ESSENTIALISM BY LK COLLINS
Some secrets can destroy…
Bridgette Schaefer has been through more
in her twenty-two years of life than most people survive in a lifetime.
Finally, she can see the light at the end of the tunnel and control is within her grasp. With a fresh start ahead, there’s nothing but blank
pages to be filled. Unfortunately, a lie by omission quickly weaves
itself into a dangerous web of half-truths.
As she battles between right and wrong, she discovers that sometimes there is only defeat when it comes
to matters of desire.
While others can set you free…
Troy
Sorano has one rule – no lies. Yet he’s spent years hiding behind a well-placed
mask, forced to hide who he yearns to be. On the outside he’s confident, fun, and sexy-as-sin, but there’s so
much more hidden within. When fate intervenes, he can’t help but wonder if
Bridgette could be the one to accept him for who he is. As he struggles through
his fear of rejection, he discovers he’s not the only one hiding the truth.
Can Bridgette and Troy find what is essential for their
happiness before it’s too late?
Troy does not disappoint! Hot, Steamy, Amazingly Sexy - Bridget and Troy Sizzle.
Alexa's
little sister Bridget is moving in with Cara and meets the delicious
Troy. Bridget definitely feels the sizzle between the two of them. The
only problem is that she kinda has a boyfriend. A boyfriend who is
becoming excessively possessive and becoming more and more distant. So
what harm will it be to start a friendship with Troy...but as things
escalate between her boyfriend and her, she break it off with him and
comes clean with Troy...who is not happy with her little secret.
This
book is full of fireworks and if you are a fan of super sexy banter,
you are going to love Essentialism. I absolutely love this series and LK
has another hit on her hands.
LK Collins is first and foremost a devoted wife and mother. She
loves music and has openly admitted that she’s addicted to it. Without the
strength of the words from some of her favorite artists, what she does…would not be possible. She works the normal 9
to 5 like the rest of the world, but is fortunate that she’s allowed to listen
to music for eight hours a day. When she gets home, she
turns into Superwoman; juggling the crazy world of being an indie author, a mom,
and a wife. Both her daughter and her husband share names with famous
presidents. Her husband is referred to by her readers as “the Prez”, a name
well deserved.
LK has had a passion for the worlds created by authors for as
long as she can remember and with the support of the Prez, she has successfully
self-published three titles in the Life. Destiny. Fate Series. While her books
are erotica, they are also known for dramatic storylines that will keep the reader
enthralled from page one. Not to mention that while she may write a series, each
is a stand-alone novel offering the reader a happily ever after. No
cliffhangers for this author!
THE NEIGHBOR FROM HELL SERIES BY R.L. MATHEWSON
Every neighborhood,
whether it’s located in the best part of town or across the tracks has
one very important thing in common: they all have the one neighbor that
you wish you could club upside the head, throw in the back of your
trunk, and dump a hundred miles into the woods all while giggling
hysterically and promising yourself that this time would be different,
this time he wouldn’t find his way back.You know who I’m talking about.
It's the person that steals your newspaper, lets his dog walk on your freshly mowed lawn, blasts their music at all hours of the night, steals your parking spot, leaves their alarm clock blasting twenty-four seven and just annoys the living hell out of you. What if I told you that this person really wasn’t so bad once you got to know him and that by the time I’m done spinning you a tale that not only will you find all of his quirks endearing, but that you’ll fall head over heels in love with him? What would you say then?
Don’t believe me? Well, I guess there’s only one way to find out. Check out the Neighbor From Hell series and see for yourself...
It's the person that steals your newspaper, lets his dog walk on your freshly mowed lawn, blasts their music at all hours of the night, steals your parking spot, leaves their alarm clock blasting twenty-four seven and just annoys the living hell out of you. What if I told you that this person really wasn’t so bad once you got to know him and that by the time I’m done spinning you a tale that not only will you find all of his quirks endearing, but that you’ll fall head over heels in love with him? What would you say then?
Don’t believe me? Well, I guess there’s only one way to find out. Check out the Neighbor From Hell series and see for yourself...
This series was the series that started it all for me. I read this entire series (well, what was published at the time) during a road trip to Los Angeles in the summer of 2012. I then went and purchased all of R.L.'s library and devoured all of her books. R.L. Matthewson is a hidden jem. Her books are funny and heartfelt and damn sexy too. You are going to fall in love with the Bradford men (and women). This is a go to series for me and could read them over and over again.
Done with being the
world's biggest pushover, Haley decides that things are going to change
starting with the aggravating neighbor who has too much charm and not
enough restraint. What she didn't expect was to be sucked into his
world, but Haley has a game plan and she won't let herself forget just
what the bad boy next door is capable of. The last thing Jason expected was for his little shy neighbor to go Rambo on him over some ruined flowers. After he decides to take her under his wing he can't help but notice that she fits very nicely in his life. Now the only thing left is to convince her that this is anything but a game.
PERFECTION (NFH #2)
Zoe is used to taking care of herself and has long ago accepted that if anything bad was going to happen, it was going to happen to her. So when she loses her job over something most bosses would probably be happy with and her life starts going down hill from there she doesn't expect it to get any better. She certainly didn't expect any help from the loud jerk next door, but then again she has nothing to lose so puts her trust in him and hopes for the best. What she didn't expect was the once in a lifetime opportunity that he offers her through an arrangement where they both benefit and no one is supposed to get hurt, but she should have known better because her luck has never been that good.Like most Bradfords, Trevor has a soft spot for food, but that's about all. He leads a pretty straightforward life and likes to keep things simple and that includes his relationships. He wants the perfect woman and knows exactly what she'll be like. So when he discovers much to his horror that he's thinking about his frumpy little neighbor he decides the best way to get his head straight is by working her out of his system. He'll keep her around, but only until he finds perfection.
CHECKMATE (NFH #3)
There’s nothing worse
than living next door to your childhood nemesis, except maybe being
forced to share your dream project with him, being blackmailed into
going along with something that was just wrong on so many levels, and
having your hot cocoa stolen by the person that drove you to drink it in
the first place.
As long as she has plenty of hot cocoa, a pair of pliers on hand and is able to resist Connor O’Neil's bad boy charm then Rory James should be able to make it through this project with her sanity intact. If not...
She’d probably face a few more nights in jail, have a few more restraining orders slapped against her and lose her heart to the man that ruined her life.
There’s nothing worse than living next door to your childhood nemesis, except maybe being forced to share your dream project with him, being blackmailed into going along with something that was just wrong on so many levels, and having your hot cocoa stolen by the person that drove you to drink it in the first place.
As long as she has plenty of hot cocoa, a pair of pliers on hand and is able to resist Connor O’Neil's bad boy charm then Rory James should be able to make it through this project with her sanity intact. If not...
She’d probably face a few more nights in jail, have a few more restraining orders slapped against her and lose her heart to the man that ruined her life.
As long as she has plenty of hot cocoa, a pair of pliers on hand and is able to resist Connor O’Neil's bad boy charm then Rory James should be able to make it through this project with her sanity intact. If not...
She’d probably face a few more nights in jail, have a few more restraining orders slapped against her and lose her heart to the man that ruined her life.
There’s nothing worse than living next door to your childhood nemesis, except maybe being forced to share your dream project with him, being blackmailed into going along with something that was just wrong on so many levels, and having your hot cocoa stolen by the person that drove you to drink it in the first place.
As long as she has plenty of hot cocoa, a pair of pliers on hand and is able to resist Connor O’Neil's bad boy charm then Rory James should be able to make it through this project with her sanity intact. If not...
She’d probably face a few more nights in jail, have a few more restraining orders slapped against her and lose her heart to the man that ruined her life.
TRUCE (A HISTORICAL NFH #4)
This is the story before everything... Elizabeth knows what’s expected of her, perfection. She’s the daughter of an Earl and expected to marry well, say and do the right things with a smile on her face when inside she’s dying for a chance to escape. Thanks to an inheritance her godmother left her years ago, her chance will come with her next birthday. Her hopes of escape abruptly end when Robert, her childhood nemesis that she hasn't seen in over fourteen years, comes back into her life and does everything he can to drive her out of her mind even as he steals her heart.
He hated her.
At least, he tried to hate her, but it was so damn difficult to hate someone that he couldn't live without. He tried to ignore her, tried to focus on anything but her, but nothing worked. Somehow she made her way into his heart and started to make him want things that he never though possible, made him smile and laugh even while she drove him out of his mind and started a legacy by turning him into...
A Bradford.
THE GAME PLAN (NFH #5)
Expected release date is December 27, 2014
You can all the Neighbor From Hell Series to your TBR List here:
Hello, my name is R.L. Mathewson
Before I tried my hand at writing I was a receptionist, cafeteria
worker at the college I attended, museum worker, bellhop, and about a
dozen other different things that are pretty embarrassing so we’re just
going to skip over those things and pretend that they never happened.
At some point I got a little direction in my life and tried my hand
at emergency medicine, since I am, or at least was, deathly afraid of
needles I opted for the fun job in EMS, an EMT. It was a fun job, a bit
stressful, but I learned a great deal and had the opportunity to meet
people from all walks of life. I learned a great deal from my patients
and have never forgotten the wisdom they imparted on me. After a short
stint as a Residential Home worker I decided to try the stay-at-home mom
job and found out something very important.
I can’t just sit around with nothing to do while I try to be deathly
silent so that I don’t wake up one of my children and send them into a
blood curdling screaming fit. So, to fill the time I started to read
again. When I was in school I was a bookworm, but got away from it as I
grew older. I was drawn back into my love of reading by Julia Quinn’s What Happens In London. It was a wonderful, witty book and I fell instantly in love with romance novels.
Some of the romance novels that I read were great and I couldn’t get
enough, I started to play with the idea of writing a book. Several
months later I finally gave in and tried. For four months straight I
worked day and night until finally I finished my first book. Then of
course I re-read what I wrote, cringed and deleted the entire book and
started over again. I started working on other projects and soon had two
finished books, Tall, Dark & Lonely: A Pyte Series Novel and A
Humble Heart: A Hollywood Heart’s Novel. It was a very exciting time
except for one little problem……
I had absolutely no idea what to do with the books now that they were
done. So, of course I put the books aside and forgot about them for a
little while I worked on other books. Months later I decided that maybe I
should do something with them. I looked into getting published,
admittedly not very hard since what I read about the publishing process
wasn’t exactly making me jump and down with excitement.
After reading an article about self-publishing I knew that was the
way I wanted to go. I like the freedom to write what I want, when I want
and publish a story that I hope others will enjoy reading. It gives me a
great deal of freedom and allows me to retain full control over my
work, which of course allows me to set the prices of my books and make
them affordable for everyone 
Which of course is the reasoning behind the $0.99 price tag for my books.
Which of course is the reasoning behind the $0.99 price tag for my books.
That’s how I became a writer and why I self-publish. Well, that and
I’m pretty laid back and don’t want to be hassled with contractual
obligations. That would just cut into my writing time, time with my
kids, reading time and my hot cocoa addiction. Yes, I am thoroughly
addicted to hot cocoa and if you’re interested in experiencing the
perfect cup of cocoa you can find the recipe for my cocoa somewhere on
this blog.
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