Hey there, Trout Nation! I’ve got good news. Her Brother’s Billionaire Best Friend is now available for pre-order!
He’s perfect for her. She’ll perfectly destroy him.
Charlotte Holmes doesn’t fall in love; she falls into bed. And car. And cruise ship stateroom. Matthew Ashe falls in love way too easily; he’s a sucker for a pretty face. And falling too fast. And getting impulsively engaged. The only thing the two of them have in common is their mutual love of kinky, casual sex….and the fact that Charlotte’s brother is Matt’s best friend.
All Charlotte knows about Matt is that he’s the billionaire heir to a hospitality empire. All Matt knows about Charlotte is that she’s bound to break his heart. When a destination wedding fling turns into months of long-distance flirtation, Matt invites Charlotte to Ascend Red, his private resort where guests live out their wildest fantasies. Even limitless indulgence and abandoned inhibitions can’t satisfy his craving for something deeper with Charlotte. And Charlotte is beginning to think Matthew Ashe could be the one man she doesn’t want to walk away from…
Amazon • Barnes & Noble • Smashwords
Now, on to business! I posted some of my goals last week on the Bestsellers Together Discord, but I also need to update this master list, for ACCOUNTABILITY:
Her Brother’s Billionaire Best Friend releases February 4
- Heavy, daily promo until release day
- Send out ARC emails
Search manuscript one last time for “actually,” “clearly,” and “really”. Eliminate as many as I can stand.Format for Kindle and SmashwordsTable of ContentsFront MatterUpdate Book LinksBack MatterPre-Order link to Her Billionaire Boyfriend
Upload manuscript to Smashwords by Jan. 15Upload manuscript to Kindle by Jan. 31- Format Paperback
FormatCover- Order Proof
- Adjustments as needed, if any
Her Billionaire Boyfriend releases May 6
- Combine into one file from original proofs
- Staggered promo with HBBBF from February 14
- Heavy promo from March 1
Cover- Cover reveal February 14
- Blurb
Establish Pre-Order Link- Final proof
- Send out ARC emails
- Format for Kindle and Smashwords
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Update Book Links
- Back Matter
- Pre-Order link to Her Billionaire
- Upload to Kindle, Smashwords
- Format for Paperback
- Format
- Cover
- Order Proof
- Adjustments as needed, if any
Her Billionaire releases September 30
- Final Proof
- Cover
- Blurb
- Staggered promo with HBB from June 1
- Heavy promo from July 1
- Establish pre-order link
- Format for Kindle, Smashwords
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Update Book Links
- Back Matter
- Format for Paperback
Alpha Queen Ascending releases April 15
- One last read through just in case
- Cover
- Blurb
- Establish pre-order
- Format for Kindle and Ingram
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Update Book Links
- Back Matter
- Format Paperback
- Format
- Cover
- Order Proof
- Adjustments as needed, if any
The Vampire’s Willing Captive releases July 15
- Fablemere promo campaign May 2
- Birthday campaign July 1
- Heavy promo July 1
- One last read through just in case
- Cover
- Blurb
- Establish pre-order
- Format for Kindle and Ingram
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Update Book Links
- Back Matter
- Format Paperback
- Format
- Cover
- Order Proof
- Adjustments as needed, if any
Books I Want To Finish This Year:
- A Kingdom of Wonder and Terror
- The Business Centaur’s Virgin Assistant
- Untitled Sophie book
- The Breakaway
- The Turning
- Filthy, Rich
Word Count For 2025: 4975
Miscellaneous:
- Get Abigail Barnette website up
- Call web provider
- Link Shopify
- Promote Shopify
- Add ebooks
- Paperbacks of The Boyfriend and Sophie
- Download manuscripts
- Format
- Cover
- Upload
- Order proof
- Adjustments as needed, if any
- Add to Shopify
- Launch Shopify
- Blog post
- Promote across socials
- Add link to Trout Nation website
- Add link to Abigail Barnette website