Tomorrow is July 14^th and that means it’s Bastille Day here on the ship.  I’m sure you thought we were only American pirates, but no.  We are International Pirates and with one of the greatest pirates to ever sail the seas being French, we must honor this day.  In case you haven’t figured it out, that’s Jean Lafitte.  His true origins are sketchy but the name sounds French and we’re going with it.

Anyvous, Bastille Day celebrates the raiding of Bastille prison by Parisian peasants on July 14, 1789. This is basically the French version of our 4^th of July.  And it also happens to be my daughter Isabelle’s birthday.  See, she even has a French name in celebration.  (Happy Birthday, Isabelle.  And you better not be reading this blog!) 

In order to celebrate the day, I thought we should add a Hottie Frenchman to the crew.  And so I went searching.  It’s actually more difficult to find a French Hottie than you’d think.  At least from this side of the water.  But in my *cough*hour*cough* of scoping out pictures of potential candidates, I came across the French Rugby Team.  Turns out they do a Hottie award winning calendar every year called Gods of the Stadium.  Does this look good or what?

I even found video of the making of the calendar.  More than one.  Audition tapes if you will.  I had to check them out, you know, in the name of research.  Gosh, this is such a tough job. *bigevilgrin*

This Tuesday, July 15, we are excited to welcome Megan Kelly to talk about her new Harlequin American Romance, The Fake Fiancee. This story is for all the moms out there who give all to their families. The hero is trying to avoid his matchmaking mama by bringing home a fake fiancee; and the heroine agrees to pose as his soon-to-be wife in order to earn money to get her son into a special program. If you like your stories sweeter, your characters more real–Megan is the author you need to add to your list of must-haves. Plus Megan and Hellion used to be in the same local writing chapter–total “dish the dirt” potential!

So join us this Tuesday with Guest Pirate, Megan Kelly and try not to hurt yourself today Googling the French Rugby Team.  I highly recommend finding those videos.  They are completely in French so I have no idea what they are saying, but that really doesn’t matter anyway.