In the last six months, I’ve learned things that would get me committed to an asylum if I repeated them. First, I was kidnapped by vampires. Yes, vampires. Sounds crazy, right? My best friend, Donna, became one of the fanged after that little adventure and hooked up with a hot, Scottish vampire named Conner. They’re even planning a wedding.
Secondly, I learned not all vampires are evil. In fact, some of them are downright sexy.
Alexander Dimitriades has it all. He’s tall, dark, and handsome and manages to give me tingles in all the right place and also make me laugh. Unfortunately, to be with him, I would have to give up my humanity and I like being human. Then, there’s the fact that the whole drinking blood thing gives me the heebie jeebies.
To make matters worse, there are plans in motion to change the place vampires hold in the human world. And I’m caught in the middle, between the vampire I’m falling in love with and a group that wants to create a vampire dictatorship, with humans as slaves.
Now, all I want is my calm, normal life back. As my friend, Ricki, likes to say, “Be careful what you wish for because it might come and bite you on the ass.” I hate it when she’s right.
A few
years ago paranormal was my go to genre. Since I’ve gotten into indie authors
and contemporary romance I’ve lessened the amount of paranormal books I read to
the few big authors I can’t give up. I feel in love with CC Wood when I read
her Friends With Benefits series, so
though I was cautious about reading yet another vampire novel I knew I had to
give her a fair shot. Gods, am I glad I did! Once Bitten, Twice Shy picks up
where the previous book (Bite Me)
left off. Ivie has escaped capture and attempted rape by a very bad vampire and
is now living with her best friend (turned vampire) and the best friend’s
vampire man. Enter the hot sexy and hard to resist Alexander ‘Lex’ Dimitriades
and you’ve got the recipe for a fun and enthralling book. Though her attraction
to Lex can’t be denied, Ivie can’t fathom a relationship between a human and a
vampire.
“I mean, that was like me having a romantic relationship
with a cow. You didn’t have
relationships with your food.”
This
book is filled with everything you could want! Action, adventure, and some
steamy sex scenes J
I love that even though this is a book with paranormal elements (vampires,
werewolves, and witches…oh my) that is not the main focus. The characters are
full and awesome. The girlfriends are funny as Hell! Love any time they get
together for drinks and gossip! Fast paced, quick read that leaves you wanting more! Kerry's story is next and it's going to be one hell of a ride!
A native Texan, C.C. grew up either reading or playing the piano. Years later, she’s still not grown up and doing the same things. Since the voices in her head never shut up, C.C. decided to try and profit from their crazy stories and started writing books.
Now that she has a baby girl at home, C.C.’s non-writing time is usually spent cleaning up poopy diapers or feeding the poop machine. Sometimes she teaches piano, cooks, or spends time bugging her hubby and two beagles.
A lot of my non-writer friends and family think my job is pretty cool. In fact, they’re right.
But not for the reasons they think. Let me give you a tour of my typical day....
4 a.m.- 6 a.m.- The baby wakes up with a wet/poopy diaper. I then proceed to get up every
twenty or thirty minutes from then until 6 a.m. to soothe her. Oh yeah, did I mention I was up til
7 a.m.-9 a.m.- Feeding, diapering, and playing with the baby. I’m sure you SAHM’s know
9 a.m.- Lil Bit goes down for a nap. Hallelujah!!! I can take a shower and try to write....um,
halfway through my shower, the baby starts screaming, so I’m rushing like a madwoman to get
finished so I can get in there to check on her. I’m in such a hurry I forget to shave one leg. It’s
the same damn leg I forgot to shave yesterday. I’m sure the husband will have snarky things to
say about how I resemble a before-and-after photo. BTW, the baby managed to get both chubby
legs stuck between the slats on her crib and couldn’t get loose. Hence the screaming.
10 a.m.- She’s up. She won’t go back to sleep. She doesn’t want to be held but she doesn’t
want to play on the floor. We compromise and she sits in her jumperoo. I settle in for an hour or
so of writing. Oh, time for a sex scene. Halfway through I look up to find huge blue eyes staring
at me as my 8 month old daughter giggles. Um, okay, that’s a mood killer. Guess I’ll have to
11 a.m.-1 p.m.- Repeat steps from the 7 to 9 o’clock hours.
1 p.m.- Afternoon nap for the baby. Damn, I miss naps. Anyway, I’ll finally get some
writing done, right? Um, NO! I need to do laundry. I need to vacuum. I need to play Candy
Crush (Shut up! No judging.) Shit, is it 2 p.m. already?
2 p.m.- 2:15 p.m.- I write 4 pages. Weird.
2:16 p.m.- Baby wakes up and won’t go back to sleep. Guess I’m done writing for the
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.- Day Job: I teach piano lessons IRL to pay the mortgage. It’s fun. I
5:30 p.m.- 7:30 p.m.- I cook dinner. I do dishes. I bathe and lotion the baby, after she spits
peas, carrots, or pears all over me. Bottle, story, then bed! Yay! I can write.
7:45 p.m.- Hubby comes into office. “Aren’t you going to spend time with me? I haven’t
seen you all day. Surely you had plenty of time to get that done today. (I’m not admitting to
anything here, but does anyone know how to get rid of a body?)
9 p.m.- 12 a.m.- I sit on the couch next to my snoring hubby, laptop on my lap, and write
after he guilt-tripped me into coming into the living room to spend time with him then promptly
12:30 p.m.- Crap, is it 12:30 already??? Time for bed!
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