From where Ace stood, he could hear Chris and Hallie talking.
“You going?” Chris asked.
“Yeah. Are you?”
“I’ll be there.” Chris hesitated. “You don’t think Natalie is going to do weird crap, do you? That pink flamingo t-shirt shit was horrifying.”
Hallie laughed. “No. Doubt it. And her kids will be with their dad this weekend.”
“Ah, well there’s a silver lining.”
Hallie sighed. “Are we horrible people?”
Chris laughed. “Because we don’t get overly-involved in their lives? No. We know what they don’t.”
“Yeah, give it a couple years…”
“Exactly. We’ll likely never see them again.”
“What if she’s the one that sticks?” Hallie asked.
“Then we get more involved. No need to do that now.”
Their family dynamic was a weird one, and Ace knew Natalie was just another soon-to-be stepmom in the long line of stepmoms they’d had. It was a small town. Most people knew all about it. But Ace couldn’t pass judgment on strange family dynamics. He’d had his own.
“Listen, Hal… Anna met a guy—”
“Oooo, don’t tell me you’re not enough man for her these days,” Hallie said, laughing.
“Ha. Ha,” Chris deadpanned. “No, she thinks that maybe you and he would hit it off and—”
Hallie groaned. “Oh, no. Absolutely not. You’re not match-making for me.”
“Ya never know, Hal. You might like him.”
She laughed. “Yeah. What’s he like?”
“Well, he’s a lawyer—”
“Strike one.”
Chris laughed. “What’s wrong with a lawyer?”
“I don’t want one.”
“They make good money.”
“I make good money. Try again.”
Chris laughed harder, and Ace found himself smiling. Atta girl.
“Well, Anna said he’s blonde, blue-eyed, and gorgeous. Whatever the hell that means,” Chris muttered.
Hallie laughed. “Jelly, are you?”
“No.”
“Strike two.”
“You kidding me?” Chris sounded taken aback. “Isn’t that like… everything women dream of?”
“Not this one.”
Just what do you dream of, Hallie?
He sighed, exasperated. “Alright, well, apparently he doesn’t drink, he’s never been married, he’s thirty-one, and he just moved here.”
“Strikes three, four, five, and six.”
Ace nearly laughed out loud.
A pause, and then, “You kidding me?”
“Any tattoos?”
Ace thought he heard Chris growl. “Hallie, I told you… stay the hell away from Ace.”
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Tempting Hallie Teaser #2 – (But What About You?)
One quick thing…
This conversation takes place at a recreation department ball field during a little league game. Ace is helping coach one of the teams. Hallie’s brother is a coach on the competing team. And they do not get along.
As for this week’s teaser… it’s a short one… but here ya go…
“Your brother looks pissed off,” Ace said twenty minutes later, standing next to her along the fence line near third base.
“He thinks you’re interested in a little vengeful seduction.”
Ace’s brows shot up. “He what now?”
She tossed him a cheeky grin. “Yeah. He thinks you’re trying to get in my pants. Or rather… get them off.”
“Why the hell would he think that?”
The way he said it stung; she’d be lying if she said it didn’t, but it went to her point that he wouldn’t be interested.
“Because he wouldn’t like it, and you would like that he wouldn’t like it.”
After a minute, Ace said, “But would you like it?”
… 😉
Stay tuned! More Ace and Hallie coming at you next Monday! ❤️
Teasers Incoming!
Prepare yourselves!
No, really. Prepare yourselves.
… Are you prepared?
I’m going to assume that you took my advice and are now adequately prepared.
Not sure you know what you’ve prepared yourself for… but I’m about to tell you.
Ready?
You should be.
Okay, here goes…
Teasers!!!!
That’s right… you’re about to get bombarded with teasers from my upcoming novel, Tempting Hallie! It’s a couple of months out from publication, and once a week I’ll be dropping little snippets right here for your romance reading pleasure! (I think they call this marketing, but I like to call it early Christmas. Because who doesn’t love the gift of teasers?) — Okay, I, personally, don’t, because I’m hella impatient. I’m sure you’re not, though. I bet you love teasers. So I’m going to give them to you. Right here. Every week. Specifically, every Monday, so you can start your week out right. (It occurs to me that I just lied. Upon further inflection, it is clear I like teasers. I’ve watched every Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power teaser trailer like a wacko fanatic the last couple of months, so clearly I’m a liar, and I love teasers.) Hence my point, who doesn’t love teasers?! — No one. So I’m giving them to you. Every week. Like clockwork. Starting next Monday. September 12th.
So get ready to spend some time with Ace and Hallie!
I’ll see y’all next Monday!
Update On All Things Books!
I have not written a blog post for this site since I revamped the entire thing several months back, so I figured the best way to start out again was to give you all the updates and insider info. — Imma try to make this short and sweet.
I have four published romance novels out at this time. Fighting For Annaleigh, Chasing Charley, Loving Lynsey, and Enchanting Ella. They are part of my Sweetgum Valley romance novel series and can be found on Amazon. (Ebook, paperback, and Kindle Unlimited subscription) While each book shares the same world and characters cross over, they are stand-alone reads and can be read in any order.
I am currently editing the manuscript for the fifth book in this series, Tempting Hallie, which will be published in the coming months. Alongside that, I am currently writing the sixth book, Dazzling Jane. — I was hoping to get Jane out late this year, but I’m thinking it may be an early 2023 release. — We will see what happens.
There are, at this time, sixteen books in this series. That may change as I meet new characters along the way. Sometimes I put them on the page, and they speak to me, demanding I tell their stories, so that number is not set in stone. (I won’t list all those forthcoming titles here, but if you check out my Sweetgum Valley Series page on my website, they’re all listed there. If you’ve been keeping up with the series, and you’re curious about which characters are getting books, you can check that out.)
I think that’s it. Following this series, I’ll dive into another one. I don’t yet know if that’ll be my hockey romance series or my billionaire brothers, but it’ll be one of the two. Those won’t be out for several more years, though, so that’s a more far off look into the future.
And I think that’ll wrap things up here. I’m about to start dropping teasers for the upcoming releases, so keep an eye out for that.
Y’all take care, and as always, happy reading!
Heather.
Heather Threatte, Author 