Author Archives: KMB

Tom wears a tie to work most days, and a while back he asked if I would knit him one. After a bit of online research I settled on this pattern and started knitting. The first version I made wasn’t… Continue reading →

Sponsored Post Sandwiched between dinner and the bedtime story, it’s easy to feel like bath time is a chore we need to rush. But if we think back to when we were kids, we might remember bath time taking us to a world of fun. Think toy boat races, castles made of foam and some […]

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Millions of people have now viewed a particular BBC live news interview with Professor Robert Kelly but I am certain the vast majority have no idea what he is talking about. I have watched it myself several times and still haven’t a clue – because, as he witters on about Asian geopolitics, his pre-schooler daughter […]

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The Earth’s global climate is changing. Although this has been a naturally occurring process for millions of years, only recently has the change accelerated to the point where significant impacts are felt the world over. People are causing these bulk of these changes, which are bigger and happening faster than any climate changes that modern … Continue reading 10 Books to Read to Your Kids About Climate Change, by Crystal Ponti Continue reading →

Tea for Two

He’s spent months learning to keep clients happy to line his wallet. When an unlikely friendship spins his world upside down, Sal ends up discovering the girl of his dreams. Chasing after Bertie the only way he knows how, Sal pushes out of his comfort zone and forces everyone to realize how far he’ll go to get what he wants. 

Welcome to the story of Sal & Bertie… where some dreams only end in a nightmare. 

TEA FOR TWO (The SOS Series Book 2) is set within the Juliet world and provides further glimpses into Salvatore Raniero’s backstory. 

KAILEE REESE SAMUELS writes contemporary, romantic, and suspense, with an erotic flair. Let her words whisk you away, escaping with delicious guys, toe-curling kisses, and addictive stories.

WARNING: This book contains graphic BDSM, strong sexual situations, and explicit language. Contents intended for MATURE readers 18+ ONLY.

My Review

In many ways this is a hard book to review, for me at least. Having not read any of the other books in The SOS series, or Juliette before, I was coming to the characters blind. I don’t think it matters too much if you start with this book. It is after all a prequel to Juliette and the story line within it works as a stand alone. Having said that, there are quite a few people to get your head around and I found myself a little lost in the early chapters, as to who was who and how they fit in. Once I got into the book, it didn’t really matter and didn’t detract from my enjoyment.

On the whole I enjoyed the story line, it was interesting seeing both Sal and Bertie question who they were and what they wanted. They both questioned what they had been lead to believe about where they fit in and what is expected of them. The emotional pull that Sal experiences, as he juggles his emotions for both Bertie and Kaci. 

I didn’t find that BDSM or writing to be too graphic, I think sometimes when you have a warning that it is going to be graphic and for older readers only, you tend to expect it to be even more full on than it actually is. 

Tea for two deals with some interesting questions about who we are sexually and if that is something that is set in stone or more fluid than that. It asks Sal to consider who he really is, what he wants and if he is prepared to risk his idea of himself to get it. I enjoyed this book, I suspect that I would have enjoyed it even more had I read the other books in the series. It’s definitely worth giving a go though. 

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Nineteen years ago, on 14th February 1998, my then boyfriend proposed to me at the Marlborough Food and Wine Festival in New Zealand. It wasn’t overly romantic to any onlookers – simply a guy on one knee, kneeling on a random piece of earth, asking a girl to marry him. What made it special was that […] Continue reading →

It has been an awfully long time since I have written … And I’ve missed it.  Here, this space, has always been where I’ve shared my creativity, feelings and thoughts. Life is one big learning adventure and sometimes we have to do things ove… Continue reading →

I have a favourite picture book which I love to read to children as it has such a positive and powerful message. Barney Saltzberg’s Beautiful Oops! is itself a work of art. [1] The book shows children that we can get creative results through relaxing about our mistakes and actually using what we think are […]

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Here’s something I struggle with the most as an online parent-y person: How to share the tougher parts of…

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  Lego Tape?! The latest thing to hit us parents is now lego tape. It’s currently in it’s crowdfunding stage through Nimuno Loops project on Indiegogo. Basically it’s a sticky tape that turns any surface into a Lego building site. Here it is in action: While I think it’s an awesome idea, did anyone think about the parents […]

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When you’re from the U.S.A., Switzerland, Brazil, Denmark, or Australia, you have no reason to fear telling people your nationality. These are just a few countries where the answer to “Where are you from?” is a non-issue. And why shouldn’t … Continue reading →

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  Super Basic Pasta Sauce Recipe Every now and then, I need a pasta sauce but don’t want to be bothered putting in all the effort to make a decent pasta sauce. Like that time your kids will only eat pasta and sausages but you just want some kind of sauce to go with it. […]

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  Today I Became The Shouty Mum 3pm and children are finishing school; they’re tired and emotions are high. My children, especially my girl, are no exception to this. Today I became the shouty Mum. My 5 year old was tired, and my 3 year old was the opposite. In fact, all he wants to […]

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