🔥25 Books. Zero Strings. All Ours.🔥

I’ve been waiting a long damn time to write this:

We fought. We clawed. We refused to back down.And now, not only did we win the legal battle over three books (Who Saved Who (We Did), The Rest of Me, and Frat House, Beach House, Closet) — we are 100% done with the company that tried to hold them hostage.

Done. As in: zero ties. No strings. No fine print.

And here’s the best part…

👉 AQ Books now fully and exclusively owns the rights to more than 25 books.That’s 12 already published and 13 more in the pipeline — including 10 titles they never even laid eyes on.

We’re not just free. We’re unleashed.

What That Really Means

This wasn’t just a contract dispute. It wasn’t just about three titles in pre-publication limbo. This was about the entire future of AQ Books — and our right to control, protect, and publish our stories our way.

And now, that future belongs entirely to us. No gatekeepers. No restrictions. No one hovering over the work we create and the world we’re building.

The Fight Was Ugly. The Win Was Worth It.

I won’t bore you with the legal details I’m not allowed to disclose — but trust me when I say this wasn’t cheap or easy. It cost us. In money, time, and energy. It tested every ounce of patience and fire we had.

But the payoff? Worth. Every. Second.

Because now, not only are those three books free, but our entire catalog — past, present, and future — is 100% under our control. And no one can touch them again.

What Happens Next

Here’s the plan:

✨ 2–3 weeks of final paperwork to close out the last administrative steps.

🎨 Brand-new covers for Who Saved Who, The Rest of Me, and Frat House, Beach House, Closet.

🛠️ Fresh edits and final polish — because we don’t publish “good enough.”

📚 Launch window: Christmas 2025 through Q1 2026.

We originally aimed for Fall 2025, but the fight shifted the calendar. And honestly? That’s fine. Because these books — and everything we’re building — deserve nothing less than our absolute best.

The Bottom Line

We’re free. We’re independent. And we’re unstoppable.

Our past catalog belongs to us.

Our current books belong to us.

And the next 10 titles — the ones no one’s even seen yet — belong to us too.

This isn’t just the end of a fight. It’s the start of an era. And trust me when I say: we’re just getting warmed up.

📬 Want first dibs on the covers and preorder links? Sign up for the AQ Books newsletter and follow us @aqbooks, @roxi_says, and @alphawisdombyAQ. The next chapter is coming — and it’s going to be loud.

— August 🧡

CEO, AQ Books