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Welcome to my October newsletter!


In today’s newsletter, you’ll find:

  • Exciting information about my new FREE novella, including the blurb cover and how you can get it.

  • Events, takeovers, free extra epilogues and where you can find my books

  • A spicy excerpt from Fake a Chance on Me

  • Books by other amazing authors


When I wrote Go Cook Yourself, I was a little disappointed because although I loved Ruby and Garett's book, starting where I did meant I wouldn't be able to tell Amber and Kalen’s story. But all that changes now!


Ready or Knot is the prequel to Go Cook Yourself, and it’s free. You’ll be able to find out how Amber and Kalen met, and how spicy these two get when they’re alone in the cookery school. You'll also learn what took them from strangers who can’t flirt to the couple in Go Cook Yourself.


You don’t need to read Go Cook Yourself to read Ready or Knot. But you might want to after...


Here’s the blurb. Keep scrolling for the cover and how to get a copy of the ebook. I won't be publicising this on my socials until next month, so I hope you enjoy being part of the secret Ready or Knot club for the next couple of weeks.

READY OR KNOT BLURB

Trouble walked into my cookery school in the form of a hot, cheeky naval officer. With his perfect abs, thick thighs, and massive…heart, he’s the last distraction I need. He’s going to ruin me, and I might just let him!


Amber Cloud has two goals: build a successful family cookery school and continue her grandparents’ legacy. She’ll never find the real everlasting love her grandparents had, and can’t let fleeting romance interfere with her dreams.


Kalen Lynch is a naval officer who no one would miss if he disappeared. He’s never been in love, and his job makes relationships impossible. But behind his playful cinnamon roll exterior is a man who wants a real home and family.


What starts as a case of mistaken identity and flirty banter builds into a connection neither can ignore. But between Kalen’s secret missions and Amber’s conviction that relationships are built on trust and time, they don’t stand a chance, even if passion on the kitchen counter tells them otherwise.


One week isn’t enough to risk your family’s legacy, and happy every afters aren’t for everyone, so why is this future impossible to resist?


Tropes: Small town romance, mistaken identity, strangers to lovers, found family, he falls first and harder, it won’t work, unforced proximity, insta-lust.

TW: Grief

Ready or Knot is only available for FREE for newsletter subscribers.


I've teamed up with other authors attending next year's HEA Bookshop event in Liverpool to offer free books.


You can get Ready or Knot by clicking the pink button below.


Then select Ready or Knot. It will ask you to put in your contact details because my newsletter isn't automatically connected to that site. But don't panic that you'll receive extra emails from me.


If you want any of the other books on that main page, you'll have to sign up for their newsletters separately.


I hope you love reading Amber and Kalen's story as much as I loved writing it.

EVENTS AND TAKEOVERS

Did you know that you can find me at events over the next eighteen months? Tickets have sold out for one of them, but the rest still have tickets available and I'd love to meet you.


25th October 2025, Cardiff: HEA bookshop pop up event. I will be answering questions and sharing information about my books and writing. If there are any questions you'd like answered, even if you won't be there, send me an email or DM me through Instagram or TikTok. You can buy tickets here.


NEW EVENT 23rd November 2025, Oxford: Oxford Indie Book Fair. I'll have a stand where I'll be signing books, selling books and character art. You can find out more here.


21st February 2026, Liverpool: HEA bookshop romance readers event. I'll have a stand where I'll be signing books, selling books and character art. I'm also looking at bringing a prize wheel! Tickets are sold out.


24th October 2026, Swansea - Indie Love Wales romance readers event. I'll have a stand where I'll be doing the same as above. Looking to get your tickets for Indie Love Wales? 

Sign up for the ILW newsletter here.


Over the next three months I'll be doing a couple of Facebook takeovers with HEA Bookshop. These will include games, Q&As and I'm not sure what else! If you have any ideas let me know. And if you want to find out more, join the HEA Facebook Group.


They'll be on:

Thursday 23rd October 8-9pm

Friday 28th November, 9-10pm group takeover

Thursday 18th December, 9-10pm


Where You Can Find My Books


There are various places you can buy my books. Here is a quick summary.

  • UK based readers can buy signed paperback copies directly from me here. I will invoice you once you fill out the form (or I can send you a paypal link), and when I send your paperback, I'll include book swag like beaded bracelets, stickers and bookmarks.

  • EBooks, paperbacks and KU subscribers can read them via Amazon.

  • UK readers can buy signed paperback copies through HEA Bookshop

  • UK readers can buy paperback copies with signed bookplates online via Moonlit Chapters.


Where You Can Find My Epilogues

As a newsletter subscriber, you can read the exclusive extra chapters for my books. They also give hints to what is coming next:

🏉Fake a Chance on Me here

🏎️Start Your Engines here 

👑Regally Binding here 

🧁Go Cook Yourself here


A Spicy Excerpt from Fake a Chance on Me


“Fuck.” He cleared his throat.


Gabi’s big green eyes locked with his through the reflection in the mirror. A smile teased the corner of her lips even as she tried to hide it with her hand. His gaze flicked to the nape of her neck, where her ponytail swung. He wanted to wrap his hand around it and give a little tug and brush kisses to her throat.


Lucas sucked his lower lip. “Are you sure you want me here? I can go.”


“Don’t you dare. I need your help with this zip. Is it caught on the material?”


Lucas placed the ocean-blue dress on the sofa and strode to Gabi. His hands trembled as he gripped the cold metal between his fingers. A smattering of goose pimples rose on her shoulders, and he licked his lips, tempted to trace each bump with his tongue.


He shuffled in his chino shorts, trying to hide his growing erection.


“What’s that dress over there?” Gabi pointed at the dress he’d brought with him. Her action made the edges of the top of her dress fold down. A fire burnt his body, licking at his limbs as she displayed more of her skin.


“I thought it might suit you. I want to buy it for you, but I wasn’t sure where you’d wear it.”


“We’ve still got a big fifth date planned,” she replied breathlessly.


She wanted to continue their dates! She still wanted him. A lightness hit his chest.


“Perfect.” He brushed his lips against the nape of her neck. Her ensuing moan made him harder.


He met her stare in the mirror. It travelled down his body, lingering on his dick, which pressed against his zipper. “Nice shorts,” she murmured, her voice thick with need.


His finger brushed her neck, and she gasped, arching her back towards him. She was so soft. Delicate. Yet her stare wielded the power to bring him to his knees.


“Your thighs are so muscly and broad. I’ve fantasised about riding them,” she whispered.


“I’d love to watch you grinding against my thigh.” He slid his hands inside her dress and cupped her breasts, caressing her nipples. “Your face flushed as you drag your soaking pussy against my skin, using me. My naughty, whimpering good girl taking control. My thigh clenching as you ride me, head thrown back as you get yourself off.”


She leaned her head against his chest as his hands travelled down. It didn’t matter how tight the material was; nothing would stop his large hands getting to where she needed him.


“I’d love your wet cunt burning my skin. You’d stand on your tiptoes, grabbing my shoulder, and ride me hard.”  He slid a hand into her knickers. She moaned as he ran his fingers across her clit and used her wetness to make circles with his fingertips.


She shuddered. “I’m a bit sore after yesterday.”


“Sorry,” he rasped in her ear.


He eased his hand away, but she pressed hers hard against his, the chiffon separating them. “Don’t stop,” she begged.


Lucas slipped a finger inside her. “Tell me if it hurts.”


She murmured in agreement.


Her arm wrapped around his head, and with one hand, he squeezed her breasts, and with the other, he fingered her. He kissed and sucked at her neck as she writhed against his caresses. “I’ll take you to a formal in that dress. We’ve got an end-of-season dinner dance awards ceremony, and you can be my date.”


She moaned as he added another finger.


“Yes,” she groaned as he sped up his thrusts.


He pulled at the top of her dress, kissing her skin as he peeled it off her shoulders. It draped over her breasts before slipping to the floor like a wave of water revealing a goddess statue. He stared at her reflection as he pumped his fingers deep inside her pussy, the logo tattoo of his favourite superhero moving with each thrust.


“So fucking sexy,” he said, his voice gruff with desire.


He pulled his hands away and slid them into her mouth. “Suck, princess.”



You can buy Fake a Chance on Me or read it for free via Kindle Unlimited

Anna P's sports, second chance romance is released on 24th October

REBOUND: A SURPRISE PREGNANCY ROMANCE 

Two blue lines is all it takes to reignite their love.


Fresh out of a long-term relationship, Tamara Chandy is finally in charge of her own life and happiness. Her career as an interior architect and sex room expert is booming and she’s definitely making a name for herself. While romance isn’t off the table, it’s certainly not a priority right now.

Patrick Joseph has been single for a long time and his pile of trophies and medals don’t make for good company. However, he is getting older and his days of being a professional athlete are numbered. And with the state of his mental health, he needs to make decisions about his future soon.


When their paths cross for the first time in twenty years, unresolved history sparks tension. A chance to clear the air turns into a night to get each other out of their systems.


The last thing they expect is a baby. 


Patrick moves in and Tamara lays down the rules for their cohabitation. Until frustrations turn into feelings. Flirting and familiar nicknames turn into intense desire and longing. Before they know it, they’re falling back in love.


With their hearts on the line, this second chance might be their last.



You can find out more about REBOUND and preorder it here.

JL Peridot's new novella is out on 28th October

UNTIL WE MET AGAIN

A time traveller absconds to the past in search of her lost love.

One word: my name. A call from Origin through the neural lace grafted to my brain and nerves, connecting me to another place in another time. A reminder of what I’m here to do.


I clutch a bottle cap; its sharp metal edges ground me in the present. It’s funny, don’t you think, to consider this moment the present, as if the past and future I came from aren’t supposed to exist? If you were here, I’d ask. You’d smile and kiss my forehead and say you love my nonsense questions.


But you’re not here. They want me to forget you ever were.


You can find out more about UNTIL WE MET AGAIN and preorder it here.

Kat:

Dropped by my acting agent? Check. Dumped by my crappy ex boyfriend? Check.


This was not what I envisioned when I moved to LA. So I’m starting at the bottom. Again. When I get a job as a PA on the set of an upcoming Starlight Studios movie, I am stuck catering to the whims of a has-been who treats me like dirt. It’s almost enough to make me reconsider this gig. That is until I meet a background actor who gives me butterflies and makes me feel like I’m alive again.


But looks can be deceiving. Especially when he is buried under layers of facial prosthetics and fake blood. Turns out he’s not a background actor at all. He’s James Everett, the film’s leading star. He’s smart, funny, ridiculously handsome, and everything I want.


Falling in love with a movie star? Check. But does that matter when the film studio is pushing him to enter a fake relationship with someone else?


James:

I have money, fame, and now the leadership role I’ve dreamed of for years at Starlight Studios is finally within my grasp. As long as I stay in line. Anyone would want to be in my shoes. But despite what the public believes, being a part of the Everett family acting dynasty isn’t all award shows and accolades. People only look at me for what they can get from me. Roles, connections, even just being seen in public with me is enough to boost someone’s image in Hollywood. It’s exhausting.


Then, I run into Kat… literally. She’s fun, feisty, and beautiful inside and out. Instead of wanting me for my name, she wants me for who I am. And she’s starting to make me question my father’s actions and his control over my career. The only problem? In order to get that promotion at my family’s film studio, I have to sign a relationship contract… with someone else. What we have is a bright spot in my life, but is it about to be extinguished?


It's lovely connecting with many new readers through TikTok, Bluesky, Instagram, Facebook, and Threads. If you don’t follow me on these platforms, please do, as it would be great to find new people to chat with.


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