Dear Reader,
I’ve been getting this question a lot, so I thought I’d write this reference blog post in order to address some of the more common questions and hopefully clear up some confusion. Other questions I’ve been getting are, “When does book 9 come out of BYAM?” and “I’ve finished Because You Are Mine, but now I can’t get Because You Are Mine book 2 in print. Where do I get that?”
The basic answer to the question is that the 3 books in the series go in this order:
1. Because You Are Mine
2. When I’m With You
3. Because We Belong
Those titles represent three novels. The first two novels, Because You Are Mine and When I’m With You were (or are being) released as serialized ebooks. This means that the entire novel is told in ‘parts’ 1-8, each part releasing for 8 weeks, every Tuesday. For those of you who just purchased the print book or complete ebook of Because You Are Mine, you can see that your book was divided into 8 separate parts–those were the initial episodes of the serialized ebook, which started to come out last July, and now is available in print/ebook complete. If you just read the entire novel, Because You Are Mine in print or ebook, you’ve read the entire book. There is no Because You Are Mine part 2 in print to purchase separately–it’s all been put in to the book you just read. There is also no Part 9. But don’t dismay, because…
Does the story continue?
Yes. When I’m With You, which continues Ian’s and Francesca’s story, but is the steamy romance between Lucien and Elise, started to come out in serialized format on March 5. Lucien and Elise are the main characters, but this book is set in the Because You Are Mine ‘world”. Ian and Francesca are important characters in it and a major part of their romance is told.
Ian and Francesca move onto center stage again for Because We Belong, out in November of this year. This book will be released in the regular format (not because I haven’t enjoyed doing the serials, but because contracts are drawn up and requirements are stated long before the books are ever written).
Another question I’m getting a lot:
Will When I’m With You come out in a single print/ebook like Because You Are Mine did?
The publisher hasn’t yet announced whether it will or won’t. The serialized book was put into one novel because of the success of the serial, so I certainly hope so! I will let you know here and at my facebook page if it does go to print.
I hope this helps! Feel free to ask me for clarification, but I wanted to have this post to give a general reference.
~Happy Reading!
Beth