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Goddess and The Geek
Computer whizz Julian Wilde has a month booked at an island hideaway to finish his PhD, but when he arrives, sexy oyster farmer Natasha Barri grabs him thinking he’s a burglar and suddenly asthma isn’t the only thing making Julian breathless. The house has been double booked so they’re forced to share and Julian readily agrees to cook, hoping to use the voodoo potions he’s discovered online to make Tasha fall in love with him. Disaster follows debacle as Julian tries to impress her, and she tries not to kill him.
Read Goddess & the Geek to see if Julian can crack open Tasha’s hermit-shell heart and prove he’s the geek for her...
Read Goddess & the Geek to see if Julian can crack open Tasha’s hermit-shell heart and prove he’s the geek for her...
42 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 10, 2014
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About the author
Louise Cusack
12 books74 followersLouise Cusack lives in Australia, in a tiny fishing village on the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef. She's a long-time vegetarian and caffeine addict with an obsession finding the tiniest shred of romance in any story and wallowing in it.
Her novels are about curious women who get themselves into unlikely situations - whether that's an everyday woman from our world falling through a portal into a sepia kingdom, an amorous mermaid who gets herself stranded on dry land, or more recently, a perfectly ordinary house-sitter who finds herself husband sitting instead! You'll have to read her recent release 'Husband Sit' to find out why...
Louise doesn't care what genre she writes in so long as the characters are endearingly real, the heroes are scorching hot and the sex is good!
Her novels are about curious women who get themselves into unlikely situations - whether that's an everyday woman from our world falling through a portal into a sepia kingdom, an amorous mermaid who gets herself stranded on dry land, or more recently, a perfectly ordinary house-sitter who finds herself husband sitting instead! You'll have to read her recent release 'Husband Sit' to find out why...
Louise doesn't care what genre she writes in so long as the characters are endearingly real, the heroes are scorching hot and the sex is good!
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May 30, 2015
Cute idea, but very rushed. I felt like there were chapters missing. The voodoo stuff--while not something I particularly liked, should have been explained more, and there definitely should have been more scenes with interaction between the MC' s. I even felt like the job issues the hero was having should have been described. Basically, I just wanted more.
January 5, 2020
Natasha Barri is already in residence when Julian Wilde arrives on the island to finish his PhD at his friend's isolated island. Julian thinks of Tasha as a Goddess and she finds him an irritating Geek. The old saying that opposites attract is true in The Goddess & the Geek. The Voodoo aspect, the independence of Tasha and Julian's need to have her find him attractive is all somehow interesting and a bit fun too.
October 6, 2013
I honestly wanted to enjoy this book. I read the synopsis and thought to myself "Well shoot, this one sounds like it could be a good one." So of course, with high hopes, I pick it up and proceed to read. Unfortunately what started off as an interesting premise and promising plot just did not click with me. I found a lack of connection not only between the characters, but between the characters and the reader.
I found not a shred of anything that made me connect with the characters. At first it was too much like the chool nerd doing the head cheerleader's homework in hopes she'd notice he's alive. As a matter of fact the similarities were uncanny. Julian spends the entie time they are on the island catering to Tasha's very need. He cooks for her and cleans up after her to the exclusion of everything else. Including the project he originally came to the quiet island to work on. She in turn is a slob who only places demands on him about what she wants him to cook and when and doesn't even help do dishes. If anything, she only insults him and continuosly makes nasty comments to him. I just found no redeeming qualities in their character. Nerd or not, he just reminded me of an overly eager to please puppy panting and begging for the tiniest scrap of attention. She just reminded me of that popular girl in school who knew she was attractive and took it as her due that alal the boy swould do whatever she wanted them to if she so much as deigned to look in their direction and said a few words.
WIth likeable characters, this may have been a passible story, but I'm sorry. the characters only annoyed me and the fact that I could feel no emotional connection with either one only made things worse.
Reviewed by Iris for Cocktails and Books
I found not a shred of anything that made me connect with the characters. At first it was too much like the chool nerd doing the head cheerleader's homework in hopes she'd notice he's alive. As a matter of fact the similarities were uncanny. Julian spends the entie time they are on the island catering to Tasha's very need. He cooks for her and cleans up after her to the exclusion of everything else. Including the project he originally came to the quiet island to work on. She in turn is a slob who only places demands on him about what she wants him to cook and when and doesn't even help do dishes. If anything, she only insults him and continuosly makes nasty comments to him. I just found no redeeming qualities in their character. Nerd or not, he just reminded me of an overly eager to please puppy panting and begging for the tiniest scrap of attention. She just reminded me of that popular girl in school who knew she was attractive and took it as her due that alal the boy swould do whatever she wanted them to if she so much as deigned to look in their direction and said a few words.
WIth likeable characters, this may have been a passible story, but I'm sorry. the characters only annoyed me and the fact that I could feel no emotional connection with either one only made things worse.
Reviewed by Iris for Cocktails and Books
August 27, 2016
GODDESS & THE GEEK by author Louise Cusack is a Flirt Press release for September 2012. It is part of a Hapless Heroes series.
Julian is a computer nerd and goes with his colleague to spend time alone at his Island home. What he doesn't realise is that the home, which he expected to be empty and isolated, already has a sitting tenant.
Tall, gorgeous and hot stranger turns out to be the cousin of his collegue. Natasha Barri has moved in her cousins home after having a bit of problem at hers. But she excpected to be alone as she has not lived with another human since the last five years. Could Julian and Natasha co exist peacefully in the same house?
Living together, Julian feels attracted to Natasha but does she reciprocate? Julian tries a bit of online voodoo. Would Julian's voodoo work?
GODDESS & THE GEEK is fresh and fun. It is filled with amusing dialogue and witty comebacks. Author Louise Cusack has brought a refreshing story filled with hilarious and unusual characters.
A very enjoyable read and highly recommended!
Julian is a computer nerd and goes with his colleague to spend time alone at his Island home. What he doesn't realise is that the home, which he expected to be empty and isolated, already has a sitting tenant.
Tall, gorgeous and hot stranger turns out to be the cousin of his collegue. Natasha Barri has moved in her cousins home after having a bit of problem at hers. But she excpected to be alone as she has not lived with another human since the last five years. Could Julian and Natasha co exist peacefully in the same house?
Living together, Julian feels attracted to Natasha but does she reciprocate? Julian tries a bit of online voodoo. Would Julian's voodoo work?
GODDESS & THE GEEK is fresh and fun. It is filled with amusing dialogue and witty comebacks. Author Louise Cusack has brought a refreshing story filled with hilarious and unusual characters.
A very enjoyable read and highly recommended!
October 11, 2012
This was the perfect combination of fun and sexy. The story tells of how the a hot babe and a geek find one another and ultimately love.
But with the added touch of some online voodoo this made for a really interesting read. Imagine the two main characters not only being trapped together but one trying to "find the other " and the other one trying to no kill him ! Now that is the perfect setting for a awesome read !
The book had memorable characters,vividly delicious and funky scenes,and just enough craziness to keep me highly entertained.
The author delivers the kind of scenes you would expect from a feel good comedy on screen,but with so much more of a punch it will leave you wanting more.
I particularly love how she brings her characters (who believe me are not the kind of people you would expect falling for each other in real life) together. It is one of those " Really them a couple ?"
Her writing is fun,fresh and has a added twist around every corner I mean page that is sure to entertain every kind of reader !
4/5 star review
But with the added touch of some online voodoo this made for a really interesting read. Imagine the two main characters not only being trapped together but one trying to "find the other " and the other one trying to no kill him ! Now that is the perfect setting for a awesome read !
The book had memorable characters,vividly delicious and funky scenes,and just enough craziness to keep me highly entertained.
The author delivers the kind of scenes you would expect from a feel good comedy on screen,but with so much more of a punch it will leave you wanting more.
I particularly love how she brings her characters (who believe me are not the kind of people you would expect falling for each other in real life) together. It is one of those " Really them a couple ?"
Her writing is fun,fresh and has a added twist around every corner I mean page that is sure to entertain every kind of reader !
4/5 star review
March 22, 2016
"Goddess And The Geek" by Louise Cusack is part of the 'hapless heroes' series, and my first read from this author, but it will not be my last. Julian Wilde is a computer genius, and a cute one at that. He meets Natasha Barri on an island that he retreated to in order to finish his PHD work. The story becomes this sexy, fun, mess that turns into much more.
October 15, 2012
A novella in Louise Cusack's Hapless Heroes series. Louise really pushes the envelope where romance writing is concerned. With each book, I'm dying to see what innovation she's going to try this time.
A bespectacled academic and a long limbed island goddess are about the last pair you'd expect to get it together, right? But Louise makes it happen and oh, so credibly. Natasha is an island amazon, who lives in the tropics and farms oysters. A hardened heart would make her unsusceptible to the most enticing alpha male. So how will the decidedly un-alpha Julian win her heart? And more interestingly, what will he do with it when he wins it? This is the question that will have the reader skimming the pages.
Enjoyable dialogue and characters make it great reading entertainment. Recommended by me too!
A bespectacled academic and a long limbed island goddess are about the last pair you'd expect to get it together, right? But Louise makes it happen and oh, so credibly. Natasha is an island amazon, who lives in the tropics and farms oysters. A hardened heart would make her unsusceptible to the most enticing alpha male. So how will the decidedly un-alpha Julian win her heart? And more interestingly, what will he do with it when he wins it? This is the question that will have the reader skimming the pages.
Enjoyable dialogue and characters make it great reading entertainment. Recommended by me too!
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February 15, 2016173kb, Computer whizz Julian Wilde has a month booked at an island hideaway to finish his PhD, but when he arrives, sexy oyster farmer Natasha Barri grabs him thinking he 19s a burglar and suddenly asthma isn 19t the only thing making Julian breathless. The house has been double booked so they 19re forced to share and Julian readily agrees to cook, hoping to use the voodoo potions he 19s discovered online to make Tasha fall in love with him. Disaster follows debacle as Julian tries to impress her, and she tries not to kill him.
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December 21, 2012
It was an ok read, didn't really have any emotional attachement to either one.
February 19, 2014
bit different but still a good read!
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