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A little partner banter between Justix and McQuire for a vibe for Autumn on #FridaySmooch
Justix and McQuire have a couple moments of banter where McQuire tease Justix about Rik.
September 25, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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September 25, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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Hey #booksky, It's almost the weekend, and @sadirastone.bsky.social is stirring things up with us for #FridaySmooch!! This week's word is ARGUE and I decided to give y'all a little sneak peek at book 4!
Image is a book snippet. The background is a neutral warm gray. At the top in a black stylized font reads: #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in a bold black serif font and reads: His shoulders relaxed. “I guess I should be grateful you wanna see me again.” “You’re the one who left us.” A bitter smile turned his lip. “Nah, darlin’, we both know you left us first.” He waited a beat, but when I didn’t ARGUE the point, he shrugged and backed away. ©2026 Season of the Witch: Almost Like Magic (book 4)
September 18, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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After many years of boosting the romance community, the good people at #FridayKiss have retired that weekly prompt, so let's start a new one. 💋
Today's #FridaySmooch prompt is SKIN. Share a line from your WIP or latest release containing this word, and share so more authors will join!
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March 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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#FridaySmooch 'abandon' from LADY OF THE NILE, #romantasy set in ancient Egypt. A warrior and a Medjai sent by Pharaoh to find and rescue a kidnapped woman... #booksky www.amazon.com/Lady-Nile-Eg...
May 29, 2026 at 4:00 PM
sadirastone.bsky.social
Another amazing #FridaySmooch!
jillcorddry.bsky.social Jill Corddry @jillcorddry.bsky.social · May 30
Hi #Booksky! It's time for #FridaySmooch, and @sadirastone.bsky.social picked 'ABANDON' this week...and I decided to celebrate finishing my first draft with a sneak peek of what's to come in book 4...
Image is a book snippet graphic. The background is a slightly muted cobblestone sidewalk. At the top in bold white kind of old english looking font says #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in a bold white serif font and says: The sidewalks were busy, most people walking heads down toward bus stops and parking lots. Not that I minded the crowds; it was easier to be ignored. But it was a surprise. Loud bells rang out, signalling the time. Already six. Right…traditional work hours were ending. My own schedule at the family clinic seemed eons ago, and I felt a pang of guilt for just leaving, for ABANDONing my duties there. ©2026 Almost Like Magic, book 4
June 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
sadirastone.bsky.social
Another #fridaysmooch with great banter!
jillcorddry.bsky.social Jill Corddry @jillcorddry.bsky.social · May 8
This #fridaysmooch is a little longer than usual, but I wanted to include that extra paragraph leading into this week's word: REMEMBER.

As always, thanks to @sadirastone.bsky.social for this fun weekly game! If you love spicy modern romance, you should 100% check out her books! #booksky
Image is a book snippet. The background is dark blue storm clouds. At the top in a white slightly loopy font reads #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in a bold white serif font and reads: Cole shook his head in frustration and faced me. “You've put a serious kink in our lives, you know that, princess? Can't leave you in here because I don't trust you not to steal my truck—and yes, I know you know how to hotwire it because Bobs taught both of us—and I shouldn't take you into a potentially dangerous situation since we're supposed to be protecting you. So thank you, rock and hard place.” “Bite me, jackass. Besides, you seem to forget it’s not your job to protect me. We’re all in danger. REMEMBER? Or have you been hit on the head too many times?” ©2021 Bad Company: Almost Like Magic, book 1
May 8, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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#FridaySmooch TOUCH
Like in so many classic love stories, Danielle and Matteo's first steamy encounter begins in the dance floor 💃🏻
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Background: beach at sunset. Book cover: Sweet Summer Surprise. Text: #FridaySmooch TOUCH. "Are you ready?" Away they glided. Maybe it was the wine, but it seemed her feet didn't quite touch the ground as Matteo guided her around the floor in swirling arcs.
May 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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#FridaySmooch ABANDON
Snippet cont. in comments.
From Delicious Heat. Bangers Tavern's chef Diego is arguing with his sister over his pregnant girlfriend. (The baby is her vile ex’s): It’s too hard to balance a man and a kid. Better if you don’t even go there.”
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May 29, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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Hey #booksky it's #fridaysmooch time! Thank you as always to @sadirastone.bsky.social for giving us a lil KISS this week...

Here's a very short but cute teaser from Season of the Witch, coming out later this year! One name redacted for spoilers!

Share your snippet below or quote share!
Image is a book snippet teaser. The background is a lilac purple. At the top in a black scripty font says: #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in a bold black serif font and says: Mikey grabbed her hand, planting a chivalrous kiss on her knuckles. “Thanks!” “Keep it sexy, hot stuff.” “Like I could be any other way,” Mikey said. ©2026 Season of the Witch: Almost Like Magic (book 4)
September 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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@sadirastone.bsky.social gave us GROW for this week's #fridaysmooch and I've got a tasty one for you from book 4...

Share your snippet below! #booksky #booksnippet #fantasybooks #almostlikemagic
Image is a book snippet graphic. The background is a photo of pile of sugar dusted doughnuts. At the top in a retro black font reads #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in a bold black serif font and reads: Cole took another doughnut from the box, now down to only six. We both glared at Mikey who was licking frosting from his fingers, another doughnut ready and waiting in his other hand. “What? I’m a GROWing boy!” I laughed. And couldn’t stop. Tears ran down my cheeks. It wasn’t even that funny, but I flung my arms around him. “Don’t ever be anyone but you.” ©2026 Almost Like Magic, book 4, by Jill Corddry
April 3, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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It's #fridaysmooch time! For this Friday the 13th, @sadirastone.bsky.social is passing along some LUCKY vibes for us!

#booksky #readersofbluesky #fantasybooks
Image is a book snippet graphic. The background is textured and teal. At the top in a bubbly white font reads: #FridaySmooch. In white bold serif fonts is the snippet and it reads: “Trust me, Pike, this is the last place I wanna be. Wouldn't be here if he hadn’t insisted. Now, can we move this reunion inside?” “What part of no did you not understand? Do I need to use smaller words?” I pointed a finger at Bobs, feelings of betrayal jostling for pole position with an all-consuming anger. “You should know better. And you,” I flung the same finger toward the brothers, “are gods damned LUCKY I took an oath to do no harm, or you wouldn't be breathing.” I spun on my heel and ran inside, slamming the door in their faces. ©2021 Bad Company: Almost Like Magic, book 1
March 13, 2026 at 8:31 PM
jillcorddry.bsky.social
#booksky! It's #fridaysmooch time! Thanks as always to the lovely @sadirastone.bsky.social for making us all ✨SPARKLE✨ this week

All of the mentions of sparkle in Season of the Witch were waaaaaay to spoilery, so this is from Against the Wind.

#fantasybooks #fantasyreaders #urbanfantasy
Image is a book graphic. The background is pale blue with star shaped confetti-glitter scattered across it. The glitter is silver, darker blue, and purple. In a scripty black font reads: #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in a bold black serif font and reads: Winter air chilled my cheeks as soon as I stepped outside, and I zipped my heavy coat all the way to my nose. Thankfully, the winds remained still and sunlight SPARKLEd on the snow, reminding me of the glitter incident involving an imp when I was about eight. ©2023 Against the Wind: Almost Like Magic (book 2)
July 31, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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#FridaySmooch TURN (cont. in comments)
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“Charlie used to work here, about—what was it, hon’?”
“I, uh—started in ‘09, I think. And I left in ‘14.”
In an instant, River’s expression shuttered—brows lowered, eyes narrowed, lips clamped in a tight,
#FridaySmooch TURN Read the caption for a taste of the spicy, enemies-to-lovers tension between Bangers Tavern's new server Charlie and bartender River. This is actually their second encounter, but she doesn't remember their first, which gets under ladykiller River's skin.
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
jillcorddry.bsky.social
It's a more somber #fridaysmooch this week, and @sadirastone.bsky.social picked the perfect word. If you have a snippet to share, please do!

*****

This is how you very politely say 'maybe later' to a minor Celtic smithing god...

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Image is a book snippet. The background is a sunset (maybe sunrise?) showing only the sky, a rich, soft blue most of the way up, and a pale salmony orange at the bottom. At the top in black reads #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in a bold black serif font and reads: “I have a couple classic beauties in the garage that I tinker with, just for myself. Ye wouldn't want to go for a ride, would you?” Goibhniu sounded wistful. And I realized that's what I’d noticed earlier: loneliness. “It would be an HONOR, but I think my companions are in a hurry. May I request a rain check?” If I survive the next few days. ©2021 Bad Company: Almost Like Magic (book 1)
September 11, 2026 at 7:57 PM
jillcorddry.bsky.social
#Booksky It's time for your weekly dose of #fridaysmooch! Thanks as always to @sadirastone.bsky.social for our word of the week: FIND

I had a tough time picking this one, but ultimately decided to go with Stella's first encounter with the Big Bad from book 1.

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Image is a book snippet. The background is white with a heavy scattering of sawdust, concentrated at the top and trickling downward. Centered at the top in a modern black font reads: #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in a bold black serif font and reads: A cackle, full of sawdust and pleasure echoed in my mind as it filled with horrors. I wrapped arms around my head instinctively, cramming myself in the smallest corner of myself I could FIND. The visions began in a slow trickle, slowly, purposefully burying me in pain and helplessness. Taking over, replacing everything I thought was truth. ©2021 Bad Company: Almost Like Magic, book 1, by Jill Corddry
April 10, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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#booksky! It's #fridaysmooch time and this week @sadirastone.bsky.social wants us to REALIZE something in our books! So here's a lil snippet from book 4 of my UF series...

(Hey, it's my title reveal here too! Season of the Witch, ALM 4 will be out later this year)
Image is a book snippet. The background is a pale pink fabric that's very stylishly wrinkled. At the top in a scripty black font reads: #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in a bold black serif font and reads: I hadn’t REALIZED how much I needed the reassurance of his touch. His hand rested on my back, melting the already flimsy compartments I’d tossed my fears into. Exhausted tears leaked—trickling at first, then pouring—down my cheeks until his t-shirt was soaked through. “Oh, hey, shhh, it’s okay. It’s okay. Gonna get us all through this.” Cole pulled me tighter. ©2026 Season of the Witch: Almost Like Magic, book 4
June 12, 2026 at 10:29 PM
jillcorddry.bsky.social
Thank you to @sadirastone.bsky.social for this week's RELEASE for #FridaySmooch!

(and you should definitely read her swoony, spicy books!)

#booksnippet #urbanfantasy #booksky
Image is a book snippet graphic. The background is a soft teal with orb-like circles in blues and pinks (kind of looks like effervescent bubbles). At the top in a marker-like font in black says #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in a bold black serif font and reads: The bright orb pulsed, faster and faster, flooding my prison with the brightness of a thousand colliding stars. Instead of love, instead of safety and comfort, sharp pain shot through my heart, pulling at every nerve ending until I begged for RELEASE from this nightmare. ©2021 Bad Company: Almost Like Magic, book 1
June 26, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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YAY!!! It's #FridaySmooch time! Apparently my characters SMILE a lot, so it was a tough choice, but I like this early interaction between Stella and Cole from book 1.

Follow @sadirastone.bsky.social and join in!! Or share your snippet with "smile" in the replies!
Image is a book snippet. The background is a gradient that goes from left to right, blue to pale orange, and looks like ripples in water at sunrise or sunset. On the far right is a graphic of a dagger with an ornamental handle and a vine winding around it. At the top in a flourishing font reads: #FridaySmooch In a bolded black serif font, he snippet reads: Cole ran his eyes along me when I didn't say anything. “You are unarmed?” I wanted to lie, but it was better that he know the truth, because as long as I had elbows, fingernails, and heels, I wasn't unarmed. “Never.” “Course you aren't. You're a good little tracker, always prepared.” He covered a burgeoning SMILE with a sneer. At the bottom in the same bold serif font reads: ©2021 Bad Company: Almost Like Magic, book 1
April 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Check out today's #FridaySmooch from my summer romance The Understudy! lisabetsarai.blogspot.com/2026/07/aren...
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Happy Friday! I have a kiss snippet for you today from The Understudy , a BDSM erotic romance that’s the perfect vacation read. Set in a sum...
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July 31, 2026 at 7:43 AM
jillcorddry.bsky.social
Hey #booksky! @sadirastone.bsky.social has given us: DISCOVER for #FridaySmooch this week!

And you get a lil snippet from book 4! (since it's an incomplete first draft, this may change in the final version.) Have a snippet to share? Post in the comments and follow Sadira for a new word every week!
Image is a book snippet. The background is a photo of a dark woods in autumn. Dots of oranges and reds from the changing leaves are visible through tall, dark tree trunks. At the top in a bold, white modern font is #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in a bold white serif font and reads: Memory after memory hit. Cole and I had played in these woods for years as nothing more than friends. Exploring, confident we’d DISCOVER an unknown cryptid or monster. Battling my arrogant cousins, laughing as we won again and again, the two of us against five or more of them. We always won when we worked together. The past few months had proved that. We’d never had our chance to be together together until now, and I wondered what, if anything, would change. ©2026 Almost Like Magic, book 4, by Jill Corddry
April 17, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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📚💙 It's #FridaySmooch time!! @sadirastone.bsky.social gifted us with HAND(S) this week...

Share your snippet!!!
Image is a book snippet. The background is a gradient from light gray at the top to white at the bottom. In the lower right corner is a hand of cards: four aces. At the top in a scripty red font reads: #FridaySmooch. The snippet reads: At least I’d won this HAND, meaning I had one more chance. I spread my winning cards across the bed and leaned forward, resting my elbows on my knees. “Do I need to pants you or can you remove them yourself?” I taunted and winked at him. I bit back a sly grin as he hopped off the bed and stepped out of his jeans, but couldn’t hide my smile when I saw his rainbow and clover boxers. It wasn't like he had any place to hide extra cards anyway. Nowhere in the well-formed muscles, the flat stomach, the line of dark hairs leading from his navel down to… In the lower left in bold red serif font reads: ©2021 Bad Company: Almost Like Magic, book 1
April 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
jillcorddry.bsky.social
📚💙 Hey, it's #fridaysmooch time! Thanks to @sadirastone.bsky.social for this week's word: DELICIOUS.

I had to go to Wild Spirit to find the word...well, it was in Bad Company once, but I didn't think referencing *that* sandwich was the way to go... IYKYK 🍞🕷️🍞

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Image is a book snippet graphic. The background looks like a chalkboard menu with a light wood frame. At the top in a white, modern font reads #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in a white, bold serif font and reads: The menu at the Snarly Yow was a hodgepodge of classic comfort food and Harlan’s favorite foods from his many excursions around the world as a young man. All of it was DELICIOUS. As I scanned the options, one stood out and I dropped the menu with a grin. ©2025 Wild Spirit: Almost Like Magic, book 3
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
jillcorddry.bsky.social
Hello and welcome to #fridaysmooch! Thank you @sadirastone.bsky.social for SIZZLE this week!

Perhaps not the kind of sizzle you get from reading romance (and you should 100% check out Sadira's books!!!) but hey, fantasy author here 😈

#booksky #fantasyseries #booksnippet #supernaturalfans
Image is a book snippet graphic. The background is a graduated teal blue, starting brighter on the left and getting darker toward the right. At the top in a scripty black font reads #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in a bold black serif font and reads: This was not like my beloved uncle. I slipped a hand into my pocket and pulled out a small flask, splashing him with holy water, anxiously waiting for either a demonic SIZZLE or his annoyance if I was wrong. “Was that really necessary?” he sighed, wiping the side of his face with his sleeve. “If you’re not possessed, you’re acting like it. I’m not sorry for checking,” I said. ©2021 Bad Company: Almost Like Magic (book 1)
August 21, 2026 at 8:52 PM
sadirastone.bsky.social
Another delicious #FridaySmooch!
jillcorddry.bsky.social Jill Corddry @jillcorddry.bsky.social · Mar 6
📚💙 #booksky it's #fridaysmooch time! Thanks as always to @sadirastone.bsky.social for our word of the week: HOPE!
Here's a lil sneak peek into Almost Like Magic, book 4...

Join in and share your snippet!!
Image is a book snippet. The background is white with a fountain of green mist flowing upward from center bottom, widening and going upward. At the top in a black scripty font reads #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in bold black serif font and reads: Before I could begin the spell, the malignant presence chuckled again and, with a burst of sulfurous energy, zipped past me and through the nearest wall. “Jerk!” I called out after it, coughing as the stench invaded my nose. Grumbling, I made my way to the kitchen and flung the back door open, then hurried to the front door and opened it, HOPEfully creating enough of a cross-draft to clear the house. I slumped on the porch swing, stewing in a mucky combination of anger, frustration, and fear. “Damn spirits. Can’t just move on, gotta annoy the living.” ©2026 Almost Like Magic, book 4
March 7, 2026 at 4:57 PM