Vegas, Baby!

I'm in Las Vegas this week for the annual 20BooksVegas writers' conference. It's the best writing conference around, and I'm so thrilled to be here with my old - and new - writing friends. Here are some pictures! 

Thanks, and happy reading! 

 - Heather 

WAYWARD GUILT is the first book in my HEROES OF GRANT'S CROSSING series. Click the cover below to purchase a copy via your favorite online booksellers. Available in digital and paperback. 

My companion novel to Wayward Guilt, Safe Now - Heroes of Grant's Crossing Book 2, is available for pre-order on Amazon.   

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Pride 2023 - Books and Authors Day 1 - Welcome

Hello and Happy Pride!  

For Pride Month 2023, I’d like to share some of the fabulous books and authors I’ve discovered since I started reading novels featuring LGBTQ or LGBTQ-friendly characters or written by LGBTQ or LGBTQ-friendly authors back during my 8 furlough weeks during lockdown in 2020. It all started with romance novels. 

Swoon. 

In the first year, 2020-2021, I read a whopping three gay romance novels before I read an article highlighting LGBTQ authors and stories in anticipation of Pride 2021. 

By that time, I’d become addicted to romance novels - both MF and MM romances - and had no problem diving way down the romance rabbit hole that led me to discover my favorite romance tropes are enemies to lovers, fake dating, a.k.a. my favorite, and sports romances - especially hockey. 

Yeah - I’m looking at you, L.A. Witt, Eden Finley, Saxon James, Joshua Harwood & Ryan Taylor. Yes - there are more of you, and you’re all evil, but give me time. *shakes fist*  I’ll read all your books if it’s the last thing I do! (I may or may not have started a Romance-Hockey shelf on Goodreads. Sigh.)

Ahem. In the meantime, here are those first three books that got me going. You may or may not have heard of these. I've discovered a real love of reading books by indie authors. And don't worry - I still read those that are traditionally published, and yes, you'll see some this month.

While I don't review EVERY single book I read, I do review a lot of them - especially since I'm learning that a review, even something so simple as a few words stating you loved a book or kept you up because you had to read one - more - chapter, is the best thing you can give an indie author. 

Have you read any of these books? If so, what did you think? What books do you recommend? 

As always, my reviews can be found on Goodreads and other retail sites. 

Take care, and happy reading!

- Heather 

As always, my reviews can be found on Goodreads and other retail sites. 

Pre-order your e-Copy of WAYWARD GUILT - Heroes of Grant's Crossing Book 1! (Print version will be available for pre-order in early July.)

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Book of the Month - May

Subscription boxes are all the craze these days, especially since so many of us haven't been going out in the last year, opting instead for a lot more delivery services than usual. Subscription boxes ranging from wine to coffee to makeup to pizza to cleaning supplies are becoming more and more popular. Not wanting to be left out, I happily jumped on this bandwagon!

Last month, I signed up for a monthly subscription box of books. It's aptly named the Book of the Month Club. 

It's super basic and I love it. Each month, I choose one of five books and it's mailed to me. Simple as that. I'm welcome to pass on a month, cancel, keep it going. Whatever I want. 

This month's box arrived today. 

The book I chose is a thriller by Laura Dave: The Last Thing He Told Me (Goodreads - Barnes & Noble - Amazon) 

As with every month, I also get the option of grabbing an extra 1-2 books leftover from previous months. I did that this time around and ended up receiving these two gems. 

Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore (Goodreads - Barnes & Noble - Amazon)

The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon (Goodreads - Barnes & Noble - Amazon) 

Yes, my new addiction to romance novels continues. I can't help it. I can't not read them. 

April's book was People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry. (Goodreads - Barnes & Noble - Amazon). It's an early release, available for purchase starting May 11, 2021. I'm just now getting started on this book and am really enjoying it so far. 

Emily Henry is also the author of a bookI loved called Beach Read. (Goodreads - Barnes & Noble - Amazon). Beach Read is classified as a romance novel, yes, but I love how it follows two writers, each encountering writer's block for their own respective genres. Along the way they share with each other what typically inspires them to write. The romance is there, but takes a back burner to the friendship and mutual respect as writers that develop. It's a fantastic book! 

Have you signed up for any subscription boxes I our pandemic world? If so, I'd love to know what goodies you're having delivered to you every month!

Book of the Month is a fun club to join and while I'm barely into my second month, I can already tell I'm going to enjoy it. I look forward to sharing my reviews of these books in the coming weeks.

Take care and happy reading! 

             - Heather

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