Irreplaceable

Impassioned #3

by Vicki Keener

IS LOVE REALLY BETTER THE SECOND TIME AROUND?

IRREPLACEABLE: a laugh-out-loud Contemporary Romance

When Reed Avery meets his new neighbor, Corinne Harris, for the first time he dismisses her as a ditzy dame, a kook and a scatterbrain. He's determined to avoid her at all costs.

As a single father, he's raised his daughter, Kirsten, alone for the past sixteen years and is proud of the fine young woman she's become as she nears her senior year in high school.

Corinne announces that her seventeen year old son, Gary, who she's raised alone since her husband was killed in the twin tower attacks, is dating his daughter. The news shocks him. Kirsten is not allowed to date and he expects her to remain chaste until her wedding night.

Corinne derides his expectations for Kirsten and with unabashed, explicit, descriptions of a teenager's raging hormones and the sexual activity that could follow makes suggestions how to prevent that unwanted occurrence, providing he'll work with her.

She's blunt and he's repressed, but he fears she may be correct concerning their kids and he agrees to plot and plan with the “ditzy pixie” to keep his daughter from making the same mistakes he made at her age.

Can these two opposites accomplish their goals without entangling themselves in romance?

257 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 23, 2013

About the author

So here I am, sitting at the computer, pondering what to tell you and how much to tell you about me and my life. My thoughts are random and disjointed musings. I decided that if I were to ever write my autobiography, I'd title it: “Random Musings of an Old Broad”.

I live in South Carolina in a cat house. Uh, I mean, a house with four cats, felines, three females and one male. Shame on you if you got the wrong impression. My husband lives here with me to stress the point further.

Most of my life was spent in Pennsylvania, but I've lived in New Jersey and New York, the state, not the city. I've visited all but one of the 48 contiguous states and have no idea why I didn't get to Idaho.

Reading is a passion of mine and has been as long as I can remember. Before I began to write romance novels, my reading choices evolved to authors such as, John Grisham, Lee Child, Harlan Cobin and Nelson DeMille. I read Harlequin and Silhouette novels years ago, moved on to Barbara Taylor Bradford and Judith Krantz novels, and that's just a few of the authors I love. Now I read romance novels again. Talk about things coming full circle.

Here's a tidbit I prefer you not whisper to family, friends and acquaintances, because it bothers me a great deal. I create my characters, their foibles, failings, personalities and accomplishments. I place them in untenable, provocative, happy and tense situations, but this is the scary part. They talk to me, they keep me awake at night, they demand to have their say. They won't let me alone until I do their bidding. I know, I know, it worries me, too.

And now I beg, plead and entreat you. If you read any of my books, please, take the time to write a review. Independent authors live and die by reviews. If you hate a book of mine, please, email me at vlkinpa@gmail.com and I will try to talk you out of publishing your review. I'll reply to all emails, regardless of the content.

Please excuse me. There are characters clamoring for attention and I can no longer ignore them.