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Monthly Archives: January 2015

Haiku Horizons: Play

26 Monday Jan 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Haiku, Poetry

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love, Melody, Nature, play, romance

Done for Haiku Horizons

I’m your violin

strum me

for your dawn melody

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
26/01/15
 
I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom

 

 

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Thursday Tanka: Definition

22 Thursday Jan 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Haiku, Poetry, Tan Renga

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Definition, God, hardships, Nature, spiritual

The photo is by kind permission of Gilly.

pathway

Definition

on road  to nowhere

these  gnarled thorns and angry winds

my companions

yet it is a narrow road

that defines me, ‘cos you are

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
22/01/15

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Blog Tour – Love Undercover by Nana Prah

22 Thursday Jan 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in African Women Writers, Fiction, Guests, Publication, Romance

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Love Undercover, Nana Prah, romance

LoveUndercover_BannerI’m once again privileged to be spotlighting on my blog a lovely  friend, blogger and author, Nana Prah, whom you all know by now. I’m especially excited because Nana is celebrating in grand style the release of her third novel, Love Undercover with a blog tour at the end of which she will be giving away a $44 Amazon or Smashwords Gift Card. (details below). Also from January 1 through to 30, the novel is on sale at only 99 cents. Check that out!

Now, read on…

Title:    Love Undercover
Author: Nana Prah
Genre:  Contemporary Romance, Women’s Fiction, Sweet, Multicultural
Publisher: Black Opal Books
 
 

 The last thing she expects is to fall in love with a prison guard…

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Hotshot Secret Service Agent, Sarita Cerez is thrown into a medium security prison—for work. Her job is to protect the daughter of the president of South Korea. She never envisioned making friends with illegal immigrants or falling head over heels for one of the guards. Now the clandestine activity, which is integral to protecting her charge, may destroy her only chance at love.

He’s never fraternized with the inmates—until he met her…

Matthew Carter always plays by the rules, which includes maintaining a strictly professional relationship with the inmates in his charge. But when Sarita saunters onto the unit, all bets are off. Her status as a deportee with a permanent ticket to Columbia means they can never be together, but try as he might, this doesn’t stop him from risking his career for her.

He’s a man who values honesty above all else, and she lies for a living. Can two people from such different worlds find any common ground?

BookExcerpt

As they walked down the first flight of stairs, Sarita’s breath caught when she glanced at him. She missed her footing and would have gone head-over-ass down the steps if he hadn’t grabbed her.The heat emanating from Matt’s body seeped into her. “Thanks. You saved me from a nasty fall.”

“You are so beautiful, Sarita.” His whispered words feathered over her cheek.

She moved forward as his lips came down on hers in a crushing kiss. The impact brought tears to her eyes and a whimper to her throat. He eased the pressure. She took the light pecks as his apology.

She desired his passion over such teasing gentleness. Her hand moved to the back of his head and held him against her mouth, opening for him as his tongue thrust in. She hung onto him for fear of tumbling down the stairs.

Swinging her around, he lifted her onto the railing, wrapping her legs around him. His hardness met the juncture of her thighs. The need to feel more of him suffused her. She rocked her hips and squeezed him closer when he moaned.

The sound of whistling broke through the haze. She eased her feet to the steps and they continued down the stairs as if she hadn’t been about to rip off his shirt.

She held onto the railing so her wobbly legs wouldn’t slide out from under her. She chanced a glance up and saw the camera. How could she have forgotten where they were?

He looked back at the space they’d just vacated and raised an eyebrow. “Blind spot,” he whispered. “Didn’t you know?”

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AuthorBio

Nana Prah is a multi-published author of contemporary, multicultural romance. Her books are sweet with a touch of spice. When she’s not writing she’s reading, indulging in chocolate, and enjoying life with friends and family.

Contact details
Blog : http://nanaprah.blogspot.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NanaPrah
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NanaPrah.Author
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7202262.Nana_Prah
Google + : https://plus.google.com/u/0/+NanaPrah/posts
Tsu: https://www.tsu.co/NanaPrah

Giveaway

Nana is giving away a $44 Amazon or Smashwords Gift Card

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Carpe Diem Haiku: Repetition

20 Tuesday Jan 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Carpe Diem, Challenges, Haiku, Poetry

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Carpe Diem, light, Nature, rays, Repetition, romance, Sun

Done for Carpe Diem. 

bursting through the mist

silver rays kiss the leaves

ah, the dew, the dew

2

the light, oh the light

 river shimmers at the rays

splendour of spring

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20/01/15
 
I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom

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Haiku Horizons: Show

19 Monday Jan 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Haiku, Poetry

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Nature, old age, show, twilight, wrinkles

Done for Haiku Horizons.

show

 twilight dawns

a reflection of

my wrinkles

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
19/01/15
 

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Carpe Diem Time Glass: High Tea

19 Monday Jan 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Carpe Diem, Challenges, Haiku, Poetry

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Tags

Nature, problems, storm, tea cup

Done for Carpe Diem. 

swirling clouds

casting their shadow

in my tea cup

Credits: High Tea

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
19/01/15
 

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Carpe Diem Haiku: Sogi’s Dewey Evening

15 Thursday Jan 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Carpe Diem, Challenges, Haiku, Poetry

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Lio Sogi, love, Nature, romance, Troiku

Done for Carpe Diem.  The idea is to a write a haiku in the same sense, tone and spirit as Lio Sogi’s haiku below. Then the challenge is to write a Troiku based on the haiku we produced out of Sogi’s:

Both grasses and trees
waiting for the moon
dewy evening

My attempt

velvet evening

waiting for the moon

we melt into each other

Troiku

velvet evening

we trace the path

of the shooting stars

2

waiting for the moon

we follow the glow

of fireflies

3

we melt into each other

tracing the outline

of crystal dewdrops

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
15/01/15
 

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Thursday Tanka: Supplication

15 Thursday Jan 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Haiku, Poetry, Tan Renga

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Tags

Nature, sin, spiritual, supplication

The photo is by kind permission of Gilly.

skeleton tree

Supplication

in silent despair

their crooked fingers reach out

in supplication

confused at a deaf heaven

casting its fading halo

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
15/01/15

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Carpe Diem Haiku: Onomatopoeia

14 Wednesday Jan 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Carpe Diem, Challenges, Haiku, Poetry

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Tags

Harmattan, Manna, Nature, Onomatopoeia, Silk, Snow, spiritual

Done for Carpe Diem.  I tried. 🙂

rustling silk

the sound of leaves

in harmattan

 

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
14/01/15
 
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Carpe Diem Time Glass: Dance

13 Tuesday Jan 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Carpe Diem, Challenges, Haiku, Poetry

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Tags

dance, love, Nature

Done for Carpe Diem. 

Dance

blooming in style

 leaves sway to ancient rhythms

a butterfly dance

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
13/01/15
 

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