Okay, so being a bit of a nerd, a lover of books and always willing to at least listen to advice from others... I thought I'd see what books on step-parenting are out there and if any of them looked interesting and/or helpful*.

I have the Kindle app for my iPhone, so I was dicking about on Amazon, looking for those nice free sample chapters that I can peruse at my leisure to see if a book seems interesting or something I wouldn't mind paying for or at the very least borrowing from the library**.

So I search the Kindle store for the simple term 'stepmother' ... here are the results I received in order. You don't actually get to a "normal" self-help type book until result number ten!

• The Stepmother's Sinfully Sexy Surprise  
• The Young Step-Mother
• The Stepmothers Sins
• My Stepmother's Surprise Seduction - An Erotic Novella
• Taboo: Step-Mother's Desperate Measures  
• The Ambitious Stepmother
• The Stepmother Gangbang
• The Wicked Stepmother: A Novel of Erotic Discovery
• The Spanking Stepmother 

Now, it's not that I'm not ambitious or young ..because I totally am. 

But I'm not really all that sinful or desperate or taboo or wicked or even one who likes to spank. Oh and I never ever plan surprise seductions because most days the only way I get to seductive is usually by accident (see first sentence in which I mention being a dork).

Blergh - unhelpful and it, worse still, it completely put me off my lunch. 

Amazon totally owes me £2.35.

*I should state for the record that currently I think I'm totally okay as a step-parent and am really enjoying our lovely blended family. But I figure it can't hurt to know more than I may ever need. Knowledge is power.

**I love how I said that like I go to the library all the time and am a library patron in good standing. We all know the truth, right? I took out a book on the 4th of January and it hasn't quite made its way back yet. I'm going to burn in book hell, I just know it.

***And yes, I know that's not the most flattering photo. Duh. I was emoting, people.