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PHEW! WHAT A RIDE, huh?
I wanted to take a moment to thank you for going on this journey with me. When I started writing REVELRY I’d envisioned a four-book series where we got to play with some of the world’s hottest rock stars from Down Under. I promised fun, tour bus shenanigans, and some really, really HOT sex. And hopefully it was all of those things. CLOSER however? CLOSER was a very different experience.
This book unraveled me.
The more time I spent with Coop, Levi, Ash, and Zed the more these boys became my family, and the decision to turn the series into a duet was not entered into lightly. It actually broke my heart. But the more I thought about where the series would take us with each novel, the more I realized it began with Coop and Levi, and it was only right that it should end there too.
For three years I’d been trying to write it one way when it should have been headed in another direction entirely. Levi—the obstinate bastard—didn’t want to play my way. He dug in his heels and told me to go to hell! I did what all authors do ... I told him to shut the hell up because this was my story, and I was going to write it as I saw fit.
And, boy, was I wrong.
Cut to three years later and I’ve sat down again to write this book. I announced an estimated release date. Ha! Take that powers of procrastination. I could no longer put off writing this book, so I glared at my stubborn rock star. He glared back. I bared my teeth desperately trying to assume the position of top dog ... Alpha. He laughed in my face, and told me to get on my knees. I did the unthinkable. I did what all good authors did when a hot rock star with a twelve-inch cock told you to kneel. I knelt. I submitted. I sat the hell down, shut up, and I listened. And it was the best damn decision I ever made.
CLOSER, and the end of the Taint Duet, are now exactly as they should have been. I hope you enjoyed this book as much as I loved writing it. It wasn’t pretty, but love rarely is.
Carmen
Xoxo