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Be a character in my next book

I have a really fun idea for Sleeve of Hearts, and I want you to be part of it!

Throughout the Love in Ink series, we’ve seen the town of Stagwood Falls struggling to stay afloat in these crazy ass times. In A Touch of Gold, city planner David wants to revitalize Main Street by turning tattoo artist Goldie’s family building into a co-op (and Goldie is not on board, no matter how hot he is). In Tattooed Heart, town social worker Benton runs for mayor, and loses because of his need to do everything himself, almost ruining his chances with tattoo artist Sabella in the process. Now, in Sleeve of Hearts, the gang’s gotta get it together, or the whole town takes the L. Except now Goldie, David, Sabella, and Benton are a bit, well, busy in Romancelandia, if ya catch my drift. It’s up to Kinsley and Antoni, the “side characters” in the series, to save the day.

Kinsley thinks she’s “just a hairdresser” expanding her services by apprenticing under her award-winning big sister, but she, her cosmetology business, and a whole bunch of townies are actually gonna save the day. And you can be one of those townies!

What’s a townie? A townie is a character seen around the town of Stagwood Falls but not a main character in the book.

I’ll give your townie your first name and a smidge of your personality. Then I’ll bring them into the book in a fun, unique way that will be integral to the plot.

So for example, Denise’s townie is a local professional singer who Kinsley does hair and makeup for. We’ll see her in the beginning of the book and again at the end. Your townie may appear multiple times.

Thank you to my first sponsors B, Denise, Lauren, Vanessa A., and Vanessa D., and welcome to Stagwood Falls!

If you’ve read A Touch of Gold and Tattooed Heart, and want to be part of the epic finale in Sleeve of Hearts, let’s turn you into a townie!

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Bastards Break Rules (An Exclusive Snippet from MORE THAN A BASTARD)

Bastard

There is something festering inside me. It’s been eating away at me for as long as I can remember, no matter how hard I pretend it isn’t there, no matter how far I shove it down. I’ve spent decades building a cage around it, reinforcing steel with concrete and barbed wire. Yet deep in the night, when only echoes are awake, I can hear it scraping away at my defenses. It is coming for me, and it will destroy everything I love.

That’s why I sit at this salvaged table, gavel in hand. Because if the monster is going to get me, then I’m not going down without a fight. I’m leaving a future for my son, for the only good thing I’ve ever done. If there is a monster inside me, then he is my salvation. And I will do whatever it takes to save him from myself.

I bang the gavel against the table, my grip firm. “Calling the first meeting of the River Reapers MC to order,” I say through a grin.

Mercy grins back from my right. “Hear, hear.”

Mercy and I have been through everything together. We were in that dusty motherfucking theater, and neither of us came back whole. The problem is, I was never whole to begin with. Not even Mercy knows why. It’s the one thing I’ve never been able to tell him.

“Am I supposed to take notes?” our Treasurer Mark asks, a pen cap clamped between his teeth.

“Hell if I know. I’ve never done this before.” I look around the table at the five men Mercy and I gathered. The seven of us couldn’t be more different, but we all have one thing in common.

We love the freedom that comes with riding.

“I’ll take notes. We all know you can’t spell for shit,” Donny says. He’s our only black member. It’s practically unheard of, even though it’s 1991. It’s almost the new millennium, for fuck’s sake. White bikers aren’t supposed to mix with women or black people, but fuck that. If I’m going to build a better tomorrow and save my soul, save my son, then I’m going to break all of the rules.

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Thank you for reading this snippet from More Than a Bastard, a River Reapers MC spinoff novella—coming soon! Join the River Reapers MC email list to make sure you get the latest news. You’ll also get the free spinoff novella Her Mercy. Click here!

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