Blog Tour: My Bare Lady by Piper Sheldon: A Smartypants Romance

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My Bare Lady, a funny and heartwarming romantic comedy standalone from Piper Sheldon and Smartypants Romance is available now!


RATING/REVIEW: ☕☕☕☕☕ ( 5 outstanding cups of bittersweet yet fantastic happily ever after about a stripper who's image was for an overhaul but instead transforms the man that started it all)

When I first started on Penny Reid's Winston Brothers series it was easy enough to get hooked.  Grin and Beard It was the start and from the get go you got intrigued by Jethro's more than rosy past.  But it was always his on and off again girlfriend Suzie that seems to be the one that got the short end. She definitely wasn't treated right by Jethro regardless how it all turned out for him.  So of course when Smartypants Romance came out with My Bare Lady featuring none other than the infamous Suzie , then I was more than willing enough to get my hands on it.  This is also  the first book in a series that would feature most of the girls Jethro has wronged which yes I'm lining up for that as well!
But My Bare Lady is more than the adorable Pygmalion/My Fair Lady/ Pretty Woman trope.  It features really broken characters and not just hints but full out how a woman can get into sexual slavery without her ever knowing it, until all the glass has shattered and she realizes how she was wronged.  This is more than just a romantic comedy, the set up might be but the theme of rising above your past and most importantly for Suzie breaking away from her chains and surviving it little by little was just fantastic.  Ford was equally outstanding as a character his ability to give Suzie the room to grow despite his own mistakes in dealing with her was fantastic.  He was an asshole but he was an asshole willing to let her shine, a saviour who was in the end the one saved.  An imperfect hero for a very strong in spirit emotionally fragile heroine.  And also I love the secondary characters who I'm hoping will get their own book soon.  These are the friends you really need behind your back and to kick your ass when needed.  We love Jack and Gretchen tremendously.

So yes I hesitate to tag this as romantic comedy but it's definitely a romance but also a second chance at life story.  Go Suzie and Ford!

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Suzie Samuels is the only thing standing between Clifford and his life’s work. All he has to do is change everything about her. Perception creates reality and Clifford Rutledge needs the irascible stripper to prove it.

Suzie Samuels is set to prove once and for all she’s more than Short Fuse Suze, stripper for the Black Demons and renowned motorcycle arsonist. If all it takes is hard work, then Suzie knows how to work it hard.

But Suzie’s scandalous spirit tests Clifford's resolve. And Clifford’s buttoned-up bullying is driving Suzie bonkers.

Can Clifford move past their differences long enough to pull off the impossible task of changing the bare lady into a fair lady?

More importantly, as perceptions shift and priorities change, will he want to?

'My Bare Lady' is a full-length contemporary romantic comedy, can be read as a standalone, and is book #1 in the Scorned Women's Society series, Green Valley World, Penny Reid Book Universe.

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Excerpt
I was transfixed. It wasn’t just the way she mastered the room. It wasn’t just how her choreography perfectly correlated with the entrancing music. It wasn’t just her sex appeal. It was that unwavering gaze and focus on her task. To the rest of the room, staring blatantly at her admirable—ahem—assets, she was an object, but I recognized the barely controlled passion roiling under her skin. What would it be like to be that strong? Not just physically, but strong in a way that allowed her to bare her soul to a group of greedy strangers. My passions were locked away safely inside me and yet she put it all out there. Such bravery and passion. In certain moments, I swear she looked right at me—quick stolen glances that shot a bolt of adrenaline down my spine. Perhaps this was a skill she learned to earn more tips, as the money was out in droves now, peppered over the stage and her sweating skin. But I swore she saw me. Saw through me. To the things I didn’t want seen. I stepped back further into the darkness knowing my concerns were irrational but unable to tear my eyes off hers. I was stronger than this. I was thoughtful, pragmatic, and not a victim of animalistic natures and poetic fantasies. Though she occasionally snapped the thin strips of material that made up her outfit in a playful tease she never took any clothes off. She didn’t need to. She’d managed to capture the attention of every person in that room with her movements alone. My body reacted despite my rationale; heart pounding, skin aflame. I needed to leave. I wouldn’t be like the rest of these people. The song crescendoed and in a show of strength, she launched herself back to the top of the pole once again. A small gasp escaped from me but the music drowned out all noise. She performed a trick that made her appear to fall down the entire length of the pole, tumbling over and sideways, limb over limb, only to catch herself at the bottom using only her thighs. She hung upside down, panting, dark hair sprawled out around her and her gaze set on me. Her eyes were a brilliant emerald, unlike any color I’d ever seen. They were luminescent in the stage lighting. Even across the hazy bar, they were transcendent. Glowing. Fixated on me. Nobody else. I swallowed but it wasn’t easy. The song ended and the lights went out. The crowd went wild. Several moments passed before I gained control of my faculties again. With that control came the shame of watching her. The understanding that just seeing her perform was enough to make me forget who I was. That couldn’t happen. I got out of there as fast as I could. The entire drive back to Knoxville my chest heaved at an alarming rate; my body remained a mass of tension. Her hypnotic gaze flashed repeatedly in my vision no matter how often I tried to shake it loose. Thankfully, I’d never see her again. 
About Piper Sheldon 
Piper Sheldon writes Contemporary Romance and Magical Realism books that hope to be New York Times bestsellers when they grow up. For now, she works as a technical writer during the day and writes about love the rest of the time. Of course she also makes room for her husband, toddler, and two needy dogs at home in the Desert Southwest.


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