How the heck did this happen? My New Zealand rugby romance, “Just This Once” just received one of five nominations in the Romance category for an Audie award! The nominees are:
– The Bridges of Madison County (Robert James Waller; read by Stephen O'Hare and Kelly Pasquale)
– Burn for Me (Ilona Andrews; read by Renne Raudman)
– First Love (James Patterson; read by Lauren Fortgang)
– Just This Once (Rosalind James–ME; read by the FABULOUS Claire Bocking)
– Rumor Has It (Jill Shalvis; read by Karen White)
It's CRAZY! If you don't know what the Audies are–they're the Oscars of audiobooks, and being nominated is a huge honor, especially for an indie author. Mainly, it's one pretty massive testimonial to Claire's skills–narrating her very first audiobook, which makes it all the more amazing.
Here's her”congratulations” video from Audible–I love this. It made her laugh and cry–and it should have. We're goin' to New York City! (Awards ceremony end of May.)
If you want to listen, you can get the audio version for only $1.99 via the WhisperSync program, if you own the Kindle book (which is FREE).
Here's a sample chapter, if you want to hear Claire doing her stuff. (You can hear a chapter from every one of the books by going to my Audio page, right here on the site.)
Congrats to you both. I own the first five in audio and love them all. Any chance books six and seven are on their way? Please, please, please.
YES! Book Six, Just Not Mine, was just finished, and will be up for preorder within the next week or so (early March). Release date March 31, I think! And it…is…AWESOME. Claire’s best yet, in my opinion. Oh, the feels!
Just for You is next, and she’s starting it now! Late April, I hope!
Thank you so much for the kind words. 🙂