Friday, May 27, 2016

BLOG TOUR: Jersey Girl by Rhonda James

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Series: Sticks & Hearts (Book #1)
Genre: Contemporary Sports Romance


~Blurb~
Brantley Cage is a standout D-man on Great Lakes University hockey team. Now that his dream of signing with the Detroit Red Wings has come true, his goals for senior year are simple: Work hard. Score big. Stay away from love.

And then he meets her. There's just one problem. She's the sister of his best friend, and he’s been warned that she’s off-limits…

Cassie Rivers is a musician desperately in need of a do-over. Leaving the past behind, she transfers to GLU in search of something, or someone, that inspires her.

And then she meets him. Her brother's best friend and teammate. But according to the Bro Code he's supposed to be off limits…

You’ve heard what they say about forbidden fruit… One taste is more addictive than one of them is ready to admit. Will he keep skating away from love? Or has this player finally found his Jersey Girl?

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 ~Book Review~


DNF @45%

Unfortunately this was a DNF book for me. The cover is great and the opening scene is intriguing, but I have a few deal breakers when it come to reading romance and this story contains a few of them. I have no tolerance for hook-ups with someone outside the main couple, weak female characters, and male leads who behave like louses. Those types of things quickly ruin a good romance, and that's what happens here. Brantley seemed like a fairly decent guy until an unnecessary OW scene makes him look like a total douche. Until that point, the story was doing a great job of building the relationship between Cassie and Brantley, but after becoming each other’s best friends, confiding in each other, crying on each other’s shoulders, and falling asleep together, the reader along with the Cassie is treated to Brantley in a near hook up with his fuck buddy! That’s a story that’s almost impossible to salvage in my opinion, and it's the reason I could not read any further. But what was even more insulting, Cassie, the heroine of the story, shows her true doormat colors by not only immediately forgiving him, but kissing him right after! Gross! So now readers have a douchbag hero and a weak, spineless heroin. And the cherry on top of this hot mess—Brantley blames Cassie for making him horny and uses the lamest excuse of 'trying to get her out of his system' reasoning. To which Cassie says it’s all okay because he has needs (completely ignoring her own) and just requests there’s one girl in particular he doesn’t fuck. WTF!!! And despite the fact that they clearly have feelings for each other, they continue this silly “friendship” front all because of her brother (who's kind of a selfish dick too). It's rather sad that these type of sexist notions are still being perpetuated in books published in 2016, and worse yet, are being touted as romance.

Overall assessment: Very disappointing.

*ARC received in exchange for an honest review

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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

COVER REVEAL: Dark Mafia Prince by Annika Martin

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Release Date: June 28th!

~Blurb~

I spent years making myself invisible. A good girl, apart from the noise.
Then you came back.
Wrapping my hair in your bloody fist.
Beautiful and deadly in your Armani suit.
Don’t act like you still know me, you say.
But I remember when we were best friends.
Before they lowered your small casket into the ground.
Before they told us the prince was dead.

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About the Author:
I’m a NYT bestselling author living a stone’s throw away from the Mississippi with my awesome husband and two cats in a home full of plants, sunshine and books. I'm heavy into writing love stories about criminals--some of them are dirty and fun (my Kinky bank robbers!) others are dark and intense (Prisoner!)

I also write gritty romantic suspense as the RITA-award winning author Carolyn Crane.
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COVER REVEAL: Screwmates by Laurelin Paige & Kayti McGee

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~Synopsis~
I knew from the first time I saw Marc Kirby that I was screwed.

Big eyes, scruffy face, brown curls – yes, yes, and yes. The man is wicked hot.

Hes also my roommate, and since I work nights and hes at class all day – its like living alone at half the rent.

Then an unexpected night off turns into an unexpected morning in Marcs bed and an even more unexpected realization that both of us are terrible in the sack.

This is not great news for Marc whos going on a bangcation” at the end of the summer – a whole month in France that hes planned to spend getting busy with the women of Paris.

Its also not great news for me for obvious reasons.

With both of us needing work on our skills, theres only one logical solution to our predicament.

Told you I was screwed.

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~About the Authors~

With over 1 million books sold, Laurelin Paige is the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling Author of the Fixed Trilogy. She's a sucker for a good romance and gets giddy anytime there's kissing, much to the embarrassment of her three daughters. Her husband doesn't seem to complain, however. When she isn't reading or writing sexy stories, she's probably singing, watching Game of Thrones and the Walking Dead, or dreaming of Michael Fassbender. She's also a proud member of Mensa International though she doesn't do anything with the organization except use it as material for her bio.

Kayti McGee is a Kansas City native who now calls Colorado home. When she isnt writing, shes making up recipes to go with her favorite books.




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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

RELEASE/REVIEW: The Prince & The Player by Tia Louise

~BLURB~

Cinderella plays dirty…

One crown prince; one “playboy prince”…
One con artist; one petty thief…
One twisted plot for revenge.

When Grand Duke Reginald Winchester is exiled in disgrace, he vows he won’t go down without a fight. Crossing paths with Zee Wilder and her younger sister Ava at a gambling resort in Miami is the stroke of luck he needs.

Zee is the counterfeit courtier in Reggie’s plan to humiliate Rowan, the controlled heir who kicked him out of the kingdom. In return, the sisters get a permanent spot on Easy Street.

If only Zee didn’t keep finding herself in a clutch with Cal, Rowan’s playboy younger brother. Ava’s no help, as she finds quiet walks in the moonlight discussing poetry and leadership with the brooding, future king irresistible. Even more irresistible is kissing his luscious lips.

The whole plan is falling apart, and neither sister is sure she wants to stop it.

A BRAND-NEW CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE featuring secrets, lies, royal high jinks, scams and double-crosses; breathless, swooning lust, cocky princes, dominant alpha future-kings, and crafty courtiers, who are not always what they seem.


~BOOK REVIEW~
3 Stars

Two dashing young princes, Crown Prince Rowan Westringham likes his fast cars; his brother MacCallam “Cal” Lockwood Tate likes his fast women. But it’s Rowan who has a bit of an indiscretion that makes tabloid fodder, and the fall out is a push to take a wife and create a more responsible public image.  Meanwhile on the other side of the ocean…

Zelda and Ava Wilder have been pulling cons, thefts, and swindles since they escaped foster care as teens. But when a scheming royal uncle catches on to their game, the sisters land a chance at a big payoff…if only they don’t find themselves duped by their own job. And this is where two very different sets of siblings cross paths and set the stage for a royal adventure.

In some ways, it’s like something out of the movies, and the Hollywood theme is strong with references to various films and the girls’ monikers. Visually—the settings, the clothing, the hijacks, the gorgeous and young characters—this story could really come to life if adapted on screen. I think this book would make a fabulous movie with the right actors to sell the pairings and the chemistry.  Once the duos meet the story is fairly fast paced and thus the love/lust is instant. On screen that could easily be compensated, but in book form where the readers must immerse themselves in the characters mind and world, more character and romantic development was needed, especially when dealing with four previously carefree new adults who were never poised for a meaningful relationship before. The story is told via Zee and Rowan’s first person point of view. What’s going on with Ava and Cal is only displayed through their sibling’s narration/observation so really the reader is only getting one half of each romantic coupling. Perhaps that is why there were times I just craved more of a deeper connection from the characters and between the couples.

None the less, this story rewards romance readers with double the sexy times.
“‘It means they’re off to do some royal fucking.’”
The steam factor is high and the love scenes don’t disappoint.  Nor does the action adventure storyline as this book is largely plot driven.

Despite earlier marketing blurbs, this is NOT a stand-alone. The story continues with A Player for a Princess that won’t be released till September.  So keep in mind when going into this one that the story is not complete with many plot points unresolved.  The format appears to be more of a serial series as it ends largely on a cliffhanger, and how many books are involved before getting the complete tale is unclear.

All in all, the premise has a lot of potential. I honestly liked the guys and Ava much more than I cared for or about Zee so I’m rather on the fence about continuing with the series. But if you’re looking for a sexy, action-adventure tale with intrigue and don’t mind the wait between installments, then this is definitely one to check out.


*ARC received in exchange for an honest review. There were a few continuity errors where the characters contradicted things they either previously said or was already established, but this may simply be due to reading an unedited ARC copy.  


About the Author:
A former journalist, Tia Louise lives in the center of the USA with her lovely family and one grumpy cat. There, she dreams up stories she hopes are engaging, hot, and sexy, and that cause readers rethink common public locations...


Monday, May 9, 2016

BOOK REVIEW: The Space Between (The Walshes #2) by Kate Canterbary

3.5/ 4 Stars

Patrick Walsh runs a preservation architecture firm with his siblings. Andi Asani is their new apprentice working a six month internship.  She’s admired Patrick’s work all through college and working for their company has been her number one goal.

Told via Andi and Patrick’s first person point of view, as the story unfolds Patrick turns out to be quite a keeper.
“‘The only reason I’ll ever kick you out of bed is to fuck you on the floor.’”
Though on the surface Patrick can be grumpy and he certainly has his share of frustrations, under it all he is a dedicated, hard working, guy, loyal to his family and the woman in his life.

Andi, on the other hand, initially came off confident, intelligent, and strong, but she also tended to run a bit cold, keeping people at a distance. In the beginning she acts like a tease to Patrick, and then later her behavior turns immature and entitled.  The scenes with her whining about making partner left a sour taste in my mouth.  While her character was primed to learn a lesson that doing what you love while surrounded by the people who matter most to you is more rewarding that a prestigious job title on paper,  I never felt that truly happened.  In the end, I wasn’t sure Andi deserved Patrick. That was disappointing because the premise of this story—two adults with similar backgrounds, interests, and careers developing a romantic relationship while working alongside each other—held potential.

Had the story stayed focused on Andi and Patrick making their relationship work alongside the back story of the old Walsh family home it might have avoided the angsty climax that drug on.  For all the sibling discussions about the house, the will, and the father, (which honestly I suspect you need to read book one to follow when it’s first introduced in this story,) that sub plot is never used to its full potential.  None the less, I did enjoy the little bit of intrigue it provided.

All in all, what the story has going for it is no cheating, no OW/OM drama, a non-manwhore hero, and plenty of sexy times.
“…I spend most of the day wondering whether you’ll let me fuck you in the printer room…”
But the story execution could be tighter and the heroine’s character growth is minimal. A bit more communication between educated adults would have gone a long way in making their relationship something to really root for. None the less, it's a sexy, safe story worth checking out.

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BOOK REVIEW: Baby, You're Mine by Fiona Davenport

~Synopsis~

Bailey Cross grew up as the only daughter of a single mom. When she finds out about a family she never knew she had, she travels half-way across the country to meet them. On the night Bailey hits town, her nerves get the better of her, making her act out of character when she meets Wyatt Kincaid in a bar and lets him take her home. After a night that rocks her world, she races out of his bed as quickly as she fell into it. But, there is one thing Bailey can’t run from, the baby she and Wyatt created. 

Wyatt went out looking for a good time and found a hell of a lot more than he’d bargained for. He wants more than a one night stand with the woman in his bed; he wants a chance at forever. But when he wakes up the next morning, she’s gone. He searches for her, but Bailey is nowhere to be found… until he goes looking in his best friend’s home. 





~Book Review~
2.5 Stars

While visiting her newly found family members in a different state, Bailey Cross meets Wyatt Kincaid at a bar one evening, unaware that he’s her long lost brother’s best friend. 

There were quite a few things that made this story not for me. First, it’s 100% insta love and insta lust causing the romantic development between Bailey and Wyatt to be lacking. While I realize this is a novella, instead of being told they spent hours talking, an inclusion of their conversation and/or banter would have gone a long way to allowing the reader to make a connection with them as a couple.

My biggest issue though came with the attitudes and beliefs towards women by the males in this story.  It ranged from archaic to downright offensive.  A pregnant heroine being harassed about being married off.  Female siblings treated as if they need male protection.  The sexism simply became sickening and killed not only the romance but the smut as well for me.

Character break down wise:

Wyatt… had the potential to be a cute guy, but I couldn’t take his over the top ways! I had to put the book down several times he was just too much with his sexist sentiments.  He seriously needed to take a chill pill and get a lesson on women’s rights because his approach to a relationship was to treat his girl like property.
“I needed to work a little harder to convince her that while the baby was helpful in my desire to move things along quickly, we would have ended up man and wife no matter what.”
Notice he says man and wife, not the equal phrasing husband and wife.

Bailey…at times I thought this girl deserved a metal for putting up with the old fashioned illusions of the males in this story.
“I didn’t appreciate how a man I barely knew thought he could make decisions about my life for me.”
Maybe it was her experience as a 3rd grade teacher that left her with far more patience than I’d have dealing with grown men who act like children.
“Wyatt, I’m not going to marry you just because I’m pregnant.”
But then the more she caved and gave into them, the less I had respect for her.

Bailey’s stepmother…She was kinda funny in a cougar type of way. By the descriptions of her character—trying to see her step-son’s friend naked—she should have been the crazy of this story but strangely she often came off the most sensible.

Bailey’s brother…Total controlling sexist jerk.

Bailey’s father…. Again, Earth to the 21st Century! You can’t force a man to marry your 23 year old daughter simply because she’s pregnant.

And then…

This book contains one of my pet peeves in realistic fiction—when medical facts are skewed for a simple plot device or in this case an overly possessive H. Only a month after having sex, Bailey visits the doctor where Wyatt goes all caveman about Bailey not wearing panties for the male MD and an ultrasound is done abdominally for them to see the baby.  Having had two kids myself (and many ultrasounds), this really bugged me because ultrasounds done in the doctor’s office in those very early weeks of pregnancy are done transvaginally for a variety reasons.  In the real world, Wyatt would have had to just suck it up just as he’d have had to do with a lot of things women endure during pregnancy for the health and safety of their baby as well as their own well being.

What the book has most going for it…the sex. Well except for the sex following the h puking.  That just isn’t a sexy time for couples no matter how much dirty talk it's wrapped up in.

All in all, I think my enjoyment of this book would have been much higher if the medical facts would have been presented accurately, and the men would have quit behaving like Neanderthal males. 

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

REVIEW/RELEASE: Dex by Stephanie Witter

Series: Kinky Shine #1
Genre: Rockstar Romance/Contemporary

~Blurb~

She succeeded in making him feel like a man. A normal functioning man when he hadn’t felt that way in years.

"Who're you f*cking?"

When my father, manager of the worldwide phenomenon Kinky Shine, asked me to come and help the band members appear more approachable I never thought my first meeting with Dex Bowers would start with such a question.


Immediately, I wanted to strangle him, wipe the smirk off his face and force him to mutter more than three words.

But there's something mysterious about him that was electrifying and the more he pushed me away and angered me, the more I wanted to know him and push through his hangups. 

"Trust. That f*cking trust thing didn't come easily to me." 

In the five years since my band became famous, not once had I been photographed with a woman. I knew it fed the supposed mystery surrounding me, but the real truth was far more humiliating than I was comfortable with.

That was until Harley Floyd walked in and I was left with a mind numbing lust for her that scared me shitless. It should be easy to let go and trust her just enough to have fun, to be happy I could finally come up with new material for our next album. But nothing was easy and with a life made of sex, drugs, and rock n' roll I wasn't sure if anything could last. Not even my band.

"What twenty-five year old was f*cking lost when his cock was rock hard when close to a gorgeous woman? One answer to that; a man who hadn’t had sex in a really long time."
  


~Book Review~
5 Stars

Harley Floyd, 23, is a communications graduate and blogger working on an assignment for her father, a musician manager. Rock band, Kinky Shine has made it to the top, but they won’t stay there if frontman and songwriter, Dex Bowers, 25, can’t get past his writer’s block. Dex is carrying the weight of the band on his shoulders and some hang-ups from his past.   
“‘A rock star who doesn’t fuck is an anomaly.’”
This! I loved how Dex broke the typical rock star manwhore mold. I simply adored this premise. It was far sweeter and sexier than reading about a guy who has bed a lot of women. Kudos to the author for taking this much more original angle. Dex is a keeper, a total book boyfriend.
“For the first time in years, a woman had my complete and undivided attention. For the first time in years, a woman fascinated me. And I was hard as concrete.”
The characters, really all of them, not even just Dex and Harley, pulled me in and came to life. As a rocker romance, it’s just as much about the band sticking together as it is about Dex and Harley making it work. The band’s banter was fun, and I enjoyed how the supporting characters mostly geared them in the right direction. Harley is a strong female character who isn’t pushed around. That’s always a plus with the heroine. But Dex, especially, was pretty enthralling as the elusive bad boy rocker who’s tormented by his past—broken—and yet the tone keeps it engaging and somehow hopeful, allowing the story to avoid getting bogged down with too much heaviness. There is a great balance of serious issues alongside a super sexy story.
“She rocked my fucking world with just a brush of lips.”
Oh and is it hot! The author definitely knows how to build up the heat and doesn’t disappoint with the steam factor.
“‘I’m going to strip you naked and then you’re going to get on all fours on the bed…’”
There is no mistaking the chemistry between Dex and Harley long before they even get to that point. I was fanning myself at midnight while reading. And I really liked them as a couple. That’s not to say that Dex and Harley didn’t both irk me in certain places with the way they handled different situations or that they always treated the other how they should have, but overall they were good characters who were growing and those little hang-ups moved along quickly. There’s no strung out angst here.

Told via Dex and Harley’s first person point of view, Dex is the first book in the Kinky Shine series, which features each member of the band. Maxen’s story is next.

 
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~Excerpt~
“Harley…’’ There was a fucking warning in her name, but she didn’t budge, didn’t bat an eye. But she did stop breathing for a second and her green eyes darkened again. My whole body shivered at her reaction. I inhaled and I didn’t smell the traffic exhaustion or other smells associated with LA. No, what I smelt was her vanilla perfume.

I pressed harder in the wall, the concrete biting into my back. I clenched my fists and kept my eyes locked with hers. I traced my lower lip with my tongue and her eyes went down to my mouth. My heart tripled in beat and a low growl escaped me. It couldn’t be heard with the bustling noise of the city, but it shocked me. I couldn’t remember the last time I had such a reaction. 



When I thought she’d take a step toward me, she took one backward and away from me. Her eyes widened and she blushed. “I guess this time I should be the one leaving,’’ she said in a small voice, her words stumbling into each other's . 


“No.’’ What the fuck was I saying? 

“What? I mean,’’ she shook her head. “I’m leaving.’’ 

I grabbed her shoulders and crowded her space before I realized what I was doing. Her scent enveloped me, enticed me. The thin material of her top was soft under my fingers, almost like nothing was separating me from her body. If I took a half step toward her I would feel her perfect breasts against my chest. I clenched my jaw and tried to calm my labored breathing. After a few seconds without moving she tilted her head upward to look at me and I was fucked. I thought I had been before that, but now, now I was lost to the sensations she was awakening in me, sensations I thought were gone. 

Her lips, lush and parted called out to me. Her cheeks coloring more and more into a deeper red had me ready to damn myself for this show of innocence. Her eyes, bright and yet getting glassier showed nothing akin to innocence and that made me ready to come in my fucking pants. She was a contradiction and I would have never thought it’d be so tantalizing. 

“What are you doing?’’ she whispered and her breath brushed my neck. I closed my eyes, my lips parted on a low moan. Fuck. What was she doing to me? 

“Push me away. Now.’’ 

I kept my eyes closed to better feel the brush of her breathing on my skin. My cock was pushing against my zipper and it was fucking painful. I wanted to squeeze myself and jerk off to find a release, but I couldn’t. We were on a street in broad daylight. 

I waited and waited and nothing happened. She kept on breathing irregularly and didn’t push me away.

So I did the only thing I could; I opened my eyes.





Stephanie Witter is a dreamer. She started learning English at three, and fell in love with the language. Always with a

book or two close by, she can't spend a day without reading (or writing).

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Monday, May 2, 2016

BLOG TOUR: Cocky F@#ker by Misti Murphy

~Synopsis~
I came home to Reverence to start over, not to cozy up to Chelsea F*cking Taylor. Again. 

My brother’s ex should have been off-limits, but she wasn’t. Not when we were teens. Not when I married her. And definitely not now. 

I thought after I walked away from her in Vegas we were done. I was wrong. This time my brother isn’t getting in the way of what I want. I’m going to fight for her, fight for us. 

The girl f*cking loves me, she just doesn’t know it yet. 

Friends, lovers, enemies, and now… 

To say our relationship is complicated would be an understatement. 

Damaged, demanding, a verifiable prick, Mace Hadley is my biggest mistake, but that didn’t stop the former marine from getting back into my panties the night he arrived home. 

It was supposed to be one last screw you. Except he’s in my face each chance he gets, between my legs at every opportunity. 

I’m not sure how long I can fight him when I still haven’t gotten over him. But I’ll go down swinging. 

If I give him my heart and he leaves me behind again, it’ll break me. But that’s not the worst part. 

I’m having the cocky f@#cker’s baby.

~Book Review~
4.5 Stars

Chelsea Taylor has grown up with the Hadley brothers and she’s always been close with all of them—just in different ways. Mace Hadley stepped in when his older brother stepped out, and he hasn’t been able to wrap his head around it since. But now Mace is back in town and his love-hate attraction to Chelsea has come full circle. 

This third book in the Tangled Desires series overlaps the first two books in time frame. While it can be read as a standalone, its flow is a bit choppy as the events of the first two books are vaguely interspersed and passage of time can get a bit murky. 

None the less, if you’ve read the previous titles, you can guess that Mace and Chelsea’s relationship is…complicated. Turns out they have ten years of attraction, animosity, misunderstandings, and burning desire. 
“I’m pretty sure he doesn’t have a nice bone in his body, well unless I count the one I was riding minutes ago.” –Chelsea 
Told via Mace and Chelsea’s alternating first person point of view, there’s plenty of entertaining and dirty banter. This is most definitely a steamy read that’s hot right from the start. 
“‘Let’s say I slipped. That I fucking slipped and landed right between your legs.’ He grasps my knees and thrusts them apart, stepping between them. Grabbing the waistband of his pants, I yank him to me. A solid wall of heat and hardness that has me moaning into his mouth. ‘You slipped and your cock just happened to land in my pussy.’”
The duo has to overcome quite a few perceived obstacles and seriously get in touch with their feelings. I’ll admit there were times when I would have liked to see more development scenes and a little less ping-pong with their relationship. But the climax definitely delivers and the reveal at the end was absolutely swoonworthy! I literally squealed in delight. You just don’t see that ‘relationship angle’ often enough in current contemporary romance. 
“‘Any man who wouldn’t fight for the woman he can’t breathe without would be a fool.’” –Mace
Can Mace get past his issues with his brother? Can he come to grips with his time in the Marines? How will Chelsea and Mace handle all the elephants in the room? Can they deal with becoming parents? 
“God, I hope it’s a pink one. Another girl to balance out the overdose of testosterone the Hadley men produce.” –Chelsea
As far as the characters go, I liked both Mace and Chelsea and while they had their fair share of miscommunication, I was pleased that they weren’t presented as clueless, especially Mace who had the insight to see through some of the facades. I do wish the supporting characters—the rest of the Hadley family—would been incorporated more deeply, particularly the ending where some their reactions felt scarce or forgotten. It would have made the story a bit fuller. And I’m certainly curious to learn more about Rush and hope he gets his own story where we can see more of this entertaining and colorful clan to wrap up the series. 

Overall, a low angst, lighthearted, super steamy read!

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Misti Murphy is a sadistic b*tch who loves to emotionally torture fictional people. If she did that in real life she’d probably end up in prison or a psych ward so she prefers to create dirty talking alphas and the sexually frustrated women who fall into their beds. And if someone needs to be smacked upside the head before f*cking turns to love then that makes her very happy indeed. 
She’s a huge believer in flaws making us human, and that not everyone likes bacon. She’s also addicted to chocolate and scared of the effects of the coming shortage. She swears like a f*cking trooper, and thinks that graphic smuttiness should be as real in fiction as it is in real life. 
When she’s not writing she’s the perfect housewife and mother. Ha bloody ha! When she’s not writing she’s hiding in a cupboard with her kindle, scoffing chocolate, and stalking facebook.