Hey there, fellow sufferer of fictional feelings I did not ask for,
Real quick story.
Last week I was trying to explain second chance romance to Mr. Mav. Why we love it. Why it hits different. Why the "he came back" moment makes grown adults put a book down and stare at the ceiling.
He listened. Nodded. Then said, "So it's basically just people being bad at timing?"
I stared at him.
"...yes," I said. "That is exactly what it is. You've cracked the code."
He looked very pleased with himself. I did not tell him it took romance authors decades to make "bad timing" feel like that. Some things you just let people have.
ANYWAY. This month's Heartthrob of the Month pick is giving me all of that and then some, and I need you to have it immediately.
π TLDR β here's what's happening
- π Lucky Twist by C.L. Strickland β this month's Heartthrob of the Month feature and it is FREE. Grab it now.
- π Claimed by the Captain β headed to retailers and Kindle Unlimited soon. Missed the freebie? Hit reply. I've got you.
- π₯ Hotshot preorder β Jack Henderson is a problem. Details below.
π THIS MONTH'S HEARTTHROB PICK
Gabriel Torres was her best friend until the night he disappeared.
Fourteen years old, taken from their trailer park, dropped into a world of money and manicured lawns. He promised they'd always choose each other.
He never came back.
Instead he became football's golden story β the kid who clawed his way out and made it big. She watched from a distance. Pretended it didn't hurt. Got very good at both.
Then one brutal injury ended his career and sent him running home.
He's back. Guarded. Won't talk about the night he left. Won't look at her without that edge.
And then one masked night in a haunted house changes everything.
He came back broken. She can see every fracture. And this time she is not letting him use her as an escape.
Lucky Twist by C.L. Strickland is childhood friends to second chance, slow burn, emotionally gutting in the best possible way β and it is free this month as our Heartthrob of the Month feature.
β‘ Join the Heartthrob of the Month Book Club: facebook.com/groups/htotmbookclubβ
β‘ Grab your free copy of Lucky Twist: bookhip.com/NDSNQJZβ
π ALSO β CLAIMED IS HEADING TO RETAILERS
If you missed the free window for Claimed by the Captain, first of all β I did warn you, multiple times, with increasing urgency. I have receipts.
But! I am not here to make you feel bad. I am here to help.
Claimed is headed into Kindle Unlimited and up on retailers very soon, which means the free window through the book club is closing. If you missed it and want a BookFunnel link before it goes live, hit reply and I will sort you out.
No judgment. Well. Minimal judgment.
Kian and Jules are too good to miss. That's just a fact.
π₯ REAL QUICK, ABOUT JACK HENDERSON
He's charming. She's immune. They have history she'd very much like to forget now that she's his doctor.
That's the setup. That's the nightmare. That's Hotshot.
Jack "Hotshot" Henderson is the NHL's most celebrated playboy and he would like you to know he is completely fine. Great, actually. Never better. The smile says so.
The smile is lying.
Skylar Noir rebuilt her entire career on being the person who reads what people are hiding and handles it correctly. She has a system. She has boundaries. She has exactly zero interest in Jack Henderson beyond what's in his medical file.
She also has a memory. And so does he.
These two are going to be a problem for each other in the best possible way.
β‘ Preorder Puck & Play 2: Hotshotβ
Still believing in happily ever afters β including the kind where someone finally comes home,
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