More Pre-Orders

Taking a Shot, the novella originally published in the Seduced by the Game anthology, will release on its own on September 4, 2014.

Katie Weber has lost her health due to leukemia, and now her chemotherapy treatments have taken her hair. She’s not about to show up to her senior prom bald and let her classmates steal her dignity, too. Prom is no place for a girl who looks more like an alien than a high school student, especially when her so-called friends all dropped her like she had the plague at the first mention of the word cancer. Katie could never get up the courage to ask Jamie—her crush for almost two years, ever since he joined her dad’s pro hockey team—to take her. Not with the way she looks now. Besides, her dad would absolutely murder him.

Jamie Babcock knows its bad news to fall for his Portland Storm teammate’s daughter, but he’s had a thing for Katie since the first time he met her when he was just a wide-eyed, eighteen-year-old rookie. Now cancer might take her away before he ever grows the balls to do anything about it, though. Her father won’t be happy about it, but Jamie has to take a shot and ask to take her to her prom. It seems like Katie has just about given up, and he can’t let her go without giving her some good memories…something to hold on to. She’s still got her whole life ahead of her—she just has to keep living it. If he can convince her of that, nothing her father might do to him will matter.

You can currently pre-order it at iBooks, Kobo, and sometime soon at Barnes and Noble.

Add it to your Goodreads bookshelf now.

There's also a box set of the first few books in the Portland Storm series on its way. Portland Storm: The First Period, will be available on December 4, 2014. You can pre-order it through iBooks, Kobo, and sometime soon at Barnes and Noble.

BREAKAWAY

She’s reaching for a breakaway pass.

Dana Campbell has spent the past seven years in self-imposed isolation for a crime she didn’t commit. The danger is well in the past, but her panic attacks make it impossible to have a normal, healthy relationship with a man. Even her counselor has given up on her. She has to find someone she trusts to help her fight through the panic, or her seven-year ordeal will become a lifetime sentence. There’s only one man she feels safe enough to ask.

He got caught with his head down.

As the captain of the NHL’s once elite but now fading Portland Storm, Eric Zellinger knows a thing or two about keeping his focus on the job. Questions are flying about his ability to lead the team back to the playoffs. If they don’t make it, he might be shipped out of town. It’s the worst time possible for his best friend’s kid sister to divide his focus. How can he give her what she needs without jeopardizing both the Storm’s playoff hopes and his future with the team?

It’s her only chance, but it’s his last shot.

ON THE FLY

Injury after injury has put Brenden Campbell’s NHL career on hold for years. Now he’s playing for the Portland Storm and determined to make it stick. Few things in life drive him more than being told he can’t have something he wants, and what he wants most is to prove he belongs. Brenden also wants Rachel Shaw, the cute, little redhead who just got hired as the general manager’s new assistant. But then she went and made herself off-limits, telling him: “I don’t date.” Those three words pretty much guarantee that he’ll do everything he can to change her mind.

Rachel is changing things up on the fly for her family, moving them somewhere she can be the kind of mom her kids deserve. Allowing anyone else to be in their lives is out of the question, at least until her instincts get back on track. How else can she be sure who to steer the kids clear of? Right now she trusts no one, including herself, and especially not a man like Brenden Campbell. He’s way too handsome and a little bit cocky. Falling for a guy like him is a mistake she can’t afford to make twice.

TAKING A SHOT

Katie Weber has lost her health due to leukemia, and now her chemotherapy treatments have taken her hair. She’s not about to show up to her senior prom bald and let her classmates steal her dignity, too. Prom is no place for a girl who looks more like an alien than a high school student, especially when her so-called friends all dropped her like she had the plague at the first mention of the word cancer. Katie could never get up the courage to ask Jamie—her crush for almost two years, ever since he joined her dad’s pro hockey team—to take her. Not with the way she looks now. Besides, her dad would absolutely murder him.

Jamie Babcock knows its bad news to fall for his Portland Storm teammate’s daughter, but he’s had a thing for Katie since the first time he met her when he was just a wide-eyed, eighteen-year-old rookie. Now cancer might take her away before he ever grows the balls to do anything about it, though. Her father won’t be happy about it, but Jamie has to take a shot and ask to take her to her prom. It seems like Katie has just about given up, and he can’t let her go without giving her some good memories…something to hold on to. She’s still got her whole life ahead of her—she just has to keep living it. If he can convince her of that, nothing her father might do to him will matter.

LIGHT THE LAMP

Life’s been rough lately for Noelle Payne, but she’s not one to let negativity rule. So, she lost her job? She’ll find another one. The bank foreclosed on the house? Well, she can live out of her car for a while. There’s always an upside to be found…but now Noelle needs to find something to give her life meaning. She owes it to the universe to figure it out, too, because a stranger just saved her life.

When Liam Kallen’s wife died, his goal-scoring ability died with her. After a trade from the only pro hockey team he’s ever played for, he’s now playing for the NHL’s Portland Storm. Everyone said he needed a change of scenery, but nothing changes until he rescues Noelle. All of a sudden, the world once again looks bright and he’s lighting the lamp like he used to.

Noelle’s cheerful disposition is just the bit of sunlight Liam needs in his life. He wants to give her everything she needs because she’s everything he wants. The problem? She doesn’t believe she needs anything…at least nothing material. The one thing they both know she truly needs—a real purpose—also happens to be the one thing he doesn’t know how to give her. If he can’t help her find that, she might walk away and take all her sunshine with her.

Book 4, Delay of Game, will release August 21 (iBooks, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads). Book 4.5, Double Major, releases on September 18 (iBooks, Goodreads). Book 5, In the Zone, will release on November 20 (iBooks, Goodreads).

I will have more pre-order links for Double Major and In the Zone when it gets closer to their releases. Amazon does not currently allow for pre-orders for most indie authors, and therefore I can't give you links to purchase for your Kindle until the books are live. I'm sorry!

Breakaway is FREE

The first book in my Portland Storm series, Breakaway, is free in ebook form.

You can get it free right now at Amazon, iBooks, Kobo, All Romance eBooks, and Smashwords. It should be free at Barnes and Noble sometime soon, but I'm still waiting for that to happen.

She’s reaching for a breakaway pass.

Dana Campbell has spent the past seven years in self-imposed isolation for a crime she didn’t commit. The danger is well in the past, but her panic attacks make it impossible to have a normal, healthy relationship with a man. Even her counselor has given up on her. She has to find someone she trusts to help her fight through the panic, or her seven-year ordeal will become a lifetime sentence. There’s only one man she feels safe enough to ask.

He got caught with his head down.

As the captain of the NHL’s once elite but now fading Portland Storm, Eric Zellinger knows a thing or two about keeping his focus on the job. Questions are flying about his ability to lead the team back to the playoffs. If they don’t make it, he might be shipped out of town. It’s the worst time possible for his best friend’s kid sister to divide his focus. How can he give her what she needs without jeopardizing both the Storm’s playoff hopes and his future with the team?

It’s her only chance, but it’s his last shot.

Delay of Game Pre-orders

Hi, everyone! So, you all know that DELAY OF GAME is releasing on August 21, right?

Well, now you can pre-order it at iBooks, Barnes and Noble, and Kobo. As with LIGHT THE LAMP's pre-order, you can get it for only $0.99. (Amazon customers will have a 2-day window upon release to purchase for $0.99 before it is raised to it's regular price, as they don't offer the pre-order option to everyone. Sorry!)

Here's the back cover copy:

With her father’s health in question, Sara Thomas is focused on reducing his anxiety. That’s no small feat considering his high-stress job, not to mention her own distractions. Everyone knows Sara’s single; no one knows she’s pregnant. There’s never a good time to unexpectedly get knocked up, but now is definitely not it. Regardless, she doesn’t want anyone to know—especially not her father—until she has a game plan in place. But when Jonny, one of her father’s players, seeks vigilante justice on the ice, everything gets tossed out the window.

Cam Johnson’s role as a fourth-line winger with the NHL’s Portland Storm entails more than scoring goals. He has to ensure other teams don’t take liberties with the Storm’s star players. The way Cam sees it, that’s the most important aspect of his job. His teammates call him Jonny; opposing fans call him a goon; the media calls him an enforcer. The title’s unimportant. Cam will always fight for his team—even if he has to break the rules. He’s used to taking penalties, but he never meant for anyone else to suffer from his choices.

When Cam’s actions cause Sara’s worst fears to be realized, he blames himself. He’s screwed everything up; now he has to set things right. Mutual attraction leads to lust, and suddenly Cam is taking penalties at every turn…at least where Sara is concerned. He’s got to think on his feet or he’ll end up with a Delay of Game.

Here's the Goodreads link so you can add it to your bookshelf there.

I'm hoping to be back soon with more pre-order links for more books in the series. :)

More Portland Storm Titles on the Horizon

Not only will DELAY OF GAME release next month, but I've just had covers made for two more new titles within the series--and they will all release before the end of 2014.

Don't forget--you can pre-order it at iBooks, and you can add it to your Goodreads bookshelves. I should have Kobo and Barnes and Noble pre-orders available within the next couple of weeks. I'll share those links as soon as I have them.

So, do you want to know more about those two new titles? Here you go.

Up first, we have DOUBLE MAJOR. DOUBLE MAJOR is going to be out sometime in September, probably around the middle of the month. Yes, that means it should be out only weeks after DELAY OF GAME!

I don't yet have a blurb for it, but it will be a novella that will act as a second epilogue for a number of the earlier books in the series.

Want a few teaser hints about it? Well, from the cover, you can probably imagine that a wedding is involved. The cover also shows an empty arena because it's the off season. No hockey. That doesn't mean there's no hockey news, though. It takes place on draft day.

You'll get "screen" time with Eric, Dana, Brenden, Rachel, Babs, Katie, and maybe several of the others, as well. I'll share more details about it in the coming months, but for now, enjoy the cover and get excited about MORE BABS. :-)

The other book I'll have coming out is called IN THE ZONE. It's going to star Keith Burns, aka Burnzie--one of the Storm's top defensemen. You'll start getting to know him a little better when DELAY OF GAME hits the shelves. The heroine is someone you haven't met yet, but I think you'll love her.

At this point I don't have a blurb or anything more to share with you than that and this cover--and the fact that it will have a November release. Yes! I said November. Meaning before Christmas. Meaning that in less than a year, I'll have released five Portland Storm novels and two novellas. Whew! What a whirlwind.

As soon as I have either of these books set up for pre-orders at iBooks and elsewhere, I'll let you know. In the meanwhile, you can add them to your Goodreads bookshelves if you want. Here's the link for DOUBLE MAJOR, and the link for IN THE ZONE.

I hope you all continue to enjoy this series as much as you have so far. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for some teasers and sneak peeks at DELAY OF GAME.

~Catherine