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Nice and Easy is almost here!
I'm SO excited that you all get to dive into Nice and Easy on Tuesday!! (Feb 12th :) )
Nice and Easy wasn't, well, easy to write! lol! And it took me a long time to figure out why. Actually, it took author friend Lila Dubois to figure out why!
I was gritting my teeth and cursing at Caleb and Lexi for not doing things my way one day while chatting on Facebook with Lila, Mari Carr, and Erin McCarthy. My problem? Caleb and Lexi were too perfect for one another. They already had the co-parenting and friendship thing worked out. They loved each other's kids. They had a ton of chemistry. So why couldn't they just be together already? Why even write the book? They already had their happily ever after right in front of them.
But, well, that's not how romance novels work, right? :) There has to be SOME obstacle for them to figure out, some way for them to grow, something that makes them truly think about if the relationship is worth it.
Lila fixed the problem for me when she said, "So he's the big hero, the guy who fixes everything for her, the one with all the answers, right?"
Me: "Yep."
Her: "Then you have to come up with something he *can't* fix. Something that goes against his world view of taking care of her and doing everything right."
Me, "Oooooh."
Nice and Easy
And, being me, I didn't just come up with one thing Caleb had to struggle with (hint, something with one of the kids), but TWO things... including something that Lexi needed and wanted from him, that he wasn't sure he could deliver. In the bedroom.
This took the story in a whole new, very fun, very satisfying direction! Nothing I love more than seeing an uber-confident, alpha guy face the fact that he's not good at *everything*...and then work his ass off to figure out a way to BE good at those things too for the woman he loves!
I can't wait for you to see how Lexi and Caleb really figure everything out, including how to love each other exactly the way they both need to be loved!
xoxo
Erin
Nice and Easy wasn't, well, easy to write! lol! And it took me a long time to figure out why. Actually, it took author friend Lila Dubois to figure out why!
I was gritting my teeth and cursing at Caleb and Lexi for not doing things my way one day while chatting on Facebook with Lila, Mari Carr, and Erin McCarthy. My problem? Caleb and Lexi were too perfect for one another. They already had the co-parenting and friendship thing worked out. They loved each other's kids. They had a ton of chemistry. So why couldn't they just be together already? Why even write the book? They already had their happily ever after right in front of them.
But, well, that's not how romance novels work, right? :) There has to be SOME obstacle for them to figure out, some way for them to grow, something that makes them truly think about if the relationship is worth it.
Lila fixed the problem for me when she said, "So he's the big hero, the guy who fixes everything for her, the one with all the answers, right?"
Me: "Yep."
Her: "Then you have to come up with something he *can't* fix. Something that goes against his world view of taking care of her and doing everything right."
Me, "Oooooh."
Nice and Easy
And, being me, I didn't just come up with one thing Caleb had to struggle with (hint, something with one of the kids), but TWO things... including something that Lexi needed and wanted from him, that he wasn't sure he could deliver. In the bedroom.
This took the story in a whole new, very fun, very satisfying direction! Nothing I love more than seeing an uber-confident, alpha guy face the fact that he's not good at *everything*...and then work his ass off to figure out a way to BE good at those things too for the woman he loves!
I can't wait for you to see how Lexi and Caleb really figure everything out, including how to love each other exactly the way they both need to be loved!
xoxo
Erin
Getting Off Easy is coming January 14th!
Getting Off Easy, Boys of the Big Easy book four, is almost here!!
No worries, you can jump in right here if this is your first trip to New Orleans to visit my hot single dads!
You're definitely going to want to check out the playboy firefighter who finds an abandoned baby on his doorstep! James is something special! And how is his across-the-hall neighbor, Harper, supposed to resist when he comes knocking and asking for help? She's a goner, folks. And she doesn't even really mind! :)
You know, this book almost didn't happen!
Book three came out last February and it was feeling like readers were more ready for the spin-off series, Boys of the Bayou, than they were for more from the Big Easy. So we headed down to the bayou and jumped in with the Landry family! And that was so much fun!
Then, when that series wrapped up and I was getting ready for my next series, there was just this niggling in the back of my mind. I'd had James and Harper's story with me for a very long time. I knew all about the baby boy that would show up on James's doorstep and about the buttoned-up professor that lives across the hall and the fluffy little dog they share custody of. I just couldn't shake their story. So I decided to start writing it and see how it went.
Well, it went amazingly well. The story just flew out of my fingers! And then I sent it off to my editor and she absolutely fell head over heels for James and Harper and everyone and well, obviously, we had to get it out to readers!
So, I'm thrilled to now be just two weeks away and to already have some early reviews in telling me that going back to the Big Easy and writing this book was absolutely the right thing to do!
I hope you'll check out Getting Off Easy on January 14th!
Getting Off Easy
No worries, you can jump in right here if this is your first trip to New Orleans to visit my hot single dads!
You're definitely going to want to check out the playboy firefighter who finds an abandoned baby on his doorstep! James is something special! And how is his across-the-hall neighbor, Harper, supposed to resist when he comes knocking and asking for help? She's a goner, folks. And she doesn't even really mind! :)
You know, this book almost didn't happen!
Book three came out last February and it was feeling like readers were more ready for the spin-off series, Boys of the Bayou, than they were for more from the Big Easy. So we headed down to the bayou and jumped in with the Landry family! And that was so much fun!
Then, when that series wrapped up and I was getting ready for my next series, there was just this niggling in the back of my mind. I'd had James and Harper's story with me for a very long time. I knew all about the baby boy that would show up on James's doorstep and about the buttoned-up professor that lives across the hall and the fluffy little dog they share custody of. I just couldn't shake their story. So I decided to start writing it and see how it went.
Well, it went amazingly well. The story just flew out of my fingers! And then I sent it off to my editor and she absolutely fell head over heels for James and Harper and everyone and well, obviously, we had to get it out to readers!
So, I'm thrilled to now be just two weeks away and to already have some early reviews in telling me that going back to the Big Easy and writing this book was absolutely the right thing to do!
I hope you'll check out Getting Off Easy on January 14th!
Getting Off Easy
Getting Off Easy sneak peek!
Here's a little bit from Getting Off Easy, the next in the Boys of the Big Easy series!
Playboy firefighter James Reynaud's whole world gets tipped upside down when a baby boy is abandoned on his doorstep. But that's nothing compared to the way he goes head over heels for his across-the-hall neighbor when he enlists her help with diaper duty!
* * * * *
Getting Off Easy
January 14, 2020
Harper reached out to lift the baby, but just as her hand touched his back, James stirred.
She froze.
“P°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ù?â€�
His voice was husky from sleep, low and gravelly, and Harper’s belly flipped, heat sliding from her stomach lower, between her legs. They were in his bedroom. One of them was in bed. And that voice. And the nickname. She could hardly be blamed for her reaction.
“Hey,� she said softly.
“You okay?�
It was the middle of the night, and he was the one asleep with the thing that had just turned his life upside down, but he was asking about her? She never came to him with needs. He came to her. She nodded. “I thought I’d take him so you could get more comfortable.�
He looked down at the baby, and seemingly instinctively, his hand slid from the baby’s butt to his back. James’s hand was huge on the tiny baby, and Harper swallowed hard at the sweet picture. “He’s okay.�
“You sure? I don’t mind.�
He looked up at her. He was clearly still sleepy, maybe not fully awake. “You wanna help?� he asked.
She nodded. “Yeah.� She felt terrible for leaving earlier. It had gone against every instinct except the one that screamed at her to protect her heart no matter the cost. But she was afraid she was far past the point of that being possible.
“Then come here.�
Harper wet her lips. “Come� there?�
“Yeah.� He reached for her with his free hand and caught her around the wrist, tugging her forward.
She could have easily pulled back, broken free, resisted. But she let him urge her onto the mattress.
Harper knelt with a knee next to his hip. “How does this help?�
“Gets you up against me,� he said, his voice still sleep roughened.
Her heart skittered. “That’s helpful?�
“Can’t imagine how it will hurt.� He gave her a sleepy, but still devastatingly sexy smile. “This way you’re here if he does need something.�
Well, he had a point.
Harper stretched out on the mattress beside James. He put his arm up above his head again, not holding her, but definitely exposing plenty of surface area for her to be up against.
Oh, what the hell. She wouldn’t sleep well at her place now, wondering what was going on over here. This way she was very much here for whatever went on. And she’d wanted to be up against him for a few months now. Lord only knew what the next few days were going to bring with the baby and everything. She might as well enjoy this moment while she had it.
She scooted closer. His body was hot and hard. She swallowed with some difficulty.
Then the baby made a little grunting sound and curled and stretched against James.
This was so not how she’d ever pictured being in bed with James Reynaud. That was for sure.
Grab it now!
Getting Off Easy
Playboy firefighter James Reynaud's whole world gets tipped upside down when a baby boy is abandoned on his doorstep. But that's nothing compared to the way he goes head over heels for his across-the-hall neighbor when he enlists her help with diaper duty!
* * * * *
Getting Off Easy
January 14, 2020
Harper reached out to lift the baby, but just as her hand touched his back, James stirred.
She froze.
“P°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ù?â€�
His voice was husky from sleep, low and gravelly, and Harper’s belly flipped, heat sliding from her stomach lower, between her legs. They were in his bedroom. One of them was in bed. And that voice. And the nickname. She could hardly be blamed for her reaction.
“Hey,� she said softly.
“You okay?�
It was the middle of the night, and he was the one asleep with the thing that had just turned his life upside down, but he was asking about her? She never came to him with needs. He came to her. She nodded. “I thought I’d take him so you could get more comfortable.�
He looked down at the baby, and seemingly instinctively, his hand slid from the baby’s butt to his back. James’s hand was huge on the tiny baby, and Harper swallowed hard at the sweet picture. “He’s okay.�
“You sure? I don’t mind.�
He looked up at her. He was clearly still sleepy, maybe not fully awake. “You wanna help?� he asked.
She nodded. “Yeah.� She felt terrible for leaving earlier. It had gone against every instinct except the one that screamed at her to protect her heart no matter the cost. But she was afraid she was far past the point of that being possible.
“Then come here.�
Harper wet her lips. “Come� there?�
“Yeah.� He reached for her with his free hand and caught her around the wrist, tugging her forward.
She could have easily pulled back, broken free, resisted. But she let him urge her onto the mattress.
Harper knelt with a knee next to his hip. “How does this help?�
“Gets you up against me,� he said, his voice still sleep roughened.
Her heart skittered. “That’s helpful?�
“Can’t imagine how it will hurt.� He gave her a sleepy, but still devastatingly sexy smile. “This way you’re here if he does need something.�
Well, he had a point.
Harper stretched out on the mattress beside James. He put his arm up above his head again, not holding her, but definitely exposing plenty of surface area for her to be up against.
Oh, what the hell. She wouldn’t sleep well at her place now, wondering what was going on over here. This way she was very much here for whatever went on. And she’d wanted to be up against him for a few months now. Lord only knew what the next few days were going to bring with the baby and everything. She might as well enjoy this moment while she had it.
She scooted closer. His body was hot and hard. She swallowed with some difficulty.
Then the baby made a little grunting sound and curled and stretched against James.
This was so not how she’d ever pictured being in bed with James Reynaud. That was for sure.
Grab it now!
Getting Off Easy
