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Historical Trailblazers: Romance Collection

Created by Adriana Herrera

Let's give them their flowers. A luxe collector's box celebrating five historical romance classics.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Instructions to Get your Indigo Audiobook from Audiobrary and a Printing Update!
3 days ago – Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 12:59:13 PM

Hi All!

We've been quietly getting lots done at AH² HQ! We have TWO pieces of exciting news for you today!

  1. The INDIGO Audiobook recording is being finalized and should be on it's way to you in the next couple of weeks. In order to receive the audiobook backers must set up a Free Audiobrary account.

 *If you have not completed your survey please do so ASAP, since the only way for us to know the email address you'd like to receive the books in will be through the survey.

**If you Apple ID please make sure you contact us at [email protected] and give us your email, otherwise we won't be able to get the audiobook to you.

  1. We have video from the printers of the books in production!! Read to the end for the video!

But first...HOW TO GET YOUR AUDIOBOOK.

Julia Whelan and team have kindly sent detailed instructions for you, which we have below: 

Hello Historical Trailblazers backers! We're so excited to share the full cast audiobook of Indigo with you. This has truly been a labor of love and the audio – as well as its bonus features, like interviews and bloopers – will be done very soon. So let's get you ready to receive it!

As we explained in the Kickstarter FAQs, the audiobook will be delivered to you via the Audiobrary app. Here's all you need to do to access it:

-        Download the Audiobrary app on your phone by going to the App Store or Google Play, depending on whether you have an iPhone or Android. 

-        When you open the app on your phone, look for the prompt "Don't have an account? Sign up" and tap on it.

 -        Now, enter your first name, last name, and the email address you used to place your Kickstarter pledge. This is important because this is the email address to which we have granted access to the project in the app. How do you know if it's the right email? Well, whatever address you received THIS email to is the correct one to use. Then, type in any password of your choosing, re-type it, and tap the "sign up" button. 

-        Once in the app, navigate to the Library tab (bottom left) and voila! You'll see Indigo (and Lord of Scoundrels, too, if you backed that project as well). For the moment, there are only two audio tracks in there: a quick little intro from me and a short sample of the audiobook to whet your appetite.

-        Once the full audiobook is ready, we will send you an email with the happy news. And now you know where to go to listen once that happens!

If you have any trouble with this process, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected].

And now that you're in the app, feel free to poke around in the Discover section (bottom center) for some free little listens, such as History Hive Five, a podcast of historical fiction writers; a drink-a-martini length recording of the proposal scene from Pride and Prejudice; a *very* NSFW sample from our Audie winning full cast production of Sierra Simone’s American Queen; a welcome message from me about what exactly Audiobrary is, and much more.

 I founded Audiobrary to give authors a bigger cut of the revenue and narrators a royalty, which no other publisher does. While our projects are available wherever you get your audiobooks, when you purchase – or rent! – directly through Audiobrary, there's no third party retailer taking a huge cut (up to 75%!) off the top. Also, we usually give you bonus features, like interviews with the author. We're really trying to change the industry and make the future more sustainable for the human artists who create the audiobooks you enjoy. So if you want to give us a whirl, please go to the Audiobrary website, sign-up for our newsletter, and get 10% off your first purchase! We’re very honored to have partnered with Ali and Adriana, Sarah and Jen, to make these new audio editions happen. We can’t wait to share them with you.

And here is a little parting treat! A video from our printer with our book printing in full swing! We hope to have more updates soon!

 Thank you for being here!

Xoxo

AH²

Trailblazer book production has started, add-ons from After the End ship this week
23 days ago – Wed, Sep 09, 2026 at 02:09:24 PM

A few updates from Historical Trailblazers land! 

We have paid the deposit and sent all the art and interior files to the printers, so that process has officially begun!! Books are being made!!!

If you purchased a collection from After the End as an add-on (special edition hardbacks or paperbacks, or mass-market paperbacks), those will ship separately and go out as soon as this week!

We still have about 70 people who have not finished the survey, where we collect your shipping information. If that is you and you are reading this, please go fill it out. That survey will come from a separate organization called Backerkit.  

All the primary recordings for both Indigo and Lord of Scoundrels have been completed; in the few cases where retakes were needed, those have been rerecorded. Now Julia and her team at Audiobrary are handling technical editing, mastering, and other tasks to make the audiobooks and bonus content as amazing as possible. We are on track to have both delivered to you this Fall. If one is finalized sooner than the other, we will release that audiobook first as soon as we have it. 

Thank you again for supporting this project and these amazing authors.

Xo

AH²

Pay Over Time Surveys Have Gone Out!🎉🙌
about 2 months ago – Tue, Aug 04, 2026 at 02:33:02 PM

Hello Trailblazers Team!

We have quick update for you! The final payment for Pay Over Time has gone through and the surveys for those backers have gone out today!

We have about thirty backers with "errored payments" from Pay Over Time. So, if you have not received your survey please double check your payment information is correct on your account.

The audiobooks have been recorded and we hope to have an update on when those will be going out to backers in the fall...VERY SOON!

As for the books, we will be going to print in the next couple of weeks and will have updates on how production is going the moment we get going!

Just a couple of reminders:

  • PLEASE COMPLETE YOUR SURVEY. Surveys are the way to get backers mailing address and we need those to send you your books.
  • If you have APPLE ID please make sure your email is not masked. If it is, you will not receive your survey.

Thank you again for supporting this project and these amazing authors.

Xo

AH²

Surveys are Going Out!🙌🎉
3 months ago – Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 01:24:20 PM

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Surveys are almost ready to go out! ✨
3 months ago – Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 10:09:36 AM

Hello Trailblazers Fam!

In the past few weeks we've been hard at work getting the books finalized to go to print, waiting for Kickstarter process payments, and working on the backer survey. 

The survey should be done soon and we will be sending them out as soon as they are (we think next week). 

We will send out an update once those surveys go out. Just a few reminders:

  • If you did Pay Over Time the survey will come after the last payment goes through (which should be August).
  • If you have an APPLE ID account make sure your email is not masked on Kickstarter or we won't be able to get the survey to you.
  • If you have any questions email us at [email protected]

More soon!!!

Xoxo

AH²