#heart first

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All of my books are under $3.50 on Smashwords until March 7th!

If you want LEO-critical queer romance mysteries, check out Heart First and Second Chance.

If you want NHL-critical queer hockey romances, check out Two for Holding and Two for Boarding

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What is that supposed to make when someone touches your body without touching your heart? You are too sacred to be touched merely on the surface level. If someone needs to get privileged access to your body, then they must first know how to cross through the gateway of your heart...

Random Xpressions

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We are here to love, to love

To write where the ache is and about the half-lives of sour violets and draw blood-stained conclusions and liken freckles to fireworks mouths to moths

To snowfall into the ecstasy of open arms and stumble out senseless as newborn cubs

To purge oceans from our eyes and eat fires with wet tongues and kiss the sky better when she splits into a wound

To forgive the dawn on empty stomachs and sway backwards and barefoot with legs full of butterflies

To kickstart hearts with morning-heavy hands and godless swears and bury our bones in the skin of summer—especially when it’s airthick with shadows and the sweat of stars

This poem is not a metaphor It’s a keepsake a locket click a spark and we are here to love, to love To love

- cora finch

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in case you weren't wondering

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So Second Chance, the sequel to my novel Heart First, comes out next week on February 4th! And in honor of that, I'll be running a giveaway for 5 digital copies of Heart First over the five days before release! Starting tomorrow you can comment here or on my Instagram to get an ebook. I'll be reblogging this post to let you know when you can comment to win!

(stay tuned for info on a giveaway for Second Chance and one for both books as a bundle)

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Reblog + drop a comment to participate!

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I don't have a whole lot of spoons (or, frankly, ideas) to make new promo images, but if you love hockey romances and have been disappointed by the NHL recently, these books might be for you. Check them out here on amazon or head to my website to find other retailers and bonus short stories.