Hi, everyone. It's Sarah. Summer is here somehow impossibly. It is Memorial Day weekend this

upcoming weekend in the United States, which is the unofficial official start of summer here. And

we had planned for many months to take this week off. And we told ourselves we were taking this

week off, but we forgot to tell you that we were taking this week off. And we told ourselves we were taking this week off, but we forgot to tell you that we

were taking this week off. Everything is fine, though, because we're dropping an old episode,

our Sex on the Beach Reads episode. And I think you guys are going to have a great time.

If you haven't listened to it yet, it's going to be very fun. This is an episode about

beach reads where there's actual sex on beaches in the books. And these are some pretty good bangers.

I think you're going to have a great time. Pack your beach bag. Head to the beach. I hope it's

going to be warmer there than it is here in New York City this weekend. Other than that, we are really looking forward to this summer. And since I have you,

I'm going to take a moment to tell you to come and hang out with us in St. Louis. On July 8th,

we will be together along with hundreds of other magnificent firebirds

who are all coming to St. Louis, a deluge of firebirds, coming to the novel neighbor bookshop

for Fated Mates Live with our dear friend Kate Claiborne. We are going to talk about a number of things that are probably

very not for Kate. That we can promise you. We're going to have a great time. We're also going to talk

about my new book, These Summer Storms, on its release day. So this is really also my release party,

and I hope you'll all come in and party with me.

These Summer Storms is a big summer book. It's about a dysfunctional family. There's a sexy romance

hero that roams through this book, too. I think romance readers will have a great time with it.

It does bang, though not on a beach, though sort of on a beach. It's complicated.

Anyway, if you would love to join us in St. Louis, please do. Tickets are available at

phaamates.net slash live. If you can't join us in St. Louis, but you live somewhere

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