This guy might be my favorite
Apr 06, 2025 9:02 pm
Hello ,
I don't know about you, but I'm feeling like this is the time for some belt-tightening. Since it's something that's not always easy to do, I'm going to do my part to help you.
I'm putting three of my Boston Brawlers Hockey Romance books on sale for $.99 all month. So if you haven't read them yet, and you're in the mood for a good happy ending with equal parts trouble, fun and steam along the way, you might want to give them a look.
Check out the details of the Brawlers Hockey Romance Sale below! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
If you'd like an autographed bookplate for one of your books, drop me a line and let me know. I don't have them set up on my store yet (that's another story!) but I'll make arrangements with you.💜
About this guy who might be my favorite—I’m talking about the hero in He Has It All, one of the hockey romance books now available at $.99. Ryan O’Rourke, Boston’s number one bad boy bachelor, is trying to reform his ways.
It’s a story about lovers to enemies to friends to lovers—aka second chance romance or love gone wrong to gone cold to gone hot! Lol!
Speaking of hot, watch out for the photoshoot scene at the beach!
Any way you shake it, I love Ryan. I’ve always loved him best since the minute I created him about 30 or so books ago.💜
He redeems himself bigly and does all the things along the way. His girl Chelsea needs a hero, needs him to come through. And it’s oh so satisfying when he does.
Check out a snippet from He Has It All in my Favorite Review section below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Update on the Stephanie Queen Romance Books Shopify Store :
The home page is ready! But I want everything to be as perfect as I can make it for you.
So, the store will be ready next week with a special introductory coupon EXCLUSIVELY for you!❤
P.S. I know I said this last week, so I'm throwing in another coupon!
Also, check out my featured romance author and some featured book deals below! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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At SQ's House
It turned out spectacularly! (IMHO)
Okay, I know I'm bragging. Sorry.
You can judge for yourself. ➜➜➜➜
It took 5 weeks, which is about 3 weeks longer than I expected.
Probably because I'm a poor judge of how long any kind of construction project should take. I'm not known for my prowess with a screw driver or hammer. Not even a paint brush.
Big happy sigh...whew!
Now we can get on with our normal life, which I'm hoping includes a whole lot more writing than I've been doing!
Have household projects taken over your life, too?
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Work-in-Progress
LUCKY PUCK - a hockey rom-com
Word Count Goal: 75,000
Current Word Count: 12,180
Percentage Complete: 16%
LINE OF THE WEEK:
My mouth opens before my eyes because it’s uncommonly dry, and when I open my eyes, I’m very sorry I did.
WHOSE LINE IS THIS?
Brody or Brianna?
I'll include a mew LINE every week and you can guess whose line it is each time.
Let's see if you get better at guessing as you get more peeks.
Call this my version of name that tune!
You Can Pre-Order Lucky Puck Soon - Exclusively at Stephanie Queen Romance Books for the pre-order price of $2.99!
Once it's released, the regular price will be $4.99
shop.stephaniequeen.com coming Next Week!
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SQ's Tighten the Belt Sale!
Choose one of these 3 Boston Brawlers Faves!
He Has It All
She's always had a crush me, but I was supposed to look out for her like a big brother. Now one wedding could change everything--If I can get my sh*t together before it's too late...
Ryan O’Rourke here, pro hockey star for the Boston Brawlers and playboy extraordinaire. That’s right, I admit it. Hell, I own it, score with it and take it to the bank every day.
MVP of the league, rich as sh*t and sought after—no plagued--by woman constantly, I’m on top of the world. Right?
Not so much. I've been juicing my rep for promotional gain for too long.
Now? Problem is, when you live the rep you forget who you are. And after a very short stint, it gets f*****g lonely because all your friends think you’re an a**hole.
The other problem is, when you fall for someone real, someone who knows who you were before fame got to your head, you have a hell of a time convincing her you’re still the same person you used to be.
I swear I still am—somewhere underneath the cocky b******d.
And then there's that damn promise I made...
BUY NOW FOR $.99!
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He Has Game
Bad boy goalie for the Boston Brawlers, Finnegan Reed needs to rehabilitate his image or be traded.
So he goes along with the public relations plan.
How bad can a fake engagement to a nerdy intern be?
Except the nerdy intern has a spine to go with her gentle soul and a weakness for margaritas and hockey players.
Who knew?
But it's a dicey thing trying to pull off a lie when you're in the spotlight and things could go from bad to worse unless we make the story stick with a convincing performance.
All the way down to the details, like ...
BUY FOR ONLY $.99 NOW!
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He Has Santa
Little Nicky has a Christmas wish and it's up to Junie and Logan to grant it.
Logan did his best to forget about the girl who ditched him before he left for college on a hockey scholar. He did his best to deny she was the love of his life because that possibility hurt like hell. Now he's playing for the team he'd always dreamed of since he was a kid, the NHL's Boston Brawlers. But there's still a hole in his heart.
Junie never felt good enough to be the high school hockey star's girl, especially when she caught him kissing her best friend. Or she could have been kissing him. But did it matter? He was the hottest guy in town and he'd be the hottest guy in college and then the NHL eventually.
It was inevitable that he'd find someone better than her, so she ran away.
And had his baby. Then married another man.
Six years later and Junie's a widow, coming home finally, starting over. And so is Logan...
READ FOR ONLY $0.99 NOW
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SQ Books Featured Review
He Has It All - a steamy hockey romance
ON SALE NOW FOR $.99!
"Fun entertaining read... great banter, wonderful characters and deep feels...oh and plenty of heat!"
--Mindy H, Amazon Reviewer
SNIPPET
Chelsea
“Oh my God it’s that hockey hunk Ryan O!”
“Ryan, can I have a picture with you?”
“Ryan O’Rourke! Sign my boob!”
The women move in and I look to our friends to help shield him as Ryan smiles into the flashing phones and takes a pen and a menu thrust at him by one of the women over my outstretched arms. I’m standing in front of him and pressed against him as the crowd of people closes in.
“Shit, Ryan,” I say.
“Hang in there. It’ll calm down after I sign a few . . . things.” His voice is tight and he puts one arm around me as if he’s protecting me. Damn the man. He’s being nice and I’m not strong enough to resist the nice Ryan, the Ryan of my girlhood crush.
READ NOW FOR ONLY $.99!
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Stephanie Queen’s Featured Author
RELEASING SOON: Bossholes - Melissa Ivers
Wyatt Ellis, Brantley Ellis and Maverick Wallace are just as pretentious as their names sound. Who cares if they’re gorgeous billionaires. They are the literal worst.
Between the long hours, the snippy comments, and the last minute requests you’d think even one of them would get my name right. Nope. They’re infuriating. Insufferable. Overbearing.
Unfortunately I need this job.
Especially after an unexpected expense, makes me desperate and I need to look at getting some cash and quick but there’s only one thing I have worth selling. My V-card.
I really shouldn’t have had the auction site open on my company computer and I definitely should’ve left the hotel room when I realized who the highest bidders were.
But I didn’t and now they want more. Too bad for them my heart isn’t for sale.
PRE-ORDER NOW!
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Stephanie Q’s Featured Book Deals
FREE BOOKS WITH BOOKSWEEP
FREE SPICY ROMACE
KOBO PLUS BOOKS!
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Thank you for reading this newsletter. My Shopify store is coming soon, although it's taking longer than expected, and I'll have a special deal for you, in addition to the pre-order deal for Lucky Puck.
I would really love to hear what you think about the teaser for He Has It All, so please send me an email and share.
In the meantime, enjoy the new longer, lighter days! 😘 💜
Warmest Regards,
