THE LONG GAME sneak peek: Awesome new NA contemp romance!
Hey readerfriends,
Very excited to be participating in the blog tour for THE LONG GAME, the debut novel from PA-based author J.L. Fynn. It officially releases on October 7 (that’s Monday! So many lovely writers having book birthdays this month!), and if you’re a fan of contemporary NA romance, I think you’ll really enjoy this one. It’s expertly paced, has a tough but conflicted male narrator (my favorite kind), and builds the central romance and the family relationships with equal care and skill. I’ll be back with a full review on Monday, but for now, here’s a tiny sneak peek.
This is the blurb, in case you missed the cover reveal a few weeks back:
Smooth talking. Ambitious. Loyal. Twenty-year-old Shay Reilly has proven himself to his Irish-American Gypsy clan on small-scale cons, but now the clan leader has a bigger mission for him: playing the long game.
To rake in the big score he’s after, he needs to con co-ed Spencer into falling in love with him. He knows he should see Spencer as a mere means to an end, but that’s easier said than done when there’s a witty, attractive girl in your arms.
Now the only thing that can keep them apart is the thing that brought them together: Shay’s plans of revenge against someone who wronged his clan and family years before—Spencer’s father.
And here’s a little sample, so you can get a feel for the writing. This is Shay having a tense face-to-face with the leader of his clan, Pop Sheedy, right before he’s sent on the mission that blows up his life in all the best and worst ways:
I have a very special job, and you’re the only one who can pull it off,” Pop Sheedy said.
I’d been leaning forward, listening, but hearing this sent me reeling back several inches. “I’m honored, Pop. What did you have in mind?”
“I’m sending you up north to Pennsylvania. A place near Philadelphia called Balanova.”
“Balanova?” I’d never heard of the place. And I couldn’t think of a single person I knew who lived in Pennsylvania. “What’s in Balanova?”
“Revenge.”
So that’s not nearly enough, right? You can follow Shay to Balanova on Monday (grab it on Amazon here, and make sure you have an evening free; it’s a page-turner). In the meantime, add it on Goodreads—and stay tuned to this spot for a Five Reasons Review on release day!
About J.L. Fynn: J.L. Fynn is the public face of a private identity. She enjoys making up stories about iniquitous heroes, providing Delphic answers to unasked questions, and obfuscating the truth just for laughs. But then, what’s an author but a professional liar? If you send her an email she might let you in on her little secret—assuming she likes your moxie.