2) The Tuck Yes Series was born.
This is what happens when I can’t go anywhere but from the bed to the couch to the recliner, and back to the bed.
Book 1 is “Single You Out,” starring Christina, the granddaughter of Lily and Peter Tuck.
In addition to normal research tactics like old-movie watching and Googling like wild — I was able to get first-hand expertise from my step-father, Terry Mackey, who was in the Navy right out of high school. This was after WWII, but he was a planesmen and knows all about both types of subs, his and the ones before his that I wrote about for you.
When the series began, I wasn’t sure I’d ever write May and Jerald’s story, but I wanted to be able to make it extra cool if I ever did, so I chose planesman in hopes that Dad might chat about the past a bit with me, for all of you. I’m actually sending him this book with the sex scenes removed, so he can read it.
How cool is it that they stored their dress uniforms under their mattresses?! I loved that fascinating detail I hadn’t read about anywhere else.
The Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace my mother read when she was a girl, and she gave them to me to read when I was in my early teens, too. They’re so fun. She’s watching over me and my sister from heaven now, and I’m sure she’s pleased I included those sweet books in the library scene. Maybe you’ll give them a read, or tell a teenager who needs a lighter day.
For those worrying that I’m going to stop writing the Cocker Brothers… I promise I will give a book for all the cousins. Ben, too. And their free bonus scenes will keep coming, too. Find them on my website. Enjoy!
xx,
Faleena Hopkins
#lovewithlight
1You can hear about my surgery in a video on my author FB Page. I didn’t know that our ovaries help regulate our cholesterol levels, did you? That knowledge last minute saved mine. Like May says about sex back in 1945, we women need to talk about these things to help each other, so I shared my story, and in the comments, other women are sharing theirs.
COCKER BROTHERS SERIES LINKS
COCKER BROTHERS SERIES
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THE SIX BROTHERS
1. Jake Cocker
2.Jett Cocker
3. Jaxson Cocker
4. Jason Cocker
5. Justin Cocker
6. Jeremy Cocker
Learn about Free Bonus Scenes for the entire series on my website.
A CHRISTMAS NOVELLA
7. A Honey Badger X-Mas
— side character novella
THE NEXT GENERATION
8. Hannah Cocker
9. Ethan Cocker
10. Gabriel Cocker
11. Emma Cocker
12.Eric Cocker
13. Sofia Sol Cocker
14. Sean Aka Diesel
15. Max Cocker
16.Nicholas Cocker
17. Cocker Bonus Scenes
18. Caden Cocker
19. Tonk Jr.
— side character novella
20. Billy Cooper
— side character novella
21. Samantha Cocker
22. Jack, Marion, & Troy
— side character novella
23. Wyatt Cocker
24 May Cocker
(Grams as a young girl, where true love in the Cocker Family began)
ONLY SIX MORE COUSINS LEFT!
Lexi, Nate, Ben, Elijah, Zoe and Hunter
(Though not in that order.)
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Thank you for enjoying Cocker Brothers.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
THANK YOU TO MY FANTASTIC READERS whose love for May over the course of this series inspired me to tell her story. Without you, this family might have stopped a long time ago. I’m so glad you’re with me. I just love to entertain you.
Thank you to Robyn Verne and Jack Stella for narrating the audiobook and bringing the characters to life in a fantastic new way. Such a treat. I’m honored.
Thank you to Teri F., Linda M., and Mary H. for being my awesome proofing team for more books than I can count. I feel safe showing you my errors, and somehow you all catch different things. Amazing. I am always amazed by you.
Thank you to Terry Mackey, my step-father who really stepped up in my life. Your stories from your Navy days helped me understand what submarine life was like, from a person who’d really lived it. I only hope I did your history justice…even though you were after WWII, but you know what I mean. Your history — not the world’s history. :)
And thank you to God and my guardian angels for all the times you remind me to always follow my heart. Let’s hope I listen more often, eh?
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Contents
Introduction
Epigraph
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2. MAY
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Glossary
Note From Me
Cocker Brothers Series Links
Acknowledgments
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