BACKHANDED COMPLIMENTS GIVEAWAY! 🫶
Happy Valentine's Day besties!
Hiya, friends! This week has been such a whirlwind as I slam on the gas marketing my debut novel, BACKHANDED COMPLIMENTS. It’s a tennis romance about two rivals who find out they’re soulmates. It’s full of yearning, shenanigans, and love.
The most exciting news for you all is that you can win an early print copy of Backhanded Compliments on goodreads! Make sure you enter before February 26th for a chance to win!
This is for all of my American friends because it’s being hosted by my amazing publisher, Atria, but never fear international friends! I’ll have something special for you coming up in a couple weeks 😉
In other exciting news, there will be a Backhanded Compliments audiobook! It’s available for preorder along with the ebook and physical paperback! I’m excited to tell you more, but that’ll have to be in a future issue.
You can preorder BACKHANDED COMPLIMENTS wherever books are sold, but here are some links so you don’t have to go looking 👀
Add to Goodreads (so you never miss a giveaway!)
And if you’re like…Katie. What is BC about really? Feast your eyes on the official blurb.
A steamy sapphic romance with a fantastical twist about two bitter tennis rivals who realize they are reluctant soulmates—perfect for fans of Expiration Dates and Here We Go Again.
Juliette Ricci dreams of only one thing: being the best women’s tennis player in the world. She’s worked nonstop with her strict father/coach to prepare for her big chance in the Australian Open. Unfortunately, she’ll be playing Lucky Luca Kacic, an aloof player whose unorthodox style and reigning popularity deeply irritate Juliette.
For months they’ve traded sly insults in their press conferences leading up to their showdown on the court, and their first ever match is the most anticipated of the season. But Juliette refuses to let her nerves—or Luca’s annoyingly perfect abs—get the best of her.
Meanwhile, Luca seemingly has everything Juliette desires but there’s one thing missing from her life: love. When she shakes hands with Juliette after an agonizing match and sees her rival’s name appear on her wrist, it feels like a cruel joke. Juliette is a spoiled, arrogant brat who wants absolutely nothing to do with Luca or a soulmate.
But despite their personal and professional clashes, the two grow closer after late-night massages and one too many shots of limoncello. Their chemistry is tangible, but Luca’s anxiety tells her that Juliette is just messing with her head to throw her off her game, and Juliette can’t understand why Luca is so hot and cold. With the pressure of the world scrutinizing their every move, they will have to decide what’s more important—being together or being number one.
And finally, the most exciting news for me, is that my ARCs arrived. It was a surreal experience, holding my own book in my hands. There was a moment when I was flipping through the pages and I couldn’t really believe that I had written them.
I’d seen the internal formatting, I’ve done two passes with them! So, I knew what it looked like, but seeing it with the cover and the back blurb there was so different. I’ve seen Backhanded Compliments change a lot over time. It lived in my Scrivener file for a while, it was online, it was in Google Docs and Word files and in a PDF, but I’d never seen in physically printed in black and white.
The feeling that this is real has started to sink in, but it’s still baffling that this book is real. That I’ve done it. And whenever I begin to get overwhelmed by this fact, I lean back on my gratitude.
So, let me end this newsletter by saying thank you. I wouldn’t be here without you all. Thank you for reading my words, for caring about me (even if it’s just a little), thank you for interacting with me, and thank you for just being here.