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When we write our books, we never really plot and we don’t write to deadlines either. This is mainly because we don’t like to feel constrained and we also tend view our stories as an ever-changing work in progress. We did try to plot once, when we started writing the Badger Creek Duet Series, and to say it was a disaster would be an understatement! We had a plan that looked like one of those crime scene murder boards, complete with way too many weird and complex character hook-ups! We spent several hours on the phone to each other trying to unravel it all, but ultimately we ditched the whole thing and went back to our standard “fly by the seat of our pants, hot mess” approach! And we’ve never looked back.

In any case, as a result of this “wing it and see” approach we use, sometimes things get cut and sometimes things get re-written. And sometimes, we might write some bonus stuff too, which usually goes out first to our newsletter subscribers (along with a bunch of other cool stuff!).

If you’d like to read some of the deleted, re-written, or bonus scenes we’ve put together, this is the place to find it! Just click on the links below and happy reading!

Rockport Beach Series Bonus Content

Please note, the Rockport Beach Series is erotic romantic suspense, meaning it’s super steamy and hot! 18+ all the way on these scenes!

Beginning With You – A bonus Rockport Beach prequel

Finding Home with You – Deleted Scene ~Chapter 9/10

Finding Home with You – Alternate Epilogue

Making Home with You – Original Beginning

A Rockport Beach Christmas Bonus Scene

Dirty Hollywood Series Bonus Content

A Dirty Hollywood Valentine’s Day with Aiden & Julia

A Dirty Hollywood Valentine’s Day with Lewis & Ava

Beautiful Flirt: A Dirty Hollywood Novella

Love & Wine Series Bonus Content

A Jack & Lulu Baby!

A Love & Wine Christmas

Hawthorn Hills Duet Series Bonus Content

Confuse Me – A bonus Hawthorn Hills prequel

A Hawthorn Hills Thanksgiving

One Effed Up Holiday Series Bonus Content

A One Elfed Up Christmas Incident

The Memory of Us Bonus Content

An Update on Elliot & Nora

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Mended Hearts ARCs are out in the wild and we are Mended Hearts ARCs are out in the wild and we are excited to see the reaction to Miles and Daisy! Miles has always been the quiet guy on the sidelines, pining for his girl…but underneath that, given half a chance, you bet he’s gonna fight for her! Coming Jan 14, pre-order your copy now!
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