Hey y’all! I’ve been in your inbox a lot this week :D but don’t worry, you’ll get a break from me until April 14, when ARC sign ups go live with Love Notes! Oh—that’s only 4 days away OMGGGG!!!! Not much of a break!
Then, about 1-2 weeks after that, I’ll be sharing Not Looking’s cover, designed by Emily Wittig. I’m so excited for you all to see it!
For now, here are the tropes and blurb for Not Looking…
small town
single mom
secret identity
online correspondence
dislike to lovers
black cat/golden retriever
tabletop (and bedroom) role-playing games
Susan Merriman has her hands full. Single-mothering fourteen-year-old twin girls, she just wants to shuttle them to Starling Hills High School with minimum psychological damage. Without her planner and Dungeons and Dragons party to bolster her up, she's not sure she could keep her whirlwind day-to-day in check.
Enter Dillon Weaver, Fun Uncle extraordinaire and new in Starling Hills after his job was “eliminated.” For the next few weeks, Dillon is in charge of his thirteen-year-old niece while her parents travel Europe. Talk about being thrown into a cave of trolls!
Both are fans of the same D&D podcast, chatting to each other in an online server. After they unknowingly meet at their girls’ soccer game, Dillon’s golden retriever energy couldn’t antagonize black cat Susan more. They run into each other at school pick-up and parent teacher conferences, with the final blow being when Dillon scores an invite to Susan’s D&D group.
Neither are looking for love, but they can’t deny the sparks. After all, they say the best things show up when you’re not looking.
on-page sex, light BDSM (dom/sub dynamics and dirty talk), discussions of cheating ex, discussions of job loss, on-page scenes with a parent with dementia
This will all go live on Instagram later today! Wahoo!!!
Cheers,
Alaina
ps, this morning’s noshes & nibbles is a pour over iced latte courtesy of my spouse <3
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