I have asked my good friend from Secret Cravings Publishing to take over my blog for today, so please welcome to the Nook, Elise Hepner!
The Art of Procrastination: Otherwise Known
As How I Wrote This Book
There were several instances where I
worried that this book would never get finished, either due to my characters
having meltdowns and self-actualization crises or because I had no idea what
these meltdowns meant for the book. So we had a lot of fun together. The book
languished, Chloe and Noah thought about it, and we both lived in a special
land of procrastination.
What I looked like when I had the idea for
Ex-Retreat:
What the look evolved into after I realized
Chloe and Noah were going to put me through my paces:
This was me struggling with Chloe’s
commitment issues. Even I wanted to do Noah and he’s fictional.
Come on, Chloe, work with me here.
For a little while, I was afraid to look or
even type hoping she’d worked out her issues so they could get to the dirty,
dirty sex.
Then she threw me for 180 that I was in no
way prepared for during the book.
Yeah, that wasn’t in the cards.
But it all worked out in the end, otherwise
we wouldn’t have a book
Warning: This book contains a geeky, secretly
insecure but overly cocky handy-man with a penchant for pleasing, a dominatrix
in training who’s on the rebound, and enough smut to strip a couple layers off
your soul. Plus there’s mac n’ cheese with a smattering of self-actualization
for good measure.
After Chloe Barrons’ fiancé cheats on her
via webcam, she begrudgingly accepts her Type-A mother’s offer of a spur of the
moment luxury spa weekend. But things don’t play out quite from point A to
point B when she arrives drunk and disoriented on the front porch of a deserted
North Carolina beach house. From the very start she’s caught off guard by Noah
Knightly, a sinfully sexy, self-proclaimed commitment-phobe who’s a handyman
for his sister’s relationship rehabilitation center—a rehab where Chloe is the
sole guest during off-season.
But faced with temptation, to stay guarded
she’ll have to call the shots.
Noah shouldn’t have taken Chloe’s
reservation. But in need of a second pair of hands to fix up the beach house,
he throws all his sister’s rules out the window. Soon he worries that maybe
he’s bitten off more than he can chew: each day Chloe cracks more of his cocky
façade bringing down his guards to reveal a stuttering geek who has a hidden
will to please her in any way possible.
With no way to ignore her pain, Noah sets
himself up as a guinea pig to prove to Chloe that not all men are created
equal—in or out of the bedroom. As Chloe comes into her own through every
sexual session, Noah needs to decide if he’s man enough to accept the one thing
he never thought he wanted—love.
Bio: Elise Hepner
lives with two spastic cats and a very supportive, slightly crazy husband.
There is never a dull moment in the house, unless the caffeine runs out, which
it never does. She's a multi-published erotica author with Cleis Press,
Ellora's Cave, Xcite, and Secret Cravings Publishing.
She's driven by her tea addiction and a tiny stuffed turtle her
husband picked up from Disney World that sits on her desk and
"supervises" her work.
When not writing (which is rare), she's watching countless hours
of reality television, playing the Sims or shopping online. Plus there's that
odd obsession with the color purple. Everything is purple. Visit Elise at her
website www.elisehepner.com to keep up with her naughty ramblings, random
tidbits and future work.
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