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Loving the Sykes #4
Oscar
OSCAR
She’d been part of my life for over a decade, slowly becoming as much my friend as Lucy’s. But it was becoming harder to hide my attraction to her. She was full of life, outgoing, loud, not a virgin. All the things I wasn’t. How could a guy not be drawn to her?
She was my first kiss. My first crush. She’s become an honorary Sykes girl. But I wished for more. I wanted her to be my Sykes girl. If only I knew how to talk to girls.
But, could she be my forever?
BRIT
I’d joked about that Sykes sandwich for almost a decade, but it was all to hide exactly how much I pined for my best friend’s brother. He was the sweetest guy I’d ever met, a total beta surrounded by alphas. But Oscar has always been oblivious when it came to relationships.
Then he asks me to help him be better with the ladies. That’s right, Captain Oblivious wants some more insight. Can I help him get more game without totally losing my heart?
Or, could he be my forever?
A STANDALONE friends to lovers romance with a HEA
Please be aware that this story is set in Australia and therefore uses Australian English spelling and syntax.
She’d been part of my life for over a decade, slowly becoming as much my friend as Lucy’s. But it was becoming harder to hide my attraction to her. She was full of life, outgoing, loud, not a virgin. All the things I wasn’t. How could a guy not be drawn to her?
She was my first kiss. My first crush. She’s become an honorary Sykes girl. But I wished for more. I wanted her to be my Sykes girl. If only I knew how to talk to girls.
But, could she be my forever?
BRIT
I’d joked about that Sykes sandwich for almost a decade, but it was all to hide exactly how much I pined for my best friend’s brother. He was the sweetest guy I’d ever met, a total beta surrounded by alphas. But Oscar has always been oblivious when it came to relationships.
Then he asks me to help him be better with the ladies. That’s right, Captain Oblivious wants some more insight. Can I help him get more game without totally losing my heart?
Or, could he be my forever?
A STANDALONE friends to lovers romance with a HEA
Please be aware that this story is set in Australia and therefore uses Australian English spelling and syntax.
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Published July 1, 2021
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Elizabeth Stevens
77 books368 followersWriter. Reader. Perpetual student. Nerd.
I started out writing fantasy. But, I like to write anything, honestly. These days, I mainly stick to YA and there's always at least a sprinkling of romance, if not a 'whoops, I dropped the whole packet in'. Almost all my books are set in my home state of South Australia, either in real or fictional places - gotta write what you know - with Netherfield being the only current exception.
Like most writers, I love to read. Although, time for reading at the moment is hard to come by. When I'm not too busy writing, I'm usually reading a number of authors. Some of my favourites are Rick Riordan, Jane Austen, Kate Forsyth, Cecilia Dart-Thornton, Kasie West, John Flanagan, Terry Pratchett, Isobelle Carmody, Christina Benjamin, Emily Rodda, and many more.
I'm an avid fan of Marvel, DC, Doctor Who, Supernatural, Red Dwarf, IT Crowd, and pretty much anything similar. I've recently discovered Richard Ayoade's Travel Man and it's brilliant. I love watching soccer (go Gunners) and thoroughly look forward to seeing Eurovision every year. Celebrity crushes include Anna Kendrick and Chris Evans, because they are wonderful.
I live in Adelaide with my husband and a menagerie of animals – a cat reliving her (sixth) youth, a cowardly Beagle-Cavalier who thinks he’s smaller than he is, one meeping guinea pig who thinks any plastic bag has his greens in, two chickens who are terrified of free-ranging, and a turtle with a penchant for sticking her head up her filter pipe.
I have a Master of Arts (Writing) from Swinburne University of Technology. I also have a Master of Arts (Editing and Publishing) at University of Southern Queensland and, am now working towards my PhD. I also hope to one day undertake a PhD in Creative Writing - perpetual student, am I.
I also organise the Sleeping Dragon Emerging Fantasy Writers’ Collective writing group. The group self-published their anthology Tales from the Sleeping Dragon in 2012.
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I started out writing fantasy. But, I like to write anything, honestly. These days, I mainly stick to YA and there's always at least a sprinkling of romance, if not a 'whoops, I dropped the whole packet in'. Almost all my books are set in my home state of South Australia, either in real or fictional places - gotta write what you know - with Netherfield being the only current exception.
Like most writers, I love to read. Although, time for reading at the moment is hard to come by. When I'm not too busy writing, I'm usually reading a number of authors. Some of my favourites are Rick Riordan, Jane Austen, Kate Forsyth, Cecilia Dart-Thornton, Kasie West, John Flanagan, Terry Pratchett, Isobelle Carmody, Christina Benjamin, Emily Rodda, and many more.
I'm an avid fan of Marvel, DC, Doctor Who, Supernatural, Red Dwarf, IT Crowd, and pretty much anything similar. I've recently discovered Richard Ayoade's Travel Man and it's brilliant. I love watching soccer (go Gunners) and thoroughly look forward to seeing Eurovision every year. Celebrity crushes include Anna Kendrick and Chris Evans, because they are wonderful.
I live in Adelaide with my husband and a menagerie of animals – a cat reliving her (sixth) youth, a cowardly Beagle-Cavalier who thinks he’s smaller than he is, one meeping guinea pig who thinks any plastic bag has his greens in, two chickens who are terrified of free-ranging, and a turtle with a penchant for sticking her head up her filter pipe.
I have a Master of Arts (Writing) from Swinburne University of Technology. I also have a Master of Arts (Editing and Publishing) at University of Southern Queensland and, am now working towards my PhD. I also hope to one day undertake a PhD in Creative Writing - perpetual student, am I.
I also organise the Sleeping Dragon Emerging Fantasy Writers’ Collective writing group. The group self-published their anthology Tales from the Sleeping Dragon in 2012.
You can also find me on:
Wattpad
If you'd like to keep up with all my shenanigans, you can sign up for my newsletter here.
NB: I'm usually happy to discuss review copies of my books. A track record of reviewing is preferable, but not completely necessary.
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April 3, 2023
Cute, virgin, cinnamon roll hero
The picture on the cover is surprising, because there is no indication in this novel, or the previous novels in this series, that 20-something Oscar has ever been near his brother's gym. He is also a chef, so it seems much more likely he resembles the Pillsbury Doughboy than a ripped athlete. There is no detailed physical description of him in this book, or of the heroine, Lucy, either, even when they are thinking lustful thoughts about each other, so it's hard to actually picture what the two of them look like.
The picture on the cover is surprising, because there is no indication in this novel, or the previous novels in this series, that 20-something Oscar has ever been near his brother's gym. He is also a chef, so it seems much more likely he resembles the Pillsbury Doughboy than a ripped athlete. There is no detailed physical description of him in this book, or of the heroine, Lucy, either, even when they are thinking lustful thoughts about each other, so it's hard to actually picture what the two of them look like.
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