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Hello from the somehow-it's-already-July trenches.

We're halfway through the 2026 52-Week Journey. Halfway.

I don't know how that happened. January feels like it was about three Wednesdays ago.

So far this year, I've released Cursed to Wither and Cursed to Suffer, and while I was hoping to have more books out by now, I've made the decision to finish them before I start announcing release dates. I'd much rather surprise you with a book that's actually ready than make you wait through delays. The good news? I'm getting close, and I don't think I'll be able to keep quiet much longer.

I've got pictures and two places for you to vote today!

This morning I picked the two winners of June's handmade, metal-stamped bookmarks, so if you entered, look through your inbox—you might have a little surprise waiting for you.

This is what the bookmarks look like that I made for the VIP packages. I'm still working on the specialty bookmarks...

For July, I thought we'd do something different.

Instead of me choosing the monthly prize, you get to decide what you'd most like to win. Cast your vote and help choose between:

A signed copy of any of my books.
Naming both the hero and heroine from a curated list for a book releasing later this year.
A handmade, metal-stamped bookmark like the ones below.

Whichever option gets the most votes becomes July's prize.

Vote for July's Prize:

Signed Book

Naming Characters

Handmade Bookmark

Now... onto this week's question. And no, you don't get to answer, "It depends." 😉

✨ The 52-Week Journey — Week 2/52 ✨

Last week I asked: If you could erase one painful memory, would you?

You said: Yes — but it didn't win by a huge margin. Only 57%.

This week: If the truth changed how people saw you, would you still tell it?

Yes

Full Rules, Deadline, & Details Here.

I'm looking forward to seeing how you all vote for July's prize.💜 /KJ

P.S. Happy Canada Day to my fellow Canadians. 🍁

Behind The Pages

Week 14 and the Final Week of the In Magic Series Posts — The Things We'd Do for the People We Love

Each week, I alternate between talking about a couple from one of the books and something specific to the series. This week is about Sam and Mirek from Forever in Magic, the final book in the series.

If there's one thing I've noticed about love, it's that it changes what we're willing to do.

We'll drive through the night because someone needs us. We'll put our own plans on hold. We'll sit in uncomfortable hospital chairs, answer late-night phone calls, help someone move, make meals, offer encouragement, or simply keep showing up when life would be easier if we walked away.

Most of the time, those things don't feel extraordinary while we're doing them. They're just what you do for someone you love.

I think that's one of the reasons family can be both wonderful and complicated. Love asks things of us. Sometimes it asks for patience. Sometimes forgiveness. Sometimes sacrifice. And sometimes it asks us to keep believing in someone when they're struggling to believe in themselves.

That idea sits right at the heart of Sam and Mirek's story.

Without giving too much away if you haven’t read Forever in Magic yet, both of them are faced with impossible choices. Not because they're reckless or looking for danger, but because the people they love matter enough that walking away was never really an option.

And I think that's something most of us understand, even without magic.

We all have people we'd protect if we could. People we'd carry through hard seasons. People whose pain somehow becomes our own because we love them.

The difficult part is that love doesn't always mean fixing everything.

Sometimes the greatest act of love is simply staying. Standing beside someone while they fight their own battle. Believing in them when they can't see a way forward. Loving them enough to carry the weight with them, even when you can't carry it for them.

That's something every couple in the In Magic series has had to learn in one way or another.

Looking back over all seven books—eight if I include Ben & Stella’s book, I knew the series was never only about magic. The magic created danger, raised the stakes, and made impossible things possible. But underneath it all, these stories have always been about people choosing each other. Choosing family. Choosing hope. Choosing love, even when it came with a cost.

And it always seemed fitting that Sam and Mirek would be the ones to close the series.

Because when everything else is stripped away, the most powerful force in this world isn't magic. It's the people we're willing to fight for... and the ones willing to fight for us. 💜 /KJ

Halfway through the year... and so much more to come.💜