Howdy y'all!

I bet you thought you weren't hearing from me today, eh? It was a busy day. It's my friend's birthday today and my husband's tomorrow so I was baking cakes (plural) and I just got home from a chest X-ray (TB screening because we lived in India.)

I have the bestest, most feel good story of the entire pandemic right here for your enjoyment...

Two weeks ago, my best friend in the entire world landed on my doorstep in Northern Ireland, from Iowa. I hadn't seen her in four years, and in our seventeen year friendship, that was the longest we'd ever gone without seeing each other in-the-flesh. It has been pretty hellish. But she (a mother of a medically complex heart warrior and wearer of many hats) flew across the entire world, in a pandemic, to spend a week with me here in Ireland and I can't begin to tell you how good it was for both of us.

I had ZERO idea that she was coming. She schemed with my husband and another friend - Amy - to make it happen. Amy took time off work to take care of my 'nephew' AJ, and my husband told me he was going to a work meeting when he was really going to pick her up (even put on a dress shirt for 'work' before he went to the airport and EVERYTHING.)

Guys, I stared at her in stunned silence before I threw my arms around her and wept.

She brought with her a 50lb suitcase of stuff from the US for me. I'd sent a few things to her house (I tend to send shopping to her place and collect it when I go visit,) she brought boxes from Amy, snacks, supplies, and matching GOLDEN GIRL PJ BOTTOMS - so obviously we had to watch Golden Girls!!

We went to Dublin for the weekend, had craft gin in a gay bar where we accidentally joined a dog's birthday party (that's going in a book), we ate pizza while walking through the magical city of Dublin and it almost felt... normal.

It was the best week, in the worst of times. It did my soul good to hang out with her at a hockey game, talk to her into the wee hours, get matching tattoos and play Mario Kart with her and my kid.

So here's your PSA - when was the last time you talked to your best friend? Is it time to pick up the phone? Since she's returned home we've watched a movie together, and this weekend we're slated for a family Mario Kart session across the miles. Honestly, y'all... my heart <3

Anyways, I have stuff to share!! Yes, yes, I do! For those of you who love Jeremy and the gang from my earlier series - hold up. This is for you. Yes, you! Some of you may remember the Hellcats anthology I was a part of a while back, well, we did a 'sequel'.

It's a charity anthology to raise money to keep an old lady in her home. The stories are all about DOGS this time - and I threw a short story about Jeremy and Chelsea Dog-sitting while Lisa, AJ and the kids went on vacay. It's a great collection of stories for a good cause.

Last but not least, for those of you waiting for Austin's story in the Snow Pirates series - you're going to wanna click here. It's coming in early April and I have to say... he might be my favorite. I'm very excited about this book!!!

After Austin, Will will be released in June - for those of you asking if he'll get a book, he will. Anyway, I'm off to decompress with an episode of Teen Wolf - my current guilty pleasure - before hitting the hay. 5am comes around quickly!

Until next time,

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Two for Interference

Bookish. Bold. Beautiful. And entirely out of his league.

On paper, all-American boy next door, Lincoln Scott, has it all. But behind his slap shots, straight-A report card, and easy going charm, Linc hides a secret only his best friend knows.

When he attempts to return a misplaced bra, a wrong number gets him way more than the hook-up he bargained for. No one has ever looked beyond the star hockey player, until the mysterious woman he can’t stop texting sees him for who he really is.

Does Linc have the skills off the ice to keep up with her? Will he follow in his father’s footsteps? Or will he step out from the shadows and chase his dreams?

If you’re pucking obsessed with Helena Hunting, Pippa Grant, and Elle Kennedy, you’ll love this hilarious, hot-as-puck, secret identity, opposites attract, curvy girl sports romance. Two for Interference is a full length standalone with no cheating, cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.

Welcome to the Minnesota Snow Pirates, where skilled and sexy mother puckers’ lives get turned upside down by strong and badass heroines. Curl up with your next book boyfriend today.

Intimate Strangers

Is there such a thing as too perfect?

Lisa Millar wasn’t supposed to fall in love with a guy on the Internet. But she did. Other than living over five thousand miles away in America, AJ Williams is seemingly her perfect match. Strikingly handsome, musically talented, plays hockey and has a typical college-guy life. In a moment of carpe diem, Lisa flies from Ireland to Alabama to surprise her internet-beau and finds herself face to face with an inconceivable reality that she couldn’t possibly have prepared for. How well can you truly know someone you meet online?

Will true love win out, or will AJ’s secret life be too much for Lisa to bear?

Game Changer

AJ Williams wasn’t supposed to fall in love with a girl on the internet. But he did.

Other than living over five thousand miles away in Northern Ireland, Lisa Millar is seemingly his perfect match. AJ can’t quite believe his luck, not only is she beautiful, but she has an appreciation for both music and hockey - two of his favorite things.

Surprised by Lisa turning up unannounced in Alabama, AJ is under pressure to deal with the issue at hand.

Should he risk losing her, come clean and tell her the truth?

Or should he try to keep his secret under wraps?

Will true love win out? Or will AJ’s secret be too much for Lisa to bear?

Four Letter Feelings

Jeremy Lewis has just returned from a year in Europe, ready to start college in Alabama and pursue his dream career in the National Hockey League. Other than boring school work, he’s eager to play hockey, hang out with his new teammates and maybe even rekindle an old flame when Chelsea Davis unexpectedly reappears in his life.

Life is looking pretty darn peachy.

But when his world is turned upside down by a tragic loss, merely surviving each day feels like an achievement. How can he get through college and keep his budding career on track when all he wants to do is drink and squander his parent’s fortune? Can he convince Chelsea he’s a changed man when he seems so intent on his own destruction?