We celebrated Lily and Rose's birthdays back in August, and now that Ryke's birthday is upon us, it's only fair to throw him a little birthday bash. Check out the fun facts about Ryke Meadows and then continue on to the giveaway! 

Here are some things about Ryke Meadows that you may or may not know: 

1. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Journalism, and plenty of track medals from his collegiate team. 
2. He loves to free-solo climb (climbing mountains without a harness or rope). 
3. His favorite book is On the Road and his favorite color is green. 
4. He's known as the "unapproachable" one of the group. For his hard exterior and broody expressions. 
5. He overuses the word "fuck" and he really doesn't fucking care. 
6. If he loves you, he'll protect you with all his might. 
7. In the Addicted series timeline, today would be his 25th birthday. He is now the same age as both Rose and Connor. So congratulations, Ryke Meadows, you are now officially a year older :D 

And...here's a small tease about Addicted After All. The timeline will extend past Ryke's birthday. So he will be turning 26 in AAA.

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Be sure to visit the Addicted series fan page! Where lots of amazing fans of the series have gathered to wish Ryke a birthday. Jenn, who runs the page, is generously giving away lots of fun things. Including, a CRAZY FOR RAISY T-Shirt!!! Go yonder and enter! 

More Addicted swag was requested on our Tumblr. Specifically, panties with Ryke, Lo, and Connor's names. So we have made three different "hip-hugger" custom panties with words on the back. Hope you like them! And thanks to the anon that requested them on Tumblr. 

You can purchase them and other Addicted series apparel on our spreadshirt shop. 

If you don't already know, we had a poll a little while ago to choose our fandom name. The Addicted readers have spoken and "Fizzle Force" was the winner! We seriously love this name. It incorporates the drink "Fizz" that will be in all the books we write. And it has a superhero feel to it. Something Becca and I both love, and something that Lily and Lo do too. 

Siiri at Little Pieces of Imagination surprised us today with the cutest most adorably epic Fizzle Force badges. Seriously, they are amazing and we had a mini freak out. Because, hello, FIZZLE FORCE BADGES! Yes, we're excited :D 

The buttons come in all different colors. So if you have a blog and want to show off your Fizzle Force pride, be sure to grab one. Siiri has directions here. Or you can go straight to her photobucket folder to pick a color and a badge. Be sure to link the badge to either our website or our Goodreads page. 

Also big thanks to Siiri and Jenn for making the Fizzle Force graphic below. It's insanely awesome and has all the Fizzle feels going on. 

Lots of Fizzle Force pride today! *spins around in Fizzle happiness* Thanks for stopping by!

We've been hard at work on new addicted swag, and finally we can unveil the new T-Shirts. One for each couple :) They can be found on our Spreadshirt shop. We hope you like them!

We just signed the contract today, so we can finally share this amazing news with all of you! Addicted to You, Ricochet, Addicted for Now, Kiss the Sky AND Hothouse Flower are going to be on Audible. For anyone who loves audiobooks, we're jumping up and down with you. We just may faint the first time we "hear" Ryke, Connor, & Loren <3 <3 <3

Thanks to the ladies at Inkwell Management, Alexis Hurley and our awesome agent, Allison Hunter for working on this deal! 

Here's our reaction to the news via gifs: 

ADDICTED AFTER ALL (Addicted #3), the final book in Lo & Lily's story, will release on October 31st, 2014. Halloween!!

The 31st is also Loren Hale's birthday in the series! So it's very, very special and really fitting that his story concludes here  

Addicted Series Recommended Reading Order:
http://kbmritchie.tumblr.com/RecommendedReadingOrder


ADDICTED TO YOU (#1): http://amzn.to/17GtyaT
RICOCHET (#1.5): http://amzn.to/1glxTVG
ADDICTED FOR NOW (#2): http://amzn.to/18tcNm4
KISS THE SKY (spin-off): http://amzn.to/1kZzh3x
HOTHOUSE FLOWER (spin-off): http://amzn.to/1pASCoD
THRIVE (#2.5): http://amzn.com/B00LWSNUQ0
ADDICTED AFTER ALL (#3): coming Oct 31st, 2014

We're back from our first ever author signing (Atlanta Author Occasion and we're on cloud nine. Just a little over a year ago we were still in college, worried and scared about what the rest of our life would be like. And now we're living our dream :) It's still so, so surreal.

We're super shy around other authors (we're little guppies in comparison to the megastars that were there) but we were able to meet some super amazing authors that opened their arms to us newbies! 

(We're holding a collage made by Nichole and Kaylee that they gave us at the signing. Pretty much one of the coolest things ever!)

To all the readers we met at the signing, we seriously love you all!! *hugs* Thanks for stopping by our table. We're still pinching ourselves that people have read  our books and now we're processing the fact that people like  them. All the Addicted T-shirts that were worn, the totes that were carried around, and even just the words of love for the series made us so giddy. The Fizzle Force was strong on Saturday :) And if you've never read our books, thanks so much for stopping by to say hi and to check them out <3 

Julie K. and Beverly, thank you ladies for assisting us on Saturday and making sure our heads were screwed on right and not a hundred feet in the air (where they currently reside now). Also, big thanks to Trish for organizing such a stellar event. 

To all the readers who couldn't attend the signing. We hope to one day meet you. But we made this short video in hopes to share our "first time" experience with you. 

note: if whiplash videos make you ill, we're sorry in advance! 

And lastly, we have to give a big thanks to the girls who went out to dinner with us after the event. Jenn, Krystal, Jeannette, Katheryn, Emily, Ashley, Bethany, Jullie -- we love you girls for taking the time to make this event so memorable and special for us!! We can't thank you enough, and we adored chatting with all of you. Thank you, Emily, for putting together the dinner!!! Hopefully we'll all meet again sometime in the future *hugs*