I’ve been giddy all day

I’ve been very excited about the release of my first contemporary romance, COOKING UP LOVE, coming out June 2 with Carina Press. Ava and I really love this book, and I’ll tell you, beyond a shadow of a doubt, it’s the best thing I’ve written. It’s funny and sexy and touching.

I have officially tooted my own horn. Ava’s always yelling (yes, yelling) at me that I don’t toot my horn enough.

Anyway, part of the process of a book release is, of course, the agonizing process of getting reviews. You send it out there and just hope people get what you were trying to do with your book. It’s scary stuff, indeed.

That’s why I nearly lost my mind when my first review for this book came out last night. It’s a five star review on The Romance Reviews.com. I found it late while the entire world was asleep except me.

It was agony. My mom was asleep – she never sleeps. My Honey was asleep. Ava was asleep. Most of Facebook was asleep (thank you Kilian and Debby for being awake!). Jojo Kitty loves me but he was fairly unimpressed when I read it to him aloud. Winnie the Wonder Mutt was excited, but she’s excited about everything. She’s a piss poor barometer.

According to my favorite reviewer, this book is:

COOKING UP LOVE is a fun and sexy take on the typical romantic comedy genre.

COOKING UP LOVE was a surprising gem in the sea of standard issue rom-coms! Ms. Bright’s sarcastic sense of humor totally enamored me to both Mark and Holly, and I really felt a vested interest in the two of them succeeding as a couple. Funny, romantic and downright sexy, COOKING UP LOVE features some LOL worthy sentences sprinkled throughout that I could instantly picture myself saying to my BFF’s, adding to my enjoyment of the book.

Ms. Bright gave us just the right mixture of fun and frisky

This couple is just so realistic and endearing that you just want to hug them both!

Go read the whole review here. The book is available for presale then you can see for yourself.