Loving Ladybug, my why choose omegaverse friends to lovers hockey romance duet, and the next installment of the HockeyVerse, releases in less than two months. I've been working hard to get part one to edits, part two is with my amazing betas.

Silly fact? I actually finished Loving Ladybug before Finding the Forward. Like I stopped writing Verity in the middle (right around the snowstorm) then wrote all of Loving Ladybug.

Another silly fact? Google docs has a character limit--which I discovered while writing Loving Ladybug. That's one of the reasons why it's a duet. It is a little longer than Finding the Forward, but I also wanted the chance to fully develop Gwen's story and character arc.

Here's the blurb for Loving Ladybug Part One, which releases April 3, 2025:

They call me Ladybug.

I’m the only female EBUG for the New York Knights. I’m starting goalie for my university team. I’m also just a beta. At least according to my knothead ex. Ugh.

But I’ll show him. I’m going to focus and find what used to make me special as a goalie so I can get signed after graduation. Even if putting myself out there is a risk.

At least I have friends who will help me. Like Tenzin, the Knight’s new alpha defender, who like me is getting over a broken heart. And Clark, the alpha forward I befriended last season who is a skating ray of sunshine.

Maybe, just maybe, I’d like to be more than friends with Tenzin and Clark. There’s something there, something that could lead to a happily ever after–even if with my past I probably don’t deserve one.

My feelings for them grow by the day, but will they still care for me once they know what I’ve done?

Loving Ladybug, Part One, is a why choose omegaverse friends to lovers hockey romance and is the first book in a duet. It’s ultimately m/m/f. Part One of this duet ends on a cliffhanger with an HEA in Part Two. This duet is part of the HockeyVerse but you don't need to have read the Finding the Forward to enjoy it.

Pre-Order now!

Speaking of pre-orders, thank you so much to everyone who has pre-ordered so far. Right now we're at 97 pre-orders for part one and 70 pre-orders for part two!

Since we're already past 50 part one pre-orders, it's time to see some art. I'll put it up on insta next week as I roll everything out, but I thought I'd give you all a sneak peek.

So who wants to meet the main characters for Loving Ladybug?

Here they are! Meet Gwen, Clark, and Tenzin. If you've read Finding the Forward, you've seen Gwen and Clark before. Clark's a forward for the New York Knights, and Gwen is a university student at NYIT (like Verity) and one of the Knights' EBUGs (emergency backup goalie). Art by samiraarte!

I will be introducing the characters more soon. We did see Tenzin briefly when the Knights played the Sasquatches.

I know you all love Verity and her guys so much, so I hope you love Gwen and her two guys as well. Yes, we'll see Pack Lune Noire, Mercy, and Lucky. There might even be a mini cow cameo.

Need something to read?

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲. 𝐈 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬…

I never wanted any of this.

Before Zoar I had a life. Friends. A family.

But then I presented as an omega and now there’s only one way out of this gilded cage.

𝔾𝕖𝕥 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕘𝕟𝕒𝕟𝕥; 𝕓𝕠𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕜.

Every heat brings me hope that this time I’ll find good Alphas who will knock me up, take care of me and sink their teeth into my neck.

When the rich and influential Pack Martin purchases my heat for a 𝕍𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕖’𝕤 𝔻𝕒𝕪 treat it seems like maybe things are looking up.

𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁: 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁.

When they dare to bring another, already claimed, omega into my heat it’s clear they don’t want a mate. Just a chocolate scented captive. Read Now On KU.

An omega breeding facility. A scent-matched pack. A masked alpha.

They all had one thing in common. They wanted my power, my submission. But I refused to bow down to any of them. Power was everything in Sterling City, and I’d be damned if anyone took mine. As an unmated omega, the freedom to choose was the only thing I had, and when that power was threatened

I had to fight back.

I made a deal with the Steel Serpent MC for protection. Viper, their ruthless president, and Ghost, his silent enforcer. Came into my club demanding a price I wasn't sure I could pay.

What do they want in exchange for their protection?

My submission.

My omega instincts craved them. Their touch, their knot, their bite. And I hated them for it. I couldn’t afford to turn them away. I needed their protection as much as they needed me.

In Sterling City, I was about to find out just how dangerously sweet surrender could be. Read Now on KU!

Ice-Hawks superfan and first-grade teacher, Sarah Miller, has waited for this moment all year. The end-of-year hockey charity ball. Sarah can’t believe her luck when she bids on - and wins! - a date with her fantasy crush, superstar hockey player and Ice-Hawks captain, Hayden Raynor, aka the ‘Hellraiser’.

What could go wrong? Everything as it turns out!

Hayden proves to be a monster on and off the ice, but things begin to change when their paths cross again, as Hayden’s 7-year-old son enrolls in Sarah’s school. Sarah’s about to find out what’s really going on under that glistening, toned, wildly attractive, and fiercely angry exterior. But can either of them truly risk their hearts when love is on the line? Read now on KU!

Well, back to my edits. I know things are a little scary right now (at least in the US where I am.) Keep reading. Keep writing and creating. Because books and art have always been political. Sending hugs.

XOXO Jane

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