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Simply
Irresistible
From www.romancebytheblog.blogspot.com
Buogiorno, Bellas! I'm
a little bleary-eyed today because in the wee hours of
this morning, fighting a rare bout of insomnia, I indulged
in one of my favorite guilty
pleasures channel surfing with a glass of Kendall Jackson, a bowl of Lays and
nary a child or husband in sight to roll their eyes in disdain as I lingered
over The Top 101 Sexiest Lips in Hollywood.
But one click of the remote brought
everything to a standstill. When
an F-14 buzzes the tower and Maverick is the fighter
pilot, I'm in for the ride. Okay, say what you will about
Tom Cruise, but Top Gun is
irresistible to me. I
know every scene, every line, every camera shot designed
to make Kelly McGillis look petite, and yet I cannot
change the channel until the Righteous Brothers sing
and Pete Mitchell gets the (tall) girl.
Don't you think that certain movies
(and books!) are, for some inexplicable reason, utterly
irresistible? I'm not talking about classics like Gone With The Wind or sheer works of genius like Silence of
the Lambs. Sure, they'd make my top ten favorite movies, but I'm intrigued
by the flicks that are more like comfort food -- tempting,
delicious and satisfying every time, no matter how many
times you indulge.
I've got dozens on my list: tear-jerkers
like An Affair to Remember and
sugar shocks like Overboard, toe-curlers like Officer and a Gentlemen and heart-wrenchers like Now Voyager. And, of course, I'm a sucker for the protective stud
and the vulnerable beauty we met in The Bodyguard.
In one cinematic moment, Kevin Costner elevated the job
from husky to hunky – and I'm happy to keep the
standard high with my Bullet Catchers series. There's
nothing quite like a bodyguard to die for.
So, what are
some of your irresistible movies? What's
the one film you cannot turn off, the one that makes
you stop, drop and watch even though you can recite every
line of dialogue? I'd love to know because when I write a book, I'm always going
for the irresistibility factor.
Like this
guy Johnny Christiano, a Bullet Catcher coming this April
in TAKE ME TONIGHT. Now that's simply irresistible.
xoxo
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