🍹NEW RELEASE!🍹REUNITED IS LIVE!

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Reunited is a sexy, stand alone, adult novella from author Anastasia Austin.

If you're a fan of friends to Lovers, alphas. all grown up, fake engagements, flings, unrequited Love, and happily ever afters, this book is for you!

AMZ -> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085ZVYJNF
International -> http://mybook.to/ReunitedEbook

Lia hopes, after spending a romantic week in Cancun for her friend's wedding, she'll come home with a wedding of her own on the horizon. But her matrimonial dream comes crashing down around her when she finds her boyfriend cheating on her with the next-door neighbor. Now, not only is Lia out seven years of her life with a cheating prick, she's without a date to fill the seat for which her friend's fiancé footed the bill.

Or is she?

The last person Lia expects to see while waiting for her flight is her childhood best friend. Though she barely recognizes Avery, all grown up and hotter than hell, he's here promising her the best time of her life, like no time at all has passed.

What could go wrong?
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🍹REUNITED PREVIEW🍹

Only 2 more days until REUNITED! Download and read the first 2 chapters now!🔥🔥🔥😘😘🔥🔥🔥 Because you need a swoon-worthy book boyfriend who is protective and sweet, and a heroine who kicks her cheating ex to the curb with a biting tongue.
Free preview -> https://claims.prolificworks.com/free/6BNUxSRw

Remember to pre-order before April 16th to get locked into the $0.99 USD price!

Tropes you can look forward to:
Friends to Lovers,
Slow release alpha,
All grown up,
Light fake engagement,
Fling,
Unrequited Love,

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Sneak peek: Reunited

“I’m not going to make a promise I can’t keep, Lia. I didn’t come here with an ulterior motive. But I’m not going to lie and tell you, since seeing you again, I haven’t thought about… the possibilities.” Avery slid his hand across the table and lay it on hers.

Lia swallowed the lump in her throat. She’d never expected him to admit to feeling that way so easily. Especially since he’d never said anything like that to her in the past.

“I’m not sure what to say,” she said.

“You don’t have to say anything. Nothing’s changed. I promised you a fun, unforgettable weekend. That’s what you’re going to get.”

So many things she shouldn’t have thought flashed behind her eyes. Most of them ending with her robe a crumpled mess on the floor and some part of Avery between her legs.

Nearly breathless, she asked, “And what, exactly, are you going to do to keep that promise?”

He met her eye with alarming confidence. “Anything you want.”

REUNITED 🔥😘 Coming April 16th. Preorder for $0.99! The price will go up after release! It will also be available on Kindle Unlimited. :D

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Please share! On your blog, social media, newsletter, whatever! Thank you!!

Suddenly! A Cover Reveal!

Because I have zero chill and even less patience, I’m skipping the teasers and just letting you all see this beauty! The cover for my next release, Reunited! An all new stand alone coming in April 🥰🎉

Tropes you can look forward to:
• Friends to Lovers
• All grown up
• Light Fake engagement • Fling
• Unrequited Love
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Facing Fate is LIVE!!

🎉🎁Happy birthday to my little book baby 🎁🎂

It's ALIVE! Today I released my third book, Facing Fate, into the wild!
I'm so excited to share Jake and Amber's story with you all. They're a quirky, awkward pair and I love them to pieces! I hope you will too ♥

❤️Please share the news on your own social sites! ❤️

Thank you, my lovely readers, for all your support! I couldn’t do this without you! ♥

Buy the ebook for $0.99, today and tomorrow only, or read for free, anytime, with your Kindle Unlimited subscription!
Facing Fate 👉 https://bit.ly/2HxFxis

Also, today and tomorrow only, get Fake to Fate ebook for FREE!
Fake to Fate 👉 http://mybook.to/FaketoFate

This is what keeps me going

The love and support of fellow authors and friends.

Look at this amazing shout out from my dear friend, Bree Howland!

Blog post —> https://perpetualfangirl.ca/2020/01/30/author-shout-out-anastasia-austin/

Bree has been a huge inspiration to me! I don’t think I ever would have taken the step to self publish without her support!

If you haven’t, you should totally check out her book, Bring Me Home. It’s such a cute, quick read. I’ll pick it up whenever I need that warm fuzzy feeling.

Follow Bree on Twitter —> https://twitter.com/FangirlBree
Buy Bree’s book —> https://www.amazon.com/Bring-Me-Home-Bree-Howland-ebook/dp/B07L4386MS

Hit top 100 on Amazon! (Comedy)

AHHHHH!!!!! I reached top 100 in the comedy category!!! OMG!!!! Over Ellen! lol

Don’t know how long it will last but I’ll enjoy every second of it! Just look at that little orange flag!

Seriously, though. This is really encouraging. I needed this today. I've been feeling really crappy (probably the post-holiday blues is all) but this... Just that little bit of validation that I'm on the right track gives me so much hope for my future writing career. Because it will be a career.

Remember this year's motto. Make it happen!

Oh, yes. I most certainly will!

Thank you all for your support. Wouldn't be here without you!

Trevor, my wonderful hubby, keep pushing me. It's working! I love you!

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Things are happening! Don't miss out!

I'm just saying... If you want paperback copies of my first two books with these covers, you better order them now. ;) More about this in my next monthly update!

Fake to Fate: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1091548714
😘 Self proclaimed hermit heroine with an overbearing ex
😘 Billionaire fake boyfriend who comes to her rescue
Fighting Fate: https://www.amazon.com/dp/168686308X
😘 Workaholic heroine with a one-track mind
😘 Muscly frat boy who's surprisingly well adjusted

If you have trouble with the links, you can search on Amazon for the books using the id in the links (1091548714 and 168686308X)

Writing: Monthly update for November





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Annnddd... we have another cat. We think she was dumped outside of town. She followed my husband home from a city council meeting. We called around and found out she'd been hanging out at city hall for several days. No one was looking for her and the shelters were all full. The snow and freezing weather was coming, so we took her in. Meet Harper! She's about 5 months old now and about 5.5 pounds. And a real stinker! We love her so much!




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She's getting along great with our nearly 3 year old Cricket...





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And the cantankerous 10 year old Caillou wishes the youngsters would leave him alone!





November didn't slow down after the cat drama.

Thanksgiving festivities kicked my butt! Hopefully all of you in the states are recovering better than I did. 

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December 1st, we put up our little Christmas tree. We have two cats who haven't yet experienced Christmas. So, we thought we'd use the little tree to train them. Already found ornaments on the floor and little Harper is a chewer. lol Here it is all lit up!


Now for the writing...

Current Romance WIPs:

FACING FATE - After last month's drama, I'm happy to announce this is ready for revisions! I'll be getting to it soon but I would first like to finish drafting the book I'm currently writing. More about that below. 

INFINITELY ENDLESS (aka Plus One) - The (VERY) rough draft of this is done! It will need a lot of revisions. I'm not sure if I will do this one after FACING FATE or wait because it is so rough. That's what happens when I take long breaks in my drafting process rather than writing straight through.

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RUNNING INTO TROUBLE (an age gap romance) - Started drafting this toward the end of the month. I flipping love it! Daniel and Riley are quickly becoming my favorite characters. I'm roughly a quarter of the way through the rough draft. Hoping to finish it before Christmas!

Here's a little blurb: He’s trying so hard not to get involved with a woman half his age but when all she wants to do is help make his father-daughter dinner the best it can be, how can he say no?!

Word Counts:

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November was better! Though, can you see the impact Thanksgiving had on me? lol

Total for the month was 20,667! Not NaNoWriMo but still a solid month!




Publishing News:

Nothing to report. I'm hoping to publish FACING FATE in late January/early February. Will keep you updated!

Read in November:

Warning I wish I'd had: Sweet Liar is NOT a standalone. It's a part 1 of 2. Literally only the first half of the story. I was quite upset when I finished and found this out.

Magnificent Bastard is a lot of fun though. :D





Thanks for reading. Keep moving forward!

Buy the first two books in the FATE series today!

Thank you!

New WIP. Who dis?

Earlier this week, I started writing Daniel and Riley’s story. Only one scene done and I already love these two.

He’s trying so hard not to get involved with a woman half his age but when all she wants to do is help make his father-daughter dinner the best it can be, how can he say no?!

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I have no clue when you’ll see this book. I’m just so excited about it, I had to share!

♥♥

Writing: Monthly update for October

Current Romance WIPs:

FACING FATE - Oh, the drama... So, this book had been moving at a snail's pace even though the word count kept rising. I mean, just look at my word count tracker for October! It wasn't until October 30th that I realized why I couldn't find the end of this book.

I'd already passed it.
Here's what I posted in one of my writing groups after it happened...

"I wanted to scream last night but was in a library. Don't think they would have appreciated it. So, I've been frustrated with how long my current WIP is taking to finish. Turns out, I blew past the ending! UGH!!!!!

I sat down last night and wrote a sort of synopsis for the book, ignoring the fact I'd already written most of it. I allowed myself to let things happen that felt right, whether they existed in the book already or not and to come out in whatever order they flowed naturally. Doing this, I discovered I was chasing the wrong ending, things were happening out of order, and I'm missing some key character and plot moments. 😭😭😭

On the upside, I've already written the climax of the story. So, to "finish" the book, I just need to back up and write the resolution.

Downside, this thing is going to need some serious revisions and I'm probably going to lose several thousand words in the process."

As of, November 2nd, I'm done drafting FACING FATE! And now I'm going to take a break from it for a couple of weeks.

INFINITELY ENDLESS (aka Plus One) - This is what I'm drafting while I take a break from FACING FATE. It's coming along nicely! Hoping to finish it this time around.

Word Counts:

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Got a lot of words written in October, but didn't make a whole lot of progress. UGH!

November will be better!




Publishing News:

Nothing to report!

Read in October:

FYI: Most of these are short reads. Just Roommates is the only full novel on the list. A couple are more like teasers, which I didn't know going into them (Rock Hard, Snowed in with the Ranger, and Lightning Strikes)






Thanks for reading. Keep moving forward!

Buy the first two books in the FATE series today!

Thank you!

Writing: Monthly update for August

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After my Mini Cooper, Benny pooped out and one of the places I tried to purchase a new car from tried to screw me over lying about the title not being a prior salvage and swindling me out of a $100.00 to hold the car, I finally have a cute new car with hardly any miles that runs great! Everyone? Meet Nermal! IMG_1831IMG_1832IMG_1833
Yes, she's purple! Grape metallic ice to be specific. QOTD: Have any of you had a bad experience with a car dealership or salesman?

Current Romance WIPs:
FIGHTING FATE - It's alive!!! And doing well! Thank you for all your support. If you've read it, I hope you loved Katie and Isaac's story. If you haven't, I hope you give them a chance. They are such a sweet couple. Get your copy today!
Love it or hate it, please rate it♥

FACING FATE or ARRANGING FATE [Title might change] - Book 3 in the Fate series! This book decided to give me some trouble. To be fair, it was mostly my fault. When I started writing Jake and Amber's story, I completely forgot to ask them what they wanted from each other. So there I was, 33K words in, not even close to the middle of the book, and their relationship was going nowhere!  After going back and asking the question, I have reoutlined, organized, and now these two are ready to turn up the heat!

PLUS ONE - On the back burner.

SECOND CHANCE - On the back burner.

Romantic Fantasy WIP - Considering picking this up after Jake's story is finished. It's an old story I'm resurrecting and making romance a huge part of the plot. I have two words for you... MATING BONDS!

Word Counts:
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Previously, on Word Counts... "God willing and the creek don't rise, I'll have a first draft [Jake's story] done at the end of September!" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Yeah... that didn't happen. It's extra funny because we got SO much rain in September, the creek did actually rise! lol Even though I didn't finish Jake's story, I did write on FOUR different projects. Most of those words were for the outlines of two projects and the other was a short film script but words are words! It's all progress!


Publishing News:
With the release of FIGHTING FATE on September 17th, I also saw a boost in sales for FAKE TO FATE! Such a nice surprise!

Also, that boost put FAKE TO FATE in the top 200's of the comedy category! Image may contain: text

Read in September:

Found (Brides of the Kindred, #4)Revealed (Brides of the Kindred, #5)Pursued (Brides of the Kindred, #6)Fighting Fate (Fate, #2)Most Irresistible Guy (Most Valuable Playboy, #0.5)

Thanks for reading. Keep moving forward!

Buy the first two books in the FATE series today! Thank you!
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Fighting Fate is LIVE!

Read Fighting Fate today!

mybook.to/FightingFateEbook


I can't tell you how grateful I am for the support I've gotten from family, friends, and you, the readers, while getting this book ready for you all to read. And I can't wait to hear what you all think of Katie and Isaac's story.

In this book you’ll find...

  • A woman afraid to commit.

  • A playboy looking for something new.

  • Spring break fling.

  • Stranded in a frat house.

  • Low angst.

  • High sexual tension.

  • Super steamy scenes.


FIGHTING FATE ebook will be 0.99 USD until the end of September! Always free with Kindle Unlimited subscriptions!

SYNOPSIS

Katie has everything planned out; school, career, social life. And she isn't going to let anything get in her way. Until she repeatedly crosses paths with poster-child frat boy, Isaac Johnson.

She hesitates when all he wants is a hook up. She pushes him away when he shows signs of wanting more. Then she's torn, when she finds him all alone and sick as a dog after his frat brothers abandon him for spring break.

Katie should leave. Stick to her plan. Finish the project that could make or break her college career.
But she can't leave him like this--to fend for himself when he can barely breathe--or ignore the connection building between them. The one she's not sure she can fight anymore.

Writing: Monthly update for August

August happened... Seriously, where did the month go?! On top of that, where did the last fifteen years go? Our son had his first week of high school and I'm still not sure how I feel about that. Did any of your kids hit a milestone this year? How are you handling it?

At this point, we're just taking it one day at a time. Hoping for a good school year!

Now, not only did our son hit a big milestone in August, I did too! A writer dream come true. One of my favorite authors, Mary E. Pearson (The Kiss of Deception, Dance of Thieves, and more from the Remnant Chronicles) released the second book in the Dance of Thieves duology, Vow of Thieves. On August 8th, my husband and I went to her signing event in Minnesota.

Before we went, my husband encouraged me to take a copy of Fake to Fate, just in case. I did, thinking it wouldn't come into play but when it was my turn in line for Mary to sign my copy of Vow of Thieves, this happened...

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Last year, when I went to the same book store for her signing of Dance of Thieves, I told her how much The Kiss of Deception inspired me to throw out my worry over writing the "correct" way and start writing my way. 99.9% of that book is written from 3 different POV's. All from first person, and the identity of two of the characters are hidden for most of the book. Then, close to the end, she had one chapter from a completely different POV and it was only like 2 pages long. WHO DOES THAT?! lol When I told her how much I loved that and it changed my life as a writer, she let me know that she had worried about including it in the book and hearing how it had impacted me validated her decision! And this is what she wrote on the first page of that chapter...

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This year, I reminded her of the previous event and told her I took that sentence to heart. I followed my own rules and self published my first book in April. She got so excited and asked if I had a copy. When I told her I did, she asked me to sign it for her! It was the first book I signed that someone ASKED for my signature. REVOLUTIONARY moment! I'm still flying high from it! 

It never would have happened if my husband hadn't encouraged me to be bold and own my accomplishments. Thank you, Tebs! It also wouldn't have had near the impact if I couldn't then share it with all of you! Thank you for reading and for your support! ♥

Current Romance WIPs:

FIGHTING FATE - All the things are happening with this one! 

  1. Release day is September 17, 2019! Pre-order the ebook now!

  2. There will be a paperback version available early. I should get the proof copies today. After I read through and make necessary corrections, it will be ready to go! Stay tuned for the announcement!

  3. Reviews are coming in and they're great, so far! Visit the Goodreads page to see what people are saying about Fighting Fate and add it to your TBR!

PLUS ONE - You'll see in my word count tracker that I did add to this book in August. Then I made the decision to continue with the Fate series. PLUS ONE has become the book I chip away at when I have the time to spare. Eventually, I'll have a finished draft and can commit time to publishing it. 

FACING FATE - Book 3 in the Fate series! This is Jake's story and OMG I love it so much! We learned so much more about him in FIGHTING FATE and I'm learning even more spending this time with him now. I can't wait to share his story with you!

SECOND CHANCE - While brainstorming one day, because I couldn't work on anything else, I came up with a plot for a second chance romance. It's plotted/outlined and I love the story but the female's backstory is a bit darker than in my other books and it plays heavily into the plot. Not sure how I feel about that, since I love how fluffy my other stories have been. We'll see what happens when I start drafting it. Not sure when that will be. I want to finish the Fate series before picking up a new one. Plus, I have ideas for a couple other series that I've been sitting on longer that I might want to write first. WHO KNOWS?!

 

Word Counts:

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Quite a lot of revision and editing for FIGHTING FATE happened in August. Though, I still think it was a darn good month for words! Several days went off the chart!

The 6th and 7th look a little wonky because I screwed up and forgot to change colors when I switched from drafting PLUS ONE to FACING FATE. LOL

Currently, I've written over 20K words on FACING FATE! God willing and the creek don't rise, I'll have a first draft done at the end of September! Looking to publish it before the end of the year!

 

Publishing News:

Got some new reviews for FAKE TO FATE! Sold a copy of the ebook and had some page reads!

Released the pre-order for FIGHTING FATE. Already seeing reviews from ARC readers!

Read in August:

Thanks to my dear friend, Bree, I've become obsessed with the Brides of the Kindred series. LOL Not for the faint of heart! Super steamy and a little odd. Love it!









 

Thanks for reading. Keep moving forward!

Buy FAKE TO FATE! Ebook and paperback are on Amazon now.

Pre-order the ebook for FIGHTING FATE on Amazon and get it delivered directly to your device on September 17th!

Thank you!

Fighting Fate Pre-order and Preview

OMG! I can't believe it! My second book, Fighting Fate, will be coming out September 17, 2019!

There were times I wasn't sure this book would ever be finished. Now, I'm so excited for you all to read Katie and Isaac's story. It's been a labor of love but so worth it! Though it took some time for Katie and Isaac to open up and show me their story, when they did... OH, WOW! They had quite the story to tell!

You can read the first four chapters of Fighting Fate and pre-order the ebook for $0.99 today!

If you bought the ebook of Fake to Fate from Amazon, you should be able to update the file on your e-reader now and see the preview and pre-order link for Fighting Fate at the end of the book!

If you have not yet purchased Fake to Fate, now is a good time. Though, these books can standalone or be read in any order, I believe it's a more pleasurable experience to read them in publication order.

Buy Fake to Fate

Please visit mybookcave to claim the file type of your choice. (epub or mobi) Note: mybookcave will ask you to sign up for my newsletter before you download. Thank you in advance for jumping through the hoop to read ♥


If you'd like to jump straight to the pre-order click here!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WYVNCWC

The paperback copy of Fighting Fate will be available closer to the release date. I'll send another email letting you all know!

A little writing update: I started drafting the next book in the Fate series. WOOT! And there will be at least one more book in this series after it. I'm absolutely loving all the characters in this world. The more time I spend with the them, the more I realize how hard it's going to be to leave them behind for a new cast someday.

Thank you all so much for sticking with me!