Author News Roundup – February 26th 2015

SO  much awesome author and book news today, I just couldn’t help myself. I had to compile all into a comprehensive *squeeeee!!!* list! From upcoming book releases, to cover reveals, to super-deals, to books that just went live, to authors letting us in on their “works-in-progress”… we have plenty to look forward to and to indulge in, right now!

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• Taylor Jenkins Reid <— COVER REVEAL and I CAN’T WAIT!!!!!!!!! She is one of my latest absolute “100% BEST AUTHOR EVER” favorite authors and she’s just revealed the cover for her upcoming release —> Maybe in Another Life: A Novel. And oh boy does it sound awesome!!!

“In concurrent storylines, Hannah lives out the effects of each decision. Quickly, these parallel universes develop into radically different stories with large-scale consequences for Hannah, as well as the people around her. As the two alternate realities run their course, Maybe in Another Life raises questions about fate and true love: Is anything meant to be? How much in our life is determined by chance? And perhaps, most compellingly: Is there such a thing as a soul mate? Hannah believes there is. And, in both worlds, she believes she’s found him.” 

And here are my reviews of her two other standalone books that ROCKED. MY. WORLD!!!! (Both 5 stars!) After I Do and Forever, Interrupted.

• Kristen Ashley announces a bunch of books coming out in audio format! She says:

• Kristen Ashley has another book coming out June 30th 2015!! Ride Steady (Chaos) <— Biker book alert and HERE is the cover!
• S.C. Stephens just announced the upcoming release of her next “Thoughtless Series” book, Untamed (A Thoughtless Novel) (Griffin’s book!!) It’s releasing November 3rd 2015, and he’s such a… er… well. You know. I can’t wait to see how he’s gonna drive us crazy in his OWN book. *happy dance* (P.S. Here’s the series reading order. This series is a MUST READ!)
• S.C. Stephens also just posted the cover of Untamed. Yep. Griffin’s pretttttty hot!
• Colleen Hoover raised a TON of money for charity last week with her very first “The Bookworm Box” and she’s looking to do more!! She says:

• Colleen Hoover also has another surprise for us! She’s writing and LOVING her latest book boyfriend!! She says:

“In precisely (or not so precisely) one week or one week and a day or nine days or something like that, I’ll be doing a cover reveal for November 9. The book that releases November 10th, ironically enough.
I just have to say I haven’t been this excited for a book cover reveal since ever. I’ve also never been this into writing a book before. I’m loving it.
I don’t know why. Maybe because I love Ben Kessler.
That’s right.
Benton James Kessler. Our new book boyfriend.”

• JoJo Moyes <—- Claudia found us this awesome news saying: “Ladies, look!! I’m so happy, one of my favorite books ever now gets a sequel yayayayayay:” A SEQUEL to “Me Before You”?!!!! YESSSSSSSS!!!!! *thud* <—- I fainted! Here’s my review of this fabulous read!!! From the article:

“Moyes is writing a sequel to her novel called After You, due on Sept. 29 from Pamela Dorman Books.”

• Jodi Ellen Malpas is writing!! How do I know? ‘Cause she just posted THIS on her Facebook page: “I need to stop creating men who I want to marry. Hello, new man!” <— LOL!!!
• Tina Reber is writing too! Continuing one of our favorites, her “Love series”! (Here’s my review of book #1: Love Unscripted). She says:

“I’m currently writing Love Unguarded (LU3), hoping that my readers realize and remember that Marcia Gay Harden was mentioned in Love Unrehearsed (LU2) LONG before she was cast to play Mrs. Grace Trevelyn Grey. Marcia was cast to play along side Ryan Christensen in his movie, Reparation, in my novel. The reason I bring this up is because I’m writing from Marie’s POV and she recalls the memory meeting her at the after-party, which I just typed in my manuscript. So no rolling eyes at me. LU2 published in 2012, long before she was cast to play Mrs. Grey…”

• Claire Wallis is preparing an exclusive fun tidbit-y post for us!! It’ll be posted sometime this weekend or early next week, and I think, considering what we’ve been talking about lately, this one’s gonna be right up our alley. She says: “There are so many funny little things that happened during the process…” <— And yes, it’s concerning one of my favorites from last year, her book “Push” (here’s my review)
• Aly Martinez is teasing us with her latest upcoming angsty piece (it’s a novella that will appear in the  What If: The Anthology that she is still working on and will be released April 1st 2015). Yes. April Fool’s Day. Is this a joke? I LOVED her book #1 in this series (Changing Course <— my review) and so… here’s the teaser pic… and she says:

Fighting Silence and the Page brothers have invaded my mind, but today I’m listening to my Stolen Course playlist. Why

#WhatIf #TwistedCourse #PoorCaleb #PoorBrett

#IWillMakeItBetterISwear #UnlessYouAreSarah BAHAHAH!