Interview with Isabelle Peterson

I have been reading and reviewing the Dream Series by Isabelle Peterson lately and through this I have connected with her. She kindly agreed to do an interview with me and I'd like to share it with all of you!!! Get to know Isabelle a little better and enjoy!

•      The name Isabelle Peterson is a pen name, where does it come from?

o    My name in high-school French Class was “Isabelle”…  I always loved that name because there are fun nicknames. Like “Izzy” “Iz” and “Bella”. My real name doesn’t really have a nickname. Peterson… I literally just closed my eyes, opened the phonebook, and pointed. When I searched the name Isabelle Peterson, I didn’t see any other Isabelle Peterson authors, and no other famous Isabelle’s to get confused with. Done.

        

•       Can you explain the reasons behind your anonymity and pen name to your readers and is there one thing about this topic you want your fans to really understand?

o    I am the mother of teen-agers in high school. I don’t really want some “idiot” boy thinking “Hey, her mom writes naughty books. She’s probably into that stuff, too.”  I truly believe my daughter can ‘fend off’ one of these idiots, but she shouldn’t have to. Being a teen is hard enough. My job is to protect her, not give her extra issues to deal with.

•       Do you have a core group of close friends who know who Isabelle Peterson really is or is your anonymity for every one outside your household?

o    There are a small, well trusted handful of locals who know about Isabelle. They kind of enjoy being “in” on the secret. They’ve always been super supportive.

        Have you had any weird or scary moments when someone was trying to figure out who you really were?

My Review - Ditching The Dream - By Isabelle Peterson

*Warning: I have already read the books I am covering, any and all posts may and do contain spoilers.

*Video not made by me. Made by a fellow fan :)

Time for some honesty people, I found this book through many recommendations on social media and then even had some contact with the author pre-read. Because of that, I am not surprised Ditching The Dream was a good read, but I am a little surprised it was a good book for me. I was slightly hesitant to pull the trigger and start reading because I felt like I wouldn't be able to connect with the characters. I am not married, have no kids and am much younger than Elizabeth. The characters are much older than I am and much older than the characters I normally read. Well, I was wrong and I loved it. It was easy to relate to Elizabeth despite the age difference and the read was sexy (kind of an understatement) and kept me wanting more. 

Boy, when Elizabeth does something, she really goes all in. She takes off to a new city, and not just any city, but New York, and dives in deep with two men. It was a refreshing plot change from the norm. She was still the bright eyed inexperienced female lead, but she isn't the normal "Sandra D (Yes, that's a Grease reference), woman should act a certain way" good girl mumbo jumbo. She explores who she is, who she wants to be, and what she wants sexually. 

42 years and never had an orgasm at the hands of a man?! 42 YEARS!! Blasphemy!! So very wrong, seriously it makes me want to cry for Elizabeth. Shame on Greg!!