Spotlight & Giveaway: The Starter Ex by Mia Sosa

Today it is my pleasure to Welcome author Mia Sosa to HJ!

Hi Mia and welcome to HJ! We’re so excited to chat with you about your new release, The Starter Ex!

 
Hi, everyone!
 

Please summarize the book for the readers here:

The Starter Ex is about a former “professional ex-girlfriend” who comes out of retirement to make her sister’s crush miserable but finds her plans going awry when he refuses to fall in line.
 

Please share your favorite line(s) or quote from this book:

Okay, Vanessa, show me what you got. And let the petty games begin . . .

Please share a few Fun facts about this book…

This book began as an Audible original narrated by Noah Perez and Miranda Jay. It features a couple of interesting gifts, and both of them actually exist. The book is set in my hometown, East Harlem, New York. The playlist includes Bad Bunny’s NuevaYol, of course!

What first attracts your Hero to the Heroine and vice versa?

She’s tough to read, and he’s intrigued. He can tell she’s hiding something, and he’s desperate to know what it is.

Did any scene have you blushing, crying or laughing while writing it? And Why?

Oh by goodness, yes! So many scenes: the Mets game; the potato salad incident; the couples shower; mud wrestling. I won’t spoil it for you, but these scenes live rent free in my head.

Readers should read this book….

If you want to go on a rollercoaster of a ride with two chaotic people who bring out the worst and best in each other.

What are you currently working on? What other releases do you have in the works?

I’m working on my first women’s fiction novel, and it’ll be out in January 2027.
 

Thanks for blogging at HJ!

Giveaway: One print copy of THE STARTER EX by Mia Sosa

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Book Info:

From the USA Today bestselling author of When Javi Dumped Mari comes a hilarious twist on How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days.

Vanessa Cordero used to run a profitable side gig: For a reasonable fee, she’d date your crush…and make his life miserable. Too clingy? Check. Jealous? Check. A parent’s worst nightmare? Triple check. By the time Vanessa was done with him, your guy was practically begging for you.

Enter Jason Torres, a certified commitment-phobe who doesn’t plan on getting married anytime soon, much to his mother’s dismay. What he needs is a temporary girlfriend. A totally inappropriate girlfriend. Someone his mother will hate, so she’ll finally abandon her dreams of getting him to the altar.

Vanessa’s younger sister, Lisa, has her eye on Jason, and convinces Vanessa to come out of retirement for one last starter ex engagement. The rules are simple: no touching, no fooling around, and definitely no falling in love. But nothing’s going according to plan. Because Vanessa can’t ditch Jason no matter how hard she tries to scare him away. And the longer they’re around each other, the more neither of them wants to be apart.
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Meet the Author:

USA Today bestselling author Mia Sosa writes funny, flirty, and moderately steamy contemporary romances and romantic comedies that celebrate our multicultural world. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Yale Law School, Mia practiced First Amendment and media law in the nation’s capital before trading her suits for sweatpants. Born and raised in East Harlem, New York, Mia is finally ready to call Maryland her home; she lives there with her college sweetheart, their two book-obsessed daughters, a gentle Cavalier King Charles spaniel, and one adorable rescue cat that rules them all.
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