Every Sunday, we announce the winner of our Friday Jungle Madness contest and this week it is…Linda (comment #53!) Thanks so much for playing! Send your name and snail mail address to Julie at julie@julieleto.com and I’ll forward it to all the monkeys so you’ll get your books. Oh, and let us know the titles of the ones you would like!
And don’t forget our special guest blogger tomorrow! Please stop by and say hello!
Now for the funny…
Be afraid, be very afraid…
This is why exercise frightens me…

What do these women think will happen to all that extra body mass when they stop weight training?
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I’ll stick to the treadmill twice a week, thanks.




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Hi, all. I wanted to say hi and apologize for not being online all week. Why not? TEETH problems. Double root canal. More pain. Back to the dentist. More pain killers and stronger antibiotics. So I just wanted you all to know I didn’t forget about you! ;( CARLY
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I thought the first one was a man! Yikes.
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Feel better Carly. I see perio on Tues. Not too happy.
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Dear Lord….I don’t understand how women that body build feel sexy. Honestly, they look like men. No offense to any readers that body build. But I just can’t see taking it to that extreme. A nicely sculpted body is one thing, but to be ripped like that is outrageous to me. Men are always talking about how intimidating approaching some women can be….I can only imagine what happens when men see someone that looks like they can kick his ass. LOL!!!
Thanks for the funny Julie…..And Carly feel better soon. I would rather have any type of surgery than have tooth pain!! That is THE worst pain in the world. PS: Finished Hot Item…LOVE IT. And the new website looks awesome. (l)
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Opps….forgot to Congratulate Linda!!
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Congratulations Linda on your win….. (y)
Thanks for the funny and for the life of me cannot understand why woman want to body build and end up looking like a man.
Hope that you feel better soon Carly, I hate dentists and any kind of pain to do with teeth is horrible…….in my opinion it is the worst kind.
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Ty everyone :p Now all I need to do is figure out which titles I want. All of them have great looking books. I am in shock I can’t think straight :d
I have one question though about a book. Janelle Denison I saw that Naughty is a new title and it sounds really good. I was wondering if you have that one?
Carly I hope you feel better (f)
Ty all again byebyeeee
Linda.H.
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Oh I forgot one thing. The picture’s are funny. My aunt sent me these before as a joke in an email :d :d
Byebyeee
Linda.H.
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Hi Linda — Yep, I do have NAUGHTY if that’s the one you’d like. Just so you know, though, it contains 2 stories that are REPRINTS from my earlier Harlequin Temptation books, TEMPTED & SEDUCED. Some readers have gotten confused and thought they were brand new stories, so I just wanted you to know just in case it made a difference
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CONGRATS LINDA
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Congratulations Linda on this weeks win. :)
I don’t know why any woman would want to put on so much muscle mass. I like to be tight and toned ,but we weren’t built to look like that.
When i used to go to a gym years ago the trainer I had said it would be easy for me to get into competion because of my body type. I have always been muscular. Which I don’t really care for. I had boys in high school tease me that I should be on the football team just because of my shoulders and arms.
Carly, honey you take care. If the pain doesn’t go away soon you get the guy that did the root canal to send you for a Cat scan. I had a root canal and I was is so much pain for nearly a year I lost down to 104 pounds (It hurt to much to eat). Finally the infection sweeled out the top of my gum and the dentist lanced me many times to get rid of the infection on top of a year of heavy duty antibiotics. I still had some pain but I could eat again.4 years later I read and article in a magazine while my car was being serrviced. There was and article about tooth pain and the article said it might be a cyst on the sinus. I went home and made an appointment to see the Ear Nose Throat doctor. He ordered a CAT scan and I had a big cyst on my sinus just above the tooth that had been giving me trouble. The doctor removed the cyst and in about 6 months all my pain was gone. (It took a long while to finally heal).
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Ty Yes that is the one I want. Ty very much. I will be sending out my email in a few ty Ladies again (f)
Linda.H.
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Janelle, I have another question :d I was wondering if I was to pick one of the Wilde series would it ruin anythong or do I have to read it in order as the series?
Linda.H.
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Ok Ladies sorry for being a pain :d :d . I just wanted to make sure I pick the books I really want even though they all look good. I got my picks already. So I will be sending my email shortly.
Linda.H.
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Congrats Linda!
Carly, I hope you feel much better!
As far as the funny, I am stepping away from the weights lol. Not that I’m buffed up mind you, but nothing that makes my muscles that sore could be anything but evil lol. Now to prove treadmills cause cancer and that chocolate is the cure lol. :)
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Julie when is Talk Dirty to Me coming out? I just read on your site that you have that coming out after Dirty Little Lies! How many books do you think this series will be? I LOVED Dirty Little Secrets!!!!!!
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Julie I also saw that one of your new books has my name in it but spelled Rachel. Is that what you meant by the Rachel/Rachael thing? I would still read it even though it has my name! I love your writing! You know, I didnt realize it was you I was talking to in the posts yesterday. I guess I didnt register that Julie was Julie Leto!! I would have acted all giddy and stupid because I loved Dirty Little Secrets so much and I was actually talking to the author!!
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Um…after I write it? LOL! Thanks, Rachael, for the enthusiasm. It’ll help me when I get started on Talk Dirty to Me, probably next month. The book isn’t contracted yet and I assume it won’t be until Pocket finds out how Dirty Little Lies sells. So….if anyone wants to make sure that Talk Dirty to Me gets published, you have to buy Dirty Little Lies when it comes out in September AND tell all your friends to do the same!
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I can’t wait! :)
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No need to act all giddy and stupid around me, Rachael! I’m just an ordinary soccer mom who happens to write books.
Yes, that’s what I meant! I’m putting up a Plotmonkey exclusive excerpt up on Wednesday from that book. Probably my favorite scene. Or one of them, anyway!
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Julie who do you like to read?
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Congratulations Linda!
Carly, Hope your feeling better soon. (f)
Thanks for the laugh! :)
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Lots of different authors! I’m not one to stick with just a few authors…in fact, I’m such a slow reader that it’s hard for me to keep up with anyone’s series. Except for Julie Kenner. I do tend to keep up with her books because she writes such a fast-paced book. I just picked up CALIFORNIA DEMON yesterday…I loved Carpe Demon and I’ve never been disappointed by Julie’s books. I loved THE MANOLO MATRIX, which was just out a month ago, and THE GIVENCHY CODE, which was out last year. I love the Nora Robert’s JD Robb books, but haven’t caught up on the whole series. I love, of course, all the Plotmonkeys books and the books of our mystery guest blogger, who will be here tomorrow! I’m the hugest JK Rowling fan ever and have read all the Harry Potter books at least twice. They’re my comfort reads.
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OOO Thanks for answering Julie.:)
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I have The Givenchy Code but I haven’t read it yet. I guess I should check it out. :)
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wtg linda, funny pic
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So glad I don’t look like either of those pictures!! :)
Linda congratulations on winning a fabulous prize. (f) Enjoy. :)
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I don’t think all those muscles look good on a man or a woman.
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Congrats to the winner! (y)
See now I know why I just can’t get into exercising… I don’t want to look like that. :s
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Julie, I was just wondering did you get my last email with my snail mail?
Ty again for the winnings (f) (f)
Linda.H.
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I just did, Linda! Prizes on the way soon! (*)
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Oh great. Ty very much Julie and I will be glad to wait for your book. But remember I will remind you :d Ty all again for the winnings. (f)
Linda.H.
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Oh great. Ty very much Julie and I will be glad to wait for your book. But remember I will remind you :d Ty all again for the winnings. (f)
Linda.H.
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Oo I am ss about the double posting my computer is acting up all day today.
Linda.H.
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Congrats Linda on winning!
OMIGOD! Okay…I am not going to exercise nor eat because I don’t to end up like either of them!!!!!!!!!!
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WTG Linda on the win!!
Feel better soon Karen/Carly!!! Having had root canal I know the pain aint something to take lightly.
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And the after!! I pity her, but she “done” it to herself. I think it’s good to have these pictures in circulation before other youngsters get involved in such a crazy way to treat their bodies.
Carly, my sympathies. Root canals can be dreadful. The first one I ever had was a disaster. My regular dentist at the time did it. I first felt the awful pain on a long weekend, our Victoria Day, (2 weeks ago) but this was almost 20 years ago. It would and would and would not heal until the dentist finally sent me to a specialist. And even then it took another couple of months. The whole procedure took almost exactly 6 months. And since he didn’t want to work on the other side at the same time, that problem also developed into root canal. Luckily, that one was a breeze. So I know what kind of pain you can have. Hope you soon feel a lot better. It really is one of the worst pains. (*)
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Oh, the horror, the horror!
Please, no more pictures like these. LOL!
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Linda, I sent off your copy of Killing Time this morning! You should get it soon. Thanks again for visiting!
Leslie
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Congrats Linda
Carly I hope you feel better soon.
I am loving HOT ITEM
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(f) Ty very much Leslie can’t wait to get it and start reading it
. The cover looks really good for it Leslie;).
Linda.H.
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BUWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!! :p :d