About the author
I am a wife and stay at home mom to two
wonderful children. My family is my world and one of the reasons I started
writing was so I could be home for them. I was born in raised in Massachusetts
where I still live today with my amazing family.
After having my son fell in love with reading
Contemporary Romance. As I started to read more, I started to notice things I
really enjoyed in a book and things I didn’t and realizing what I didn’t enjoy
really made me want to write more, so I literally woke up one morning and
started writing.
I am so glad I started this writing journey
and I hope you will stay with me for the ride. I will definitely be writing
more in the future.
My Work:
I have two books currently out and they are
the first two in the Learning to Love series. Below you’ll find info about each
book as well as a review for each of the two books. I am also giving you an
inside sneak peek at the third book Found My Love which will be releasing in
December.
Abbey felt like her life was torn upside down
when she discovered her husband cheated on her and filed for divorce. After a yearlong
pity party, her friends think she needs to get her life back in order, so she
decides it's time for some changes and that includes finding a job.
She is so proud of her son, Brian, for
starting his first summer job as a camp coach for the local Parks and Rec
department. Summer is going well until her ex-husband flips because Brian
doesn’t want to see him. Luckily for her she has met Seth, former soldier and
owner of S&C Security. He is gorgeous with a tall, muscular build and
bright green eyes, but Abbey fears he will not accept her son.
Will Seth stick around and protect Abbey and
Brian or will he run when he realizes just how crazy Abbey’s ex really is?
Review: Elizabeth Neal **4.5 out of 5 Hearts
from Cariad Books.**
Finding Love is Alison's debut novel. I really enjoyed the story. I admit that
at first, I didn't feel like I was fully "into it." I was wrong.
(Yes, I mentally said that in my Ron White voice. LOL) I had to put the book
down so I could adult for awhile & realized I couldn't stop thinking about
the characters. I wanted to get back to it so I could see what happened next.
I'd become fully invested in Seth, Abbey, & Brian. Maybe it's just me, but
I think sometimes the best stories are the ones that sneak up on you. They
burrow inside your bookworm heart & stay with you until you've seen the
story through.
This story is one of those. These characters grabbed onto me. I wanted to hug
Abbey & throat punch her ex, Chris, for everything he put her & their
son, Brian, through. Abbey suffered emotionally & mentally due to her
ex-husband's callousness & my heart broke for her. Thankfully, her son is a
sweet young man & takes after his Mom. He adores her & detests what his
Dad did to her, to them. (Yes, I changed it to just say HER son, because in all
honesty, she raised him. She nurtured him, took care of him, taught him how to
love, how to be a good kid, & how to treat others. His father was never
around, he never took the time to be a Dad. In all honesty, they were better
off without him & life was about to get a whole lot better for them.)
Enter Seth. Seth & Abbey lock eyes while she's out shopping with a friend.
Abbey has finally decided, with some urging from her friend, Sarah, that she
needs to find herself again. She lost her way due to the actions of her ex
& needs to start living. Neither Seth nor Abbey act on their obvious
connection, but fate steps in & says, "Wait a minute here. You two are
not following my plan for you. I will not be thwarted." Later in the week,
they're both out with their respective friends & see each other again. This
time fate gives Seth the push he needs to introduce himself and so it begins.
*I can just picture the Foreigner song, "I've been waiting for a girl like
you," running through Seth's head. Yes, I've aged myself with this song
shout out, but I don't care. ;-) It's a classic and so perfectly fits the
situation.* Seth has also been unlucky in love & was deeply hurt in the
past. Abbey is exactly who he needs & so is Brian. He needs them, just as
they need him.
Seth runs a security company with his friend, Chase. Seth is a great guy. I
have to say, I kept waiting for some flaw to appear like a bad pimple or there
to be a huge misunderstanding that would separate them. There wasn't & I
was pleasantly surprised by that. The book didn't need it. There was plenty
going on with Seth & Abbey each finding a way to work through their own
personal baggage, decide that they're starting something special, make sure
Brian was okay with the status change, & yeah, keep that jerk, Chris, away
from them. It sounds like all this would be overwhelming, making the reader
feel like too much is going on, but I never felt that way. In my opinion,
everything flowed together nicely. The ending...it about killed me though.
While it's not a cliffhanger, per se, there is one big issue left unresolved. I
actually breathed a huge sigh of relief because once I finished the book, I
immediately did a search on the author, & then did a happy dance upon
seeing that book two, Needing Your Love, will be released on November 5th. I
have to know what happens with Sean (Seth's friend) & Tracey (Abbey's
friend), because they got together in this book, but by the end, things weren't
all rainbows and sunshine with them anymore. Sean wanted more and Tracey feels
unable to give it, regardless of how much she likes him. I will be jumping on
that story as soon as it's released. I have to know what happens next.
I'm eager to see Alison grow as an author, to find her voice, her style, and
embrace it. I definitely plan on being along for the ride & hope to see you
there. I have a feeling it's going to be a fun journey.
**I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.**
Adult Excerpt:
Seth has started the movie. I am snuggling
against him on the couch. Nuzzling against his chest I take in his musky scent.
He looks down into my eyes, and slowly lowers his lips to mine. We start to
kiss and it quickly turns into a much deeper kiss. A minute later, I find
myself beneath him on my couch with his hand sliding up my leg to my ass. He
stops kissing me and squeezes it. “You have an incredible ass,” he says while
smiling down at me. Leaning back down he claims my mouth while his hand works
its way up under my shirt lifting it up to palm my breast. He pops it out of
its cup and looks down in appreciation. “God, woman, you fit perfectly in my
hand.” His head lowers to take my nipple in his mouth, and I can no longer lie
still. I am squirming as I fear I’m going to orgasm just from his assault on my
nipple. I swear I have never felt so hot and bothered in all my life. I notice his
erection pressing against my leg, as his amazing lips move back to my neck,
then to my lips. He pauses a minute to gain some control, and his beautiful
green eyes look into mine. “We should slow down,” he says as we both pant.
“Or we should move to my room,” I say with a
smile as I bite my lip.
“Are you sure? I don’t want to rush you.”
I reach up to kiss him and rub my hips
against his erection as an answer, and he pulls away to sit up. “You keep
rubbing on me like that I am not going to make it upstairs.”
I laugh as I stand and grab him by the hand
to lead him to my room, closing the door behind us. He pulls my shirt over my
head and removes my bra. His lips are instantly back on mine kissing me hard
and deep. His hand is in my hair pulling it slightly while his other hand is
slipping into my pants to squeeze my ass.
I pull away panting as I yank his shirt off
and toss it to the floor. As soon as I do he pushes me back on the bed, and I
laugh at his playfulness. He is instantly on top of me kissing me just behind
my ear and kissing and licking his way down my neck. He takes one nipple in his
mouth and sucks it hard as he rolls the other with his fingers. His hand leaves
my nipple to make its way down my stomach and into my leggings where he
discovers just how ready I am for him. He starts kissing his way down my
stomach until he reaches the top of my pants. He uses his muscular arm to lift
me off the bed so his other hand can pull my panties and leggings down at one
time.
I am so hot for him at this point I am
soaked, but he’s not done as he kisses his way up my legs and buries his face
in my pussy. He assaults my clit like he can’t live without it, and I am so
worked up I can already feel my orgasm building, and I think he knows it
because he pulls away and blows on me gently. “I have never tasted anything so
sweet.” He says before he blows on me one more time.
“Please, Seth.” I beg for release. He inserts
one finger, then another.
“God, baby, you are so tight I can’t wait to
be buried balls-deep inside you.”
He uses his magical tongue once again, while
he is using his fingers to stretch me, and within a second my orgasm is tearing
me apart. He climbs back up my body and pauses for a second before he leans
down to kiss me, and he tastes of Seth and my orgasm. I can say it is the first
time I have allowed someone to kiss me after that and with him I don’t mind it.
He looks me in the eye and says, “I was expecting a night of snuggling on the
couch, so I am not really—”
I cut him off. “I am on the pill and completely
clean. I have been with no one since my ex, and I got tested as soon as I found
out he cheated on me.”
“Good girl! Sorry this was not how I expected
this conversation to happen. I swear I am clean too.” Thank god because
there is no way I can stop now.
Tracey and Sean meet while hanging out with
friends one night at a club. They start dancing and quickly discover they have
this great electricity flowing between them, but Tracey’s fear of relationships
has her leery. She finds herself reminding Sean that after years of working as
a marriage counselor, she is not looking for a serious relationship but more of
a friends with benefits type of thing.
Sean agrees to her arrangement until he
discovers he really likes her and wants more than the benefits she is offering.
Sean finally convinces her to give them a try when she discovers she has an
ex-fling who has been watching her and wants her back.
Will her crazy ex win her back or will Sean
protect her and show her what a real relationship is like? Her ex could just
end up proving her point of why she felt a relationship was not a good idea in
the first place.
This book is not stand-alone. To enjoy the
overall story arc and crossover characters, we recommend reading the series in
sequential order.
Review: Elizabeth Neal **4.5 out of 5 Hearts
from Cariad Books.**
Sean and Tracey's story is here. If you've read book 1, which you should
because it's good, then you'll recognize this couple. Sean, Seth's friend, and
Tracey, Abbey's friend, met the same night that Seth and Abbey saw each other
again and Seth was finally able to make his move.
Sean and Tracey instantly hit it off and proceeded to enjoy some sexy time.
Yes, they have some serious chemistry. But, that isn't all they have. Feelings
are developing between them and for Tracey that's a scary thing. Oddly enough,
Tracey doesn't have any traumatic past relationship experience that made her
this way. She's just always been the "friends with benefits" type. No
serious connections, it's all about the pleasure and that's it. You follow her
terms or you're done. I found it refreshing that the woman was the commitment
phobe in this story. Sean wanted more and Tracey was scared. Now, in her
defense, she did have legitimate reasons for this caution. She was a marriage
counselor before starting her own practice and hearing what couples who had
professed to always love each other, were capable of putting the love of their
life through, has understandably left her somewhat jaded.
Sean knows they have something real between them, something that will lead to
wedding bells, he just has to convince her of that. But first, they have to
figure out who is bothering Tracey and keep her safe. Will Sean protect her
from the danger? Will Tracey realize that Sean is the one for her and accept
his place in her life?
On a side note, we get to visit with Seth and Abbey again. They're still
dealing with her ex-husband, on top of planning their wedding. Will justice be
served, therefore keeping Abbey and her son, Brian, safe? Will Seth and Abbey's
wedding proceed as planned? What special announcement is made at the wedding?
Read the book and find out the answers to all your questions. Plus, get a sneak
peek at who the next couple may be. I have my suspicions on who it is and I
hope I'm right.
I highly recommend this series. Both books one and two hooked me without my
knowledge. Yes, that sounds weird, but it's true. Just like with book one,
whenever i had to put my book down (grrr), I would wonder what would happen
next. That's when you know the characters have snuck into your head and heart
and you weren't even aware of it. That's a beautiful thing in my opinion.
There are two things that took some adjusting, but I feel they'll eventually
work itself out as the author grows professionally. The first being the lack of
contractions. I noticed it in the first book as well, but didn't think too much
of it since it was her debut, but they're also missing from this one as well.
While this in no way reflects on the author, it's more of my preference as a
reader. In our daily lives, we use contractions. It's just a way of speaking
that seems to flow more naturally, whereas saying "I am," "I
have," "I will," etc., seems more formal. Now that being said, I
have read other authors that also leave contractions out of their books. It may
just very well be their preference, and as the author, that is certainly their
prerogative, however, as the reader, it seems like a more stilted form of
speech. Secondly, and again I think this will change as time goes on and she
finds her niche, some of the information we're given could be left out,
insomuch as it would work just as well if we're shown something, as opposed to
being told it. Other than those two things, and they didn't detract from my
enjoyment of the story at all because they're just more of a personal
preference, I am still just as enamored by this author as I was after finishing
the first book. I'm looking forward to book three as I'm excited to see the
journey Alison takes that couple on to find their HEA.
**I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.**
Adult Excerpt:
He leans in and gently kisses me on the lips.
I instantly melt because I love how his lips feel pressed against mine. His
tongue pokes out to lick my lips, begging for entry, so I open to him and he
tastes of Sean and beer and I absolutely love it. I climb over his lap to
straddle him as I deepen the kiss. He pulls away and starts kissing my neck and
nibbling on my ear as I grind into his cock. I can feel him growing hard as his
hands rub my legs to my ass where they stay while I am grinding into him.
“Babe, if you keep rubbing on me like that I
am going to have a mess,” he says as I am moaning at the feel of his hands
running up my back under my shirt. He unclips my bra and rubs his hands up and
down my back as we continue to kiss each other hard. He pulls my shirt over my
head. “Fuck I love your tits, baby.” I put my hands behind me on his knees and
arch my back so my large breasts are in his face. He leans forward grabbing one
and putting my nipple in his mouth, he sucks on it biting it gently and I can't
help the moan that escapes me. He switches and plays with the other nipple
until that one is hard as pebbles too. He starts kissing my cleavage as his
hands glide up my back pulling me towards him, kissing his way up my neck and
back to my mouth.
He pulls away panting and hard as a rock.
“Tracey, I have no control with you. I am
sorry, do you want to slow down?”
“Sean, please just take me to bed, I don't
know if I can slow down either.”
“Are you sure?” he says with concern in his
voice
I climb off his lap and try to pull him off
the couch but he doesn't budge. “Sean, I am so wet for you, please don't make a
girl beg.”
He smiles and stands up to follow me to bed.
As soon as we are in my room, he closes the door and asks me, “Who's in
charge?”
I smile and bite my lip. “You are.”
“Damn straight!” he reminds me with his raspy
authoritative tone.
He tells me he wants me naked by the time he
has his boots off. Luckily that is easy because I only have leggings and a
thong on, so I quickly peel them off and stand waiting for him.
He pushes me onto my bed and tells me to lay
on my back, so I do. He climbs up on top of me and tells me he is going to eat
my pussy until I come hard and then he is going to spank me and fuck me. I am
so excited I smile and nod.
He starts at my breasts again and works his
way down my stomach slowly kissing and biting as he goes. I start to squirm and
he tells me if I don't stay still he will tie me down and start all over again,
so I instantly lay still, because I know he is dead serious. I have been
waiting for this moment since our first night together. He continues down to my
pussy to start teasing me. He licks my folds then moves his tongue to my clit
licking it hard, after a moment he starts kissing my legs then going back to my
clit again, I swear it is to torture me. “Please, Sean!”
“Please what, Tracey?”
“Please make me come.”
“Should I lick you like this?” He starts
licking my clit hard and fast and I am so hot for him I am already on the verge
of an orgasm and he knows it.
“Or should I finger fuck you like this?” He
slams two fingers deep inside me and my god I want to explode, but again as my
orgasm is about to tear through me he stops.
“I definitely enjoy licking your clit so I
think I will go back to that and fuck you with my tongue until you explode all
over it.”
He starts licking me hard and fast and all of
a sudden his tongue is inside me and he fucks me with it. “My god, Sean, I am
going to explode.” I can feel him smile against my pussy as he starts to lick
my clit again and that is my undoing. My orgasm is tearing through me as my
legs shake uncontrollably and then stiffen around his head. Once my orgasm has
settled, he starts kissing his way back up my body to look me dead in the eyes.
“That is mine, do you understand me?”
“Yes.”
“Good now roll over.”
Found My Love is the third book in the
Learning to Love series and is Chase and Tracey’s story.
Theresa is a single mom afraid to love. She
was never married her ex Kyle but he does pick up their daughter once in a
while, so he is still in her life.
Chase and Theresa meet in book two when
Theresa shows up to Abby’s engagement party late. Chase spots her and has this instant
pull to her, so he walks up to her and introduces himself. They hit is off that
night and exchange numbers, but Theresa is being shy and wants to take it slow.
He is willing to go at her pace as long as she is committed to him.
Will Chase be able to stick it out when Kyle
stops showing up to take Katie making it hard for them to have alone time? He
says he wants to take care of them but she needs his help with Katie because
her father falls ill will he step up to the plate or run out the door.
Adult Excerpt
“I’m not going to fuck you tonight T. Not
until I know you are ready, but I will take care of you.”
He kisses and bites at my hips and then moves
back to my belly and up to my breasts, while his hand roams down into my
panties. His fingers slide between my folds and he groans, “My god woman you
are so wet for me.” He takes my juices and rubs them over my hardened nub. I
swear I am going to combust. It is sensory overload, his lips on my body, his
hands now buried deep inside me and his rock hard cock pressed into my hip. My
hips are grinding into his hand and it feels so good, but I don’t know how to
tell him I can’t come that way. I have never had a vaginal orgasm.
“Chase,” I moan, “stop a minute.”
“What’s wrong baby,” he looks at me full of
concern.
“I don’t know how to say this,” I pause as my
cheeks heat from embarrassment.
“What baby. No more hiding remember.” he says
gently. “It’s just that I have never been able to, you know, come this way.”
He smiles at me and says “you have no need to
be embarrassed baby. I will work on it with you, ok?” He winks at me, “I don’t
want you to stress it ok?”
I nod as I bite my lip and he moves his hand
back to my nub, I instantly start to feel the build of excitement as he rolls
it around with his finger. I grind my hips and moan out in pleasure. He is
nibbling my earlobe and whispers, “let it go baby!” After a few more moments he
pinches it slightly and it sends me over.
“Oh Chase, that feels so good.” my legs have
clamped shut on his hand as my entire body shakes. I must be louder than I
realize because he covers my mouth with his to muffle the noise. He pulls away
from kissing me removes his soaked fingers from my panties and sucks them
clean.
I look at him wide eyed as he says, “you
taste mighty fine, T.”
