EXPLORE

Some of you may have noticed my website has been redesigned and has an whole new look. I’m inviting you to check it out and let me know what you think. This is a longer post than usual because my website has been under construction.

Its got the same tabs at the top, but some new features:

The main landing page has a countdown to my next book, Racing Towards Destiny and if you scroll down, it has series information.

The Extras section now has Book Club Questions. There are some generic questions but also some specific ones for Switching Tracks: Out of the Trash. Through the summer, I will be adding questions for my other books.

Each book now has a “Buy Now” button. If you would prefer to buy paperbacks from my publisher, Black Rose Writing, rather than Amazon, here is a link to their main page: https://www.blackrosewriting.com/books

I’ve been lucky enough to have a few awards added this spring.

Aftermath: Into the Unknown-2025 Maxy Award Finalist
Rebels and Saints: Catching Freedom-2025 NextGeneration Indie Book Awards-Finalist-Action/Adventure
Racing Towards Destiny: A Sports Romance-2025 Literary Titan Gold

If you are looking to join my ARC team, I’m still accepting ARC readers for Racing Towards Destiny: A Sports Romance (Love on Track #1). If interested, let me know and I’ll send you a BookSirens link. You still have almost two months to read and review.

WRITING UPDATE:

I’ve been drafting the third book in my Love and Survival series. This one is another stand-alone but is connected to the larger story. This one focuses on Cam Montgomery, who grew up in Vita xTerra and Lissa, the heroine of my “Rat Girl” story (see the Extras tab if you haven’t read it).

Love and Survival 3 is currently at the 60k mark and on target to have the draft finished by the end of the summer. It will be off to my editor in September and to my publisher in October. It is scheduled for publication in July 2026. The working title is: No Home Without You.

I’ve got two stories to pitch to my publisher for 2027, ready and waiting.

A Spell of Dance and Silence: A Dark Fairytale Retelling of the 12 Dancing Princesses. It is the origin story for Luke and Ella who have small roles in The Wish, The Edge of Life, Aftermath, and No Home Without You.
Racing Hearts: All In. This is the second in the Love on Track series.

READING UPDATE:

I’m doing well on my Goodreads Challenge this year and have read just over 100 books. I thought I’d share my favorites so far this year as we’re nearing the half way point.

If you’d like to follow me on Goodreads:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/23077657.Lena_Gibson?ref=nav_profile_l

Stand-out romance reads:

The Rose Hill series by Elsie Silver (Wild Love, Wild Eyes, & Wild Side)
The Rebel Blue series by Lyla Sage (Done and Dusted, Swift and Saddled, & Lost and Lassoed)
Uprooted by Andrea Wiseman
Problematic Summer Romance, Deep End, & Check and Mate by Ali Hazelwood
The Wells Ranch series by Bailey Hannah (Alive and Wells, Seeing Red, & Change of Hart)
Lessons in Heartbreak, This Wild Heart, and the Washington Wolves series (The Marriage Effect, The Bombshell Effect, & The Ex Effect) by Karla Sorensen
Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez
Scythe and Sparrow by Brynne Weaver
Why Not Us? and Why Not Forever? by Sarah Neeson
Fighting Silence by Aly Martinez
Banana Pants by Penny Reid
Twisted Love by Ana Huang
Steal a Kiss by Julia Jarrett