past, present, future: RED STRING THEORY is out now!
and LUNAR LOVE's first birthday
On Tuesday, Red String Theory officially released into the wild in the US and the UK! And then on Wednesday, Lunar Love turned one year old. It’s been a very exciting week!
Pub day (some pics here!) was a red-blurred rush of adrenaline and excitement thanks to all of YOU! Thank you so much for making Pub Day such a special one 〰️ your messages and book birthday wishes and posts were all so appreciated. I smiled so hard at each one that my cheeks ached (in a good way)!
This is the book I wrote during early mornings and late nights, thinking about it in every spare moment...and I loved every minute of it. From development to research to drafting to editing (and then editing some more), Red String Theory pulls at my heartstrings in a lot of different ways. This is my love letter to the Chinese legend the Red Thread of Fate, stringmates, art, science, New York City (and walking around the city for hours), snow, eating dumplings at midnight, falling in love, the *magic* that life holds when you're really looking, and the movies Serendipity and Before Sunrise. I've held this book in my heart for so, so long...and now I get to share it with you.
Thank you so much to my agent, editors, and to my entire team at Forever and Headline Eternal. Thanks, also, to Sandra Chiu for the showstopping cover, Hachette Audio, and Yu-Li Alice Shen and Andrew Grace for giving voice to Rooney and Jack. 🥹 I'm so proud of the book we're putting out today.
To the authors who said sweet words about Red String Theory —Christina Lauren, Sarah Adams, Mazey Eddings, Jacqueline Firkins, Meredith Schorr, Melissa Wiesner, and Jenna Levine—thank you.
To everyone who has read, reviewed, blurbed, and shared my books, and to those who read RST early—your love and support means the world. I see it, I feel it, I'm so grateful for it.
A quicker rundown of what you can expect in Red String Theory:
✨️ Fate + soulmates + Red Thread of Fate
✨️ Opposites attract
✨️ Behind-the-scenes of an Artist-in-Residence at NASA
✨️ Forced Proximity
✨️ Chinese Mythology (rooted in reality)
✨️ Testing classic fate moments
✨️ Art meets science
✨️ Dumplings at midnight
A couple of things to note:
❤️ You can get signed and stamped copies of Red String Theory at Parnassus or The Bookshop in Nashville.
💙 If you wanted to read Lunar Love before Red String Theory (or just finished RST and want to read LL), Lunar Love is currently on sale for $3.99 on Kindle. I don’t know how long this sale will last, so now’s your chance!
Now go follow the string + chase the lantern...to your nearest bookstore! 😊 THANK YOU!! ❤️
From me to you, in the present,
Lauren
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