The Friends Like This series is complete!
Jul 20, 2024 1:14 am
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That graduation song by Vitamin C has been playing in my head all day. (As we go on, we remember, all the times we had together...) Because Friends Like This is finished and I don't know how to feel now. This is a goal I've been working toward since before I decided to self publish. Knowing it's now out in the world is so special. I'm going to be sappy and nostalgic all newsletter, so bear with me!
The series is complete 😍
In the end of November 2020, I started writing a best friends to lovers romance with an amazing friend group at the core. It looked a bit different, had a different layout and plan, but it was the bones of the Friends Like This series. I couldn't have imagined it would grow into an eleven-book series, but here we are, and I am feeling all the things. You will be too. (Keep reading for a teaser of Always Like This to prove my point.)
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Always Been Us 🥹
🧡“I’m grateful I get to be a part of this.” Hyla looks at Amelia. “They never alienated anyone, but when we all left their parties in high school, we knew this is how it went. They became this little tiny club. We picked on them for being a hive mind, but the truth is we wanted to know what it is like. Happy to report it’s even cooler from the inside.”
“That’s much nicer than Dani telling us we’re nerds,” Aaron says with a laugh.
“When did she say that?” Sarah asks, laughing.
“After our bachelor and bachelorette party night at Joel’s house.”
I laugh to myself. “She said it to me, but there was a particular reason she said it.”
“What?” Amelia asks.
“Well, it was a perfect night like this one.” I glance at Joel. “I’m kinda thinking maybe we should show, not tell. What do you think? It’s your birthday.”
He gives me that big childlike smile. “I’m in. Let’s play Spy!”
Hyla claps her hands together. “Yes! I never got to play this with Kenz when we were actually dating.”
“We’ve never played here. It’ll be a new adventure,” Sarah says, standing up. “Teams?”
“Definitely,” I say.
“Miles is in charge of the papers, so no one cheats,” Joel says pointedly.
“What’s happening here?” Amelia asks.
Miles grins. “Sweetness, you are about to be officially indoctrinated into the cult. Somebody get me Post-its.”
I can’t stop my smile as I look around at my best friends. My heart is light, and I’m ready to let myself be a kid again, even if it’s only for an hour.
“Are you going to be on my team?” Aaron playfully asks, wrapping his arms around my waist.
“Always, Ace. And we’re going to kick their asses.”
He leans down to kiss me. “Damn straight.”
I hope we never lose this part of us. And I hope one day, we see the mischievous glint in our kids’ eyes when they run off to play Spy too.🧡
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Haven't started the series yet??
There is literally no better time! The entire series is finally available to binge all at once and Friends Like This is a Kindle Monthly Deal in US & Canada, so you can snag the ebook for 50% off at $2.49
Here's a bit about what you can expect from the series...
💗Six lifelong besties
💗FOUR epic love stories
💗All the friends to lovers vibes
💗One Tree Hill meets Dawson's Creek
💗Baseball ⚾
💗Relatable, strong but messy heroines
💗Swoony AF book boyfriends
💗Complex, flawed characters & relationships
💗All the angst
💗Making mistakes & growing up
💗Mental health rep
💗Learning what it means to love someone
💗Perfect HEAs (eventually 😉)
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One last character art reveal...
I'm so excited to share the last cover art for the Friends Like This series. It's a pose the friends recreate several times throughout the series and matches one from when they were six years old.
As soon as I have the postcards in stock, they'll be available in my store!
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And one last surprise...
Because it's the end of the series, I have one last surprise for you! At the end of each book in the series, there are free downloadable bonus chapters, but now, all those chapters are available together in a paperback!
You can also snag the full collection in ebook form for free!
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P.S. Don't forget...
🎶As always there is a playlist to go along with the story, and this one is a doozy. It pulls out all the nostalgia, calling in songs from previous playlists, and ending on the one that started it all. I LOVE this playlist, and hope you'll enjoy it too.
💜There are no more Friends Like This books to beg you to pre-order! While that puts me in my feelings, there IS still more within this world. Our favorite side character Trevor Matteny is finally getting his book. It'll be set over the same time as Together Like This & Heartbreak Like This. You've seen the outline of Trevor and Chelsea's romance, but there are so many details that I've been keeping under wraps for more than a year! Their story, The Perfect Love, will be out in January, but you can pre-order now.
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Don't miss an EPIC giveaway...
Want signed copies of every book in the Friends Like This series PLUS swag?? I will be holding two giveaways--both with the same prize--one on Instagram and one in my Facebook group. If you want a chance to win, don't miss out!
Due to shipping costs, this will be available only for US shipping addresses
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Finally, thank you...
This series has been a wild ride, and I can't believe we've finally reached the end. Thank you all so much for being here and supporting me, and if you've read the Friends Like This series, thank you from the bottom of my heart. This is a literal dream achieved for me, and I'm so grateful to every person who has read and loved this series.
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Behind the scenes with me...
Want to know what I'm working on right now? Listening to? Reading? What's rumbling around in my head? Well, I'm going to tell you anyway!
🖊️Currently working on: Caught Up In Your Love, a MM, friends to lovers, age gap romance. It's the final book in the Ida Romance series and features Christian.
👀Currently distracting me from that: Extending a previous book and doing some reformatting. Plus life. Life has been extra lifey this summer.
📖Currently reading: The Wiener Across the Way
🎧Currently listening to: Irresponsible Puckboy (Because you know I love a friends to lovers romance)
If you want more fun behind the scenes info, make sure you join my FB reader group, Bethany’s Book Besties! It's where we talk about books, romance, my characters & their love stories, and where I share random unedited snippets of what I'm working on and other fun teases! And this year there might be an exclusive giveaway or two as well!
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That's it for me today! Until next time, take care and happy reading!
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