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I have NEVER been more excited to announce a book. These two characters are my jam, and their story is just… Basically, I’ve been waiting to release this book since the day my first one came out a year ago. And you wanna know the best part? You don’t have to read any of the other Simple Love Stories to enjoy this one. If you only read one of my books, make it this one, because I have never been so invested in a relationship than I was in Beck and Colin’s while writing this book. Their story is so near and dear to me, and I want everyone to experience it. (I also wish Colin existed in real life, but I can’t have everything…) And it comes out in just one month! If you preorder it, it's only $0.99. :D Read the first chapter here!  This is my favorite kind of announcement. 🤩 I could have done some big cover reveal, but mostly I'm excited to put another book out into the world. So, world, say hello to book five in my Simple Love Story series!
Coming September 30th! Brennon's story has been a difficult one from the beginning, with so many rewrites and changes and things that just didn't work no matter how many times I worked through them, but I really hope the end result is worth the effort. He's such a complex character with a lot of heart and a whole lot of hurt to work through, and he deserves his happy ending as much as the next guy. Maybe more. (And I do promise a happy ending.) This book has a little bit of everything: romance and heartbreak, mystery and laughter, awkward dates and tasers, and plenty of songs to get stuck in your head. I hope you like it. 😊 *** After fifteen years, straight-laced Brennon Ashworth is finally over his high school crush. Or so he thought. After his best friend signs him up for speed dating, he inadvertently compares every woman to Molly, the carefree and vivacious girl who broke his heart. Ever since she left, he has done everything he can to make life predictable so he isn’t hurt again, even if that means life gets a little boring. When Molly shows up out of the blue, his carefully controlled life is thrown into chaos, and the masks he’s been wearing no longer seem to fit. She knows him better than anyone, so he can’t hide from Molly like he does the rest of the world. And that terrifies him. When his pseudo-family, the Davenports, are in trouble, Brennon reluctantly teams up with Molly to find the truth and prays she isn’t lying when she says she won’t hurt him again. Because he’s as much in love with her as ever, and he’s not sure he can survive another heartbreak.  Want to win a paperback copy of In Front of Me? The blog "Life is What it's Called" is hosting a giveaway! Check out her post to enter:
https://lifeiswhatitscalled.blogspot.com/2020/07/in-front-of-me-review-and-giveaway.html?fbclid=IwAR2z0jA_s2eJvDUUs4HIC5yIfMUYRAZIhb3siaxEyn5FjmWRJxDKKJ8TFSw Find Lissa and Steve's story on Amazon. When all your plans fail, can you find the courage to follow a new path? Lissa Montgomery is on track to be Boston’s top financial analyst—or she would have been, if her misogynistic boss had ever given her a chance. Suddenly jobless, Lissa has little hope for her life going according to plan. But then she meets handsome and charming Brennon, a workaholic who is just as driven as she is. In order to spend more time with him when he’s not at the office, she agrees to look after his blind roommate, Steve, after he’s hit by a car. Where Brennon is sweet and thoughtful and practically perfect, Steve is grumpy and abrasive and refuses to find a reason to be happy in his newly sightless life. Getting to know Brennon, though, means being stuck with his best friend too, even if he is a little rough around the edges. But as Steve starts to open up and finally live again, Lissa realizes there’s a lot more to life than climbing the corporate ladder. And she has to wonder who is really blind, since Steve seems to be the only one who can see what is right in front of him. In Front of Me is a sweet contemporary romance that functions as a standalone, with recurring characters from the rest of the Simple Love Story series. Chapter One
When Seth called for the third time in as many minutes, I knew I wasn’t going to be able to ignore my brother today. And that made my stomach hurt as I considered my ever-growing list of things I had to do. He was never this persistent—he knew I rarely answered my phone during work hours—which meant whatever he was calling to talk to me about, it was something important. And Seth Hastings didn’t take importance lightly. Could he have picked a worse time, though? Sighing, I picked up my phone and hovered over the answer button for a moment before I connected the call and held the phone to my ear. “So you are alive,” he said before I even took a breath to greet him. I winced. He was literally on the other side of the country, and he still managed to put me on edge with his growl. If I didn’t know he was one of the kindest, sweetest men on the planet, I might have believed his anger. But it was really just a mask, and he was using it on me for the first time in a long time. I didn’t like that. “Nice to talk to you too,” I muttered, and my eyes returned to my computer screen. I still had a presentation to prepare, and if my assistant, Travis, didn’t come back soon with the report I’d sent him for, I was going to have a whole lot of nothing to show the firm’s board. It didn’t matter how good of a financial analyst I was; I had to prove I was worth the consideration for the promotion. Someone had to lead the team, and I wasn’t going to let Cal Mikaelson pass me over yet again. This was my year. “Would you stop working for two minutes, Lissa?” Seth grumbled into the phone. Either he was a better super soldier than I thought and had somehow managed to set up surveillance in my office, or my half-brother knew me a little too well for a guy I’d only met a few years ago. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I said and pulled up my projection sheet for Sonya Yun’s portfolio. This info was a start, but I needed Travis to come back with that report. Without it, this was just a bunch of numbers. “Was there something you needed, Seth?” “Yeah,” he replied. “I need you to stop working for two minutes so I can know you’re actually paying attention and not just tuning me out while you browse stock markets.” I rolled my eyes, even if he couldn’t see me. I figured he could probably sense my annoyance, since he was pretty much superhuman. It was a pity he had given up his Special Forces days to be a private bodyguard; his skills were a bit wasted on the quiet life he lived now. “You clearly have no idea what I do for my job,” I said. “Which is rich, coming from a guy who has a degree in Economics.” “Not the point,” he replied. I quickly sent yet another message to my assistant, asking him where he was and why it was taking him over an hour to go two floors down and grab a folder. “But seriously, Seth,” I said, “I have to get back to work. What is this about?” “I’m getting married on Saturday, Liss.” I nearly dropped my phone. This Saturday? But his wedding wasn’t until December. I had a whole… I stared at the calendar on my wall, realizing with a twist in my stomach that it was December. “That’s what I thought,” Seth said, apparently reading into my silence. “You forgot about Thanksgiving—again—so I figured I would give you a reminder for this one. I’m only getting married once.” If you’re lucky, I thought to myself. I had no reason to doubt his marriage would be a lasting one, since his fiancée, Catherine, was quite possibly the most perfect woman in the world, but I had seen love fall apart—especially in my own life—way too many times to not be a bit cynical. “I didn’t forget your wedding,” I lied. “So you’ll be here?” If I got this promotion, which was the plan and had been for years, I was going to have to dive right in and completely overhaul the whole department to get it running smoothly. And that wasn’t something I could do overnight. I couldn’t just drop everything and leave Boston for a whole weekend. Read the whole chapter here...  I'm so excited to announce my next book! It's coming out on June 30—so fast, I know—and it's definitely one of my favorites so far! It's up for preorder on Amazon, and I can't wait for the world to meet Lissa and Steve! When all your plans fail, can you find the courage to follow a new path? Lissa Montgomery is on track to be Boston’s top financial analyst--or she would have been, if her misogynistic boss had ever given her a chance. Suddenly jobless, Lissa has little hope for her life going according to plan. But then she meets handsome and charming Brennon, a workaholic who is just as driven as she is. In order to spend more time with him when he’s not at the office, she agrees to look after his blind roommate, Steve, after he’s hit by a car. Where Brennon is sweet and thoughtful and practically perfect, Steve is grumpy and abrasive and refuses to find a reason to be happy in his newly sightless life. Getting to know Brennon, though, means being stuck with his best friend too, even if he is a little rough around the edges. But as Steve starts to open up and finally live again, Lissa realizes there’s a lot more to life than climbing the corporate ladder. And she has to wonder who is really blind, since Steve seems to be the only one who can see what is right in front of him. Preorder it here I don't know about you, but my sense of time is all out of whack. We've somehow already blown past Mother's Day, and summer is right around the corner here in Utah. I got to spend some time hanging out in the backyard with my mom over the weekend, and let me tell you... I am so glad she's nothing like the mother character in my first book! She's the best mother I could possibly have, and she taught me pretty much everything I know, from sewing (poorly) to baking (much less poorly) to being kind to the people around me. She's the best. Shout out to all the amazing mothers out there! Last month I told you guys a bit about me, and I got some amazing responses and got to know some of you. It was awesome! It's so fun to learn about the people behind the screens that are keeping the world connected. So now I wanna know more about all of you! Tell me about your favorite books or your first memories of reading or if you're secretly more inclined to watch a movie than read (like me--shh!). Reply to this email or connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. I would love to hear from you! :) Hope everyone is doing well out there in the world. Stay safe! Check out these fun promos full of sweet love stories to keep you smiling. Looking for some sweet contemporary romances? 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