Last excerpt from my upcoming novel
May 14, 2023 2:11 pm
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Don't Miss the Last EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT from THE GROUPIE
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Today I'm sharing the LAST EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT from The Groupie! Release Day is next week.
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ALSO, another serving of Today's Sizzling Snippet
🔥🔥🔥 'adult audience only' 🔥🔥🔥excerpt from THE PUCK BUNNY.
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At SQ's House
This week I didn't have a lot of spare time because I've been writing up a storm. But I did manage to find time to watch the NBA playoffs. Go Celtics! We're still in it--
In the meantime, whenever I'm up against a writing deadline, housework goes out the window. âžśâžśâžśâžś
Also my diet, and even exercise, gets shoved off my to do list. geesh. Sure sounds like writing can be bad for your health!
Or maybe I need to stop procrastinating so my writing deadlines aren't
so crazy... đź’ś
Anyone else have a procrastination problem?
Please do share!
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WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT!
🔥🔥Today's Sizzling Snippet 🔥🔥
from THE PUCK BUNNY
Sara Bellagamba
I almost protest until I realize where he’s going. “I’m so hot for you,” I say, breathless. I stare into his eyes as his hand stops at my waist and he stares back. “Don’t stop. Please.” I trace his lips with my tongue.
His eyes dilate to all black and he takes a shaky breath. “You really know how to make a guy forget about… whatever reason why I was supposed to leave you alone.”
“No reason. Two consenting adults. Very attracted and hot and—”
“And one very sexy, if talkative, young woman.” His mouth closes in on mine like he’s starved for oxygen and my breath is his air supply. Then he sucks my lower lip into his mouth and a flash of stars appears as I squirm with a needy moan.
“I want you… to give me… an orgasm… so much.” I’m panting more than talking and pushing my hips toward him.
“How much?” He slides his hand between my legs.
Thank God for the short skirt. I moan as his strong fingers find the V at the top of my thighs—only problem is, they’re stopped by my indestructible tights.
He nibbles my ear. “I can feel you burning up.”
He presses his thumb against my swollen pussy right through the tights as if they were invisible and, damn, I scream.
“Jesus, you’re so sexy, so responsive, and so fucking wet. I bet you’re dripping inside—”
“Take them off. We need to take my clothes off. Yours, too.” Do I sound desperate or sexy? It doesn’t matter. I’m that desperate that I don’t even really care.
I reach for his crotch. Jackpot; he’s as big and hard as a baseball bat.
He jolts like I’ve shocked him. “Jesus. Don’t get too playful or I might lose it,” he grits out through a clenched jaw. But he hasn’t stopped cupping my pussy.
I press into him. “I think we should go to the bedroom. And undress.”
“You’ve convinced me you’re serious about this,” he says.
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NAME THAT CHARACTER CONTEST!
THE BIG PUCK
THE HERO: Help me name the grumpy hockey hunk who coaches the new Portland Whalers expansion team and Hero of THE BIG PUCK.
THE HEROINE: Also, I need help naming the heroine, sunshiny younger sister of one of the players and nanny to the hero's inherited baby girl.
THE PRIZE: Acknowledgment in THE BIG PUCK and a $5 Amazon Gift Card
THE DEADLINE: MAY 27th
ENTER HERE
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EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT #4:
THE GROUPIE - a hockey rom-com
ZAK
“l’ll call him now.” I stand and grab my phone.
Before I have a chance to call Jett, it rings. I check the caller. “Fuck.”
“Who is it?”
“Candice Montgomery, the woman who crowned me Bachelor of the Year for Boston Magazine and fucking thorn in my side.”
Rylee laughs. Relief floods me because this is the first time I’ve heard her laugh in too long.
“I didn’t figure you for a wimp, big boy.” Challenge lights her face prompting me to hit the green button to talk to the one woman I never wanted to talk to again. I stand and hold Rylee’s stare as I speak.
“Hello Candice.”
“Great news, Zak!”
“I doubt it.”
“Now don’t be that way. I spoke to Ms. Delaney, the Brawlers—”
“I know who she is.” All my muscles tighten as if in preparation for a kick to the balls, because if there’s one thing Delaney is known for, it’s being a ball buster.
“She loves the idea of a follow-up article that follows you on a date with your new someone special. We’ll include a video for the on-line magazine and social media, too of course. That was Delaney’s idea.”
“Of course it was.” Is it possible to feel your blood pressure rising?
“What do you think?”
“You know what I think.”
“No, really—tell me.”
I’m watching Rylee watch me as she listens. Her eyebrows lift, curiosity in those sensational eyes of hers. She licks her lips and I lose my train of thought, distracted for a second as my gaze wanders from her mouth and slides over her naked breasts…
“Zak? You there?”
My attention snaps back to the phone. “You know I don’t want my personal life out there, that I never wanted my love life put up for speculation by the world at large.” It’s bad enough when my mom and sisters bug me about my bachelorhood, never mind every woman on the street who’s read the magazine--not to mention how the whole B.O.Y. thing has given my teammates an excuse to taunt me relentlessly.
“Oh don’t worry about that. You’re so sensitive. It’s just one night. Besides, it’s been approved by the Brawlers and all we need to do is determine who will join you on your date. That’s up to you of course, but I think Rylee Flynn would be perfect.”
“No.”
“Then who?”
“Sheila Brown”
“Have it your way. I’ll let you know when and where.”
I end the call and meet Rylee’s stare. Those damn eyes make my heart stutter. What else is new?
“I heard my name mentioned. Thank you for rejecting me.” She gives me an ironic smirk. “You’re going on a date with Sheila?”
“I had no choice. It’s not a real date. It’s nothing—”
She snort-laughs. “Don’t worry about it.”
“We said while we were together we would own each other.”
“True. But I’m aware you could change your mind at any minute. Especially with all the women you have throwing themselves at you.”
“Like who? I’ve been with you every spare minute I have.”
She smiles. “Maybe I own you for now. But I’m not forgetting that it’s temporary.” She focuses her amazing eyes on me and I nearly stop breathing. “Are you?”
I swallow hard and give a reluctant shake of my head. Fuck. I haven’t forgotten that we’re temporary because the knowledge has been permanently branded in a dark corner of my mind lurking, making me uneasy. Because the truth is, I dread our expiration date.
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Release Date: JULY, 2023
The BIG Puck - a single dad hockey romance
Portsmouth Whalers: a hockey romance series
Sometimes you gotta just suck it up and put up with a girl--or two--who drive you crazy...
The good news is I was recently named head coach of the Portsmouth Whalers.
The youngest coach in the NHL for the newest expansion team.
The bad news is I found out my half-brother recently committed suicide and left me with a mountain of debt—and his baby daughter.
My Aunt Hildie promises to come live with me in to help me take care of the little bundle, but not until after her hip surgery heals.
So I show up on the first day of practice with a stroller full of trouble.
Lucky for me--and luckier for the kid--the sister of one of my players is there, and she offers to help me out.
It’s only for a month. What could go wrong?
She’s laid-back.and I'm an in-charge type.
(Read: I'm grumpy and she's sunshine.)
She loves kids and I don’t know what to do with the little girl.
She teaches me.
My girlfriend objects…
(Warning: Adult language and sexual content.)
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The Do-Over Girl - a hockey rom-com
Find out in this hilarious non-time-traveling take on 17 Again meets Welcome Back Kotter set at an exclusive prep school and featuring a former cheerleader turned teacher and ex-hockey player turned coach.
This story is for all of us who have regrets about that high school sweetheart we lost when he disappeared into his new life after graduation. We went our separate ways because we were too young and foolish to know back then what a good thing we had...
This story is the antidote to the cynical maxim that says you can never go back. She proves them all wrong when she goes back and erases all her regrets, turning them into star dust, spun gold, flying unicorns and a big fat happy ever after. Laugh, cry and get a zing of sizzling excitement when you read this story!
The Do-Over Girl is a Boston Brawlers spin-off and part of the Some Girls Like It Cold Series.
(Warning: contains language and sex for a mature audience.)
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Coming later in 2023...
A player goes out for a one-night stand with a woman and connects with her.
But she disappears before the morning.
She stays on his mind but he doesn't expect to ever see her again.
Until he goes home for Christmas to his grandma's in Boston.
And there she is. She's his grandma's caretaker.
With so many unanswered questions, he doesn't trust his attraction to the mystery girl--no matter how much his d*ck disagrees.
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Stephanie Queen’s Featured Authors
Pulling the Goalie - Lasairiona McMater
Can the girl who hides in the shadows date a guy who chases the spotlight?
Eloise:
Ares de la Peña: VIP hockey goalie, stripper, bisexual playboy.
He lives for the limelight. He’s everything I should avoid, yet I’m drawn to him in ways I don’t understand. As our worlds collide, I discover he’s more than just the flashy heir to a billion dollar fortune. I’ll never fit into his world. But I want to.
Ares:
What is it about this girl? She hides her scars behind her bright hair, quirky clothing, and striking lipstick, but I see her. She’s the calm that quiets my demons, while running from her own. My reputation precedes me, which is usually a good thing, but in this case her preconceived notions about me aren’t working in my favor.
How can I make her see that what we have is far more than skin deep?
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