Hiiiii , Happy Friday (and happy excerpt day for the prequel to # Dear Santa With Love) ! Crossing my fingers you're reading or listening to a good book. Something that came as a plot twist to me yesterday? Something that made go: Nope. Nope. Nope. And send pictures to my husband with a lot of "WTF"?  (if you don't like bugs - just scroll down if you want to read the excerpt to the headline "Excerpt").

This is basically the face I made. I was not amused.

Termites Swarmer. Yes. You read that correctly. And I only found out they were making their way inside thanks to Bobbie.

And I'm not even sure I can use that in one of my Sandwich Bay books (remember Poppy and Tristan?) Because this didn't amuse me. Nope. They just showed up close to my office right by our front door. Ready to mate. Really. 

That's what they do. Have you seen them before?

(there's an interesting - or maybe just interesting to me - story about their mating ritual). The guy I called to come for an inspection thinks there's a colony outside. And he can make it already today so that's great.

But... yep. This kind of derailed my working day. I wanted to write two chapters of the prequel (I'm *almost* done with it) but I ended up doing a lot of admin work. I did revise the first paragraph of the prequel of # Dear Santa With Love.

If you have any stories to share with me (did you have termites swarmers swarming?) or if you want to let me how much you love this excerpt below... don't hesitate to reply. 

Excerpt 

Proposing to my perfect Super-Bowl winning boyfriend on Valentine’s Day ticks all my very carefully drawn boxes: romantic, well-organized, a great story to tell our grandkids (and my readers) one day.

Yet, my legendary I-got-this attitude has gone undercover and my made-of-steel nerves are going all jittery, playing pinball with my heart. I’m not sure who’s winning but my palms are clammy, my pulse is racing and the lavender candle my best friend’s burning for “calm and love” has me wanting to hide under the heavy comforter.

Deep inhale. Deep exhale.

I’ve got this under control. There’s no serial killer waiting outside the door.

This is a proposal—not a true-crime podcast.

I'm currently revising the prequel novella - you can read ahead here (please note that this prequel novella will be free on e-retailers... it will end on a cliffhanger. It's part of my process to write the first chance before writing the second chance. I get to know my characters better that way. By becoming a follower and member on Ream, you get early access, but it's not a must at all. And this is why I don't offer marketing classes :P).