Hey friends! Do you have plans for Halloween? We stay home and give out candy (full size candy bars because we're ballers like that) and hubby wears his shark slippers. It's tradition.

To get you warmed up for Halloween consider checking out the Halloween party in the Monster Brides Monster Fans group on Facebook. You need to be a member to attend but it's a fun, friendly group. The party is from 5pm to Midnight eastern time on Wednesday, October 30. My slot is from 8pm until 8:30 pm. Lots of games and prizes.

My Monster Brides book Bigfoot Finds A Bride has people loving our cinnamon roll Bigfoot shifter Finn and quirky runaway bride Shelby. If you want to meet them, they are available exclusively on Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited.

The next book in my Paranormal Hockey League series releases on December 13, 2024. Flirty Pucking Wolf is a Forced Proximity Teammate's sister romance featuring Trevor Carter and Sophie Mackenzie. You met Sophie in Secret Pucking Unicorn but can read Flirty Pucking Wolf without having read the other other stories, although I hope you will. It's available for preorder now and will be available widely at your favorite retailer upon release.

Here's the blurb:

What do you get when a flirty-as-puck hockey playing wolf shifter who seems to think everything is a joke is paired with his teammate’s sister who takes everything too seriously? Sparks.

Trevor

I’ve heard the gossip. The only reason I’m on the Devil Birds is because our coach is engaged to my sister. Doesn’t matter how many goals I score, how much fun I am to be around, or how hard I work, the haters say I don’t deserve to be here. I’ll do whatever it takes to prove my worth to the team, even if that means shaking my tail on national TV in a celebrity ballroom dancing competition as a publicity stunt for the team. However, I draw the line at falling for my dance partner. Sophie Mackenzie is sexy, snarky, entirely too serious, and no doubts wants things I can’t give her. And she’s my teammate’s sister.

Sophie

I’ve heard the gossip. I only have my spot on this season’s Celebrity Dance Dare – Shifter Edition because of my family connections. My mother is a judge on the original show and my twin brother is a past champion. I’m being given a chance as a favor to them. It doesn’t matter that I’m just as talented as my brother, learned everything I know from my mother, or paid my dues as a backup dancer in the show’s troupe - the haters say I don’t deserve to be here. I’ll do whatever it takes to prove I deserve my chance in the spotlight, even if it means I have to teach a hulking professional hockey player how to ballroom dance well enough to win the Platinum Paw trophy. However, I draw the line at falling for my dance partner. Trevor Carter is sexy, totally full of himself, entirely too irreverent, and no doubt wants things I can’t give him. And he’s my brother’s teammate.

We want a common goal - to win the Platinum Paw trophy and prove our worth to the haters - so why is it so hard to work together? It doesn’t matter how attractive we find each other, this is a business arrangement. We put up with each other to win the show and then part ways. We want different things, and those things are not compatible. No matter how much we secretly wish they were.

Flirty Pucking Wolf is a shifter hockey romance full of humor, heart, and heat. If you want to laugh, sigh, and swoon, not necessarily in that order, with funny, sexy shifters, this is the book for you!

What I'm Reading

Most of my stories come to me via audiobooks but there are pair of cozy mysteries waiting for me in my Kindle app that I can't wait to dive into. Both are by Nancy Stewart (who also writes fun romcoms as Delancey Stewart!). The first is Bumped Off at the Bake Sale, book 2 in the Saltcliff Mysteries series featuring Dahlia and Taco Dog. The other is All Hallows Hex, book 1 in the Windthorne Witches series. It's a witchy cozy series and I love it when my love of paranormal stories and cozy mysteries come together.

Here are some more favorites from some of my favorite people in favorite genres – paranormal, small town, and cozy mystery. Just click on the covers to learn more!

If you're a hockey romance fan, join the Hockey Romance Book Club to get a free hockey romance each month during hockey season just for signing up for that month's author's newsletter.

I would be remiss if I didn't give some love to my own books. Click on the covers for links and info!

That's all I have for right now but there is so much coming that I can't wait to share! If you celebrate Halloween/Spooky Season I hope you have a safe and wonderful time. I'm a fan of Snickers Bars and those peanut butter chews that come in the black and orange wax paper that everyone else hates so if you need to offload any I'm your girl. What's your favorite Halloween treat? Hit reply and let me know!

Stay cozy my friends,

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