Or at least I'll love your story!
Emotion, lots of emotion. That's what makes a great romance. The highs aren't that high unless the lows take us way down in the depths of despair.
Have you ever had your heart broken?
Of course you have. But before that happened, you soared. The endorphins flowed through your bloodstream, and you floated several inches off the ground. Ah, love.
Then that perfect someone decided you weren't perfect. Or you realized he wasn't perfect. Or you found him kissing your sorority sister … the dirty dog. Something happened that burst your perfect pink bubble. (Or maybe you married him, and you're still smiling. I hope so.)
When we read romance, we want to experience the highs. But to do that, we have go way down low, along with the heroine and hero.
I love to write heart breakers. If I don't cry as I write, I know you won't have that delicious roller-coaster ride either. And that's just fun!
Meet Stone Masterson. One of the wickedest space pirates in the galaxy. Well … make that ex-pirate. He's now a wealthy businessman, intent on making his new home safe … for all the other folks who want to make families there.
For himself, he has no such plans. Doesn't believe he deserves that kind of love. He's convinced he has a Heart of Stone.
Rose Thorne blasts into his life, and demands that he help her find her brother. Somehow she ends up in his bed, and that's when the heartbreak begins.
Will Rose convince this proud, lonely man he's worthy of love … her love? Or will he always be a heart-breaker?
To get your own FREE copy of the e-book, in any format you wish, leave a comment here (with your email addy). I'd love to know, who's your favorite Heart Breaker? Is he a cowboy, a pirate, a vampire or a contemporary guy?
And to win 1 of the fabulous Grand Prizes, again, leave a comment. The Heart-breaker Blog Hop hostess will be by to enter you in the Raffle copter.
You can also click the link below to go to as many other blog sites as you wish and enter more times!
Happy Valentines,
Cathryn Cade
71 Responses
I love shifter males especially the big cat kind, in contemporary I go for military heroes. If you combine the two… 🙂
I am still madly in love, we're just a few weeks shy of our 12year anniversary. Can't complain even though I did kiss a few frogs along the road.
Kindle would be perfect, thank you.
mmcmichael79(at)googlemail(dot)com
I love shifters they are loyal and possessive. Harrison.luna.tina@gmail.com and ePub be awesome
Michelle,
Holy cat fur, I would def read a big cat shifter in the military–cause we all know cats do not take well to discipline, lol. Heck, I would write that story! My first book was a cat shifter–very fun to write.
Thanks for sharing your true romance story–I'm smiling for you!
Your Kindle copy of Heart of Stone is on the way to you, AND you're signed up for drawing for the BIG prize.
best,
Cathryn
I think my fave fictional guys are Curran from the Kate Daniels series and Roarke from J.D Robbs Eve Dallas series, but my hubby is pretty good too LOL 🙂 Kindle would be awesome. Thanks for the book 🙂
legallycaz@yahoo.co.uk
Tina,
The shifters I write certainly are! Thanks for sharing your fave characteristics of sexy heroes.
Your epub copy of Heart of Stone is on the way to you, AND you're signed up for drawing for the BIG prize.
best,
Cathryn
Carlyn,
Love Roarke! And so glad to hear your DH measures up. Enjoy your hero.
Your Kindle copy of Heart of Stone is on the way to you, AND you're signed up for drawing for the BIG prize.
best,
Cathryn
Thanks Cathryn, I did enjoy your cat shifter in space. Please, please write the book. I would love to read it, it it really does promise to be a lot of fun!
alslagle06@live.com
Kindle Please
Thanks for the giveaway!!
Amber,
You bet! Good luck with the big prizes.
best,
Cathryn
Teena,
Thanks, and let me know in which format you read ebooks.
best,
Cathryn
Michelle,
Thanks for the encouraging words. The idea is now percolating in my dangerous mind.
Cathryn
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Loved your Hawaiian Heroes, but I think my favorite heartbreakers are the paranormals. Shifter, Fae, Vamp, love 'em all!
dday2@prodigy.net
D Day,
Mahalo for the kind words on my Hawaiian Heartbreakers!
I'll send you a copy of Heart of Stone to try, and you can see if it works for you.
Good luck on winning the BIG prize at the Heartbreaker Hop.
best,
Cathryn
My favorite heartbreaker is Smitty from the book "The Beast In Him" by Shelly Laurenston.(one of the Pack/Pride series books) He was just drop dead gorgeous and sexy and he broke Jessie Ann's heart when he wouldn't claim her with "the Smith Mate Maul" If you want to know what the heck I'm talking about…….READ THE BOOK. 🙂 In fact I recommend you read the series.
epub please 🙂
Thanks for being part of the hop and for the chance to win. <^_^>
reneebennett35 (at) yahoo (dot) com
I love heartbreakers in every form. No matter what the sub genre, I am sure that they can manage to grovel and turn into the heartthrob that we all want. I have a kindle, thank you very much.anpa@gmail.com
Thanks for the giveaway and participating in the hop!
I think that Christian Grey from "50 Shades of Grey" is a good example of a heartbreaker. He used and abused Ana at first, but then came to his senses by book two.
mestith@gmail.com
For me the heartbreaker is a bad boy who goes kicking and screaming into love! When he falls he falls hard!
The only heartbreakers I have encountered are literary! And my all time fav is Mr Darcy! Although, I am currently crushing on Zadist from the Black Dagger Brotherhood!
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Nay Nay,
Thanks for the recommendation! Can't have too many gorgeous beasts prowling around, I say.
Good luck on winning the big prize, and your free copy of Heart of Stone is one the way.
best,
Cathryn
Ann,
The bigger the heartbreak, the bigger the grovel better be, right? And real men know they can do it without losing their macho manliness!
Your Kindle version of Heart of Stone is on the way to you-enjoy. And good luck with the BIG heartbreaker prize.
best,
Cathryn
Meghan,
Thanks for stopping. You are certainly not alone in finding Christian Grey a fave heartbreaker. The books have introduced many women to hot romance, and the BDSM genre is growing as a result. Which is just fun.
I have a vanilla BDSM series debuting next fall with Samhain–yay! And my new sci fi erotic series has elements also. There are some naughty toys in the future.
Good luck winning the BIG Heartbreaker prize. You're entered.
best,
Cathryn
April,
Oh, I so agree. Love those bad boys who are NOT gonna fall in love … 'cause when they do the fall is hard, baby.
So glad you've not had your heart broken, except in a book. May all your heartbreak be literary.
best,
Cathryn
A heart breaker vampire like Eric from True Blood ;D
Thanks so much for participation!
swordlily_girl(at)yahoo(dot)com
The most famous heartbreaker is Rhett Butler.
susanmplatt AT hotmail DOT com
Susan,
Yes, ma'am! Rhett will never be bested as a champion heartbreaker. Le sigh.
Thanks for stopping by,
Cathryn
Dear Swordlily,
He's a hot one, all right. Even tho he's cold-blooded, of course. Hmm, interesting balance.
Thanks for stopping,
Cathryn
Thanks for participating!
parisfan_ca@yahoo.com
My favorite heartbreaker is Damon from the Vampire Diaries.
sqwalker2@hotmail.com
Laurie,
Thanks so much for stopping by.
best,
Cathryn
Liese,
Thanks for the tip. Haven't read those, will have to try. Love hearing about fab heartbreakers.
best,
Cathryn
Thanks for the giveaway! Dean from Supernatural is kinda a heartbreaker. Oh and Eric from True Blood. Thanks!
-Amber
goodblinknpark@yahoo.com
I love a book that makes me cry. My favorite heartbreakers are Ranger from the Stephanie Plum novels and Eric Northman from the Southern Vampire Novels. Thanks for the giveaway.
kaylyndavis1986@yahoo.com
My favorites are Kresley Cole's Lothaire, Jeaniene Frost's Bones, JR Ward's Z & V, & Charlaine Harris's Eric. And yes they are all vampires lol
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
cassandrahicks1989@yahoo.com
I love reading about heartbreakers! They are usually bad-boys, they’re witty, funny and sexy and the female population is drooling after them lol
verusbognar (at) gmail (dot) com
Great Blog! I love a story that can make me tear up 🙂
staceyprice(AT)gmail.com
Space pirates! Yay! I love them.
AnnaM.
doxisrcool at aol.com
My favorite is Rick from The Walking Dead! He's so hot!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Mary
mary_reiss @ hotmail.com
My favorite heartbreaker is the one that your heart can’t live without. One of my best is Lucas from D B Reynolds book “Lucas” (Vampire in America series). Strong mind, well put together and tender when he needs to be.
Judy Peterson
strawberryrose@earthlink.net
Eric from True Blood.
Thanks for the chance to win!
natasha_donohoo_8 at hotmail dot com
Amber,
So agree about Eric, and thanks for the rec on Dean. I'll have to catch the show.
thanks for stopping by,
Cathryn
Kaylyn,
I love Ranger too. Awesome hero, altho I think I am sadly behind. Have not read any Southern Vampires, thanks. Will try those.
best,
Cathryn
Cassandra, it's good to know the type (heh, heh) of heartbreaker you love!
thanks for stopping by,
Cathryn
Angelheart,
Oooooh, thanks so much for all the great recs! What a line-up for us to choose from. Where to begin ….
Thanks,
Cathryn
Veronika,
Def the witty, funny, sexy type! Oh yeah. I'm thinking of Johnny from Karen Robards' One Summer. Le sigh.
thanks for stopping,
Cathryn
Stacey,
Me too! Bring on the tissues.
best,
Cathryn
Anna,
So glad you love my current hero, darling. Stone Masterson is a pirate … especially in love.
best,
Cathryn
Mary,
gotta love a man who'll face zombies for you!
Best,
Cathryn
Judy,
Vampires seem to be winning the heartbreaker stakes tonight! is it because … their hearts do not beat? Gasp, sigh.
Whatever. Love 'em.
best,
Cathryn
natasha,
If Eric were here, we'd pin a blue ribbon on his pretty chest–and he wouldn't even bleed!
He's the winner of the heartbreaker sweepstakes. So fun, my TBR pile is growing.
best,
Cathryn
Mine is Eric Northman!!! Totally!! I love vampires and shifters lol.
Thanks for the great giveaway!! So many great prizes!! Happy Valentine's Day!
Ashley A
ash_app(at)hotmail(dot)com
One of my favorites is Justice from Justice by Laurann Dohner. Thank you for the awesome hop and giveaway!!! 🙂
shadowluvs2read(at)gmail(dot)com
My favorite heartbreakers are the ones you don't expect to be. I love the quiet ones that come out of nowhere in a book and turn out breaking the heroine of the books heart. Its even better when he figures out he lost a great love and he does everything to win her back. Thanks for the awesome giveaway. sbereza22(at)gmail(dot)com
My favorite part of having a heart breaker is the world class groveling. Todd in Lauren Dane's Laid Bare is my perfect example.
planterofhope at aol dot com
Ashley,
I have yet to write a vamp, but I do write shifters, and love to read both. Aaaand Eric wins again!
best,
Cathryn
Shadow,
thanks, I'll give him a try. Thanks for stopping, and please email me, as I got a delivery failure notice from your addy.
Trying to send out the free books to y'all.
best,
Cathryn
Shannon,
I so agree. Some of my very fave heartbreakers have been the quiet men, not the flashy ones, but the one who, as you put it, comes out of the background.
And we all want to be The One Who Got Away, right? Having a man doing everything he can to get us back–that's just plain fun.
Thanks for stopping,
Cathryn
Carla,
I love to read and write alphas, but damn, they better grovel when needed, too! A real man knows when to do that.
best,
Cathryn
I love paranormal heartbreakers. Eric from True Blood is one of my favorites. Thanks for the giveaway. Happy Valentine's Day!
bhometchko(at)hotmail(dot)com
Book Lady,
Love your moniker! Thanks for stopping. That Eric, he has so many fans. And we all know why–the man's a walking heartbreak.
Happy Valentines to you,
Cathryn
My favourit heartbreaker is Rhett Butler but I do love me some cowboy heartbreakers
xo_veronica16[at]hotmail[dot]com
Veronica,
Cowboys, oh yes indeedy. Being from Montana, I think there's nothin' finer than a good-lookin' man in tight jeans and cowboy boots. And a big hat to top him off, of course.
Stop by my Romance Zone column at Night Owl Reviews for my February column, 'I Heart Cowboys'.
http://www.nightowlreviews.com/v5/Magazine/NOR-Magazine-39/Articles/The-Romance-Zone-I-Heart-Cowboys-By-Cathryn-Cade
Best,
Cathryn
Give me a Marine or anyone in a uniform that includes leather and a bike lol… Thanks for being part of the hop.
j.m.platt83@gmail.com
Jeanette,
I'm pretty much right beside you there on all counts! From the good boys to the bad boys, right?
best,
Cathryn
Some of my favorite heartbreakers are the New Species from Laurann Dohner's series. They don't believe they'll be able to be truly happy in the end and when it happens sometimes they try to ignore it.
mythic021@gmail.com
Zsadist
Thanks for participating.
bn100candg(at)hotmail(dot)com
Charlie Hunnam from SOA…a true heartthrob
damafia1113@gmail.com
Heartbreak Hoppers,
You all won by visiting my blog. If you haven't received your FREE copy of Heart of Stone, let me know in which format you read ebooks, and I'll send a copy.
And, the Grand Prize Winners have been chosen, and they are …
Kindle Fire Winner:
Ashley M.
Amazon Gift Card:
Jess987
Swag Pack:
Meghan Stith
The grand prize winners have already been notified and have their prizes or the prizes are on their way!
best,
Cathryn
Vanessa,
So glad you found some heartbreakers to love!
thanks for stopping by,
Cathryn
MaryFrances,
Absolutely they do! Highs aren't high without some lows.
best,
Cathrynb
Charles,
Not sure what SOA is? But so glad you found a true heart-throb. That's what makes reading so fabulous.
best,
Cathryn
Zsadist,
Thanks for stopping by!
Cathryn