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Hello,

I hope July is treating you well! We're definitely in the dog days of summer, though in our house, it's more like the cat days of summer. Mainly because one of our cats has been bringing us gifts. Imagine walking into your living room to discover a long black snake on the floor in front of you. (The geek thought it was an electrical cord!) We got rid of the snake, and then two hours later and in the same spot, our cat plops down a dead mouse. I'm sure she was proud of herself, but my gross-out meter is now in the red zone...

I had two big goals this summer: 1) To start writing WILD KIND OF WONDERFUL, book 6 in my Sweet Life in Seattle series. 2) Get my younger son to drive a car. Happily, the first goal is coming along great. I started writing WKOW about a month ago. At this point, I'm planning to release the book in January.

My other summer goal is not going so great. For some reason, my teenager couldn't care less about learning to drive. Has anyone else experienced this? He drags his feet and mostly sees it as a chore.

Other updates: TRUTH ABOUT NERDS & BEES is currently being proofread! Yay! It releases on August 22.

I had a couple of people email me with nice comments about the new paperback covers for the series, so I figured I'd share them with you in my newsletter.

A commitment-phobic billionaire tries to help his awkward cousin win the girl of his dreams... and accidentally falls in love with her himself.

When rock star Joshua Trevant shows up at Leah's door to escape the paparazzi nightmare at his house... little does he know she caused it.

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Andrea's Addictions & Opinions

I think I've mentioned how much I love The Essential Baking Company in a past newsletter, but what I never mentioned was that you can buy a whole case of bread from them online and that it keeps in your pantry for six months. I'm not kidding. It doesn't use any strange preservatives or weird ingredients either. Instead, each loaf has an oxygen absorber. I discovered this during the pandemic, and now I buy them regularly. They also have gluten-free bread though I've never tried it. It's really nice to have a supply of baguettes or sourdough loaves on hand whenever you want. And their bread is super delicious!

Now that there's finally a new season of Outlander, I decided to watch the whole series from the beginning. Well, guess what? The geek decided to watch them with me! In the past, he didn't want to watch Outlander because he assumed it was just for women. The show definitely knows its audience is women, which is why we get to see so much of Jamie (ahem!) but it's also some great storytelling. So far, we're both enjoying it. The only part of the show I dislike is the brutality from Jack Randall. (We skipped over most of the gross stuff.) I honestly think it goes over the top and had zero desire to watch those scenes again. (I know the books had them too, but I thought it was too much in the books as well. Otherwise, I loved those books. They were fantastic.) In any case, this series has proven to be just as good the second time around!

I hope you're having a great month. I'll see you in August.

Thank you for being a reader!

xo,

Andrea

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