I am SO excited that I can finally share details of the Forever in Love launch event with you! Happening three weeks from today!
If you are in the New York City area on July 11, I hope to see you at Books of Wonder, 18 West 18th Street, 6-8pm.
And there’s more. Just look at who is joining me.
Dream panel much? Ann Brashares, Blake Nelson, and Heather Demetrios?! I KNOW.
Here’s more info and links to all these dope books.
Yay yay freakng YAY. ❤ ❤ ❤
Only three weeks to go until Forever in Love is out in the world!
Until then, you can watch me geek out playing my City Love trilogy girls.
There is definitely a part of me in each of these girls. I can relate the most to Sadie now. In college, I was totally Rosanna. And Darcy…she is the kind of confident I aspire to be.
Or maybe it’s just that we wolf down pancakes the same way…
There has just been so much city love in the air here in New York. Whether it’s chilling up on my roof on sunny mornings in the 70s listening to Dear Sugar podcasts (back for a new summer season!) (and can I just say how on-point Cheryl Strayed is with the advice every. single. time?!), or walking down my street doing errands when I pass by Books of Wonder and see that two of my fave authors are doing an event right that second so I serendipitously get to attend, or having refreshing blended mint lemonade granitas at Westville with good friends visiting from LA, or just listening to the mourning dove in the tree outside my window hoo while I’m writing…it’s been a beautiful end to springtime.
Here are some more city love examples.
1. The tagline of City Love is Look up. Anything is possible. When you look up, you notice beauty you’ve never seen before. You view history. You welcome connections, which invites possibility. One thing I love about looking up is spotting old-school signage on buildings here in downtown Manhattan. Like this one for manicure sets:
Not only do I love the physical signage, the faded lettering in vintage fonts of the 20s and 30s, but it’s fun to imagine the New York of that time, back in the day when the now apartment building was a factory or warehouse. The mix of old and new on every block here is dope.
2. I was on the High Line, my fave place in New York, the other evening filming part of a City Love trilogy walking tour I’ll be posting in July when Forever in Love comes out. It was one of those perfect springtime New York nights…gorgeous weather, good vibes, dazzling sunset. Another thing I love about New York along with the mix of old and new, which you can totally see around you every step of the High Line you take, is the mix of country and urban. The High Line has tons of spectacular vegetation, which I love against the backdrop of city life:
3. This.
Yet another reason why I love the High Line. Happy Pride Month!
4. We filmed another City Love trilogy walking tour video at Bubby’s across the street from where the High Line begins. If you’ve read City Love or Lost in Love, you might remember that Sadie loves Bubby’s. And that Rosanna is obsessed with fresh watermelon juice, which she cannot get enough of at Bubby’s and nearly falls off the stool in a total state of euphoric bliss. I loved sitting at the bar, enjoying watermelon juice and geeking out over the Pac-Man decorations:
Bubby’s was really loud, but I think I yelled loudly enough to be heard in the video. We’ll see…
5. Guess what arrived?
The first copy of Forever in Love! And yes, it has a printed case underneath the jacket like the other two books in the trilogy. Forever in Love comes out on July 11, but you can pre-order a shiny new copy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, or from your local bookshop.
Wishing you glittery city love vibes all summer long ❤
Only one month to go until Forever in Love is out in the world on July 11!
Of course I am stoked to have the final book of the City Love trilogy, a series that takes place over one summer that forever changes the lives of three girls sharing an apartment in New York City, come out in the middle of the summer. Taking summer reading up a notch, yo. The summer after high school was the first time I began feeling empowered, like I could take control of my life and live on my own terms, and that’s the exact quality I wanted to capture in this trilogy. The total freedom was a rush, everything from staying out all night if I felt like it to having a boy sleep over for the first time. Sadie, Darcy, and Rosanna are three very different girls with very different backgrounds, but they all have this in common: the desire to live their dream lives.
For those of you who are interested in catching up on the City Love trilogy before Forever in Love comes out, good news! Lost in Love is now out in paperback.
When you write a book called Lost in Love and then you find this top that says Get Lost in Love, you kind of have to make a dorktastic video to celebrate the paperback release. Not that I set out to make a dorktastic video per se. It’s just that all of my YouTube videos are dorktastic because that’s how I roll. In this one, I share how Lost in Love takes the City Love trilogy to deeper levels.
The first book of the trilogy, City Love, takes place over the last 10 days of June. This is when Sadie, Darcy, and Rosanna first meet each other. They are each running from dark secrets of their past, hoping to create a brighter future. So when the girls first meet in City Love, they are presenting polished versions of themselves to each other and hiding their secret pain. They each want to appear strong, like they have it all together. But when their lives are ripped apart at the end of City Love (cue major cliffhanger action), they begin to open up to each other and share the truth about who they are and where they came from. That’s why Lost in Love takes the trilogy to deeper levels, as these girls develop a bond of friendship that will last a lifetime.
In Forever in Love, my girls come to realize that, despite the pain they’ve endured and the challenges in their way, they can create their dream lives. Who you were does not have to define who you will become. You are the architect of your own destiny. The title refers to the girls being forever in love with the infinite possibilities their future holds, a positive, inspiring note I was happy to end the series on. I hope the City Love trilogy ends in a good way for those of you who read it!
Forever in Love can be pre-ordered from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, or directly from your local bookshop. If you do read any of the City Love trilogy books and enjoy them, kindly consider sharing your review online. Your stars can encourage new readers to get into the trilogy, and your book love is much appreciated.
Wishing you amazing summer reading adventures, friendly neighbors ❤
Lost in Love, the second book of my City Love trilogy, is out in paperback today!
In this second book of the City Love trilogy, three girls share a Manhattan apartment the summer before college begins. Lost in Love captures the essence of summer love, self-discovery, and sisterhood during the summer that will change everything.
Sadie was positive she met her soul mate after having the Knowing about Austin. But after she discovers his major secret, Sadie is crushed and left wondering if she even knows Austin at all. Will she ever be able to trust him again?
Darcy was all about fun boy adventures this summer. Her ex broke up with her right before she left Santa Monica, and the last thing she wanted was another serious relationship. But after Darcy’s feelings for Jude grow stronger and her ex moves to New York City to win her back, could she be ready for something real?
Rosanna has gone from seventy-three cents to living the high life. Donovan loves to treat her to the finer things, and would love for Rosanna to open up to him. But telling him everything includes painful memories she wants to forget. Will she let him in…or will Rosanna’s past catch up with her first?
Told from alternating perspectives, Lost in Love weaves a story of first love, first heartbreak, and everything in between.
You can order a shiny new copy for yourself or a special book enthusiast in your life from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, or your local bookshop.
Forever in Love, the final City Love trilogy book, will be out on July 11. Pre-ordering links are here.
Happy summer reading, friendly neighbors ❤
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