Updates!

We have exciting news, but first we would like to thank everyone for your support for Breakaway. It’s been amazing and we are so very thankful.

We have a couple things we’d like to share with you, but the first is about the second book in the trilogy. Our betas loved it and soon, it will be off to our editor! We are still very much in love with Levi and Presley and book two dives into their lives even further. As soon as we have a synopsis, we’ll share that with you and get a Goodreads page set up too. At that time, we will also announce the title of book two.

Before we get to a surprise, we do want to say that the work for book three has already started.

This is how Mary titles the docs.

Now, here is our surprise. We have a few more things in store for Levi and Presley. One of those things is a novella. It’s a bridge of sorts between book one and book two, covering the Christmas holiday.

You must be thinking that this will be the end our co-authoring together, but you’re wrong. We have a whole new book that we are working. Wondering what it is? First, there are no hockey players. Are you shocked? We were too! This story is going to be completely different.

It’s going to introduce you to Colt and Ivee. Two different people with similar backgrounds. We both have fallen in love with these two and we know that you will too. We are still working it, but as soon as we have more details we will let you know.

Again, thank you for all your support. We appreciate it more than you know!

BREAKAWAY is here!

Breakaway has been released on Amazon! We are so excited about this book and we are absolutely thrilled to finally be able to share it with you.

Feel free to tweet us, Levi, or Presley to tell us what you're thinking while you're reading. We'd love to hear from you! We would also appreciate it if you would post a review on either Amazon and/or Goodreads once you've finished.

If you come to love these characters as much as we do, then you'll be happy to know that book two will be coming your way soon! We'll announce more when we can.

Thank you to everyone who helped us prepare this book for publication. It was a pleasure working with you all!

Cover Reveal for Breakaway

Lindsay Paige and Mary Smith are co-authors of The Penalty Kill Trilogy. Their first book, Breakaway is due out on Aug. 15, 2013


About the Authors:

Lindsay Paige and Mary Smith created The Penalty Kill Trilogy through their love of writing and hockey. BREAKAWAY, book one, is set to release August 15, 2013. Stay tuned for more details!


Lindsay Paige is a romance author from North Carolina who has published five books on her own. She is a huge hockey fan of the Pittsburgh Penguins and loves to play tennis. When not writing, Paige is focused on completing college. 


Mary Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois, but currently lives in West Virginia. She is an avid reader, co-founder of Book Nerds Across America, and author of Melting Away the Ice. She goes nowhere without her cell phone or Kindle. Mary loves anything to do with Chicago Blackhawks, Patrick Sharp, and hockey related!!


Lindsay and Mary created The Penalty Kill Trilogy through their love of writing and hockey. Through their late night writing sessions, text messages, and emails, they have created a trilogy following two characters dealing with college, family, friends, and the one sport that connects them all. Even though Lindsay and Mary are fans of different NHL teams, they are still close friends...except when their teams play each other.


About the Book:


Levi Carr is captain of the Roxboro University Lions hockey team. His rival is James Wayne University and their captain, Trevor McCarthy. After an incident in high school and his mother’s death, Levi does whatever he can to make McCarthy’s life a little harder. When leaving the rivaling campus one night, Levi meets one person who can unknowingly help him mess with McCarthy.

My one job in this is to mess with McCarthy’s head and all it has done is mess with mine.

Presley McCarthy lives in the shadow of her twin brother, Trevor. After being separated when their parents divorced, all Presley heard about was Levi Carr being a bully to Trevor. Now in college, Presley is trying to be her own person, but when she meets Levi Carr, it all changes. But will the changes be good or bad?

He is nothing like my brother described. Maybe I’ve been wrong all along.


Stalk Links:


For Lindsay:


Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lindsay.paige.books


Twitter: https://twitter.com/lindsaypaige11


Website: http://authorlindsaypaige.blogspot.com/


For Mary:


Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMarySmith


Twitter: https://twitter.com/maryms1980


Website: http://authormarysmith.blogspot.com/


For The Penalty Kill Trilogy:


Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePenaltyKillTrilogy


Twitter: https://twitter.com/PKtrilogy


Website: http://thepenaltykilltrilogy.blogspot.com/


Levi Carr on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Levi_Carr_10


Presley McCarthy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PresleyMcCarthy


The Cover:

What do you think?

Thank you Book Hustlers Tours

How We Met

(The black text is Mary. The blue text is Lindsay.)

Even though LP and I have only been writing since May, it seems like we’ve been writing forever. Strange, I know?! I was lucky enough to actually meet LP, in person, last Saturday and it was amazing! She’s an incredible person and real! After we parted ways, I started thinking about how this whole whirlwind started and I thought that LP and I would share the story with you.

I have been a blogger for almost 3 years and have been involved with the Indie Community since day one. Through that, I met LP. I met her when another blogger suggested I read her book, Sweetness. I loved that book, to this day! Jake and Emily are amazing characters. Once I did my reviews of all the books that were out (at that time), I found LP on Twitter. It was there I found out she was a hockey fan and I began to stalk her (don’t judge I only stalk the best *wink*). It was during the lock-out, this past season, that we grew closer and then I ended up writing my book, Melting Away the Ice. I asked LP to read it and was extremely shocked when she said yes. I mean, come on … this is Lindsay Paige! She is one of my faves! (I may have fan-girl scream when she said yes to read it). Anyway, one thing lead to another and I was at my day job when she sent me a message via Twitter, saying she was sending me an email. Well, of course I was refreshing my email like mad to figure out what she wanted.  Finally, the email came and she asked me to co-author with her. First, I screamed (yes, literally) and second, I may have fainted (slightly) and third, my co-workers really figured out that I was a loon. Nonetheless, I sent an email back, as fast as my fingers could type “YES”. LP’s response was, “Wanna think about it?” and I said “NO”. I’m a person of few words, when I’m excited!

That is definitely true. When I emailed Mary and she responded, I was overwhelmed by her excitement and willingness. She said yes while only knowing the genre of the books. For a second, I was skeptical that she was agreeing so fast. I kept thinking, “She’s going to hear the full idea and change her mind.” Or “Maybe she’s really busy at work and misread something.” I don’t know what exactly I was thinking, but cowriting was something I have been wanting to do for the longest time and I couldn’t believe that it was actually going to happen. Through the whirlwind of emails that were sent that day, I kept waiting for the ball to drop. But then Mary’s excitement never stopped and it was contagious and I was like, “OMG! IT’S HAPPENING!”

We hashed out my original idea and molded it to make it our idea. Something we both could see where we wanted to go with the story. We talked about every aspect from the actual writing part to what would happen after we finished. Once we got everything in order, we started writing. Two weeks, people! Two weeks was all it took for us to write the first draft. I was amazed, but hooked on the story and writing with Mary flowed so easily. We talked constantly and when an issue arose, we tackled it in an hour tops.

I know that it sounds very strange that we wrote a book in two weeks, but it’s true! We wrote every chance we got. We wrote until wee hours in the morning and even if I had to get up early for work, I didn’t care. This story consumed LP and me from the moment we typed our first sentence. We worked through every detail … together! Never have I been apart of a project that went so smoothly. Now, August 15 is just around the corner!

Exactly! Then we started working on the originally planned book two and it was a struggle. We talked it over and changed the plan. You can read more about that in the update post from last week. Working on the second book got Mary and I thinking about how we were already halfway through our project. It’s weird because we think so much alike that’s it’s scary and super freaky. We were thinking the same thing before we even mentioned it to one another. I think Mary was the first to say something about how she would miss working together when the trilogy was over. I may have laughed, but only because I was literally just thinking the same thing. Working on this trilogy with Mary made working on my solo projects hard. I would get to a hard scene and think, “This would be so much easier if I was writing with Mary. She could help me out or just take over.” I love working with her and it definitely helps that we think so alike or in those moments when we don’t, we’re able to think of something together that we’re both happy with.

I don’t remember who said what, but we definitely came to the conclusion that we wouldn’t mind working together on more projects after this one was finished. Nothing is planned, but the option is there. Plus, we have a lot of stuff planned individually as well that we are working on.

LP is telling you the truth. I was a little emotional thinking that we already halfway through book two and book three would be knocking on our door to be written and then...well, it would be over. I have the same problem with my solo projects. I’m always wondering what LP would do (might need to put that on a tshirt W.W.L.P.D?) But, I’m glad that we talked about it and have the option to write more. LP’s talent has no bounds and even though I still hate commas, my writing is improving! I have her to thank for that! Thanks LP!

Oh, Mary gives me too much credit, but there you go! That’s our story on how we got to this point. We’re very excited about this project and hopefully, in the future, we’ll bring you more books from the both of us.

Monday's Music

Hi everyone, Mary here.

I wanted to show the loving side of our characters.

Here is my fave:

Hunter Hayes - Wanted

Updates!

Hey everyone! We have a couple things to update you on today.

First things first, we are in the process of getting a cover made for Breakaway! We hope to share it with you soon.

Secondly, we're really excited about Breakaway and have fallen in love with the characters. So much so, that the entire trilogy will be about Levi and Presley. Originally, we planned to give three pairs of characters a book to make up the trilogy, giving insights to the other characters' lives as we went. Levi and Presley hooked us and quite frankly, stole the show.

We started a good chunk of the originally planned book two and it just wasn't working. Levi and Presley were popping in to scenes like crazy, practically begging for us to come back to them. It was a struggle to write with the second pair and not let Levi and Presley dominate the scenes. Therefore, we agreed to give them what they wanted.

Thirdly, Levi and Presley can now be found on Twitter. We thought this would be a cool way for readers to interact with them and to get a feel for the characters before the release. Plus, like we said, we're hooked on these two and to further bring them to life is an opportunity we jumped at. You can follow the trilogy here, Levi here, and Presley here.

Thanks for stopping by for the updates! Don't forget to like us on Facebook so we can share a Breakaway teaser at 100 likes!

Happy Reading!

Monday's Music

*waves* Hey everyone! Mary here! I hope that everyone had an awesome weekend! LP and I sure did! *wink* We will discuss that later.

Well, it's that time again. Monday. Back to work and school. But, that is okay because I have an amazing song for y'all today.

Let me tell you one ... this is a little bit of a teaser too ... *hehe*

Here is:

Buckcherry - Sorry

Because Mary Wanted to Interview Lindsay

So, not too long ago Lindsay interviewed me and I thought they y'all should know about her!

 

Okay, so I guess I could ask LP a bunch of Pittsburgh Penguins’ Questions, but who wants to hear that!!! (Just kidding....or am I?) Anyway.......

LP, what made you become an author?

It started accidentally, really. My anxiety was out of control and daydreams were my escape. Jake and Emily’s story came from that. When it wouldn’t get out of my head on its own, I started writing as means to do so. After that, I fell in love with writing and have been doing it ever since!

What is all-time favorite book?

Hopeless by Colleen Hoover

Who is the hottest book boyfriend you’ve ever read?

Hottest? I would have to say Nix from Off Limits by Sawyer Bennett. Love me some Nix!

If you were on a desert island and had a choice between a kindle full of unlimited books or Sidney Crosby, which would you choose?

No doubt, I would choose Sidney Crosby. Me & him all alone on a deserted island? There would be a 50/50 chance that we would get along, right? Of course, I would have to take that chance/opportunity! Plus, a kindle would eventually die and I doubt the island has an plugs. See? I thought ahead!

Okay, okay let’s ask about those darn Penguins. Who is your favorite player and why?

I have two favorites because I can’t possibly choose between them. Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin because they are both awesome. Just watch them play and you’ll see.

Why the Penguins and have you ever liked another team before?

Okay, so don’t judge me after you hear my story. The BFF introduced me to hockey and I became a Hurricanes fan by association. Justin Williams was my favorite and I was pissed when he got traded. I realized that if I was going to be a true hockey fan, I needed to find a team where I liked a lot of the players and one I could be loyal to no matter what. I began my search, stumbled upon Sidney Crosby and the Penguins, and fell in love. It was like a match made in heaven, especially since penguins are one of my favorite animals. Been a fan ever since! This year, it’s gotten really serious. BFF says I’m obsessed. Haha!

Are you a Kindle girl or would you rather have a physical book in hand?

Darn technology! I’m a Kindle girl, but I still love my paperbacks. However, I've gotten where I only want the paperback if I really loved it.

What is the one thing that has surprised you about co-author with me? For me, it’s how easy our ideas flowed and we always listened to each other’s suggestions.

I was mostly surprised by how creepy we are with our thoughts. I would ask a question and while I was typing my answer, you were too, and BAM! They were almost identical. The fact that we think so alike really surprised me...and creeped me out, as evident by the song I have deemed our theme song. Creepin’ by Eric Church. Another thing that surprised me was the scale of your awesomeness. I knew you were awesome beforehand, but working with you and talking to you almost every day had your awesomeness blowing me away!

What are you most excited about for Book 1: Breakaway that you want everyone to know?

Levi. Watch out, ladies. Levi Carr stole our hearts and we’re sure he’s going to steal yours as well. There’s more than meets the eye with him. Out of all the characters I’ve written, he’s my favorite.

Now rumor has it that you may like a certain Blackhawks player *cough* Patrick Sharp *cough* is that because of all the brainwashing I’ve been doing to you? Should I purchase your first Blackhawks jersey for you? *wink*

I was waiting on this question. I won't confirm nor deny the rumor. What I will say is that if I happen to like Patrick Sharp, it would be because of all your brainwashing, Mary. If you felt inclined to buy something based whether I may like him, a jersey isn't necessary. If the rumor is true, though, a t-shirt would be just fine. ;)

Monday's Music

Its me, Mary and it is that time again...Monday!

But not just any other Monday...IT IS MUSIC MONDAY!! *happy dance*

Today, I thought about doing another Levi song. I love doing those!

So, here it is........SHINEDOWN -- If You Only Knew

Enjoy

We Have News!

We have made tons of progress since we started working on this trilogy. Today, we are excited to share with you the news on the first book.

Breakaway is the title and it will release August 15, 2013. You can add it on Goodreads as well! We are so excited about Levi and Presley's story and we can't wait to share it with you! Check out the synopsis below!

Levi Carr is captain of the Roxboro University Lions hockey team. His rival is James Wayne University and their captain, Trevor McCarthy. After an incident in high school and his mother’s death, Levi does whatever he can to make McCarthy’s life a little harder. When leaving the rivaling campus one night, Levi meets one person who can unknowingly help him mess with McCarthy.

My one job in this is to mess with McCarthy’s head and all it has done is mess with mine.

Presley McCarthy lives in the shadow of her twin brother, Trevor. After being separated when their parents divorced, all Presley heard about was Levi Carr being a bully to Trevor. Now in college, Presley is trying to be her own person, but when she meets Levi Carr, it all changes. But will the changes be good or bad?

He is nothing like my brother described. Maybe I’ve been wrong all along.

Meet Our Characters

When we started this project, we never thought we would already be done with the first draft and working on revisions. But we are! Therefore, it's time we introduce you to our characters. You can find more images on our Pinterest board.

Our frist book centers on these two:

Levi Carr, age 21, attends Roxboro University and is the captain of their Lions hockey team. Levi is confident with a little cockiness and enticing with his seductive words. He's 6'4" with blonde hair, blue eyes, and bulky with muscle.

Presley McCarthy, age 21, attends James Wayne University across town and is a big fan of hockey. She is also the twin to JWU's captain, Trevor McCarthy. Presley is fiery, snarky, and quick on her feet. She's 5'7" with long red hair and light brown eyes.

Monday's Music

Hi! Lindsay here. I hope you are all having a great day.

Every week, Mary and I are going to take turns sharing music from the playlist we created for the first book in the trilogy. Today is my turn and I'm sharing Enemies by Shinedown. Mary and I are huge Shinedown fans and we have many of their songs on our playlist. This is one of them. Enjoy!

Welcome!

Hi everyone! Lindsay Paige and Mary Smith here. Thank you for stopping by to learn more about our new adventure together!

We are beyond excited to be working with one another and we're having a blast so far. As we have more news to share about the trilogy, you'll be able to find it here.

We are still in the beginning stages, but things are moving pretty fast. (Can you say roughly 44,000+ words in one week?!) You're probably wondering what it is we're writing, huh?

We are joining forces to bring you a set of New Adult books in The Penalty Kill trilogy. The three books will center around a group of hockey players in college and their journey of finding love.

Be sure to follow us here, on Twitter, and like us on Facebook to stay updated on the trilogy.