Author Cristin Harber is celebrating the release of her latest “bad-ass” book Black Dawn (Titan Book 8) and she thought to send us a funny/scandalous tidbit about herself. I think y’all will LOVE this.
She told me…
“During college, my roommates and I friended the producers for MTV Spring Break. I’m still laughing now…”
Ready for the details?
Semi-Scandalous with Cristin Harber
Celebrities, rappers, TV shows, oh my! Two little words, “spring break,” seemed innocuous enough. But more years ago than I’m ready to admit, what started as a very tame, pretty normal spring break turned… rowdy.
My roommates and I booked a package deal to Cancun for our college spring break. We were semi-broke but found a helluva great deal. Before I knew it, we were on a flight to Mexico. Everything seemed awesome. The package gave us wrist bands (probably in case we were lost, passed out on a beach, something…) that would get us into bars and act as food and drink tickets. This still sounds very typical of a package deal, right?
We were having the time of our lives. Watered down drinks, taquitos for dinner. It was amazing. Then the spring break fairy came and sprinkled us with fortune. A good looking guy tapped my roommate on her shoulder, and it went a little something like this:
Guy: Hey, pretty girl. Want a drink?
Roomie: Hey, no! We’re on a girls-only trip. *holds up wrist* And we get free drinks! We don’t need no stinkin’ boys.
(Did I mention that one of us was broken-hearted over a boy, so we were anti-dude at the moment? Sisters in arms, rallying against the hot dudes, ready to relax in the sun and party each night away.)
Guy: *smiles* *winks* Oh, come on. I’ll buy you something besides your watered-down free drink. Plus I have these VIP tickets…
And that was that. Roomie and hot guy were best buds for the night. Or as it turns out, the week. And he had a little job as a producer on a show that you might know called MTV Spring Break.
For the next five days, we were behind-the-scenes and had an all-access pass to everything you can possibly imagine. Ready for a couple highlights?
*I met a guy name Luda. I had NO IDEA he was Ludacris. That was cool. He was super nice.
*Then there was The Rock. *swoons* What happens when your roommate is hooking up with a MTV producer? You get to sit in the pool with The Rock and let him film take after take of him saying something along the lines of “we’ll be back after commercial.” I can’t tell you exactly what he said, but it doesn’t really matter because it’s the Rock and we each got a chance to sit on a knee. (No, I’m not even joking)
*If you’re hanging with the crew, it’s impossible not to be on a MTV show. Out there, somewhere, is the proof that I participated on a show that was the equivalent to Truth or Dare (I think, there’d been some margaritas). I was paired up with a guy, and we were to pretend he was a human piñata to win a contest. This poor boy was strung upside by a bungee cord, covered in honey, with dollar bills and drink tickets plastered to him. We would win whatever I could knock off. Did I mention that they put a football helmet on me, spun me around, and handed me a foam baseball bat? No? They did. I did. We were all guilty.
Phew. Well, that’s (about as much as I can remember) my semi-scandalous story. I hope you enjoyed it!
Cristin Harber
New York Times Bestselling Author
www.CristinHarber.com
Now for the signed book giveaway!!
How to enter for a chance to win? Just leave a comment below and by 10pm EST, Sunday July 19th 2015, I will randomly select ONE winner for the prize above.
The winner will be contacted and will have 48hrs to respond with a mailing address, so if you are picked, do not delay or you will lose your chance. This book will be sent to the winner directly by the author.
Giveaway open to international!
I am SO jealous about sitting on the Rock’s lap!! drooling right now!!!
Thanks for the chance to win the book!
I love The Rock. Great giveaway!
funny story
Great story! Thanks for a chance to win!
Spring break flash backs… fun in the sun lol. thanks for the laugh!
She’s come to the right place if this is a “bad ass” book! (snicker)…..
Cool story- who wouldn’t want to sit on The Rock’s knee:)
Great story! What a fun trip.
Great story! What a blast it must have been! Thanks for this chance!
Meeting The Rock must have been mad cool o. I love that guy both as a wrestler and actor.
I absolutely love the ROCK,but adore Cristin even more!!!! Here’s to you Cristin and Congrats on releasing Black Dawn!!!!
I love that story, and all of Cristin’s Titan books!
That’s amazing haha! Spring Break horror stories, we all have them right?!
Wow!! Awesome story!! Thanks for the chance 🙂
such an awesome story!! love CH!! 🙂
Pick me! Pick me! Pick me!
The Rock?! Completely jealous! But what fun you had! 🙂
thank you for the great books
I absolutely adore Cristin and love the Titan world she’s created. I’m giggling over how “tame” this story sounds… but love hearing it nonetheless!
Thanks for the chance to win Parker!
Sitting on The Rock’s knee???!!! Sooooooo jealous!!
That is outstanding!
I am so excited! What a great book for a terrific series!
Love getting to know authors better! Definitely think there’s more to that story tho but what happens on spring break…ooh wait that’s Vegas!
Love Cristina’s Titan guys!! What a fun story!
That settles it, I’m traveling with Cristin from now on! Ludacris & The Rock both? So not fair, greedy girl! Thanks for the cool contest, Maryse! Just finished reading my ebook of BlackDawn, Parker (fanning myself over boy genius) & Lexi (hacker girl) together are just…*dreamy sigh*
Cristin…. Love, love, love you and your Titan guys…. How cool to hear about your scandalous trip…. Lol….. Ah brought some scandalous memories of mine own…
Loved Parkers book!!
That’s an amazing story! Lol
Thanks for the chance!
The Rock! Wow. Lucky you.
Now this is what I call a great giveaway. Team Titan all the way!!!!! <3
Lauging my butt off and jelly, like the Rock.
Thanks for the funny story 🙂 I am so excited for this book!!
Great story. I love Titan Series
Met my hubby at Señor Frogs during spring break in Cancun. Eighteen years and three kids together….
I love that story in the UK we don’t do spring breaks like you guys do im kinda of jealous.
Thank you for the chance!!!!
SWEET.SWEET. AND AWESOME GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cool story
Thank you so much for the chance.
Great story, Cristin’s books are the bomb.
What an adventure !!…. Great tie into a giveaway!!
Now I know why i LOVE your books so much! That sounds exactly like a trip I took with my besties to Florida back in the day. You have to enjoy your life;-) I would have done the same thing if not more lol
You gotta love those fun memories ! The older I get I find myself thinking “did I really do that”? What would we do without our memories of “the old days”? lol What an adventure they had!
Omg Boss Lady that was awesome. Lmao.I am so jealous.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this series and Cristin!!! Thank you so much for the opportunity!!!
So jealous of your spring break story!! Thanks!
I love Ludacris!! One of my favorite rappers! SO LUCKY!! Thank you for the giveaway
Loved hearing about the story. Thanks for a chance to win.
This story is HILARIOUS. Oh the things we do when we’re young and have no cares in the world! I adore the heck out of Cristin, and can’t say enough about how sweet and kind and brilliant she is. Her books are absolute magic.
I have a copy of my book husband coming to me already, so if I’m lucky enough to get chosen, I’d like to give it to the girl I share Parker with, Anna, so she can have his beautiful face on her shelf as well. <3 Hopefully I can do that. 🙂
Titan, Cristin and PARKER are the best!
Sounds awesome, thanks for the chance!!!
That is so awesome!!!
Awesome story! Thanks so much for the chance to win a signed book! Eeeeep!
I will never tell my secret memories – Never – Honest !!!!
Jealous! My girls & I never got so lucky on our trips!!
Great story! Thanks for the chance to win!!
Thanks for a chance to win i love to read all your books x
That’s like a once in a lifetime event! Too funny!
Omg! Haha love that so much!! Thanks for the chance
Seriously…Cristin…you wild woman!!!! One word….JEALOUS!!!!
That is one awsome story!! A bit jealous but very cool!
I’m so jealous of your spring break trip. Who doesn’t love the Rock? Awesome giveaway. Congrats on your new book!
Good story. Sounds like you had a great time.
Love love love all the Titan series and also the Delta, can’t wait till November for the second Delta x
Thanks for the chance! Loved reading your adventures at MTV.
Love the book just finished it today, hoping for another one.
New author for me! Thanks for the chance
I can’t wait to read this book
Love the story! Thanks for the giveaway!
Love the semi-scandalous story! Thanks for that and the giveaway!
Yes please!!!
Thursday the 19th July though? Thurs 16th or Sunday 19th? 🙂
Love the story, Love Cristin since she introduced us to the Titan boys & girls especially Mr Cash Garrison !! And I would love the opportunity of winning this fab prize
Sounds amazing!!
Thanks for the giveaway – keeping my fingers crossed.
Thanks for a change to win! Keeping my fingers crossed.
Cute story !!
Pick me please please
Woohoo!
I started Black Dawn last night and oh my hot holiness!!! Got me women from the get go .. Crossing my fingers and all crossable body parts hoping to win a signed copy .. that would be awesome!!
This is awesome love Cristin so very exciting to meet her counterparts in crime so to speak!
Thanks for the chance.
I have read all of the books in this series, plus all of her others. I get started and just can’t stop – this new one did not disappoint at all. LOVED IT!!!!
Thanks for sharing. Would love a signed copy of your book!
Thanks for sharing. Would love to win a signed copy of your book!
Lol, great story, Cristin “swoons” who wouldn’t want to sit on the Rocks knee ;-)…
Thank you for the chance to win, always a blast to read what others have to comment as well.
Let’s here it for SpringBreak!
70% done and all I can say is HOT HOT HOT!
That sounds like such a great experience. Meeting Ludacris and getting to hang out with the Rock. You are so lucky! I would like to thank you for a chance to win your book. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Jealousy galore! I want to meet Cristin! ♡ her books are fantabulous! I always lose my since of time when I have one of her novels! Eeek, thanks for the chance to win a paperback.
OMG…The Rock..I’ve been in lust with that man for 15 years!! Sooooo lucky!
Great spring break story!
I’m loving the sound of this book….the cover is pretty nice too 😉
Wow! Exciting spring break! The Rock…swoon!!! Loved Black Dawn both times I have read it!
Loved your spring break story!
Woohoo Party Girl!!!
Cannot BELIEVE you meet the Rock!! Titan girls rock
Can’t wait for this story!
I never had the chance to live a spring break and never missed it but yours seem like à lot of fun. À big thank you for titan series i truly lové these books sorry for the bad english
Wow…sitting on the Rock’s lap…..yeah, the life of a book nerd….that only happens in my dreams…
Sounds like a story.
That’s a great story! Love it Cristin!
Awesome giveaway
Hello Maryse, I would love to win a copy of Black Dawn! Thank you!
Ummm….is it me or did it get hot all of the sudden? ;o)
HAHAHAHA!! That’s hilarious!! Mexico, The Rock and Ludacris!! AWESOME!! I LOVE the Titan books!! I’ve already read Black Dawn on my Kindle app for my iPhone, but I’d LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to have a printed copy!
Oops! Lesson learned today, don’t try and type your long email address with your name too fast on your iPad that’s working slooooow. You Misspell your own name. Pa.The.tic! :o)
I would love to win Black Down by Cristin Harber
Thanks for these chance,
Good times. Thanks for the chance to win.
Your new book is awesome
really love to win it 🙂
Thank you SO MUCH for having this giveaway and for giving all of us a chance!!
Sounds like an awesome time!
Love that you were so clueless. That makes it all the more special. Thanks for the chance to send a copy winging its way to Australia.
Great story! Thanks for a chance to win!
Thanks for the chance.
I have become a Titan addict. Love all the books.
Now that sounds like an awesome spring break! I’ve met Ludacris before. Maybe he was having a bad day or something cuz he was kinda an ass. Now, if I ever met the Rock hopefully there will be towels around because I’d drooling all over him and I can’t promise that I won’t lick him. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
The book is great I was so glad when she left Matt. I have loved all the Titan stories and hope by the end Parker and Lexi are happy.
Great Spring Break story!
The book is great I was so glad when she left Matt though I haven’t finished it yet I’m enjoying it immensely. I hope in the end Parker and Lexi end up happy. I loved all the Titan books and when this came out I couldn’t wait to read it.
Great story! Love the Titan series.
OHHHH MY GOSH!!!!!!! BLACK DAWN!!!! ANOTHER BOOK!!!! I love your series and ever since Cash’s book, I have been looking forward to Parker’s. And now its here!
Yay! International!
(Crossed fingers)
I love this series. Thanks for sharing!!