Ready To Score Release with Jodie Slaughter

Join us at Lovestruck Books for an evening of laughter, longing, and love on Monday, June 9th, as we celebrate the release of Ready To Score, the highly anticipated sapphic sports romance from acclaimed author Jodie Slaughter!

Your event ticket purchase includes a copy of Ready to Score! This witty, emotionally charged novel (dropping June 3rd!) brings together Friday Night Lights grit and Cleat Cute charm in a story about ambition, attraction, and the high stakes of falling for the wrong person at the right time. Think: locker room banter, poker night tension, and two fierce women chasing both career dreams and each other.

Jodie will be joined in conversation by Andrea Martucci, host of the Shelf Love Podcast, for a discussion that dives deep into craft, queerness, and the complexities of modern romance storytelling. Whether you’re a diehard fan or just discovering Jodie’s sharp, heartfelt prose, this is a can’t-miss night of bookish joy and meaningful connection.

Come for the conversation. Stay for the community, signing, and celebration. 

EVENT DETAILS:

• 6:30 PM: Doors Open – Get settled in and ready for the discussion!
• 7:00 PM: Discussion Begins – Jodie and Andrea will dive into Ready to Score
• 7:45 PM: Q&A Session – Your chance to ask the author anything!
• 8:00 PM: Signatures, Snapping Pics, and Salutations – Meet Jodie, get your book signed, and snap a photo! 
• 9:00 PM: Event Wraps Up – Thanks for joining us!

Tickets are limited, so grab yours soon! If the event sells out, you can join the waitlist. Should any spots open up, you’ll have 24 hours to register before we offer them to the next person.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jodie Slaughter is a traditionally and indie published romance author with one major goal: to make readers completely immerse themselves in the stories she writes. Whether she’s making them laugh with witty one-liners or swoon over magical first kisses, she wants her novels to be so full of passion and complexity that they’re impossible to put down. When she isn’t writing, she can be found baking or trying to convince her loved ones to start a commune. She has been publishing since 2019.

ABOUT READY TO SCORE
Cleat Cute meets Friday Night Lights in this funny, spicy, emotional new sapphic romance from Jodie Slaughter.

Jade Dunn has spent years trying to climb her way to the top of the southern high school football food chain. Now, the only thing standing between her and that future head coach spot is years of small-town good ‘ol boy politics. When she scores an invite to a highly coveted monthly poker game perfect for networking, she jumps at the chance for a seat at the table. Only to find the one person with the ability to shake her there. An infuriatingly sexy art teacher who plays her cards like she’s gunning for Jade’s deserved spot.

Francesca Lim never thought she’d be happy in a small town, not after living and breathing hardcore Texas football her whole life. But two years ago, the promise of forever love had her leaving behind a burgeoning coaching career for a new life - only for it to burst into flames. Now, she has a chance to gain back a piece of her life she thought she’d left in Houston. The only one standing in the way? The prickly assistant coach that Francesca can’t keep her mind or hands off of.

Not wanting to risk losing out on a dream job, Jade and Francesca can’t afford to give in to the iron hot attraction that simmers beneath their biting interactions, so they try desperately to ignore it. Too bad their hearts don’t seem to be as on board with the game plan.

Jodie Slaughter’s Ready to Score shows how sometimes you have to go big or go home to get the life - and love - you deserve.

ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER
Andrea Martucci is the host of Shelf Love, a podcast and community that critically examines the meaning and structure of romantic love stories in pop culture. Andrea's conversations with academics and genre lovers share pop culture criticism that is joyful and accessible. Shelf Love has released nearly 100 episodes since its launch in 2019. In 2021, Andrea presented a paper at the Popular Culture Association on her quantitative research exploring how Bridgerton on Netflix impacted popular perceptions of romance novel readers. Andrea is two-time alum of Emerson College in Boston who has worked in publishing and marketing for over a decade.

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