Happy 4th and get ready for a 🔥 burst of college romance for the ages: The Cheerleader!

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Hello !

For all of you in the U.S.A., I hope you had a great 4th of July weekend. We had plenty of fireworks here! ➜➜➜

If you're like me, then some of your favorite romance stories are college romances with all the angst of the characters dealing with the decisions of a lifetime.

My work in progress, The Cheerleader, deals with these decisions, but in a different time and a different set of problems--the ones we had before the Information Age, cell phones and virtual connections taking the place of personal ones.

Back then, face time meant you could touch the person you were face-to face with, not looking at a phone screen version and it's been eye-opening for me to explore how different things were, to go back in time and take away all the modern day stuff.

Exploring the universal problems back in time, but not too far for a lot of us to remember, is fascinating and adds a complicating layer to writing the story.

Hopefully I don't end up with any gaffs from the 21st century in the finished novel!

In the meantime, here's

Another SURPRISE SNIPPET below! ⬇️⬇️

When and where will THE CHEERLEADER be available?

You'll find it on KICKSTARTER before anywhere else and you'll have a chance to get an ebook at a discount or a signed copy, a special hardcover edition and swag!

Check out the Kickstarter Preview Here!

🔥🔥Also Check Out Today's SIZZLING SNIPPET🔥🔥 from HE HAS GAME BELOW! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

PLUS Check out two awesome sports romance authors and some July romance specials below! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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At SQ's House

We had company this week! One of my UConn buddies from way back, and one of my favorite people in the world.

I wish we could have done more than sit around and eat! But I could at least putter in the kitchen.

Here we are a white ago in our pink coats 💞➜➜➜

We shopped on Nantucket and bought the last two in the store and walked around the island for the Christmas stroll together getting into lots of conversations about our fluffy pinkness!

That's the kind of thing you do with BFFs from back when.

What do you do when you get together with old friends (I mean GOOD friends! LOL!)?

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One of my favorite reviews!

a fake fiancee hockey rom-com

Tricky Puck

"This book was so cute and hot and pretty funny. Great spice from the very beginning!... I can’t wait to read the books before this one in the series”

--L VINE VOICE, Amazon

Let me give a truly heartfelt thank you to all of you who write and post reviews for any of the books you read. It means a great deal to every author I know.

READ NOW ON KU!

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back by popular demand

🔥🔥SIZZLING SNIPPET OF THE WEEK!🔥🔥

from HE HAS GAME

Finn

“No.” she swallows. “Kiss me.” Her whisper is rough and desperate and it ignites me.

I press my mouth against hers, taking it easy and slow. No tongue, no hard pressure, only banked desire and curiosity.

She’s electrifying, tender and sweet and real, with very, very soft, pliable lips, and a shy tongue she knows exactly how to use, darting and caressing, opening me up. I groan as she plays with my tongue like we’ve known each other before. 

Maybe in my dreams. 

With my eyes closed, I picture a different Vivvie. Then I end the kiss and back up, because this is the Vivvie I need to keep at arm’s length and my cock is starting to take notice.

Why hadn’t I noticed the sexy plumpness of her mouth before?

“Sorry,” she says immediately, her blush pretty, her eyes glazed and contradicting her words.

“No you’re not, Vivvie.” I like saying her name, shortening it, making it familiar, my personal version of her. “Let’s not start our relationship out lying to each other. Or to ourselves. It’s bad enough we’re pretending to the rest of the world. The only way this thing is going to work is if we’re totally honest with each other.”

She nods, solemn. “You’re right. The kiss was . . .” She bites her lip and I’m staring too hard at her kiss-swollen mouth.

“Hot,” I say. “The kiss was fucking hot.”

Read More Here!

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Another Snippet from THE CHEERLEADER

Suzie

I glance over my shoulder as Liz and I walk away carrying our giant pom-poms. That boy really is cute. He looks up then and our eyes meet. I stumble to a stop.

I should look away in embarrassment, but I don’t.

He doesn’t either, but he doesn’t smile, so I stop mine.

He holds my stare with dark dangerous looking eyes, like he has something menacing on his mnd. His longish hair falls heavy over his brows. I feel shameless like I’m somehow doing something wrong just looking at him.

Liz’s determined words slip through my conscience… I have my sights set on Bryan Galanti and I plan to do a lot more than look.

But I can’t help staring right back at him, rebelling as long as I can. Until my heart beats so fast my hand comes up to my chest to calm it, but it rises too high in my throat so that I have to swallow it down. 

That’s when I look away with unnecessary violence, enough to feel the heat in my cheeks—and not from the sweltering sunshine.

Great. Now he thinks I’m some dorky shy girl who can’t handle looking at a cute guy without embarrassment.

That’s not who I am. Or I don’t want that to be who I am. It shouldn’t be.

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KICKSTARTER PREVIEW HERE!

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RomantiCONN is Coming!

I'll be signing books on Saturday July 27th and I'd love to see you there!

Trumbull Marriott, Trumbull, CT

Advance Tickets Available through 7/24 HERE!

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More books for your reading pleasure

SQ's Featured Authors

Hockey Romance at Its Best!

Penalty Shot - Laura Marquez Diamond

READ FOR FREE ON KU NOW!

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Fighter's Heart - A. Rivers

I hate everything about MMA bad boy Jase Rawlins, but the biggest promotion of my life depends on me convincing the world he’s reformed.  

After breaking up with my violent ex, I want nothing else to do with professional fighters. Unfortunately, my job as a publicist is on the line unless I can turn my ex’s biggest rival into a media darling. 

Jase’s infuriating attitude pushes all of my buttons, but the more I get to know him, the more I wonder if I’ve gotten him wrong.  

Our chemistry is blazing hot, but if we give in to the attraction, I could lose my job, and Jase could lose his freedom. 

READ FOR FREE!

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For all of you from the U.S.A., I hope your 4th of July was a blast!

Please make time to relax with a book or two this summer whether you're on vacation or not.

In the meantime, I always love hearing from you and would LOVE feedback on my latest snippet from The Cheerleader.. Hit reply and let me know what you think! 💜

Warmest Regards,