Thank you for all of your kind words about my migraines. I really appreciate it. This hasn’t been a particularly exciting week, although I did have a nice time on Father’s Day. My parents invited my second cousin (who is in college, doing research during the summer semester) to dinner and we ate out on the porch. For once, it was lovely weather and it was really nice to spend the time outside and actually enjoy it! I am writing this Wednesday but have plans to get my hair cut

I hope you enjoy the illustrations that Colleen did for Mickey & Rafe. I think she nailed their expressions perfectly. Rafe looks like a big ol himbo and Mickey looks focused (grumpy) on the ice. I hope you enjoy the gorgeous special edition paperback of Slew Foot. ​We are taking pre-orders for Slew Foot now and signed paperbacks will begin shipping August 25th. I also designed some fun merch for Mouse and Turtle. It’s a toss up between my favorite sticker but the Level 4 B

Hockey season is officially over with the Hurricane’s Stanley Cup win. I don’t know if any of you are Vegas Golden Knight fans but I think we can all agree that seeing Carter Hart fall apart at the end was very satisfying after the league worked so hard to get a horrible person back on the ice. I wasn’t really rooting for Carolina either but I DID root for Seth Jarvis. He’s an absolute ball of chaos with a delightful friend group and although he wasn’t who I pictured when I c

As much as I loved the illustrations Colleen O'Malley did for Connor and Jesse on the Goaltender Interference cover, I think Gavin’s illustration might be one of my favorites. He looks exactly like I pictured him. Every inch the stressed-out Boston Harriers general manager! I did not have Colleen do an illustration of Dakota so we could prioritize getting these paperbacks done. I am hopeful that once we wrap up the paperbacks, I can have her do illustrations for the other non

While I’d really love to be that super-organized author who always has my shit together, last summer’s migraines really set me back when it comes to bigger projects. This summer, the migraines are significantly better (but not completely gone) so I am trying to be careful not to overload myself. So although someday I hope to have illustrations and merch done before a book is finished that hasn’t been my reality lately. My more realistic goal was to get them out before the fin

Happy Pride, friends! Whether you're celebrating as a member of the queer community or are an ally supporting those of us who are LGBTQ+, I just want you to know that I love and appreciate you all! This year I’m celebrating by offering all of the Pride gear on the shop for  26% off. Whether you want an Evanston River Otters T-shirt to wear at home, Pride pucks to decorate your bookshelf, or a Toronto Fisher Cats water bottle to keep you hydrated at Pride, it's all on sale. Sh

The Baby Pens are off to the Eastern Conference Finals, Sidney Crosby is doing Sidney Crosby things at Worlds, and Evgeni Malkin signed to play with Pittsburgh for one more year. throws confetti All is right in my hockey world. (I am disgusted and saddened by the situation with VGK going to the playoffs and their vile-excuse-for-a-human goalie and will not be watching any of the NHL playoffs.) I am having a great deal of fun in my fictional hockey world. Leif & Tanner are

If you love my illustrated paperbacks, but live in a place where you can’t order them directly from my Shop, you can now buy them on Amazon! They should be available in all countries and both the Rules of the Game series and the Relationship Goals series are available (Scoring Chances will be coming in August). Because of the way Amazon sets up paperback pre-orders for alternate editions, I can’t link you directly to the series but if you click the button below it’ll take you

Great news! The Baby Penguins are still in the playoffs, and I’ve had a very productive week! I stopped by the thrift store and bought a little metal organizer for under my bathroom sink. This led to a full sink re-organize (and required buying several more organizers at another store) but after years of it annoying me, now it looks and functions exactly like I hoped and I couldn’t be happier with it. On Wednesday, I had a meeting with my web designer, Pippa, about some si

I know how expensive everything is right now and there are always lovely, shiny new things in the book world to buy. I always try my best to make everything on my Shop as affordable as possible. Since Amazon tends to bang up our books a lot when they ship, when faced with a stack of books with creases, scuffs, and dings, Kim had the brilliant idea of creating Brigham’s Bargain Bin where we offer books with relatively minor damage at a 25% discount. This is great news if you’r

Throws confetti Now that Kim has finished settling into her new house and I am done traveling everywhere, we have a little more time to focus on the Brigham Vaughn Shop. Today I am excited to announce that illustrated paperbacks are now available on my Shop! I was so excited to create the illustrated special edition paperbacks with the help of Colleen Malley. She’s such a talented artist and I love the way she illustrated my characters. I got so many compliments on the

So, this has been a rough week, huh? Let’s all take a deep breath, hold it for a few seconds, then breathe out slowly together. It’s been incredibly hard to focus on writing and promoting books. Lately, I’ve been able to create some compartmentalization where I do what I can, when I can (calling reps, showing up to protests, making donations) but try to be 100% present for my writing and all of the other parts of being an author. Some of it comes from spite. I REFUSE to let

Series: Scoring Chances Title: Cheap Shot Book #: 5/6 Couple: Luke Crawford & Sebastian Breckon Team: The Boston Harriers Cover Designer: Brigham Vaughn Cover Model Photographer: Wander Aguilar Release Date: April 10, 2026 Tropes: Enemies to lovers Aromantic spectrum rep Opposites attract Found family Hurt/comfort As many of you know, Luke Crawford first showed up in Changing the Rules as the asshole Gabriel Theriault got into a fight with. That fight spilled off th

I feel like I’ve kept you waiting foreverrr for the Cheap Shot cover and blurb. Between travel, events, and struggling to find the perfect Luke, it’s taken a while. Big thanks to Kim, who helped me realize that I’d found the right guy on Wander Aguilar’s website, even if the shot wasn’t perfect. I reached out and asked if they one that was cropped a little bit differently and sure enough, they did! I am so glad I asked and I couldn’t be happier with how the cover came togeth

Thank you so much for the love on the special edition covers for the Rules of the Game and #Relationship Goals series. I will pass the love along to Colleen who is currently hard at work on the illustrations for the Scoring Chances guys. Several of you asked if I will be doing illustrated editions for those and the answer is yes! I don’t have an exact timeline on that yet but she’s currently working on the Slew Foot guys. I will also be working on Harriers’ merch for

Thank you to everyone who’s sent supportive messages about me closing my shop last Friday to stand in solidarity with Minneapolis. I suspect it’s something I will need to do again in the future, and I will keep you updated about when that happens. In the meantime, I’m still in Albuquerque. My bestie and I went for a snowy hike in the Sandia Mountains and drove up to Santa Fe to go thrift/consignment store shopping with a friend of ours. We also went for a hike in the Jeme

I know many of you love illustrated covers and I’ve been working with my illustrator, Colleen, to create special editions of both the Rules of the Game and #Relationship Goals series. It’s been a labor of love and took a lot longer than I had hoped (that’s on me, not Colleen!) but I am so thrilled with the way they turned out. In addition to the gorgeous covers, the special editions will also have custom interior formatting. I will be bringing copies of them to Sports

If you’ve read my books or spent any amount of time getting to know me, you should know by now that I do not support this administration, ICE, or anything that is being done to the people of Minneapolis (or anywhere else). If you were somehow previously unaware, I want to make it abundantly clear that if you support what they are doing to people in Minneapolis, I have no interest in your readership. Writing and reading is inherently political. As a queer person, as some

It’s my birthday! And my twelve-year publishing anniversary! And the one-year anniversary of my shop being open! Wait, what? Yes. For some reason I am determined to cram all of my milestones into a single week. That’s good news for you though because it means that you get a week of sales! From December 16-23, you can get 20% off ALL the items in my shop. That includes merch, character art, ebooks, audiobooks, bundles (which are already 20% off) … The sky’s the limit! So if y

We’re gonna keep this one short and sweet because I know you want to get your hands on Delayed Penalty ! Check out yesterday’s post to learn all of the details. Want to know what else I’ve been working on? Writing: I am making great progress on Cheap Shot ! We hit a nice little turning point for the boys and although they’re a looong way from love, it’s coming together really well. Audio: James has finished recording Date in a Pinch . I am almost caught up on chapte