HOW TO KNIT A LOVE SONG is the debut novel by Rachael Herron, who was kind enough to share her fun book hunt with us at Book End Babes. Atta-babe, Rachael, and continued success with your funny, romantic and entertaining story.

How to Knit a First-Book Hunt by Rachael Herron

There are some things that absolutely require celebrations: weddings, births, and first books. Recently, friends and family took me out to celebrate the fact that my first novel, How to Knit a Love Song, hit the stores.

First, they gathered at our house. What I wasn’t prepared for, however, was how they gathered. They brought champagne, and good bread and cheese. Lynn made cherry tarts. Christy brought the best chocolates in the world. Bethany wore our mother’s favorite sweater in her memory.

We toasted success. And never has champagne tasted so sweet.

Then we loaded into cars and went off on a book hunt! We were determined to see if we could spot my book in the wild. I wasn’t sure we could—it was such a big dream, I didn’t want to get my hopes up, and it was my release day, after all. We went to a small, independent bookstore first. We searched. Nothing. I wasn’t even disappointed. But then my sister found it! I was so flustered I couldn’t even spell my name to find where on the shelf she was pointing.

I honestly thought they’d planted the book there to delight me, but they hadn’t. It was there, waiting for me to do my first book signing. We moved on to another chain store, where there were lots of copies (which I also delightedly signed), and then on to a bar for one final toast.

A perfect, gorgeous night. Girlfriends, food, books, celebration, and love.

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Babes, buy the book here or your favorite retailer.