Raised by her grandfather, former Vice President, she is no stranger to politics. Lust, deceit, secrets and politics interwoven together masterfully in this addictive and unconventional love story. She takes a somewhat unsexy topic and turns it into something carnal and sexy. Sierra Simone is one of the most talented authors out there in my opinion. She writes what I would call intelligent erotica. Her stories are steamy page turners with a plot that makes you think.Īmerica Queen is no different. Like if I tell you she did this… spoiler. I have started and stopped this review like 5 times.Īs a blogger/reviewer many times I feel like it’s an impossible task to not to giveaway too much, but still let my excitement and feelings come through a review. You know when you read a book and you finish it and you have no idea what to say about it without giving one thing away?!!! That’s the conundrum I’m facing right now. My name is Greer Galloway, and I serve at the pleasure of the President of the United States. It starts with buried secrets and dangerous desires…and ends with the three of us bound together with a hateful love sharper than any barbed wire. It starts with the President sending his best friend to woo me on his behalf, and it ends with my heart split in two. It starts with a stolen kiss under an English sky, and it ends with a walk down the aisle.
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He was on occasion an informant for Anita. In his previous existence, he sold information and ran errands for criminal gangs. Willie McCoy was a street informer and petty criminal before being turned in a vampire. A jerk in life, he gradually shows signs of becoming a better person now that he is undead. He retains much of the nervousness he displayed while living, especially now that he is subservient to the violent tempers of elder vampires, but he also relishes the reaction most humans have to his vampire status, in part for the novelty of it, and in part because he is unused to anyone fearing him. Becoming a vampire also hasn't stopped him from smoking. A new vampire, he flashes his fangs a lot, partly deliberately, partly because he has yet to learn how not to. However, he recently acquired a new gold tie tack. He also has a terrible fashion-sense, with a tendency of bandy coordinated polyester and plaid clothing in loud colors. Willie is a thin man, a little over 5' 3" with short slick black hair and a series of nervous twitches. |