Happy April, friends!

We are fast approaching one month out from publication for The Wives of Herrick Hall! It all began to feel so real when my author copies showed up in the mail last week, and I got to hold the story I began working on in 2022 as an actual book for the first time. 🥹

I have been sitting on a few secrets for Wives these past few weeks, and I’m so excited that I can finally share some of them with you! (And I still have more secrets up my sleeves I am dying to share with you all soon xx)

Wives’ Launch Event in Portland!

First up, some secret news not shared on social media yet! You are the very first people I’m sharing details of my launch event with ☺️

If you are in the Portland or PNW area, please consider this your official invitation to party with me for Wives’ launch on Friday, May 8th at Grand Gesture Books! Romance and SFF author (and romance fiction columnist for the New York Times Book Review) Olivia Waite will be joining me in conversation, and there will be free goodies and a lil bookish giveaway hehe 👀 

It’s free to attend and you can RSVP below (masks are required). I hope to see you there!

Preorder Swag!

My second piece of exciting news is that if you preorder The Wives of Herrick Hall directly from my publisher, you will automatically receive some pretty cool preorder swag!

And don’t worry—if you’ve already preordered the book through The Crow Shoppe (my publisher’s store), you shouldn’t need to do anything more to receive the special swag.

Wives is getting an audiobook!

And lastly, I am THRILLED to share that Blackstone Audio (one of the biggest audiobook publishers!) will be producing the audiobook for The Wives of Herrick Hall! I’ve already gotten to hear a sample from the narrator (who I can’t wait to announce soon), and I got so emotional hearing a professional actor bring my words to life for the first time.

If audiobooks are your thing, I hope you’ll give it a listen!

Last Day for the #KidLit4Ceasefire Auction

Oh, one last thing! Today is the last day of the #KidLit4Ceasefire auction, an incredible fundraiser hosted by author Sandra Proudman to help raise funds for families in Gaza who are in dire need of aid.

If you’d like to support a great cause while getting some bookish goodies, please check them out and get those bids in by end of day today!

Thank you, friends!

Thank you for following this publishing journey with me! ❤️ I cannot wait to share Josephine, Nora, and my vengeful lil ghost brides with you very, very soon.

Like, soon as in NEXT MONTH!

All my love,
-Julie xx