An Ice Cream Date: Excerpt from Missed Fortunes

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We’re now in the final 48 hours of our crowdfunding campaign for Missed Fortunes by Tris Lawrence, and we’re still 17% from our goal – only $300 to see us hit our pre-order goal! We’d love your help to get there and help us bring this awesome, plotty book (it’s over 400 pages long!) featuring a sapphic queerplatonic relationship between the asexual main character Carolyn and her girlfriend Serina, with a whole lot of “trying to college and also trying to save the world.” Check out our campaign page!

The spice of cinnamon explodes on Carolyn’s tongue, enhanced by vanilla and cream. She licks the whipped cream from Serina’s finger, savoring it as Serina withdraws, her cheek flushed.

Carolyn’s tongue tingles. “It’s good.”

“It’s the best,” Serina corrects her softly, licking the last of the cream from her fingertip before she picks up her spoon and digs in.

You can also (or instead!) order the first book of this trilogy, Commit to the Kick, which introduces the setting of Pine Hills University and many of the characters – and stars an aromantic gay man! Purchases of book 1 of the Twinned trilogy also count toward our goal, so even if you’re not ready to buy a book 2 our of the blue, it’s a great time to buy book 1!

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Pre-orders close at 8:00 a.m. Eastern time on March 1st 2025.