Everybody Likes Italian

"I'm Frank."

"And I'm Rose. We're the Triolas. Our restaurant--"

"Triolas."

"Pardon Frank. He loves to interrupt."

"You just take too long, honey. Who, what, where, when, and why. But first I need to tell these folks who won the e-copy of WEIGHTED by Ciara Knight."

"Ooh, I'm excited. Who won?"

"Drum roll...the winner is L.G. Smith!"

"Yea! Congrats, L.G. Carol has probably contacted you already. If not, her email address is in her profile. Give her a shout."

"See, Rose? Just the facts. No rambling."

"So since you're all no rambling here and straight to the point, do I call you Speedy now? You never--"

"Rose, it's a family blog."

She kissed his cheek. "And you're a sweetheart. Go make sure things are running on time in the kitchen. I'll behave. Until later."

"Promise? The later part?" He wiggled his eyebrows.

"Go!" Rose watched the love of her life swagger through the swinging doors.

"Oh, gosh. I almost forgot. Carol's guest blogging today at Ninja Alex's blog, Alex J. Cavanaugh. She said to remind you that all commenters HERE through Thursday at 10pm CDT will be eligible for a free Kindle copy of IN NAME ONLY. Carol will announce the winner in Friday's post. Frank and I are in that book. You'll like it!

"Now I need to go get ready for the lunch rush. Between the marinara and the gelato, Frank and I will take turns responding to your comments. Ciao!"






Comments

Liza saidā€¦
Now I'm hungry! Time to go make breakfast. Gosh, I don't know what Italians eat for breakfast. Somehow my oatmeal doesn't seem like it is going to cut it this morning.
Alex J. Cavanaugh saidā€¦
Funny!
Happy to host you today.
T. Powell Coltrin saidā€¦
Congrats to the winner!
Linda G. saidā€¦
Ha! I love when your characters stop by for a visit.
Luanne G. Smith saidā€¦
Oh, awesome! Thanks so much. And nice entry over at the Ninja's place. :))
Ciara saidā€¦
Congrats, L.G. I enjoyed the post at Alex's blog.
LR saidā€¦
Will head over and check it out. ;)
Carol Kilgore saidā€¦
Hi, Liza! It's Rose. I'm Irish, and Frank eats anything. His mom always has coffee and biscotti, so I really don't know either :)

Alex - Carol said she's having a ball over there!

Teresa - It's awesome to win a book, right?

Linda G - Frank and I are having a great time here.

L.G. - Congratulations! And I'll pass that info along to Carol.

Ciara - I read your first chapter. WOW! When Carol gets back I'm grabbing her Kindle :)
Talli Roland saidā€¦
Haha! Loved this, Carol. And congrats to the winner!
Cheryl Klarich saidā€¦
Aww... so CUTE!!
Will check out the Ninja post.

Bless you!
Empty Nest Insider saidā€¦
Congrats to LG! I'm hopping over to Alex's to see you! Julie
Beth saidā€¦
Hi Carol! (waves at monitor) Thanks for sharing the excerpt of the book. Can't wait to read the rest of the story.
Linda Kage saidā€¦
You two are a hoot!
Carol Kilgore saidā€¦
Talli - Frank here. You're looking lovely, all rounded out. I'm sure excited. Rose and I have been discussing the prospects of getting pregnant.

Cheryl - Rose is the cute one. Bless you, too.

Julie - I'm surprising Rose with a Kindle for her birthday. She loves to read.

Beth - You'll love it! Trust me :)

Linda - Rose is the funny one. I just like to flirt :)
Southpaw saidā€¦
Mmmm, Italian. You know I actually met someone who didn't like Italian. I think they were actually from Mars.
CATachresis saidā€¦
Hehehe! Very funny! Congrats to the winner :) I don't need to win a free kindle copy!!! ;)
nutschell saidā€¦
what a great way to introduce Ciara's book! Congrats to L.G>!

Nutschell
www.thewritingnut.com
Jennie Bennett saidā€¦
Ms. Carol you are so clever ;) Congrats to L.G. Smith! :)
Carol Kilgore saidā€¦
Southpaw - This is Frank. Not liking Italian is sacrilege. Someone send Curiosity a message to be careful.

CATachresis - So we're funny, are we? Well, maybe I know this big DOG :) I'll pass the giveaway news on to Carol.

nutschell - It's a fun week around here. Carol's keeping us hopping.
J.L. Campbell saidā€¦
Carol, I think you'd write some great flash fiction. There's a whole lotta touring going on. Going over to see what's happening.
Carol Kilgore saidā€¦
Rose here. Frank's back in the kitchen supervising the switchover to the dinner prep crew.

J.A. - I'll pass your comments on to Carol :)

J.L. - Did you know Carol does write flash fiction? She says it's her second favorite form.
Unknown saidā€¦
I love how you're writing your posts. I've already stopped by Alex's blog. Congrats on your tour.
Cherie Reich saidā€¦
Congrats to L.G.! And you did a great post at Alex's!
Carol Kilgore saidā€¦
Clarissa - I'm loving that she's letting all of us have our day. Especially now that it's my turn with Frank!

Cherie - Carol will be glad to know you liked her post :)
Arlee Bird saidā€¦
Had me going there for a moment. Now I'm off to see you at Alex's place.


Lee
Tossing It Out
LD Masterson saidā€¦
I caught Carol over at Alex's. Good thing Frank and Rose were here to cover things.
cleemckenzie saidā€¦
Marinara AND gelato? Where's the fresh fish? Sorry. I've been visiting wild and wooly blogs and I got carried away for a minute.

I think I'm following you around today. I just saw your post at Alex's and then your comment at Mark's. We should car pool!

Good luck on your book. Great to meet you.
Carol Kilgore saidā€¦
Still Rose here. Frank is putting the finishing touches on a special request birthday dinner.

Arlee - Carol's working late over there.

M Pax - Another woot from me!

LD - We're having fun!

cleemckenzie - We have fish on the menu almost every night :) Carol would be up for carpooling.
A big congrats to LG.
And yay to you, Carol, for taking over the ninja captain's home territory.
Romance Book Haven saidā€¦
A fun post! Congrats to the winner!

Nas
Emily R. King saidā€¦
Fun way to deliver info, Carol! Great seeing you at Alex's blog.
Carol Kilgore saidā€¦
Lynda - Rose is leading the Happy Birthday group so I get to talk to all you ladies. Carol said she's having a great time over there with Alex. I'm a little jealous.

Nas - It's just Rose and I talking, but I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Emily - I think I need to meet this Alex fellow to make sure Carol is all right.
Suzanne Furness saidā€¦
Great to *meet* you, Carol. Thanks for stopping by my blog.
Suzanne Furness saidā€¦
Great to *meet* you, Carol. Thanks for stopping by my blog.
Shelley Munro saidā€¦
Great to meet Frank and Rose :)
Bish Denham saidā€¦
I love this intimate, friendly banter. This is a loving, comfortable couple. Sweet.
Tracy MacDonald saidā€¦
Carol I loved your post on Alex's blog. These two seem like fun characters I'd love to get to know better. I think I want pasta for lunch!
Carol Kilgore saidā€¦
Suzanne - I'm Frank, but great to meet you, too! Carol will be back here tomorrow.

Shelley - We're happy to meet you, too.

Bish - Don't tell Rose we're comfortable. Me, I like it. She'll want to mix it up. Well, maybe I like mixing it up a little, too, but don't tell her that, either :)

Tracy - I know Carol will be happy to hear that. Rose and I are, too.

Fun! And congratulations to lucky L.G.!
I'm on my over to your guest post now.
Gwen Gardner saidā€¦
I love Italian - the wine helps:) I just caught your post over at Alex's. Well done. And congrats on your new release. I'd love to host you Carol, if you're still looking for tour stops. Drop me a line.
Morgan saidā€¦
LOL! So clever! And I LOVED you over at Alex's! It was great! And go L.G.! :)
Jemi Fraser saidā€¦
Loved your guest post over at Alex's place!! :)

I already have my copy of In Name Only so I'll let someone else win. It's a GREAT book everyone!! :)
Sherry Ellis saidā€¦
I enjoyed reading your guest post at Captain Ninja's place!
Carol Kilgore saidā€¦
Cynthia - Rose here. Carol's been at Alex's almost all day. We sent her a salad for lunch. Don't forget, one commenter on this post will win a copy of Carol's book. She'll announce the winner tomorrow.

Gwen - I'll pass that news on to Carol, and she'll be in touch.

Morgan - Everyone's chatting about Carol's post at Alex's. I need to read it.

Jemi - Yeah! What you said! Frank and I may be over-partial :)

Sherry - I want to be a Ninja!

Anonymous saidā€¦
What an adorable couple! They remind me of Mary Higgins Clark's Elvira and Willie in The Lottery Winner. :)
Anonymous saidā€¦
Congrats to the lucky winner:)
mshatch saidā€¦
Very funny! And can I just say how much I love your header pic? It looks like a lovely spot to sit at the end of the day.
Christine Rains saidā€¦
Hilarious! Saw you over at the Ninja Captain's earlier today and had a giggle. :)
Anonymous saidā€¦
Congrats to L.G.

It was great seeing you at Alex's blog.
Carol Kilgore saidā€¦
Linda - Rose here. I don't feel very adorable after sweating in the kitchen all day, but that you. I'll pass the comparison along to Carol. And I'll make sure to tell Frank you said so :)

tfwalsh - I haven't seen Carol since this morning, so I don't know who the winner is yet. You can find out in her new post tomorrow.

Christine - I'm going to read that post right now!
Carol Kilgore saidā€¦
Oops. Well, I'm going to read that post as soon as I respond to Medeia. I love your name, by the way. Pardon me, I'm rambling again. Carol said she's had a ball over there.
Carol Kilgore saidā€¦
mshatch, this is Frank. Rose forgot to turn off the computer. And I see she forgot to respond to your comment here as well. She's been really excited about us having our day here.

Carol took the header photo in Galveston, and truth be known, I'd like to be sitting there with Rose right now with a beer to relax a little.

Rose is calling from the front door. Time to lock up and go home for the night.

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