EASY GOING / GOING DOWN EASY (Boys of the Big Easy .5 & #1) by Erin Nicholas-Review, Guest Post & Giveaway Tour
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 28, 2018
As far as flings go, single dad Gabe Trahan is pretty sure that Addison Sloan is his best bet. Once a month, Addison comes to New Orleans and then…It. Is. On. Until Addison returns to New York, it’s just hot, happily-no-strings-attached sex. And beignets. And jazz. But lately for Gabe, it isn’t nearly enough.
Sure, maybe Addison’s gotten a bit hooked on Gabe. After all, who can resist a guy who’s so sexy, so charming, and so…available? But maybe he’s too available for her right now. Addison’s just moved to New Orleans, and relationships are definitely off the table. Besides, guys always bail when they learn her secret: she’s a single mom.
Only Gabe’s not running. Worse, he’s thrilled. But Addison never signed up for ever-after romance, and Gabe won’t settle for anything less. Now it’s a battle of wills—and when it comes to the woman he’s falling for, Gabe isn’t above playing a little dirty
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REVIEW: GOING DOWN EASY is the first full-length instalment in Erin Nicholas’ contemporary, adult BOYS OF THE BIG EASY erotic, romance series. This is bar owner and single father Gabe Trahan, and architect /single mother Addison Sloan’s story line.
Told from dual third person perspectives (Addison and Gabe) GOING DOWN EASY follows the building relationship between bar owner and single father Gabe Trahan, and architect /single mother Addison Sloan. For months, New Yorker Addison Sloan and New Orleans’ bar owner Gabe Trahan kept up their once monthly affair when Addison returned to the Big Easy for work and play. No personal information was exchanged by our leading couple; no history no stories, just time together one weekend per month. With Gabe and his brother Logan’s Trahan Tavern due for an extensive historical overhaul Gabe had no idea that the woman with whom he had was having a fling is part of the architectural firm about to renovate his bar. Enter Addison Sloan, and the woman with whom Gabe will fall in love. What ensues is the building relationship and love between Gabe and Addison, and the potential fall-out when Gabe’s life as a single father begins to spiral out of control.
Throughout their earlier affair Addison and Gabe never revealed intimate details about their personal lives including that inevitable reveal that each was a single parent to a five-year old child. Addison Sloan is a reluctant single mother whose life changed the moment her daughter was born. A successful architect, Addison struggles to be the kind of mother her daughter deserves but a mother who has taught her child to be independent and strong. Gabe Trahan has always had the support of family and friends when it comes to his bar, and raising his five-year old son but an incident at school has Gabe questioning his parenting abilities, questions that may threaten his relationship with the woman he loves. An over-protective father Gabe may have done his son a disservice in his attempts to protect him against outside harm.
The relationship between Addison and Gabe is one of immediate attraction that started out as a monthly affair, and soon grew into something more. With Addison’s move to Louisiana, Gabe saw the opportunity to pursue our heroine for a full-time relationship. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text. Gabe likes to talk dirty both in and out of the bedroom.
There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and charismatic secondary and supporting characters including a number of single parents at a local single-parent club. We are introduced to Gabe’s five-year old, quiet and unassuming son Cooper, and Gabe’s brother Logan Trahan; Addison’s exuberant five-year old daughter Stella; and the members of the Single Parents Support Group: Roxanne, Dana, Bea, Lexi, Ashley, Caleb and Corey. I did question the ‘maturity’ level of two five-year old children-a maturity level that, at time, outstripped the maturity of their parental guardians. Logan and Dana’s story line is next in TAKING IT EASY.
GOING DOWN EASY is a story of family, friendship, romance and love. Addison’s attitude and earlier behavior was a bit of a turn off but our heroine quickly realized that her opinions about motherhood and children weren’t necessarily wrong but difficult to acknowledge. The premise is engaging and heart breaking; the romance is seductive and intense; the characters are numerous, dynamic, flirty and animated. GOING DOWN EASY is a captivating, spicy and realistic look at family struggles, and building love.
Check out EASY GOING for FREE-the prequel novella (see below) for Addison and Gabe’s introduction
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Reviewed by Sandy
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EASY GOING
(Boys of the Big Easy .5)
by Erin Nicholas
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, romance
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 17, 2018
A sexy, New Orleans bartender with a panty-melting grin and a panty-dropping drawl.
A little jazz.
A few beignets.
And ONE hot weekend…
Yep, just one.
Supposedly.
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REVIEW: EASY GOING is the prequel novella to Erin Nicholas’ contemporary, adult BOYS OF THE BIG EASY erotic, romance series.
Told from dual third person perspectives (Gabe and Addison) EASY GOING is a quick introduction to Gabe Trahan and Addison Sloan. Gabe, along with his brother Logan, own and operate Trahan’s Tavern in the Big Easy. Meeting Addison Sloan, friend to Elena LeBlanc, an architect in the restoration of historic buildings, stirred something in Gabe long thought dormant. Propositioning Addison was easier than imagined, as both were down with a weekend of no-strings attached.
EASY GOING reveals some of the background and events leading up to Addison and Gabe’s introduction, as well as the build-up to GOING DOWN EASY. A very quick and sexy read EASY GOING will leave you wanting more.
Reviewed by Sandy
Developing My Hero and Heroine by Erin Nicholas
Going Down Easy is a hot, contemporary romance set in one of the sexiest cities in the country: New Orleans. I’ve loved New Orleans since my first visit there in 2011 and have been back multiple times. I never get tired of the place. There’s just something about the city that calls to me. The music, the history, the laid-back attitude, the food…there’s just so much to love. So finally, the right characters and stories came along and it was time to write a series set there.
Gabe and Addison were some of the easiest characters I’ve ever written about. Gabe is so…just everything I love in a hero: sexy, protective, funny, charming, a dirty-talker, loving, surrounded by friends and family. And then I added in being a single dad and like magic, Gabe Trahan was real just like that.
I love to write about heroes like Gabe. The strong, protective, hot guys who are very alpha but who also have this laid-back, charming, fun side. Him being a dad made that side very easy to show, but these laid-back charmers are very much my favorite guys to write and I have a lot of them 🙂 The main difference is the dad thing. I’ve written a few other single dads, but their kids were older so writing a guy who’s raising a little boy on his own and interacting with a five-year-old who is, actually, very different from Gabe was really a lot of fun.
Addison…oh, Addison…she is a mix of all the moms I know. She is tough and protective and in love with her daughter and totally fine with going it alone, yet vulnerable and never quite totally sure she’s getting it right. I love her honesty about that as well as her honesty about the mom thing not always being sunshine and roses. I know super moms and I know moms who struggle every day to get it right and I think ALL moms can relate to both really. That’s Addison for me—a real woman, a real mom, who’s doing her best, and not always getting it right, but loving her daughter more than anything. Which is what really matters in the end. Seeing her soften and open up with Gabe and Cooper was just so much fun.
I’ve written very strong, confident women before, but Addison, too, is unique in being a single parent. I haven’t done that with a mom before and I loved it. It was so fun to explore the thoughts and emotions of a single mom coming from her point of view. I’m a mom of two but have always had my husband, their dad, by my side. I’ve always admired single moms so much and this series is letting me really get into how amazing they, and really just parenthood in general, are.
In addition to my main characters, Gabe’s family, his brother and mom, are integral parts of the story because they’re integral parts of his life as a single dad. He’s also a part of a single parent support group (that also draws Addison in) and is made up of a number of awesome people who all need a story! So, the Boys of the Big Easy series is a very natural flow from this first book.
Erin Nicholas is the New York Times bestselling author of sexy contemporary romances. Her stories have been described as toe-curling, enchanting, steamy and fun. She loves to write about reluctant heroes, imperfect heroines and happily ever afters. She lives in the Midwest with her husband who only wants to read the sex scenes in her books, her kids who will never read the sex scenes in her books, and family and friends who say they’re shocked by the sex scenes in her books (yeah, right!).
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