I'll be hopping on Instagram LIVE today at 12pm PDT (3pm EDT) to chat with Katie Van Brunt!
[Instagram LIVE: Katie Van Brunt and Hannah Brixton will be LIVE Monday April 13 at 9am HST / 12pm PDT / 3pm EDT]
Katie will be sharing about her upcoming book release (coinciding with a transcontinental move 🤯!) and I'll be chatting about doing some fascinating book 4 research through interviewing subject matter experts. We'd love if you could join us over on Instagram!
We also want questions from YOU! Katie and I both have question boxes in our IG stories right now, so drop us a question there or reply to this email and we'll try to answer whatever we can!
And don't worry if you can't watch live, because we'll be posting the recording afterward! 😍
Books Books Books!
Check out some fabulous romancey romances below... That first one looks pretty goooood, just sayin'! 👀
[Cover of For the Win by Katie Van Brunt: ARC sign-ups now open through Love Notes PR. Tropes: Single dad, doctor FMC, best friend's older brother, forced proximity, only one cabin, friends with benefits.]
Blurb:
She wants a summer fling. He doesn’t think he’s worthy of more.
Claire Connelly’s life was on track—until it wasn’t. Ambitious, driven, and ready to conquer Manhattan as a family physician, she never saw the catastrophe coming. Now she’s jobless and adrift. When an opportunity in Upstate New York offers her a break from reality, she quickly accepts. And when a proposition comes next, she’s ready for a distraction. A fling. Nothing more.
Asher Greer isn’t looking for anything. Five years after losing his wife, he’s a single dad trying to keep his family summer camp afloat. The camp is thriving, but Asher’s heart? Not so much. When he hires a new doctor, the last thing he expects is to feel alive again. But in her presence, he awakens.
What begins as friendship soon turns into undeniable chemistry. Sparks fly, but Asher can’t shake his belief that he’s not worthy of love or Claire’s brilliant, delightful heart.
Could taking a chance on love be just what the doctor ordered?
Packed with laugh-out-loud humor, witty banter, and a whole lot of spice, For the Win is a hopeful story about love after loss and finding beauty in the broken.
[Cover of Quite the Pair - A Breaking Barriers Novel - by Kathryn Kincaid]
Blurb:
She’s the feisty figure skater he can’t resist. He’s the rugged former hockey player who gets under her skin. Together, they’re quite the pair.
Isla Covington is ready for a comeback. Losing both her pairs skating partner and her marriage last year crushed her, but she’s never surrendered to a challenge. She’s determined to prove everyone wrong about her reputation as a difficult ice queen and climb her way back to the top of the podium.
Wes Davidson is a notorious grump, but he’ll sacrifice anything for the people he loves. After the devastation of his divorce five years ago, Wes prefers his single life, running his business, playing hockey with his friends, and holding his family together.
Until Isla enters his life and partners with his figure skater brother.
Now, she’s sitting across from Wes at family dinners, skating in his rink, and invading his simple life. He hates that he can’t get enough of her. Isla won’t allow her intense attraction to the unfairly hot man to distract from her goal, but Wes’s smoldering glares and quiet strength test her discipline.
It isn’t long before their bickering turns to flirty banter, affection, and an irresistible heat that burns every time they’re together. When cracks begin to form in the walls they’ve built to protect themselves, Wes and Isla face the hardest decision of their lives: to open their hearts to love or continue to run from it.
Scarlett Frye was once a literary genius. With two bestselling novels, a million-dollar book deal, and a love story of her own, she had it all—until the pressure broke her. Five years ago, she canceled her book tour, shredded her contract, and disappeared. She left everything behind, including Ryan Whitlock, the editor who believed in her… and the man she loved.
Now, after years of healing, she’s ready to write again.
For Ryan, Scarlett’s disappearance wasn’t just a professional loss, it was personal. It shattered his heart and sent him into a slump. That is, until an anonymous manuscript lands on his desk. The writing is brilliant, raw, and achingly familiar—it can only be Scarlett’s.
As fate brings them back together, Scarlett reluctantly agrees to let Ryan edit her comeback novel, even though it means working with the man she never stopped loving. Old passions reignite, but when pressure builds and buried secrets resurface, Ryan fears history will repeat itself.
Scarlett walked away once. But as they navigate love, loss, and the weight of the past, she and Ryan must be strong enough to rewrite their story before it’s too late.
Not a Strong Enough Word is a heart-wrenching, poetic second-chance romance full of yearning, emotion, and unforgettable lines—perfect for fans of slow burn, bookish love stories and romance that lingers.
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