Twitter Account against SH: /SantinoHustleįor the most part, this played out on Twitter.

Megan Erickson’s Statement and Apologies: Statement and Apologies.

The entire debacle laid out, in complete detail: The Santino Hassell Debacle.

If you haven’t had a chance to sort through the whole thing, here’s a list of links: “Sorry I’m an asshole” isn’t really the same thing as “I’m sorry I hurt everyone by being an asshole.” Or maybe that’s just me. He posted a second statement on his website, explaining his side, though again it didn’t really feel like a true apology. Since our statement, both Riptide Publishing and Berkley have dropped him. At that time we were still sorting through everything, but we felt the allegations were serious enough that we didn’t feel comfortable promoting his books. Santino Hassell Dropped by PublishersĪs we mentioned in our statement earlier this week, last week the romance community exploded with the news author Santino Hassell was maybe not everything he’d been purporting himself to be. To stay afloat, Jillian has to learn what she wants, what she needs and how to be her own anchor.A lot has happened this week in Romanceland. But just when Jillian begins to trust Mark again, she finds the men in her life built walls of lies to protect her. As the owner of an aquatic store, Jillian takes on her hardest challenge yet, helping a business partner sell captive-bred seahorses. In mourning, Mark and Jillian tentatively restart a relationship, throwing their support behind the mother of Gabe’s child. He made promises, and those promises go beyond the grave. He never betrayed Jillian, but he can’t tell her the truth, even if it was all for her. Now that he also lost his best friend, Gabe, he’s barely keeping it together. Mark Chambers spent the summer trying to get over the loss of Jillian. She is alone, having left the only man she ever loved under a haze of betrayal. But now he’s dead, leaving behind a pregnant fiancee and a business under investigation by the IRS. Her brother, Gabe, had been her anchor since she was 13. Megan Erickson Synopsis: Anchor Me is a standalone tilte by Megan Erickson.

If You Like Megan Erickson Books, You’ll Love… The Cyberlove series is co-authored by Santino Hassell. Notes: Wish Come True also has stories by Keira Andrews, Joanna Chambers, Amy Jo Cousins, Suki Fleet, Kaje Harper and Anyta Sunday.

Mature Content by Megan Erickson