Hat Trick Overtime: Reunion by Jeff Adams

Hat Trick Overtime: Reunion by Jeff Adams is now available in e-book format!

Final installment in the best-selling Hat Trick series

It’s been twenty years since Simon Roberts and Alex Miller became boyfriends. Now they’re back where it began to pay tribute to a smashed losing streak, a retiring coach, and a lost friend.

As old teammates reunite, it’s a time to honor their past while Simon and Alex prepare to embark on another part of their happily ever after.

NOTE: If you haven't read any of the Hat Trick books, be warned there are spoilers all over the place in this freebie! So do yourself a favor and pick up one of the other titles in this series first and see what all the buzz is about!

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Upcoming releases for September 27, 2015

COMING NEXT WEEK!

A Door to the Heart By Thomas Grant Bruso

Better Than Her By Erica Yang

Hat Trick: Reunion By Jeff Adams

Hat Trick 3: Penalty Shot by Jeff Adams

Hat Trick 3: Penalty Shot by Jeff Adams is now available in e-book format!

Life has a sneaky way of checking you into the boards.

The relationship that began when Simon Roberts and Alex Miller were in high school is about to cross another milestone as they start their final year at the University of Michigan. It’s been four amazing years of love, friends, and hockey.

Now it’s time to help pay it forward.

When a talented sixteen-year-old goalie is denied placement on a youth league roster, he asks Simon and Alex to coach a team of LGBT youth and allies. With the determination, hard work, and help of an amazing group of friends, they rally the team towards a winning season.

In the final installment of the best-selling Hat Trick trilogy, Simon and Alex find everything they’ve worked so hard for is in jeopardy. When they’re thrown a devastating curve ball, the far-reaching implications put their entire future together on the line.

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Upcoming releases for September 6, 2015

COMING NEXT WEEK!

All the Right Strings By Nanisi Barrett D'Arnuk

Hat Trick 3: Penalty Shot By Jeff Adams

Let Go of Loneliness By Edward Kendrick

2015 Quarter 2 Queerteen Press Best Sellers

2015 QUARTER 1 QTP BEST SELLERS

Here are the best selling titles from Queerteen Press:

1. Bad Idea by Erica Yang
2. My Brother's Best Friend by J.T. Marie
3. Hat Trick by Jeff Adams
4. Masks: Rise of Heroes by Hayden Thorne
5. I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus by J.T. Marie
6. Ansel of Pryor House by Hayden Thorne
7. Without Sin by J. Tomas
8. Spring Tide Love by Emery C. Walters
9. My Online Secret Admirer by J. Tomas
10. Masks: Evolution by Hayden Thorne

  
  
  
  
  

Jeff Adams on the Hat Trick series

Hat Trick: Noun. the scoring of three goals in a game by one player, chiefly in hockey or soccer.

When I finished Hat Trick in 2013, it was designed as a standalone novel. It felt like the story of Simon and Alex was best suited to the story of how they got together in high school. But then I had an idea to bring some closure to Simon on some events that went down with his family in that book. That became the seed that grew into a second book, Hat Trick 2: Playing the Rebound.

As I worked on book two, which was set in the couple's sophomore year at college, I was inspired to write a short that would send the guys to play some hockey, outdoors, at New Year's. Suddenly, there was Hat Trick Overtime: A Classic Winter's Night. It was a brief, sweet, look at the two while they were freshmen at the University of Michigan.

Hat Trick 2, for a while, was going to be the only sequel. While I was working on it, I was still very much a pantser writer, just writing what came to me and knowing that I would clean it all up in editing. However, as the book approached the size of the first book, it was clear I was telling more story than one book could hold. It became clear a third book was needed. Splitting up the books also marked the start of moving to being a plotter. I still seat-of-my-pants my way through the scenes, but I need to figure out what the initial set of scenes are to avoid trouble.

I enjoyed creating the first Overtime story so much, I decided to do it again. This was a way to look at Simon and Alex during the summer. The books, because school and hockey plays such a big part of their lives, are always set in the fall and winter. But, I could use the short to get the guys away from school and into summer for a brief adventure. Hat Trick Overtime: Summer Camp allowed Simon and Alex, and their best friend Leo, to spend a month together coaching youth hockey in the summer before their senior year.

This fall, the final Simon and Alex novel arrives. Hat Trick 3: Penalty Shot have Simon and Alex as seniors at Michigan. The boys tackle a few different things, not the least of which is what their future holds once they graduate. Along the way, they work with a new hockey team that features a wide spectrum of players and face a challenge that will test their relationship in a way it's never been before. I'm excited to bring these stories to everyone. You'll hear more about it all as the release date get closer.

While Hat Trick 3 completes the hat trick of novels. There will also be a final Hat Trick Overtime this fall as well so that there'll be a trio of shorts. I don't want to reveal the subtitle on this one or give up any details. Suffice to say I think it'll put a nice bow on top of the series.

It's quite possible, however, that this isn't the end of the road for the characters. I removed a character named Sean from Hat Trick 3 because there wasn't room to do justice to his story. I think you'll meet him sometime in 2016 in a standalone book that would be part of the extended Hat Trick universe. There're also fans who've asked for the story of Leo and Matt, a couple that gets together in the first book and continues to appear in the series. Writing their falling-in-love-story, which you don't get in detail in the Hat Trick books, is on my writing calendar, too.

With the upcoming release of Hat Trick 3 and the final Hat Trick Overtime short, this summer is the perfect time to catch up on the series so you'll be ready for the finale!

2015 Quarter 1 Queerteen Press Best Sellers

2015 QUARTER 1 QTP BEST SELLERS

Here are the best selling titles from Queerteen Press:

1. My Brother's Best Friend by J.T. Marie
2. Hat Trick by Jeff Adams
3. The Colony Book 1: Rebellion by J. Tomas
4. Milton's Hero by Drew Hunt
5. Cevin's Deadly Sin by Sally Bosco
6. Henning Book 1: The Hunted Prince by Hayden Thorne
7. I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus by J.T. Marie
8. A Royal Holiday by Emery C. Walters
9. Henning Book 2: Prince of Wintergrave by Hayden Thorne
10. Ricky by Terry O'Reilly

  
  
  
  
  

Hat Trick Overtime: Summer Camp by Jeff Adams

Hat Trick Overtime: Summer Camp by Jeff Adams is now available in e-book format!

Simon and Alex, now between their junior and senior years at the University of Michigan, decide to put their jobs on hold for a month and take the opportunity to coach hockey at a summer camp for teenagers.

They have a cabin full of good players to work with and the focus is getting them ready to win the camp championship. One camper, sixteen-year-old Dylan, requests extra help because he needs to get a scholarship and the guys make it their mission to help him succeed.

With their best friend Leo along for the trip, Simon and Alex are set up for a great time at camp, until another coach tries to seduce them. How they respond to the unwanted advances, while balancing commitments to their campers, will put them both -- and their relationship -- to the test.

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Upcoming releases for January 11, 2015

COMING NEXT WEEK!
Ambush By J.M. Snyder	Forbidden By Wayne Mansfield
Hat Trick Overtime: Summer Camp By Jeff Adams	Under Kintano By Jake Harding

Jeff Adams on Hat Trick 2: Playing the Rebound

Jeff Adams on Hat Trick 2: Playing the Rebound

I'm excited that Hat Trick 2: Playing the Rebound is now available. I admit, when I wrote Hat Trick I didn't expect there to be a sequel. As I was writing, it felt like a self-contained story.

However, during a time where I'd put the manuscript aside after an editing session, I had the idea for a short story. Without giving away anything from Hat Trick, Simon goes through a lot of strife because of his older brother and father. The short story jumped forward a couple years and centered on Simon taking care of some family business. I wrote the first draft, put it away and returned to the main novel.

As Hat Trick went through its formal editing process last summer with Queerteen Press/JMS Books, I pulled that short story out and found that Simon was talking to me loud and clear about more things he wanted to do. Initially I thought I'd write a single book that would take place during Simon and Alex's senior year of college. As I wrote, it became clear that Simon had a lot of story and that it should be broken up. So, Hat Trick 2: Playing the Rebound takes place in the couple's sophomore year.

So what's happening in the world of Simon and Alex? As I mentioned, Simon has to go home to take care of some family issues. His father is ill and wants to see him -- and wants him to make amends with his brother. Simon and Alex mark two years together with an Alex-planned celebration. We also see Simon dig into what he wants to do when he gets out of school, becoming a social worker and working with young people. There's also an anti-gay attacker menacing the campus population that will spur Simon into action, more evidence of him wanting to help people.

Working on the sequel pushed me to adapt my writing style. I'm typically a pantser, meaning I write by the seat of my pants and make stuff up as I go. Knowing the stories I wanted to tell, I split up the action between the two books sequels (yes, there's another book to come) and had to make sure there was good continuity through what would be a trilogy. It means that I've become, at least in the case of the Hat Trick universe, a pantser who also plots.

So far this shift in writing style seems to work. I outline the major plot points deliberately and then fill in the details using my typical pantser methods. Early feedback is that it worked well for Playing the Rebound.

Thanks to all the readers who, over the past ten months that they've wanted to see more of Simon and Alex. I hope you all enjoy Hat Trick 2.

You can keep up with all things Hat Trick with these links:

• Hat Trick website
• Hat Trick on Facebook
• Jeff Adams on Twitter
• Jeff Adams on Goodreads

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Hat Trick 2: Playing the Rebound by Jeff Adams

Hat Trick 2: Playing the Rebound by Jeff Adams is now available in e-book format!

The events from two years ago are still fresh in Simon Robert’s mind as he and Alex Miller begin their sophomore year at the University of Michigan. Nightmares are a routine occurrence as Simon relives the crimes his father and brother committed. Now, with his father ill and asking to see him, Simon must decide if he should see the man who tried to send him away to be fixed. And then there's Zach. Simon's conflicted about making peace with his older brother who tormented him as they grew up and caused him to be outed to his parents, friends and teammates.

Alex wants Simon to find closure, but Alex is furious at the thought of forgiving Zack. With no clear direction, Simon finds guidance from an unexpected, but very welcome, source.

At the same time, the University’s student body is faced with an anti-gay attacker among them. When he witnesses an attack first hand, memories threaten to overwhelm Simon. At the same time, he’s also emboldened to take action, which might turn him into a target.

Despite the distractions, Simon works towards his future as he begins working with teens at the local LGBT community center. He has the opportunity to use his story as a teaching tool to help others come out. While he’s never enjoyed telling his story, he looks for the courage to speak his truth to an audience.

Luckily, not everything is chaos. Simon and Alex mark their anniversary in epic fashion, continue to play hockey and hang out with good friends. But with many demands on them, can Simon and Alex set up the rebound necessary to create the scoring opportunity for their future?

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