Small update for everyone who's been following along—THE PENALTY BOX is moving to September 15th.
If you already have the ARC, nothing changes on your end. Read at your own pace, review whenever it's done—before or after launch, no pressure either way.
For anyone who hasn't grabbed a copy yet: the ARC is still live right here on PenPinery. Hockey star x bartender, seven years of resentment, forced proximity, and a grovel that draws blood.
And to everyone who's already read, reviewed, or posted: thank you. 🩵Seeing readers find this story before it's even officially out has meant a …
Here's a thing nobody tells you about early reviews: sometimes several people say the same sentence in slightly different ways, and the sentence is correct.
Mine was I needed MORE Gabriel.
One reviewer wrote it in caps with a crying emoji. Another one said the middle of the book went quiet on her. I sat with those for about a day, feeling sorry for myself in a very professional manner, black coffee and chapter breakdowns before me like I was building a case. And then I went and looked at where Gabriel actually is in this novel and found a …
Every scene in this book got written to something.
The Penalty Box took such strong hold of me that Gabriel and Ivy started turning up in my dreams—and when I wasn't dreaming about them, I was drafting to this. Fifteen songs, ordered to follow their arc from the first shot fired to the grovel that finally lands. If you want to know roughly where things are heading without a single spoiler, the track order will tell you. ;)
🎧 The Official The Penalty Box Playlist The Penalty Box is a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers hockey romance set in Whistler, BC. Ivy remembers …