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February 17, 2022
ENDLESS: ENCORE
Hi, Rockstars!
Phew! Well, I must tell you, my assistant and I have been busy as can be trying to get everything together to share with you and I think you’re going to love it.
ENDLESS: ENCORE IS HERE(2.17.22)
ENDLESS: ENCORE is finally here, and it has truly been an honor to bring to you. It was a labor of love that came from a deep place of care and I’m so proud of it right now.
I hope you were able to take advantage of the ENDLESS sale so you can read the duo together and really go on Ty and Zoey’s journey as intended. Not every happily ever after is linear and simple but each of them is special and that is what I tried to show in ENCORE.
THE REVIEWS ARE IN
MEET ME, TY & ZOEY – YES, REALLY!
WHEN: 2.17.22
WHERE: My Reader Group (for the best experience)
I’m having a celebration for the release of ENDLESS: ENCORE!
I will be going LIVE with Ty and Zoey from the ENDLESS Duo.
Did you know there is a real-life couple behind the searing chemistry of Ty and Zoey’s gorgeous pictures and videos? It’s true.
Brandon Katz & Tara Salerno will be joining me to talk about ENDLESS: ENCORE, love, family and of course, those awesome songs you’ve been hearing around.
Book 3, LIVING FOR HIM, was recently released! This is a steamy series containing BDSM.
Alex and Natalie have survived the unthinkable and believe their troubled past is finally behind them. What they don’t realize is someone is watching them and plans to make a move that will devastate their young family. Get all 3 books now!
As always, thank you for your love and support. If you can take the time to write a review on Amazon, GoodReads or BookBub, I would so appreciate it and if you haven’t signed up for my Master List yet – please do! You’re the best, Rockstars!
Love,
Kaylene
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February 3, 2022
ENDLESS: ENCORE IS AFOOT!
Hi, Rockstars!
I hope you are all doing well! I’m excited to dig a little bit deeper today into ENDLESS: ENCORE which is coming out in just 2 WEEKS time! I have some exciting announcements attached to that so read on to get in the loop!
ENDLESS DUO SALE(2.11 – 2.16.22)
I told you a couple weeks ago to tie a red ribbon around your finger if you needed to remember the 17th – well now it’s almost here!
We are getting close and I just wanted to let you know about a couple tid bits that will be going on before the release!
First, we are making ENDLESS FREE from the 11 th to the 16 th .
That’s right! You can get the prequel to ENDLESS: ENCORE for LESS THAN ZERO (see what I did there?) PENNIES so that you can start Ty and Zoey’s journey from the beginning. We’re calling this double dose the ENDLESS DUO. And it’s AVAILABLE ½ OFF starting the 11th.
We’ll be reminding you everywhere on Valentine’s Day – appropriate, right? – so you won’t miss it!
Another exciting thing is that we will be revealing some special ENDLESS: ENCORE merch, videos and music leading up to the release of the book! So, stay tuned on my social media for all the goodness as we share!
So, I guess, the last thing is – go pre-order if you haven’t!
I CAN’T WAIT TO MEET YOU (7.23.22)SO EXCITED to announce one more event this year which is one more chance to make good on my New Years Resolution to meet more of my amazing readers.
I will be at Seattle Readers and Writers on July 23 rd !
HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING?If you’re on my newsletter, I hope you also follow me on social media. I’ll put my links below if you’re not yet. But, I have been posting some clips of a project I’m working on. Have you been listening? Less Than Zero is bringing you an EP. I am so excited to be working on this with some of the most talented and iconic people in the music industry and will have more to write on this soon but I wanted to touch on it to tell you to get ready because you will be blown away.
SOFT LIKE THUNDER (2.3.22)My friend, Julia Wolf, has a great dark college romance called Soft Like Thunder that just came out. It’s Book 1 in a new series called Savage U, so you can start at the beginning and dive into something fresh!
I highly recommend checking it out and the other books in her catalog that might explore your favorite tropes.
As always, thank you for your love and support. If you can take the time to write a review on Amazon, GoodReads or BookBub, I would so appreciate it and if you haven’t signed up for my Master List yet – please do! You’re the best, Rockstars!
Love,
Kaylene
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January 20, 2022
SO MUCH AWESOMENESS – SAVE THE DATES!
Hi, Rockstars!
I wanted to take a moment to wish everyone the happiest of new years.
Our lives have been so disrupted for the past two years, let’s hope for a push towards normalcy in the coming months. One of the hardest things about launching my author journey during COVID is how challenging it has been to connect with you guys in person!
If all continues to plan, that’s about to CHANGE!
This newsletter is all about SAVING THE DATE because I have a lot coming up for you!
THE BOX SET (1.31.22)Mark down January 31st! That’s when the Less Than Zero: Box Set is released! I know some of you have been waiting to read them all together to enter the LTZ World and now is the time.
You can PRE-ORDER the Box Set here.
I’m really excited because we also included some special bonus content. You know those heartthrob posters you would get from Teen Beat? Let’s just say, we included plenty of collectible heartthrob content of your favorite book band boyfriends, Less Than Zero!
TIMELESS IS ON SALE! (1.22.22)I’m doing a ONE DAY promotion with Michelle Mankin and several other awesome Rockstar Romance Authors on Saturday, January 22nd! TIMELESS will be 99 cents! For ONE DAY ONLY, you can experience growing up and growing in love with Zane and Fiona for less than 1 dollar! I’d say that’s a happily ever after!
AUDIO BOOKS (3.17.22)
Where are my audiophiles at?! I know that some of my readers aren’t really “readers”. They are listeners! Well, we have ear candy coming!
My first 5 books – RESTLESS, ENDLESS, LIMITLESS, FEARLESS, and TIMELESS – are being released as audiobooks March 17.
JUST WAIT until you see their steamy covers! You’ll love them.
As a sneak peak, I’ll share our AWESOME narrators!
RESTLESS: Reginald James & Lynn Barrington
ENDLESS: Gregory Salinas & Sophie Daniels
LIMITLESS: Alexander Cendese & CJ Robins
FEARLESS: Richard Sawyer & Rose Dioro
TIMELESS: J.D. Tomlinson & Stella Hunter
ENDLESS: ENCORE (2.17.22)Tie a red ribbon around your finger if you must, to remember the sequel to ENDLESS is coming out on February 17th!
The cover was just revealed last week. Isn’t it lovely? ENDLESS: ENCORE is an emotional and triumphant story that is near and dear to my heart, and I think it’s going to tie up Ty and Zoey’s story for all of you perfectly.
I wrote ENCORE so that my readers could get to know Ty and Zoey more deeply as complex, layered individuals, and now adults. I hope you love growing and going on this new journey with them and I’m so excited for you to read it.
LET’S HANG OUT (4.9.22 & 10.1.22)Finally! One of my resolutions this new year is Covid be damned, to meet more of my readers! I’m super excited to announce two appearances for next year (so you can start planning!) I really hope to meet some of you! These events are going to be a blast.
Phew! I hope you were able to get all of that down. I’m so excited to share all of this with you and hope you love it all. Thank you for being apart of this fun and crazy Less Than Zero trip with me!
Love,
Kaylene
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December 22, 2021
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
It’s my second holiday season as a romance author and this year has been so incredibly fun.
From the bottom of my heart, I want to wish all of you a wonderful time with friends, family and – of course – books!
I’m planning on a very low-key Christmas with me, my husband and my sweet pup. We will be playing “Santa” to our godchildren and enjoying a few more holiday parties with our friends. There are several books on my TBR list that I hope to settle by a roaring fire and indulge in. This weekend, I’m starting LIMITLESS Encore as well as my new novella for the Rockstars Ball 2022 Anthology (more Carter anyone??)
COLD WEATHER MERCH
If you’re looking for last minute or belated Christmas gifts, check out our merch store. We have cold weather LTZ merch as well like beanies, sweatshirts, and jackets. All of it is cute as hell and will keep you cozy all winter long.
So, how does FREE sound? Good? Well, I have something for you!
On 1/30 and 1/31, Rockstar’s Ball will be free on Amazon! You can get the anthology which compiles 8 interconnected rockstar romance stories (including my sequel novella to ENDLESS called HELPLESS) for ZERO PENNIES. Don’t miss it!
Lastly, I want to remind you to join my masterlist. It’s where you get news first – including access to ARCs (Advanced Reader Copies), book release information and more!
All my love,
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December 3, 2021
BOOK BOXES
I know I’ve been talking a lot about merch recently with the opening of my new store and boy, there is a lot of great LTZ stuff but maybe that isn’t really your thing. If you’re a big reader like me, you may just love a book box. I know there are lots of different book boxes, so what the heck makes a Kaylene Winter one different?
Each box is especially curated by me to immerse you in each book. There are little things in each box that will have you smiling to yourself with memories from the stories. But what is really special is that we’ve included luxurious, hand-poured, soy wax candles that smell like each of the guys. Seriously!
Who wouldn’t want to curl up and read a book with the smell of Connor, Jace, Ty or Zane warming the room? We have a very limited number of boxes available so once they are gone, they are gone.
Speaking of collection boxes – did you hear about The Less Than Zero Boxset? It’s being released on January 31st but we just revealed the gorgeous cover with the whole band!
View the Trailer for the Boxset Here:
Comment on social media and let me know what you think of the trailer and cover!
Until next week,
Kaylene Winter
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November 24, 2021
BLACK FRIDAY & CYBER MONDAY
The holidays are here and while it’s a time to think about what you’re grateful for (by the way, I’m grateful for you, dear reader), it’s also a time to shop until you drop.
If you haven’t checked out my new merch store yet, I highly recommend it. I have some pretty great stuff and really something for everyone.
If you’re reading this, I have a special discount code just for you. That’s right! 15% OFF in my brand new merch store just for being a reader but it’s only valid from Black Friday to Cyber Monday so act quick!
Have you read TIMELESS yet? Yes?
Well, here’s something else to read!
A FEATURE in the NEW YORK POST. TIMELESS is getting its own write up releasing on 11/25/2012 (that’s Black Friday – are you sensing a theme, folks?) and I think it’s pretty deserving!
Pick one up if you can.
Stay Grateful,
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November 18, 2021
ROCKSTAR’S BALL
Can you believe it’s already November? The weather is changing, the leaves are falling and it’s award season in the rockstar romance universe! Today is the release of an awesome anthology (say that 10 times fast!) that I’m a part of called Rockstar’s Ball!
If you’ve missed me promoting it all month, don’t fret. It’s finally here and it includes interconnected stories from authors Charli B. Rose, Jenna Galicki, Kella Campbell, Kenna Shaw Reed, Sasha Marshall, Siân Ceinwen, Tylor Paige and, of course, me!
My addition to the anthology is a sequel novella to ENDLESS called HELPLESS and I think you’ll really love this continuation of Ty and Zoey’s story. As indie authors, reviews help a ton so mosey on over to Amazon, GoodReads or BookBub and tell us what you think of Rockstar’s Ball.
All the exclusives delivered to you – FIRST!
All my love,
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November 4, 2021
LTZ MERCH IS HERE!
IT’S HERE! Some of you may have noticed a new page on the website. If you did, you have some eagle eyes – if you didn’t: it’s okay, I’ll tell you about it.
The Kaylene Winter Merch Store, is finally live, ready to take your orders and includes some awesome stuff designed to immerse you into the LTZ Universe!
I hope you love all our merch! Don’t hesitate to ask question or tell me your favorites – I can’t wait to hear!
Love,
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October 28, 2021
LTZ CALENDAR + BLIND ITEMS
Well, it’s sure been a whirlwind my friends! In the weeks leading up to TIMELESS, not only did we do a full book launch (we even got an orange flag, thank you so much!!!), but I was preparing our merch store, audio books, a box set, and getting prepped for releasing HELPLESS, a little LTZ novella which is included as part of an anthology (more on that later).
Thank you all for making TIMELESS such a success, I’m hearing from so many of you that Zane and Fiona are their new favorite couple. It makes my heart go pitter patter when you fall in love with the characters of LTZ.
CALENDAR
I’m bringing wall calendars back. How can you resist an entire year of the LTZ men? You can’t!!! I know you can’t!
Well – the LTZ Calendar is now LIVE! We are taking preorders, and will be shipping them out in the next couple of weeks. A perfect gift for your rockstar romance friends!
It is utterly DROOLWORTHY!!! Here is a link.
BLIND ITEMS – GIVEAWAY!
It’s been a while – so I thought I’d give you a few “real life” blind items from my past days as a band manager and promoter – with a twist!
If you join my private Facebook Reading Group (which is where you get all of the good stuff) and take a guess at the BI’s in the post, I will giveaway a calendar to the first person who guesses all three correctly!
Here we go:
This will date me terribly, but I was actually at the first and second Lollapaloozas. No one had really ever heard of such a traveling festival before, and I’m still in contact today with some of the original organizers of the event. Anyway, here are three short items from Lollapalooza:
1. Seattle had many, many talented bands, not all of them had the same level of success. One of my favorite bands never quite broke through, but was fronted by a guy with one of the most distinctive voices in all of Seattle history. He continues to perform to this day. I attended the first Lollapalooza event with the guitar player of the band – name him.
2. This band was barely formed on the date of the first Lollapalooza, but has since gone on to be one of the most recognized bands in Seattle. The at-the-time unknown singer of this band was outside the chain-link fence without a ticket. When he saw me heading backstage with the guitar player of #1 above, he yelled out my name and we were able to get him into the show – name him.
3. At the second Lollapalooza, I was wearing a black George Michael tour shirt (I’d worked production at the show, so got one for free!) which was decidedly not cool in the Lollapalooza crowd. Backstage, the singer for one of the headlining acts (not the side stage) said “cool shirt” and gave me the thumbs up – name him.
IN HIS EYESMy friend, Michelle Mankin has a new release coming out. It’s a standalone Enemies to Lovers, Best Friend’s Boyfriend Rockstar Romance and it is hot! Don’t miss it! Link below.
Thank you as always for your support. I love writing to you all and hope you enjoy all these tidbits.
Love,
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October 6, 2021
GRATEFUL, GRATEFUL, GRATEFUL
I am overwhelmed with joy, you guys. I had to send a quick note out to thank each and every one of you for loving TIMELESS. Last week was a whirlwind and so is this week celebrating the fourth book in the LTZ Rockstar Romance series. To those of you who haven’t had the chance to get it yet – please one-click below.
In case I haven’t told you, this isn’t the end of the road for LTZ – each of our MC’s have a follow-up which will serve as the launching pads for many other tentacles of stories in the world anchored by the couples of LTZ.
In any case – the reviews are in:
“Timeless is an absolute masterpiece! A compelling read, this childhood friends-to-lovers, second chance rockstar romance is one that you do not want to miss! This book slayed me. It was emotional, steamy, and all around swoon worthy. I was completely riveted by the story and so invested in the characters that I was unable to put the book down!” – Anna’s Bookshelf
“Timeless by Kaylene Winter is DESTINED TO BECOME A CLASSIC among Rockstar romances.” – K1terriw, Amazon Reader
“Addicting!! Zane was the one I’ve been waiting for! It was amazing and I have so much to say!! ❤” – BC Booklover
“EMOTIONAL, ACHING, AND SO RAW, Timeless dragged my heart through a shredder.”
“Zane and Fiona’s story was absolutely addicting and CAPTIVATED me from the very first page.” – AEW, Amazon Reader
“Zane and Fiona’s story is ONE MADE FOR THE AGES in rock and roll kingdom!” – Doris, Amazon Reader
“This book is SO GRIPPING!” – JMcG, Amazon Reader
“Kaylene Winter shows a great deal of insight and sensitivity in her portrayals. Her depiction of fractured families and friendships always feels authentic and not a fabrication to build drama into her works. The past’s ability to impact the future and six degrees of separation are done skillfully by this author for complex and meaningful reads. This writer creates characters that touch her audience and who readers feel invested in.” – Jenerated Reviews
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