{"id":80298,"date":"2025-09-02T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=80298"},"modified":"2025-09-02T07:14:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T11:14:22","slug":"release-burn-bright-the-cobalt-empire-1-by-krista-becca-ritchie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=80298","title":{"rendered":"Release: Burn Bright (The Cobalt Empire, #1) by Krista & Becca Ritchie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Burn Bright by Krista & Becca Ritchie is now live!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The first book in the Cobalt Empire series, a new adult romance series about legacy, loyalty, and love.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Will be exclusively in Kindle Unlimited on September 3rd<\/p>\n

Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Apple Books<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 B&N<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Kobo<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Get your deluxe limited edition paperback today!<\/p>\n

Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 B&N<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

He’s a rich jock with a larger-than-life family. She’s a punk-rock nerd with a troubled past.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ben Cobalt is number six. Not sixth place\u2014in fact, he\u2019d be considered at least third\u00a0<\/em>draft pick for the NHL if he didn\u2019t quit hockey during college. And he\u2019s not sixth-in-line for any throne. Though, most consider his larger-than-life, billionaire family American royalty.<\/p>\n

He is the sixth-born Cobalt.<\/p>\n

Out of a normal family of seven, he might get lost in the shuffle. But being the black sheep of the Cobalt Empire comes with its own intense spotlight. After he hits a major low at college in Philly, his four older brothers convince him to move in with them in New York City. Transferring to Manhattan Valley University\u2014piece of cake.<\/p>\n

Living in an apartment with\u00a0all\u00a0<\/em>of his brothers while harboring a giant secret among a family who\u2019s more tight-knit than a secret society\u2014total effing chaos.<\/p>\n

He has to find a way out of the tense living arrangement, especially as he clashes with his oldest brother Charlie. Ben turns to an unlikely source for help. A grumpy, punk-rock girl with a troubled past who’s already pissed off one Cobalt brother.<\/p>\n

So when an undeniable attraction ignites, Harriet Fisher is expecting the flames to die out. Except\u2026what happens when they don\u2019t? Falling for a Cobalt brother with secrets might be a Shakespearean tragedy she can’t rewind.<\/p>\n

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Add to Goodreads<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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The Cobalt Empire<\/strong><\/h4>\n

A spin-off from the Addicted<\/a> Series and the Like Us<\/a> Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

See full Addicted world reading order here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Burn Bright (#1)<\/strong> (Ben & Harriet)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Silver Sweet (#2)<\/strong> (Tom & Phoenix)
\nTo be released 4 August
\nPre-order:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Loathed Love (#3)<\/strong>
\nTo be released 10 November
\nPre-order:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Will be a 6-book series featuring the Cobalt siblings – one book per couple.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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About the Authors<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Krista & Becca Ritchie are New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors and identical twins\u2014one a science nerd, the other a comic book geek\u2014but with their shared passion for writing, they combined their mental powers as kids and have never stopped telling stories. Now in their twenties, they write about other twenty-somethings navigating through life, college, and romance. They love superheroes, flawed\u00a0characters, and soul mate love.<\/p>\n

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Website<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Goodreads<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Bookbub<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Newsletter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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For more awesome reads, check out our\u00a0Krista & Becca Ritchie Author Spotlight<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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