Synopsis:
Readers back for a third round of the bestselling Cocktail series will enjoy a madcap romantic comedy about bodice ripping and chest heaving, fiery passion and love everlasting. Plus a dash of paperwork filing and horseshi—wait, what?
By day, Viv Franklin designs software programs. By night, Vivian’s a secret romance-novel junkie who longs for a knight in shining armor, or a cowboy on a wild stallion, or a strapping firefighter to sweep her off her feet. And she gets to wear the bodice—don’t forget the bodice.
When a phone call brings news that she’s inherited a beautiful old home in Mendocino, California from a long-forgotten aunt, she moves her entire life across the country to embark on what she sees as a great, romance-novel-worthy adventure. But romance novels always have a twist, don’t they?
There’s a cowboy, one that ignites her loins. Because Cowboy Hank is totally loin-ignition worthy. But there’s also a librarian, Clark Barrow. And he calls her Vivian. Can tweed jackets and elbow patches compete with chaps and spurs? You bet your sweet cow pie.
In Screwdrivered, Alice Clayton pits Superman against Clark in a hilarious and hot battle that delights a swooning Viv/Vivian.
Also within this book, an answer to the question of the ages: Why ride a cowboy when you can ride a librarian?
Review by: Amy
This book was an amazing surprise
to me!! I LOVED the new Characters so much. They were an awesome addition to
the cast that Alice Clayton had already established. She was able to bring them
in and tie them up nicely with the original group.
At first read I was wondering what
happened to Caroline and Simon, but I was soon drawn in and captivated by
Vivian’s spark. I absolutely loved Viv!!! She was so spunky and fun. She had
just the right mix of romantic whimsy and badass sarcastic. Her want for the
happily ever after and her need to be woo’d was what made her so loveable. Oh
and the romance novel she was living in her mind….the cowboy, fireman, pirate,
librarian or estranged prince, LOVED IT!!
“I’ve got one hand twisted in my
hair, and the other is holding…you”….pure GOLD! This book was such a good book
altogether but the second half was amazing. I re-read the second half 4 times
because it truly made the book and made me love Alice Clayton even more. I
really liked how the unexpected was such a surprise to Viv. How the late night
conversations over the phone made her realize that the romance novel in her
mind wasn’t needed because the real thing was so much better.
“Sometimes falling in love just
means turning around and seeing what’s right in front of you”…so true!! I
couldn’t wait for her to realize that the “ultimate dream guy” she concocted in
her head was in fact a slobbery, bad breathed, face licker! Once Viv realized
that real life was so much more than the dream, I wanted to cheer and clap for
her!!! She found him, her other half who loved her unconditionally and would
continue to lover her sarcastic sassy mouth and all.
5
star review! This was such a great addition to the cocktail series. I was so
pleased with the character addition that I couldn’t put the book down.
Recommend 100% to all. Quick, quirky and amazing find.
5 Stars
Review by: Tracy
I first fell in love with Alice Clayton's books with Wallbanger. Well she has done it again with Screwdrivered.
In this book we meet Vivian, free spirited female who is bored with her everyday life. She gets the chance of a lifetime when an aunt she barely knew willed her a home in California. She packs up and moves from one coast to the other.
You fall in love with Vivian and her witty sense of humor (thinking she is living in a romance novel) and watch her fall in lust with the cowboy that takes care of her animals and bicker and fight with a hot librarian. Can lust turn into love for this quirky female who is looking for the romance novel love. Is she successful with the cowboy or is the true honest and passion filled love she is looking for right in front of her?
Oh you can't but laugh throughout this book. If you have read Wallbanger and Rustynailed you will surely enjoy this one next.
5 Stars
About the Author:
Alice Clayton is a novelist with an unholy love for her KitchenAid mixer. Making her home in St Louis, she enjoys gardening but not weeding, baking but not cleaning up afterwards, and is trying desperately to get her long time boyfriend to make her an honest woman. Hi sweetie!!
After working for years in the cosmetics industry as a makeup artist, esthetician, and national educator for a major cosmetics company, Alice picked up a pen (read laptop) for the first time at 33 to begin a new career, writer. Combining her love of storytelling with a sense of silly, she was shocked and awed to be nominated for a Goodreads Author award in 2010 for her debut novels, The Redhead Series.
Alice has penned three novels, The Unidentified Redhead,The Redhead Revealed, and coming soon in November 2012, Wallbanger. She thinks you should purchase them immediately. She’s not kidding, not even a little bit. Everyone needs some comedic erotica in their lives. She is hard at work on the third book in The Redhead Series, set to release in Spring of 2013, continuing the saucy and sexual escapades of everyone’s favorite couple, Jack and Grace.
Additionally, Alice loves spending time with her besties on Not Your Mother's Podcast, make sure you check them out at notyourmotherspodcast.com or over on iTunes. 3 women rushing towards their forties still acting like teenagers. A saucy little mix of sex, love, relationships, pop cultural, celebrity gossip and All Things Jake Ryan.
Alice enjoys pickles, Bloody Mary’s, 8 hours of sleep, and a good pounding.
Finally Alice would also like all her readers and listeners to help her convince Mt. Alice that the only other thing that would make her truly happy is finally bringing home a Bernese Mountain Dog. She is totally serious. And done talking about herself in the third person…
After working for years in the cosmetics industry as a makeup artist, esthetician, and national educator for a major cosmetics company, Alice picked up a pen (read laptop) for the first time at 33 to begin a new career, writer. Combining her love of storytelling with a sense of silly, she was shocked and awed to be nominated for a Goodreads Author award in 2010 for her debut novels, The Redhead Series.
Alice has penned three novels, The Unidentified Redhead,The Redhead Revealed, and coming soon in November 2012, Wallbanger. She thinks you should purchase them immediately. She’s not kidding, not even a little bit. Everyone needs some comedic erotica in their lives. She is hard at work on the third book in The Redhead Series, set to release in Spring of 2013, continuing the saucy and sexual escapades of everyone’s favorite couple, Jack and Grace.
Additionally, Alice loves spending time with her besties on Not Your Mother's Podcast, make sure you check them out at notyourmotherspodcast.com or over on iTunes. 3 women rushing towards their forties still acting like teenagers. A saucy little mix of sex, love, relationships, pop cultural, celebrity gossip and All Things Jake Ryan.
Alice enjoys pickles, Bloody Mary’s, 8 hours of sleep, and a good pounding.
Finally Alice would also like all her readers and listeners to help her convince Mt. Alice that the only other thing that would make her truly happy is finally bringing home a Bernese Mountain Dog. She is totally serious. And done talking about herself in the third person…
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