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Dear NYT,

I just hit yourÌý for the with eleven other authors. ÌýHowever, the other boxed set I was also in -- did not hit the list, despite having stronger sales over the course of the entire week.

WTF, NYT?

The BBW boxed set sold more copies than the Rockstar boxed set, and not by a hair. We’re talking THOUSANDS of copies. All of the authors involved in the BBW boxed set were confused when the list came out this morning and BBW was nowhere to be seen. Is it the acronym BBW thatÌýgot you all riled up, NYT? Is that it? Scared off by some big beautiful women, mmm?

I was in both boxed sets; so were other authors involved. We are all self published, and unlike trad publishers, we share numbers with each other. This week, the numbers don’t add up. Has this happened before? How would anyone know? And if better sales numbers don’t mean anything for a bestseller chart, what the hell are you actually charting?

We don’t know whether to celebrate our win or sympathize with the BBW boxed set authors, who would have placed highly on the bestseller list were they not excluded for an unknown reason.

Tell us why, please. A little transparency would go a long way.

Sincerely,

NY Times bestselling author Aubrey Rose

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Hey all! I’m in another boxed set, this one of rockstar romance stories� My novella is the one about Asher and Trixie, Rocking Her Curves. Check it out and let me know which ones were your favorites!

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From sinfully hot guitarists to wildly aggressive, dominate heavy-metal rockers, these are the bad boys of the music industry. This special collection brings you 12 of the hottest rockstar romance stories ever told from many of your favorite authors � all for just ! (Regular price $9.99)

Now get a DOZEN novels and novellas all featuring deliciously naughty rock stars by the hottest New York Times, USA Today, Amazon and Barnes & Noble bestselling authors in the rock & roll romance genre all together in .

So bring your lighter and get ready to toss your panties on stage!

This exclusive collection features stories from popular Bestselling authors including: USA Today & NYTimes Bestsellers Emme Rollins and Aubrey Rose, Top 100 Amazon Bestsellers Arabella Quinn, Ava Lore, Clara Bayard, Dawn Steele, Karolyn James, Terry Towers, D. H. Cameron, Clare Cole, Virginia Wade, and Top 50 Barnes & Noble Bestseller Adriana Hunter.

MEETING TROUBLE by Emme Rollins

(Note: This was originally published as “Happy Accident.�)

ROCK ME: WICKED by Arabella

ROCKED: DEX & BECCA by Clara Bayard

HARD ROCK ARRANGEMENT (THE LONELY KINGS, #1) by Ava Lore

ROCKING HER CURVES by Aubrey Rose

ROCK & ROLL CURVES by D. H. Cameron

MAROONED WITH THE ROCK STAR by Dawn Steele

ALL ACCESS (CHASING CROSS BOOK ONE � A BROTHERS OF ROCK NOVEL) by Karolyn James

NEW SENSATION & RUN TO YOU � CURVES FOR THE ROCK STAR 1&2 by Clare Cole

THE ROCK STAR AND THE GIRL FROM THE COFFEE SHOP by Terry Towers

CURVY GIRLS ROCK by Virginia Wade

ROCK HARD by Adriana Hunter

Perfect Mate Now 99 cents on Nook!

Sorry this one took so long to get up (that’s what he said), but Perfect Mate is out on for only 99 cents as well as on .

BBW 10 Story Boxed Set Only $0.99!!!

Great deal, or theÌýgreatestÌýdeal? Blind Wolf is now part of a 10-story boxed set full of BBW stories. If you haven’t read some of these, I’d suggest you pick it up (for only a dollar!) onÌýÌýorÌý! ÌýOr if you’ve already left a review for Blind Wolf, I will give you an internet hug to copy-paste it over onto the Boxed Set page

Thanks, and be on the lookout for more boxed set sales coming soon!!!

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is the sequel toÌýmy #1 Shifter novellaÌýBlind WolfÌý (/Ìý). Sorry, Barnes and Noble peeps, I’m behind on this one â€� it’ll be out for Nook in the next day or so!

Summary:

Julia always thought that she was human. When the blind leader of a pack of straggling misfits claims her as his one true mate, she accepts that she is in love with Damien despite their radical differences.

But after another shifter wolf attacks them, he points to her as he dies and utters words that will change Julia’s life forever:

“â¶Ä�she’s not what you think she is...â€�
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Excerpt: (from Julia’s vow):

“How can I express my love? How can I tell you the feeling in my heart when you take my hand? This is a feeling that I can’t even understand myself. It takes me up and lifts me into a sacred place, it makes me realize that I am not a whole person without you. It hurts me. It heals me. It is a feeling that binds me so tightly that sometimes I can’t breathe. And when you kiss me, I know that I am yours forever and for always, and the whole world lights up with my love. Damien, you are special to me and I promise that nothing will ever come between us. I vow from this moment on to keep you in my heart, just as I hope you will keep me in yours.�

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is available now for Kindle on Amazon!ÌýAnd if you haven’t read the backstory to Julia and Damien’s, check out my #1 Shifter novellaÌýBlind Wolf â€� Book One in the BBW Shifter Romance series -Ìý/Ìý

Perfect Mate is the sequel toÌýmy #1 Shifter novellaÌýBlind WolfÌý (/Ìý). It will be out this week and omigod I am so excited for this one! I think it’s the best thing I’ve ever written

Here’s the story:

Julia always thought that she was human. When the blind leader of a pack of straggling misfits claims her as his one true mate, she accepts that she is in love with Damien despite their radical differences.

But after another shifter wolf attacks them, he points to her as he dies and utters words that will change Julia’s life forever:

“â¶Ä�she’s not what you think she is...â€�
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EXCERPT:

Julia lay back naked against Damien’s chest, and he held her close in arms that were not entirely human.

Werewolf. Shifter. Animal.

“What are you worried about?� Damien asked, squeezing her naked hip. The bright light of morning washed over the tops of the pine trees above, and Julia blinked hard.

“Stop reading my thoughts,� Julia said, looking up at him. His scars gleamed white in the daylight, crisscrossing over his eyes and down to his cheeks, and she wondered how it had taken her so long to notice them. Of course he had been wearing glasses before. Before she knew who he was. What he was. She shivered then, and he drew her close, feeling her shudder on his own skin.

“Not your thoughts, darling,� he said, pressing a kiss to her forehead. “Your emotions. You feel frightened.�

“Stop reading my emotions, then,� she said. “It’s not fair.�

“Because you can’t read mine?�

“Yes,� Julia said.

“You ask me to do the impossible,� Damien said. “I don’t know if I could stop reading you if I tried. You’re my mate.�

“Try,� Julia whispered, her voice small and vulnerable. “I’m thinking about the wolf you fought.�

Damien’s eyebrows furrowed into a frown.

“I’m sorry,� he said. “Maybe we shouldn’t have moved so quickly.� His lips moved down from her forehead to her cheek, feathering light kisses along her jawline. “I just couldn’t stop myself once I met you. I had to have you. I needed you. I needed to do this—�

“Ohh!� Julia let out a soft moan as Damien kissed her neck just below her ear, sending shivers of pleasure throughout her body that shot from the nerve endings in her neck all the way down to her feet. Her toes curled, involuntarily.

“Let me take your mind off of the fight. Off of everything that you’re worried about,� Damien said. His tongue darted out and licked her skin. She inhaled sharply, her lips falling apart.

“Damien,� Julia gasped.

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Coming soon! Until then, check out my #1 Shifter novellaÌýBlind Wolf â€� Book One in the BBW Shifter Romance series -Ìý/Ìý

Buy it for only 99 cents during its release weekÌýatÌýandÌý!

Julia has never been on a date in her life. She’s a curvy girl with no money, no education, and no way out of the town she works in as a library assistant� until Damien shows up. He’s just like the prince charming Julia always imagined would sweep her off of her feet. There are just a few things standing in the way of true happiness: he’s blind, he’s dating someone, and he’s WAY out of her league.

Oh, and he’s a werewolf.

Damien lost his eyes two years ago in a wolf battle. Ever since then, the straggler pack of disabled wolves he leads has been searching for a place to call home. One house seems like the perfect choice, but Damien realizes too late that the person who lives there is the girl he met at the library. The human girl. Damien is torn between loyalty to his pack and raw lusting desire for the girl who haunts his dreams day and night.

She’s a human. How could she be his true mate?

From NYTimes and USA Today Bestselling author Aubrey Rose comes a new shifter book that’s as wild and hot as anything. This werewolf shifter BBW romance novella is 25,000 words long, has some naughty language, and a lot of naughty sex. Be warned!

Excerpt:

She stood up and so did he. He held out his hand and she pressed his palm in a handshake. Without letting himself hesitate, and buoyed by her warm response to his jokes, Damien raised her hand to his lips and pressed a kiss onto her fingers.

It was a mistake. The connection between them before that moment had been tenuous, if intense. He could feel the separation between her emotion and his, and could untangle them if he needed to. Now, though, with his lips against her skin, he sensed the passage between them open up, widen, and take over his mind. He could no longer tell the difference between a feeling coming from his own mind or hers, and her thoughts reverberated through him.

Not just emotions, this time, as he had sensed before. The emotions were there, to be sure: desire, curiosity, and a hint of fear. But his lips fell apart slightly and he breathed in a sharp breath as he now heard clearly the words that she was thinking:

…the one. He’s the one. It’s him�

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Buy it now for only 99 cents at and !!

I started self-publishing in 2012. Wait, scratch that. I started writing fiction in 2012. Less than two years later, I was in a that hit #21 on the .

That’s why I believe in self-publishing.

…They say that you should always be reaching out with one hand to pull yourself up, and reaching back with the other to help the next person along. There is nothing that has helped me more in my self-publishing journey than the communities I have joined.

When I was asked to join the boxed set of new adult romance novels with Julia Kent, Emme Rollins, Helena Newbury, and Anna Antonia, I was thrilled beyond belief. I created the front cover for the setand did my best to promote the set, and watched in awe as it rose to #5 on the Amazon store. Then we hit the USA Today Bestseller list. Then we hit the NY Times Bestseller list. Then I fainted.

Luck? Sure. But I also spent the last two years spending a ton of time and effort to help the communities that play such a big part in my development as a writer…Whenever something was given to me, I tried to find a way to give back.

I fully believe that whatever you give will come back to you if you give it freely. So when people ask me for tips on how to make it big as an author, my best advice is this: stop thinking about making it big, and focus on getting better. Help somebody else make it big. Help somebody else get better. Help somebody else whenever you have the chance, and when you finally get a shot at making it big, you’ll find a world of people at your side who want to help you succeed.

Why do I believe in self-publishing? I believe in self-publishing because I want to work with other writers, not against them. Traditional publishing is a world of cutthroat competition, of secrecy and elitism, where rejection is the rule and success for one means failure for another. The only way to win that game is not to play. Rather than focus our energy on getting into the elite world of traditional publishing, let’s focus on making our books better so that readers fall in love with our writing.

Forget the gatekeepers, and forget crashing the gate. The party is outside now, and everyone’s invited.

And if you share (with your heart)

Yeah, you give (with your heart)

What you share with the world is what it keeps of you

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[The full text of my article can be found at ]

This is how I feel right now:

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I am just over the moon. (actually, it’s at number nine right now). I can’t tell you what I’ve promised to do if it hits number one, but it involves certain other authors as well as the lovely Summer from . Oh, and some cans of whipped cream. And a camera.

I’m most excited because I made the cover for the boxed set, and it looks so pretty on the FRONT PAGE OF AMAZON wooooo!!!

Okay, Aubrey. Breathe in. Breathe out. Write on.

Thank you to all my readers!!!

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A few weeks ago, I with Amazon’s Montlake Romance for . One of the issues I had with their offer was the lack of control � I wouldn’t be able to do any promotional work with my novel, since I wouldn’t be able to control the pricing.

One of those promotional projects was theÌý, and it just hit the USA Today Bestseller list!

I teamed up with four wonderful authors: , , , and . We put together . And now we’re all

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A huge thank you to all of my readers who bought the boxed set, spread the word, and helped us get to the top! I am shaking right now with excitement; I cannot even believe this news! Thank you thank you thank you all!!! I hope this is only the beginning�