3 Secrets to Love, the second book in my Romance Tales from the Quadrants series releases on September 15th, and I thought I would share the official excerpt with you. Enjoy!

​I glanced both ways down the hall to see if I still had time to calm myself but saw a figure rounding the corner and heading toward me. Based on his size and saunter, I knew it was Phalon. Most others I’d met at his height or taller, lumbered forward as they walked. But Phalon was more casual, almost cocky looking with his gait. Most would assume he developed that as a racer, but his walk was always more distinctive than any others. Even while wearing the unflattering red flight suit.
 
On his way toward me, he paused for a moment before a big smile spread across his face. “Xacalla? Is that really you?”
 
I nodded and waved, unable to stop the warmth filling my cheeks. Stars, why was I like this with him?
 
He moved even faster, almost running toward me. After setting down the box he held, he pulled me into his arms and held me tight against his chest. “It’s so good to see you again. It’s been way too long.”
 
Though I didn’t know if he simply said those words to be nice since he knew how to contact me, I took his words as sincere. My body relaxed into his. Almost too much. When he pulled back, I nearly lost my balance and hoped he didn’t notice.
 
“What are you doing here?” He held my shoulders as he gazed down at me. “You didn’t have to arrange a special meeting just to see me again. You’re pretty much family. Message me and I will make time for you.”
 
For some reason, my stomach rolled at the word “family” and I didn’t get comfort from his open invitation. Though I should have. I’d always liked Phalon.
 
“Although I’m super happy to see you again, I’m not here for a personal visit.” I held up my identification badge. “I’m here on behalf of the Four Corners Wish Foundation.”
 
“Oh.” He let go of me and took a step back, his facial features tightening. “I’m sorry. I was hoping...” His words trailed off as he rubbed a hand over his face. “I didn’t realize you worked for them. So much has changed since I last saw you.”

There's just under two weeks until Once Upon a Rec Center Wish releases! It’s an MM MPreg Shifter Fantasy Isekai Romance. ​ And I've already gotten some early reviews!

One that I found interesting said, "Being transported to another alternate world has got to be disquieting. Both of these series, are isekai style stories (a subgenre of fantasy in which a character is suddenly transported from their world into a new or unfamiliar one). I need more like this!!! Can't wait to see what the author has in store for us next."

Honestly, I had been trying to find a term to describe the stories in this series where one of the main characters travels from their own world to another, but couldn't think of one. After reading this review, I looked up the term isekai to confirm the definition and realized it suited my City Wishes & Enchanted Dreams series perfectly. I only wish I'd heard of the term with the release of the first book.

I don’t have time for wishes… but that didn’t stop me from making one.

I need a new place to live. Due to neighborhood redevelopment, my apartment building will be demolished in a week. And I still don’t have a new home. I plan to continue my search after I get some sleep.

Then my neighbor asks for one last favor. She needs someone to take her kids to the rec center for their lessons. I can’t say no, so I’m back on the bus again with three kids in tow.
After dropping them off, I run into a strange man who hands me a card and tells me to make a wish. All I want is a place to lay my head.

That’s when everything changes.

Instead of rushing for the bus, I run smack into a brawny alpha at the edge of a meadow. Wearing only a toolbelt and a trapper’s hat, he promises me a place to stay and a mate if I agree to have shifter babies. It all seems like a dream, but what if I finally found everything I’ve ever dreamed of?

Once Upon a Rec Center Wish is the second story in the new City Wishes & Enchanted Dreams series by USA Today bestselling author Jessica E. Subject. Once Upon a Rec Center Wish is a MM MPreg shifter fantasy romance that features a man in desperate need of a place to live, a shy alpha beaver shifter who takes pride in his work, the wizard who brings them together, and many other new and old fantastical creatures from the Enchanted Forest. If you like fated mates, true love, males having babies, baby beaver shifters, and a guaranteed happy ever after, read Once Upon a Rec Center Wish. While each book in the City Wishes & Enchanted Dreams series is set in the same world, they can be read as standalones.

If you are a book reviewer, Once Upon a Rec Center Wish is available in eARC from Booksprout.

I wrote Lion's Crossing after being asked again to be part of the Love Sync Mates shared world again. It is part of their Season Two collection of books as well as the eighth book in my Shifter Towers series. And Lion's Crossing releases February 16, 2025! Here's the blurb:

Small town omegas shouldn't travel to the big city on their own. Or so my parents tell me. But that doesn't stop me from taking the train to Saramto for a week's vacation.

Ever since I became an adult, my parents have urged me to find a good alpha to settle down with and tried many times to set me up with one. But there aren't any “good alphas” in Shifter Crossing. So, I live in a tiny apartment on my own and clean at the local high school to pay for my expenses. When my vacation time comes, I take the train to the metropolis of Saramto to visit museums I've only heard about, eat foods not available in a small town, and see what it's like to live in a big city.

My holidays are quickly derailed when the train breaks down on the way, leaving all the passengers stranded for hours. That's just the beginning of the ruination of my meticulously planned vacation. If not for a kind (and very famous) alpha who comes to my rescue, I doubt I would survive my first night in the big city. But I wonder if his good will comes with a cost, and will it be too much for me to repay?

Lion's Crossing is the eighth book in USA Today bestselling author Jessica E. Subject’s sweet with building heat Shifter Towers series and the seventh book in the Love Sync Mates Season Two shared world series. Lion's Crossing is a MM MPreg Shifter Romance that features a small town deer shifter omega anxious to visit the metropolis of Saramto for the first time, a lion shifter alpha and former boy band member ready to return to the big city for work after taking some time off to help his father after surgery, a broken down train, and Fate doing what they do best in bringing these two together.  If you like fated mates, true love, slow burn romance, and an unpredicted heat to fire things up a notch, Lion's Crossing is the book for you. While each book in the Shifter Towers series is set in the same world, they can be read as standalones.

​Attention book reviewers! If you like MM MPreg Shifter Romances with a surprise heat and an unexpected pregnancy, Lion’s Crossing eARCs are available at Booksprout!