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• Located just 30 mins north of the Adelaide CBD, we are Independently owned and run Romance ONLY bookshop operating since 2021 ✨

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•°•♡•°• COMPETITION TIME! •°•♡•°•

While unfortunately the launch party had to be cancelled, we're still going to celebrate the upcoming release of Saucy!

To win an EVA EVERHARD GIFT PACK including copies of all 3 novellas, a plushy ketchup bottle, character art, stickers, candles, tea, a Saucy cap, and more! Simply tell me your guess in the comments...

🎈🍅 HOW MANY BALLOON DOGS IN THE SAUCE BOTTLE? 🍅🎈

To clarify, these are three photos of the same bottle from different angles, and there are both small and large dog figures in the bottle, just for that extra challenge!

Comp open to South Australian residents only. Not associated with Meta. One guess per person.

Closest guess will win, and if more than one person guesses correctly, it'll go by the first one to have commented.

Competition closes 8pm Adelaide time, Wednesday 21st October - so get your guesses in, tag your friends, share share share, and happy doodling!

#giveaway #evaeverhard #doodleverse #shifterromance #newrelease

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New Series is out now! 🔥

Grab the whole series for less than the cost of a coffee! ☕ E-books are 99c on Amazon 🤭

Wombats and Wildfires @vicki_hilton_author
The Second Spark @author_katiemontinaro
Flirting With Fire @brooklyndeanwrites
Flicker My Flame @bindikennedyauthor

Shelf trophy fans you can grab your physical copies from @thefirstchapterbookshop and @talesandtomes_bookstore 🥰

You will also find the books and every author at @sweetlovebookfair in Melbourne 👀

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🩷 WIN a bookish goodie pack worth over $750!! 🩷

🎀 October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and my sister and I are walking 58km in support of the 58 Aussies diagnosed with breast cancer every day. As part of our campaign, we are running a raffle to raise funds to assist with cancer research, prevention programs, and support services.

HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN WIN!
-First Prize-
🎀 $75 Gift Card from @wisteria_road
🎀 $100 Gift Card from @thefirstchapterbookshop
🎀 Over $300 worth of dust jackets / book sleeves / bookmarks and assorted merch from @charlieandfoxco
🎀 Assorted goodie pack from @nerdteacreations
🎀 A Special Edition of Kissed by the Rift and a Special Edition of Broken by the Rift by @jenniferwhichelo_writes
🎀 Luxluna paperback by @readingwritingdaydreaming
🎀 Seducing Scylla, Tempting Triton, and Mated Minotaur ebooks by @lexloganauthor
🎀 Control my Night paperback by @sarahlrichhelm
🎀 A hardcover of your choosing written by yours truly (Chloe Hodge)

-Second Prize-
🎀 Courting the Fae Captain paperback by Chloe Hodge
🎀 A dust jacket from @charlieandfoxco
🎀 Some personal goodies from my bookish collection

—- HOW TO ENTER —-
Purchase your tickets directly through the fundraising page below, or from the 🔗 in my tree. Https://www.doitforcancer.com.au/fundraisers/chloeszentpeteri

$5 gets you 1 ticket.
$20 gets you 5 tickets.
$50 gets you 15 tickets.
$100 gets you 40 tickets.

When you purchase, please enter the note “bookish baddie raffle”, along with your Instagram handle, so I can count your tickets.

BONUS 3 tickets if you comment, like, save, and share this post.

Ts & Cs
-Open to Aussie residents only. All donations welcome, but postage for a prize this size would be ☠️ I’m sorry international fam!
-Raffle runs until 11:59PM AEDT 31/10
-Winners will be announced the following week. Winners must be ok with giving out postal information.

HUGE THANK YOU to all donors for this raffle. Your generosity blew me away!!! Special thanks as well to @bookofthewick and @atouchofmagicdesigns for their personal donations 🩷

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Will Ethan steal your heart too?

Wombats And Wildfires releases in 2 days and I can’t wait for you to fall in love with Melody and Ethan, Australia’s most reluctant thirst trap😉.

Currently available on the Z0n for 99c preorder. Each book in the series is linked, so why not indulge in all four?

If you prefer a paperback, you can pre-order a bundle from @thefirstchapterbookshop and @talesandtomes_bookstore along with some amazing goodies. And @sweetlovebookfair pre-sales are live too.

wombats and Wildfires by Vicki Hilton
Flirting with Fire by @brooklyndeanwrites
Flicker my Flame by @bindikennedyauthor
The Second Spark by @author_katiemontinaro

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Release day is getting closer and we can’t wait to finally unleash Ethan, CAV, Ty, snd Tom into the world.

There are so many ways to pre-order your copies.

E-book 99c presale live on Amazon. All books are linked to make it easy.

Paperback fans, you can pre-order a bundle @thefirstchapterbookshop and @talesandtomes_bookstore, and score some amazing goodies.

You will also find the books and every author @sweetlovebookfair

#toohottiohandle #vickihilton

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Oops 🥴🤭

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Come with the girls and I to visit our FAVOURITE bookshop - @thefirstchapterbookshop ✨

The girls and I were in need of some retail therapy of the book variety, so of course we made our way over to The First Chapter 🫶🏼

It is always such a treat visiting Jess in her beautiful store. You can always tell so much love and effort has been put into making the space welcoming for everyone who walks through the door.
Jess has the MOST AMAZING selection of indie romance books!! Sports romance, dark romance, Romantasy, monster romance, LGBTQIA+ romance, billionaire romance, dystopian romance, mafia romance, contemporary romance, just to name a few - she carries literally anything you can think of. Don’t even get me started on their pyjamas, honestly the softest pair of pyjamas I own 🥰

As an independently run, woman owned small business, The First Chapter is always my go to bookstore. I can’t wait to start my maternity leave so I can drive up more often 🤭

Ps. If you don’t live in Adelaide, there’s a website! Support small businesses 🫶🏼

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POV: you came for the books and somehow ended up with gin, wine, shopping and an author Q&A too 👀📚

Honestly we may have got a little carried away with this one.

We’ve got @fictiondistilling keeping the gin flowing 🍸

@nsewines covering the “just one glass” situation 🍷

@thefirstchapterbookshop putting everyone’s TBR and bank account at risk 📚

And @greenhillpublishing joining us for our indie author Q&A and bringing all the bookish behind-the-scenes goodness 🎤

These guys are such a huge part of what we’re creating for Epilogue The First Chapter and we genuinely cannot wait to have everyone together under one roof.

Books. Wine. Gin. Authors. Shopping.

What could possibly go wrong? 😂

📍 @warehouse.16 ,Adelaide
📅 Friday 27 November 2026

Tickets are on sale now and VIP is getting VERY close to gone 👀

🎟 Grab your tickets here:
https://events.humanitix.com/epilogue-the-first-chapter

So maybe don’t leave this one sitting in your saved posts for three weeks and then message us asking if there are tickets left 🫣

#AdelaideEvents #BookishAdelaide #BookstagramAustralia #IndieAuthorsAustralia #EpilogueTheFirstChapter

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She’s bacckkkkkk ✨
I have been in such a slump the past year or so but I finally am reading again!

I only read 2 books in September and somehow managed to finish book 1, Spark the Flames on the eve of Ignite the Infernos release!

Reading these back to back was amazing, until I realised how big the cliffhanger was going to be and now, I gotta wait for book 3!

This found family, actioned packed Romantasy is great for those who love an urban, dragon shifter, slow burn fantasy book where the plot leads the story 👏

I gave both books 4.5 ⭐️ and loved the banter between the FMC her new found family.

@ivy.asher @thefirstchapterbookshop #ignitetheinferno #sparktheflame #dragonshifter #urbanfantasy

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•°•♡•°• EXCITING NEWS •°•♡•°•

Join me at the @thefirstchapterbookshop on Sunday 25th of October to celebrate the launch of Saucy!

I'll be hanging out from 11am - 1pm, will have copies of Saucy for sale, and happy to have a chat and answer any questions (including WHY would you write a KETCHUP BOTTLE shifter romance!?!?)

There'll also be a chance to win an EVA EVERHARD GIFT PACK full of books and goodies!! 💕💕

Winner will be selected in store at 1pm, but don't stress if you can't be there at that time, if you entered earlier in the day and win, your prize will be posted out.

So come and hang out surrounded by gorgeous books, awesome people, and let's talk all things SAUCY!

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#evaeverhard #angelsandfirebooks #FirstChapterBookshop #spicyreads #booklaunch

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Because apparently we can’t help ourselves 😂📚

We’ve opened up a few more author spots for our November event 👀

So if you’re an indie author and have been thinking about getting involved… this is your sign.

Send us a DM 🤝🏼

#bookstagram #IndieAuthors #AdelaideEvents #BookishEvent #EpilogueAU

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Honestly, anything @hannahcowanauthor writes, I’m going to devour. Or read. Let’s be honest, both apply!

I don’t know how she writes men who are absolute perfection, flaws and all. While I don’t own every single release, I cherish the ones I have, especially the signed copy of my favourite book of hers when she last visited Australia and popped into my local book seller!

Next up: so lucky to be on her ARC team and eagerly awaiting Anchor Point to head back into her omegaverse series.

New to Hannah? Dive into her Greatest Love series for hockey, Vancouver Havoc series for baseball, Oak Point series for reformed men, or Harbour of Hope series if you are ready for the omegaverse deep end!
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hannah cowan • author appreciation • romance author • signed book • bookstagram • author spotlight • book recommendation •

🏷️: #hannahcowan #authorspotlight #bookstagram #romancebooks #bookcollection

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