💞I want to know what love is
Aug 30, 2021 3:00 am
Isn't that the hardest thing to know for sure when you're just falling, to get to that essence, that moment when you know?
💞Hello my romantic reader friends!
First love is so romantic! It's also the most angsty, confusing and heart-wrenching of all. Maybe that's why I enjoy writing about those new adults and college students discovering their first true love against all odds--mostly working against their own demons.
What happens when a college football star falls unexpectedly for a coach, a woman on the other side of the dividing line between students and staff, an uncrossable line and most forbidden love?
This is the story I explore in my Kindle Vella serial, I Want To Know What Love Is🏈
At SQ's House -
The guys at our local donation center are becoming my BFFs. Not joking. We were chatting about my license plate the other day as they helped me unload my trunk for the third day in a row.
BTW, my license plate is SQUEEN. You all know what it means.
I had to explain to the donation center guy that SQUEEN stood for my pen name.
The guy, who turned out to be a smart-mouth, said, "I'm glad it's not for your stage name!" I laughed. But in my head, I thought if he ever read my books he may change his mind about a stage name being racier than a pen name.
Let's keep that between you and me. 💞
What Am I Reading? This week I'm listening to The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein about a dog and his race car driver owner for book club.
How about you? Anything different this week?
If you need recs for new reads, make sure you check out the romance reading features at the bottom!
Something to Think About
The Lure of the Single Dad Romance
I'm not sure what it is about a single dad romance that has readers attracted in droves, but the trend is picking up according to the word on the author-street.
As one reader put it, " It's usually pretty funny watching a man do all the stuff a baby needs."
Maybe it's all about the vulnerability of a dad with his baby, bringing out his emotions and protective instincts like nothing else.
Do you have any single dad romances on your bookshelf? If so, what is it about this trope that draws you in?
In the meantime, if you love single daddies falling in love, you might want to pre-order He Has a Baby - a Single Dad Hockey Romance where hockey star Rafe is left with a 6-month-old baby and his nanny quit his first day in town with a new team--the Boston Brawlers.
What You Get in This Newsletter:
➜➜ Something to Think About: The Lure of the Single Dad
➜➜ SQ's Special Feature Book: Playing for Keeps on sale soon!
➜➜ Featured REVIEW: Beachcomber Investigations Complete Set!
➜➜ Exclusive Excerpt #2 - Notorious Man on Campus
➜➜ Book Fairs featuring sizzling romance!
➜➜ Special Featured Authors!
➜➜ My endless appreciation for your support 💞
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✍️My Writing Progress
2021 so far: 341,729 words, 4.1 Novels, 1 Novella
2021 Goal: 515,000 words, 7 Novels, 1 Novella
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Stephanie Queen Special Feature!
An Enemies to Lovers Football Romance
Tate hates sports reporters. He hasn't gotten over a bad experience with unscrupulous media when he was in high school.
Chloe Smith is a ruthlessly ambitious sports reporter. She needs to succeed to fill her late legendary sports reporter daddy's big shoes.
What happens when Tate and Chloe clash while she covers the Boston Militia football team?
Find out in Playing for Keeps.
ON SALE TOMORROW
for a limited time!
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Featured Review: Beachcomber Investigations Complete Set: Books 1-12
✯✯✯✯✯"I loved this series! I loved the development of Dane and Shana's relationship throughout the series. Instead of a boring monotone relationship which is not very realistic, we get to see them when things are great between them and when things are so bad they wonder why they are even together. Kind of like real life relationships! Mix that in with the suspense that comes with their investigations and you have a winner."
--Terri Echols, Amazon Reviewer
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Excerpt #2 Notorious Man on Campus
A broken boy faces his worst nightmare, his enemy, an irresistible forbidden girl.
Brick
Surprise smacks me in the gut though I keep my mouth shut and my eyes in their sockets when I open my bedroom door to see Majik standing on the threshold. My automatic response is WTF? Instead, I hold that thought and step aside to let her in and then close the door immediately. As much as I can control my facial expression or lack thereof, I can’t control the irate thudding of my heart.
Fuck. I’m in trouble. I don’t know how she knows about last night, but she knows. Chill, she can’t throw you out. All she can do is quit. Double fuck.
“What brings you to my room so early in the morning?” Or any time. I force myself to sound like I’m talking to the pizza delivery boy, no one important, not to the one woman I’ve come closest to regarding as trustworthy and solid in my life. I resist thinking of Majik as a mother figure, but after three years of her looking after me, who am I kidding?
“Relax. I knew you’d break the rule. I’m not a fucking idiot. I can see there’s something between you and Nyla.” Majik stands stock still in my room, looking around. Who knows what she’s thinking? I let out my breath slowly, but my heart rate remains elevated waiting for the other shoe to drop, waiting to hear the reason for her visit.
She’s wrong if she thinks there’s something good between me and Nyla, if she’s thinking we’re hooking up, but the last thing I want to admit is that I consider her protégé my worst enemy.
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Steamy Romance Reads for You! 💞
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Featured Authors
Ella Cooper
Cowboys Ranch City Box Set
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Taylor Lee
JAKE: The Justice Brothers
•The new Tribal Police Chief, determined to go-it-alone, is as brazen as she is beautiful
•The sophisticated Commander of the DPD, is the acknowledged law enforcement leader in the state--and the one Justice Brother no woman has been able to snare
•The murder of a young Native girl threatens their professional relationship and puts their passionate love affair in the crosshairs
•Together they discover that Justice—like Love-- isn’t always fair or easy.
WARNING: Romance so HOT it singes the pages. HOT, tough, explicit. Not for the faint at heart. Definitely bring a fan!
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Hope you're enjoying your summer as it winds down and taking time for yourself.
Warmest Regards,
