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It's the perfect New York day to celebrate UNTIL I DIE's book birthday!

Yes, this is the British version. But I don't have a U.S. one yet! Photo to be updated this afternoon!

The day is finally here. It is UNTIL I DIE’s book birthday. And I would love to celebrate it with you if you are anywhere in the vicinity of 18 West 18th Street in New York City tonight from 6-8pm! (Books of Wonder) I’m providing bottles of Orangina, macarons, and French candy. Plus, a sparkly Eiffel Tower bookmark for everyone who shows up! Can’t wait to see you all!

If you are too far to come (like that’s an excuse!!!), I would be overjoyed if you ordered the book anyway. Here are some options, and THANK YOU FOR CELEBRATING MY SECOND EVER PUBLISHED BOOK WITH ME!!!!

*puts on party hat*

*blows out candles*

*opens door to find Kate, Vincent, Jules, Ambrose, Charlotte, Georgia and the rest singing ‘Happy Birthday’*

*faints*

For a SIGNED copy, order here from Books of Wonder.

IndieBound
Amazon US – Amazon UK
B&N
Book Depository (Worldwide)

I am OFFICIALLY in the UNITED STATES!!! WOO HOO!!!

Sing it, Frankie!!! ("Start spreading the news...")

Okay, so it’s not even 6am and I’m wide awake, but jet lag’s a good thing when you have a lot to do! Would you like to know what Day 1 of the Revenant Road trip holds?

Breakfast with the lovely and very funny Michelle Jaffe (who I met at RT Conference in Chicago).

Lunch with Claudia, my friend and Beta reader. Claudia’s the person who reads stuff assoonasIwriteit and gets back to me right away so that I can know if I’m on the right track or being completely delusional. e.g. Claudia is amazing. And a lot of fun, to boot.

In between: errands, including buy 100 bottles of Orangina and 100 macarons for tomorrow night’s launch party!!!

Dinner with my very good friend and all around shoulder-to-lean-on, person-who-makes-me-laugh-when-I’m-crying…Lawrence.

So…I’m kind of busy. But the real reason I’m in NY is not to see friends, although that is an extra bonus. It is for this:

Books of Wonder is overjoyed to host the launch party for international best-selling author AMY PLUM. Heady with romance and rife with danger, Until I Die the second book of the Die For Me trilogy  follows Vincent and Kate as they search-separately-for a solution to their plight, pursuing their quest from the glamorous streets of Paris to the city’s squalid underbelly. The battle between good and evil wages on, as  the bardia-the good revenants-try to overthrow their murderous enemies, the numa, forever. The party begins at 6pm and Amy has invited two of her good friends to be special guests for this great event. Joining us will be 2 debut authors of teen thrillers KRISTI COOK who penned Haven, and  JOCELYN DAVIS author of A BEAUTIFUL DARK. There will be refreshments served as AMY PLUM introduces Until I Die, answers questions from the audience, and then all three authors in attendance will sign copies of their books for fans. Ages 12 and up. Tuesday, May 8th, 6-8pm. Click here for more.

And while all of this stuff goes on in Real Life, in the Online world, my UNTIL I DIE blog tour continues!

Since the list in the last post, here are two new stops:

Day 16 Over-the-top Jules character interview on Books Complete Me

Day 17 UNTIL I DIE steamy excerpt on We Fancy Books

And only four more days to go!!!

I think I will give away a prize every day of the Revenant Road Trip to those of you who can’t make it to the locations I go to. SO…to win a signed paperback of DIE FOR ME (to accompany your new copy of UNTIL I DIE :)), comment telling me which 4 American cities are included on the Road Trip!   24 hours, international, random drawing!

I am quickly posting these photos of last night’s event at Foyles, because I have 10 minutes before I have to go jump on a train. But i’lltellyouaboutitreallyquickly…

The event was organized by my amazing publishers at Little, Brown/Atom along with Neil Jackson of Foyles, who had EVERYTHING SET UP PERFECTLY (down to the invisible stage mics and signing pens awaiting us near stacks of our books). You don’t know how much the “little things” matter at one of these events – it made the whole thing go really smoothly.

A big MERCI to Atom (Sam, Maddy, Rose & Kate) and Neil!

On the eve of UNTIL I DIE’s U.K. book birthday (HURRAY!!!), I was joined by the wonderful authors CJ Daugherty, Ruth Warburton and Sara Grant. We were given a few minutes ahead of the event to get to know each other in the Green Room. Which was kind of a problem. Because the more we chatted the more I wanted to chat, and before we knew it Neil was announcing that the event was starting! (More chat time later, girls!)

Hanging out in Foyles's Green Room with Ruth Warburton, CJ Daugherty and Sara Grant. Photo: @ninadouglas

We arrived into the event room to find the front few rows FILLED WITH BLOGGERS. @Serendipity_Viv, @BbookLbook, @chooseYA, @darkreaders, @raimy_rawr, @sisterspooky, @DistrictYA, were all there (Bungle…where were you?) I felt like I was in the presence of greatness with all of these fantastic readers/bloggers/all around amazing people lining the front rows and smiling encouragingly at us, as well as lovely readers like @flutterbyroom.

Bloggers getting restless with the wait decide to warm our seats for us. Photo @Serendipity_Viv

Being introduced by the amazing Neil Jackson @devilslibrary (who organized the event). Photo @foyles

I gave the audience a choice between a reading of a steamy make-out scene and the Paris opera scene, and guess which one they chose? (I think they were just having mercy on me, preventing me from turning bright red while reading…which I do during kissing scenes. I know…sad.)

Me reading the Opera Scene from UID (with Sara Grant doing her "interested" look.) Photo @darkreaders

The audience pitched in with some great questions during the Q&A, and we authors all said afterwards what a great crowd and fun event it had been. So THANK YOU ALL for an all-around an amazing evening – one I hope to repeat!

And now…au revoir London. Bonjour Paris!

Here’s Atom’s post about the event.

Catch Big Book Little Book’s account of the evening here.

And here is Serendipity Review’s version…

And yet another from Sister Spooky!

I am in a slightly soggy London getting ready for my event tonight 6:30 at Foyles Charing Cross with CJ Daugherty, Ruth Warburton and Sara Grant.

Because tomorrow is UNTIL I DIE’s UK book birthday!
*holds purple and silver cake out to everyone*
*sings*
*but not too loudly – doesn’t want to injure neighbors’ eardrums*

Last night I saw the UK version of UNTIL I DIE…in real life…for the first time. And I have to tell you – it is gorgeous. Johanna Basford’s swirls are in SILVER. Yes. It’s shiny. *fondles book cover*

In other news, UNTIL I DIE is coming in 2nd in RT’s Best Book Cover of the Month! Now, I don’t have anything against waxed abs, but I had to vote for Purple-Kate-in-Paris myself. Check rippling abs and all the rest out here!

And…to catch you up…we have two VERY SPECIAL stops on the UNTIL I DIE blog tour.

1. An UNTIL I DIE exclusive KISSING SCENE teaser on Jean Booknerd’s blog.

and

2. An INTERVIEW WITH VINCENT on Once Upon a Twilight.

Contests with each. I hope you enjoy!

And separately, here is a “Setting the Scene” post that I did for British blogger Vivienne at Serendipity Reviews on why the DIE FOR ME trilogy HAD to be set in Paris!

And if you haven’t yet pre-ordered UNTIL I DIE, here’s your chance! (Pre-orders and 1st week purchases mean so much to the success of a book, so THANK YOU ALL in advance!)

Amazon US – Amazon UK
B&N (ebook)