Underneath It All: The Walsh Series #1

Kate Canterbary

Oct 2014 · Vesper Press

About this ebook

If I had known I'd have a hot architect balls deep inside of me before the end of the weekend, I'd have made time for a pedicure. Also, a little chat about not losing my shit at all the wrong moments.

Hindsight was a bitch, and karma…well, I didn't know her story yet.

Meet Lauren Halsted.

It's all the little things—the action plans, the long-kept promises—that started falling apart when my life slipped into controlled chaos.

After I fell ass-over-elbow into Matthew Walsh's arms.

I couldn't decide whether I wanted to run screaming or rip his pants off, and most days I wanted a little of both. If I was being honest with myself, it was rip his pants off, ride him like a workhorse, and then run screaming.

Meet Matthew Walsh.

A rebellious streak ran through Lauren Halsted. It was fierce and unrelentingly beautiful, and woven through too many good girl layers to count, and she wasn't letting anyone tell her what to do.

Unless, of course, she was naked.

She wasn't looking for me and I sure as shit wasn't looking for her, but we found each other anyway and now we were locked in a battle of wills, waiting for the other to blink. 

Sometimes the universe conspires to bring people together. Other times, it throws them down a flight of stairs and leaves them in a bruised and bloodied heap.

Ratings and reviews

This is the first book I have read by Kate Canterbary and she quickly shot up to my top five favorite authors. This book was hilarious. I loved Matt. It's quite a change of pace to have the male lead be the one who pushes for a relationship and commitment. He is beyond smart and loves his family. He's dedicated and patient. Lauren was by far one of the funniest leads I've read. She wears unsuspecting jewelry and comes from a Navy SEAL family so can take down anyone. She's focused and dedicated to her career and creating a good school for her students. This book was an amazing introduction to the Walshes.

An emotional tour de force. I saw myself, my family, my friends and associates. Our thoughts, our reactions, and our logic laid out alongside our crazies for the world to see.

Took me a while to get through it. Had to drag myself away from a Netflix addiction. But a great read. Going to buy the next one in the series now!

About the author

 Kate Canterbary doesn't have it all figured out, but this is what she knows for sure: spicy-ass salsa and tequila solve most problems, living on the ocean--Pacific or Atlantic--is the closest place to perfection, and writing smart, smutty stories is a better than any amount of chocolate. She started out reporting for an indie arts and entertainment newspaper back when people still read newspapers, and she has been writing and surreptitiously interviewing people—be careful sitting down next to her on an airplane—ever since. Kate lives on the water in New England with Mr. Canterbary and the Little Baby Canterbary, and when she isn't writing sexy architects, she's scheduling her days around the region's best food trucks.