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Hear that sound? It's me squealing and swooning over the opportunity to sit down with the one and only Emily Rath!

Fresh off the release of PUCKING WILD - the latest in her Jacksonville Rays Hockey series - and the follow up to the viral sensation (and straight up deliciousness) that is Pucking Around...

I'm so grateful to Emily for coming to hang out and have a fireside - well, oceanside in both our cases - chat about all things Indie Romance, becoming a number one bestselling author, the learnings of rapid expansion, and of course we swooned over Tess & Ryan in PUCKING WILD, which is out now!

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Emily Rath is an international bestselling author of fantasy and romance. Born in Florida and raised in Kentucky, she is a former university professor, holding PhDs in Political Science and Peace Studies. Her works include the Amazon Charts bestselling Jacksonville Rays Hockey romance series and the Second Sons Regency romance series. She currently lives in Florida with her husband, son, and cat. They regularly comb the local beaches looking for shark teeth.

Author Photo Credit: Jennifer Catherine Photography 

START READING PUCKING WILD: https://a.co/d/ckYyY6Q

My name is Tess Owens and my life is officially on fire. I never thought dancing at my best friend’s wedding would be the match to light the flames. But with one lingering touch, one longing look…and one sneaky caterer holding a camera phone, my almost ex-husband is ready to torch my entire life. Unwilling to face the heat, I do what I do best: I run. Straight into the arms of Rachel and her team of NHL hockey players. One player stands apart from the rest. Jacksonville Rays star forward Ryan Langley is out with an injury. I get the surprise of my life when he shows up at my door, declaring himself my roommate. Now I have six weeks to launch a new business. Six weeks to fight for my freedom…all while fighting my growing attraction to this All-American sweetheart with a charming smile and a career on the rise. Did I mention he’s ten years younger than me? Ryan doesn’t need my drama. And we have nothing in common. But it’s getting harder to deny the way he makes me feel. Wild. Fun. Free. I want to believe him when he says age is just a number. I want to believe that our pasts don’t define us forever. But first I have to stop running. I have to face my fears. With one innocent dance, Ryan Langley helped me start this fire. What if we’re meant to fan these flames? What if, together, we’re meant to burn?

PUCKING WILD is a spicy MF reverse age gap hockey romance with positive plus size and bisexual representation. This is Book Two in the international bestselling Jacksonville Rays Hockey series. The series starts with Rachel’s story, which begins in the spicy prequel novella THAT ONE NIGHT.

LINKS + WHERE TO CONNECT WITH EMILY RATH:

https://emilyrathbooks.com

 https://www.instagram.com/emilyrathauthor/

 https://linktr.ee/emilyrathbooks

I have the most incredible guest on this episode, Trilina Pucci herself … not only a #1 Amazon and USA TODAY Bestselling Author but a bad-ss writer of incredibly steamy love stories, with everything from mafia to smutcom to stock your bookshelves You will find yourself falling in love with a whole host of book boyfriends worth binging and let me tell you this woman writes smutty goodness that will live RENT FREE in your brain.

We're talking about everything from following your heart into writing stories, hitting #1 (after an 18 month hiatus from writing) and of course... her highly anticipated new release KNOT SO LUCKY

I laughed so hard during this chat, and have to give an especially big virtual hug to Trilina for being able to come hang out with us on the podcast despite falling sick straight on the back of attending Book Bonanza! 💜💜💜

CONNECT WITH TRILINA PUCCI HERE:

https://trilinapucci.com/

 https://www.instagram.com/authortrilinapucci

 https://www.tiktok.com/@trilinapucci.author

Start reading KNOT SO LUCKY right now: https://a.co/d/7YFBDh7

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Me: Ask me what happens in Vegas…

Samantha: What happens in Vegas?

Me: Let me tell you. What happens is that you get “make out with strangers and pee in a parking lot” drunk.

TIE THE KNOT WITH A GUY YOU JUST MET.

Then *allegedly* participate in depraved group activities with him and his friends in the honeymoon suite of a five-star hotel.

But that’s not even the worst part. Because after an epic walk of shame, you find out he’s some insanely famous bad-boy quarterback who’s in the midst of cleaning up his act.

So now, you have to pretend to like him… sober…until you can skip town with an annulment and a shirt that reads, “I’d hit that.”

Except for bam—tiny hiccup, his personality cancels out his hot AF face.

And let’s not mention how you definitely took a trip to pound town with his friends.

So, yeah. That’s what happens in Vegas.

You get Knot so Lucky even when you think you hit the jackpot.

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