{"id":844,"date":"2017-01-17T14:53:20","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T14:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.annasugden.com\/extras\/?p=844"},"modified":"2017-01-17T14:53:20","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T14:53:20","slug":"not-long-now-more-ice-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.annasugden.com\/extras\/news\/not-long-now-more-ice-cats\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Long Now! More Ice Cats!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you and yours had a wonderful holidays and are enjoying a good, healthy start to 2017. After a difficult and stressful six months, due to the decline and eventual passing of my wonderful, 94-yr-old father-in-law, I’m ready for a fresh year.<\/p>\n

There is plenty of good news to tell you. First,\u00a0I’m delighted that the fifth book in my New Jersey Ice Cats<\/strong> series will hit the shelves on February 1st.<\/p>\n

A Perfect Strategy<\/strong><\/em><\/span> features retired Ice Cats<\/strong>‘ captain, Scott ‘Scotty’ Matthews and Sapphire Houlihan. Many of you will remember Sapphie as Issy’s best friend in A Perfect Compromise<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. I had such fun pitting a woman who can’t even commit to an apartment against a man who’s looking for the someone to share his new life with. Especially when they have to do battle in the boardroom, as well as the bedroom!<\/p>\n

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Is there really life after hockey?<\/strong><\/p>\n

If there\u2019s one thing Scotty Matthews know, it\u2019s hockey. Unfortunately, the former New Jersey Ice Cats<\/strong> captain isn\u2019t proving successful at life after hockey. His wife\u2019s left him and he\u2019s lost his post-ice job as a media commentator. All he\u2019s got now is a big, empty show house.<\/em><\/p>\n

If there\u2019s one thing Sapphire Houlihan knows, it\u2019s that she never wants to be tied down to anyone or anything ever again. Unfortunately for her, a wonderful one-weekend distraction with Scotty turns into something much more complicated \u2026 Because he\u2019s a guy who wants way more than one weekend.<\/em><\/p>\n

You can pre-order A Perfect Strategy<\/strong><\/em><\/span> by clicking on the cover above. I hope you love Scotty and Sapphie’s story as much I do!<\/p>\n

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Thank you to all of you who contacted me to let me know how much you enjoyed my two free short stories, A Perfect Plan<\/strong><\/em><\/span> and A Perfect Picnic<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. I’m sorry that due to family issues, I wasn’t able to complete the New Year’s and Valentine’s stories in time. I will be offering A Perfect Bouquet<\/strong><\/em><\/span> for free during February, for those of you didn’t manage to download it last year.<\/p>\n

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Don’t forget that you can get all six of last year’s short stories in my NJ Ice Cats’<\/strong> anthology, A Perfect Selection<\/strong><\/em><\/span>, for only 99c. This is only available in digital format.<\/p>\n

I promise there will be more short stories on the way later in the year, so stay tuned!<\/p>\n

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In the meantime, I’m busy at work on the next New Jersey\u00a0Ice Cats<\/strong><\/em><\/span> book, working title A Perfect Treat<\/strong><\/em><\/span>, which will hopefully hit the shelves in March 2018. I can’t say too much about it right now, except that the hero is a reader favourite!<\/p>\n

Until next time, Happy reading!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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