Feeling pretty generous today :)

This is the first chapter of one of the newest Neighbor From Hell novels. I thought I'd share because I really am just that giving ;p

Enjoy!

 Chapter 1

            "How many men?" Kasey asked as she dumped a bag of ice in her old red cooler.

            "Three," was Sara's, her best friend since eighth grade, no nonsense response. 

            "Women?" Kasey asked, running a hand through her short spiky hair as she opened the refrigerator and considered her choices.

            "Three women."

            "Children?"

            "Six, all under the age of six, but they're inside with the women," Sara said, keeping a vigilant eye on the newly rented beach house next door. As the only permanent resident on this strip of beach, Kasey felt it was her duty to know what was going on next door, for safety reasons of course. Sara, the good friend that she was, felt it was her duty to help in this endeavor. They liked to refer to themselves as "The Neighborhood Watch." It was a tough job, but it needed to be done.

            Deciding that they would definitely need sustenance for this job, Kasey grabbed several of the large cold whoopie pies that she'd bought down at Karl's Grocery last night and tossed them in the cooler along with a six pack of Coke and a six pack of beer. She shared a look with Sara and knew they couldn't put their responsibility off any longer. With a nod she closed the cooler and carried it towards the backdoor where Sara waited, holding it open.

            Without a word they walked over to the old picnic table that sat at the edge of her property, which just happened to be right next to the neighboring cottage's driveway and afforded them a great view of the activities that they really need to keep an eye on.

            Folding her arms over her chest she approached one of the large shirtless men carrying a suitcase. She noted his good looks, perfectly tanned body and the tattoo of "Zoe" written across his left peck. Not too bad, she thought as she approached him.

            "We need to speak to your wives or girlfriends, or whatever they are," she informed him.

            For a moment he could only frown down at her until one of the other men joined him. "What's going on?" he asked and of course Kasey noted that this one was also devastatingly handsome, perfect body and had that bad boy look that she really liked.

            "They want to talk to our women," the first man said, still frowning.

            "For what?" the second one demanded.

            "Guys?" she said, drawing their attention. "If you could just go get your wives," she said, noting the wedding bands on both their hands. "We really don't have much time here," she said, gesturing for them to get on with it before crossing her arms back over her chest.

            With a shrug the men walked off following the third man, the much larger and hotter of the three men, she'd like to add, into the house. When two women stepped out of the house a moment later followed by the two men again she had to hide her surprise. She'd actually expected the men to have supermodel wives, but this was a nice surprise.

            The two women were a few inches shorter than her. The first one, the one smiling sweetly, wore glasses, and had long bronze hair pulled up into a messy bun and was adorable in a vixen kind of way. The other one was cute and had long brown hair pulled into a ponytail and was a little on the chubby side, but if the look the man with the "Zoe" tattoo was sending her ass as she walked towards Kasey was any indication then her husband had no complaints.

            "Hi, I'm Haley," the woman with glasses said as she held her hand out. Kasey shook her hand as the woman gestured to her friend. "This is Zoe and you've met our husbands, Jason and Trevor."

            "I'm Kasey. I live next door and this is my friend Sara and we're here to ogle your men while they work, but if that's a problem for you then we'll go back to ogling them from my window, but we'd rather not since the view's not as good," she said with a shrug.

            "It's true. The view isn't as good," Sara said on a sigh. The women's lips twitched as their husbands let out twin snorts of disgust as they continued to sort through the bags in the back of one of the minivans.

            "And do you do this often?" Haley asked, sounding amused.

            "No," Kasey said, sighing. "This is an honor we only bestow on our neighbors two, maybe three times a summer."

            "And how many times a summer does this cottage get rented out?" Zoe asked, looking equally amused.

            She shared a look with Sara before she answered, "Two or three times."

            Both women chuckled. "And what if the guys are old or overweight?" Zoe asked.

            "Then we of course are obligated to add catcalls to our ogling," Kasey explained.

            "It really goes a long way to helping with their self-esteem," Sara added solemnly.

            "It really does," Kasey agreed with a shrug. "We perform a public service of sorts."

            "They're not going to let you ogle us," Jason pointed out as he walked past them carrying what looked like a folded playpen.

            "They're very possessive," Trevor said, shooting another hungry look at his wife's ass.

            "No, we're not," Haley said, sounding bored.

            "You can stare all you want," Zoe added.

            "How could you betray us like that?" Jason demanded. "I thought you loved me?"

            Kasey grinned hugely as the woman shrugged indifferently, earning another gasp of outrage from her husband. They were a very entertaining family. She liked that. Too many times over the years she got stuck next to some real jerks. This was a nice little treat for her.

            "If you'd like to join us in our ogling we have Coke, beer and the best whoopie pies in the area," she said, gesturing to the picnic table.

            "Whoopie pies?" Jason and Trevor asked in unison, shooting a hungry look towards the cooler. She noticed that the third man just kept on working, not bothering to stop and say hello or wipe that scowl off his face.

            "I'm sorry, guys, but they're only for the spectators, but if you win our competition we'll give you one," she explained as she walked back to the picnic table and sat down on the edge of the table. Sara sat down on her right and she was pleasantly surprised when the two other women joined them.

            Sara handed out drinks while Kasey explained, "What's the point of ogling if you don't pick a winner?" she asked in a tone that said they really should know that.

            "You're going to judge us?" Trevor demanded, folding his arms over his chest as he glared at them.

            "Of course," Sara said with a shrug as she handed Kasey a Coke.

            "It is our civil duty to figure out which one of you is the hottest."

            "You're going to let them do this?" Jason demanded of his wife.

            Haley nodded as she pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose. "I think it's a good idea.......unless you're afraid you'll lose," the woman said with a mischievous little grin.

            "Lose? To him? Puhlease, my little grasshopper. That would be a cold day in hell before I lose to-"

            "Damn straight you're going to lose, you bastard. There's no way-" Trevor began, but she felt it was time to cut them off and get them to focus on working so that they could properly stare at them.

            "Yummy is in the lead," she felt obligated to point out.

            Both men frowned down at her. "Who is Yummy?" Trevor demanded.

            She shifted to the side to point at the glowering man as he grabbed a large box and threw it over his shoulder. "Him. He's at least five points ahead of you now."

            "I'd say six points," Sara said, adding, "He's got a nice ass," when both men turned their glares on her.

            Both men opened their mouths, probably to argue, when their wives said, "He really does."

            "How could you?" Jason asked in a hoarse whisper.

            Haley shrugged. "He does and if you want to win I'd suggest you get moving so we can see the goods in action."

            "I'd give him two extra points for that Celtic tattoo on his shoulder. It's hot," Zoe said before taking a sip of her soda.

            Trevor gestured wildly to his tattoo. "How the hell can you think that's hotter than this? It's your name!"

            Zoe shrugged. "I'm just saying......"

            "Guys," Kasey said, drawing back their attention because really she did have other things to do today, "if you could get back to work I would really appreciate it."

            The men simply stood there glaring at her.

            Deciding that perhaps the guys needed a visual, she reached back into the cooler and grabbed one of the large, overfilled whoopie pies and held it up. The men's glares instantly disappeared and were replaced by desperate need. They licked their lips hungrily as they took a step towards her.

            "Uh ah, guys, you need to win these and remember the winner gets a bag of these," she said, giving them a shooing gesture to get back to work.

            Jason snorted at that, seeming to come to his senses. It probably didn't hurt that she dropped the whoopie pie back in the cooler and out of sight. "We're not whores that you can buy with a few delicious looking baked goods."

            Trevor shrugged. "I am," he said, leaning down to press a swift kiss to his wife's lips. "I better get an extra point for willing to whore myself out for this competition."

            "Two points," Sara said and when Haley and Zoe murmured their agreements Jason stormed off, muttering something about home wreckers and a bad little grasshopper.

            For the next ten minutes they watched the two men doing their damndest to win. When they awarded points for best set of abs Jason shoved Trevor into a bush. When they awarded points for Best Hair Trevor put Jason into a headlock and brought the man down where an amusing fight took place and they ended up awarding points to Trevor for Best Fighter. That of course caused Jason tackle Trevor to the ground and they decided to call it a tie on Best Fighter.

            Whenever they awarded points for Yummy, and Kasey couldn't help but wonder if the third woman watching the kids in the house belonged to him, Jason and Trevor glared at him, but he didn't acknowledge them in any way except of course that little tick that went double time in his jaw when he won. He really was a yummy specimen and she wouldn't mind a summer fling with him, but he was also grumpy and grumpy equaled too much work for a fling so she focused all of her attention back on the two men glaring at her as they carried more bags into the house.

            "These really are good," Zoe said, practically groaning in ecstasy as she took another bite of her whoopie pie.

            "They really are," Haley agreed as she went to take a bite, but suddenly found her baked good ripped out of her hands. All four of them looked up to find Jason holding up the whoopie pie.

            He scowled down at his wife as he took a huge bite out of it. After sending her one last glare he stormed off. Trevor wasn't too far behind, but not before he stole Zoe's treat and Kasey's cooler.

            "I guess they realized that Yummy was winning," Kasey said, laughing with the other women as she stood up.

            "I have to get back to the office," Sara muttered unhappily as she fixed her platinum blonde hair and smoothed down her blouse and skirt. She looked at Haley and Zoe as she said, "Thank you for the best lunch break ever."

            "You're welcome," Haley said, grinning hugely as she looped her arm through Zoe's and the two women followed after their husbands.

            Kasey waved goodbye to her friend as she grabbed all the empty cans and wrappers. Just as she finished picking up the last empty soda can she looked up and found a pair of deep green eyes watching her from the driveway. She sent him a wink as she walked away. "See ya later, Yummy."

            "The name's Reese," he said in erotically deep voice that sent goose bumps over her skin.

            She looked over her shoulder and ran her eyes over his damp bare chest, rope after rope of golden muscles and shook her head. "No, you're definitely Yummy." With that she walked back to her house and prepared herself for a long night of work ahead of her.

Neighbor From Hell, All Rights Reserved by R.L. Mathewson 2012

A sneak peek at the new NFH novel

"This ends now," Connor suddenly said, scaring the living hell out of her.

            Rory whirled around, hand to chest, heart pounding violently as she fought to calm her breathing. "What in the hell is wrong with you?" she demanded, taking a deep breath to calm herself as she looked at Connor.

            The man stood in the doorway with a flashlight in his hand and even in the dim light she could tell that he was having a hell of a time stopping himself from crossing the small room and throttling her. She had to give him credit because if she was in his place there would be no stopping the ass whooping he had coming.

            "You went over the line today with that bullshit, Rory," he said, taking a step into the dark room.

            She had to roll her eyes at that. "You're only pissed because you didn't think of it first," she said, turning her back on him and effectively dismissing him. She didn't have time for his whining today. She needed to make sure that the whole wall was made of wood and then go up on the roof and help the guys.

            "That's bullshit," he snapped. "You chained me to a toilet, Rory, and took away any way to call for help. What if there had been a fire?" he demanded.

            "I paid Mr. Henderson fifty bucks to watch the house and keep an ear out for you," she said in a bored tone as she started hefting more crates over to the other side of the room.

            "Mr. Henderson is ninety years old and wears a hearing aid the size of my fist. How the hell was he supposed to hear me screaming for help over the garbage you left blasting?"

            She picked up a crate and moved it to the other side as she said, "He had his binoculars." 

            Connor snorted in disbelief. "Of course he had his binoculars! He can't see without them!"

Computer cleaning tips :)

Okay, so I said that I would share my computer cleaning and maintenance tips so here they are. These are the things that I do to keep my computer clean. Using them is up to you and please be careful. If your computer has a virus or other problem this may not fix it. This is just preventative care tips that you can use at your own discretion. In other words if you accidentally fry your computer, well, it's on you so be careful.

 

First thing I like to do is clean the inside of my computer. It sounds like a daunting task, but it's really easy. You're going to need two things for this, a small Philips screwdriver and a can of dust remover, can of air, that you can find at Walmart for under five bucks.

Shut down your computer. Then, now this is important, unplug your computer. Remove every external device and make sure your computer is not hooked up to a power source. 

Next, using your handy screwdriver find the two screws on the back side holding the side panel on your computer tower. Make sure it's the two screws for the side. Once you remove them slide the side panel off and voila you have access to the computer tower. 

If you've had your computer for a while you'll probably find plenty of dust and maybe a tiny spider web or two. Attach the tiny straw to your can of air and gently begin to spray the dust and webs out of your computer. Do not pull on any wires and of course read the instructions on the can before you begin. Definitely focus on the fans, those cool your system and if they're covered with dust they don't work as well. Once I'm done with the inside I like to go around the computer and do the same for the outside.

Once that is done return the side panel to the tower and reattach with the screws. Reattach all your wires and devices. 

Other ways to clean your computer and help it work faster:

1. De-fragmenting your computer. This is easy and can be set on a schedule. It removes broken pieces of old files, cleans up the space and makes it easier for your computer to find information faster.

2. Disc Cleanup, found under accessories. This frees up space and gets rid of temporary files.

3. Go to Majorgeeks.com and you can find free ware. Ad-Aware is a decent spyware remover, but I prefer Super anti spyware remover. Again, this is your choice. Make sure you read everything before you download it and follow directions.

4. Clean your search history.

5. Check your start up menu. If you have programs running in the background that cuts into your computer's ability to do its job quickly. 

6. Make sure your software is up to date and if possible check for updates. 

Again, this is just the stuff that I do to take care of my computer. If your computer is running slow and you take it to a tech this is what they will do and charge you a small fortune. They might suggest that you add RAM, but you can do that on your own as well with a little research. Whatever you do is your choice, I'm just sharing what I do :)

An advanced peek at the first Immortal Novel

 Hello :)

This is an excerpt from the first novel of the Immortal series which will be released sometime this year. Just thought I'd give everyone a heads up and to answer some of the questions I've received this week. So, for those of you who wanted to know if there was going to be an Immortal book this year because the page on my website was lacking, here it is.

The first novel is a shifter novel, werewolves to be exact and what better way to start off a series than with a pair of shifters who find out they're mated to each and who just happen to hate each other? I'm enjoying this book and I hope you do as well :)

       She really couldn’t remember ever laughing so hard in her life as woman after woman flirted with Drew. He glared at her each and every time when a woman made an obvious offer to spend the night in his bed and each and every time he had to send them away. It was either that or let them find out his equipment no longer functioned properly thanks to their unfortunately mating.

            Perhaps she shouldn’t have been so blatant about dancing with as many men as she could. She may have stepped over a line or two when she was grinding away with two males from Drew’s pack right in front of him, but it had been fun to see him being dragged out of his own club before he could kill one of them. 

            The cherry on top of it all was making him think that she was going home with a very hot demon while he had to go home and reminisce about all the sex he would never again have. Ah, if only he hadn’t been such an asshole to her and so many others over the years she might feel bad. 

            Might, but didn’t.

            Besides, she would never accept a mate or spread her legs simply because she felt bad for him. She always hoped for a mate that she could truly love. Something her parents never had and something she always wanted for herself. Oh well, it was no big deal. At least she knew who her mate was and now she could focus on her life and move on.

            The scent of that delicious casserole she'd been thinking about all night hit her hard as she closed her front door. It smelled so good. Wait, she sniffed again. It smelled warm. That was wrong since she placed it in the fridge over seven hours ago. 

            She unleashed her claws and fangs as she moved towards her small kitchen. Another sniff let her know she was not alone. Another shifter was here. Before she could figure out anything else the door to her small kitchen swung open and the biggest jerk she’d ever met sauntered into her living room, carrying her plate of chicken and rice casserole and a Coke. 

            Without a word he walked past her, sat on her couch, placed the plate and drink in front of him before turning the television onto the sports channel. He pulled the coffee table closer to him so he could eat without making a mess. That was something, she guessed. She’d hate to have to clean casserole and blood off her rug all in the same night.

            “What are-“

            He cut her off. “Just let me finish eating and I’ll be right with you,” he said without taking his eyes away from the television. She was so stunned that she could do nothing but stand there for a few minutes while he ate her food and cursed under his breath every time he heard a score that he didn’t like.

            “Ah, hello?” she finally said.

            “Hold on. I’m going to need my energy so let me finish eating.”

            “Energy for what?” she demanded as she finally came to her senses and stepped in front of the television. “And what the hell are you doing here?”

            He finished off her dinner with an exaggerated sigh. “For the all night sex marathon you and I are going to have,” he said simply.

            She blinked.

            Then blinked again.

            Then she began to laugh her ass off until she was forced to lean against the wall or fall flat on her face. Finally after several minutes she was able to wipe the tears out of her eyes and focus back on him.

            “Hey!” she snapped as he started eating her apple crisp and ice cream. When the hell had he gotten up? Damn it. “That’s mine!”

            He shrugged. “You’ll be happy in a little while when I have the extra energy to take you all night.” He wagged his eyebrows. The bastard.

            She pressed her fingers to her forehead. “Oh my god, you need to leave now before I hurt you.”

            “I’m not into rough sex, sorry.”

            “Wow….”

            Anther shrug.

            “No, seriously, wow. You really need to leave.”

Got some great weight loss/fitness tips yesterday that I have to share :)

It's January and that means New Year's Resolutions. This year I have several resolutions. One of them is to get more serious about losing weight, getting in shape and staying that way. Since I have two kids who love to swim it's pretty much a guarantee that I'm going to be spending a great deal of time by the water. I'd like to spend those hours in the sun in comfort and that means I have to get serious here. 

I'll be the first to admit that my knowledge on diets and exercising is pretty basic, but fortunately I got a free assessment with a personal trainer since I joined a gym. We sat down, I cringed several times as we went over where I was and nearly groaned when I found out what I need to do. I won't lie, I was pretty confused during most of it, but thankfully the trainer was very knowledgeable about everything and broke it down for me and this is where I share my new found knowledge :)

I set my calorie intake to 1200, but I was mostly keeping it below that. That apparently is a big no no for dieting. Hopefully I'll explain this properly:

-Women need 1400 and men need 1600 to keep your body from going into starvation mode. If your body doesn't have enough calories it will start attacking your muscles for what it needs.

The other mistake I was making was not snacking. I was dividing my calories into three meals and making sure I had plenty of fiber to fill me up and drinking water to help keep me feeling full. I'm also not much of a breakfast person. If I'm hungry I eat breakfast, if not there's always lunch. 

-This is especially important if you're trying to build muscle, which by the way apparently helps burn calories faster and more efficiently which I'm all for, you should eat within the first 30-60 minutes after waking up. Then every three to four hours to give your body fuel to continue burning calories. 

My workout plan for the gym was to alternate upper body one day and lower body the other six days a week. 

-Work each muscle group one time a week and that's it. Muscles need 72 hours to repair themselves and if you keep working them you don't give them a chance to repair themselves and you lose some of the results that you would have gained if you had let them heal. What he recommended was a four day workout, Pull, Push, Core, Legs. Focus on each for one day and then leave them alone for the rest of the week. 

-Also, you should work your muscles before cardio. After cardio you'll be less coordinated and less effective to work your muscles. 

I probably didn't explain this as well as he did, actually, I know I didn't explain these as well as he did, but hopefully you get the basic idea. Luckily he does have a Facebook page where he posts articles, nutritional tips and exercise tips. If you'd like a better explanation of something I wrote, post a question on his wall, Youngevity-Coach

Well, I hope these tips helped and if you have some tips, please share :)

A sneak peek at the new Pyte novel.......

           "Stop being such a big baby. It's not like you haven't seen me naked before," Danny pointed out.

            "When you were a small child, Danny," Caine bit out, keeping his eyes averted. He focused on the small mattress, the thick corded wire that trailed across the room after her, his chain, his feet, the ceiling, anything so that he didn't have to see Danny.

           Any other woman and he would have openly stared at her until he grew bored, but this was Danny, the little girl who used to manipulate him into braiding her hair. He knew that she'd grown into a beautiful desirable woman, but he couldn't seem to separate the little girl that she'd once been with the woman that she was now. Of course that's what landed his ass in this little problem, he thought with an inward groan.

            "Any ideas?" she suddenly asked, almost drawing his attention back to her.

            The warm steam helped fill the small room with her enticing scent, thickening it to the point where he could think of nothing else. His hands clenched into tight fists as his cock stirred against the soft material of his underwear. He inwardly screamed at his body to get the fuck back under control, but it wouldn't listen. His eyes burned as his fangs slid out and it took everything he had not to go to that shower and take what he wanted. 

            "Shut the shower off," he said out as he fought for control.

            "What?" Danny asked, sounding distracted.

            "Shut. The. Shower. Off," he bit out tightly.

            "Not done."

            In less than a second he in front of her, not caring that he was getting wet or that Danny was naked and glaring up at him. He moved forward, giving her no other choice but to back up the short distance against the wall. He placed his hands against the tile on either side of her head and leaned in.

            "When I tell you to do something," he said, doing his best to ignore her mouth watering scent, "you do it. Do you understand me?"

            Instead of agreeing, sobbing or begging for his mercy like any other sane female would do, Danny got into his face. She moved into him until her hard nipples brushed against his chest and he had to stop himself from hissing in pleasure. 

            It was her damn scent that was responsible for the way he was reacting to her. Without it he'd be able to keep his head around her. She was just another human, someone who shouldn't matter, but did and that was only because he still had a soft spot for the little girl that she once was. That would have to change and soon. 

            If he'd been able to push her away years ago and not care whether she'd lived or died then this never would have happened. It was his fault that she was here, why they were here. His sentimental feelings for this woman were used against him. They were a weakness, one he would correct starting now. 

            "No," she said firmly, her little glare never wavering as she looked up at him.

            "No you don't understand or-"

            "No, as in you don't control me, Caine. So back the hell off. If you want me to listen to you then you'd better come up with a plan real damn fast to get us out of here otherwise stay the hell out of my way," she said, not backing down one damn bit when he growled.

            "Now if you don't mind I'd like to finish my shower."

            "Then finish it," he said through clenched teeth as he reached out and shut off the hot water. Then with a simple flick of his hand he broke the hot water knob off so that he wouldn't have to endure having her scent shoved down his throat again.

            "You son of a bitch," she said, looking pissed enough to ring his neck, but he didn't care. Let her hate him. It would make what he had to do so much easier.

            "Enjoy your shower," he said, reaching out and turning the cold water on at full blast before he flashed away from her. He ignored her little surprised scream and focused his attention on the cooler. 

            He wiped the water off his face with his hand as he sat down in front of the cooler. His hands actually shook as he grabbed the first bag of blood. He was so fucking close to going back over to her and ripping her throat open. 

            Maybe he should do just that and put her out of her misery, he thought, but just as quickly shoved the thought away. He didn't want to take the chance of being stuck in here for years without blood and he sure as hell didn't want to deal with whatever annoying female they threw in here after her. For now he'd tolerate her, but from here on out she was completely on her own. He wouldn't allow her to be a weapon used against him. 

            "I hope you choke on it," she bit out as she stormed past him.

            This was going to be so much fun, he thought dryly as he tore into the bag.