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September 8, 2020
Release day for MUST LOVE DOGS...AND HOCKEY
It’s finally here!
The world is such a crazy place right now. It wasn’t that long ago that I wrote this book— right when COVID was changing the world — but it feels like a long time ago. I hope you’ll read the author note at the end of this story. for more about that.
I’m THRILLED at reviews for this book! Of course everyone loves Otis, but I’m glad readers are loving Easton and Lilly too!
I have a giveaway happening right now — you can win a stuffed Otis (So cute!) and a $25 Amazon gift card — enter here .
I spent my release day morning at the eye specialist getting my pupils dilated, my eyes numbed, and having a small laser procedure…eeek! But I’m fine now.
August 25, 2020
August 13, 2020
News!
My book RULE OF THREE has been turned into an interactive story on CHAPTERS!
This is a fun app! You can download it here:
http://bit.ly/ChaptersDownload
I hope you’ll check it out! MAJOR MISCONDUCT will also be coming out as an interactive story - STAY TUNED!
August 6, 2020
Cover reveal!
I’m so excited to share this cover with you!
This is my December 8, 2020 release — YOU HAD ME AT HOCKEY. It’s another hockey rom com and it was so much fun to write (check out my earlier posts about my new love of all things pink, including pink wine!)
Can a spirited, down-to-earth influencer get an uptight hockey player out of his shell?
Josh
I am a warrior. That’s been my motto since I recovered from a near-death accident when I was younger. Now I enjoy my nice, settled life in Dallas playing pro hockey—a boring life is better than being dead. I’m not a party guy or an adventurer; I like my routine and peace and quiet. So being traded to New York is the worst possible change that could happen. And meeting unfiltered and fascinating Sara Carrington throws my life into even more chaos.
Sara
I’ve been considered weird my whole life, which is why I’m still a virgin, but I’ve turned it into a career with my YouTube videos. Who knew people would love watching me talk about my zits, taste test meatless burgers, and try to learn TikTok dances! Now I’m launching a podcast. Getting hockey star Josh Heller as a guest will help gain listeners for sure. I expect a bearded jock with no teeth and nothing to say, but I get a hot as H-E-double-hockey-sticks grouch with a surprisingly dirty mind. My mission to make him laugh is successful, but I want to know why he’s so uptight underneath that panty-dropping smile. Maybe I can teach Josh to have some fun . . . and maybe he can teach me a thing or two along the way. . . .
Pre-order…
Amazon: https://amzn.to/33oKqq5
Apple: https://bit.ly/hadmeathockeyAP
Nook: https://bit.ly/hadmeathockeyBN
Kobo: https://bit.ly/hadmeathockeyK
Google: https://bit.ly/hadmeathockeyG
Add it to your Goodreads “Want to Read” shelf…https://bit.ly/hadmeathockeyGR
Did you recognize the name…? :-)
July 9, 2020
July updates
Happy summer! It’s still a weird world, but I’m grateful for moments I can sit in the sun on my deck, admire my flowers, drink a glass of wine and read a book.
I just send my editor the book I’ve been working on — and I have a title for you now!
YOU HAD ME AT HOCKEY will e out in December!
Stay tuned for cover and more details.
The main female character in this book, Sara, was really fun to write. She loves pink…pink macarons, pink flowers, pink wine.
So lately I’ve been on a pink kick (pink is not my favorite color!). I decided I should try some pink wines, you know, so my writing is realistic LOL
Then I needed pink flowers…
I got to go to the beach for the day last week to enjoy the hot weather we’ve been having. It was so relaxing. I love being by the water. It’s not the ocean, but Lake Winnipeg is huge, so it’s pretty close, and the sand is soft, powdery white — so beautiful. (Don’t worry, it wasn’t busy and we were able to social distance.)
I hope you are managing to enjoy summer despite the turmoil in the world. I’ve been escaping into good books, and I hope books provide you with some much needed comfort.
June 21, 2020
Rhubarb!
Look at me going all Martha Stewart here!
When I moved into my condo, there was a huge rhubarb plant in a place I didn’t want it. I dug it up and moved it, and I figured if it died, oh well. It didn’t die. It’s bigger than ever.
I picked a bunch of it.
I need 4 cups of sliced rhubarb. Will this be enough?
Sorry about the huge pics — Squarespace is being a asshole and not letting me fix these ones. The ones above worked. Sigh.
Perfect! I don’t know how the hell I did that.
I added 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water, brought it to a boil and simmered for 25 minutes.
Now we have rhubarb simple syrup! I strained the cooked rhubarb into this bowl. There is a lot of rhubarb pulp left, which seems a waste but I have no idea what to do with it. It tastes delish.
First thing I made with the rhubarb simple syrup — rhubarb lemonade. I used 1/4 cup simple syrup, juice of one large lemon, 3/4 cup water and topped it up with ice. Sour, but really refreshing!
I then moved on to cocktails. A rhubarb mojito! This was the BEST mojito I’ve ever had.
1/4 cup rhubarb simple syrup
a bunch of fresh mint
Muddle it in the glass. I cut a lime into quarters, squeezed 2 quarters into the glass then added them and muddled them too. Then I squeezed in the other half of the lime in, added rum, club soda, and ice. OMG this was so good!
June 9, 2020
Release Day for Game Changer!
Yay! It’s release day for Game Changer! I’m so glad you all get to read this story. I loved writing it, and advance readers have loved it too.
Lots of fun tropes in this story!
runaway bride
road trips
there’s only one bed!
friends to lovers
forbidden love
I wrote about the road trip to Clear Lake here (yes, it’s a real place!) if you’re interested in reading about why it’s so special to me. Here are few more pics:
Photo courtesy of Lance Thomson Photographic
Bison in the bison enclosure. It’s amazing to see these huge creatures roaming the prairie, and get so close to them.
Photo courtesy of Lance Thomson Photographic
This is the pier where Molly and Jax sit on their last day at Clear Lake.
Photo courtesy of Lance Thomson Photographic
The lake really is as clear and blue as I describe. It’s gorgeous!
I hope you enjoy the road trips as well as the sweet and sexy romance!
May 30, 2020
Speaking up
I don’t usually post about politics, especially American politics because I am not American, but right now I feel I have to say something about what is happening in the United States. As a Canadian, I am so worried, sad, and scared for you all. I am heartbroken for the families and friends of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery—and those are just recent tragedies. I am sickened by the behaviour of Amy Cooper.
White privilege is being able to think of ourselves as an individual and not representative of the entire race. Another privilege is not feeling responsible for the behaviour of other white people—like Amy Cooper. This makes it easy to stay silent – it’s not my fault! I didn’t do those things! But not speaking up against violence against people of colour is also part of my white privilege and staying silent is not being an ally. So I have to say something. Nothing will change while we stay silent.
It starts with listening and learning. It starts with learning what the issues are -- how can we deconstruct systemic racism if we don’t know what the issues are? It also starts with promoting equality and racial justice in own own community. We need to speak up and call out racism and microagressions when we see them, instead of staying silent. These small things are just the beginning, but they are things we can all do.
We need to change ourselves if we’re going to change the system and if speaking out like this makes my fellow white people uncomfortable, please sit and think seriously about why that is.
May 26, 2020
May 15, 2020
May Updates!
I haven’t posted for a while! I guess that’s what quarantine life does…not much is happening!
Okay, some things are happening. Last week I heard back from my editor about the manuscript I sent her and she LOVED it! So, yay! She had a few suggestions for changes, and they all made sense, so I fixed some things and added and cut and sent it back and we’re moving on. We still don’t have a title…but we have an idea! Stay tuned for if this gets final approval. We’re also working on a cover. This book may not look like my others, but rest assured it will still have all the feels and fun and heat of my other books.
I’m also super exited about the advance reviews for GAME CHANGER. This book is coming out June 9, gah, still so far away! I can’t wait because readers are loving it and I want you all to have it!
Some people are wondering if this will be the end of the Wynn Hockey books…right now it’s on hold, but there are still some family members whose stories I want to tell, so I really hope I will be able to write those in the future. Watch this space!
Other than that, I’m staying home, trying to write and still eating too much, LOL. I sewed a couple more masks for people who need them. I hope you’re all staying safe and healthy.
