In this sequel to Wallbanger, fan favorites Caroline Reynolds and Simon Parker negotiate the rollercoaster of their new relationship while house-sitting in Sausalito.
Playing house was never so much fun, or so confusing. With her boss on an extended honeymoon, Caroline's working crazy-long hours to keep the interior design company running; especially since she's also the lead designer for the renovation of a gorgeous old hotel. And with Simon, her hotshot photographer boyfriend, gallivanting all over the world for his job, the couple is heavy-duty into "absence makes the heart grow fonder" mode. No complaints about the great reunion sex, though!
Then a trip back east to his childhood home has Simon questioning his nomadic lifestyle. He decides to be home more. A lot more. And he wants Caroline home more, too. Though their friends romantic lives provide plenty of welcome distraction, eventually Caroline and Simon have to sort out their relationship. Sure, more togetherness is a good thing, but does less traveling and working have to mean the other extreme? Apple pie and picket fences? With this second book in the Cocktail series, USA TODAY bestselling author Alice Clayton delivers another delicious, frothy confection of a book, shaking up her characters, stirring in laugh-out-loud humor, and serving sizzling romance straight up!
So I have two schools of thought re: Rusty Nailed. Wait. No. Make it three. First: If you loved Simon in
Wallbanger, buy this book. If you are
a fan, any Simon is good Simon. Am I right? So buy it and read it and let’s
discuss.
Second: Can lightning really strike twice? I mean, Wallbanger was such a work of art. It was a freak of
nature really. It was clever and funny and smutty and all things wonderful. Can
authors really be held accountable for writing equally fantastic books every
single time? I don’t know. Can they? The pressure!!!!! Had I read Rusty Nailed before having read Wallbanger, I probably would have really
liked it. It’s just that it wasn’t AS fantastic as Wallbanger (in my opinion). Does
that make any sense? But that’s not on Alice, right? That’s on me as the
reader. I think. Which leads me to number three…
Third: I think that I am a greedy reader so I don’t think that I can
properly review Rusty Nailed because
I am getting in my own way. Here’s what I mean by this: ***SPOILER ALERT*** Did
you hear me? There is going to be a small plot spoiler so if you have not
finished Rusty Nailed, do not keep
reading this review. Do you hear me?!?!
Okay, so here’s how I am getting in my way…there is this part where
Simon goes back to his hometown—a place he has avoided since his parents died.
I got to this part and thought to myself: This is it! This is where Alice is
going to knock it out of the park! We are going to WAY more Simon! Backstory,
here we come! Here…we… go!!!!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand no. So see—that’s on me. I
wanted the story to go in a direction that Alice didn’t take me so I couldn’t
sit back and love the ride. But that’s on me—not on her. I’m a fan—BIG, HUGE
Alice Clayton fan! I am buying whatever she is selling. So to Rusty Nailed I will say: Buy it! Read
it! LOVE it! because it Alice after all!!!!!!!!
So here’s what I need you to do. I need you to read Rusty Nailed so you can tell me what I’m
missing and why I need to really love this book. Sway me with the story—not
just Alice’s writing style because I am already in love with Alice and her
style. So go get yourself some Simon and let’s talk!!!
After working for years in the cosmetics industry as a makeup artist, esthetician, and national educator for a major cosmetics company, Alice picked up a pen (read laptop) for the first time at 33 to begin a new career, writer. Combining her love of storytelling with a sense of silly, she was shocked and awed to be nominated for a Goodreads Author award in 2010 for her debut novels, The Redhead Series.
Alice has penned three novels, The Unidentified Redhead,The Redhead Revealed, and coming soon in November 2012, Wallbanger. She thinks you should purchase them immediately. She’s not kidding, not even a little bit. Everyone needs some comedic erotica in their lives. She is hard at work on the third book in The Redhead Series, set to release in Spring of 2013, continuing the saucy and sexual escapades of everyone’s favorite couple, Jack and Grace.
Additionally, Alice loves spending time with her besties on Not Your Mother's Podcast, make sure you check them out at notyourmotherspodcast.com or over on iTunes. 3 women rushing towards their forties still acting like teenagers. A saucy little mix of sex, love, relationships, pop cultural, celebrity gossip and All Things Jake Ryan.
Alice enjoys pickles, Bloody Mary’s, 8 hours of sleep, and a good pounding.
Finally Alice would also like all her readers and listeners to help her convince Mt. Alice that the only other thing that would make her truly happy is finally bringing home a Bernese Mountain Dog. She is totally serious. And done talking about herself in the third person…
Thank you for the chance!!
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