Welcome Liz Crowe

Welcome to my Reading Nook, Liz Crowe. Please make yourself at home and let my cabana boys/girls get you a drink.

Comfortable? Wonderful. Now let’s get started.

Tell us about your latest release or upcoming release. What inspired it?

Cheeky Blonde is a book set in the brewing world. I was inspired to write it while at the Great American Beer Festival in Colorado (where the story actually begins). 

I was intrigued by the concept of rival owners of different brewing companies having an "encounter" and what that might do to the people around them.

If you could throw a party with any five people (living or dead) who would you pick and why?

Channing Tatum

Alex Pettyfer

Joe Manganiello

Matthew Bomer

Matthew McConaughey

Yep.  Those guys. And hopefully you all know why.


What are at least five things you have on your bucket list and have you done any of them?

honestly, I don't have a bucket list. I've been lucky to have lived all over the world, visited many exotic places and done many things already.  But if I had to name a single thing I have yet to do in my life that I want it would be to learn to fly and airplane.


Do you work on one project at a time? Or do you multi-task? 

Because, like Jen Baxter in Cheeky Blonde,  I am part owner of a brewery and handle marketing for it I consider myself a Class A multi-tasker.  I have to be.

But as for writing projects I usually take them one at a time. However, as my writing career is really starting to take off I find myself having to be more flexible. There are many projects I must complete while adding others.


What song would best describe your life?

That would be a tie between "Bitch" by Meredith Brooks and "God is great. Beer is good. People are crazy." by Billy Currington


Do you listen to music when writing? Do you feel like some stories write themselves a soundtrack with specific music? If so, what book and what kind of music influenced it?

I have soundtracks floating in my head all they time for my books.  Cheeky Blonde's would have a fair bit of "Cake" songs like "Short Dress Long Jacket" and "Italian Leather Sofa" because of the natural attraction but humor Jen and Sean share.  


Are any of your characters just like you or have personality quirks/traits of you or someone you know? 

None of my characters are just like me. I like to get a little more creative than just writing myself into every book.  But every character I have ever written shares traits with me or the people around me for certain.


Who are some of your other favorite authors and genres to read?

I'm a big mainstream fiction fan and enjoy John Irving, Margaret Atwood, some of Stephen King, Ann Tyler and recently fell in love with a book called "What Alice Forgot" by Lianne Moriarty. 

My fav erotic writers are Lauren Dane, Shayla Black, Cat Johnson and I've recently discovered Joey W. Hill whom I met at a conference---she rocks. But I am not a big paranormal, steam punk or sci fi fan. I tend to enjoy real stories but admire those who craft entire new or revisionary worlds for their characters.

When you looked in the mirror this morning, what was the first thing you thought?

Get your fat arse to hot yoga. (I got at 6 in the mornings and have to tell myself that at 5:30)

What is one thing scientists should invent?

Delicious beer with taste and zero calories.

Cheeky Blonde by Liz Crowe

Decadent Publishing

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Violence, intrigue, and passion are brewing in the craft beer world. When bitter rivals Jennifer Baxter and Sean Garrison meet, the notorious and handsome owner of Garrison Brothers Brewing stays true to form, seducing his rival at a national brewer’s convention.

Sean arrived at the convention expecting to get down to business, including his stated goal of hiring Jen away from Brick Street Brewery. But the beautiful fellow craft beer expert provides more of a distraction than he expected.

When sabotage strikes their fellow breweries, they unite to solve the mysteries. But fate and rumors brew more than beer as love, lust, jealousy, and misunderstanding collide in a way neither could have expected or anticipated.

Can they overcome the malicious chatter long enough to explore the emotion bubbling beneath the surface? Or will lust fall flat and leave them nothing but memories of the moment that slipped away?