LATEST NEWS & UPDATE:

Happy New Year, Cliterature lovers!

2023 was a mixed bag for me, so I hope 2024 is better. I'm determined to grab 2024 by its horns and make it my bitch. Or, at the very least, refuse to let it make me be its bitch.

Who's with me?

You're going to be hearing from me every Thursday in January - I know, I know, to some of y'all it might seem like overkill but I promise each newsletter will come bearing fruit that you guys don't want to miss!

First up, I wanted to give you all a quick rundown of my high-level plans for this year. I don't have everything set in stone for the whole year, but I have at least the first few books and a few signings lined up that I wanted to share.

Also - my friend Tracie who writes Billionaire romance has a freebie that I've shared at the bottom of this email - so don't miss THAT!

Book four in my current hockey romance series, Lighting the Lamp comes out in just a few short weeks. For those of you who haven't yet heard about it, here's a quick run down of the blurb, tropes, and all the ooey gooey stuff I know you love - the cover(s) will follow next week, and I can't wait for y'all to see just how delicious this book is.

Main Tropes:

College Hockey romance

Amnesia/Memory Loss

Secret Baby

Second Chance Romance

Other points to note:

Gone for her

FMC hates hockey players

No 3rd act break up

Reconciliation of Family

Wears his number

Miscommunication and Misunderstanding

Child brings them together

FMC likes giving bl0wj0bs

Golden retriever/Cinnamon roll

MMC speaks ASL

Blurb:

The night she’ll never forget is the night he can’t remember.

Tori

How dare he act like we’ve never met?

I thought we connected, but after a steamy one night stand, the hockey hot shot ghosted me, leaving me with nothing but wounded pride and two pink lines on a stick. And not the hockey kind.

Well, not this time, bud. You fooled me once, and I’m never giving you a second chance to fool me again.

We don’t need you.

Raffi

She’s not a forgettable woman, so why does she insist she knows me?

One look at her son and it hits me like a slap shot to the chest. The resemblance is undeniable.

How can I convince the mother of my child to let me be part of their lives, when I don’t even remember her?

Under my Lasairiona Lewis penname, book two in my Protocol series, Obey, will be releasing May 2nd.

Book five in my Raccoon's series, Penelope and Tate's story, Dropping the Mitts is slated to release June 13th. I know some of y'all were expecting Artemis next, but I go where they tell me to, and they told me to go here!

For Christmas in July, I'm bringing an all singing, all dancing Christmas novella that I started last week when I should have been writing other books. Because that's just how these fuckers work. LOL! Snowflakes and Slapshots proves to be a LOT of fun!!

For something a little closer to actual Christmas, November 7th will bring Home for the Hockey-Days. This was formerly published in a Christmas anthology in December 2023 as Poke Check and is the story of Rowan and August, but it'll be expanded with new content and is up for preorder for the special price of only 99c!

To close out the year, book 3 in my Protocol series, Resist, will drop on December 5th.

Phew. Yeah. It's a lot. But it should be a fun year. (Famous last words!)

If you're in the UK - I have some bonus great news. I'm going to be doing a few author signings across England in the second half of 2024, and I can't wait!

Authors at the Armouries, June 8th

The British Book Bash, 6th July

Authors Behind Bars, November 9th

I'm also on the books to do a signing in Iowa - the home of my current series, the Cedar Rapids Raccoons. To say I'm excited to be visiting the midwest again is an understatement!

For those of you who dig subscription based models, come along and join me over in Club Protocol - I'm hoping to expand this into my hockey pen name during this year, but for now it's limited to Lasairiona Lewis. For early access to works in progress, exclusive works, first looks, voting powers and a whole lotta me, you can check me out right here. If you click the follow button you'll get access to chapter one in my upcoming book, Obey, and in a couple weeks I'll be doing a subscription giveaway to my followers - so click follow ;)

2024 is going to be a great one, I can feel it in my author bones. The books are already cooking, the covers are in progress, and I hope you guys are going to LOVE them throughout the year.

I'll be back next week with a chapter one teaser of Raffi and Tori's story - I really can't wait for you guys to read their love book in just a few weeks.

Until next time,

Have you joined my reader group yet? If not, then head over to: Margaritas, Men and Mischief with Lasairiona. As the name suggests, it's a place for my readers to chat about all things romance - with a healthy dose of sarcasm, sharp wit, conversations comprised entirely of GIFs, sneak peeks, giveaways and a plethora of memes. It's one of my absolute favorite places on the internet and I'm really enjoying getting to know readers that bit better over there. Don't be shy - we don't bite... much! Come on over!

Justin

I thought I’d left my past in Minnesota when I moved to Iowa, but it was right there waiting for me.

Long blonde hair, curves in all the right places, and a death glare that hits harder than a slap shot to the solar plexus. On the ice, I’m a pro at blocking shots, but Savannah Bowen has slipped behind all my defenses and made a home in my heart.

I had no intention of revisiting the past, but when she’s damn near everywhere I go, I’m a goner.

Savannah

Hell freakin’ no.

It doesn’t matter that Justin Ashe is seven feet tall and sexy as sin, or that I’ve had a crush on him for years. He cheated on my best friend in high school, and that makes him off limits.

I can’t be with him, but damn, it’s impossible to stay away from him. Girl Code says uteruses before duderuses.

He’s supposed to be my enemy, but the more I see of him, the blurrier the lines get.

Welcome to UCR hockey, where fierce AF heroines and hot as puck heroes find their hockey ever afters. If you pucking love college hockey romance series, you’ll adore UCR Raccoons hockey.

FREEZING THE PUCK is a delicious slow burn, enemies-to-lovers, ovaries before brovaries sports romance. This interconnected full-length stand-alone is the first in a new series with no cheating or cliffhangers and has a guaranteed happily-ever-after.

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.