Hey there, fellow survivor of things that were not on the schedule,
Last week my house was a disaster zone.
I had a stomach bug. Then the dogs had a stomach bug. Then I was googling "can humans give dogs stomach bugs" at 2am while cleaning up something I refuse to describe in detail, and the answer is apparently yes, possibly, maybe, nobody is sure, here's how to worm ten dogs just to be safe.
So that's what I did. All ten of them. You're welcome, Moo. You're welcome, Wookiee. You're welcome, every single one of you ungrateful fuzzy chaos agents who made my week a biohazard situation.
We are all fine now. Probably. I'm choosing optimism.
Meanwhile, as I type this, my 16 year old is in his bedroom playing video games and performing what I can only describe as a one-man concert for an audience of zero. Full commitment. Completely wrong notes. Absolutely no ragrets.
I respect it honestly. That's just being a writer but louder.
ANYWAY. Two things I need you to know about immediately.
π TLDR:
π HOTSHOT IS OUT IN THE WORLD
Jack "Hotshot" Henderson and Skylar Noir are officially live and I am not okay about it in the best possible way.
He performs for forty thousand people. He only comes undone for one.
She came to Orlando to rebuild her career, not fall into bed with the one man who could cost her everything. So she did the sensible thing. She drafted a contract. Strictly physical. Strictly temporary.
He signed it and smiled like he already knew she'd lose.
Reverse grumpy sunshine. Icy heroine, golden-boy captain who falls first and falls filthy. Instant heat, a forbidden doctor-patient line, and one contract neither of them can keep.
If you preordered β it's on your device right now. Go read it. Then come back and tell me things. ALSO! Bonus chapter coming soooonnnn...
If you haven't grabbed it yet β the button is right there.
β‘ Grab Puck & Play 2: Hotshotβ
And if you've read it and loved it β a review would genuinely make my entire week. Two sentences. That's all.
βΎ NOW. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT AGNES.
Agnes promised herself one thing: no athletes. Ever.
The daughter of a hockey player as famous for his philandering as his skill on the ice, she learned early that men like that cannot be trusted. Hard rule. Non-negotiable. She has kept this rule for years.
And then she meets Nolan.
Hot. Younger. A Triple A team pitcher who has decided β with the kind of intense, patient, strategic focus he applies to his entire baseball career β that Agnes is exactly who he wants.
She thinks his sport is ridiculous. She's a little prickly. She is absolutely ready to run the other way.
He is not deterred. Not even a little.
Extra Innings by Rose Bak is part of the Boozy Book Club series β steamy standalones featuring couples in their forties and fifties, a nosy group of book club friends, humor, and HEAs that prove love has absolutely no expiration date.
A woman with walls built for good reason. A man with patience built for exactly this.
β‘ Grab Extra Innings: books2read.com/ExtraInningsβ
π NEW MONTH. NEW BOOK.
New month, new Heartthrob of the Month pick β and this one is going to wreck you.
Dr. Hudson Langley risked his life to pull a Navy SEAL out of a fiery hell. His body made it out. His spirit is a different story.
All he wants is home and a fishing pole. What he gets instead is a skittish, secretive woman connected to his grandfather's murder β and the unwelcome realization that protecting her and keeping his heart intact might be two things he can't do at the same time.
Tessa McVie was raised by a conman. She learned to steal before she could walk. She knows exactly what she is and exactly what she doesn't deserve β and Hudson Langley, with his orders and his stubborn protectiveness and his infuriating ability to see straight through her, is at the top of that list.
She should leave. She knows she should leave. Leaving has never been this hard.
Too Broken to Love by Kristie Wolf is angsty, emotional, slow burn romantic suspense with a damaged hero and a heroine carrying sins that aren't hers to carry. I am already not okay about it.
It is free this month as our Heartthrob of the Month pick.
β‘ Grab your free copy: dl.bookfunnel.com/hebbveobhfβ
β‘ Join the book club: facebook.com/groups/htotmbookclubβ
Still believing in happily ever afters β at every age, in every decade, even the ones that start with stomach bugs,
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