Title: Switch
Series: Spark #5
Author: Jennifer Ryder
Genre: Erotic Romance
Release Date: September 21, 2015
Blurb
With an ex fiancé leaving her in debt, breaking up with her girlfriend and struggling to find a place she can afford, Sophie McKenna has hit an all-time low. Everyone thinks she’s a lesbian, and she likes it that way, but her estranged parents know better.
The foul-mouthed motocross mechanic, Rocco De Luca, only has his incarcerated brother left. Every day is a battle of the mind and of the bottle. Tequila and easy women soothe the pain, but they never fill the void.
Rocco doesn’t mind offering his spare room to the hot lesbian he refers to as ‘Suds’. She won’t be clingy, far from it, and he’s keen on the idea of getting to see a bit of girl on girl action.
With such volatile personalities under the same roof, and being in April and Spencer’s wedding party, they both have to learn to get along, even though they can’t stand each other.
He never thought he might actually grow to like her.
She never thought she might actually hate him less.
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I have to say that Jennifer Ryder is one author whose work I will always read. She doesn't pull any punches, she writes it as she sees it and I really love that about her books.
Switch follows on some time after the end of Strike--Spencer and April's book--and stars Rocco the mechanic for the MX boys' team, and April's best friend, Sophie, a.k.a. Suds.
I really love that there's no 'instalove' here, and they both have to work to put up with the other person when Soph moves in with Rocco after spending time on April and Spencer's couch. And what feelings do come are pushed aside due to their pasts and what each wants for their own future. She has to deal with him leaving the lid and seat up on the toilet. He has to deal with her hanging her drying lingerie up in the bathroom. Towels going missing. The aftermath of phone calls missed. 2 minute noodles. And a plethora of tequila bottles.
The characters are strong enough apart, but gain so much from each other. They have depth and feelings. There's no skimming the surface on emotions here.
I cursed each time my tablet went flat and stopped me from reading, then stayed up until I'd finished it. I really wish I had time to go back to the beginning and read the series again.
***** 5 stars for sure! *****
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Excerpt
If I poke him, will it be like waking an angry bear? I’m tempted, but I won’t. That’d be a bitchy thing to do. We might be living under the same roof, but we lead separate lives. And that’s how I want it. Completely separate. Removed. His business is his, and mine is mine.
I take a step backward and step on something metal. I crouch down and pick up a spoon. I look around underneath the coffee table, and find an empty glass bowl with remnants of green an inch below the rim.
Snatching up the bowl, the cruel absence of what I was planning to eat when I got home tonight mocks me.
The motherfucker ate my jelly.
“Hey,” I bark out with a hard shove to his shoulder.
Rocco grumbles and swings his head back violently, one eye open as he searches me out. “Who the ... what the fuck?” he hisses. Rolling onto his side, he props himself up and falls back into the couch cushions and runs his fingers down his face. His dark brown, almost-black eyes drill me, as he runs his tongue over his bottom teeth. The whites of his eyes are scattered with red, and beads of sweat lace his brow and down the sides of his face. He looks like shit. More accurately, he looks like someone who greedily smashed a bottle of primo tequila last night.
“You ate my jelly,” I say, shoving the bowl towards him.
He shrugs and his lip curls to the side. “I was hungry,” he says with a challenging gaze.
“You were fucking hungry? I haven’t been here even twenty-four hours and you’re helping yourself to my food?”
He scoffs, and I want to punch him in the face.
“It’s jelly,” he says, with a roll of his eyes. “It’s like a dollar or some shit. I’ll buy a packet. Bloody hell, I’ll buy two. No need to get your fuckin’ panties in a bunch.”
He sits up and rakes his fingers back through the longer strands of dark hair on the top of his head. He slouches farther into the couch, one hand scratching at the faded black T-shirt adorning his chest, the other hand sliding between his legs and adjusting himself.
Fucking men.
“I’m not pissed about the fact it costs bugger all. I don’t touch your shit and you don’t touch mine. Got it?”
I turn on my heel, flicking my ponytail over my shoulder. I couldn’t be arsed waiting for his response. I can’t imagine I’ll like it anyway.
“Fine,” he grumbles.
“And would it kill you to put the bloody toilet seat down?” I throw at him as I walk out the door.
His laughter echoes into the stairwell, right before the door slams shut.
Arsehole.
Author Bio
New Adult and erotic romance writer, and author of the Spark series.
A
sexy imagination, a life-long love of books and a sucker for romance,
Jennifer Ryder couldn't stifle her creativity any longer.
Writing
steamy adult romance has become her new focus. Living on a rural
property in New South Wales, Australia, she enjoys the best of city and
country.
Her loving husband is ever willing to provide
inspiration, and her two young cherubs, and sheep that don't see fences
as barriers, keep life more than interesting.
Jennifer placed third in the International Stringybark Erotic Short Fiction Award 2013.
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