He's the worst possible choice...but she's willing to make a bad decision!
Maid of honour Gabriela Cruz doesn't want to ruin her best friend's luxury wedding cruise. And that's all sleeping with best man and notorious bad boy Sebastian Lott will do. But with the warm, sensual, tropical air and the starlit sky overhead, Gabriela can't resist one glorious night with the drop-dead gorgeous lawyer. One night that leads to so much more...
I've written more than 30 books in a number of genres: chick lit, romance, suspense, paranormal and young adult. My debut novel, I Do (But I Don't) was made into a Lifetime Original movie.
I grew up in Mesquite, Texas, which for those of you who like livestock shows, is the home of the Mesquite Rodeo. Ironically, Mesquite was named after Mesquite trees, only none of them now exist in the city, which is about fifteen minutes east of Dallas. No, I don't own a pair of cowboy boots, although I do own quite an impressive collection of black shoes. My Dad is a third-generation Japanese-American, and my mom is a second-generation Texan who's mostly English.
I went to school at the University of Pennsylvania, only I'm not sure how I got in. I think these days they only accept students who can solve String Theory. Anyway, I majored in English, and because my dad said "and just what are you going to do with an English degree?" I went to work for the school newspaper. After college, I spent four years as a newspaper reporter, working for an overly excitable editor who sent me running anytime the police scanner went off. I was working insane hours for next to no pay. I was actually sent to cover a grass fire on my 25th Birthday. Let me tell you, it smelled bad. I think some mice may have lost their lives. But that was about it in terms of excitement. Happy Birthday to Me.
So, I decided after I had taken to hiding from my editor in the bathroom at the office anytime the police scanner went off, that journalism probably wasn't for me. I went to work for a marketing firm and discovered that most everyone else didn't stay until ten o'clock every night writing up their riveting story about grass fires. I also decided that I would take advantage of that free time to write some fiction. That's when I started writing "I Do (But I Don't)." A year later, I finished it, thanks to the help of my friend, Shannon, who wouldn't let me slack off and kept asking me for chapters.
And that's how I became a writer. Except that it still feels weird to say, "I'm a writer." I keep expecting to wake up tomorrow and have to go cover another grass fire.
I'm married and live with a blended broad of seven near Chicago, where I'm hard at work on my next book!
Cara Lockwood brings her A-game to this funny, hot adventure on a cruise to Mexico. Her talent for writing vibrant group scenes with lots of personalities really shines through, and her supporting cast is just as entertaining as the romance.
Gabriela is the maid of honor, and she's trying to keep everyone in line to give her bff the best wedding cruise ever...but, of course, there's plenty of crazy that gets in the way. There's her high school frenemies that still get under her skin and Sebastian, her former crush, and the strippers, all taking her careful plans further and further off track. Disaster or the best days of her life?
I fell in love with Gabbie & Sabatian cat and mouse chase from the beginning. Their hot and steamy rendezvous had me lost in the pages of every chapter. Gabrielle was making me so mad, for being so stubborn 😊 but well worth reading until the end.
I enjoyed reading about friends enjoying themselves on a cruise ship. You rarely find genuine friends, caring, laughing, fighting but at the end true love between them all. Cara found a fun and exhilarating way to write about friendships, heartache and romance.
“Hit Mistake” captured my attention from page one, making you want to read about each character story and searching for the next read.