for a guy who might one day leave her for a rock. When Conrad returns from a climbing trip haunted by the catastrophe that killed his best friend, Kenzie can see he’s hurting and wants to help. She just might have the perfect way to bring him back to the world of the living. But friendship quickly turns into something more—and now she’s risking her heart to heal his.
In ebook and soon in print!
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Friday, April 11, 2008
Help me name my new baby
It's a MacBook!
But I haven't named it yet, and my mind is so full of other things that I can't seem to think of a cool name for my speedy new computer. And this thing is fast! Hooked up to my broadband, it's the fastest machine I've had. Not that it will make me write any faster, but hey...
So here's today's contest. Help me think of a name for my new computer. The winner gets a signed copy of Unlawful Contact plus samples of "Marc" and "Sophie." (The perfume is probably as close as any of us will get to sniffing the real man, so might as well go for it, right?)
To help you help me, here's a brief history of my computers and their names.
The first computer I owned on my own was a Mac Centris 610. It's name was R2D2. I wrote Sweet Release on R2D2, and I loved it. Remember, it took me seven years to write my first book, so I was with that computer almost as long as I was married. However, the Internet came along and made it obsolete. It was still functioning perfectly when I had to let it go and got...
An iMac, which I named Enterprise. Enterprise still works, but it's so outdated that I use it only in absolute emergencies. It can't read the files from my other computers, but it can, in a pinch, connect to the Internet. I wrote Carnal Gift and started Ride the Fire on Enterprise.
Then I got my iBook, which I loved! I finished Ride the Fire on the iBook, which, because it was portable and could go wherever I went, I very cleverly named Strider, in honor of The Lord of the Rings Films and Viggo Mortensen, who is extremely sexy and, best of all, part Danish. (Dejlige Danmark!)
But my iBook died in the line of duty, after helping me produce Ride the Fire, Extreme Exposure, Surrender, Hard Evidence, Unlawful Contact and most of Untamed. It deserves a decent burial, so I'm recycling it through Apple.
Now I have this sweet little MacBook. It's smaller than the iBook but much speedier. I haven't even come up with a name that interests me, but the name is important because I spend more time with this machine — I spend more time touching it — than I do any living human being.
My sons have already run with the Star Trek theme, so Star Trek-related names — I'm a hardcore Trekkie deep down, though I've never worn a costume, thanks very much — are probably out. And George Lucas ruined Star Wars for me with the second trilogy.
Next post: Music that is Marc to me
Coming soon: A preview of Untamed
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18 comments:
Duncan, for the Highlander!
It is a sweet looking laptop! Glad you like it.
Can't wait to see your playlist and the excerpt from UNTAMED.
How about Scotty! LOL You can beam up all kinds of stuff on that speedy computer! hehehe Congrats on the new one hon I hope it lasts a long long time for ye.
I was going to say Samwise because he was loyal and never failed, but after looking at the picture, it looks too femine for that name. What was the name of Sam's girlfriend who was so cute and sensible? Oh, well, Blogspot finally decided that I was a real person.
How about Hal? 2001 a space odyssey since your names are all sci-fi related, LOL.
LOL. my highschool nickname was Rhomulan. *G*
A few suggestions:
Aragorn (viggo!)
Tolkien
Galadriel
(I went with a LOTR theme)
Boudicca :)
Few more that came to mind :
Voyager
Athena
Riker
How about "Breck" after all the fun times we had up there and all the writing you got done upstairs in the Alaska Room? Also, Breck sounds like some stupid ass soapie character name, so you can imagine steely eyes and muscles!
Mine looks exactly the same except I have a pink plastic case on mine. I didn't have it in Co, so you saw mine just plain white.
Another thought is "Paul" as in Newman. "Lock the door, Maggie" sigh, that is still my fave line from my fave movie and I loved being able to share it with you and Ben.
Oh! continuing the movie theme how about "Louis" as this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship between you and your Mac. It is Ben's fave movie too!
So, they are my suggestions. I think I like Louis best. Have fun!
J xx
How about Janeway because she is a strong confident leader. Seems fitting for you.
I like Flash... Flash Gordon, fast computer, you get the drift LOL.
have to say again I love Marc's story and can't wait to see the playlist!
How about Hawkeye? That seems a fitting name seeing as you will be finishing on it.
Go-hi-yu-di is a Cherokee word for faith. I could not remember what tribe you descended from, so I used my husband's.
I also like Duncan, but Debbie H posted that first!
And I also like Mac for MacLeod, but I guess that might be a little simplistic.
I say go for Mistress Janeway. Have you ever checked out the secret logs of Mistress Janeway website? lol. Very funny and she's quite the dominatrix--she'll keep you on the computer working! lol
Lucy
Geez I have always named my cars but never my computers. You probaby started a trend.
Since it is a Mac and you are into literature call it PIPPIN (for Dickens character and it is an Apple computer)
Joye
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Only a true Star Trek fan would know this: Imzadi. (Do you know what it means Pamela?) It could describe the relationship one has with another - even if it is a computer. LOL. Christi
Hi, all
Sorry I've been MIA. I've been trying to write as much as I can on the weekends, and sometimes that means neglecting other things.
But I've enjoyed your posts and suggestions.
Duncan appeals to me for obvious reasons. I swear, if I named a dog Duncan McLeod, I'd fall in love with it.
Scotty and Janeway (interesting idea!) and Imzadi (yes, I know what that means!) are clever.
Rosie was the name of Samwise's girlfriend/wife, Frances. And I once had a guinea pig named Samwise. He had a best friend named Frodo, and Frodo made babies with Galadriel, an all-white guinea pig. It didn't work out like the book...
I like Aragorn.
Hal scares me, Leiha! What happens when the computer starts running my life. Oh, maybe it already does. LOL!
I love your nickname, Ronlyn. Very clever of your classmates!
Riker, Voyager (the name of my son's external disk drive) are good suggestions.
Breck is a fun name and a memory of fun times, Joanie. Making me think of Paul Newman all over again. That man is hot; I don't care how old he gets!
Kristie J, fun suggestion! I am fond of Hawkeye, that's for sure.
Debbie, Flash makes me think of "flesh"... because I have a dirty mind, I guess. LOL!
Karen, my great-grandmother was Cherokee, too. What a coincidence. I like the spiritual component of your suggestion. Funny that I know about 100 times more Lakota than Cherokee. Weird how that happens.
I like Mac a lot.
Pippin -- fun idea. I had a guinea pig named pippin once also. Can you tell I love LOTR?
Aimee, Boudicca is a name with some significance to me... Hmm...
Another vote for Janeway. I didn't realize she had a hidden life as a dominatrix, Lucy. That's pretty funny. As long as she got to have sex with what's his name... What is his name? The blonde guy she fished from prison?
Joy, I've never named a car, so we're even. LOL!
Tough decision!!!!
Right now I'm inclined toward: Duncan, Mack, Voyager, Imzadi (since my relationship with this machine is so intimate) and Janeway. Since I can't seem to choose, I'm going to pick a name from a hat for the contest.
:::: Drum roll please ::::
And the winner is...
KAREN.
Congrats! Ben's magic fedora popped out your name. Send me your mailing address and I'll get the book and the scents in the mail as soon as I can.
Thanks, everyone, for the great and fun ideas!
Pamela
Sweet! Thanks. E-mail is on the way.