Let's start by recapping what you already know, Reader:

1. Play Me and Try Me are live now.
2. Try Me's audiobook should be live on February 1st.
3. We have one friend left out of the trio with no book, and her name is Audrey.
4. Audrey is getting a book on February 16th.
5. The title of that book is SHOW ME.

Okay, now that we're caught up ...

Want to know who her hero is going to be? 😏

There's been so much speculation online about the man who will win her heart! The top three contenders seem to be Hartley Adler, Brooks Dempsey, and Jory Plath.

I wasn't supposed to tell you this until the cover reveal next Friday (it's taking every bit of restraint I can muster not to show you today!). But I neeeeeeed to show you something.

So, against my team's wishes, I'm sharing Audrey's hero: Brooks Dempsey!

(The squeals of excitement as my readers discover this is fueling my Friday! haha)

What tropes can you expect?

😏 Bad boy / good girl (obviously)

🫢 Brother's nemesis

🥊 Sports romance (he's an MMA fighter—swoon!)

🚘 Road trip

💋 He falls first

🛌 Only one bed (oh, darn. haha)

Keep your eyes open next week for the cover reveal. Seriously—you don't want to miss it. It's DIVINE. 😍

🥳 Giveaways

I've noticed a few giveaways of Play Me and Try Me around Instagram! These are the ones I see that are open right now. If they close before you see this—I'm sorry.

Click the links below to find them and enter. ✔️

1. ​sammies.swoony.reads​
2. ​chatting.with.chels​
3. ​my.reading.era​
4. ​bookishbietsch​
5. ​jb_reads_and_recs​

📖 The Locke Shop

​Don't forget to visit The Locke Shop! ​

Signed paperbacks, character art, and discounted audiobooks are available.

Also, don't forget—the cover for WHEREVER IT LEADS will be changing next week. If you'd like the current cover in paperback, please grab it now from my shop or Amazon. The content of the book is not changing. If you're happy just owning the story, you don't need to grab the new version. ♥️

📲 Sick of newsletters?

Honestly? So am I.

My inbox is full of them and I find myself missing the ones that I really want to read with the information that I really want—ie: new release notifications.

Often times, I really just want to know when a new book releases. 🤷🏼‍♀️

I've come up with a way to fix that for any of my followers who are in the same boat.

Text alerts.

How does it work? Simple. I will text you when a new book is live. And ... that's it. I won't even respond if you text me back. (Email me and I will!)

Want in on this little hack? Cool!

Text BOOKS to 740-206-6969.

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