Celebration Romance

Hello! I’m so happy you stopped by!

If you take a look at my bibliography, I have four stories centered around holidays. I like celebrations. They can be messy, tense and frustrating. But when the preparations are done and everyone has gathered, the time and emotional cost are worth it.

To encourage myself to write more this year, I spent all of December 31, 2025 writing a romantic short story and published it on New Year’s Day. I would categorize Her New Year’s Eve Secret as a slice of life romance, except I made the male lead a billionaire. So it’s a Billionaire Slice of Life Romance 🙂

In any case, I know it’s March, but if you’re looking for a very short read that will give a boost to your day, download Her New Year’s Eve Secret! It’s always free on Kindle Unlimited, and starting March 2 it will be free for everyone else until March 5.

I’d love to hear from you in the comments…tell me your favorite holiday!

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New Release! Through the Painting

Hello! Thank you for reading this post! I have a new release that is actually an old release. Way back when I first started submitting stories for publication, Through the Paintings was my first story to get bought. It was picked up by a small press who closed down before I finished the second book in the series. The publisher released all rights back to me, but I never republished it myself.

Even though it was a small press, it was thrilling to catch the eye of a publisher. I enjoyed the whole process and tried to learn as much as I could from it. Rereading the story, I was surprised to find it’s probably my raunchiest book! And a little on the silly side. But I still very much like the concept for the series, and I enjoy the main characters.

I was also surprised to find I had finished the second story. I’ve always thought of the sequel as unfinished. I think I was never satisfied with it. Rereading the sequel, it definitely feels rushed. Though Through the Painting is a novella around 15,000 words, I think the next in the series should possibly be a novel.

Here is the old cover:

And here is the new cover:

Somewhere I lost an S on Paintings. Regardless, which is a better cover for an erotic fantasy romance? I always liked the original, but it never said fantasy to me. And I’m not sure the new one says romance. Please cast your vote in the comments!

And download the book! It’s free for a few more days! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GPRD6F8J

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Shhhhh….I’m Back

I feel a bit of chagrin with this post since my last post was titled “Hello World, it’s been a while,” and that was dated October 2017. Has it really been that long?

My absence is a result of needing money. I’m a musician which pays a lot better than being a writer, at least for me. I know there are writers out there who make big bucks or even enough bucks to live on. I pretty much make coffee bucks with my writing. However, I love to write. I have never entirely given up on my stories, or on learning how to be a better writer. Ironically, I have been in a crit group for the past five years.

What I truly gave up on was branding myself. I tried various things with book covers and blog posts and giveaways. But I never really understood how to package myself. For one, I’m very eclectic. As a musician, I play jazz, classical, pop even Irish music and that’s normal. But in the book world, a writer writes modern romance. Or they write fantasy. Or they write mystery. If they write all three, they often have three different pen names. I like to write romance. I like to write fantasy. I don’t want to create two different brands because I’m not a marketer. I’m an indie writer.

And I love to write. And I’ve missed the frequency with which I used to write. And I’ve missed sharing stories with readers.

So I invite you to join me again! If you like contemporary romance, I welcome you. If you like a little magic with your romance, I welcome you. If you are looking for something a little different, I welcome you.

I’ve been sneaking some of my old stories back on to the Amazon shelf, and I even added a new one. I’ll write some blogs about them soon…I promise 🙂

In the meantime, I would love for you to check out my Amazon Page!

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Hello World…it’s been Awhile

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Happy Monday!

It’s been about a year since I’ve blogged. After taking on a paying job, I just couldn’t do the writing anymore. Which made me sad, sad, sad 😦 . I’m still working, but I’ve cut my hours back so I have some time in the middle of the week to get back to writing.

To celebrate, I’ve got some treats this week! Firstly, Prime Candidate is free at Amazon today! This novella is exclusively at Amazon, so fire up your Kindle and get it!

Prime Candidate (Running Mate Book 1) by [Aster, Evelyn ]

I’d love to make writing my full time job. Please pass on my book titles to your friends! I hope you had a great year in the world of books, and I’m so glad to be a part of it again!

xoxox, Evelyn Aster

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Happy New Year!

2016 ended with a kick to the gut: All Romance ebooks closed down. It was a very dramatic departure for authors and publishers. For me, it meant my selling strategy for 2017 disintegrating. I had purchased a year’s subscription of advertisements and had big plans.

I’m still in the process of rebuilding my plan, but as you can see part of it is a new blog look!

Overall, though, 2016 was a good year. I hope yours was too. I’m looking forward to bringing you more hot heroes, nifty nails and classy coffee in 2017 here at:

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Check out my author pages at:

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