Exciting December Update: Bestseller, New Merch, And Kaine Update

Thank you, Readers!

So much has happened since my last update but first, the big news…

Chosen By An Alien, the sci fi romance anthology that Imogen’s story is in, hit the USA Today Bestsellers list and I have all of YOU amazing readers to thank for that! You will never know how much I appreciate all of the support you’ve given me.

Update on Kaine

I promise he’s coming, ya’ll! Things are super banana pants as always and life has slown down my writing a bit more than I’d like. Kaine’s book was already going to be a handful since it requires the introduction of Phaeton Prime, but I didn’t expect the warrior himself to give me a hard time too.

This next month, I plan on writing as much as physically possible in hopes of having him out and in your hot little hands by mid to late February. *fingers crossed*

Merch store news!

First, Thank you to every single one of you that has grabbed something from my Etsy shop! I’m so happy that ya’ll love the larger print volumes as well as the newer graphic designs we’ve added. Hopefully, I’ll be able to commission more designs within the next few months to add to the Phaeton Univers line.

I’m planning on restocking the larger volumes of Warriors of Phaeton and Miners of Djaromir soon to have a fresh supply for when my shop returns from ‘vacation’. 

Stay tuned for some sales in January to clear out the single titles I’ve decided to no longer sell signed in my store! 

Bonus Giveaway! Pre-order Chosen by an Alien boxset.

Hey y’all!
I’ve decided to have a small bonus giveaway for those who’ve pre-ordered the Chosen by an Alien boxset!

Available on

If you’d like to enter, snap a screenshot of your pre-order and send it to me on FB messenger for a chance to win a “dirty copy” of Warriors of Phaeton Vol. 1. You’ll also automatically get a bookmark and sticker mailed to you until I run out of stock. **US only **18 to enter 

Free, Download Today! Sneak Preview of First Chapters from Chosen by an Alien

Hey folks!

Remember that boxset I have coming out in a hot second that contains the first book in Spacenapped for Fyeir? Well, if you’re curious as to what you’re getting into, we’ve made a small sampling of first chapters from our books to give y’all a lil taste.

Find it here 👇🏾https://dl.bookfunnel.com/wqggh6ks12#LeoraGonzales#cbba#scifiromance#alienromance#curvygirl#authorsoninstagram#books#boxset#ComingSoon#bookworm

Receive amazing freebies with purchase of the Chosen by Alien boxed set

Freebies available with proof of purchase

We have so many amazing gifts to give away…these authors went all out and created some truly out-of-this-world gifts for you. The more platforms you purchased on the more freebies you are given! Go to the below link to fill out the form and get your gifts!
https://www.cassidykoconnor.com/cbaa-freebies

FREE gifts with purchase on iBooks:

  • Get ALL nine books pictured with proof of purchase plus…
  • A special coloring book in an easy to print format

FREE gifts with purchase on Nook:

  • Get ALL nine books pictured with proof of purchase plus…
  • An interactive and exclusive calendar with all the book covers

FREE gifts with purchase on Amazon:

  • Get ALL nine books pictured with proof of purchase plus…
  • A cookbook, featuring yummy recipes by the authors

Meet Leora, buy signed books and swag at Books at the Beach, October 21-24 in Clearwater Beach

Halloween is not too far away!

I know that it’s hotter than ballz out there right now but we are already in August. That means that pumpkin spice will be back on the menu and Halloween not far behind. 

Just before Halloween, October 21-24, I plan on signing at Books at the Beach in Clearwater Beach, Florida. If you happen to be in the area, I would love to see you. 

books at beach info graphic

*Remember that if you are not able to attend any signing this year, I do have autographed copies for sale via my Etsy store 

Coming Soon, Shuddre. Pre-order Now!

Pre-orders for Miners of Djaromir: Shuddre, book five of its series, are slowly showing up! If you don’t see your preferred retailer yet, please give it time. The release goes live Friday, July 2, 2021.

Find it here… https://books2read.com/Shuddre

Peak inside…

“Whatever mission you believed yourself to be on remains yours no longer. Your sister has mated Toren and is happy. She’s home. Just like Gunninng is now your home as well.”

“Mine?” she mumbled, looking up at Shuddre with an audible gulp. “B-b-but I have a job and an apartment and plants…” Petal shook her head as if she needed to recollect her thoughts. When she looked at him again, her eyes looked wild. “I signed up for a cooking class. I’m supposed to learn how to make homemade pasta. I can’t stay. I already bought the specialty flour.”

Merch Store Launched on Etsy: New Merch, Signed Books Available

It’s finally happened, ya’ll!

The merch store, after a lot of hard work on my dear Dickie’s behalf, is finally up and running. There are signed books, t-shirts, totes, and just general fun items that I’ve designed. New items will be added as they get designed but if you’re looking for something specific, lemme know! 

Find my merch store at:


Sample Merch

New Novella, Spacenapped for Fyeir: Imogen in Sci-fi Romance Boxed Set

I have some big, BIG, news to share that I hope you’ll be just as excited about as I am.

I’ve joined forces with an amazing group of authors and we’re hustling our booties off in hopes to hit a best sellers list! *cue the gasps*

Taking this opportunity to hit a list and using it to revisit my original stranded spacenappees on Djaromir was a match made in the Phaeton Universe, ya’ll. Spacenapped for Fyeir: Imogen will be book one in this new series and my contribution to the set. I’m hoping you guyz will spread the word and help us hit a list because it would honestly be the fucking tits. 

On an alien planet devoid of females, pretty fucking far away in an imaginary galaxy you’ve never heard of, there are thousands of hungry males. Djaromir’s tunnel cities are literally overflowing with the super-hot, incredibly loyal, most of them bearded, all of them amazing, and totally too good to be true human-ish looking aliens, all of them searching for their soul’s mates.

On the verge of literal extinction, these guys know they’re fuxed if they don’t make some big moves. As luck would have it, Warlord K’hor happens to be in the right place at the right time and gets wind of a black market auction featuring human females on the pleasure planet of Euphoria. The warlord and his crew refuse to leave the humans to a fate worse than death and come up with a plan where they’re all winners. *cue the big moves*

Swoop in, take out the bad guys, save the girls, save the day, and last but not least, possibly save Djaromir.

In the first book of Miners of Djaromir, sweet, sexy, and explicitly detailed shenanigans ensue—because obviously—and the male dominated race finds hope in a future filled with gorgeously curvy mates. Warlord K’hor leads the way when he sniffs out his own bonded mate amongst the twenty-seven spacenapped Phaeton brides. The knowledge that Earth may hold even more mates for their dying planet spurs the three warlords to negotiate a volunteer program similar to the one that Earth has with Phaeton. After K’hor and Juniper’s story, the series turns its focus to the volunteers that Earth will be sending as part of their agreement with the planet.

In this spinoff series, Spacenapped for Fyeir, you’ll find out what happens to the other women that were originally rescued along with Juniper. Do they stay and find mates of their own during the static storm that trapped them on Djaromir? Or, do they tap out and go home when their ride finally shows up? *Even I don’t know because I’m a pantser and never planned for any of this to happen*

New Series, New Novel….Great Cause

Taco Flavored Kisses

Coming Early 2021

Debuting as part of the $2.99, Anyone But You boxset, to help End the Backlog

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She’s a force to be reckoned with…

Marisol Medina is all about the hustle. Reporting for duty with a shiny new business degree, she’s not only the first Medina to go to college, she’s also the knight in shining hoops that literally everyone is counting on to take their struggling family bar and turn it into the profitable taqueria of their dreams. Why? Because tacos and tequila solve everything. Obviously.

There’s just one problem. She’s hit a snag. A big, sexy, bearded, 6 foot plus snag.

This isn’t how he’d planned on getting her attention…

Sy Ransom, owner of Symon Says Sweets, ran out of room in his bakery about two seconds after he opened it. He needs to expand and putting in an offer for the empty building next door seemed like a win-win situation. He’d be able to double his size without having to leave the location he’d come to love. The building wasn’t technically on the market, but he figured it wouldn’t hurt to ask, right?

Wrong. He was so wrong.

The result…A Mexican standoff.

In the middle of a bidding war for the property between them, his thriving bakery and her family’s struggling taco shop get contracted to cater the towns most anticipated anniversary shindig of the year. Can they keep things professional or will the oven mitts come off once the lime wedges come out?