Dropping Gloves is LIVE

It's here! It's here!

If you pre-ordered Dropping Gloves, you should have it now. If you didn't pre-order, you can purchase it now at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, iBooks, Kobo, Google Play, All Romance eBooks, and Smashwords.

The first chapter can be found here in case you're still undecided.

Next up, I'll be launching the Tulsa Thunderbirds series with Bury the Hatchet, but then I'll be returning to the Storm for Home Ice.

I hope you enjoy Dropping Gloves, and I hope the wait for Babs and Katie's story was worth it.

Box Sets Galore, and Two New Portland Storm Titles in the Works

In the coming weeks, I have books in three different box sets that will be releasing. Eek!

Each of these box sets are only $0.99, and only available for a limited time. They're a steal at this price, so be sure to grab them up while you can if you are interested in them.

First off is Beginnings, a collection of first book in series new adult romances.

It has books from Marquita Valentine, Tammy Falkner, Brenna Aubrey, Sarra Cannon, Beverley Kendall, Elyssa Patrick, and of course...me. :)

Pre-order it now at iBooks, Kobo, Amazon, and Google Play.

It releases on September 8. Don't wait to pounce on this one!

Next up is for my historical romance readers!

From the Ballroom and Beyond is a box set of nine Regency-set romance novels, all for only $0.99.

It features books from Rose Gordon, Claudia Dain, Deb Marlowe, Ava Stone, Jerrica Knight-Catania, Jane Charles, Julie Johnstone, Christi Caldwell, and me.

It releases on September 15, and you can preorder it at Amazon, iBooks, and Barnes and Noble.

Finally, if you're a sports romance lover, the next box set is for you!

Playing for Passion features books by 12 sports romance authors including Carly Phillips, Toni Aleo, Chelle Bliss, V.K. Sykes, Pamela Aares, Allie K. Adams, Jami Davenport, Mindy Klasky, Roz Lee, Dakota Madison, Bianca Sommerland, and me.

The books involved feature sports including baseball, hockey, soccer, MMA, and football. We have books that are sensual to hot to smoking. There's a little something for every sports romance reader out there, at a price that can't be beat.

Playing for Passion releases on September 16. You can place a preorder for it now at Amazon, iBooks, and Kobo.

Whew! I'm exhausted just looking at all of that.

But that's not all, because I have two more new books coming up in my Portland Storm series, and I want to tell you about them. :)

First up, we have Comeback, which will be Nicky Ericsson's story. If you've been following along with the series, you know he's had a rough go of it lately, and he's definitely got some things he needs to deal with.

He'll get that chance in Comeback, which releases on February 19, 2015. Preorder it at iBooks and add it to your Goodreads shelf. More preorder links will be available closer to release date.

And last, but certainly not least, we have Dropping Gloves.

This is the one that so many of you have been waiting for--Babs and Katie's full novel. :)

Dropping Gloves releases on April 23, 2015. You can preorder it at iBooks now and add it to your Goodreads bookshelf. As with Comeback, more preorder links will be available when we get closer to the release date.

Babs and Katie FAQs

Ever since SEDUCED BY THE GAME was released, I've been getting asked a ton of questions about
Babs and Katie.

Is TAKING A SHOT the only story they'll get?

Do I have to read TAKING A SHOT to understand the other books in the series?

Why do I have to buy a whole anthology with all these other stories by other authors just to get Babs and Katie's story?

So...let me try to answer your questions.

First off, TAKING A SHOT is not the only story Babs and Katie will get. It's not their happily ever after. It's a brief moment in time that lets you see where it all begins. They will get a full novel, with a true happy-ever-after ending like you expect in a romance, somewhere down the line. The problem is they both have a lot of growing up to do between the time of TAKING A SHOT and whenever that will be. Think of this novella as a prequel. It's just a taste, and there's a lot more to come.

Second, no, you don't have to read TAKING A SHOT to understand the other books in the series. Ever since BREAKAWAY, which got it all started, you've been seeing bits and pieces of their story going on in the background. That's going to continue in the other books. In fact, initially, TAKING A SHOT was not going to exist as a separate entity at all. The events that take place in that novella were only supposed to be going on in the background of the rest of the series.

(As a side note, TAKING A SHOT is where the hero for the third book, LIGHT THE LAMP, is introduced. That said, you'll meet him when you start reading LIGHT THE LAMP anyway. It isn't necessary to read TAS in order to understand what's going on in LTL. LIGHT THE LAMP will release on June 12, 2014.)

This novella, TAKING A SHOT, would not have existed at all if not for me learning about the SEDUCED BY THE GAME anthology. When I learned about it, and that the authors involved were going to donate our stories and all the royalties we earned from sales to Hockey Fights Cancer, I decided that this was a brief story that I could pull to the forefront instead of allowing it to happen in the background of someone else's story like I initially intended. The only reason I wrote it at all was for the opportunity to raise money for a good cause. Period.

So why do you have to buy the anthology just to get this story? That's why. It wouldn't exist if not for the anthology. If you don't want to buy an anthology with other authors' stories and have the money go to charity, that's fine. You don't have to do that...you just have to wait. In 2015, I will get the rights to TAKING A SHOT back, and I will then be able to publish it separately. Until then, the only way to purchase TAKING A SHOT is to buy the SEDUCED BY THE GAME anthology.

I hope this answers all your questions about Babs and Katie. If not, feel free to contact me through Twitter, Facebook, or the email address found on my website or in my books!