{"id":6784,"date":"2014-08-30T10:11:49","date_gmt":"2014-08-30T16:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/?p=6784"},"modified":"2014-08-30T10:11:49","modified_gmt":"2014-08-30T16:11:49","slug":"saturday-status-83014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/saturday-status-83014","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Status 8\/30\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/WP_20140822_017.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6786\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/saturday-status-83014\/wp_20140822_017\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/WP_20140822_017.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/WP_20140822_017-168x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/WP_20140822_017-576x1024.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6786\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/WP_20140822_017-168x300.jpg\" alt width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/WP_20140822_017-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/WP_20140822_017-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/WP_20140822_017.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\"><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wel\u00adcome! It\u2019s the end of August, and already it\u2019s cooled down here enough to make me turn on my heater \ud83d\ude41 Why do I&nbsp;live here again? I&nbsp;missed last week\u2019s sta\u00adtus because I&nbsp;was in St Louis! And yes, it was <span class=\"caps\">HOT<\/span> there, so maybe I\u2019m just nev\u00ader&nbsp;happy.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Work in Progress News ~ &nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>I\u2019ve been hop\u00adping around on wips this week. Haven\u2019t accom\u00adplished much to speak of on any of them, but it feels good to stay busy. School start\u00aded on Mon\u00adday, so I\u2019ve got no excuse not to type my fin\u00adger\u00adprints off.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong> Favorite Song of the Week ~ <\/strong><\/span>Every Breath You Take \u2014 or as my daugh\u00adter calls it \u201cthe stalk\u00ading song\u201d by the Police as cov\u00adered by <span class=\"caps\">UB40<\/span>. Because every song needs reggae-ified.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-2xAYdTFQzk?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"80\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong> Back\u00adlist News ~ <\/strong><\/span>This week\u00adend&nbsp;All Romance Ebooks is hav\u00ading a&nbsp;30% rebate, and&nbsp;all of my titles (both <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allromanceebooks.com\/storeSearch.html?searchBy=author&amp;qString=Alanna+Coca\">Alan\u00adna Coca<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allromanceebooks.com\/storeSearch.html?searchBy=author&amp;qString=Olivia+Brynn\">Olivia Brynn<\/a> are includ\u00aded! It\u2019s a&nbsp;great week\u00adend for romance.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong> Tweet of the Week ~<\/strong><\/span> I&nbsp;laughed ridicu\u00adlous\u00adly hard after read\u00ading&nbsp;this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Just plucked out a&nbsp;nose hair that was con\u00adnect\u00aded to my entire cen\u00adtral ner\u00advous sys\u00adtem and now my nose is leak\u00ading spinal fluid.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <span class=\"caps\">EEEANJAY<\/span> (@blondenorsky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blondenorsky\/statuses\/425421849019699200\">Jan\u00adu\u00adary 21,&nbsp;2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br>\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mean-Streak-Sandra-Brown-ebook\/dp\/B00HQ2N52K\/?tag=alannacoca-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6788\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/saturday-status-83014\/download\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/download.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"106,160\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/download.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/download.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"shadow alignleft wp-image-6788 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/download.jpg\" alt width=\"106\" height=\"160\"><\/a>What I\u2019m read\u00ading ~ <\/strong><\/span>While I&nbsp;was in Mis\u00adsouri, the newest San\u00addra Brown\u2019s newest book came out! I\u2019m just start\u00ading it now. So excited!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dr. Emory Char\u00adbon\u00adneau, a&nbsp;pedi\u00ada\u00adtri\u00adcian and marathon run\u00adner, dis\u00adap\u00adpears on a&nbsp;moun\u00adtain road in North Car\u00adoli\u00adna. By the time her hus\u00adband Jeff, miffed over a&nbsp;recent argu\u00adment, reports her miss\u00ading, the trail has grown cold. Lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly. Fog and ice encap\u00adsu\u00adlate the moun\u00adtain\u00adous wilder\u00adness and par\u00ada\u00adlyze the search for her.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\"><br style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">While police sus\u00adpect Jeff of \u201cinstant divorce,\u201d Emory, suf\u00adfer\u00ading from an unex\u00adplained head injury, regains con\u00adscious\u00adness and finds her\u00adself the cap\u00adtive of a&nbsp;man whose vio\u00adlent past is so dark that he won\u2019t even tell her his name. She\u2019s deter\u00admined to escape him, and will\u00ading to take any risks nec\u00ades\u00adsary to sur\u00advive.&nbsp;<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\"><br style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Unex\u00adpect\u00aded\u00adly, how\u00adev\u00ader, the two have a&nbsp;dan\u00adger\u00adous encounter with peo\u00adple who adhere to a&nbsp;code of jus\u00adtice all their own. At the cen\u00adter of the dis\u00adpute is a&nbsp;des\u00adper\u00adate young woman whom Emory can\u2019t turn her back on, even if it means break\u00ading the law. Wrong becomes right at the hands of the man who strikes fear, but also sparks pas\u00adsion.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\"><br style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As her hus\u00adband\u2019s decep\u00adtion is revealed, and the <span class=\"caps\">FBI<\/span> clos\u00ades in on her cap\u00adtor, Emory begins to won\u00adder if the man with no name is, in fact, her res\u00adcuer from those who wish her dead \u2014 and from heartbreak.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Today\u2019s Tear\u00adjerk\u00ader ~<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/85P2iMHfzKw?rel=0\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliviabrynn.com\/books\/position-secured\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"286\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/saturday-status-11913\/position-secured-cinemagraph-smaller\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/position-secured-cinemagraph-smaller.gif\" data-orig-size=\"195,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/position-secured-cinemagraph-smaller.gif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/position-secured-cinemagraph-smaller.gif\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"shadow alignright wp-image-286 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/position-secured-cinemagraph-smaller.gif\" alt width=\"195\" height=\"300\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Book Snip\u00adpet ~ <\/strong><\/span>From Posi\u00adtion Secured:<\/p>\n<p>He stood straight, and Mari felt the first stir\u00adrings of embar\u00adrass\u00adment. What had she just done? She didn\u2019t even know him! She avoid\u00aded look\u00ading at his face, but he cra\u00addled her chin in his hand and tilt\u00aded her head back so she couldn\u2019t help but look into two blue&nbsp;eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Damn, her fan\u00adtasies were good. She\u2019d pegged this guy, right down to that glassy look. His pupils had dilat\u00aded. His breath came fast against her cheeks.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Now that we got that out of the way, I&nbsp;think you can relax a&nbsp;lit\u00adtle bit and enjoy the rest of&nbsp;this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She swal\u00adlowed. \u201cThe&nbsp;rest?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He grinned. A&nbsp;cocky, preda\u00adto\u00adry smile that only tilt\u00aded one side of his mouth, but crin\u00adkled both eyes with mirth. \u201cWe\u2019re just get\u00adting start\u00aded.\u201d He took her hand and, like one hyp\u00adno\u00adtized, Mari fol\u00adlowed him as he backed into her room and sat her on the bed. He strad\u00addled her knees and stood inch\u00ades in front of her. She had to look way up to see&nbsp;him.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Okay folks. Enjoy your Labor Day Week\u00adend. Grill some deli\u00adcious foods, put your feet up, and send sum\u00admer off with a&nbsp;bang!<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wel\u00adcome! It\u2019s the end of August, and already it\u2019s cooled down here enough to make me turn on my heater \ud83d\ude41 Why do I&nbsp;live here again? 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