FROM THE DESK OF CJ CARTWRIGHT:

Hello!

Happy New Year (a bit late) and Happy Friday! Can you believe we're in 2022 already? I hope this note finds you healthy and happy as we start this year. I've been a little quiet of late on the newsletter. Between my family life, corporate life, grad school, and writing - there's not enough hours in the day!

All that aside - the real reason I'm emailing you today is that I have an ANNOUNCEMENT!

We are just NINE days away from returning to Astoria Bay for the release of Power Play!! Are you ready to return to Astoria Bay and the boys of the Thunder?

You can grab it on Amazon for the preorder price of only 99c right now - it will go up to $2.99 after release. If you read in paperback, the wrap on this one is stunning and will be available January 30. Signed copies will be available in the Etsy store by mid-February.

Preorder Power Play for 99c

(Isn't this cover gorgeous? I'm kind of obsessed!)

Blurb:

What if the one who got away… comes back? They say you never forget your first love. But does time truly heal all wounds?

Levi Fawkes knows hockey, and not much else. As the captain of the Astoria Bay Thunder, his eyes are always locked on the goal. He’s perpetually unlucky in love and he’s been burned more times than he cares to count, but he’s determined to find his successes on the ice… not off it.

Recently divorced and looking for a new kind of freedom, Brynn Mackintosh is ready for a fresh start in a new city. For too many years, her dreams have been sidelined to suit someone else’s goals. But not anymore! Making a life for herself as a photographer is a chance to carve out her own path, and she won’t let anything stand in her way.

On a whim, Brynn calls into a local radio show and wins a ticket to a home game for the Astoria Bay Thunder. She’s not a big hockey fan, but a new life means taking chances. What she doesn’t know is that she’s about to hit her past…. square in the balls.

With chemistry that melts the ice and a second-chance to do things right, will Levi and Brynn find the happiness they crave in each other or will the wounds of the past be too much to overcome?

Power Play is a full-length, contemporary hockey romance novel and book one in the Astoria Bay Thunder series by CJ Cartwright. Scorching chemistry, exquisite care, and all the feels will make you fall in love with Levi and Brynn and the boys of the Astoria Bay Thunder.

Grab it on Amazon

Interested in being on the ARC team for Astoria Bay Thunder? Follow me on Booksprout.

I have FIVE ARCs of Power Play to give away to the first five people who reply back to this email today. Will you be one of them? :)

If you want to find me on socials - you can sometimes find me lurking on TikTok these days or on Instagram. Come say hi!

I am grateful for all of you, today and always. Thanks for coming along on this journey with me!

Best,

CJ