Erin is such a unique character. She's lived in my head for years and first appeared at the start of the McCullough Mountain series as Finn's girlfriend (Beautiful Distraction). Now, Finn is married, the whole town hates her, and she's mixed up with Giovanni, a first cousin of the McCulloughs. She's one of my favorite villains we all love to hate. But the curious thing about Erin Montgomery is that, like most bullies, she's mean for a reason. No one has ever been there for her long term. She's not used to kindness or permanence, so nothing unnerves her more than when someone is kind to her and impossible to push away. Giovanni's just that annoying, which is why they never got along. Erin's not huggable. She's certainly not easy. And she'll never be like other girls. But for some crazy reason, he can't stop pushing her buttons and that pushes them into some heated and uncharted territory.