Author Tressie Lockwood: 2020

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Sunday, September 27, 2020

Coming Soon

Hey, Everybody,

I hope everything is going great (as well as can be expected). I'm working on a new book right now with a Christmas theme. It's early, but I wasn't feeling Halloween this year. I wanted something light-hearted and fun because we need it. Am I right?

Anyway, I don't have a blurb just yet, but here's the cover:

The book is about Audre and Alessandro, best friends. They own a small resort in the mountains together, and they're having trouble keeping it afloat. Neither is that great at--well anything other than getting into mess. Lol. The story hopefully will be an enjoyable and warm read to take you away from current events for a bit.

I'm hoping to get the book out sometime next month (October). Fingers crossed because right now I'm fighting with tendonitis for the third time in my life. Ugh!

- Tress

Requested - For Hire Series in Print

Hello, readers,

I wanted to let you know that I have made the For Hire Series available in print. You can grab it here.

Happy reading,
-Tress

Sunday, September 13, 2020

New Release - Beyond Reach

"I'm marrying Garner, and I want you to be my maid of honor!" Chanda can't believe her cousin would get involved with the man she left behind, not to mention marry him. How can Chanda return home with the secrets she's kept from Garner all this time? How can she wish her self-centered and manipulative cousin happiness?

Trying her best to be a good person, Chanda goes along with the plan. She'll zip into town, do the deed, and get out fast. Too bad everyone is against the marriage, including Garner's family. Everyone's pushing for Chanda to rekindle things with her old love.

And Garner? He's as sweet as he used to be, as gentle, as pushy about looking after her. From the first night, she's tempted to walk into his arms and stay there. Surely, Garner is over her by now. And yet, that look in his eyes says she was wrong for leaving, and maybe she should stay.

GET THE BOOK HERE

Friday, July 3, 2020

Mate For Hire

Gerard had a shifter mate who died years ago. Lachelle can deal with that. She’s confident about the love she and Gerard share. Their relationship has never been better—until said mate shows up very much alive!

Kelly wants Gerard back, and she wants to take her rightful place as leader of the dragon shifters. What is Lachelle supposed to do when no one believes a dragon shifter can have a second mate?

Gerard has gone silent. Lachelle doesn’t know if his love for Kelly has revived with her reappearance or if he still loves her. She doesn’t know where she belongs or what she should do. Social unrest between dragons and humans is coming to a head.

Does a dragon go with their DNA, their gut, or their heart in the search for the truth?

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Friday, June 12, 2020

Coming Soon - Mate For Hire

Hello, readers,

Right now, I'm hard at work writing the third and final book in the For Hire Dragon Shifter Series. When I started this series, I had ideas in mind for humans and shifters, and the delicate balance between them.

I wanted to be careful not to focus too much on the conflict or possible conflict between the two because of our current events. It just triggers certain feelings in me with so much turmoil in our society. I can't ignore the tension because of the story, but I will do my best to focus more on the romance.

I thought about getting really into this world and having fun with it, but it just isn't the time. Maybe somewhere down the line when things are more settled around us. Meanwhile, please look forward to the third story in July.

Thanks.

-Tress

Saturday, May 16, 2020

Shifter For Hire

Gerard has lived alone for many years, and that’s the way he likes it. When he hears that Declan Hughes has taken over leadership of his people, he goes to see for himself. That’s when his life gets too complicated.

She’s human, and apparently she’s his mate. He wants nothing to do with humans—or her. But she’s headstrong and determined to put her life in danger. He has to protect her. He has to…make her his.

Lachelle has one thing on her mind—well two. She wants be a cop, and she wants a baby. She thought she was on the road to having both. Until she learns secrets about her boyfriend she can’t ignore. And a man drops from the sky who makes her want to rethink everything.

GET THE BOOK HERE

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Liar for Hire

Declan will do whatever he needs to do to protect his best friend. He runs off Janessa’s dates who are actually predators or ex-cons. He watches over her from afar because that’s all he’ll ever be able to do for her. No matter how much Declan loves Janessa, it doesn’t change the fact that he has a secret he’s ashamed of.

Janessa is in love with her best friend and business partner Declan. She’ll never be in a serious relationship with him because both of them lie for a living. How can she trust him if Declan turns to her for more than friendship?

Choices for both are ripped away when Declan’s past comes knocking and they’re taken hostage. This time, Declan’s not sure if he’s strong enough to protect Janessa, and Janessa doesn’t know if she can accept that Declan isn’t even human.

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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

No Way Forward

Novette Kagen walked away from the man she loved and the comfortable life she knew. She lived beneath the radar for five years until her dad's right hand man found her. With Zaid Sutherland's return into her life, Novette is reminded of how much she loves him. While she learns that Zaid loves her as much as she loves him, the reasons she left home are still a wall between them.

Novette's dad wants to control her life like he controls everything and everyone around him. He's ruthless and won't see reason. Novette wants to run again with Zaid, but Zaid is loyal to her dad. Zaid protects a secret that could destroy Novette's world.

After Novette is almost killed because of her dad's work, Zaid must make a move. But how can they build a life together when there is no way forward?

GET THE BOOK HERE

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

The Bribe and the Baby

This book is the sequel to Planning His Wedding. We met Neena in book one. She's Shona's best female friend. We also saw but didn't talk to her hero, Willem, in book one.

Willem was born and raised in Holland, The Netherlands. Normally when I write about a foreign hero, I include lots of dialogue in their native tongue. Willem's mother tongue is Dutch, but I have him speak only one word in Dutch in this story. His dad speaks one word as well.

I chose to limit the foreign language because when I considered reading a previous book for audio, I found I can't pronounce (*read don't have a clue how to pronounce*) words in other languages that I haven't learned. I thought I would simplify my life. And honestly, I'm not sure whether the words get on your last nerve. Lol.

Anyway, the blurb and links to purchase are below.

The Bribe and the Baby

Willem betrayed Neena, and Neena betrayed him right back. Then she left town pregnant with his baby. When she returns four years later, she claims her son isn't his. Not even her best friend Shona believes her, but Neena is closed-mouthed about her life while she was gone. She's determined to start over and leave the past behind.

When Willem learns about Neena's son, he's determined to find out if the boy is his. He made mistakes four years ago that he regrets, but he won't let Neena push him away because of them. He will show her what she meant to him then and what she means to him now.

Willem's family didn't stay out of their business four years ago, and they refuse to stay quiet now. Manipulation and interference almost destroyed Neena and Willem. The Visser family is powerful and will do whatever is necessary to protect their own.

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