Guest blogger: Samantha Hunter

10 Guilty Pleasures….

Who doesn’t have them? The cover on my August release, Pick Me Up, reminds me of a few, and since the book is part of Blaze’s Forbidden Fantasies mini-series, I thought guilty pleasure was a good topic to blog about. You know, the little goodies in life that always come to us with the initial thought “oh, I know I shouldn’t, but. . . .”

Here are ten of mine in no particular order… Is it bad that I have this many? LOL


1) Afternoon naps. On weekends, these are completely legal, but every now and then I doze off in my chair while working on a weekday afternoon (is this a bad sign? LOL), and enjoy one on a Tuesday. Why is it that nap sleep is the best sleep in the world?

2) Fritos. Those simple little corn chips that are loaded with salt, trans fats, and absolutely no redeeming nutritional qualities whatsoever except that they are the best tasting chip on the face of the earth, especially when you get several and smush them all together while eating them. I crave Fritos, but I only indulge now and then. There are several foods I could fill in here, but for some reason I always feel extra naughty about Fritos.

3) Daytime TV. I almost never, ever watch TV in the daytime – who has time? But now and then I crash, and I’ll watch something on cable or DVD for several hours. Only happens maybe 2 or 3 times a year. The last time I watched 5 episodes of The Pretender back-to-back, while eating Fritos.

4) Michael T Weiss (from The Pretender). I have my list of standard hotties (dh knows, so I don’t have to feel to guilty), and MTW tops the list. Here’s his picture, and that probably explains everything, yes?

5) Reading my own books. I’ll own up to it, I love my own books. I got caught up in reading my own galleys last week. When I get author copies, I usually will sit down and read one cover to cover.

6) Reading other people’s books. Life is so busy, that yes, reading at all has become a guilty pleasure. Spending several hours with a book, more than the 30 minutes or so I can usually fit in before bed, is a real treat.

7) State Fairs. I am a huge fan of the New York State Fair, and this year I’m also attending The Big E, the New England Six State Fair. It’s a veritable fest of guilty pleasures, the fatty, sugary treats everywhere, the crowds, the concerts, the vendors, the fun. I suspend every bit of guilt I have an enjoy.

8) Kitchen goodies. Beautiful bowls, powerful blenders, nifty knives. I am remodeling my entire kitchen at the moment, and that’s a real treat, but I love buying nice kitchen equipment from the simplest item to expensive appliances. I just bought the in-drawer block for my Henkels knife set and a new Braun Blender that’s supposed to make great crushed ice for drinks. ;)

9) Reality TV. Man vs. Wild tops the list right now, but I enjoy Dirty Jobs, Age of Love, Survivor, The Amazing Race, and have watched many others. If I could only watch one kind of TV, it would be reality TV. I don’t know why, I just love it.

10) Blogging. Oh, sure, it’s for work, it’s to stay connected to other writers and readers, it’s for promotion. . . .that’s all the stuff we tell ourselves, but we know the dirty truth: it’s just plain fun. It sucks up time that we probably should be doing other, more responsible things, but hey, that’s what a guilty pleasure is for, right?

There are probably more, some completely unmentionable, but enough about me. What are some of your guilty pleasures? Share, and I’ll choose from someone who comments to give away a copy of my Blaze Forbidden Fantasy, Pick Me Up, so it can be one of your guilty pleasures. ☺
Samantha