Being a little older and a little single (also known as
separated—not quite divorced, but not quite honestly single), I find that
novels with an older heroine in it comforting.
Granted—36 is not exactly older—but when that “older” woman is getting
fit by joining a gym and then becomes so good at the fitness pole dancing
lessons she takes there that she fills her empty hours by going pro, then, we
have a story. Add in bikers, the FBI, a
crooked ex-husband. Now, we have a great
story: Diamond Girl, by Andrea Smith.
I learned of author
Andrea Smith through the Erotica Consortium—a group of 8 authors who have
become a support for one another as they navigate indie writing. C.D. Reiss, author of the Submission, Perdition,
and Corruption series is part of this group as is Kristy Bromberg whose Driven series
has been recommended by Newsweek of all places.
Andrea wrote a piece for a short-lived anthology, Bend, called These
Men. This turned out to be a novella
connected to the story above in her G-Men Series.
I had Diamond Girl on my Kindle as a Book Bub
offering. It hung out with my list of
Kindle TBR’s. I’d skim past it while
glancing over at a stack of library books on the other side of the bed that I
also wanted to read, some with overdue fines adding up daily, some unable to
renew as others were waiting for me to get to them.
Finally, I read Diamond Girl---and loved it. Then, I bought
the second story—Love Plus One—suspenseful, and loved it, too. And last weekend, I completed the third
installment: Night Moves, not
only suspenseful buy funny, too. Posting
my review on Amazon, I was pleasantly surprised to find that Andrea Smith has consolidated
all of the G-Men series to date in a boxed set that also includes G-Men Holiday
Wrap. Since I hadn’t read that, I
bought the boxed set: http://www.amazon.com/G-Men-Andrea-Smith-ebook/dp/B00SDXJ87M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427815893&sr=8-1&keywords=andrea+smith which is available for a limited time at 99
cents.
My recommendation:
Buy this series!
My second recommendation:
Get excited for Volume 4, Taz, http://www.amazon.com/Taz-G-Man-Book-Andrea-Smith-ebook/dp/B00U09LAL4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1427815893&sr=8-3&keywords=andrea+smith
on sale for $2.99.
