Jessica Bird

Absolutely.

And so later in this episode, we're going to bring you interviews we've done with Lee, with J.R. Ward, who we will be joining at New York City Comic Con next week, I think, after we post this episode.

And we will also be joined in New York by Jennifer L. Armatrout, author of The Blood and Ash Series.

She's going to join us for an event celebrating interview at the Strand Bookstore in Manhattan.

So the book tour in a nutshell, and we'll flesh this out with more details at the end of this episode.

Monday, October 5th, which is the day after this episode posts, we'll be in Pasadena at Roman's, or with Roman's bookstore at the Pasadena Presbyterian Church in discussion with Leigh Bardugo.

Friday, October 9th, we're going to be at New York City Comic Con with J.R. Ward joining us on stage.

Saturday, the next day, October 10th, we will be at the Strand Bookstore in New York City with Jennifer Armentrout.

I am so excited today to be joined by the absolutely incredible J.R. Ward to talk about her new book, Lover Enthroned, which is part of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.

Welcome, JR.

Thanks for having me.

Oh my gosh.

So we'll mic drop there.

All right.

Before we keep talking about Lover and Throne, though, we'd love to learn a little bit about you, JR, and your background.

So for our listeners who might be meeting you for the first time, who are you beyond your author bio? What does your life look like outside of writing, if there is a life outside of writing?

We're going to take you on a tour through some of the past appearances and interviews of the authors who will be joining us on our multi-city book tour to promote the edition.

Leigh Bardugo, J.R. Ward, Jennifer L. Armentrout, who's joining us on stage in New York City.

Right.

We're going to... give you sort of their highlights we're also lee bardugo wrote the new forward for this edition

He shared it to his podcast, Instagram,

replied to my comment, and my favorite author of all time, J.R. Ward, shared one of my stories to her story, tagged me as well, and replied to my message, my DM.

So

I'm