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Weekend Reading Ideas as April Draws to a Close

Do you read on the weekend? That’s often when I have time to read — Sunday afternoons in particular.

As I head into the final weekend of April, I wanted to remind you about my book promotions – one of which ends this weekend – and to let you know about a couple of audiobook things.

In case, you need a few weekend reading suggestions. 😉

So, first, let’s get the promotion reminders out of the way.

The Kobo Spring/Autumn Reading Campaign ends on April 26, which means in the UK, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada the $0.99 price for Listen to Your Heart will disappear on Monday. If you were wanting to nab that book at that price, you have a day or so to do that. (And I did mark it to $0.99 on all sales platforms, not just Kobo.)

The series price drops for my Touches of Austen books ends on April 30. Those prices are as follows:

Her Secret Beau is $0.99 USD, CAD, AUD, NZD, EUR, GBP, with all other currencies also reduced
All the other single title books in the series are $2.99 USD (regular price $3.99), with all other currencies also reduced.

And remember that the Patreon free read and paid Patron downloads also end on April 30.

Go to the Book Promo Page HEre for links for these things

Find links for this book on the Promo Page or the Audiobook page

And then let me share with you that the audiobook edition of Frosted Windowpanes has been published!

So far, I have found links for it on Spotify, Kobo, Nook, and Everand, and of course, it is also part of all paid Patreon subscriptions or free to listen to on YouTube.

I have chosen to list the audiobook at the introductory cost of $2.99 in stores and $4.99 in library catalogues until the end of May. After that, the price will go up to $4.99 in stores and $9.99 in library catalogues.

As I have mentioned before and will mention again at some point, my audiobooks are read by Christopher E (E is for Elevenlabs), an authorized voice replica.

This means that the owner of the voice gets paid whenever his voice clone is used to create an audiobook. This is one way that some voice actors are choosing to diversify their income, and means that audiobook production costs for me are lower when it comes to dollars and cents, but higher when it comes to sweat equity and time in the production process.

Below is a short snippet of me working on one of the chapters for Frosted Windowpanes. This was during my first pass. It took me 8 minutes to get this paragraph to a point where I was willing to leave it and move on. Then, on the second pass through the manuscript, I spent a few more minutes (though I did not keep track of how long) on improving on what I had done during that first pass.

(There is no sound, because I work with a headset on so I can hear any small things that need to be taken out or changed.)

In other audiobook news…

This week I have marked all the Darcy And… stories with an a la carte price on ElevenReader. That means they are still available to listen to using a voice of your choosing if you’re a subscriber, but they are also now available to add to your library for $4.99 without having a subscription.

I have also just started to share Discovering Mr. Darcy as an Audiobook-by-the-Chapter on YouTube.

And that’s it for today.

Have a lovely weekend! I hope it includes some time to read (or listen) to a story.

<3 Leenie

A Bit of April Fun with Touches of Austen

This month, my book promotions were scheduled to focus on my Touches of Austen series.

[IYKYK but if you don’t know… Touches of Austen stories are original, sweet (kisses-only) Regency romances that deliberately nod to various Austen novels.]

In other words, my free read at Patreon, my downloads for paid Patreon subscribers, and the $0.99 deal book were all supposed to be Touches of Austen books.

And they are.

But…

Things are kind of unsettled (shall we say) in our world at present.

The cost of living is marching ever upward at a steady and rather rapid pace.

It’s tax season here in Canada.

And it keeps raining, then, snowing, then, being warm, and then cold. Followed by a shuffle and repeat.

So, I thought perhaps right now, as April is starting, would be a grand time to inject a little fun and a few book savings.

I only decided this yesterday. 🙂 (Yes, it was raining. Again. And gas prices had just gone up. Again. LOL)

Here’s what I did:

First, I marked down the $0.99* book – Her Secret Beau – for the month. (*That’s $0.99 USD, GBP, CAD, EUR, NZD, AUD, with all other currencies also reduced)

Then, I got the downloads of that book and His Beautiful Bea organized and scheduled at Patreon. (Today, I made His Beautiful Bea free for all Patreon members (paid and free) to read this month.)

Next, I went to all the vendor platforms and reduced the prices on all the other books in the Touches of Austen series. They will be $1 off** for the month. (**That means every book except Her Secret Beau, is $1.99 GBP; $2.99 USD, EUR; $3.99 CAD, AUD, NZD, with all other currencies also reduced.)

Go to Current Book Promotions Page to find links

And finally, I decided to have some fun, so I created a wordsearch using words from my Touches of Austen series and added a page where you can download it (or access it online) to my website so I could share it with you all.

And now, I am sharing all that with you. 🙂

When the world went into lockdown a few years ago due to a certain virus, I reduced the prices of my books for several months (maybe a year?). I wanted to do something similar now since things are just as uncertain, if not more so.

But this time, I plan to do it month by month matching it up with my series highlight plans for as long as things are as they are or until I just can’t do it anymore. And, this time, I wanted to add some fun things along with the price reductions (hence, the wordsearch).

Hopefully, this will provide a little bit of lightness in a somewhat cloudy time. And maybe, it’ll just become a lovely monthly tradition.

Enjoy!

<3 Leenie

Read an eBook Week @ Smashwords

Tomorrow, March 1, is the beginning of Read an Ebook Week, a week that encourages readers to pick up the digital device of their choice and download a new book to read.

I’m excited to announce that all my books will be available as part of a promotion on Smashwords to celebrate Read an Ebook Week!

All my single title books will be marked 25% off. (With one exception – With the Colonel’s Help will be free during the sales week, and $0.99 for the rest of the month)
All my boxsets will be marked 50% off.

This is a chance to add to your Leenie book collection, as well as pick up some books from other great authors, at a discount so you can get right to reading.

You will find the promo here starting on March 1, so save the link:
https://www.smashwords.com/sale

If you wouldn’t mind taking part in promoting this celebration of Ebooks and reading, please feel free to share this promo with your friends and family.

Happy reading!

<3 Leenie

Are you a Kobo reader?

If so, you’ll want to know about this!

Kobo is running a Buy One, Get One Free romance event until February 28 in the US, the UK, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada.

Two of my books got selected to be part of it, so I didn’t want you to miss out on this chance to add them to your Kobo library.

You can find the promotion page on Kobo at this link: https://bit.ly/KoboBogo You may need to click once more after the page opens to be redirected to your regional Kobo store if you’re not in Canada. (I am in Canada, which is why I have the link for the Canadian store 😉 )

My books are listed in the category labelled “Sweet nothings and so much more.”

That’s it for today. Just a quick announcement.

Have a great weekend!

<3 Leenie

PS. I have some other book promotions going on this month. You can find all the current ones (including these) on the Current Book Promotions page.

Don’t Miss Your Chance to Win Books!

I Love JAFF Valentine Giveaway 2026

I have a short post/email for you today, but an important one.

In February, part of my book promotions are focusing on two mailing list builder opportunities.

The first one is a multi-author giveaway of JAFF books which is being hosted by Amanda Kai.

In this giveaway, there are 18 prizes to be won — 17 individual eBook prizes and 1 grand-prize that includes all 17 eBooks!

So head on over to the giveaway page that Amanda has set up, browse the list of books included in the giveaway, and click the sign up button.

Please be aware that by entering the contest, you are giving your permission to receive emails from all the authors who are part of this giveaway. So, don’t be surprised after it concludes if you get some welcome emails from these authors. As always, you can unsubscribe from any of the authors at any time.

Take me to the I Love JAFF Giveaway page

The second mailing list builder that I’m doing will be later this month when I will be making one of my books free for a short time for anyone who joins one of my reader groups (Substack, Patreon, or Blog). But don’t worry. If you’re already a reader group subscriber in any of those places, I’ll make sure you have a chance to get the book, too.

For now, just enter that giveaway (if you want to), and I’ll email about that free book right before Valentine’s Day. 🙂

That’s all for now! Have a great week!

<3 Leenie