at a VidCon event. It was so much fun and I learned so much being there with her. Seeing all the different types of vlogs out there, and all the different personalities behind the various channels, I realized that Shoshana was right. I could have my own successful blog about my life in New York and turn it into something big. I’d only recently decided to try my hand at adding a vlog to my many talents after working on Shoshana’s blog with her.
While I wait for Shoshana to arrive, I go through my outline again and check it against the episode I’d recorded and self-edited. Everything I wanted to accomplish, I feel like I have. Now I just need Shoshana’s input to make sure what I have is worthy of her teachings.
A knock sounds at my door and my heart jumps into my throat. I practically run to the door and pull it open to fins Shoshana standing there with YouTube sensation Tori Klein. My eyes go wide and all I can offer is a simple, “Hi.”
“It’s wonderful to finally meet you, Sabina,” Tori offers at my awestruck silence.
“Breathe, soul sister,” Shoshana reminds me, snapping me out of my frozen mind space.
“Oh my God, I’m so sorry. Please come in.” I open my door wider and step back, beckoning them into my place.
“I promise I won’t bite,” Tori teases, washing away the last bits of my awkwardness.
“What if I like that though?” I throw out, not thinking. Shoshana busts out laughing and Tori joins in after a moment.
“I see why you gravitated towards her,” Tori laughs.
I know I’m beat red, but at least I haven’t offended her.
“Let’s see what you have,” Shoshana prompts, craning her neck to glance at the storyboard on the breakfast bar.
“It’s still pretty rough,” I explain, leading them over to where my laptop is still set up to show them my attempt. “Please don’t hold back.”
“I never pull my punches,” Shoshana promises.
I click a couple of buttons then stand back as the episode plays for them. I’ve never really been a nail biter, but I can’t help but worry at my thumb nail while their eyes stay glued to my laptop screen.
The video ends and Shoshana takes a deep breath. I don’t know what that means and my nerves stand on edge waiting for Tori or Shoshana to say something.
Tori clear her throat and breaks the silence in the room with a single word, “Well.”
My shoulders start to sag until Shoshana turns towards me with the biggest smile on her face. “Oh my God, Sabina!” she shrieks before throwing her arms around me. “This is fantastic! You did amazing!”
I look over to Tori for confirmation, not that I don’t believe Shoshana, but we’re talking Tori-freaking-Klein here. She’s nodding in agreement and I finally let Shoshana’s excitement flow over me.
“I was so nervous you wouldn’t like it.”
“Are you crazy? This is amazing work for your first time,” Tori agrees.
“Thank you. Thank you so much,” I gush.
“Have you finally decided on a name?” Shoshana asks, flipping through my notebook of other ideas to vlog about.
“Actually, I was thinking of Sex on the Side,” I announce.
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Secret Keeper: A Hero Club Novel
#1 on Goodreads Most Anticipated romances of May 2020!
A sexy, exciting, edge of your seat HEA contemporary romance, SECRET KEEPER is a standalone story inspired by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward’s STUCK UP SUIT, published as part of the Cocky Hero Club, a series of original works, written by various authors, inspired by Keeland and Ward's New York Times bestselling series.
Blurb
“She was the fruit of a forbidden tree, but nothing in this world was going to stop me from tasting her.
My name is Dylan Murphy, and I work for the rich and powerful of an exclusive Manhattan building. Graham Morgan was my first boss, but soon after I was working with some of the most famous entrepreneurs, business moguls, and movie stars in the city. They trusted me because I always followed the cardinal rules:
Never betray secrets. And never, under any circumstance, get personally involved.
I’d never dreamed of violating my professional mantra. Not until she walked past me.
The look we exchanged that night set my body on fire, and I knew right then and there that no matter the consequences, she was going to be mine. But she was one of them—off limits and out of my league, but she was the kind of woman who I was willing to risk everything for.
I keep other people’s secrets for a living, but the biggest secret of all might be my own.”
The Wordsmith Chronicles
A 5 book HEA contemporary romance series about a group of aspiring romance writers struggle with trying to make it big in the indie publishing world while navigating their love lives.
Knight (book 1)—> http://a.co/iBcVaK5
Colton (book 2)—> http://a.co/dy2Ojmq
Grayson (book 3)—> http://a.co/d/43MNyLS
True North: A Wordsmith Chronicles Standalone MC—> http://a.co/d/iSlpvVo
North: A Wordsmith Chronicles Standalone—> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QZHV28D
Standalone HEA Contemporary Romance:
The Me That I Became
Synopsis:
We were destined to never end up together. You an empath, and me the woman who can’t feel anything. It never should have worked. Then, our hands brushed together. It was serendipity—a happy accident that made me experience the world like I never had before. You said all the right words, and for a time I remembered what it felt like to be alive. But, my shadows have returned, threatening to extinguish the light you brought into my life, and I’m terrified that our future together is slipping away. I need you now, Brandon. I need you to chase away the demons, to make me whole, and to teach me once again what it means to love. Now only one question remains. . .Will you?
Away From Here: a young adult novel
When I was seventeen years old there were only three things that I knew for certain: I was a mixed-up mixed kid, with weird hair and an unhealthy love of comics; I wanted to forget I’d ever heard the words depression and anxiety; and I was hopelessly in love with a girl named Annalise who was, in every way that you can be, a goddess. What can I say about Anna? She wasn’t the prom queen or the perfect girl from the movies, she was my weird, funny, messed up goddess. The girl of my dreams. The reason I’m writing these words.
I’d loved Anna from a distance my junior year, afraid to actually talk to her, but then one day during lunch my best friend threw a french fry at my face and changed everything. The rest, as they say, is history. Our History. Our Story. Annalise helped make me the man I am today, and loving her saved my teenaged soul from drowning in the depths of a terrible Bleh, the worst kind of sadness that there is, a concept Anna taught me about a long time ago, when we were younger than young. So flip the book over, open up the cover and let me tell you Our Story, which is like Annalise, herself - complicated, beautiful, funny, and guaranteed to teach you something by the time you’re through. Maybe it’ll teach you the complexity of the word potato, something I never understood until the very last page.
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#1 bestseller—Away From Here: A Young Adult Novel
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The Impressions Duet (HEA Contemporary Romance)
This duet follows the interrelated stories of two best friends, Mia and Dacia, as they encounter the Marsden brothers—two mysterious, handsome, and intriguing men whose family has a sordid history that they must discover together:
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Impression of Me (book 2)—> http://a.co/4MI4gw3
The New York City’s Finest
HEA contemporary romance—My 5 book series, a blend of contemporary romance, action, suspense, and adventure—each book features a different sexy NYPD detective and takes place in a different borough of New York. Follow these NYPD detectives as they meet the women of their dreams while trying to solve the crimes of their careers!
Calem (book 1)—> http://a.co/hEyPn3Q
Jesse (book 2)—> http://a.co/eyTkL7I
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