However, no amount of book signing or award winning can really change a Midwestern boi, and her third novel, the Goldie finalist The Long Way Home is just that, a return to the themes and settings that mean the most in Rachel’s life and writing. Since writing was turning out to be a real blast, Rachel decided to combine it with another passion and set her next romance on the ski slopes, and was absolutely stunned when her second novel, Trails Merge, won a Goldie in the category of Contemporary Romance.

She was sincerely surprised when it was accepted for publication and even more shocked when it won the Golden Crown Literary Award for Debut Author. She was just so poor and so easily bored during her college years that she had to come up with creative ways to entertain herself, and her first novel, Learning Curve, was born out of one such attempt.

Rachel Spangler never set out to be an award winning author. So really, a new romance, an early release, and a sale…why are you even still reading this? Go get your copy right now and start reading. All you have to use coupon code Glory17 at checkout to get your discount! You can now get your very own copy in print or eBook exclusively at But wait, there’s more! We had such a rush on these books in Ptown that we decided to celebrate the big release by putting the entire Bywater catalogue on sale! That’s right, every single Bywater book is currently on sale, including Edge of Glory. To know that some of them are just as excited to meet Elise and Corey as I am to introduce them gives me all the feels!Īnd since we actually had to turn a few readers away for lack of books to sell them, my amazing team at Bywaterbooks rushed to get Edge of Glory live and online a few days early. I loved working with these characters so much, and I’m so excited to share them with readers. Thanks to so many readers who came by our Bywater readings and signing, we sold out of every single copy of Edge of Glory in Ptown! Let me honest, that’s a real heart boost for me. I also think he may have sold more copies of Edge of Glorythan I did, though to be fair, his happy little expectant face when he says, “My mom wrote this one,” is super hard to resist. I think Jackson was especially proud to be there, which of course made me proud that he’s still impressed with what I do for a living. We got our first taste of the release last week in Provincetown, and the response was fantastic! Aside from our official events, I got to have a book launch party with some awesome friends and readers and my family at the beautiful Harbor Lounge in Ptown.

Today marks the Bywater release of my 11th full-length romance novel, Edge of Glory!

Edge of Glory by Rachel Spangler