I’m so very excited to announce that I’m now selling signed copies of my paperbacks and with every purchase you’ll receive this darling shoe bag (get it?-shoes-my theme of the book covers-yeah, there go all my clever points for the year-ha).

I’ve also been educated on what bookplates are (think signed stickers that you can affix to the inside of the books) because unfortunately international shipping is so high. So I have those as an alternative and I have them in groups of 5 because there will eventually be the five books in the Something Series.

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All prices are inclusive of shipping costs. Please note this is not the Pre-order form for Author events. If you wish to pre-order for an upcoming signing event, please use this link instead: Pre-order form for upcoming book signings

Now I’m back to writing book #4, Teach Me Something!

Much love!

Aubrey xx

I do love the summer, even though it can be so very hot and humid here on the East Coast, but there’s a very big reason why book sales go down during the summer months…because we’re all very busy-distracted with longer days and more activities. The kids are out of school, vacations are taken, get togethers, family visiting and in my case swim lessons and lots of pool time. I love it, BUT it also means less time for writing. Let’s face it winter time and dreary days are much more conducive towards staying indoors and on your computer all day long!

That being said Catherine’s story is about half way done and coming along nicely and with Fall approaching I’m confident I’ll have a little more time to get it over the finish line!

But here’s the other distraction which I know is a good problem to have, but other characters have taken root in my head and won’t leave me alone!  No, not even for this series, just completely random stories that I tried to sweep to the side and carry on, but they wouldn’t leave me alone. So I took a couple of days and frantically typed out 25K words on one and 10K words on another to just get it out of my head so that I could carry on. I literally typed until 4am last weekend with my hands aching to get it all out…I absolutely LOVE my Something series, but clearly my brain is anxious to do a couple of stand alone books afterwards!

Hope everyone else is having a great summer! Bring on the Fall!

Aubrey xx

You know the one. The one you get after you read a really great book and can’t move on from it. Well it’s the same for authors, at least it is for me. It’s happened after each of them where I think, “oh my goodness, how can I possibly top that?” Plus there’s the fact that during release week, I’m completely distracted. How can I not be…Tell Me Something has been doing AMAZING on the FREE charts over the last 5 days…Ask Me Something has a huge increase from those that enjoyed the first one enough to move on and the reviews are coming in for Bet Me Something….so yeah…big time distraction!

Now I know why some authors take a vacation during a release week, so that they are distracted from the distraction…and not obsessing over stats and posts, etc…I also know there is a very big need to unplug…meaning-gasp-no internet. Yep..I’m going to try to go dark the week after next where I take five days off my day job to concentrate on the next book…I’ve started, but really need to focus.

That’s right, Teach Me Something is next with Catherine’s story and I can’t wait for you all to find out who her romantic interest is…..

Until then, I hope you’re enjoying Bet Me Something as much as I did writing it!!

Much love!!

Aubrey xxoo

Are you ready for Bet Me Something? I am!  So much so that I tried to see if there was a button I could push to publish early, but I think I’m too close to the actual release date as Amazon wouldn’t let me select an earlier date. Darn. I know, I should sit back and keep the teasers coming and wait…but I don’t want to!🙂 Good thing my characters have more patience than I do.

So June 30th is it!  Are you ready to spend some time with Colby Singer?

The ARCs are out and some reviews are coming in and now only 7 days remaining until Bet Me Something is live. I can’t tell you how excited I am for you to read Kenzie and Colby’s story!

I have to say (and judging from the reviews most agree) that this is my favorite book so far. Just to be clear, I adore my first two books-but  because I’m able to bring the four main characters from the first two books into this one, it’s just made it that much better. As a reader that’s what I enjoy about a series, the ability to follow along with previous characters as they continue their journey past their HEA. Plus there’s something about Colby and Kenzie’s banter and relationship that really did have their dialogue pouring onto the page as quickly as I could write it!

And I was blown away by having Bet Me Something included in the USAToday’s HEA blog as a summer recommendation:

http://happyeverafter.usatoday.com/2016/06/22/indiereader-summer-romance-recs-susan-stoker-melissa-foster/

One more week…have I mentioned, 1 more week!

RedHot Romance gave me the opportunity in their latest edition to interview the duo known to the Erotica world as Alexa Riley. AMAZING! Not only am I a fan, but I had so many questions. Absolutely loved their answers!  Check it out the entire interview here (not to mention the rest of the issue (because you don’t want to miss it for all the latest things romance related in the world of books!):

http://bit.ly/RHRIssue30

And be sure to stay tuned for more teasers coming up for Bet Me Something, available June 30th!

Lots of love,

Aubrey

Here it is coming June 30th. I’m so excited to share the third book in the Something Series Colby and Kenzie’s story in Bet Me Something. Pre-order links are below!

US: http://goo.gl/2nnUeR
UK: http://goo.gl/2dIXaI
AU: http://goo.gl/yVgaqa
CA: http://goo.gl/BB9ih4

Being able to stand on your own two feet, sometimes requires getting knocked off them completely… 

McKenzie “Kenzie” Lane is newly graduated from college and looking forward to a dream internship she has lined up for the summer in LA. Unfortunately, her controlling mother has other plans.

Colby Singer, with his hot-as-sin looks and wicked charm, is never without attention from the ladies.  Despite suspecting how Kenzie feels about him, he’s always kept her comfortably off-limits since she’s the baby sister of one of his best friends. But when he’s determined to distract her temporarily from the stress of her mother’s ultimatum, deciding to show her some fun, he quickly finds that keeping her in the friend zone is not as easy as he’d hoped.

Once Kenzie realizes this may be her last opportunity to gauge her long-time crush’s true feelings, she puts it all out there in the form of a bet. It’s the perfect idea for her perfect man.

Until he isn’t.

Will a dose of reality lead to true love? Or will it crash and burn before it can even get started?

I can’t speak for other authors, but I will say the first chapter as well as the last one are the hardest to write.

There’s a good reason in that the first chapter should be your hook. What has the reader so interested that they absolutely have to turn the page? I will say with Tell Me Something, (my first book) I lucked out in it coming more easily. Then again it was the first book in a series and they meet in the first chapter. That in and of itself is intriguing when you have a couple first meet and sparks fly. Books #2 and 3 are harder because I’m dealing with couples who already know one another. So instead of the mystery of meeting one another, it’s WHY NOW? After years or months, what is it that starts their relationship at this point in time? So as I go through and do revisions, I’ve literally rewritten the first chapter ten times. Keeping in mind the history of the other characters, making decisions of who and what to bring in from previous books is tough to. As the writer, you kind of go into it knowing your characters, but just because you’ve all met Kenzie in the last book doesn’t mean I don’t have to properly re-introduce her in this one, through her eyes. So that’s the first chapter.

The last chapter, I’m talking as both a reader and an author should be the most satisfying. Things come to an end (unless you’re writing a cliff-hanger which I assure you-I will not ever do)..anyhooo this is the part that I finally get why movies can have “alternate endings” because there really isn’t a right answer, it’s all subjective in how I see the characters figuring out their issues. But it does have to leave you with a smile (in my opinion at least) and that’s where I spend a lot of time trying to find the very best version of that happy ending.

As an aside, the epilogue in my first book was as most are, a glimpse into the future with some sweet moments. But in Ask Me Something I literally came up with the idea at the last minute and elevated the epilogue into a little bit more than just the future, but a continuation of that smile every writer (well maybe not the ones that write horror or heartbreak) hope to leave you with. So there’s pressure to make this one just as good, if not better.

So this is me and my writing evolution. I think as I’ve stated before writers get better at their craft as they go along…I’m just not sure that I’ve gotten any faster at it. Maybe someday that will come too. In the meantime Bet Me Something is coming along nicely and I can’t wait for you to read about Kenzie and Colby!

Aubrey

What a treat to be given the opportunity to interview USA Today Bestselling author, MJ Fields. She talks about her new book as well as passes on advice with regard to her writing journey. Check it out in the current edition of RedHot Romance’s magazine.

http://bit.ly/rhrissue27

I’m pleased to announce that Bet Me Something (the story of Kenzie and Colby) will be book #3 in the Something Series scheduled to be released in June. (I should have an exact date in the next few weeks).

Hope you enjoy the cover!!

Sincerely,
Aubrey Bondurant