Striptease

www.girl-gear #4

by Alison Kent

Striptease by Alison Kent released on Jul 25, 2003 is available now for purchase.

Genres: Harlequin Blaze, Romance, Harlequin

256 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2003

About the author

I often read of or hear about authors who knew they were meant to tell stories from the time they left the crib. Me? I didn't decide what I wanted to be when I grew up until I was thirty years old - and then sold my first book at thirty-four. Still, it was obvious that I always knew I was going places.

Like so many other authors, I was a voracious reader from day one, devouring everything from Nancy Drew to My Friend Flicka, which I remember sitting hovered over the heater vent in the kitchen floor to read while my father made his coffee.

I moved on to my mother's Phyllis Whitney, Dorothy Eden, and Mary Stewart gothics before discovering my first true romances written by Lucy Walker and set in the Australian Outback. And then, at last, when I was 18 I found 'The Flame and the Flower'. (My son almost spent his life as Brandon because of that, but I spared him and named him Casey instead!)

Why write romance? Because love stories have always been a major part of the books I've loved. Father Ralph and Meggie Cleary. (I did name my daughter Megan after reading The Thorn Birds! Do you see a trend here?) The aforementioned Brandon Birmingham and Heather Simmons. Wolf Mackenzie and Mary Potter.

Even more so, it's because I love writing romance heroes. The men who sweep both heroines and readers off their feet - not to mention their authors, too!

I've spent several years happily writing action adventure romance for Kensington Brava along with hot and sexy series romances for Harlequin Blaze. Now I'm thrilled to be a launch author for Vows.

Reviews

[LaFleurBleue · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the way the relationship between Melanie and Jacob all starts on the wrong foot and quickly turns into a torrid affair, with exchanges of videos.
However Jacob is definitely not talkative at all - so much so that I honestly did not understand how Melanie could settle so easily in the end. Her character was more interesting and realistic.
And the ending felt really rushed.

[Tania · Rating 3 out of 5]

Randomly chosen to be book #8 for 2012. Last year I read 131 so let's see what I read this time. Yay for being able to escape into the written word. Book found in Taupo.