Something in the Way - Jessica Hawkins
It was a hot summer day when I met him on the construction site next to my parents' house. Under the sweat and dirt, Manning Sutter was as handsome as the sun was bright. He was older, darker, experienced. I wore a smiley-face t-shirt and had never even been kissed. Yet we saw something in each other that would link us in ways that couldn't be broken...no matter how hard we tried.
I loved Manning before I knew the meaning of the word. I was too young, he said. I would wait. Through all the carefully-chosen words hiding what we knew to be true, his struggle to keep me innocent, and infinitely-starry nights—I would wait. But I'd learn that no matter what you achieve in life, it means nothing if you suffer the heartbreak that comes with falling for someone you can never have. Because even though I saw Manning first, that didn't matter. My older sister saw him next.
My Top 10 Favorite Movies (Chick Flick Edition - Part Two)
Part two of a top 10 list of favorite chick flick movies, that includes great hits like The Devil Wears Parada, Legally, Blonde, The Hot Chick, and more!
Daddy’s Naughty Secretary - Book Review
Synopsis:
Landon Marks was everything a girl could want for a childhood crush.
Being my older brother's best friend and 15 years older than me, he was always considered off limits, but everything changed the summer I turned 18 and I went to work for him.
Lilly Adams was always just my best friends kid sister and a pain in my ass.
That was until something changed when she was 16. I knew she was mine, and when she came to work for me the summer before college, I refused to let her go.
She was mine. She just didn't know it yet...
*This is a DDLG book and contains mature content with elements of BDSM. Readers should be 18+.
My Top 10 Favorite Movies (Chick Flick Edition)
Two reasons why I am writing a romance fiction story, is 1) due to chick flicks. I grew up watching all of these beautiful stories on the big screen. They really taught me a thing or two about true love, the do’s and the don’ts, and most importantly, introduced my obsession with NYC. I have mentioned it once before, maybe ten times. Ok.. at least a hundred times.
2) Romance novels! I absolutely love reading them.
How to Create a Writing Schedule
Need a writing schedule? Something that you can stick to? Oftentimes, we find ourselves thinking about wanting to write, but don’t sit down to do it. Maybe we need to find a timeframe to fit our writing into our everyday routine. I know for me, that is exactly how I work. I love routine (most of the time) and how it keeps be on track.
I’m sharing how I created my writing schedule and how I stick to it.
If You Were Mine - By Melanie Harlow, Book Review
Theo MacLeod wasn’t supposed to be the one.
Tall, dark and handsome suits me just fine, but the cocky grin, know-it-all attitude, and mammoth ego? No thanks. I only hired him so I wouldn’t have to sit at the singles table again. It was just pretend.
He wasn’t supposed to kiss me.
My heart wasn’t supposed to pound.
We weren’t supposed to spend the night together—the hottest night of my life.
One night turns into a snowed-in weekend away, and even the blizzard of the century can’t cool the fire between us. I can’t get enough—of his smile, of his body, of the way he makes me feel.
We’re nothing alike. He’s a daredevil, and I’m a nervous Nellie. He’s a drifter, and I want to put down roots. He’s an opportunist with a checkered past, and I’m a Girl Scout volunteer.
But none of it matters when I’m in his arms.
I know he’s made mistakes. I know his wounds are deep, and he doesn’t trust easily. I know he doesn’t believe he could ever be enough to make me happy, but he could.
Short Story #2 - The Hater Interview, Part 2
We braved the principal separately and learned that we would be in detention for the rest of the week for “disruptive behavior.” Oh goody... stuck with Andy all week in the ever so torturous study hell, I mean hall. And to top it off, I have to work with him today after school to finish the punishment Mrs. Winston assigned us. My palm slapped against my pathetic face. Why did I have to be late today? Of all the days.
It took forever as I watched and waited for the clock to move its arms. After, what seemed like hours that stretched into days, the afternoon bell finally rang its sweet screech. I ran off to my car, hoping to avoid Andy, who seemed too determined to wreck my day. Luckily, I made it inside my car without anyone seeing me. The sweet silence that filled the stuffy air inside my car, was much better than being stuck with Andy.
The Exception - by Sandi Lynn Book Review
Jillian: I grew up wealthy and was given everything my parents wanted me to have. After years of being molded into the perfect daughter, I played a role. I was only what they wanted me to be. My parents controlled everything. My life, my friends, my career, and even the man I was supposed to marry. When I stood in front of the mirror and looked at myself, the person looking back was a total stranger. Leaving my fiancé at the altar on my wedding day was the start of a journey I embarked on in search of the person that I truly was. I would disappear, vanish, and start a new life where, little by little, I would unmold the person everybody thought I was. I would live in a man-free zone for as long as my journey took me. NO EXCEPTIONS. Until I met a man with dark hair, a business suit, smoldering eyes, and a face like a god—Drew Westbrook.
Drew: I had everything I wanted in life. Money, looks, success, and beautiful women by my side at all times. Some of these women stayed around for a while and some left quickly. I was all for a relationship as long as she wasn’t looking for a ring or wanting to hear the words “I do.” I liked the way I lived my life and I was content. Plenty of friends, loving parents, and a successful billion-dollar company were all I needed to feel complete. NO EXCEPTIONS. Until the day a brown-haired, blue-eyed beauty sat down next to me on an airplane and, suddenly, everything that mattered to me didn’t seem to matter anymore. She captivated me and I wanted her. All of her. But her journey didn’t include me and I was left feeling something I’d never felt before: incomplete.