Hello all! I’m Cheryl Terra and I write happy endings for hot messes - aka, spicy love stories and romcoms told by quirky and flawed characters who make you feel like you’re talking to your new best friend.
I’m here to give you a little look into what you can find in my gamer girl + hockey boy romance, HEARTS AT PLAY! The special edition of this book features eight pieces of original character art and a steamy new clinch-style cover, so it’ll look just as good displayed in your ebook library as it will on your shelf.
I can’t wait for you to meet these characters and find out how two childhood friends from a small Canadian town reconnect during one steamy summer!
H - is for hot hockey players who can only be described with a desperately needy “unghhh” sound
E - is for eyebrow piercings (which are totally allowed because your mom only said no NOSE piercings)
A - is for Ashton Halliday (see also: H, above)
R - is for rule followers with a repressed rebellious streak, aka Ramona Roth
T - is for Toyota Corolla, which has a surprisingly roomy back seat
S - is for Saskatchewan, where our story takes place in the town of Beaver Chin (a fictional small town totally not named after any other towns with names of stereotypical Canadian animals and their facial structure…)
A - is for Alvin and Edie Hoke, owners of the Hokey Pokey Ice Cream Parlour where Ramona works
T - is for thunderstorms that make you jump into the arms of a hot hockey player in the surprisingly roomy back seat of a Toyota Corolla
P - is for parking down the street during a power outage so you can play video games away from the prying eyes of an overprotective parent
L - is for "Loser has to remove a piece of clothing” during Strip Mario Kart (a totally real game that Ramona and Ashton definitely didn’t just make up for other reasons…)
A - is for accidentally making him come… in first
Y - is for a sly and suggestive “You know the rules…”
Player one: Ramona Roth. Blue hair. Pierced eyebrow. Former president of the student council.
Player two: Ashton Halliday. Drafted hockey player. Hot as fruck. Gloriously disapproved of by Ramona’s mother.
Their mission? Survive a summer stuck in their small hometown, avoid discovery by Ramona’s dangerously overbearing mother, and stop resisting the sizzling chemistry building up between them.
But before Ashton and Ramona can level up their friendship, a shocking secret reveals the reason Ramona’s family was torn apart a decade earlier. Can she bring herself to say Challenge Accepted to loving Ashton… even after finding out the truth?
Hearts At Play is a childhood friends to lovers new adult romance between a cinnamon roll almost-pro hockey player and a sassy but semi-sheltered gamer girl. It features plenty of pop culture references, hilarious trash-talk and banter, and heart-wrenching drama to go along with sizzling spicy scenes. Full content warning can be found in the first pages of the book. This book is intended for mature audiences.
Romance Contemporary [Author Self-Published, On Sale: March 10, 2025, Paperback / e-Book , ISBN: 2940180625885 / eISBN: 9781998818242]
Cheryl Terra writes romantic and adult fiction with drama, sass, and a whole lot of... spice. Emotional and humorous, her books focus on contemporary relationships, inclusive characters, and happily ever afters. Living with her husband in northern Alberta, Canada, Cheryl relies on the heat between her quirky and memorable characters to help keep the gas bill down in the winter.
For more information and to get free books, visit Cheryl’s website at cherylterra.com
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