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No Weddings Synopsis:
Award-winning author Kat
Bastion teams with her husband, Stone Bastion, in this first book in the No
Weddings Series about Cade Michaelson, a successful man with his sights set on
a new venture in business, and Hannah Martin, the woman who makes it personal.
I think I have my act together as a successful bar owner, my master’s degree
within reach, and a list of no-strings-attached women warming my bed. Turns
out, I don’t.
Hannah believes she has safeguarded her wounded heart by shunning men and
focusing on her new baking business. The thing is, she hasn’t.
When my three sisters and I form an event-planning business with Hannah as our
baker, I have no idea how my life is about to change. As Hannah and I work
closely together, the attraction between us becomes irresistible. And
complicated. I’ve promised my sisters I wouldn’t mix business with pleasure.
But I’ve never been one to follow the rules.
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Our
Favorite Part of Writing
Thank you, Grownup Fangirl, for hosting us during
the InkSlinger PR blog tour of No
Weddings. We’re thrilled and honored to be here.
What’s
our favorite part of writing?
{smiles slowly}
The freedom we have as self-published authors to
break the rules.
We understand that romance has tried-and-true
formulas, but we live our lives boldly and color outside the lines. Why should
our writing be any different?
And really, we didn’t set out to be different.
Although, we easily would have if we’d planned on it.
You see, I’m (Kat) a pantster writer, and Stone
joined me in the free-style writing technique. But as we wrote, we stayed true
to the characters, letting them tell their own story.
So when Cade took control and started No Weddings as he saw fit (atypical of
most romance novels) we went with it. And when the needs of the characters demanded
we handle their relationship development with care, we followed along.
After No
Weddings was finished, we looked back at the book and wondered (hoped) the uniqueness of what we’d done
would be well received. And how we handled the sexual tension and their first
kiss? Very different than formulaic romance novels.
But, oh, what a kiss.
And the sexual tension…scorching.
We also enjoyed allowing the genre crossovers to
take shape as the novel demanded. No
Weddings is a unique and powerful story intertwined with a great romance—plot
and character driven. The book could
be considered a contemporary romance, coming of age, and a romantic comedy,
because it’s all of those things. Business, baking, bartending, holiday, and
family themes? All in there, along with struggle and laughter, heartache and
joy, all wrapped up in a fresh story line.
Where else did we forge our own path?
The books themselves. Four separate novels were
written, yet each is about the next stage of Cade and Hannah’s relationship
with unique conflicts that pulled them apart and drew them together in spite of
the challenges. Also, each book was written from different points of view,
depending on the best way to tell that particular story. No Weddings is Cade’s. One
Funeral, Hannah’s. We return to Cade’s point of view in Two Bar Mitzvahs, and Three Christmases is told from both of
their alternating perspectives.
Our writing and marketing plan also diverged from
the norm. The entire series vibrated so strongly in our minds, we wrote all
four novels at once. And with all four books written together, we decided to
release them in quick succession, three weeks apart. Why keep the readers
waiting longer than necessary?
And with us blazing our own marketing trail, we
decided to offer every bonus we could afford. Including digital pre-orders and
release-week purchases being $0.99 and signed.
We loved the ability to hire our own team of New
York Times bestselling experts in helping us build the best books and promotion
possible, including Kristi at Picky Editor, Sarah at Okay Creations, Emily at
E.M. Book Designs, Lillie at Lillie’s Literary Services, and KP and Nazarea at InkSlinger
PR.
So as you can see, we broke rules all over the
place. It was—and is—our favorite part of writing.
Thank you again, Grownup Fangirl, for
hosting us during the No Weddings Tour. We hope you and your readers are
interested in No Weddings and enjoy
the story.
During No Weddings release week, digital copies
are only $0.99 and signed.
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Kat & Stone
Bastion Bio:
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Award-winning and
bestselling romance author Kat Bastion has teamed up with her husband Stone
Bastion to create the new contemporary romance series No Weddings.
A few factoids
about the writing team…
Kat enjoys her chocolate
rich and dark, her music edgy and soul-filling, and her vacations exotic with
toes dug into the sand. And she’s wildly, madly, deeply in love with Stone.
Stone likes
pounding the trails on a mountain bike, vibrating the sound system with rock music,
and down time spent on a stand up paddleboard. And he loves Kat wildly, madly,
deeply…and then some.
Together, they’re
having a blast bringing fun-filled romantic stories to life and hope you’ll
join them in the exciting adventure.
Kat’s first published
work, Utterly Loved, was a twentieth
anniversary gift of love poems to Stone that they decided to share with the
world to benefit charity. Net proceeds from Utterly
Loved, and a portion of net proceeds from all their books, go toward
charities involved in the fight against human trafficking.
Kat and Stone
live amid the beautiful Sonoran Desert of Arizona.
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Thank you, Grownup Fangirl! We appreciate your sharing this post and hope you and your readers enjoy the No Weddings series.
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