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FUN FACT: WE RANK THE HARDEST BOOKS WE'VE WRITTEN SO FAR...

For anyone without Facebook, we posted this Fun Fact today on ourFB Page:) The hardest books that we've written so far... We rank 'em in order of most difficult to the least challenging:

1. Kiss the Sky
2. Thrive
3. Addicted for Now
4. Hothouse Flower
5. Addicted to You
6. Ricochet

If you're wondering why Kiss the Sky is number 1, it has nothing to do with Rose & Connor's POVs and everything do to with the complexity of the plot and reality show. Since Thrive intertwines parts of KTS and HF, it inst...

Free Stuff Friday [2]

Free Stuff Friday is a weekly event where we give away books, Addicted series swag, and other prizes. All of our giveaways are open internationally. The giveaway Today we're giving away a notebook (with a small signed message from us inside) and three large Addicted series stickers. Fill in the rafflecopter below to enter a Rafflecopter giveaway

OUTTAKE FROM HOTHOUSE FLOWER

This little chunk of Ryke's history was always meant to be in HF, but upon revising, we changed the scene and couldn't find a place for it. However, everything he says still applies to his personal story. So we thought we'd share it, especially since Thrive is coming up (July 18th), which spans the same time as HF as well as the month afterwards and the years prior :) RYKE'S POV

I’ve been to a few of these socialite parties growing up, where affluent men and women open their wallets to help...

THRIVE TEASER: THE ONE WHERE LILY TALKS ABOUT RYKE MEADOWS

We're holding off on revealing more Lily & Lo teasers closer to the release date, but we thought we'd share an excerpt from Thrive because it's about 30 days until the release :D *tosses chocolates into the air*

A little background about the scene: Lily is having Thanksgiving in Philly with everyone, but Ryke didn't come. ADDICTED SERIES
RECOMMENDED READING ORDER Addicted to You (Addicted #1)
Ricochet (Addicted #1.5)
Addicted for Now (Addicted #2)
Kiss the Sky (spin-off)
Hothouse Flower (spin...

FUN FACT: ABOUT THRIVE'S TIMELINE!

The timeline of Thrive spans 2 years (and 5 months), traveling back in time for anyone who has read the Calloway Sisters spin-off series. In addition to years & months you've never seen, Thrive covers the same time as Kiss the SkyandHothouse Flower.

PLUS IT INCLUDES THE MONTH AFTER HOTHOUSE FLOWER ENDS. So by the end of Thrive, the Addicted series timeline will be ahead of HF.

If you understand better with pictures, here's a visual of the Addicted Series Timeline: ** Thrive will be the...

TABLOID NEWS: CELEBRITY CRUSH DISHES ABOUT LILY CALLOWAY'S 21ST BIRTHDAY

Ever since Lily's sex addiction became public (in Addicted for Now), Celebrity Crush -- a popular tabloid -- has been reporting all sorts of crazy things about the Calloways. And like most gossip sites, what you believe is true is up to you. The only people who know what really happened are the parties involved -- which you'll read come July 18th with Thrive ;)

We took a screenshot of one of Celebrity Crush's newest articles about Lily and Lo. Read below! These articles are teases of thi...

Free Stuff Friday

We've decided that we've been a little light on the giveaways recently and to correct this we're going to be holding a giveaway every Friday here on the blog. Most of the time it will be for Addicted series books or swag, but sometimes we may giveaway other romance books we really like, gift cards, or just fun stuff. All of our giveaways are open internationally. The Giveaway This Friday, we're giving away a signed paperback of Addicted to You (the 2014 edition -- shown below) ...

LOREN HALE is now in the running for the NACrushTourney14!

We’re so excited that Loren Hale (from the Addicted series) is a part of the NACrushTourney14! Krista and I used to follow crush tournaments like crazy, so it's such an honor and so surreal that one of our characters is now in the running.

He really wouldn't have made it this far without all of you. Thank you for nominating Loren Hale (or maybe even one of the other Addicted series guys). Your love of the series is what got him this far. We seriously cannot thank you enough for sticking...

FUN FACT(S): ADDICTED SERIES COUPLES ~~ How they originated!

Loren & Lily(friends-to-lovers): This couple is one we've written with before, in another book, under another name, with similar themes but different plots and settings, and we spent years submitting the book to agents. With no luck. (Thankfully we didn't need a big publisher for you to love them too.) We kept the characters because we were so passionately obsessed with their desperation and love and ability to help and hurt each other all in one. They are each other's greatest life preserver...

important news! plus super awesome bonus material (daisy's 17th birthday party)

You're probably like "this is coming out of nowhere!" Well, it's been killing us having to deliver this news. No one likes bad news. We hate it. Our stomachs have been in knots finding the right way to unleash it, and so that's why we've been in super stealth mode this time. We love screaming about good news. Bad news? Not so much.

We're pushing the release of Thrive (Addicted #2.5) back to Friday, July 18th. It's only three more weeks longer, but we hate giving an exact day and going ba...