TEASER TUESDAY - GLADIATOR STYLE! (AKA Gerard Butler!)

(DISCLAIMER:  Anytime I can use an image of Gerard Butler I will do so...that man is just toooooo yummy, seriously people!)

It's Teaser Tuesday time agaaaaaain!  This is my favourite weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB over at Should Be Reading, and ANYONE can play along!  If you have a blog and a TT just give us a link in the comments, if you do not have a blog you can still participate, just give us your TT in the comments!

• Grab your current read
• flip to a random page
• select two teaser sentences from anywhere on that page
• do not include any SPOILERS!
• But please DO include the book name and author so we can all add it to our TBR piles!

My teaser today is from the ARC "Mistress of Rome" by Kate Quinn (available for purchse April 6, 2010):

That would be to tempt God, who doesn't like to take second place in any human heart.  But Arius's sword-roughened hand slipped through my hair as if to feel my thoughts on his fingers, and then he caught me up so hard and close that I had no time for any thoughts at all.

SWOON!

Just a little aside to this TT today, this book is an ARC that was sent to me, and I have to admit when I saw the cover I kind of rolled my eyes... just a little.  Then when I started reading I felt frustrated at first because it is a historical fiction but the language is EXTREMELY modern and just did not have authenticity to it at all.  But I quickly let that go and just immersed myself in the novel.... AND I LOVE IT!!  I literally cannot put it down.  If you are like me and have read a lot of historical fiction, and if that is your preferred genre (as it is mine) just put aside any preconcieved idea of any historical type language and enjoy this book for all its glorious juiciness!

You can read more TT's here.

Have a WONDERFUL day!