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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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Do you love a cheeky Aussie hero who can’t resis Do you love a cheeky Aussie hero who can’t resist teasing his girl…? Then grab a copy of our Napa based rom-com, Finally Yours while it’s FREE! 🍇🍷❤️
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When the competition cock blocks you… Ready for When the competition cock blocks you… Ready for the holiday laughs? One Freaked Up Halloween drops Oct 8th and is perfect if you love…

🎃 friends to lovers
🎃 best friend’s sister
🎃 forced proximity 
🎃 one bed
🎃 haunted hotel
🎃 Halloween hijinks
🎃 loads of steam
When the clueless boy finally gets a clue! Are you When the clueless boy finally gets a clue! Are you ready to meet Heidi and Andrew and go on their hilariously haunted hotel journey?! Less than two months to go! 🎃💞👻
One Freaked Up Halloween is our next holiday rom-c One Freaked Up Halloween is our next holiday rom-com! Dropping October 8, this one’s perfect if you love..
🎃 forced proximity
🎃 brother’s best friend
🎃 Halloween hijinks
🎃 haunted hotel
🎃 loads of laughs
🎃 spicy sexy times 

Pre-order link in our bio!
One Freaked Up Halloween drops October 8th and thi One Freaked Up Halloween drops October 8th and this lol rom-com is perfect if you love…
🎃 best friend’s sister
🎃 forced proximity
🎃 secret crush
🎃 Halloween hijinks
🎃 spicy bedroom scenes

Pre-order link in our bio! 👻🎃👻🎃
Ready for your first One Freaked Up Halloween teas Ready for your first One Freaked Up Halloween teaser? This (clueless) brother’s best friend romance drops October 8th!

“What about you, any boyfriend wondering why you’re doing this with me?”
“No,” she huffs out, a cute little blush coloring her cheeks.
“Girlfriend?” I tease.
“No!” she says, punching me in the arm this time.
“Okay, okay,” I laugh. “So why no boyfriend then?”
Her blush deepens as she looks away from me. I watch as she takes a big gulp of whiskey, swallowing hard. “I don’t know,” she murmurs with a shrug.
“Oh come on, you can do better than that,” I say. “You’re cute and smart and funny and really love scary shit and stuff like this,” I say, waving my drink around. “Any guy would be lucky to call you his girlfriend.”
Heidi is staring at me again, her cheeks flushed and a look on her face that has something weird going on inside my chest.
Maybe I have had too much whiskey.
“Heidi?” I prompt when she just keeps staring at me.
“You really think that?” she asks, her words quiet, as though she’s almost afraid to ask me.
“Yeah, course I do,” I tell her. “You’re a catch, Swanson. Anyone can see that.”
She takes another sip of her drink as she mumbles, “I wish.”
ICYMI…we dropped the cover for book 5 in our Hib ICYMI…we dropped the cover for book 5 in our Hibiscus Hearts series in our newsletter this week! Delicate Hearts belongs to Kai and Quinn and it’s been all sorts of fun watching this player fall for his girl!
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