The ebook pre-order for LOVE WANTS US TO WIN, my early ’90s romance set in Toronto, is now LIVE!
Reserve your ebook copy today for $3.99 US/Cdn and have it delivered direct to your device on release day October 8th. This $3.99 price is a special pre-order offer saving you over 30% off the publication day price, so grab it now before October 8th when it’ll be going up.
Here’s the description:
Think FEVER PITCH vibes, but make it HOCKEY and SHE’S the fan.
GEORGIE ADORES HOCKEY.
OLIVER HATES IT.
IS LOVE A GAME THEY CAN’T WIN?
Georgie Law never gives up. Sunny, optimistic, and sentimental, the Toronto history teacher and hockey fan wants nothing more than to score a well-deserved promotion and see her beloved Maple Leafs win the Cup. But like her team, hardworking Georgie faces an uphill battle and knows nothing is guaranteed, so she puts dating and relationships on ice to focus on her goal—that is, when she’s not at the arena cheering on her Leafs. Some loves you just can’t quit.
Hockey has never warmed Oliver Jönsson’s Swedish heart. Handsome and soft-spoken, the PhD’s passion is the mysteries of ancient Egypt, which he’s spun into a successful career in London. Lectures, academic papers, fundraisers—Oliver’s at the top of his game, and his expertise earns him a position at Toronto’s most celebrated museum. There’s only one problem: his curriculum for visiting students is dryer than the Sahara, and bad reviews are flooding in. Oliver desperately needs help or he’ll be back in Britain faster than he can say King Tut.
When a chance encounter brings Georgie and Oliver together, they team up, hoping to net her promotion and save his job. But as friendship turns to romance, Georgie’s passion for the Leafs and Oliver’s secret past threaten to unravel their intimate bond. Can the hockey-hating Swede and the die-hard fan win their happily ever after?
Set in early ’90s Toronto and brimming with nostalgia, Jacquelyn Middleton’s LOVE WANTS US TO WIN is a fun, flirty love story for the most hopeful of romantics.
Want tropes and rep too? I gotcha:
📼 Think Fever Pitch vibes, but make it hockey and SHE’S the fan
🧲 opposites attract
🏒 she loves hockey, he hates it
💐 gift giving
❤️ he falls first but she’s not far behind
🇸🇪 Swedish cinnamon roll mmc
🇨🇦 Scottish/Canadian FMC who’s a goalie 🏒
🤯 own voices migraine disease rep
🪺 caretaking
🏠 found family
🤫 oh oh, he has secrets
🫦 f*ck it
📼 90s vibes
👀 is that a tattoo?
🇨🇦 tons of Canadiana & nostalgia (Sam the Record Man, Speakers Corner, World’s Biggest Bookstore, and more)
🦝 Toronto’s unofficial mascot, raccoons!
Ready to pre-order your ebook and take advantage of the pre-publication price? Here are your links:
Amazon US
Amazon Canada
Amazon UK
Apple Books
Kobo
Nook
Bookshop.org
Prefer a paperback? Pre-order yours plus swag (4 character art postcards, a pack of 10+ stickers, a bookmark and a signed bookplate), here. Please note: these paperback pre-orders are for the non-sprayed edges edition. The sprayed edges edition is only available if you RSVP to attend the Love Wants Us to Win launch party at Hopeless Romantic Books on Wednesday, October 21st in Toronto.
