She was dedicated and hardworking in her career, and wasn’t afraid to stand up for herself when it came to difficult situations. Caroline was literally me in this situation as I would have reacted the exact same way.)Ĭaroline was so funny. (The scene where Clive jumps on Caroline’s bed after the scary movie was sooooo funny. Their interactions were just great! And totally relatable for a cat-lover like me. I loved that she had a cat, Clive, and how much she adored him. Caroline and I being close to the same age helped me relate to her, even if she was way more established job-wise than I am. But this book was hilarious! There were several times I was laughing until I cried. I think based on the cover photo and title, I was expecting something way less funny. It’s the first book I’ve read of Alice Clayton’s but I was so pleasantly surprised. It kept coming up as a recommendation on Goodreads, but I finally decided to read it when some fellow readers recommended it to me specifically. I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect when I picked this one up. In a delicious mix of silly and steamy, Alice Clayton dishes out a hot and hilarious tale of exasperation at first sight… Suddenly, Caroline is finding she may have discovered a whole new definition of neighborly… The tension between them is as thick as the walls are thin, and the results just as mixed. So when the wallbanging threatens to literally bounce her out of bed, Caroline, clad in sexual frustration and a pink baby-doll nightie, confronts Simon Parker, her heard-but-never-seen neighbor.

And since Caroline is currently on a self-imposed dating hiatus, and her neighbor is clearly lethally attractive to women, she finds her fantasies keep her awake even longer than the noise.

Thanks to paper-thin walls and the guy’s athletic prowess, she can hear not just his bed banging against the wall but the ecstatic response of what seems (as loud night after loud night goes by) like an endless parade of women. The first night after Caroline moves into her fantastic new San Francisco apartment, she realizes she’s gaining an intimate knowledge of her new neighbor’s nocturnal adventures. Publisher: Omnific Publishing, Gallery Books Scroll down to see my review as well as a recipe for Simon & Caroline inspired zucchini bread!

For this month’s Literary Bites I picked Wallbanger by Alice Clayton! The heroine, Caroline, loves to bake, and the hero, Simon, loves the bread she makes.

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