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Heard a rumor that my publisher is running a Goodreads giveaway on Burning Daylight right now *side eyes and runs away*

The voices of Burning Daylight are HERE! 🎙️
Andi Arndt and Aaron Shedlock will be Juliette and Roman in a duet style narration of Burning Daylight.

This audiobook will release in tandem with the paperback and ebook
📅 Releases September 30, 2025
👉 Pre-order the Audiobook: https://geni.us/burningdaylightaudio

Take the Rosebrook Falls Family Loyalty Quiz!

🔥 Two Households. One Feud. 🔥
Calloway or Montgomery?

Welcome to Rosebrook Falls.
Some legacies deserve to burn.

Take the quiz and find out which family claims you: 👉 geni.us/familyquiz

Let me know in the comments whose side you're on!

Burning Daylight Tour!!

Come see me and celebrate the release of Burning Daylight!
geni.us/BDTour

PHOENIX – Sept 30
Bookish Shop
at Higley Center for the Performing Arts

SAN DIEGO – Oct 1
Meet Cute Romance Bookshop
at St. Paul's Cathedral

HUNTINGTON BEACH – Oct 2
Barnes & Noble

SACRAMENTO – Oct 4
Capital Books
at Esquire IMAX Theatre

PORTLAND – Oct 6
Grand Gesture Books
at Alberta Rose Theatre

Burning Daylight Tour
geni.us/BDTour

PHOENIX – Sept 30
Bookish Shop
at Higley Center for the Performing Arts

SAN DIEGO – Oct 1
Meet Cute Romance Bookshop
at St. Paul's Cathedral

HUNTINGTON BEACH – Oct 2
Barnes & Noble

SACRAMENTO – Oct 4
Capital Books
at Esquire IMAX Theatre

PORTLAND – Oct 6
Grand Gesture Books
at Alberta Rose Theatre

It's done, baby!

Tropes:
Star-crossed (Modern day Romeo & Juliet)
Rival families
Secret heir
He falls first
Slow burn
Corrupt small town

Microtropes:
Fighting as foreplay
She’s only soft for him (no, she doesn’t want to talk about it)
"You’re annoying. Let’s kiss.”
I hate you (but not really)
Legacy drama
She calls him out. He calls her pretty
Born to hate you, dying to touch you

Last week of my deadline until this baby goes in for the first round of edit!

TITLE REVEAL!!!

What do you get when you mix a corrupt small town, two rival families, and forbidden love?

Burning Daylight (Defying the Stars, Book 1)

-Gritty Contemporary Romance
-Slow burn, Yearning, and Spice
-Corrupt Town with Morally Questionable Characters
-Reimagining of a classic tragic love story
-Happily Ever After

I am soooo excited for you to dive into this new world with me on September 30th!

DEEPLY invested in these characters.

This new series is an interconnected series, and I had forgotten how much fun it is to build out a world I know we'll be in for a while! I'm so excited for you to fall in love with Rosebrook Falls and try to uncover all of its secrets.