I'm so happy the sun's shining, I could cry
and other confusing feelings, new book deals, and upcoming events
My beauties!!
I never think I have seasonal affective disorder until spring starts, and then a great weight is lifted off my shoulders, and I realize what a mopey asshole I’ve been the last six months. Sorry about that!
Things have been cooking right along in my publishing world. I recently announced a new book deal with my lovely publisher Union Square and Co that I’m RIDICULOUSLY excited to write.
POT SHOT is everything I love about stoner comedy and romance, rolled up together in a nice, fat—book. :) It’s also deeply personal as I have Crohn’s disease, and at different times in my life, I’ve depended on cannabis to help me through the debilitating pain and let’s be honest, to laugh my ass off. When I first conceived of this book idea, a friend mentioned that marijuana has always been considered the “Third Rail” in romance—simply put, don’t go there. Well, I went there, and I’m so excited at the early raving response from folks who are excited to read about a chronically ill woman who gets high and finds a really hot doctor to fight with before falling in love. Imagine if Devi from Never Have I Ever abruptly exited her prestigious academic track due to illness and becomes a reclusive stoner determined to open her own dispensary only to duke it out in a Parks-and-Recreation-style community war against Dr. Ben Gross who’s back in town and ready to make her life hell—that’s POT SHOT for you. Broad City meets Parks and Recreation meets Crohn’s disease. It’s a great time, I promise, and it’s tentatively scheduled to release May 2026.
ZOE BRENNAN, FIRST CRUSH has also been out in the world for two months, and let me tell you, my love language is people making hilarious memes and art based on my books. Here’s a few particular favorites:
Heart eyes forever! If you haven’t picked up a copy, please remedy that post haste. Let me tell you, it’s hard out here to sell a queer book that released the DAY after inauguration, and in this economy?? Whew. Also, the book begins in March (almost all my books begin in March, I don’t know WHY), so it’s the perfect time to pick it up!
I’ve also got some events coming up that maybe I’ll see you at? I hope so!
APRIL: Apollycon, Baltimore, MD
MAY: Bucks County Book Fest, PA
MAY: Queers & Quills, Portland, OR
MAY: Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books, PA
JUNE: American Library Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA
SEPTEMBER: Romance Con, Milwaukee, WI
Books you should check out!
Tanvier’s got a new book in the Chance at Love series! Folks, this is a s p i c y frenemies-to-lovers romance with lots of banter, tension, and swoon! If you haven’t read a Tanvier book yet, now’s your chance, people. Pick up a copy here:
Y’all, I had a chance to read this one early to blurb it, and it’s super hot AND made me laugh out loud—pretty much my ultimate catnip! Here’s my blurb for it: "Lush, cozy, sweet, and incredibly sexy—Lavine's debut is like a mug of decadent hot chocolate that you've developed feelings for."—Laura Piper Lee, Author of Hannah Tate, Beyond Repair and Zoe Brennan, First Crush
That’s all for now, folks, but stay tuned! I may have more news soon. :D
xoxo,
Laura