Wrapping up 2025 has been wild and wonderful in many ways, especially seeing how many lovely readers featured my books in their year-end wrap-up posts! I was especially FLOORED by how many folks had Sweet Caroline in their "best books of 2025" posts!! So if that was you, THANK YOU for loving this book so hard!
BUT IT GETS EVEN BETTER THAN THAT, because Sweet Caroline has even won some prestigious awards! Check out these most excellent accolades from some creative readers 😘
Check out my whole award post to see all the fun highlights for Sweet Caroline from 2025!
And honorary mention to Hey Jude, for this beautiful first place trophy from Laura for best AGONY WANK. Jude's was the OG agony wank, after all. And describing the agony wank scene in Bailey Hannah's first book, Alive and Wells, was the whole reason I coined the term in the first place (over 2 years ago now)! Ha! So major respect for her book also being featured below. 😍
I honestly couldn't be happier. I mean I may not be making the NYT Bestsellers list, but TWO AGONY WANK AWARDS IN ONE WEEK? C'mon. I've clearly peaked. Should I add "Agony Wank Award Winning Author" to my bio or what? 🤣
In other news...
I've been working away quietly on a little secret project (👀 I'll share more at the end of the month!) and gathering some thoughts/notes/plans for Lennox Valley Chronicles Book 4, including working on its cover art!
[cover of One Stolen Moment (Forbidden Novella Series Book 1) by Sara Tallary]
Blurb:
Locked in a room. With no power. Together.
When a faulty doorknob locks me in the break room at work with no one other than Weston Taylors—my boss and boyfriend’s brother—I have no other choice but to hold my head high and grin through it.
Weston’s gaze is steely, hard, and unrelenting. His sharp tongue has no problem dishing out a lashing of a lifetime. His distaste for me is clear as day and unleashes something inside of me I can’t name.
When fate pushes us together, it’s almost more than I can stand. His hands find my skin, his touch gentle and addicting. It’s everything I shouldn’t want.
But despite how forbidden it is, I can’t help but lean back and open myself up to him.
In more ways than one.
One Stolen Moment is the first book in my forbidden novella series. It’s a forced proximity forbidden romance. This is NOT a full-length novel but a novella. Intended for audiences 18+.
[cover of It's Only Love: A Valentine's Day Novella by Alexandra Grace]
Blurb:
It’s only love until . . . There’s a dating pact with a Valentine’s Day deadline. I’ve dedicated my entire adult life to serving a greater purpose. From my years in the Air Force to building my family’s prosthetics company into a multi-billion-dollar powerhouse. Discipline, service, and ambition have always guided me. But love? That’s never been part of the plan. Dating only complicates things. As far as I’m concerned, Cupid can keep his arrows. But according to an outdated company bylaw my grandfather refuses to change, I can’t inherit the business unless I’m married. And apparently, being “married to the job” doesn’t count. When my best friend Libby gets her heart broken yet again, I blindly propose an idea to fix both our problems. I’ll find someone who actually deserves her, and she’ll find me a wife in name only. No feelings. No drama. Simple. Or at least, it should be. Except Libby doesn’t do anything halfway, especially not matters of the heart. She’s on a mission to prove true love is worth the effort and starts pushing me into one ridiculous meet-and-greet after another. All I want is to secure the future of my company. But I have the growing suspicion one of Cupid’s glittery arrows is aiming right at me. And with my luck, I doubt I’ll see it coming until it strikes. *** It’s Only Love is a small town, closed-door contemporary romance with grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity, steamy kisses, strained parental relationships, and no profanity.
Bonded and Enchanted! My dear Lennox Lovelies, [Green and floral BAE sign at the entrance] I had such a great time at Bonded and Enchanted last weekend here in beautiful Victoria, BC 🇨🇦! Huge thanks to the organizer, Simoriah Graham, for such an enjoyable and smoothly run event! The volunteers were awesome and plentiful, and I had SUCH a blast connecting with so many readers, authors, and fellow bookish types of all sorts! Some beautiful highlights: chatting with fantastic narrator Felicity...
Obsessed with these covers! 😆 My dear Lennox Lovelies, I've been having some fun bookish creativity over here, but it isn't writing... 👀👀👀 As most of you know, I design my own book covers. This is because I (a) fundamentally believe I can learn any skill myself like a delulu potato, and (b) have zero respect for my own time. Kidding. ... Mostly. 😆 Truth be told, I've always had a little self-taught graphic design gremlin inside me (rawr), and I've let her out to play a bit more than usual...
Stuff your Kindle March 8th! My Lennox Lovelies, Today's newsletter will be a quick one! I wanted to let you know I'm taking part in a fabulous Stuff Your Kindle event with The Indie Darlings once again! This one will be on March 8th in celebration of International Women's Day! I'm putting the Hey Jude ebook up for FREE that day, so tell your friends! International Women's Day Stuff Your Kindle event with The Indie Darlings: Hey Jude will be FREE March 8th! So be sure to follow The Indie...
