· Divided
by money, connected by desire.
· He's
sexy. He's smart. He's Simon and he's in charge.
· She's
frightened. He's fearless. Their future lies in the balance
Blurb
Sadie Donohue – gorgeous, sexy, smart and
totally smitten with Simon Jacobson.
Simon Jacobson – gorgeous, sexy, smart,
uber-rich and utterly smitten with Sadie Donohue. This sounds like a perfect
match, so what's the problem?
Sadie is from the wrong side of the tracks:
working class neighborhood, public schools, sausages on the backyard bar-b-que.
She was raised to fend for herself and bow down to no one, especially a man.
Since meeting Simon, everything her liberated, independent mother taught her
has flown out the window. Now Sadie is regularly over Simon’s knee for being
her sassy, strong-willed self. And she loves it!
Simon hails from a world of wealth and
privilege: gated communities, private schools, servants turning steaks on the
bar-b-que. As the owner of a multinational corporation he is used to giving
orders and getting what he wants. His life revolves around making millions and
socializing with people whose flamboyant wealth intimidates Sadie. Still, she’s
thrown into the deep end and told not to do anything to embarrass Simon. Or
else!
At their lavish engagement party, Sadie’s
hears her mother’s voice echoing in her head, reminding her that she will never
fit in. Best intentions aside, Sadie will always be an embarrassment to Simon.
That's it. Engagement off!
Simon is in charge and he has other ideas. But
will Sadie's mother be their undoing? Can Sadie reconcile her past with her
future?
This love story includes spanking an adult
woman, explicit sex scenes and more – tough stuff but worth it! If such
material offends you, please do not read this book.
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Simon Says,
book one in the Simon in Charge series, is
Simon stood and put his champagne flute on the
table. His lips twitched, as if he was fighting a smile.
“Let me guess when you
started having these doubts. I’d pin them as starting about a week ago, maybe
the day you drove out to the airport and picked up your mother?”
Without meeting his eyes, I took his
outstretched hand let him help me to my feet. He’d pegged the moment precisely.
I was lifting Mom’s suitcase off the carousel when she made the first jibe. She
looked over my shoulder as if searching for someone.
With a lift of her chin she taunted, “Where is
the legendary Simon Jacobson? Is he too busy to welcome me himself?”
To the outside world, Mom acted as though she
admired Simon. She complimented how well he treated me, how lovely his house
was, how generously he treated his guests. When it was just the two of us she
cracked critical, undermining comments that bit like a thousand beestings.
She said things like, “Simon’s friends live in
a different world. You can’t have him without them and they speak a foreign
tongue.”
With a skill perfected over my lifetime, Mom
eroded my confidence that someone like him could love someone like me, and that
the rest of world would accept us. Her week-long campaign to make me question
my future with Simon was a resounding success. The more time I spent in the
company of his friends that weekend, the less I believed that I would ever
belong there.
Now it was just Simon and me, a lazy Sunday afternoon,
and an engagement to cancel.
I breathed in the soft savory smell of him
standing in front of me. His hand was warm and strong as he held mine. He
lifted my chin, forcing me to look him in the eyes. “I asked you a question:
did you start having second thoughts as a result of your mother’s visit?”
I turned away.
“I’ll take that as a yes.” He kissed me on the
cheek. “I think we need to discuss this. With you over my knee.”
Libby Campbell, mischief maker and
dreamer
Libby lives on the West Coast of Canada with
her husband of over twenty-five years. An avid reader, she savors books that
feature strong, independent women and the loving men who challenge them.
She loves mountain hikes, deep bubble baths,
and all animals, but particularly small dogs with big attitudes and big dogs
who think they are lap dogs. She’s a four season woman who enjoys winter nights
in front of a fire, summer sunsets on the beach, and all the in between months.
She reads and writes for pure escapism. If you
like her books, she hopes you will leave a review, to encourage her in my
world-building.
Follow her on Twitter: @LibbyC26
Visit her Amazon author page: http://www.amazon.com/Libby-Campbell/e/B01B75CENW
Interview with Libby Campbell, author of Winning
Sadie
Even
though I have read your first book, Simon
Says, can you tell my friends about your newest release?
Winning
Sadie starts when the last guest from
Simon and Sadie’s weekend long engagement party has gone home.
Accustomed to deciding what he wants and then
getting it, Simon assumes all he and Sadie need to do now is finalize their
wedding plans.
However, after a week-long visit from her
mother, Sadie has started to question whether she should marry Simon.
When her mother and grandfather are injured in
a car crash, Sadie hops on the first plane east and leaves Simon behind in
Vancouver. He has to reach across the continent to try to win her back.
Even though Winning Sadie is book two in the
Simon in Charges series, it can be read as a standalone novel.
And
are you working on anything right now? Will you sneak and tell me about it? I
won’t tell anyone if you don’t…
Generally I’m kind of superstitious about
talking about any work in progress. It feels like an invitation to disaster…but
my current one is almost finished so I’m happy to share:
Book 3 in the Simon in Charge series,
tentatively titled Sadie’s Christmas Waltz, follows this lively couple as they
try to settle down to a normal life on the West Coast. They need to find a home
to call their own and plan a wedding. Sadie wants to return to her volunteer
work with homeless people on the Downtown Eastside. Simon has agreed that they
will travel less so that they can share a more regular life together.
They find their dream home quickly, only to
discover big obstacles in their way. Sadie’s return to volunteer work lands her
in a dangerous situation.
Wedding plans very quickly become a low
priority.
So
what inspires you?
Power dynamics in a relationship always
intrigue me. With so many contemporary partnerships ending in divorce, I like
to play with the notion of what brings people together as well as what drives
them apart.
What
books have influenced your writing most?
While writing this genre, which I’ve been
doing for only a year, I like to immerse myself in the books of other writers
who are doing it well. There really are too many to name but lately I’ve been
enjoying the work of Amelia Smarts, Renee Rose, Louise Taylor, Jane Henry, to
list a few.
When
you write do you ever model your characters after real people?
Simon’s ease with languages is based on two
people I know, both men, both of whom only need 4-5 hours exposure to a
language to develop working fluency. What a gift!
What
do you hope people will take away from your books?
The most important element in any
relationship, but particularly relationships where one partner takes the
command position over another, is trust.
I’d also like to emphasize most emphatically
that DD and BDSM doesn’t always work well or effortlessly. It’s not a generic,
one size fits all practice.
If you’re new to the world and want to
integrate elements of discipline into your life, take it slowly. The heroes on
the romance pages don’t exist in real life and expectations must be adjusted
accordingly.
How
did you come up with your title?
Simon was just so assured of his ability to
command whatever he wanted in Simon Says, it was Sadie’s turn to
have her name on the cover. It was
Simon’s turn to make an effort to charm her back to his side so Winning Sadie
came easily.
Do
you have any advice for other writers?
Read. Read. Read. Write. Rewrite. Rewrite.
Rewrite. And keep learning, sharpening your skills.
Thank you for inviting Sadie, Simon & me to your blog today!
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