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Alexa Riley

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Alexa Riley

May 22, 2019 Leave a Comment

Author Interview with Alexa Riley

About the author: Alexa Riley is two sassy friends who got together and wrote some dirty books. They are both married moms of two who love football, donuts, and obsessed book heroes.

They specialize in insta-love, over-the-top, sweet, and cheesy love stories that don’t take all year to read. If you want something SAFE, short, and always with a happily ever after, then Alexa Riley is for you!


INTERVIEW

  1. Describe your writing style in five words: Easy, over the top, fluffy, sexy, and fun.
  2. Tell us about your writing/editing/publishing process: We write as much as we can during the week and take weekends off. Our editor has been with us from the beginning and we trust her to help us write our best stories. We’ve self published almost all of our books and luckily Amazon makes that process super easy.
  3. How did the two of you start and learn to collaborate? We started out as bloggers and when we couldn’t find the romances we wanted to read we decided to write our own.
  4. What do you love about the genre you write in? Romance is fun and the women who read it are so supportive and really celebrate that.
  5. Describe your perfect day: It sounds silly but we get to live that most of the time. We get to write the stories we love for people who love reading them. It’s a ton of work, but it’s something we both love more than anything.
  6. Do you have any writing superstitions? Usually when Lea thinks the heroine is too over-the-top the book is successful. Which is probably why our heroines are always over the top.
  7. Every author must have (a): One person who won’t judge what you write. It doesn’t have to be a friend or even someone you know that well. But a person in the romance community who can read your work and not judge you for your fantasy.
  8. What keeps you two motivated on a daily basis? Each other. It’s fun writing together but it also holds each of us accountable.
  9. Is social media more of help or hinder? It’s an amazing way to connect with readers and to talk about what we love. It can hinder a productive day if you’re not able to put the phone down, but otherwise how awesome it is that we get to meet so many people from across the globe we wouldn’t have been able to otherwise!?
  10. What is the best advice you can give those who want to collaborate with another author? Check your egos at the door. You can’t write well together if you think your words are better than your partners. It’s a collaboration and everyone has their own strength to bring to the table. Being able to recognize that is awesome, but you’ve got to be able to take the criticism and keep going.
  11. What do you want readers to take away from your books? That reading romance feels good and is an amazing form of self care. It’s easy to get sucked into fantasy and not pay attention to reality all around you, but loving romance and having those feelings of lust are wonderful and we hope people who read our books experience that.
  12. What are you working on right now? Out this Friday is Too Many that is the follow up to Too Hard. Then our podcast book comes out the 3rd of next month and we’ll be releasing a eBook with it Pretty Virgin. Currently we’re writing two books. Restored is about a guy who fixes the car that the heroine and her dad used to take to car shows before he died. It’s a steamy quick read with lots of emotion. And the other one is called Not Yet, and it’s a step-siblings high school romance that is so hot it’s going to light up the night!

**Contact Alexa Riley:

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Filed Under: Author Interview Tagged With: Alexa Riley, Author Interview, Books, Chick-Lit, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Sexy books

Chick Lit Goddess’s Five Favorite Reads of 2018!

December 29, 2018 2 Comments

I can’t believe that 2019 will be here in only a couple of days! Being that I was quite busy writing, I was picky about the books I read this year, and I’m happy to say that a lot of them will stick with me.

In no particular order, here are my top reads of 2018:

“Little Gray Dress” by Aimee Brown

“Bridal Girl” by Meredith Schorr

“Go On, Girl,” by Hilary Grossman

“Tequila Tequila” by Emma Hart

“Taking Her Turn” by “Alexa Riley

What were your favorite reads of the year? Leave me a comment and let me know!

Until next year, my friends, this is Isabella Louise Anderson, and I wish you all the best in 2019!

Filed Under: Book Review Tagged With: Aimee Brown, Alexa Riley, Books, Bridal Girl, Emma Hart, Go On Girl, Hilary Grossman, Little Gray Dress, Meredith Schorr, Reviews, Romance, Taking Her Turn, Tequila Tequila, Top 5 Chick Lit Goddess Reads of 2018

BOOK REVIEW: “Taking Her Turn”

November 26, 2018 1 Comment

“Taking Her Turn” by Alexa Riley

Blurb: Kingsley and Mina are newlyweds and everything in their life is perfect. Everything except one little thing.

Kingsley loves his wife so much that it drives him crazy. He’s too big, too strong, too obsessed with her. So much so that he has to hold back. He ties her down to keep himself in control and won’t allow himself to let go.

Mina loves her husband, but she knows he’s keeping part of him away from her. He’s broken his tightly held control only once and it was the best night of her life. Now she’s got a plan be the one on top, and there’s nothing he can do about it.

Warning: Find out what happens when an alpha unleashes a shot of pure, hot dominance. Spoiler alert…it’s filthy.

My Review: I’ve been in a reading drought, so what better way to pick it back up by reading something a little steamy?

Right from the start, I was drawn to Kingsley and Mina, mainly because they’re married, which not only made the story even better, it helped to understand them and their desire for one another.

If you’re looking for a short and steamy read (perhaps during your lunch hour or on a lazy weekend), I recommend this book. It was a H.O.T. one! 🙂

I give “Taking Her Turn” 5 stars!

**Click HERE to grab your copy now!

Filed Under: Book Review, Taking Her Turn Tagged With: Alexa Riley, Books, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Sex, Taking Her Turn, Women's Fiction

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