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There's been a teensie bit of confusion on whether or not Not The One is considered Book 4 in my London Lovers Series. So I wanted to do a quick reading order post to help everyone out.

Once upon a time, I wrote a book called A Broken Us...it was about an American girl named Finley who broke up with her long-time boyfriend, Brody. She fled the scene to go live with her bestie, Leslie who was living in London at the time. This is where she met an intriguing British lad named Liam Darby.

I clicked PUBLISH:

I thought A Broken Us would be a standalone, but the feedback on my secondary characters was so awesome, I knew I had to continue...but first, I felt pulled to tell Finley's backstory more. I referred to how she met Brody in college but that was it...I wanted more.

Consequently...we went back in time and Finley's college prequel in America was born..Becoming Us:

Then...her loud mouth, red-headed bestie, Leslie, was just screaming for a story! So we went forward in time, back to London, and picked up where A Broken Us left of with Theo Clarke & Leslie Lincoln's story, London Bound:

Thus, the London Lovers Series was born and I changed the reading order to start with the college prequel. Though you don't have to read the prequel to enjoy A Broken Us. If London is your thing, you can dive right into A Broken Us...then onto London Bound.

After London Bound released, I had introduced my readers to the hero, Theo Clarke and his family. Namely, his brother Hayden. My readers demanded to know more of the shattered boy named Hayden Clarke...and the quick cameo of tension between Reyna Miracle and Liam Darby at a hospital scene in London Bound intrigued me.

Enter...Not The One:

I'm sure by now you're screaming...SO IT IS BOOK 4!

AMY! WHAT THE HECK?

But here's the deal. In A Broken Us and London Bound...you're following a very tight-knit circle of friends that are all interweaved into each other's everyday lives. They even live together in the same house. In Not The One, you are following characters on the outside of that group. So I labeled it a spin-off standalone. Because that's what it is. London Lovers characters do make appearances in NTO, but I don't include any spoilers to the previous books in the event new to me readers want to check out their stories.

To me, this was the perfect way to introduce myself to new readers and pull them into the magic of London and all of these characters I have created.

Clear as mud?

If you take one thing away from this...it's that Not The One is a standalone. Completely and fully and it's a great book to read if you're new to me and wanting to dip your toe in without a series commitment.