And the origin story was another thing I had to contend with. I knew there was such a thing, and I knew that all superheroes have to have one. But mixing that up with a plot that was true to the romance genre was not at all easy. I did my best in this first book. I think there is a lot of both the superhero genre and the romance genre in this story of Lincoln and Molly, so I hope fans of both superhero and romantic suspense agree with me and enjoy this beginning. Each book will focus on the romantic couple and what it means to be a superhero.
Of course, it will all be fleshed out in future books. I don’t give the whole story in book one. You have to take the ride with me. If you think I left a lot of loose ends, well, you’re right. But every word is necessary for the next three books. Each one will be a standalone like Anarchy Found, and each one will release when I’m good and ready. So don’t expect my next book to be about Case, it’s not. My next book (aside from the novella about Rook & Ronin’s HEA that comes out on December 16th and the SF erotic romance called Sync, releasing late January) is a rock star book I’ve been writing in my head for almost two years called Rock. I predict that will release in March/April.
I will write the Case book when I have the plot right where I want it. So it might take all of 2016 to get through Case and Thomas and I imagine Atticus might release in early 2017 because I have the regular romancy books to write too. I have more ideas than I have time, to be honest, and I don’t want to invest all my work hours on just one story line that might not appeal to the majority of my fans.
I like writing all the books I release, but I love some more than others. This is a personal project for me, and I’m going to treat it as such and take my time with it.
So once I was totally invested in the whole superhero thing I decided I needed an artist to make the cover to stay true to the superhero genre. But since romance books have photographs for covers, I decided to go looking for an artist who can do photorealism and found Ambro Jordi. Who is simply fucking amazing. You need to check out his website and watch him draw people/animals in time-lapse (he did this for the Anarchy Found cover, so if you haven’t seen it, it’s fun. Go look). You cannot tell they are drawings, he’s that good.
Ambro also made the interior sketches for me. He so goddamned good, I gave him a deadline of a few days and he came back with these six images you see in the book based off random photos I found on the internet. I wanted those to be more sketchy, and just wow. I love them.
I also made an entire website about this series and it has a lot of stuff to look at if you’d like to learn a little more about each character and the city itself.
I’m making the trailer tonight after I upload the book, so if you check the website after release, it will be up. It’s not done yet, but I predict it will be mind-blowing. I’m getting really good at making trailers! JA Huss might make a film short in the near future, that’s how into video I am at the moment.
My son-in-law is a comic artist and he’s working on the graphic novel now. It’s slow going because I’m so damn busy, but we are hoping it will be out by the time Case’s book releases.
If you’ve been getting my newsletters you know I just released a book called Eighteen (18) based on my life when I was eighteen. It’s an Am*zon Top Five seller at the moment (I can’t use the A-word in some stores, so I have to hide it in order to make just one mater file), so Eighteen is doing better than I ever imagined. I think it’s a good book and if you like taboo erotic romance and want to have your mind twisted up in typical JA Huss fashion, pick it up (link here on my site).
Here’s my “for sure” release schedule for the next two months:
December 16th – Happily Ever After – A Day in the Life of the HEA (Rook & Ronin)
January 27-ish – Sync. A book about the character Gideon in the Junco series. It’s an erotic romance like no other. ;) And it’s a one hundred percent standalone. If you’re a Junco fan and you’re expecting her to return, she won’t. It’s only Gideon and he will be hot, there will be sex, and your mind will be blown.
If you enjoyed this book tell your friends. And if you’ve got a few minutes, please consider leaving me a review. I’d really appreciate that.
Until next time, thank you for reading, thank you for reviewing, and I’ll see you in the next book.
Julie
About the Author
JA Huss is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than twenty romances. She likes stories about family, loyalty, and extraordinary characters who struggle with basic human emotions while dealing with bigger than life problems. JA loves writing heroes who make you swoon, heroines who makes you jealous, and the perfect Happily Ever After ending.