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."
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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