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    New year, same old resolutions …

    Happy New Year! I hope everyone’s 2026 is off to a great start. 😎

    It’s time to talk about New Year’s resolutions, but mine are usually the same from one year to the next:

    • Work less and spend more time with family/friends
    • Read more books for fun and/or read at least 50 books this year
    • Eat healthier/exercise more
    • Try new things/mark things off my bucket list (this includes everything from trying new restaurants, to taking day trips to places I’ve never been before, to going on longer trips to places I’ve never been before)

    Some years, I do better at these than others, especially the whole work-life balance thing. I tend to have way more work than fun. But it’s all about progress, not perfection, right? 😂

    What are some of your resolutions for the New Year?

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    Some of my favorite reads of 2025 …

    I can’t believe we’re almost to the end of 2025. Where has the year gone?! It seems like January was just last week. Here are some of my favorite read this year: 

    • Emily’s Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett: This is the first book in the Emily Wilde cozy fantasy series about a professor who researches faeries. Emily is a delightfully smart and grumpy heroine, and the descriptions of the faeries are both lovely and frightening. 
    • The Serpent and the Wolf by Rebecca Robinson: After her mother’s death, Vaasa inherited a dark magic that is slowly killing her. In order to learn to control her dangerous new power, Vaasa forges an alliance with an enemy ruler, but devious villains threaten everything they are fighting to protect. This is the first book in the Dark Inheritance romantasy series.
    • Little White Lies by Jennifer Lynn Barnes: When eighteen-year-old Sawyer is offered a contract by her wealthy grandmother to participate in debutante season, she accepts the deal to learn more about her family, including who her father is. This is the first book in the Debutantesseries, and it’s a twisty young-adult mystery with lots of family secrets.

    What were some of your favorite reads of 2025?

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    ICYMI — Only Rogue Actions available now . . .

    In case you missed it — Read it now! Only Rogue Actions, Galactic Bonds #5, has been released in ebook, audio, and print. Woot! 😎 

    Only Rogue Actions cover art with a couple on an orange backgroundGET THE EBOOK:

    In Only Rogue Actions, Vesper Quill and Kyrion Caldaren take part in a training exercise to try to learn more about their truebond connect, but they are quickly targeted by a dangerous new enemy.

    Note that this is a 55,000-word book, so it is a shorter book than some of the others in the series.

    I appreciate all the nice comments I’ve gotten about my Galactic Bonds series, and I hope you all enjoy this new adventure. Happy reading and listening!

    Only Rogue Actions audiobook cover artGET THE AUDIOBOOK:

    The audiobook is narrated by Lauren Fortgang and James Fouhey. I’ve gotten so many nice comments about their narration of Vesper and Kyrion, and I’m so glad they are back for this book. 

    Only Rogue Actions is also available to order in trade paperback and hardcover at all the usual retailers. Thank you for reading!

    GET THE PRINT BOOK:

    GET THE HARDCOVER BOOK:

    ONLY ROGUE ACTIONS DESCRIPTION:

    “This is space opera at its finest.”—Ilona Andrews, #1 New York Times bestselling author on Only Bad Options

    New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Estep continues her Galactic Bonds series with a new, action-packed adventure that blends science fiction, fantasy, and historical romance. This rollicking space opera features a mix of magic and technology, along with a soulmates story and “Pew! Pew! Pew!” battle scenes. Perfect for fans of Star Wars, Dune, Bridgerton, and Pride and Prejudice.

    A WOMAN WHO DREAMS OF THE FUTURE . . .

    Once upon a time, I was Vesper Quill, a lowly lab rat using my seer magic and engineering skills to repair broken appliances at a Regal-owned corporation. These days, I’m one of the most infamous and wanted fugitives in the Archipelago Galaxy, along with Kyrion Caldaren, my partner.

    Kyrion and I are hiding out on a distant planet when we are offered a chance to train at a prestigious facility in hopes of better understanding our truebond, the psionic connection that lets us share thoughts, feelings, skills, and more.

    Mastering our magic is the only way we can hope to defeat our many enemies and make my dreams of a safe future a reality, so Kyrion and I accept the invitation. But evil forces are at work, and our training exercise is not what it seems, plunging us both into another deadly situation with only bad options.  

    A MAN WHO CAN’T ESCAPE HIS PAST . . .
    I’ve always been Kyrion Caldaren, a Regal lord with telekinesis, telepathy, telempathy, and other powerful psionic abilities. I might have gone rogue from the Arrows, the Imperium’s elite warriors, but my fighting skills are as sharp and deadly as ever.

    Vesper Quill and I need help with our truebond, so we agree to participate in a rigorous training exercise designed to test the depths of our connection. But a new enemy has other plans, and we’re soon separated and confronted with one dangerous obstacle after another.

    But my love for Vesper is stronger than any forces set against us, and I’ll do whatever it takes to make my way back to her—and kill anyone who gets in my way.

    Note: Only Rogue Actions is a 55,000-word book.

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    Only Rogue Actions released . . .

    Read it now! Only Rogue Actions, Galactic Bonds #5, has been released today, Tuesday, Oct. 14. Woot! 😎 

    Only Rogue Actions cover art with a couple on an orange backgroundGET THE EBOOK:

    In Only Rogue Actions, Vesper Quill and Kyrion Caldaren take part in a training exercise to try to learn more about their truebond connect, but they are quickly targeted by a dangerous new enemy.

    Note that this is a 55,000-word book, so it is a shorter book than some of the others in the series.

    I appreciate all the nice comments I’ve gotten about my Galactic Bonds series, and I hope you all enjoy this new adventure. Happy reading and listening!

    Only Rogue Actions audiobook cover artGET THE AUDIOBOOK:

    The audiobook is narrated by Lauren Fortgang and James Fouhey. I’ve gotten so many nice comments about their narration of Vesper and Kyrion, and I’m so glad they are back for this book. 

    Only Rogue Actions is also available to order in trade paperback and hardcover at all the usual retailers. Thank you for reading!

    GET THE PRINT BOOK:

    GET THE HARDCOVER BOOK:

    ONLY ROGUE ACTIONS DESCRIPTION:

    “This is space opera at its finest.”—Ilona Andrews, #1 New York Times bestselling author on Only Bad Options

    New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Estep continues her Galactic Bonds series with a new, action-packed adventure that blends science fiction, fantasy, and historical romance. This rollicking space opera features a mix of magic and technology, along with a soulmates story and “Pew! Pew! Pew!” battle scenes. Perfect for fans of Star Wars, Dune, Bridgerton, and Pride and Prejudice.

    A WOMAN WHO DREAMS OF THE FUTURE . . .

    Once upon a time, I was Vesper Quill, a lowly lab rat using my seer magic and engineering skills to repair broken appliances at a Regal-owned corporation. These days, I’m one of the most infamous and wanted fugitives in the Archipelago Galaxy, along with Kyrion Caldaren, my partner.

    Kyrion and I are hiding out on a distant planet when we are offered a chance to train at a prestigious facility in hopes of better understanding our truebond, the psionic connection that lets us share thoughts, feelings, skills, and more.

    Mastering our magic is the only way we can hope to defeat our many enemies and make my dreams of a safe future a reality, so Kyrion and I accept the invitation. But evil forces are at work, and our training exercise is not what it seems, plunging us both into another deadly situation with only bad options.  

    A MAN WHO CAN’T ESCAPE HIS PAST . . .
    I’ve always been Kyrion Caldaren, a Regal lord with telekinesis, telepathy, telempathy, and other powerful psionic abilities. I might have gone rogue from the Arrows, the Imperium’s elite warriors, but my fighting skills are as sharp and deadly as ever.

    Vesper Quill and I need help with our truebond, so we agree to participate in a rigorous training exercise designed to test the depths of our connection. But a new enemy has other plans, and we’re soon separated and confronted with one dangerous obstacle after another.

    But my love for Vesper is stronger than any forces set against us, and I’ll do whatever it takes to make my way back to her—and kill anyone who gets in my way.

    Note: Only Rogue Actions is a 55,000-word book.

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    One week to go until Only Rogue Actions is released . . .

    It’s the final countdown! There is only one week to go until Only Rogue Actions, Galactic Bonds #5, is released on Tuesday, Oct. 14. Woot! 😎 

    Only Rogue Actions cover art with a couple on an orange backgroundGET THE EBOOK:

    In Only Rogue Actions, Vesper Quill and Kyrion Caldaren take part in a training exercise to try to learn more about their truebond connect, but they are quickly targeted by a dangerous new enemy.

    Note that this is a 55,000-word book, so it is a shorter book than some of the others in the series.

    I appreciate all the nice comments I’ve gotten about my Galactic Bonds series, and I hope you all enjoy this new adventure.

    Only Rogue Actions audiobook cover artGET THE AUDIOBOOK:

    The audiobook will be narrated by Lauren Fortgang and James Fouhey. I’ve gotten so many nice comments about their narration of Vesper and Kyrion, and I’m so glad they are back for this book. 

    Only Rogue Actions is also available to pre-order in print at all the usual retailers. Thank you for reading!

    GET THE PRINT BOOK:

    GET THE HARDCOVER BOOK:

    ONLY ROGUE ACTIONS DESCRIPTION:

    “This is space opera at its finest.”—Ilona Andrews, #1 New York Times bestselling author on Only Bad Options

    New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Estep continues her Galactic Bonds series with a new, action-packed adventure that blends science fiction, fantasy, and historical romance. This rollicking space opera features a mix of magic and technology, along with a soulmates story and “Pew! Pew! Pew!” battle scenes. Perfect for fans of Star Wars, Dune, Bridgerton, and Pride and Prejudice.

    A WOMAN WHO DREAMS OF THE FUTURE . . .

    Once upon a time, I was Vesper Quill, a lowly lab rat using my seer magic and engineering skills to repair broken appliances at a Regal-owned corporation. These days, I’m one of the most infamous and wanted fugitives in the Archipelago Galaxy, along with Kyrion Caldaren, my partner.

    Kyrion and I are hiding out on a distant planet when we are offered a chance to train at a prestigious facility in hopes of better understanding our truebond, the psionic connection that lets us share thoughts, feelings, skills, and more.

    Mastering our magic is the only way we can hope to defeat our many enemies and make my dreams of a safe future a reality, so Kyrion and I accept the invitation. But evil forces are at work, and our training exercise is not what it seems, plunging us both into another deadly situation with only bad options.  

    A MAN WHO CAN’T ESCAPE HIS PAST . . .
    I’ve always been Kyrion Caldaren, a Regal lord with telekinesis, telepathy, telempathy, and other powerful psionic abilities. I might have gone rogue from the Arrows, the Imperium’s elite warriors, but my fighting skills are as sharp and deadly as ever.

    Vesper Quill and I need help with our truebond, so we agree to participate in a rigorous training exercise designed to test the depths of our connection. But a new enemy has other plans, and we’re soon separated and confronted with one dangerous obstacle after another.

    But my love for Vesper is stronger than any forces set against us, and I’ll do whatever it takes to make my way back to her—and kill anyone who gets in my way.

    Note: Only Rogue Actions is a 55,000-word book.