tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997892434982721002024-03-19T10:30:26.418+00:00Sherry GloagThe Heart of RomanceSherry Gloaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03143365764333974956noreply@blogger.comBlogger771125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299789243498272100.post-11360671768908367922020-05-03T06:00:00.000+01:002020-05-03T06:00:12.299+01:00Mining Memories, Creating My Hero by Sue Moorcroft<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZVIjduXODdy_cEdUKkl8hxcjpJvQwC7oyWLmckF6DdNBb26N5msTtP8pUQY3xo1dy32N3ry4ky7WoGA175L_kAQFcKwcxYKKJafMCts2g4r7OhfqjtPfaBWEdtYBDB3dZQModvaXg5fI/s1600/subtle+pink.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="762" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZVIjduXODdy_cEdUKkl8hxcjpJvQwC7oyWLmckF6DdNBb26N5msTtP8pUQY3xo1dy32N3ry4ky7WoGA175L_kAQFcKwcxYKKJafMCts2g4r7OhfqjtPfaBWEdtYBDB3dZQModvaXg5fI/s320/subtle+pink.jpg" width="208" /></a><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><b><u>Sue Moorcroft</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">My hero in <span class="Hyperlink0"><b>Summer on a Sunny Island</b></span> is Zach Bentley. He was
sparked when I was thinking of someone I knew as a teenager, who was with a
group of lads who vandalised an empty building. We’ll call him </span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD;">Stuart</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">. </span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD;">Stuart</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> managed to slit his wrist on a broken
window pane. As he pumped arterial blood, one of the gang hustled him into a
nearby street in search of help. </span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD;">Stuart</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> was lucky to get away without police punishment but
he needed surgery upon surgery to the injury and was more fortunate than Stuart
in <span class="Hyperlink0">Summer on a Sunny Island</span> because he finally
regained most of the use in his hand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">This memory sparked
Zach at eighteen. I made him not </span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD;">Stuart</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> but the lad who got Stuart help when the rest of the
group ran away. Being sucked into a gang of vandals made Zach <span class="None"><b>vulnerable</b></span>
but saving someone whilst putting himself at risk of retribution from the
police made him <span class="None"><b>heroic</b></span>. I like this combination
of traits. If I don’t give heroes vulnerabilities then they become too good to
be true, which makes him neither realistic nor likeable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I cast </span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD;">Stuart</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> as the youngest of the gang and easily led
by the leader, Fitzmo, so the act also established Zach as a protector of
underdogs. A desire to <span class="None"><b>deepen the same conflict</b></span>
made me get Stuart and Zach charged with the vandalism to the building - the
rest of the gang ran away, remember - and Zach got community service. To <span class="None"><b>build on that conflict further</b></span>, I gave him a dad,
Steve, who reacted badly to his son being seen picking up litter at the side of
the road, which caused a rift in the family.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="None"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Consequences</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> are important to me in character building,
especially when they prompt <span class="None"><b>changes in direction</b></span>.
A consequence of the rift was that Zach didn’t take up the university education
he’d planned because he would have had to be beholden to Steve for financial
support. Instead, he took a job with workplace training, which meant he could
leave the family home. He hated the job in data and statistics but it served a
purpose.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Other character
facets</span></b><span class="None"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> were
needed at this point. A unifying factor in </span></span><span class="Hyperlink0"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Summer on a Sunny
Island</span></b></span><span class="None"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> is characters having the British army somewhere in their family tree.
Zach’s dad Steve was in an army school in Malta with heroine Rosa’s mum, Dory,
which meant that Dory and Steve’s father served in Malta at the same time.
Worried about Brexit or other shifting political situations making it hard for
Zach to work on the island for as long as I needed, I gave him a Maltese
grandmother, Rebekah, which meant he was entitled to a Maltese passport if it
proved necessary for him to have one.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="None"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Circling
back to the original spark for the idea</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">, I made Zach encounter Stuart again, twelve years
later, being taunted and bullied by Fitzmo in a pub. With a few beers inside
him, Zach saw red and biffed Fitzmo on the nose. The police had just entered
the pub and Zach was in trouble again - for protecting the same underdog from
the same bully. The rift with Steve grew more bitter; Zach’s employer was
displeased he had a criminal record; and so Rebekah offered Zach a chance to go
to Malta and work on her property there, hoping Zach and Steve getting a break
from one another would cool the anger between them. Zach hated his job anyway,
his brushes with the law had caused issues with his previous relationship so he
was free to go.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the above happens in Zach’s backstory which, for me, is where characters are
born</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I knew Zach. He fights
for underdogs, even when it gets him in trouble - and he continues to do so,
throughout the book. He has a judgemental father, more than one connection with
the island of Malta (army grandfather, army-kid father who lived on the island,
Maltese grandmother), reasons to be in Malta and trust issues when it comes to
relationships. People go to Zach for help: his sisters, his mum and Luccio, a
young friend who’s being sucked into the ‘wrong crowd’ and who Zach is keen to
prevent from making the mistakes he made himself. He’s a complex, emotional
man, full of conflict and vulnerability. I usually like my characters to have firm
<span class="None"><b>goals</b></span>, too, but the fact that he’s drifting is a
consequence of the other conflicts I’ve given him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">And all this came from
one stray memory that floated into my head …<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bestselling author and has reached the coveted #1 spot on Amazon Kindle. She’s
won the Goldsboro Books Contemporary Romantic Novel Award, Readers</span></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span class="None"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span dir="RTL"></span>’ </span></span><span class="None"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Best Romantic Novel
award and the Katie Fforde Bursary. Sue’s novels of love and life are currently
released by publishing giant HarperCollins in the UK, US and Canada and by an
array of publishers in other countries.</span></span></div>
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<span class="None"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">When Rosa Hammond
splits up from her partner Marcus, her Mum Dory suggests a summer in Malta. Not
one to sit back and watch her daughter be unhappy, Dory introduces Rosa to
Zach, in the hope that romance will bloom under the summer sun. But Rosa</span></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span class="None"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span></span><span class="None"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">s determined not to be swayed by a handsome man </span></span><span class="None"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">– </span></span><span class="None"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">she</span></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span class="None"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span></span><span class="None"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">s in
Malta to work, after all.</span></span><span class="None"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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magnet for trouble and is dealing with a fair few problems of his own. Neither
Rosa or Zach are ready for love </span></span><span class="None"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">– </span></span><span class="None"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">but does fate have other ideas? And after a summer in
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<br />SherryGLoaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934189163201067429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299789243498272100.post-7043316679588597882019-09-03T10:01:00.002+01:002019-09-03T10:08:44.213+01:00Best Friends…Forever? Krysten Lyndsay Hager<br />
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Albright hopes the new year will start off in an amazing way—instead she has to
deal with more frenemy issues, boy drama, and having most of her best friends
make the cheerleading squad without her. Suddenly, it seems like all anyone can
talk about is starting high school next year—something she finds terrifying. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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then gets dumped just as things come to a head with her friends. She feels lost
and left out, but finds good advice about dealing with frenemies from what she
considers an unlikely source. Landry learns to speak up for what’s right, tell
the truth (even when it hurts), and how to get past the fear of failure as she
gets another shot at competing in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">American
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The city was so sparkly and bright when it was all lit up and decorated for the
holidays. It was so exciting to see all the cars and taxis whizzing by and
feeling like anything was possible in the big city. I loved getting off the
train, seeing my dad, and taking the taxi back to the apartment my parents and
I lived in together until my mom got transferred to Grand Rapids. I liked my
new school and all, but I missed my dad living with us and hoped he’d be able
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">She is the author of True Colors, Best Friends...Forever?, Next Door to a Star, Landry in Like, Competing with the Star, Dating the It Guy, and Can Dreams Come True. True Colors, won the Readers Favorite award for best preteen book and the Dayton Book Expo Bestseller Award for children/teens. Competing with the Star is a Readers' Favorite Book Award Finalist. Landry in Like is a Literary Classics Gold Medal recipient. Krysten's work has been featured in USA Today, The Flint Journal, the Grand Haven Tribune, the Beavercreek Current, the Bellbrook Times, Springfield News-Sun, Grand Blanc View, Dayton Daily News and on Living Dayton.</span></div>
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<br />SherryGLoaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934189163201067429noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299789243498272100.post-32746651231500872132019-08-03T21:22:00.000+01:002019-08-03T21:22:06.407+01:00My Daughter's Wedding ~ Claire Baldry<br />
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I have read, and won’t be the last.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The background for this unusual, and charming, romance is
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with many different threads and you have to admire her writing skill in the way
she weaves the all together so smoothly you are hardly aware of the change of
perspective and depth of the story it is such a flowing read.</span></div>
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Wedding stand out. I will admit I was caught out on a couple of occasions, but
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second-chance love, generational discord, wisdom and patience, and is a book that
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">About 4 years ago, a short travel story I wrote
won a monthly prize in my memoirs group We Love Memoirs. As I’ve always
wanted to write, this was so encouraging and I decided to scribble a little
more. I wrote about 7,000 words on my adventures in the south of France (think
driving on the ‘wrong’ side of the road and speaking atrocious French). My work
found its way to an editor at Ant Press and I was bowled over when I was
offered a contract. That was the beginning of much hard work, edits and
rewrites. Eventually my travel memoir From Moulin Rouge to Gaudi’s City was
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I live in Australia on the beautiful south coast of
NSW. I'm happily married, retired, mother of 2, grandmother of 5 and servant to
a gorgeous tortoiseshell cat, Lucy. Travel and writing are now a major part of
my life. I heartily endorse the saying 'Seize the Day' and view much of life as
a glass half full - of champagne that is!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yes I have a work in progress. The next book in my <span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 21.3333px;">From Moulin Rouge to Gaudi’s City</span> will be about Spain and Portugal </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">in my Someday Travels series.</span></span></div>
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adventures of three ladies of a certain age as they set out on a trip to France
and several days in Barcelona. There follows a series of adventures, many
glasses of champagne and some amazing destinations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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she reassesses her life’s to-do list. Having always suppressed her travel
longings, she opens her neglected 'someday' ledger and takes a much closer look
at the contents. After an opportune invitation from a friend to meet in
Paris, and her sister’s enthusiastic agreement to be part of the
adventure, a plan begins to take shape. Join the Australian trio as they savour
the sights of France and Spain, where no trip is complete without a morsel of
local cuisine and a sip of something sparkling.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />SherryGLoaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934189163201067429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299789243498272100.post-61889187877245701442019-05-20T06:00:00.000+01:002019-05-20T19:10:52.265+01:00Lizzie Lamb ~ Books Revisited<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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thanks to Sherry for hosting me on her blog and giving me an opportunity to
share my novels with you. </span></span></div>
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admit, often a location is the starting place for my novels and then the characters appear in my head, crowding in and demanding
that I write down their story. I hope these examples make you want to read
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she rounded the corner of Elgin Crescent, Notting Hill. The sugared almond pink
and yellow houses almost vibrating in the late May evening as <i>I Predict a Riot</i> blasted out from an
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were hidden by trees and Fliss could see soft, rounded hills which swept all
the way down to a large loch. The colours were dazzling; the green of the hills
and trees, the blue sky reflected in the deeper blue of the loch and the ochre
of the sandy beach which gave way to paler sand near a pebble path. The
shoreline dipped in and out of the expanse of water and in the distance, at
vanishing point, the opposing shores appeared to link hands, cutting the loch off from the sea.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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dun-coloured fields stretching towards the salt marshes where the sea was a
black line on the horizon. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">There was a
stripped back beauty to the place and the flocks of birds heading for the
feeding grounds down by the shoreline ensured the view was an ever-changing tapestry. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Perhaps, here on
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beneath the surface since the book launch. Playing his pretend fiancée wasn’t
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harbour cottages of Jamestoun on their
glassy surface and making the fishing port seem twice as big as in reality.
Issy loved the red tiled roofs, the whitewashed walls and the three-storey
granite building which had formerly housed the local Customs and Excise. She
could picture the old railway lines which dissected the cobbled road. Back in
the day, when Jamestoun had been a
thriving fishing port, langoustines were landed first thing in the morning,
packed onto ice and sent down to London, via Oban, to grace the dinner plates
in swanky hotels. Now the harbour was mostly filled with private yachts and the
occasional fishing boat which took tourists out to the bird colonies in high
summer. The brown hills beyond the harbour could look bleak in the winter, but
today the sun warmed them, picking out the old fort (now almost covered in
vegetation), built after the ’45 Rebellion to quell the unruly Scots. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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times, it had been blasted through a small mountain. ‘The Faerie Falls,’ Issy
said, nodding towards it with her head towards
a torrent of brown, peaty water cascading over rocks. ‘They say that the wee
folk live behind its waters, but I’ve never seen them.’</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in a shifting veil of low-lying mist. The castle appeared to float above it and
the world beyond seemed unreal, until she spotted Lachlan piloting his boat
towards Tèarmannair. His head and shoulders visible above the swirling fog. A
heron skimmed over the shifting mist, its spindly limbs trailing behind it as
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was a ship sailing untroubled across a wide ocean, the only light visible the
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reflected as a perfect mirror image of themselves, in ochre, vermillion and
acid yellow. Pushing her reading glasses on top of her head, Henri focused on
the middle distance where two small islands, topped by scrubby vegetation and
gnarled trees bent over by the prevailing wind, gave perspective to the view.
Beyond that, round, green hills rose towards the sky, and beyond them were
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down on the padded window seat and, drawing her knees up, pulled a cushion
towards her, hugging it for comfort. Resting her head back against the heavy
shutters she looked out into a vermilion and gold sunset where islands and
peninsulas jutted out into the bay. However, the beauty of the scene was lost.
All she could think of was how different the sunset must look from MacFarlane’s
beach hut, thousands of miles away. Cool air blew off the lake and through the
open window, stirring the muslin draping her cast iron four poster bed. Getting
up to wipe her eyes on the corner of her pashmina, she caught sight of herself
in the cheval mirror. Backlit by the sunset, with filmy drapes billowing around
her, she seemed as unsubstantial as a ghost. A mere shadow of her former self.
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primary school, Lizzie decided to pursue her first love: writing. She joined
the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s New Writers’ Scheme, wrote </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://read.amazon.co.uk/kp/embed?asin=B009SG3EQY&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_LhYxAb6XZVG1H">Tall,
Dark and Kilted</a><span style="color: #333333;"> (2012), quickly followed by </span><a href="https://read.amazon.co.uk/kp/embed?asin=B00GAMZ642&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_XmYxAbHB5Y85Y">Boot
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on the Rocks</a><span style="color: #333333;">, which achieved Best Seller status
within two weeks of appearing on Amazon and her next novel, </span><a href="https://read.amazon.co.uk/kp/embed?asin=B06ZY4HSZK&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_EoYxAb75XXA7B">Girl
in the Castle</a><span style="color: #333333;">, reached #3 in the Amazon charts.
Lizzie is a founder member of indie publishing group – New Romantics Press, and
has co-hosted author events at Aspinall, St Pancras and Waterstones,
Kensington, talking about the research which underpins her novels. Lizzie
latest romance </span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Elizabeth/Desktop/viewBook.at/TMIY">Take Me, I’m Yours</a><span style="color: #333333;"> is set in Wisconsin, a part of the USA which she adores.
This novel also achieved BEST SELLER status >travel>USA. She has further
Scottish-themed romances planned and spends most of the summer touring the
Scottish Highlands researching men in kilts. What’s not to like? As for the
years she spent as a teacher, they haven’t quite gone to waste. She is building
a reputation as a go-to speaker on indie publishing, and how to plan, write,
and publish a debut novel. She is currently working on #6 - a road trip ‘movie’
where two warring guardians are forced to join forces and set off in hot
pursuit after a runaway niece and son.
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years ago, when I was writing </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Irish-Inheritance-Mist-Na-Mara-ebook/dp/B076Z4M255/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8" target="_blank">IRISH INHERITANCE</a></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">, I had no idea it would lead to a series of five books. At the
time, I was simply writing a stand-alone story about two people who meet when
they jointly inherit </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Mist Na Mara</i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">, a Victorian
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that was finished and submitted, I started writing a story set in the English
Lake District. The hero was a veterinary surgeon, and the heroine was an
actress who was escaping her busy life in London for some well-earned ‘R and R’
in the country. I wasn’t very happy with the way it was progressing, but then
my publisher suggested the possibility of a spin-off story about the best
friend of the heroine in Irish Inheritance. ‘Okay’, I thought. ‘I’ll think
about that once I’ve sorted out this Lake District story.’ Two days later, I
had another thought: ‘Why not move the Lake District story to Ireland?’ The
hero then became an Irish vet, but I had to rethink the heroine’s reasons for
being in Ireland, so that it followed on from where she had been at the end of
the first story. I also needed to inject more ‘suspense’ into the story, with
some unexplained crises at the veterinary surgery, and the hero’s ex-wife
trying to claim custody of their two children – and that’s how <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Irish-Intrigue-Mist-Paula-Martin-ebook/dp/B076Z4QXJY/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8" target="_blank">IRISH INTRIGUE</a></b> was born.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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way through this story, one of the secondary characters was explaining to the
hero his idea for a screenplay about an American who was adopted as a baby and
comes to Ireland to search for her birth mother. Even while I was writing this
conversation, I realised the character had given me the idea for my next novel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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then had to do a fair amount of research about the baby adoption scandal in
Ireland in the 1950s and 1960s. Because of the timing, I decided my (new) heroine
needed to be trying to find her mother’s birth mother (rather than her own) but
coming up against a wall of secrecy (which, indeed, is what real-life adoptees
have had to face). This gave me the title of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Irish-Secrets-Mist-Paula-Martin-ebook/dp/B076Z4HJ42/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8" target="_blank">IRISH SECRETS</a></b>, and I also gave the hero a secret of his own.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this trilogy of Irish novels, I contemplated a different setting for my next
novel (and even started to write it), but Ireland pulled me back. In this
story, the heroine and her friend (who’d been mentioned briefly in the earlier novels)
were setting up a dance and drama school for children, which made it easy to
transfer the story to the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mist Na Mara
Arts Centre</i>. This story became <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Irish-Deceptions-Mist-Paula-Martin-ebook/dp/B076Z5MQDH/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8" target="_blank">IRISHDECEPTIONS</a></b>, with a hero who appears to be deceiving the heroine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thirteen-year-old streetwise boy in Irish Deceptions led me to my fifth book in
the series, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Irish-Shadows-Mist-Paula-Martin-ebook/dp/B07D2NBQJ3/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8" target="_blank">IRISH SHADOWS</a>,</b> when I
realised his mother (deserted by her lover when she became pregnant at
seventeen) had a story to tell. A quick check on the timeline of the series
showed me that five years had passed since the launch of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mist Na Mara Arts Centre</i> – and this gave
me my hero, an events manager who arrives to organise the anniversary
celebration. Add to that a link to an incident in the Irish Civil War in the
1920’s and the hero’s search for his nephew (his sister’s son), and I had
plenty of ‘shadows of the past’ for the characters to deal with and resolve.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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this is a ‘series’, all the stories are ‘stand-alone’ with new heroes and
heroines in each. The link between them is Mist Na Mara House and, of course,
the beautiful Connemara area in the west of Ireland.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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IRISH INHERITANCE is FREE from all major distributors (Amazon, Smashwords,
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Paula
Martin lives near Manchester in North West England and has two daughters and
two grandsons. She had some early publishing success with four romance novels
and several short stories, but then had a break from writing while she brought
up a young family and also pursued her career as a history teacher for
twenty-five years. She has recently returned to writing fiction, after retiring
from teaching, and is thrilled to have found publishing success again with her
contemporary romances. Apart from writing, she enjoys visiting new places. She
has travelled extensively in Britain and Ireland, mainland Europe, the Middle
East, America and Canada. Her other interests include musical theatre and
tracing her family history.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />SherryGLoaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934189163201067429noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299789243498272100.post-48130781447862068312019-05-10T06:00:00.000+01:002019-05-10T06:00:03.701+01:00Martin Gore The Road to Cromer ~ Interview<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 21.3333px;">I am delighted to welcome Martin Gore, author of </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 21.3333px;">The Road to Cromer Pier</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 21.3333px;">, to The Heart of Romance today, and congratulation on your upcoming release of The Road to Cromer Pier.</span><br />
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to explore my love of creative writing and travel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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mother that as I liked English composition and drama I was going to be a
Playwright. She told me that I should work hard at school and get a proper job.
She was right of course.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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my upbringing in a council house, and childhood holidays to Cromer, but I
wasn’t convinced that it was working as a novel, and work commitments took
over.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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in 2009, when I wrote my first pantomime Cinderella, for my home group, the
Walkington Pantomime Players. I have now written eight, Beauty & the Beast
being the last, and my all time favourite. When I get time I’m working on a
ninth, Camelot.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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play or a novel I’m an old fashioned writer I guess. I want you to laugh and to
cry. I want you to feel that my stories have a beginning, a middle, and a
satisfactory ending. When I write I seem to disappear into another world and
become completely self-absorbed. It’s a great feeling.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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2019. The support I’ve received from Cromer Pier Theatre has been outstanding,
and I’m planning to launch the book on the day that the Summertime Special Show
starts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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available for am-dram groups. It is available royalty-free at present, with
donations to the hospital charity:</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thank you for joining us here today. I gather you have a deep-seated interest
in Amdram and have written scripts for many successful plays. What persuaded
you to diversify into novel writing, and do you enjoy it as much as you do your
script writing? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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very interesting question. Most of my play writings have been pantomimes, and
to hear people laughing at what I’ve written is just fantastic. My first comedy
play, He’s Behind You, was performed script in hand to great reviews, but was
rejected by Hull Truck Theatre as it required too many actors (six). The financial
constraints imposed by theatres limits what you can write, so writing novels
gives me greater freedoms. The reviews of Pen Pals were really touching, particularly
ones from people who commented that my novel resonated with their real life experiences.
I guess I like both mediums, which is why The Road to Cromer Pier is available
as both a play and a novel.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Please will you describe your writing environment for us, and did you create
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I have to write in silence, so when I retired we built a garden room with a desk,
a chair and an old settee. It has pictures on every wall of beautiful places
I’ve been to, both in the UK and abroad, and views over open fields. It does
help me to concentrate and go into my writing world.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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They definitely choose me! One of my biggest problems is that my work doesn’t
fit a specific genre. Drawing a lot on my younger experiences in the sixties and
seventies they could be historical fiction, but they also feature current
events. They feature families, but broader than blood relatives, so not
entirely family sagas. They touch on business and politics, but mainly the
human impact that these have. They are stories about love and relationships, but
are not quite romantic fiction. I’d be interested to hear what genre your
readers think that they belong in!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tea or coffee?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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at home. I make all of the tea in our house. Black coffee at work. Probably as
there were some disputes over ownership of the milk!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I gather from some of your fb posts, that you spent many happy childhood
holidays in Cromer and that was your incentive for writing The Road to Cromer
Pier, do you set all your books in places you know well. Do you organise
holidays to visit places you want to write about?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I might be 62 but I’m only just getting started as a novelist, so writing about
what I know makes sense to me. The Road to Cromer Pier started out around
twenty years ago when I was working long hours. It draws on my childhood
holiday experiences there, and some of the locations are real. The Cromer Pier
Summertime Special show is the only full season end of the pier show left in
the world, so doing justice to the lives of the imaginary cast and crew was a
big challenge, and I doubt that I could have done it without the invaluable support
of the management of the theatre. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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mill towns of Yorkshire gave it a really nostalgic feel, and there were places
I could go to build the picture. Much of the descriptive detail of the mill area
is drawn from Magdale in West Yorkshire, where some friends live.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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remember completing one pantomime while in Bellagio on Lake Como, in an
apartment with a stunning view of the lake. Must try that again sometime.....<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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An old Skoda Octavia 4 x 4 to tow our caravan, which doubles as a writing room
when we visit locations. As I have had ear problems since childhood I’m not safe
on two wheels!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Has anyone said they’ve seen the play –and- read the book, and if so did they
go on to share which they liked best? :-)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Not as yet. I’m hopeful that I’ll get the play version of The Road to Cromer
Pier performed by my home group in Walkington early next year, but I’m very
receptive to any Amdram group who wishes to perform it, free of charge. I only
ask for two tickets to see it performed, and I’m happy to help with staging
etc. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Writers have a reputation for forgetting about the ‘world outside’ when
writing, have you ever forgotten an appointment because you have been so immersed
in your writing?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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No, but I really do know the feeling well. I certainly inhabit the world I’m
writing about, and suddenly mentally wake up quite some time later. I’ll freely
admit to shedding a few tears at one or two of the really poignant moments in
my books. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I just love the challenge of making people laugh when I write pantomimes, and
generally do sound at the back so I get the audience point of view directly. I
wrote a scene involving two mermaids in Peter Pan which worked so well that
many of the cast turned up at the back to watch each night. Really proud of
that. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Day and Calendar Girls mix a heart-warming story with comedy. That’s a real
challenge, and one I’m still mastering. My first effort, He’s Behind You,
worked well though, so I think I’ll crack it given time. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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That you are not limited in terms of cast size and the problems of staging it.
I also love to go to places which I can then draw on in my stories. The canteen
scene in Pen Pals came from a closed factory I visited in Wakefield, where the room
had been emptied of furniture, but it was otherwise left as it had been. You
could almost hear the chatter of the staff who had long since departed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Editing must be the worst! I am a comprehensive school kid, so my spelling is okay
but my grammar is certainly not great. I have editors and beta readers of
course, but it is still my responsibility to check the final version page by
page, and I just don’t have the attention span!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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which simply doesn’t get the laughs that I think it should. Everyone’s humour
is different of course, but hearing a gag fail in each of eight performances certainly
doesn’t amuse me.... </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />SherryGLoaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934189163201067429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299789243498272100.post-71189519743958329942019-05-06T06:00:00.000+01:002019-05-06T06:00:14.473+01:00Riverside Lane by Ginger Black<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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English village claiming to be on holiday but not all the residents are
convinced by the handsome stranger's story. Behind perfect privets and brightly
painted front doors, the lives of Riverside Lane's residents slowly unravel,
until it becomes apparent that the American may not be the only deceiver in
their midst. Tension begins to mount in this quintessentially English community
- now revealed to be a labyrinth of deception - and culminates in an unexpected
death. The villagers threaten more than his anonymity with their mutterings and
meddling and when religious zealot Ivy Midwinter challenges him in the church
she learns that Luca Tempesta will stop at nothing to protect his secret. Set
against the cinematic backdrop of a gastronomic village by the Thames,
Riverside Lane is a thrilling, vivid page-turner that seeks to understand human
behaviour hard-wired for desire, power, love and possession in a traditional
society threatened by extraordinary challenges.</span></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;"> </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.25in;">Gaynor and I formed our writing partnership
wondering around our village, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.25in;"><a href="http://www.windsor.gov.uk/discover-the-area/bray-p281531"><b>Bray</b></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.25in;">, walking dogs and dropping off children while
observing the rules and nuances of the village social structure. We began to imagine,
what would happen, for example, if you dropped an international spy into the
midst of such a quintessentially English community? How would a conman or an art thief fair among
the curtain twitching complexity of a typical English village. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">The plot for our first novel, Riverside Lane,
grew organically through these conversations and we decided a house swap would
be a good vehicle to introduce different protagonists through a series of
stories. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">Once we agreed to write together our nom de
plume came early, dreamed up by Gaynor’s mother to whom Ginger Black was an
obvious choice; Gaynor<b> </b>has ginger
hair, mine is dark and my maiden name is<b>
</b>Blackburn. In some ways, having a
‘brand name’ spurred us on, making us feel professional and like a team. While I had written novels before - </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://www.juliathum.co.uk/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration-line: none;">mostly <b>children’s</b></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;"> - I had never submitted them for publication
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">We developed the characters for Riverside Lane
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so we committed to a regular Monday meeting.
Here we would plan for the week and then leave armed with a brief for -
depending on where we were in the process - character development, scene
breakdown or copy for the next scene. We set a midweek deadline to file copy to
one another and edited the work, emailing it to and fro before signing it off
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">And so we progressed, step by step along the
towpaths, word by word onto the page until we completed our first draft. While every word, character and plot point is
a collaboration, we each bring different strengths to the Ginger Black
partnership. Gaynor is good at seeing
the big picture and excellent at pace and shape while I sweat every word and
comma and obsess over continuity and credibility. She is patient with my pedantry and I am
grateful for her vision.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">Once we finished our first draft we filed it to
the bottom draw and worked on promoting the Ginger Black name much as we did
the writing; discussing what needed to be done at Monday meetings and dividing
the work between us. We developed website
and social media identity, then set about building a digital presence and that
all important mailing list to give us something - as well as our magnum opus -
to make us a marketable prospect to agents and publishers. And then we rewrote the manuscript. Like all the other jobs, we shared this one
but instead of working in parallel Gaynor edited the entire novel, then I did,
and then we each did it again, and again, and again!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">We are often asked how our writing partnership
works and I think the short answer is with a similar work ethic, a sense of
humour and complete trust. We take the
discipline of writing seriously - in three years of partnership we have rarely
missed a deadline - but a healthy dose of self-deprecation and irreverence has
definitely smoothed our path while guaranteeing terrific fun along the way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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met Gaynor and found a kindred spirit and writing partner. I have just finished
writing a middle grade novel for children alone, and while I have enjoyed the
writing process, it has not been as much fun as writing with Gaynor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">It is a pleasure to welcome </span><span class="Hyperlink0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.suemoorcroft.com/"><span lang="NL" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: NL;">Sue Moorcroft</span></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">
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lived in Cyprus, Malta and the UK. She's worked in a bank, as a bookkeeper
(probably a mistake), as a copytaker for Motor Cycle News and for a digital
prepress. She's pleased to have now wriggled out of all 'proper jobs'.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">WANTED!</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> A caretaker for Roundhouse Row holiday cottages.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">WHERE?</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Nelson’s Bar is the perfect little village. Nestled away
on the Norfolk coast we can offer you no signal, no Wi-Fi and – most
importantly – no problems!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">WHO?</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> The ideal candidate will be looking for an escape from their
cheating scumbag ex-fiancé, a diversion from their entitled cousin, and a break
from their traitorous friends.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">WHAT
YOU’LL GET!</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Accommodation in a
chocolate-box cottage, plus a summer filled with blue skies and beachside
walks. Oh, and a reunion with the man of your dreams.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">PLEASE
NOTE:</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> We take no responsibility for
any of the above scumbags, passengers and/or traitors walking back into your
life…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">For many readers the nuts and bolts of
writing are a mystery, so to start I thought I’d include a few questions on
their behalf.</span></div>
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Before we talk about your new book </span><span class="Hyperlink0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Summer-Remember-Sue-Moorcroft-ebook/dp/B07JMXS427/"><span style="color: blue;">A Summer to Remember</span></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">,
please will you share ‘an average day in a writer’s life?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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It really depends upon the day. Mostly, I’m at my desk at about 7.15 a.m. and I
begin with social media and emails. I eat breakfast at my desk. I work until
about 6.00 p.m. but several days of the week I take a break during the day for
a dance or yoga class or a piano lesson. I work about fifty or sixty hours a
week but those hours are flexible so if I want to do something on Thursday
afternoon I might work on Sunday to make up. I’m very deadline orientated but
not everything I do is writing or planning a novel. I also do promo, write
short stories and blog posts, update my website, keep my accounts and all the
other jobs that come with the territory.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Of course, there are many days where I’m
not sitting at my desk. I might be at a publishing event run by the Romantic
Novelists’ Association, SWWJ or Freelance Media Group. I also have meetings
with my publishers and/or agent or I have my own events at book shops,
libraries, festivals etc.</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Did writing choose you or did you choose writing?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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It’s a compulsion rather than a choice so I guess it chose me. On the other
hand, you’ve got to want something pretty badly to persist through 150++ short
stores, 8 serials, 14 novels, a writing guide, three courses and dozens of
columns. I used to teach creative writing and appraise manuscripts to make
financial ends meet. I did that for twenty years before I could say I was
making my living as a novelist.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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What is your favourite colour, and why?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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can never choose between black, blue and purple. I have no idea why!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Do you plot your stories or do they evolve as you progress into the story?
Which comes first, your plot or your characters? And how do you meld your plot
and your characters together?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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like to know a lot about my central characters and their goals and conflicts
before I begin. I have a lot of notes and maybe a bit of a mind map. I
sometimes pause at the beginning of a chapter and make notes about where the
chapter’s going to keep me on track but other times I just crash on with what
my head’s telling me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My characters evolve and so it becomes
obvious how they’ll react to things or what’s making them tick. I’m a big
believer in characters having a backstory and that influencing the character
they are on page 1 and throughout the book. Sometimes something that seems
quite minor can have a big effect on the book. In </span><span class="Hyperlink0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Summer-Remember-Sue-Moorcroft-ebook/dp/B07JMXS427/">A Summer to Remember</a></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #38761d;">,
for example, the tiny village of Nelson’s Bar is stuck out on a headland in
Norfolk and has no mobile signal and scant broadband. Who could communicate
with whom at what time really impacted on the story.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that you have set </span><span class="Hyperlink0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Summer-Remember-Sue-Moorcroft-ebook/dp/B07JMXS427/"><span style="color: blue;">A Summer to Remember</span></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
in Norfolk. How do you choose the settings for your books?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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It’s usually just what seems right. I used to holiday in north Norfolk when my
kids were young. When I wanted somewhere for Clancy to run to when her life in
London imploded, that’s what came to mind. In contrast, last year’s summer
book, </span><span class="Hyperlink0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Summer-Italy-Sue-Moorcroft-ebook/dp/B077MFT3QL/">One Summer in Italy</a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">,
was sparked by a chef at a writing retreat I head up for </span><span class="Hyperlink0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.arteumbria.com/">Arte Umbria</a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
in Italy. She told me how she picked somewhere different to work each summer.
Italy seemed the perfect place for a character to do the same and I wrote half
of that book on a writing retreat there. Further contrast: my winter book this
year, </span><span class="Hyperlink0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Let-Snow-Sue-Moorcroft-ebook/dp/B07PBQ4Y9Q/">Let it Snow</a></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #38761d;">,
is partly set in Switzerland because a friend said if I wanted to set a book
there then she’d drive me and I could stay with her and her husband. I like to
travel so I said, ‘Yes, please!’</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tea. I’m afraid coffee is on my hate list.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dog. I haven’t had one since I was a teen but I borrow one from my son and his
fiancée sometimes. The dog is a bonkers Jack Russell and you might find him on
my social media streams under the name of Puppy-in-law.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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In </span><span class="Hyperlink0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Just-Holidays-Sue-Moorcroft/dp/0008175551/"><span style="color: blue;">Just for the Holidays</span></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
you took a helicopter ride, ‘ for research’ and experienced what it’s like when
the engine stalls. Did you go to similar lengths while researching </span><span class="Hyperlink0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Summer-Remember-Sue-Moorcroft-ebook/dp/B07JMXS427/"><span style="color: blue;">A Summer to Remember</span></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I’d love to have something that exciting in every book! However, for </span><span class="Hyperlink0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Summer-Remember-Sue-Moorcroft-ebook/dp/B07JMXS427/">A Summer to Remember</a></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #38761d;">
I did most of my research wandering around Norfolk in a heatwave. I’d never
been out on the salt marshes before and I loved exploring places like the old
harbour at Thornham and the reserve at Tideswell. I spent the evenings reading
what literature I’d collected during the day over a glass (or two) of wine. It
was a much more serene experience than the helicopter but intensely enjoyable.
I’d like to take this opportunity to apologise to Norfolk, actually - I’m
afraid I moved the landscape about and split the salt marshes with a headland
that doesn’t really exist.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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On an average, how long does it take you to write each story?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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As I write two novels a year I guess it’s around six months. It’s hard to
quantify because as well as writing those books I’m writing all the other stuff
I mentioned early in this interview and performing all those other tasks. I’m
always working on three books in any six-month period: writing one, editing one
and promoting (at least) one. I also take a couple of holidays a year. This is
why I’m deadline orientated - if one’s coming up I have to prioritise whichever
task it relates to.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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What do you do to relax when you are not writing?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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love and adore watching Formula 1 on TV, listening to its podcasts, reading the
news etc. I also love yoga, dance fit, FitStep and Zumba, hanging out with friends
or reading. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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will be released as an ebook in September and paperback and audio in October.
It’s about Lily, who grew up in a family with two gay women for parents. She’s
in the village of Middledip to make contact with her half-brothers. She knows
her mum had an affair with their dad to get pregnant but they don’t know she exists.
She’s also heading up a project with a Swiss company and as part of that she
takes a village singing group, the Middletones, to perform in Switzerland.
Isaac’s in the village as relief manager at the pub because its landlord Tubb
has developed heart failure. He’s on his way to a new career in the great
outdoors after his relationship ends but he’s drawn back into his
ex-girlfriend’s life in a most unexpected way.</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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SherryGLoaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934189163201067429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299789243498272100.post-78408473454866278592019-04-30T06:00:00.000+01:002019-04-30T06:00:14.348+01:00Emily Royal ~ Sins of the Sire ~ the imagery and the thin line between love and hate<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My debut novel <u>The Sins of the Sire</u> is the first in a
series called “Dark Highland Passions.” It does exactly what it says on the tin
– there’s a lot of passion with a high heat level and it has violence and dark
themes. You might say it’s a marmite book, love-it-or-hate-it, best avoided if
you prefer your romances sweet and gentle but if you’re OK with dark and a bit
of violence it might be for you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The other word on the tin is “Highland” which is the
primary setting for the book. Living about an hour’s drive away from the
Highlands, I was able to use my personal experience for a lot of the imagery,
from the brilliant sunsets which light up the whole landscape in a glorious
pink glow to the heather which gives distant hills a distinctive purple hue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Before I took writing seriously I did a lot of painting
– mostly mountain landscapes but the odd smattering of life drawing too. I
still paint, but not as much as I’d like to now I spend most of my spare time
writing. My painting experiences have helped me a great deal with imagery for
writing. As my art teacher kept on telling me, the most important skill an
artist must acquire is the ability to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">look</i>.
The ability to draw was much less important. Not only did she tell us to look,
but she also told us to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">feel</i> – and to
express that feeling on the paper while drawing, so we were not just describing
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Words are like brush strokes in that respect. A
sequence of words can be used to describe how we feel just as powerfully as a
few strokes of a pencil. And in much the same way that a work of art can elicit
a reaction from a viewer, the right string of words on a page can elicit strong
reactions from readers. I only have to read some of the diverse reviews for my
novel to see that – from the caustic 1* to the glowing 5* – they have all
elicited some form of emotional reaction; strong enough to compel them to post
about it on Amazon, Goodreads etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“This is what you’ve always wanted, love.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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write anything safe or mild which the whole world “liked”. Bizarre as it may
seem, but armed with the knowledge that you can never please all of the people
all the time, my objective has always been to have a mix of 1* and 5* reviews rather
than a glut of 3* reviews. And I’ve done that! Even my 3* reviews are
accompanied with comments to the effect that the reader can’t make up their
mind whether they should hate the book or love it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;"><span style="color: purple;">Tavish MacLean has sworn vengeance. It’s been six years since his beloved sister was raped and murdered by an English lord, a tragedy which almost destroyed his family. On his deathbed, his father demanded retribution and Tavish pledged before his clan to enslave the lord’s daughter then send her back to her father, pregnant with a Scottish bastard. When he learns that she is travelling north, he seizes his opportunity and orders her abduction.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;"><span style="color: purple;">But when his men fling the prisoner before him, Tavish recognises Elyssia, the woman who once saved his life. Loyalty to his clan trumps the debt he owes her and he claims Elyssia as his captive. Though she’s one of the hated English, her willing body ignites passion in him at night, though she fights him at every turn during the day. As time passes, he questions his loyalty, finding himself increasingly enthralled by his fiery captive.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;"><span style="color: purple;">Treachery surrounds Clan MacLean. When long-buried secrets come to light, Tavish must risk his life and his clan, or all that he holds dear will be destroyed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #17365d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Emily Royal is a mathematics geek who grew up in Sussex, UK and has always had a passion for romance and strong alpha heroes. After graduating from Oxford and enjoying a brief dream of becoming an airline pilot, she started a career in financial services in order to indulge her love of mathematics.</span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">She now lives in rural Scotland with her husband, two daughters, and a menagerie of pets including Twinkle, an attention-seeking boa constrictor. She reignited her passion for romance when she joined the Romantic Novelists’ Association under their New Writers’ Scheme.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">When not working on algebra or writing, Emily enjoys cooking, painting, target sports, and playing the piano. She can often be found wandering about the hills of Scotland looking for inspiration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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SherryGLoaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934189163201067429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299789243498272100.post-71414021889678594052019-04-27T17:07:00.000+01:002019-04-27T17:07:20.271+01:00Arabella Sheen is today's guest on The Heart of Romance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Published with Beachwalk Press, she is also a member of the Romantic Novelists'
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One of the many things Arabella loves to do is to read, and when she's not
reading or writing romance novels, she is either on her allotment sowing and
planting with the seasons or she can be found curled on the sofa pandering to
the demands of her attention seeking cat.<br />
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Can Miss Georgina Morton surrender her independence and accept the Duke’s love?<br />
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Miss Georgina Morton, at the age of four-and-twenty, with a modest annual
income of four hundred pounds, believes she has no need of a husband and can
manage quite nicely without one. Yet within a matter of weeks, she’s betrothed
to Giles Glentworth, the Sixth Duke of Westbury, and bound for Regency London.<br />
Set in rural Wiltshire and elegant, fast-paced London...a runaway ward, a
shooting at midnight, and a visit to fashionable Almack’s, are only a few of
the adventures Georgina enjoys while falling for the Corinthian charms of the
Duke.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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‘The Heart of Romance</b>’ readers. My name is <b>Arabella Sheen</b> and I’m an author of sweet/clean and sensual Contemporary
and Regency romance novels.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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invited me along to her blog spot and in doing so she’s set me quite a
challenge. She’s asked me to imagine a fictitious interview with the imaginary characters
from my latest Regency release </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘Westbury’</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #783f04;">. Now if that’s not a challenge, I don’t know what is.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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England where the need for mobile phones and laptops has yet to be thought of;
let alone invented. So, forgive me while I sharpen my quill, select a fine
piece of parchment paper, gather a smattering of sand, and prepare to answer
the quizzes put to Miss Georgina Morton (my Regency heroine) and Giles
Glentworth, the Sixth Duke of Westbury (my dashing hero), on topics that I’m
sure will be of some interest to you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Georgina:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> To put it simply, I wanted Arabella to show her readers how I struggled
and fought to maintain my independence. Giles will tell you, my independence is
something that’s important to me. And although getting to know him was a great
adventure and one that I would not have missed for the world, our courtship, if
one can call it a courtship, was not always easy. He wanted me to give up my
autonomy for a short duration, to appease society’s need for correctness. That
act alone impinged on my principles yet for some reason, I found myself doing
exactly what he wished me to do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Giles:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> I beg to differ. I more or less knew straight away that Georgina was
the one for me and there was to be absolutely no “short duration” about it. Georgina
is feisty and treats me with complete and utter disrespect. And although I’m somewhat
ashamed to admit it, I quite like her overbearing, officious management of me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Giles:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> So you admit you’re meddlesome?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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meddlesome. However, back to the question of my independence. My longing for
independence was more to do with being financially self-sufficient and able to survive
in this world without the necessity of a man in my life. In the
eighteen-hundreds’, this isn’t always an easy thing to accomplish. It’s dreadfully
frowned upon in my community for a woman to remain unattached and unwed after
the age of twenty. Scandalous that it is, I must confess to being all of
four-and-twenty. I was perfectly content with my decision to remain a spinster
and I had built a secure world in which I cared for my father and ran his
household. It was to my liking…and then Giles came along.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Giles:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> I did. I came along and haven’t left her side since. I too like my
independence, but my need for self-government was slightly different from
Georgina’s. I desired freedom of spirit. Freedom to have the time to indulge in
my hobbies. Freedom not to be continuously accountable for my position in life.
Being a Duke can tie you to duties and these duties can be restricting. But there
comes a point in most people’s lives when a crossroad is reached and a decision
has to be made. Georgina turned my life completely around, and after that, maintaining
my independent lifestyle seemed pointless compared to the rewards I could reap if
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had to behave realistically within the bound of social conventions yet I continually
had the urge to flaunt convention – and often did.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sherry: How hard was it to share your deepest secrets with Arabella?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Georgina:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> I mostly share my opinions and beliefs with Miss Abigail Channing.
Abigail is Giles’s ward and cousin. She can be quite a handful at times but as
Abigail has said on more than one occasion, we are almost like sister’s…and
sisters always share. Don’t they? Oh…and of course, any emotional inner
conflicts and division of loyalties were worked through with Arabella.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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being my―<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Giles:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> What in the world would make you think that, my dear? I would no more
refer to Mr Goldman as <i>your secret</i>
than you would refer to Lady Charlotte as being mine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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before he does.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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afraid the mysteries of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Westbury</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">
will be revealed and we wish Arabella’s readers to discover for themselves what
our adventure entails. Don’t we, Giles?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #660000;">Sherry,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Thank you
for having me as a guest on ‘The Heart of Romance’. It was a fun exercise and
if one thing comes of this, it’s that </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I’ve discovered I much preferred
writing about Georgina and Giles’s romance than having to listen to their
thought-provoking opposing views on life during this interview. They’ve
exhausted me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I also hope
your readers will forgive me for not expanding further as I’m reluctant to give
too much of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Westbury’s</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> plots and twists away. As the story unfolds and the pages are turned,
you’ll soon discover how Georgina and Giles unravel their inner conflicts and
test one another’s strengths and weaknesses so they can come together and find
true love.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #660000;">Arabella
Sheen</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">You are very welcome Arabella.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Author Bio:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Having worked and lived in the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands for nearly
twenty years, she now lives in the South West of England with her family.<br />
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Arabella</b> keeps in touch with her readers on:<br /><b>
Facebook: </b>Arabella Sheen - Author<br /><b>
Twitter:</b> @ArabellaSheen</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;"><b>Webpage: </b>www.arabellasheen.co.uk</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm delighted to welcome Ros Rendle to The Heart of Romance today to share her road to publishing <u>Peace of Time</u></span></div>
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years ago, I was lucky enough to be accepted on to the Romantic Novelists’
Association New Writers’ Scheme and had access to very helpful critiques at
that time, so my novel, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sense and French
Ability</i> found a publisher quite quickly. It became an Amazon best-seller,
so I am indebted to that excellent scheme for all their support. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I started to write <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Peace of Time</i> forty years ago! My mum was a published author many
times over and she urged me to get on with it. Life got in the way, as it does,
in the shape of a demanding full-time job and two young children. However, when
I took early retirement and went to live permanently in France, I had oodles of
time and dug out that early idea. The difference was I had a lot more of life’s
experience upon which to draw as well as time. The book was accepted for
publication and came out in April 2017. Therefore, although the first book I
wrote,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Peace of Time</i> was the second
to be published.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It was the book that I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">needed</i> to write, and I was able to draw
upon personal experience and that of close family to a greater degree than when
I was young.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Peace
of Time</i> features six close friends – or are they? It’s a story of trust and
loyalties tested. <span style="color: #333333;">As the summer draws to a close,
Jen has some life changing decisions to make and what she decides will shock
everyone, but most of all herself.</span> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Peace
of Time</i> is currently on a price offer of only £1.99 or $2.64<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has received good reviews all with either
four or five stars. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><u>These are
but two of those for which I am extremely grateful.</u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Format: Kindle Edition <b>Verified
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This book is easy to read, and
the characters are believable. The twist at the end is quite unexpected and
will resonate with lots of people in a similar situation. Good holiday reading.
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With this book I just needed to
know what happened next, found I couldn't put it down. I could relate to the
characters well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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has a website: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.rosrendleauthor.co.uk/">www.rosrendleauthor.co.uk</a></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />SherryGLoaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934189163201067429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299789243498272100.post-70093961076446147122019-04-18T06:00:00.000+01:002019-04-18T06:00:00.963+01:00J M Ralley ~ Falling for Katie ~ New Release<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to The Heart of Romance Janet, and congratulations on your new release, Please will you share a little bit about </span><span style="font-size: large;">Falling For Katie?</span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">A romantic
suspense set in modern-day Scotland.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">After a car accident, Katie Gowen wakes up in a
house with a man she doesn’t recognize. Unable to remember anything about her
past, Angus persuades her they are married. Held against her will, Katie
struggles to come to terms with her predicament, but as they are snowed in, she
can see no way out.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Returning to Gretna wasn’t on Finlay Gallach’s
itinerary. Memories of an unhappy childhood still haunt him. However, the
moment he opens the email from Katie’s father, he knows he’s in trouble. As a
photo of Katie stares back at him, his heart breaks for the missing woman, and
he vows to do anything to bring her home. </span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">It becomes a race against time for Finlay to
save her. But can Katie recover from her ordeal and allow the love to blossom
between them?</span></span><span style="background: white; color: #111111; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="background: white; color: #111111; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><b>Other info</b><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #111111; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">After the success of Falling for a Duke, I knew I needed to
write Katie’s story. Therefore, the Romancing in Scotland series became born. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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her own set of problems. And they arrived in perfect style.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #111111; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">My love of Scotland really comes out in this book. I added
several details I’ve come across, and for those who have visited Gretna Green
and Braemar, some of those details may pop out at you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #111111; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">This story would only work if Katie could become snowed in,
which is why I chose Braemar, having nearly been snowed in myself there. There
really is only one road in and out, and the small village can be snowed in
easily, as the main road blocks with heavy snow. Everything came together
beautifully.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #111111; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">My love of Scotland runs deep within my blood. I have no idea
why, I’m all English, but I always feel at home once I cross that border. I try
to visit at least once a year and the first stop is usually Gretna Green. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #111111; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I’ve seen plenty of change. One of these was the lose of the
Highland Cow. So, that was one of the first things I added. Being wildlife mad
too, I make sure to add a dedication to the native wildlife in these books. If
you want to know which ones, you’ll have to read the books. And, yes, I’ve seen
the animals mentioned in the wild. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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one for those romances with no grit to them, I’m afraid my characters do have
to suffer to gain their happiness. And I think I’ve managed to get the right
amount of twists in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #111111; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I enjoyed writing Falling for Katie, and when I wrote ‘The
End’ I knew instantly I’d done a respectable job. Now it’s due for release, I’m
getting nervous. It’s like letting your baby into the big, wide world. Will
they swim or sink? I can’t do no more, no mater how much I want to continue
tinkering.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #111111; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Now, I’ve got them marketing to roll out which I find harder
to do. I’m not a natural seller. On the plus side, it means I’m free to begin
another story. That helps to keep my mind of this one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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visiting The Heart of Romance today Pernille, and congratulations on the
success of your debut RomCom novel </span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Sweatpants at Tiffanie’s.</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Pernille Hughes </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">(pronounced Pernilla) studied Film
& Literature at uni and took her first job in advertising, having been
lured by the temptation of freebies, but left when Status Quo tickets was as
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<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white;">After a brief spell marketing Natural History films, she
switched to working in Children's television which for a time meant living in
actual Teletubby and, sharing a photocopier with Laa-Laa.</span><br />
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sharing a photocopier with her husband and their four spawn. While the kids are
at school she scoffs cake and writes RomCom stories in order to maintain a
shred of sanity.</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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her current Book </span><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">~ <b>Sweatpants
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Tiffanie Trent is not having a great week. Gavin, her boyfriend, has dumped her unceremoniously on their tenth anniversary, leaving her heartbroken and homeless.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">When she discovers Blackie has left her the gym, Tiff, with her saggy trackies and supermarket trainers, is certain she’ll fail. Can Tiff step up and roll with the punches, or will she be down and out at the first round?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">1 Where did the ideas for both your
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<i><span style="color: #5b9bd5; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Sweatpants At Tiffanie’s</span></i><span style="color: #5b9bd5; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> came from simply making a
pun on the film title and stopping to wonder what that story would be about. A
‘fish out of water’ idea seemed to fit, especially as I am a reluctant
exerciser myself. The new one, <i>Probably
the Best Kiss in the World</i>, was inspired by several trips to Copenhagen,
but particularly one with my husband where we navigated the city entirely by
micro-breweries. It got me thinking about a woman who wants to be a Brewster.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #5b9bd5; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I have a book
by</span><span style="color: #5b9bd5; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> historical crime writer Lindsey Davis.
It’s a stand-alone romance she wrote a long time ago called <i>The Course of Honour</i> and I just adore
it, for no other reason than the characters existed and it depicts a love that
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</span><span style="color: #5b9bd5; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">My husband used to be away for a longer
stint every year for work, and I always read it then. I know, I know, I am <i>such</i> a sap.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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without doubt, especially truffles, the round ones with the hard chocolate
shell and the soft middle,(not the cocao dusted ones) maybe a strawberry
filling, or mocha, or the fresh cream chocolates from Leonidas, or a Jewel box
from Prestat…mmmm… sorry, where were we…?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are gorgeous but there is something sad about them dying. I’m going with a
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<span style="color: #5b9bd5; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A hot bath, a
glass of prosecco or an Aperol Spritz, a book or a romcom film. I find being by
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her past. Her dear cousin and only friend, leaves unexpectedly and bestows upon
her a mysterious key-like jewel as a farewell gift. His sudden departure drives
her to escape from the facility where she encounters the members of the
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searched in every corner of Earth for Susy and the map that will lead them
home. In the completion of their quest they face many obstacles and challenges
as they realise that Susy has lost more of her powers and memory than they had
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The Earth, affected by Susy’s extended stay, continues to deteriorate as the
members of the Order hunt for the missing power stones, lost since the time of
Susy’s kidnapping. Whilst on their journey, Susy struggles to remember her true
connection to them, as they try to infiltrate her senses. Love and secrets
delay the completion of the mission and concerns grow that the balance of life
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fantasy novel <b>'Symmetry' </b>in the Science Series, published in February 2014 and marked the start of her writing career. </span></div>
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having earned an MBA and being a member of the ACCA, Therese. M. Caruana is an author
who likes doing too much rather than too little. Apart from consuming too much
coffee and chocolates she also enjoys writing complex stories with a vivid
imagination, manifesting in new worlds and versatile characters. Having always
been a free spirit at heart, her dream had always been to write fantasy novels
in which to escape to. Your life is your dream -if you can dream it, you can
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<br />SherryGLoaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934189163201067429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299789243498272100.post-74479267447234755862019-04-03T06:00:00.000+01:002019-04-03T06:00:01.254+01:00Cindy Davis ~ On The Hook ~ Interview<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Please welcome </span><b style="font-size: x-large;">Cindy Davis </b><span style="font-size: large;">who</span><b style="font-size: x-large;"> </b><span style="font-size: large;">is best known for her murder mysteries and romantic
suspense, many of which were set in her home state of New Hampshire. And have
achieved considerable success. Now, a transplant to Florida, Cindy has found
herself changing not only place of origin but also genre since her latest work
is a New Age fiction penned with her husband Rick</span></span><br />
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She is an award winning freelance editor who's worked in both fiction and
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today Cindy is sharing an interview with Smith and Wesen, but first here is the blurb for <b>On The Hook.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The multi-million dollar painting is there, then it's
not. It's gone, but it can't be. </b><br />
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* Kendra Jean Valentine, underwriting agent for the policy, is on the hook. She
scrapes together enough to hire two women to work the case.Two 'regular' women
no self-respecting insurance agent would look twice at. Which is exactly why KJ
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* Westen Hughes owns a failing pet shop. With creditors phoning daily, she
jumps at the chance to earn a bundle of easy money, even though the offer comes
from high school nemesis KJ Valentine, who stole everything in high school:head
cheerleader, homecoming queen and the star quarterback.<br />
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* Phoebe Smith is a snake-loving, underwear-hating, tuba player with more
baggage than Logan Airport--Westen's total opposite in all ways.<br />
Ten percent of a hundred million is...</span></div>
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Tell me a bit about your childhood. How did it shape the adult you are now?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "avenir book";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Westen:</b> <i>I had a normal childhood with parents who
cared what I did. They kept me in line, taught me right from wrong, made sure I
did my homework.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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school teachers. They died within two years of each other when I was nineteen.
I had moved out of the house by then but it still affected me a lot. We were
very close</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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NFL, Mom for women’s basketball. They were gone pretty much all the time from
October to April. Which gave me a solid disdain for all sports. I have a twin
brother named Bellamy who was a pro basketball player until his retirement. Now
he’s a coach for the Toronto Raptors. I try not to hold that against him</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Did you participate in extracurricular activities?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "avenir book";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Westen: </b><i>Not really. I was in the drama club. And I
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loudly.<i> You were valedictorian of your
high school class. You were prom queen. And you dated the captain of the
football team.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "avenir book";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Westen: </b><i>Those aren’t positions a person applies for.
They are often thrust upon you. Remember what happened.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "avenir book";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Smith:</b> <i>KJ Valentine. ‘Nuff said?<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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Not really. Who is KJ Valentine?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</b>Snarky laugh. More like what is she. She stole<i> all those things from Westen.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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You’re kidding.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "avenir book";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Smith:</b> <i>Hell no. Tell her, Westen.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "avenir book";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Westen:</b><i><b> </b>You just did. Why don’t you stick to the
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "avenir book";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Smith:<i> </i></b>Offended.<i> I thought that </i>was<i> the
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "avenir book";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Westen:
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "avenir book";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Westen:</b><i><b> </b>The aforementioned captain of the football
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "avenir book";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Smith: </b><i>Stolen by the aforementioned KJ Valentine</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "avenir book";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Smith: </b><i>Jeez, okay it was a guy I met while working
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "avenir book";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Westen:</b> <i>Working there! You owned it.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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her throat.<i> Just for a few years. Gave it
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "avenir book";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Westen:</b> <i>I was a stay at home mom until my husband
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business, Hughes Pets</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</b>Face turns red. <i>I was in the middle of a
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "avenir book";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Westen:</b> <i>And if you tell anyone, your body will never
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SherryGLoaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934189163201067429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299789243498272100.post-46868746996163228632019-03-27T06:00:00.000+00:002019-03-27T06:00:03.047+00:00Jenni Keer interviews her characters<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am delighted to welcome Jenni Keer, author of <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hopes-Dreams-Lucy-Baker/dp/0008309698/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543763815&sr=8-1&keywords=jenni+keer" target="_blank">The Hopes and Dreams of Lucy Baker</a> </i>to The Heart of Romance today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I asked Jenni if she would agree to let her heroine Lucy, and her hero George interview her...and Jenni has come up with some fascinating and unexpected answers :-)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you Jenni for giving us an insight to your connection with your characters, developed and the changes they faced, and how writing <i>T<u>he Hopes and Dreams of Lucy Baker</u></i> became a three-way partnership. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">J<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">enni Keer</span></span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> is a history graduate who embarked on a career in contract
flooring before settling in the middle of the Suffolk countryside with her
antique furniture restorer husband. She has valiantly attempted to master the
ancient art of housework but with four teenage boys in the house it remains a
mystery. Instead, she spends her time at the keyboard writing women’s fiction
to combat the testosterone-fuelled atmosphere with her number one fan #Blindcat
by her side. Much younger in her head than she is on paper, she adores any
excuse for fancy-dress and is part of a disco formation dance team.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks
for inviting me on your blog Sherry. It’s wonderful to be here. I love your
approach – asking me to interview Lucy and George from “The Hopes and Dreams of
Lucy Baker”. It has produced some interesting answers and made me think. So
without further ado, I shall interview them and see what they say...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Why
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";">Lucy:
</span></b><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";">I wanted my
story to be told first and foremost because I needed to tell the world about
Brenda, and for others to hear about our very special relationship. She is my
elderly neighbour and my best friend. Our relationship is uncomplicated and she
wants the best for me. More than with anyone else, I can be myself with her.
Her calm and wisdom complement my vitality and youth. It’s a relationship that
benefits us both. I am also proud of how I grew in confidence over the course
of the story and, of course, fell in love. All things that make for an
interesting tale.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";">George:
</span></b><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";">I would add
that Brenda was key to everything that happened to us. She even helped to
change me – without her I’d still be a grumpy loner! We owe her a lot. I was
pleased that Jenni wrote our story because she did so with humour – and a lot
of funny things happened as I got to know Lucy. I think humour is important in
life because if you can take a bad situation and laugh about it, it is much
more manageable. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";">Lucy:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";"> Of course! Because I am the
total opposite to Jenni, it was hard for her to write some scenes and she had
to think carefully about how I would react, and <i>not</i> how she would react.
For example, I put up with a lot at my place of work. Jenni is a more confident
person and would have high fived some of my colleagues – in the face – with a
chair! Jenni also kept forgetting I liked tea because she doesn’t drink it very
often – she’s more of a coffee girl. I think she found it tricky to remember
how different we were. I also happen to know she doesn’t like it when bad
things happen to good people so I had to remind her to ramp up the tension in
the story. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";">George:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";"> I know she had to rewrite a
lot of my dialogue to ensure my monosyllabic nature came across. As a wordy
girl, she had to trim some of my sentences. I do speak more now. Lucy and
Brenda helped me open up.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";">Lucy:
</span></b><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";">It was hard
admitting my relationship with my mother. I love her but have always felt a
poor second best to my sister, Emily. I had carried that with me for so long
and it had a negative impact on my confidence and goals. The saddest thing is I
think it was my mother’s own failure to achieve that meant she praised my
sister and chided me. I guess she was living her dreams through Emily. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";">George:
</span></b><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";">Without giving
away spoilers, I was carrying around some baggage. It was hard to share this
with Lucy, so even harder to share with Jenni. I think she did a good job
tough, and perhaps it will help people to understand why I was so withdrawn to
start with.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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character quirks are you pleased that Jenni wrote about?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";">Lucy:
</span></b><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";">I love that
she talked about my knitting. It’s unusual for someone my age</span></span></div>
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growing in popularity with younger people again. I think it emphasises that I
am different from a lot of my peers, but it also gave me a skill I was proud of.
Have you seen my knitted Poldark! He’s become legendary.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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</span></b><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";"> My allergies became more and more important as
the story went on. It was a great touch because Scratbag, a local stray, just
wouldn’t leave me alone, and I am the last person in the world who would go
near a cat. But then cats are curious creatures. And very contrary…<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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Lucy, aged 25, and Brenda, aged 79. Neighbours, and unlikely friends.</span></span></span></div>
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25-year-old. She is more at home reading and knitting in her cluttered little
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and wonderful advice, but when she’s diagnosed with dementia her life begins to
change. Before her memories slip away for ever, Brenda is desperate to fulfil
one last wish – to see Lucy happy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Gifting Lucy the locket that helped
Brenda find her own true love, she hopes to push her reticent neighbour in the
right direction. But is Lucy Baker ready for the opportunities and heartbreaks
of the real world? It’s about time she put her knitting needles aside and found
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charming, heart-warming and feel-good novel you will read this year, perfect
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<br />SherryGLoaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934189163201067429noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299789243498272100.post-19533328515372241662017-06-08T06:30:00.000+01:002019-03-07T14:34:41.140+00:00More Beginnings by Iris Blobel<strong><em><br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071F7FPQ9/"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-4137 size-large" src="https://irisblobel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/MB-Banner-2-1024x379.jpg" height="236" width="640"></a></em></strong>
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</em></strong><strong><em>by Iris Blobel</em></strong></span></h2>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071F7FPQ9/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" class="alignright wp-image-4122 size-medium" src="https://irisblobel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/3D-More-Beginnings-2-210x300.png" height="300" width="210"></a>Zach Taylor, an escort in Sydney, living in Hobart, enlists the help of Natasha Peterson when his teenage friend, Mia, runs away. He soon finds out that the ‘dragon’ is really more of a kitten. And although Natasha, Mia’s teacher, is attracted to him as well, she has her own problems to deal with, not to mention her initial reaction to Zach’s occupation.<br />
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<em>Will Zach’s job keep him from a chance to be with Natasha?</em><br />
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Life is good for teenager Mia Levesque. But when Darren Schuster shows up in Hobart, she knows something is up once Sophie and Mark cut their weekend away short and rush home in the middle of the night. When Sophie won’t answer Mia’s questions, emotions run high, and Zach confirms Darren’s identity to Mia. Disappointed, angry, and feeling alone, Mia runs away.<br />
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<em>Will life settle back into a routine for Mia once she finds out about the stranger in her life?</em><br />
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New Beginnings have given the Levesque girls a new start in life, will More Beginnings be another chance for them?
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Zach Taylor’s young neighbour, Mia,
let out a long sigh as she joined him on his front porch and sat next to him on
the swing. Enjoying a cool lemonade, he invited her to grab a soft drink from
the fridge as well. It was a warm summer day, and the air showed no sign of
cooling down. A lot of people in Hobart were weary of the unusual hot spell for
the very southern Australian city.<o:p></o:p></div>
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With another hefty sigh, Mia
raked through her long, blond hair and stared into the distance. “Honestly,
Zach, she’s a dragon. I’m sure she does it on purpose. She doesn’t like me. She
thinks I’m spoilt.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The dragon in question<i> </i>was
Miss Peterson, Mia’s high school English teacher. There was no doubt that Mia
liked school, and she enjoyed her classes. And even though English wasn’t her
worst subject, it certainly was the toughest one, with Miss Peterson piling on
homework one after the other.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Zach took a sip of his drink
before he replied, “Hey, pumpkin, settle down. What’s that supposed to mean
you’re ‘spoilt’?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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She lifted her shoulder in a
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Raising his brows, he replied,
“Actually I don’t know! Isn’t she Sophie’s good friend?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Another shrug. “Kind of, I suppose.
They used to do the boxing stuff together, and since Soph’s carrying a baby,
they go and enjoy coffee and cake instead every once in a while.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ignoring his chuckle, she went
inside and helped herself to cold lemonade. She opened the can with a simple click
as she returned outside and took a long sip.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">♥♦♥ MEET THE AUTHOR ♥♦♥<br /> </span><span style="color: purple;">IRIS BLOBEL</span></div>
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Iris Blobel was born and raised in Germany and only immigrated to Australia in the late 1990s. Having had the travel bug most of her life, Iris spent quite some time living in Scotland, London as well as Canada where she met her husband. Her love for putting her stories onto paper has only emerged recently, but now her laptop is a constant companion.
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Iris resides west of Melbourne with her husband and her two beautiful daughters.
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Next to her job at a private school, she also presents a German Program at the local Community Radio.
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SherryGLoaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934189163201067429noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299789243498272100.post-60696948701260481682017-05-17T06:00:00.000+01:002017-05-17T06:00:38.281+01:00Clelebrating the Release Day of Just For The Holidays<span style="font-size: large;">I'm delighted to welcome Sue Moorcroft today for the start of her blog tour to celebrate the release of her latest book <em>Just For The Holidays.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In theory, nothing could be better than a summer spent basking in the French
sun. That is, until you add in three teenagers, two love interests, one
divorcing couple, and a very unexpected pregnancy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Admittedly, this isn’t exactly the relaxing holiday Leah Beaumont was hoping
for – but it’s the one she’s got. With her sister Michele’s family falling
apart at the seams, it’s up to Leah to pick up the pieces and try to hold them
all together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But with a handsome helicopter pilot staying next door, Leah can’t help but
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A glorious summer read, for you to devour in one sitting - perfect for<br />fans of Katie Fforde, Carole Matthews and Trisha Ashley.</span></div>
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August? It sounds lovely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Leah Beaumont:</b> My sister Michele said ‘Please’ a lot. She’s just
ended her marriage and discovered she’s pregnant so I’m not sure that ‘lovely’
is the right word.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SM:</b> Oh. Inconvenient.</span></div>
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Chocs-a-million in September and she’s feeling weak and weepy so she’s asked me
to take Alister’s place. She doesn’t like driving on the ‘wrong’ side of the
road and she wants me to do the outdoorsy stuff with the kids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SM: </b>Your kids?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LB:</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">My</i> kids? I don’t have
kids. Natasha and Jordan are Michele and Alister’s kids. I love them to bits as
their cool auntie and take them karting and stuff but I’m definitely not mother
material.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SM:</b> But you don’t mind driving on the continent?</span></div>
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feeling despondent at the idea of driving Michele’s big pink people carrier,
‘The Pig’, but now Alister’s coming with us to Alsace he’ll drive that and I
can take my lovely Porsche. It’s a bit middle-aged but it’s a lovely drive.
Pretty much everything is, when compared to The Pig.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SM:</b> Back up! <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Alister’s</i>
going on holiday with you? I thought you said he and Michele have split up?</span></div>
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arrangement, isn’t it? Michele asked me to go instead of him but then he said
there was room for him and he’d miss the kids too much if they were away for
the whole month, so there was no reason for him not to go. Michele knew Jordan
and Natasha would hate her if she said ‘no’ so she said ‘yes’.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LB: </b>That’s what I thought. But Michele said, ‘You’re not going to
back out on me. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Are </i>you?’ To be
honest, she’s in a mess and it’s impacting on the kids so it’s probably better
if I’m there. I just hope that the weather’s fine so we’re not all cooped up in
the gîte. </span></div>
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family ‘bake off’ but not for four weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SM:<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></b>Bake off? Are you a
devoteé of the TV programme?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LB:</b> A bit. I’m a chef by profession but I’ve moved into food
products. I’m a chocolate taster. And, before you ask, yes it is a real job,
and no, it’s not silly, and yes, I do get paid for it, but, no, I don’t sit
around munching Mars Bars all day.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SM:</b> Oh, OK. So what do you do?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LB:<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></b>I assess chocolate
and chocolate products for quality and for marketability. Yes, I do taste it,
but I also create chocolates for boxed collections and trial other people’s
recipes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SM:</b> Wow. That sounds like one of the world’s coolest jobs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LB:<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></b>I think it’s #1 on
the cool list. I’m very lucky! I wish Michele would take me a bit more
seriously sometimes but, apart from that, I love it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SM:</b> OK, well, time’s up. Enjoy your holiday in the gîte in France. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bon voyage</i>! Try and defuse the tension
between Michele and Alister – finding out she’s pregnant just as she gave
Alister his marching orders couldn’t have been much fun.</span><br />
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family at this awkward time? It’s just for the holidays.</span><br />
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tomorrow,on 18<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> May 2017. </strong></span><a href="http://getbook.at/JustfortheHolidays"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><strong>getBook.at/JustfortheHolidays</strong></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">
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<u><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Author Bio:</span></strong></u><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Best-selling author Sue Moorcroft writes contemporary fiction with occasionally unexpected themes. The Christmas Promise rose to #1 in the Amazon Kindle chart; </span><a href="http://www.choc-lit.com/dd-product/the-wedding-proposal/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Wedding Proposal</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://www.choc-lit.com/dd-product/dream-a-little-dream/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dream a Little Dream</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://www.choc-lit.com/dd-product/is-this-love/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is this Love?</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> were all nominated for Readers’ Best Romantic Read Awards and Darcie’s Dilemma for Readers’ Best Short Romance. </span><a href="http://www.choc-lit.com/dd-product/love-freedom/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love & Freedom</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> won the Best Romantic Read Award 2011 and </span><a href="http://www.choc-lit.com/dd-product/dream-a-little-dream/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dream a Little Dream</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> was nominated for a RoNA in 2013. Sue’s a Katie Fforde Bursary Award winner, a past vice chair of the RNA and editor of its two anthologies.<br /><br />Sue also writes short stories, serials, articles and writing ‘how to’. </span><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can find Sue Moorcroft at:-</span></u></strong><br />
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</span><a href="https://suemoorcroft.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">https://suemoorcroft.wordpress.com/</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Sue-Moorcroft/100000047807135"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Facebook</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sue.moorcroft.3"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">https://www.facebook.com/sue.moorcroft.3</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Goodreads:
</span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/862993.Sue_Moorcroft"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/862993.Sue_Moorcroft</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</em></span>SherryGLoaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934189163201067429noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299789243498272100.post-64729586195908005582017-04-29T06:00:00.000+01:002017-04-29T06:00:25.315+01:00Healing Seas ~ New Release<br />
I'm delighted to share in fellow author and good friend Christina Lorenzen's release of her latest book <strong><u>Healing Seas</u></strong>.<br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">In just a matter of
days, <strong>Addie Mayfield’s</strong> life is upended. Through an arrangement her father
makes, she sets sail on the RMS Titanic as governess to the two young Fairchild
children. When tragedy strikes, she finds herself rescued alongside strangers
on the RMS Carpathia, headed for New York City. Far from home, she is taken in
by the O’Reilly family to wait for her family to send for her. With no money
for her passage home, she’s brought to the small hamlet of Montauk to become a
caretaker for a great aunt she has never met.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Captain Frank Shea
is a man without a ship. Removed from duty as captain of the RMS Morrow, he’s
come to Montauk to recover from a leg injury. More painful than the injury is
his fall from grace after spending his entire life at sea. The ocean was his
home and he has never needed anyone. Now faced with an uncertain future, he’s
desperate for a way back to the sea. Until he meets Addie Mayfield, a woman who
is just as lost as he is.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Can these two people
find hope for the future after all they’ve lost? Can an unexpected</span><br />love heal two broken souls?<br /><br /><strong><u>Interview of heroine, Addie Mayfield.</u></strong></div>
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<strong>CL</strong>: Tell me how you came to be traveling on the Titanic’s maiden voyage.<br /><br /><strong>AM</strong>: It’s something I would never have <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">dreamed of.
My family doesn’t have a lot of money so a trip like that would be something we
wouldn’t even think about. My parents have always wanted a better life for my
sister Emma and I. When my father was introduced to Aesop Hancock, the owner of
the Bedford Wake, which is a very fancy hotel, Mr. Hancock told him how the
Fairchild family was looking for a governess to join them on a trip to the
America. The family was sailing on the Titanic and eventually would head to
Boston. My father thought it would be a wonderful opportunity for me to work
for this family.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">CL</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How did you feel about becoming a governess
for the Fairchild family?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Well, it wasn’t my dream. I’ve always loved art. Drawing to be exact. I thought
maybe working for Mr. and Mrs. Fairchild might help me with my art career. So
in that way I was excited. And the Fairchild children were just lovely.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unfortunately, things didn’t turn out as planned as the Titanic sank during the
voyage. The Fairchild family did not survive, but you did.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Yes. I still can’t believe it. I can’t get the images out of my head. I can’t
forget what I saw. I can’t bare to think about all those people. And the
Fairchilds. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to New York City on the RMS Carpathia. What happened when you arrived?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I was in shock. I didn’t know what to do. I was alone. I don’t even remember
all the details, but I did end up with a lovely family, the O’Reillys. If it
weren’t for them I don’t know what might have happened to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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How did you come to the small fishing hamlet of Montauk after being with the
O’Reilly family?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I had been waiting for word from my family back in England. I thought I might
be going home, when I realized they would never have that kind of money for the
passage back home. An arrangement was made for me to go to Montauk to be a
caretaker for my Great Aunt Tillie.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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You had never met Great Aunt Tillie? Had you ever heard of her?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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No, I never knew I had an aunt in America. She’s my father’s aunt. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Well, he came to my aunt’s door on the first day I had gotten there. He was
quite…quite fall of himself I felt. Rather abrupt and rude. He was looking for
money from Aunt Tillie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">CL</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And finally, what was it about Frank Shea
that led you to fall in love with him?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<blushes profusely> He just<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a> seemed to understand
what I’d been through with so very few words. I didn’t have to tell him
everything. He just seemed to understand. And while I thought he was rude I
began to realize that he had his own wounds that he was hiding behind. He’s
really quite a tender, sensitive man. I don’t know what’s going to happen in
the future, but since I have to stay on here in Montauk at Aunt Tillie’s I want
to spend time getting to know more about Frank. I’m beginning to feel hopeful
about the future – for us both.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Suppose you were one of Regency London's most notorious rakes; gambling, racing, duelling, having your pick of exquisite women and all to excess. No matter how scandalous your latest exploit is, everyone fawns on you because you’re titled and wealthy. Bor-ing!! But you chance upon a girl being molested by a pair of drunken young bloods. She is alone, so you have to rescue her - and dammit!! - advise her - not once but time after time. The chit has her own outrageous ideas of living a life of adventure but she always ends up in trouble. You can't abandon your protegee...not when your mistress is out to ruin her and the Prince Regent has a lascivious eye on her!</td>
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<strong>Giles and Anna</strong><br />
Another day, another duel for Giles Maltravers, Earl of Longwood. London’s worst rake lives up to his scandalous reputation, but admits to his close friend Ned that it’s all getting wearisome. Then his father, the duke, orders him to reform and marry. Giles responds by driving out of town in search of fresh adventures. But when he sees a young lady being molested by a couple of drunken gentlemen, he rescues her.<br />
Shaken by her narrow escape, Annabelle Lawrence reluctantly accepts help from Giles. When she declares she is setting off on a life of adventure, he recognises a kindred spirit and escorts her to her destination. A month later, they meet again in Brighton. But the agreeable summer holiday nearly goes horribly wrong when the Prince Regent is the target of a sinister plot, involving Anna. Giles has to rescue her yet again. He comes to realise that looking after her makes life more worthwhile, but of course, the path of true love does not run smooth.<br />
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I was flicking through a glossy magazine and suddenly, there was Giles, staring at me in a most arrogant and bored manner. His dark hair tumbled over his forehead, his pose radiated energy and impatience. As I gazed back, scenes of his life appeared in my mind. All I had to do was to work out which order they came in, and to find him some reason to channel his energy in a positive way. Add into this that my lifelong French friend had recently complained that in every story, all my villains were French, so I knew that had to change. And to complete the mix, my heroine is a devoted fan of Lord Byron’s poems and wants to model her life on the adventures of Childe Harold.<br />
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He leaned forward and looked directly into her eyes. 'That was said in a very serious tone. What are you fleeing from, my child?'<br />
Suddenly, there was a lump in her throat. She wanted him to put a strong arm round her, so she could lean against his shoulder and sob away all the hurt and frustration of being an unwanted stranger in her own home. She swallowed hard several times and at last managed to say, 'My mother kept me away at school until I was nineteen. And almost as soon as I came home, she had a suitor arranged for me.'<br />
'Was that so terrible?' he asked, 'It’s the usual way of our world.'<br />
'Yes, but he’s so <em>old</em>,' she exclaimed, 'at least thirty-five!'<br />
'Ah!' he said faintly, 'my infant, I myself am thirty years of age. I shall need a cane any day now.'<br />
She gave a shaky laugh. 'I cannot believe that, sir. Why, there is no comparison between you and cousin Frederick. He’s bald and stooping and…and he’s a parson and very conscious of his moral superiority.'<br />
'Oh, I have no moral superiority,' he murmured, 'no moral anything, in fact.'<br />
'Well, I’m sure you would not come running only because it was suggested you could marry an heiress, sir.'<br />
The horses broke into a gallop. Giles muttered something under his breath and gripped the reins, slowing them to a canter. He gave a heavy sigh. 'Miss Lawrence, just what am I doing, helping you to disappear in such a way?'<br />
Anna gave a gasp of horror. Her cheeks went white with apprehension. One shaking hand flew up to her throat. But before she could speak he went on, 'If I were a man of honour, I should undoubtedly insist on returning you to your family forthwith. But…' he shook his head, 'I do sympathise with your point of view. You see, I’m fleeing from my family also.'<br />
She frowned over that. 'But you’re a man. You can do as you like.'<br />
He gave a short laugh. 'Alas, not always. However, I do my best. Which is why my reputation is so bad. You do realise you must not admit to knowing me.'<br />
'I will not be so base,' said Anna hotly. 'You are most truly a gentleman.'<br />
He shook his head. There was a strange, twisted smile on his lips.<br />
A short while later they were driving past high walls and soon came to a set of imposing entrance gates. The woman at the lodge confirmed that it was indeed Rosevale Court and Giles turned into the avenue. Anna surveyed the large building in silence, her hands pressed against her throat.<br />
'I do trust you will be well treated here.' Giles swept the curricle round the circular drive and pulled up in front of the main door. Morgan leapt down to take her portmanteau. Giles helped her down without leaving his seat. Anna clung to his hand, the last bit of solid comfort in her uncertain new world.<br />
'Thank you…for everything…' she whispered. She had to blink hard to see his face clearly.<br />
His gloved hand briefly touched her cheek. His green eyes were glinting at her. 'Courage, little Anna. This is your first big adventure.'<br />
The butler was standing in front of the open door. Morgan climbed back into the curricle. Giles touched his whip to his hat, gathered up the reins and then the curricle swung away. Anna took a deep breath and turned to walk through the door into her new life.<br />
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<strong>Review</strong><em> Ms Elliott knows how to write just the kind of Regency romance I enjoy. This is a story where two people really do get to know - and like - each other and it is full of enjoyable moments. This is a relaxing, sunny treat of a novel with much to recommend it for fans of writers like Georgette Heyer. <strong>Rachel A Hyde</strong> at Myshelf.Com</em><br />
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After a career teaching languages in several countries, Beth Elliott changed from writing school reports and exam papers to writing stories. Her childhood discovery of Jane Austen opened the door to a world she still goes back to with pleasure, and so most of her novels are set in the wider Regency era.<br />
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Her <strong><em>Regency Tales</em></strong> are stories of intrigue, adventure and romance. It’s amazing what can befall people who simply expect to live a normal life.<br />
Beth is a member of the RNA and the Historical Novel Society. <br />
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She is on Twitter as @BethElliott <br />
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<a href="http://www.bethelliott.webs.com/"><u>www.bethelliott.webs.com</u></a><br />
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You can purchase <strong>The Rake’s Challenge</strong> here: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/j64yvrf%20%20"><strong><u>http://tinyurl.com/j64yvrf </u></strong></a><br />
And I’m very proud that the cover was designed by talented artist David Young.<br />
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“Bloody hell, Crispin.” It was a deep male sound.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Rose, certain she recognised the voice,
felt her stomach churn and her heart beat faster. She had known Michael nearly
all her life and loved him for almost as long.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with widening eyes and ran. Izzy followed. Their steps were short and quick;
long, narrow skirts hindered their progress. They didn’t have far to go round
the corner of the lane when through the trees their fourteen-year old brother,
Hector, came bounding. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Seeing his sisters he called out, “That
stupid fellow Crispin has walloped Michael good and proper. We were play-acting
but he’s done it now.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with one hand. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">“These wretched skirts,” Rose heard her
say to no-one in particular as she hitched them up. “It’s alright for you
Hector,” she called as he disappeared through the trees ahead of her. Rose knew
that as the most active sister, it was frustrating for Delphi to endure her
skirts. Many times she had said it was so much easier for men.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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as she arrived.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Rose came with Izzy through the trees
that bordered the lane. Her gaze, generally gentle and myopic, took in the
situation and she looked on in horror. The sun through the branches slapped the
group with searing tiger stripes. Michael stood with head bowed. The deep gash
on his forehead was a slash of vermillion vividness which dripped unheeded; a
violent splash on his shirt, so white. A long log of wood lay at his feet and
three other lads stood and looked aghast but clueless. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Delphi’s voice rose as she berated them
all for their stupidity but Crispin, as the main culprit, received her full
wrath. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">“You’re fighting with sticks! What on
earth for?” Delphi demanded. “Hector you should know better,” she continued,
looking at her brother who had got back to the scene of the crime ahead of her.
With the full force of her words again upon Crispin she added, “That’s a dirty
great log. It’s not even a stick, you dolt.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Rose saw Crispin regard Delphi. She
recognised the look he gave, admiring her beautiful face with its prominent
high cheekbones. Rose felt a pang of envy. Everyone looked at Delphi that way
including Michael. At that moment, though, Delphi was frowning yet it still
didn’t detract from her exotic looks. Her lovely dark eyes, so often dancing
with fire lights glared at the culprit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Having worked as a Headteacher, Ros has been used to writing policy documents, essays and stories to which young children enjoyed listening. Now she has taken up the much greater challenge of writing fiction for adults. She writes both historical sagas and contemporary romance; perfect for lying by a warm summer pool or curling up with on a cosy sofa. Her books are thoroughly and accurately researched. This is her third book. <br /><br />Ros is a member of the Romantic Novelists' Association and the Historical Novelists' Society.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><u>An industry professional:</u> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I like the idea of setting these successive stories against the
backdrops of the great conflicts of their ages, and in the strong family you
have created an interesting web of family relations with some vibrant and
interesting characters. You have also done a huge amount of research to anchor
it in the era. There were several tear-jerking moments, and it is fascinating
also to have a more female, familial perspective on the events of the Great
War, as you do in Flowers of Flanders.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><u>An Amazon customer</u><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">: A thoroughly good read which held me gripped right up to the end. The
characters are well drawn and the descriptions of the trenches.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><u>Samben</u>:<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> A<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>n engaging and heart-warming story set before and during the
First World War. Ros Rendle has captured the era beautifully and has vividly
portrayed the lives of people who endured such turbulent times.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em>Today please welcome R. E. Mullins who is telling us about...</em></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 18pt;">It’s A Wonderful Undead Life<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">First
in the Blautsaugers of Amber Heights series<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">by R.
E. Mullins<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">How my
very first</span></strong><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><strong><span style="font-size: large;"> book came to be…</span></strong></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Working as a
phlebotomist in a busy medical laboratory, I spent my days sticking needles
into patients collecting blood. A couple of nights a week, I helped train
budding phlebotomists at a local tech college. I was surrounded by blood. So it
seems perfectly natural I would begin to wonder<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">…What would happen if a phlebotomist was turned into a vampire? </i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">A plot began to
slowly weave its way through my mind. Since it was right around Thanksgiving
several co-workers were already pulling out Christmas decorations. Everywhere I
went or looked I felt bombarded by Christmas—and not always in a good way. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">I noticed a
commercial for the holiday classic, IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, and for some reason
it lingered in my mind. I started amusing myself with the question: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What would happen if a down on her luck
phlebotomist prayed for an angel and got a vampire instead?</i></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb:</span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">It's been a
rough couple of years for Cailey Kantor. Facing her first Christmas alone and
bad financial news, she prays for an angel to fix her problems. Instead, a
sadistic, sociopathic vampire, with the goal of starting a vampire war, attacks
her and forces her to drink blood stolen from the Nosferatu Gabriel
Blautsauger.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Gabe must
complete Cailey's turning or she will die. In doing so he risks losing his yet
unfound soulmate. But something about the lovely mortal speaks to his heart.
Once her transformation is complete, he and Cailey find themselves embroiled in
a battle that could cost them all they hold dear.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Faced with lies,
abduction, and betrayal Cailey wonders if the vampire she is falling fangs over
heart for is in it for love or if she's just a means to stop a war.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Excerpt:</span></span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cailey’s scrub top was gone,
exposing her lacy bra,<span style="color: #333333;"> and she was in the process
of stepping out of the drawstring pants. She glanced up, her gaze a bit wild.
“Hurry. Hurry. I think I might explode from all this energy inside me. I feel
like a popcorn maker and all the kernels are popping at once. So much pressure
in here.” She dropped a hand to the juncture of her thighs and pressed it
against her.</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Cailey?”
Gabe’s tone was an octave higher than normal. When she straightened up, clad
only in her underwear, he gulped for air. “What are you doing?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Getting
ready, of course.” Holding her wadded up pants in front of her, she frowned at
him. “I thought you said you knew what you were doing.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I
thought I did…” His voice trailed off, his gaze locked on Cailey’s tight body.
How had he missed just how beautiful she was? Hidden beneath the baggy scrubs
was a living miracle. He took in the slight swell of flesh above the lucky bra
cupping her breasts, and his fingers itched to run down the indentation of her
waist.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
dropped the pants to the floor. “Come on. Come on, Gabe the Babe. I know all
about when you were at university and all the female vamps used to chase you
around and gloat if they made time with you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Ahem.”
Gabe realized he had his sister to thank for this new conundrum. More than a
bit leery, he asked, “What else did Metta tell you?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“That
we’re both kind of like virgins.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I beg
your pardon?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><strong>Print ISBN</strong> 978-1-61217-584-3 <strong>Digital
ISBN</strong> 978-1-61217-585-0</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="border: 1pt currentColor; color: black; font-size: 14pt; padding: 0cm;">Born and raised in Joplin,
Missouri, I've also resided in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mt. Clemens, Michigan,
Springfield, Missouri, and Colorado Springs, Colorado. Though I have loved each
area, the Ozarks will always hold a special place in my heart and that’s why I
set my fictional town of Amber Heights there.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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every once in a Christmas moon a rare and exciting thing happens - the gift
that you didn't expect but is absolutely perfect. Finding R E Mullins was my
unexpected Christmas gift this year!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Wonderful Undead Life takes the best concepts and themes of the beloved Frank
Capra holiday classic and completely reworks them for a creative and
captivating read. Yes Virginia, it is another paranormal vampire series but
happily one with truly unique features - it's own mythos and rules and an
action packed story that the reader doesn't see coming</span></div>
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yourself a cup of your favorite holiday cheer, a cozy chair and settle in for a
not-too-long winter's read with It's a Wonderful Undead Life! May it be the
surprise gift under your tree this year as well!</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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purchased this book out of curiosity, I had never read a Paranormal Romance
Novel before or for that matter anything Paranormal. I loved it! I couldn't put
it down until it was finished and I purchased the next volume before I had
finished the first.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Amazon Purchaser</span></i>SherryGLoaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934189163201067429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299789243498272100.post-377645616134944032017-02-01T06:30:00.000+00:002017-02-10T11:48:35.145+00:00Colleen Donnelly's book revisited ~ Mine to Tell<div style="text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Please welcome Colleen L. Donnelly today and discover her chosen backlist-book to share with you today.</span></em><br /></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Writing Mine to Tell</span></u><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mine to Tell went from a NanoWriMo novel to an
Amazon #1 Bestseller. Quite a trek for a seed of an idea about betrayal and
forgiveness, and a budding voice I merely felt inside as an author.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Mama, would you please tell me about my
great-grandma?" Annabelle Crouse grew up under the family shame that had
been there for three generations, and at the age of twenty-one she still didn't
know why. The boarded-up house down the road her great-grandfather had secluded
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Annabelle followed what felt like her great-grandmother's voice telling her
there was another story to be told, one that was different from the accusations
claiming she had been unfaithful. Stripping the house of its boards and dust,
Annabelle moved in. She listened and searched for that one voice beneath the
insults and criticisms of her family and fiance. She along with Kyle - a long
ago childhood neighbor - together unearthing her great-grandmother's story, the
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Not every love story begins or ends with the passion of a bodice-ripper. Some develop slowly - an occasional look or a choice word the only spark they ever know. Some endure adversity - lies, infidelity, or opposition creating flames of distrust instead of the warm thaw of a hesitant heart. And some are so unlikely, so unexpected - no one sees the connection coming, not even the lovers themselves. "Mine to Tell" is a gentle story of adversity and forgiveness, a tale of mystery you won't forget.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt;">“Mine to tell,” Kyle said suddenly. It was a jolt. I was yanked from my mental tumble into a pit of unredemption. Alex looked up too, a quizzical expression on his face. “Julianne left a story behind,” Kyle continued. “Some of it speculation and rumors by people who don’t know, and the rest of it by her own hand. It was a love story. One that was countered with suffering.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt;">We were all quiet. I looked at him, my heart melting as I heard his masculine voice speak of love and suffering. I wanted to lean across the table and hug him, but I was too afraid.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt;">Alex leaned back in his chair. “What my father went through didn’t feel like love when we were little.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt;">“But maybe it was,” Kyle persisted, his tone smooth and even. “Does love always turn out the way we want it to?” Then he looked at me. “Julianne Crouse was a fine woman. We haven’t finished her story, but she suffered, and she was fine indeed.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt;">Tears came to my eyes. “Thank you,” I squeaked. Kyle stood and walked around the table to me. He helped me stand as he thanked them for their time. He retrieved Julianne’s picture, took my hand, and together we went to the door, Alex and his wife following us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt;">“I hope you’re right,” Alex said, running his hand through his thin, brittle hair as we stepped outside. “My father had some things to come to terms with, but he was a good man. A better man later in life, when he told us he was sorry. I never knew for what.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Now she loves creating character driven tales, telling her stories with a literary style that flows at a gentle and smooth pace. Besides writing, Colleen enjoys the outdoors, theater, treasure hunting through antique malls and flea markets, and rubbing shoulders with other creative people. Colleen always has her eyes and ears open for that one statement or unexpected incident that sprouts like a tiny seed into her next new novel.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt;">“Mine
to tell,” Kyle said suddenly. It was a jolt. I was yanked from my mental tumble
into a pit of unredemption. Alex looked up too, a quizzical expression on his
face. “Julianne left a story behind,” Kyle continued. “Some of it speculation
and rumors by people who don’t know, and the rest of it by her own hand. It was
a love story. One that was countered with suffering.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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were all quiet. I looked at him, my heart melting as I heard his masculine
voice speak of love and suffering. I wanted to lean across the table and hug
him, but I was too afraid.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt;">Alex
leaned back in his chair. “What my father went through didn’t feel like love
when we were little.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt;">“But
maybe it was,” Kyle persisted, his tone smooth and even. “Does love always turn
out the way we want it to?” Then he looked at me. “Julianne Crouse was a fine
woman. We haven’t finished her story, but she suffered, and she was fine
indeed.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt;">Tears
came to my eyes. “Thank you,” I squeaked. Kyle stood and walked around the
table to me. He helped me stand as he thanked them for their time. He retrieved
Julianne’s picture, took my hand, and together we went to the door, Alex and
his wife following us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt;">“I
hope you’re right,” Alex said, running his hand through his thin, brittle hair
as we stepped outside. “My father had some things to come to terms with, but he
was a good man. A better man later in life, when he told us he was sorry. I
never knew for what.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Today Krista Wagner is giving us another chance to become acquainted with her book...<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Gold<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Ten-year-old Amanda is constantly
teased and tormented in school. Her home life is less than satisfactory where
her widower father, who is often away on business trips, leaves her in the care
of her indifferent teenaged sister. Worse, not a day goes by when Amanda
doesn't miss her mom. TO escape reality, Amanda creates fantasy stories, but
when she discovers a talking golden pebble, her imagined world turns into a
new-fangled reality.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>About the Author<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
Krista Wagner, a mother of three
and wife of TJ, has been writing since she was seven. She started out creating
songs and plays and then graduated to poetry during her teen years. In high
school, she was on the staff of her literary magazine, co-authored her own
zine, and began to write numerous short stories, mostly dealing with dramatic
instances like murder or kidnapping.<br />
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Krista received her BA in English
from UMBC in 1999, her MA in English Composition with a Literature
Concentration from CSUSB in 2008, and an MFA in Creative Writing from National
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Krista has been an English
adjunct instructor. Krista started work on her first novel, Intent, during a
summer road trip in 2013. </div>
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Intent was published with
TouchPoint Press in 2014. Her second novel, Rian Field, a psychological
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She has also penned screenplays
for her published novels. She enjoys suspenseful films, reading the Bible, and
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If you enjoyed this book, I hope
that you will take the time to post a review on Amazon or Barnes & Noble
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Praises</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> "The Gold by Krista Wagner &
published by Clean Reads is a short fantasy novel that will keep your attention
from beginning to end. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The publishing information for this book is specifically labeled for
the 10-18 year old age group. The main character, Amanda, is in fifth grade.
She lives with her Dad and sister. She spends much of her time at home alone or
with her preoccupied teenage sister<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">As the story unfolds, the reader learns a little about Amanda's Mom
who "passed away from a long term ailment". The incredible sadness
and loneliness that her mother's passing has created is tenderly and
realistically portrayed from a young girl's perspective. The author's
development of Amanda's character creates a connection with the reader
immediately and her adventures are spun from there. It is at times a whimsical
ride and at other junctures a tumultuous journey. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<u><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Here is my take on this novel. <o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">First of all, the book left me wanting more. Right from the start, I
wanted to know more about the past...so a prequel would be exceptional....and I
definitely want to know what happens in the future....so a sequel is a must.
Secondly, I greatly appreciated the presentation of the sensitive matter of
bullying. Wagner's vivid description of the emotions encountered during episodes
of harassment is exceptional. The author also beautifully illustrates how
important it is to be connected and aware of what our children are
experiencing, so that we can show them love and avoid feelings of desperation
and isolation. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Finally, I think this work is entertaining for the younger reader and
simultaneously has the potential to deliver a sense of hope to a hurting heart.
I will be watching for the next book in this series!" "When I started
reading The Gold, I was expecting more of a fantasy style of writing. Instead,
Krista quickly developed the characters so the 'make believe' aspect of the
book revealed more realities as young people worked thru the struggles of
adolescence. Constance P."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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