Do you like sports romances? Here's an interesting fact... I don't. In fact, I think I've only ever read one -- HardBall, by CD Reiss. And that was only because I'll read anything she writes, regardless of the genre.  

But when I sat down to write my latest book, a sports romance is what came out. At first I fought it. I tried to put my characters in a different world, in different jobs. I was stubborn ... trying to fit them in molds that they didn't work in.

Finally, I gave up. I followed my initial inspiration and put them where they belonged: on a baseball field.

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The beauty (or pain) of writing a baseball book is that I need lots of character names. Mostly male names, but I need female ones too. And names are something I really struggle with. So... I thought I'd reach out to you! Want too see your name in print? Use the below form to grant your permission.

This short story comes after the end of Hollywood Dirt. If you haven't read Hollywood Dirt, please avoid reading this. If you HAVE read Hollywood Dirt, I hope you enjoy this additional 25 pages of content. I called it SOLE. It was originally published in the For the First Time anthology.

CHAPTER 1

This week was my ninth wedding anniversary and I forgot it. When my husband pulled me onto his lap this morning and told me, I stared at him blankly. I asked him if he was sure. And I realized, somewhere between his chuckle and his kiss, that it was the most unromantic response ever.

But that's what release weeks are like. Love Chloe released this Monday, and everything in my life sort of stopped -- a pause in time that only I was aware of, the rest of the world ticking on, unaware of my frantic obsession at the birth of my latest baby.

Love Chloe is my twelfth novel. That seems crazy. Life was so much easier back in 2012, when I pressed 'publish' on Blindfolded Innocence and then squealed with joy when I had three sales. I want to go back to that time. I tell new authors all the time to not obsess over sales and then do exactly that

CHAPTER 1 - SOLE

The last few years have brought a lot of firsts for me. First time looking into a camera and saying a line. First time kissing a man I hated. First time falling in love with a man I hated. First time leaving my hometown. First time at Cannes. First time house-hunting. First time . . . well. If I list them all here you’ll fall asleep from the boredom. I’ll skip to today. First time I kill my husband. 

I'm at that place in writing that I always forget about. The day I finish. It's always easy to remember the struggles. The frustration. The days where I look at my husband and can't remember his name because I'm on my third day of no sleep. But today is my finish line. The easy, write three chapters and be done with this baby, final steps. I want to remember this, to cherish it. A reminder that things might seem bleak at times, but they are always balanced out by good days. In life as much as in writing. Don't forget to celebrate those good days. 

Yesterday marked the end of a one-year journey: my time at Cosmopolitan.com. I had been given a fun task, to write, one episode at a time, three episodes per week, the story of a NYC girl and her hunt for love.