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Entangled March Madness: Gareth from Blood Moon by Lisa Kessler + giveaway

Link to the brackets, full schedule, and will be updated after each battle.

http://www.entangledinromance.com/2015/03/01/its-march-madness-time

 In round one of the Entangled March Madness Gareth from Blood Moon by Lisa Kessler is going up against Jackson from Ghost of a Promise by Kelly Moran.

There is one major reason why you should pick Gareth over Jackson: werewolf. That’s right, Gareth has supernatural strength to protect you and supernatural stamina to love you. Of course Gareth has many qualities that make him a dish you just can’t pass up…

VOTING LINK

http://www.entangledinromance.com/2015/03/02/gareth-vs-jackson-round-1-match-2-march-madness/

Ingredients:
One prime cut of werewolf
Native American Mysticism
Caring heart of a strong female
Passion oil
Dry rub

Dry Rub Ingredients:
1 cup of anger
1 cup of grief
1 pound of loyalty
Humor
Protectiveness

Instructions:
Season werewolf with Native American Mysticism overnight in freezer. Put lots of dry rub on the emotionally frozen werewolf (rub it in well, many layers). In a blender add the caring heart of a strong female and blend until smooth. Pour over top of werewolf and let sit till thawed. Then sear with passion oil on extreme heat and serve on a motorcycle.

Best eaten outside under the stars.

Taste Test

I turned toward Nadya. “Some ground rules for tonight.”

Wariness shadowed her eyes. “All right.”

“No questions about my family. I’m riding to mellow out, not drudge up memories.”

Crossing my arms over my chest, I waited for her answer. Maybe I wouldn’t have to touch Gabe’s bike after all.

“Deal.” She nodded.

“Fine.” I went into my shop and came back with a modular helmet. I hated the damned things, but it would cover her entire head, face, and chin. Safety first. I also brought her a pair of leather gloves and a leather jacket. “Put these on. It’ll be cold at the lake tonight.”

“We’re going up to Tahoe?” She pulled the jacket on and started on the gloves.

“No. Pyramid Lake.”

Tugging on her second glove, she reached for the helmet. “I’ve never heard of it. Is it far?”

“Not really.” Holy shit, she looked amazing in leather. Damn. I ground my teeth together to rein in the unwelcome surge of lust. Remembering she was dying turned out to be the cold shower I needed. “It’s on the Paiute Reservation about forty-five minutes away.”

I tipped the Road King up, knocking the kickstand back while I gauged the weight. I’d only ridden Gabe’s bike once, after I fixed the suspension and replaced the shocks. Never thought I’d be rolling it out again.

Never thought I’d be taking anyone to Pyramid Lake, either.

Nadya followed me out of the garage, putting on her helmet. I lowered the door and got on the black Road King. Sitting on the bike, I stared at the key in the ignition. Gabe’s key.

“Ready?”

Her voice broke my fixation on the keys. I was ready for plenty, but a ride to the lake with Nadya on my brother’s bike wasn’t high on that list. Probably should’ve thought about that before I invited her along.

“Yeah, climb on.” I offered my gloved hand to steady her while she swung her leg over the back. She slid into place, and even through the damned leather jacket I could feel her soft curves against my back. “All set?”

“Yep.” Her voice was clear and closer to my ear than I expected.

I grabbed my black no-nonsense half helmet and snapped it on. She slid her gloved hands around my waist, and my pulse throbbed below my belt. My body had missed the memo that this wasn’t a date.

Death had his eye on this girl, and I’d already had more than my share of loss.

I turned the key and fired up the engine. The Road King roared to life as if it hadn’t been sitting dormant for months. I glanced up toward the stars, toward my brother. The world lost a bright light when he was murdered.

And still no justice. No one in the Pack even mentioned Gabe anymore, let alone hunted his killer.

Not that I asked them to. What if killing Gabe’s murderer didn’t make the pain go away? For now, the thought of justice gave me a flicker of hope. I wasn’t willing to give that up. Moving to Colorado would be a new start. No more ghosts around every curve.

“Hang on.” I put the bike in gear and we roared into the darkness.

Blood Moon (Moon #3)
by Lisa Kessler
One bite can change you.
And one kiss can change your destiny...

Nadya Dalca has been handed a death sentence. She's been bitten by the last living genetically enhanced werewolf―part of the Nero Organization's disastrous Moonlight project. With the poisonous blood now coursing through her system and pushing her to the limits, it is only a matter of time before Nadya's fate is sealed...

Gareth Takoda told himself he couldn't get involved. Caught up in a maelstrom of grief and bitterness, he has been isolating himself from his Pack. But when he is charged with watching over Nadya's first transformation―or bear witness should it go horribly wrong―Gareth is torn further by unwanted desire and the need to protect what is his.

One kiss changes everything. One shattering, all-consuming kiss. And with it, Nadya and Gareth face either salvation...or death.

VOTING LINK

http://www.entangledinromance.com/2015/03/02/gareth-vs-jackson-round-1-match-2-march-madness/

Match links do not go live until each match starts

3/2 MATCH 1 – Reid (The Hopeless Reader) vs Cole (Pretty Little Pages)

3/3 MATCH 2 – Gareth (I Smell Sheep) vs Jackson (RhiReading)

3/4 MATCH 3 – Charlie (Kayl’s Krazy Obsession) vs Lorenzo (In Between the Pages)

3/5 MATCH 4 – Mack (The Ever Romantic Arts) vs Josh (What I’m Reading)

3/9 MATCH 5 – Jaxon (Happy Tails and Tales) vs Jackson (Consuming Worlds)

3/10 MATCH 6 – Noah (Literary Misfit) vs Bowen (The Literary Gossip)

3/11 MATCH 7 – Daemon (These Flying Pages) vs Bishop (Open Letter 2 NYC)

3/12 MATCH 8 – Drake (Talking Books) vs Lord Hugh (Meradeth Houston)

2015 Oscar Nominations

It's that time of year! I Smell Sheep has cast our official votes for the 2015 Academy Awards.  We guessed on some (most) and really thought on others (oh look, something shiny!). Feel free to take part in the fun and leave your votes in the comments below. 

Voting Color Key: 

Sharon - SS

Adria - AR 

Pamela - PKK

Gef  - GF

Katie - KD

Best Picture

“American Sniper” Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan, Producers-SS –AR  --PKK

“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers –KD, 

“Boyhood” Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland, Producers - GF

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson, Producers

“The Imitation Game” Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman, Producers

“Selma” Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers

“The Theory of Everything” Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten, Producers

“Whiplash” Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster, Producers

Actor

Steve Carell in “Foxcatcher”

Bradley Cooper in “American Sniper” -KD

Benedict Cumberbatch in “The Imitation Game” -SS

Michael Keaton in “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” –AR 

Eddie Redmayne in “The Theory of Everything” –GF

--PKK

Supporting Actor

Robert Duvall in “The Judge” –KD

Ethan Hawke in “Boyhood”

Edward Norton in “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” –SS –AR --PKK

Mark Ruffalo in “Foxcatcher”

J.K. Simmons in “Whiplash” - GF

Actress

Marion Cotillard in “Two Days, One Night”

Felicity Jones in “The Theory of Everything” 

Julianne Moore in “Still Alice” – GF -AR

Rosamund Pike in “Gone Girl” –KD –SS --PKK

Reese Witherspoon in “Wild” 

Supporting Actress

Patricia Arquette in “Boyhood” –KD

Laura Dern in “Wild” - GF

Keira Knightley in “The Imitation Game” -AR

Emma Stone in “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” –SS --PKK

Meryl Streep in “Into the Woods”

Animated Feature

“Big Hero 6” Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli –KD-SS --PKK

“The Boxtrolls” Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight

“How to Train Your Dragon 2” Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold -AR

“Song of the Sea” Tomm Moore and Paul Young - GF

“The Tale of the Princess Kaguya” Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura

Adapted Screenplay

“American Sniper” Written by Jason Hall

“The Imitation Game” Written by Graham Moore –KD-SS -AR

“Inherent Vice” Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

“The Theory of Everything” Screenplay by Anthony McCarten – GF --PKK

“Whiplash” Written by Damien Chazelle

Original Screenplay

“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo

“Boyhood” Written by Richard Linklater –KD-SS

“Foxcatcher” Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness --PKK

“Nightcrawler” Written by Dan Gilroy - GF

Cinematography

“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Emmanuel Lubezki –KD - GF-AR --PKK

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Robert Yeoman-SS

“Ida” Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski

“Mr. Turner” Dick Pope

“Unbroken” Roger Deakins

Costume Design

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Milena Canonero - GF

“Inherent Vice” Mark Bridges

“Into the Woods” Colleen Atwood –KD

“Maleficent” Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive-SS –AR --PKK

“Mr. Turner” Jacqueline Durran

Director

“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Alejandro G. Iñárritu -KD
-SS -AR

“Boyhood” Richard Linklater - GF

“Foxcatcher” Bennett Miller

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Wes Anderson

“The Imitation Game” Morten Tyldum

Documentary Feature

“CitizenFour” Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky – GF -AR

“Finding Vivian Maier” John Maloof and Charlie Siskel

“Last Days in Vietnam” Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester –KD --PKK

“The Salt of the Earth” Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier-SS

“Virunga” Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara

Film Editing

“American Sniper” Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach

“Boyhood” Sandra Adair –KD-SS - GF-AR --PKK

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Barney Pilling

“The Imitation Game” William Goldenberg

“Whiplash” Tom Cross

Makeup and Hairstyling

“Foxcatcher” Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard - GF

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier

“Guardians of the Galaxy” Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White -KD-SS –AR--PKK

Original Score

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Alexandre Desplat

“The Imitation Game” Alexandre Desplat

“Interstellar” Hans Zimmer –KD – GF –AR--PKK 

“Mr. Turner” Gary Yershon

“The Theory of Everything” Jóhann Jóhannsson

Original Song

“Everything Is Awesome” from “The Lego Movie” Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson –KD-SS - GF

“Glory” from “Selma” Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn -AR

“Grateful” from “Beyond the Lights” Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from “Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me” Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond --PKK

“Lost Stars” from “Begin Again” Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois

Production Design

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock –KD - GF 

“The Imitation Game” Production Design: Maria Djurkovic; Set Decoration: Tatiana Macdonald

“Interstellar” Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson-SS --PKK

“Into the Woods” Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock -AR

“Mr. Turner” Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Charlotte Watts

Sound Editing

“American Sniper” Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman –KD 

“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Martín Hernández and Aaron Glascock

“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” Brent Burge and Jason Canovas -  GF –AR --PKK

“Interstellar” Richard King-SS

“Unbroken” Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro

Visual Effects

“Captain America: The Winter Soldier” Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick-SS -AR

“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist

“Guardians of the Galaxy” Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould –KD – GF --PKK

“Interstellar” Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher

“X-Men: Days of Future Past” Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer

Oscar Picks 2014 + Giveaway

It is time to once again cast our votes for the 2014 Oscar nominees! To take part in the fun (and win some cool prizes) pick the person you think got the most right and fill out the Raffleman at the bottom of this post.

Don't worry about if you missed seeing any of the movies below, this is for fun! Make an educated guess or pick who your gut feels luckiest about.

Here's a guide for our initials:

Katie = KD
Sharon = SS
Gef = GF
Adriana = AR
Mary Kirkland = MK
Pamela Kenny = PKK
Denise = DZ

Let the voting begin!!! 

1. Best Picture: 

American Hustle KD SS AR

Captain Phillips MK

Dallas Buyers Club

Gravity PKK

Her

Nebraska

Philomena

12 Years a Slave GF DZ

The Wolf of Wall Street

2. Actor: 

Christian Bale "American Hustle" 

Bruce Dern "Nebraska"

Leonardo DiCaprio “The Wolf of Wall Street” SS

Chiwetel Ejiofor “12 Years a Slave” GF MK PKK AR DZ

Matthew McConaughey “Dallas Buyers Club.” KD

3. Actress:

Amy Adams, “American Hustle” PKK

Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine”

Sandra Bullock, “Gravity” KD GF MK 

Judi Dench, “Philomena”  DZ

Meryl Streep, “August: Osage County.” SS AR

4. Supporting Actor: 

Barkhad Abdi, “Captain Phillips” SS DZ

Bradley Cooper, “American Hustle” MK PKK 

Michael Fassbender, “12 Years a Slave” KD GF 

Jonah Hill, “The Wolf of Wall Street” 

Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club.” AR

5. Supporting Actress: 

Sally Hawkins, “Blue Jasmine”‘ DZ

Jennifer Lawrence, “American Hustle"  SS GF MK AR 

Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave” KD

Julia Roberts, “August: Osage County”

June Squibb, “Nebraska.” PKK

6. Directing: 

David O. Russell, “American Hustle” KD

Alfonso Cuaron, “Gravity” GF

Alexander Payne, “Nebraska” MK

Steve McQueen, “12 Years a Slave” SS PKK AR DZ

Martin Scorsese, “The Wolf of Wall Street.”

7. Original Screenplay: 

Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell, “American Hustle” SS GF AR

Woody Allen, “Blue Jasmine” MK

Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack, “Dallas Buyers Club” KD

Spike Jonze, “Her” DZ

Bob Nelson, “Nebraska.” PKK

8. Animated Feature Film: 

“The Croods”

“Despicable Me 2”

“Ernest & Celestine”

“Frozen” KD SS GF MK PKK AR DZ

“The Wind Rises.”

(Oh mama-jama, we all put our eggs in one basket on this one!!!)

9. Production Design: 

“American Hustle,” 

“Gravity,” KD SS MK PKK AR

“The Great Gatsby,” DZ

“Her,” 

“12 Years a Slave.” GF

10. Cinematography: 

“The Grandmaster,”  DZ

“Gravity,” KD GF MK PKK AR

“Inside Llewyn Davis,” 

“Nebraska,” SS

“Prisoners.”

11. Sound Mixing: 

“Captain Phillips,” 

“Gravity,” 

“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” SS GF PKK AR

“Inside Llewyn Davis,” 

“Lone Survivor.” KD MK

12. Sound Editing: “All Is Lost,”

“Captain Phillips,” DZ

“Gravity,” MK

“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” SS GF PKK AR

“Lone Survivor.” KD

13. Original Score: 

“The Book Thief,” John Williams GF PKK AR

“Gravity,” Steven Price MK

“Her,” William Butler and Owen Pallett KD SS

“Philomena,” Alexandre Desplat  DZ

“Saving Mr. Banks,” Thomas Newman

14. Original Song: 

“Alone Yet Not Alone” from “Alone Yet Not Alone,” Bruce Broughton and Dennis Spiegel

“Happy” from “Despicable Me 2,” Pharrell Williams GF

“Let It Go” from “Frozen,” Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez PKK AR

“The Moon Song” from “Her,” Karen O and Spike Jonze SS MK

“Ordinary Love” from “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,” Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen. KD DZ

15. Costume: 

“American Hustle,” KD GF PKK AR

“The Grandmaster,” 

“The Great Gatsby,” SS MK DZ

“The Invisible Woman,” 

“12 Years a Slave.”

16. Documentary Feature: 

“The Act of Killing,” DZ

“Cutie and the Boxer,” KD MK

“Dirty Wars,” GF

“The Square,” 

“20 Feet from Stardom.” SS PKK AR

17. Film Editing: 

“American Hustle,” 

“Captain Phillips,” GF MK DZ

“Dallas Buyers Club,” 

“Gravity,” KD PKK AR

“12 Years a Slave.” SS

18. Makeup and Hairstyling: 

“Dallas Buyers Club,”

“Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa,” KD GF MK

“The Lone Ranger.” SS PKK AR DZ

19. Visual Effects: 

“Gravity,”  GF

“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” SS PKK AR

“Iron Man 3,” KD 

“The Lone Ranger,” 

“Star Trek Into Darkness.” MK DZ

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