​Did you have a crush in high school? Or perhaps one that wasn’t returned? I had several, and one in particular was a senior when I was a sophomore, a hockey player who I admired from afar  and who would flirt with me every once in a while but nothing ever came of it. Oh, my poor, heartbroken teenage self!

In my upcoming October 11th Cocky Hero Club release, Stuck-Up Big Shot, that’s exactly what my character, Sutton Fuller, goes through all throughout her teen years. In love with her best friend’s older brother, Miles Thatcher, who never looked at her or thought of her as more than a little sister.

Until one night…
Oh, but I don’t want to spoil things for you just yet.

Stuck-Up Big Shot is inspired by the Stuck-Up Suit line by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward, and if you’ve read their Cocky Bastard series, you’ll really enjoy this book with cameo appearances from Graham and Soraya Morgan, Ben Schilling and of course, Blackie the dog. 

What’s even more exciting is that this is the first book of mine that will be released in all three formats – ebook, print and audiobook – all at the same time!

Be on the look-out for more details of Stuck-Up Big Shot and likely a giveaway during release week.

And as always, thank you for your readership.

Xoxo,
Sierra
 

If there’s one absolute truth in our life, it’s that we learn and grow as we gain more experience. That concept applies in our careers, our marriages and relationships, parenting, etc. And it’s also a fact as a writer.

My debut novel, Physical Touch, released over 6 years ago in July 2014. I was an unknown writer, didn’t know a thing about writing or publishing, but I was adamant I’d figure it out. After writing the book, I scraped together enough money to find a freelance editor and a book cover designer to get me started.

And now, six years and 27 books later, here I am, still learning something new every day. The one thing this quarantine has taught me is how to become self-reliant and figure things out on my own. In doing so, I decided to teach myself how to design a book cover. This is something I never even attempted to try because I don’t have an eye for design. However, new tools and easy to use templates gave me a starting point.

After many trial-and-error attempts, I finally landed on a cover design I felt good with using and decided to give all four books in my Physical Series a makeover! Ta-Da! I present to you, the newly recovered series.

They are not perfect. And honestly, I had to go back to my normal cover designer to ask for help in creating the print book jackets because that took a lot more know-how than I had at my disposal.

The point of all of this, though, and what I’m trying to share, is that we’re never too old or too stuck in our ways to learn something new. To hone new skills. To try something we’ve never done before. And while this pandemic and the current times we’re living through has been extremely difficult on all of us, I also think there’s some positive we can find if we really search for it.

If it’s one thing this experience has taught me it’s that the world is changing for all of us in so many unprecedented ways and that I must change with it. I can either look at it as a burden and a difficulty or turn it over and look for the positive underneath it all.

​Stay positive, my friends. We’ll get through this together.
​
Xoxo, Sierra

Ps: Another thing I’ve learned to do is create and record YouTube author interviews. Check out my latest here: https://www.youtube.com/c/sierrahillbooks in my segment called Sierra Talks Books with Authors. And thanks to my wonderful video editor, Saby Z. for her expertise and help!

This spring went by in a blur, didn’t it? It seems every day is just about the same, yet here we are in mid-July and I can’t remember what I did just two months ago? There sure has been a lot to worry about, stress over and process these past few months, but I hope you are all staying well and being safe.
 
I have to admit, it’s been rather tough on the writing front for me since May. I have about four different projects that need to be written, yet I feel as if my wheels keep on spinning with no traction to propel me forward.
 
However, that doesn’t mean there aren’t new books and writing projects in the works. Here’s some news on my upcoming releases:
 
July 24th – Precious Gems (A Blake Brothers Novel) – this is my dark crime/suspense romance I had included in the Leave Me Breathless anthology this past January and it’s now going to be re-released with a new cover and new content. It will also lend itself as the opening book for the new series, The Blake Brothers series.
Next up will be Roman Blake’s story in Precious Beauty (TBD).
 
August 25th – is the tentative audiobook release date for Change in Strategy
 
Early September – TBD on the release date of the Reckless serial audiobooks – currently in production
 
Early October – I’ll be submitting a short college sports romance called Above the Rim that will be included in a Black Lives Matter charity anthology, published by Renita McKinney. This anthology will include stories of interracial and multi-cultural romances and all the proceeds will go directly to a BLM charity.
 
October 11th – the long-awaited release date for my Cocky Hero Club book, Stuck-Up Big Shot! It will be released in ebook, print and audiobook all within the same week! Check out all the CHC books that have already released to date HERE: http://www.cockyheroclub.com/
 
And if I can make it happen, I still plan on releasing book 3 in the Change of Heart series, Change of Course, later this year. Maybe November? We’ll see what my fall writing schedule looks like for me.
 
And also, have you kept up on my latest BookTuber interviews on my YouTube channel? Check them out here.
 
Be Sweet. Love Hard. Read Dirty.
Sierra