Chicks-n-Scratching

My romantic comedy JINXED has 13 chapters. This is the only story I have written that asked for more than just chapter numbers. It wanted ‘quote’ headers that capsulized the mood of each chapter. In a way, it tells the story’s progression, gives insights as to what is happening in the story arc.

I share them with you.

Chapter One
“…direct from out of the wasteland! He’s bad, he’s beautiful, he’s crazy!
It’s… It’s the man with no name!”
—Dr. Dealgood in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Chapter Two
“Suddenly he stops. He looks up. For, lo, there she stands. The girl of his dreams. Who she is or whence she came, he knows not, nor does he care for his heart tells him that here, here is the maid predestined to be his bride.”
—Grand Duke in Cinderella

Chapter Three
“You don’t love a woman because she is beautiful,
she is beautiful because you love her.”
—Anonymous

Chapter Four
“He’s strong, he’s kind. He’s always there for you, and he’s handsome to boot.
He’s perfect. Perfect. Perfectly infuriating! He makes me crazy.”
—Hades in Kingdom Hearts

Chapter Five
“Soul meets soul on lovers’ lips.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley

Chapter Six
“Unless it’s mad, passionate, extraordinary love, it’s a waste of your time.
There are too many mediocre things in life; love shouldn’t be one of them.”
—Frankie in Dream for an Insomniac

Chapter Seven
“It’s a secret wanting. Like a song I can’t stop humming.
Or loving someone you can never have.”
—Janet Fitch, White Oleander

Chapter Eight
“You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.”
—Robin Williams

Chapter Nine
“Love is passion. Obsession. Someone you can’t live without.
Someone you fall head over heels for.
Find someone you can love like crazy, and will love you the same way back.
Listen to your heart. No sense in life without this.”
—William Parrish in Meet Joe Black

Chapter Ten
“I used to believe in forever, but forever is too good to be true.”
—A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh,

Chapter Eleven
“I was born when she kissed me.
I died when she left me.
I lived a few weeks while she loved me.”
—Dixon Steele in In A Lonely Place

Chapter Twelve
“Once in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life,
Love gives us a fairy tale.”
—Anonymous

Chapter Thirteen
“How shall I do to love? Believe.
How shall I do to believe? Love.”
—Archbishop Robert Leighton
BONUS!!

Epilogue
“But in spite their differences, they had one important thing in common.
They were crazy about each other.”
—Duke in The Notebook

*sigh*

I do love a happy ending. JINXED is available now in ebook and will be available April 1, 2010 in print.

When opposites attract, they are screwed three ways from Sunday.

Frannie learned the hard way that a McHottie doesn’t always equal marriage material. Besides, she’s happy with her vanilla life. She has friends, a career and a double-D-powered vibrator. Then Fate shoves her, literally, into Prince Charming’s lap. His declaration of love at first sight is cute—and spikes her bullcrap meter into the red zone.

She’s more than willing to give in with her body. But she’s barricaded her heart behind castle walls—and permanently welded the gates shut.

Tragedy taught Jinx that time is too precious to waste, so when a series of uncanny coincidences thrusts Frannie into his life, he holds on tight. He knows she thinks he’s several fries short of a Happy Meal, but he’s determined to breach the fortress around her heart and give her a Happily Ever After.

Even if he has to carry her fanny-first into his kingdom.

WARNING: Includes jelly shoes, a narcoleptic cat, and meatloaf. The steamy sex scenes may lead to fogged windows and wet panties, so proceed at your own risk. Do not attempt to read without the following items: tissues, napkins for spewed beverages, and a booty call on speed dial.

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