Never Date the Minister has been a FANTASTIC hit! It debuted in the top-10 bestsellers on Nook, and readers are loving it, so THANK YOU! If you haven’t grabbed your copy yet, do it now, because the price goes up soon:
You might be wondering what’s next. Well…
Christmas Laughbox
I am going to have a "Christmas Laughbox" coming in December, with an all-new Christmas-themed novella featuring Luke and Kylie, called Love You Christmas.
Like the other Laughbox boxed sets, you'll get "oldies" around the same theme (so my existing holiday/Christmas books will be in the boxed set, plus the new novella), but I have to tell you the cool story of HOW I started writing my holiday-themed new novella.
It began with Terry and Carol from my Shopping series.
I thought it would be adorable to give them a holiday-themed novella, to "kick off" their relationship. SO MANY readers want Carol and Terry's book(s).
So I started. And about 5,000 words in, I realized I wasn't writing a Christmas novella.
I was writing part of their ACTUAL first book.
A book I already have the cover for. ;) You get a peek at the title right here.
So I regrouped. I set their story aside (boo! hiss! I know, I know...) because I had to rethink everything. I've already written the opening of Terry and Carol's first book. Now I have 5,000 additional words with two HILARIOUS scenes that easily fit into the larger narrative of their story arc.
There will be TWO Terry and Carol books. I know how book 1 ends. I know how book 2 ends, too.
I went back to the drawing board and Luke Luview came to mind, answering a call at Love You Harder, the town's adult bookstore and unofficial brothel, with shots fired, and Santa the victim.
And then I just started writing. You get "Love You Christmas" inside The Christmas Laughbox, an all-new novella set in "Love You, Maine" - with a ton of heartfelt fun in it.
The Christmas Laughbox releases on December 10, 2024. It has a special pre-order price of just $2.99 (or currency equivalent), so grab it now before it goes up to 9.99.
You’ll LOVE Luke and Kylie’s story. It involves Luke’s not-so-secret peppermint chocolate heart addition and Kylie’s positive pregnancy test! Available in eBook only.
As for Terry and Carol’s book, it’s coming along (obviously). As I’ve said before - lately (meaning, uh, the last 4-5 years…) I write whatever the muse tells me to write, and the muse ain’t exactly… organized.
I’ve started Hamish and Amy’s next book, too, and have a lot of Meli Raine rom suspense going, too. Apparently, I write what I write when I write it, so it all surprises me, too LOL.
The good news: I’m back to writing a lot more, which makes me SO HAPPY. You readers are getting more books from me, and I’m getting more joy from what I do best: write.
One Night (Hand) Stand
I’m busy uploading audiobook files for One Night (Hand) Stand right now. The book is narrated by the extraordinary combo of Shane East (yes, the hero is English) and Samantha Brentmoor. I’ve worked with Shane before (he’s the voice of Hamish), but Samantha is new to me, and she blew me out of the water. I can’t wait for you all to listen to this audiobook when it releases.
As soon as the pre-order is ready on Audible, I’ll let you know. In the meantime, pre-order the eBook:
Who accidentally has a one-night stand with her yoga instructor?
Yep. Me.
How did I accidentally sleep with someone, right? I know what you’re thinking. Whoops! I slipped and inadvertently inserted Tab A into Slot B.
That’s not quite how it went.
But my yoga instructor is really, really skilled with Tab A, if you know what I mean.
Slot B never had it so good.
What am I supposed to do now, as I walk into my yoga class and find the guy I ghosted this morning… there, in front of the class, perfectly aligned and grinning at me like he remembers touching all my chakras.
He's perfect. Too perfect. He's so perfect he's ruining my job.
I'm an investigative reporter, working on spec for an article for a national magazine, and my job is to find all the ways this yoga chain is corrupt.
The only thing criminal here is that I can't have him in Slot B ever again. And I would. I'd turn myself into a paper doll book if that's what it took for more of that action.
I want him. He wants me. Nothing I do will make him back off because the chemistry is off the charts.
Except for one pesky little thing:
We’re at cross-purposes.
I need my exposé to get the job of my dreams. He needs to sell his stake in the yoga chain before I expose the corrupt current owner.
That makes him my enemy. My nemesis. The guy I have to get around to get ahead.
And now we’re supposed to hate each other.
But who ever let that get in the way of love?
Fre3 eBooks from Author Friends
It’s that time again - cool, “no cost” eBooks for you to test drive new authors. This month it’s:
Loved You Once, by Claudia Burgoa
and
Kennedy Ryan’s book, My Soul to Keep:
And what else is next?
Meli Raine is getting some love, too. I know it’s taken me far too long to finish the Bloodline series, but Cam and Paigelynn are slowly working their way toward their “happily ever after,” too. I just have to torment them a bit more. ;P
Stay tuned.
Can't wait. Everything that can be pre ordered is 💖