Marketing for Romance Writers Newsletter October, 2017 Volume # 10, Issue # 10 | Page 22

October Release By: Erika Kelly Mine for the Week October 3, 2017 The Plot: As the top collegiate shortstop in the country, Ryan O’Donnell’s life is about discipline. But restlessness makes him bail on his baseball team over spring break and join his buddies at a singles resort. He just needs one week to escape, and then he’ll get back on track. But moments after arriving he meets her, and the world as he knows it changes irrevocably. It should only be a hookup—but one taste of this sexy, vibrant woman isn’t enough. He has to have her. Even if it’s only for a week. Sophie Valentine—yes, that Valentine—just found out her siblings want to sell off Crazy Hearts—the Peeps of the Valentine’s Day world. Upset, she takes off with her friends on their spring break vacation. She only wanted an escape—she never imagined meeting him. But he’s about to start a Major League Baseball career, and she’s launching a fight for her family legacy. They have no future. It’s just…she’s never felt this way for any- one before. Are they really going to walk away from this kind of connection…this passion? ***** Red’s Romance Review: “Their heartfelt journey is filled with lots of little bumps, a few tears and some heartache, and lots of steamy moments that will leave you blushing. … I highly recommend you meet these two; their story is sure to tug on your heartstrings and curl your toes!” https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32495481- mine-for-the-week Biography: Award-winning author Erika Kelly has been spinning romantic tales all her life—she just didn’t know it. Raised on the classics, she didn’t discover romantic fiction until later in life. From that moment on, she’s been devouring the genre and has found her true voice as an author. Over three decades she’s written poems, screenplays, plays, short stories, and all kinds of women’s fiction novels. Married to the love of her life and raising four children, she’s lived in two countries and seven states but now makes her home in the northeast. 22 01