^^That’s not the most creative title, is it? 🙂 I was running low on creativity when it came time to create this blog post. The clock just rolled past midnight here — which means it is now Saturday in Nova Scotia as I write this. I’m pretty sure that has a lot to do with why my creativity is running low.
Writing News
This week, with the help of a friend, I managed to add another chapter to both His Irreplaceable Belle and Marrying Elizabeth book 5. These chapters were not easy ones for me to write — not because the content of them was challenging but because I felt stuck, which, I think, happens at least once with every story. There were a few questions I needed to answer before moving on. This is where my very patient friend, Zoe Burton, helped me by being a sounding board when I needed to talk through some details. She also helped me come up with a possible title out of a long list of options for Marrying Elizabeth book 5.
No, I have not yet started that third writing project. Maybe I’ll get some planning done this coming week? Maybe. 🙂
Publishing News
There’s nothing new here. Just a reminder that Her Secret Beau is now available in the Kindle store for purchase or to read with your Kindle Unlimited subscription if you have one of those.
Book Promotions
This sale is across all sales channels and in all regions of the world with all currencies being reduced.
Anne de Bourgh has never had a coming-out. She has never had a season. In fact, she has never had a suitor. But, according to her mother, she has always had a future husband. Although Anne desires to marry, she does not wish to marry her mother’s choice, and he does not wish to marry her.
With no other options and the prime of her youth slipping away, Anne’s view of her future is bleak. However, when she finds some papers hidden in her father’s study, that view, in the light of his wishes, changes. Her declaration to follow her heart and choose her own future causes discord and forces secrets to be revealed.
You can find all the stores where Listen to Your Heart is available at this link.
You can find an excerpt from Listen to Your Heart in this post about the sale in the Book Promotions section of my blog by clicking this link.
Book Reviews
Thank you, lunchlady and JGS, for reading and reviewing this story.
These two reviews are the newest ones that Listen to Your Heart has on amazon.com. As you can tell just from the dates on these two reviews, this book has been out for some time. It was published on August 17, 2015, and, I believe, was the fourth book I had ever published.
Here are three things which I think wanted to highlight from these reviews:
- As both reviews state, this book is about Anne deBourgh. Darcy and Elizabeth play a part and find their happily ever after, but they are not the focus of this story. If you’re looking for a completely Darcy and Elizabeth centered story, this isn’t it. As the title of the first review suggests, Colonel Fitzwilliam is Anne’s romantic hero in this book.
- I’m with you lunchlady. This story also brought tears to my eyes in, at least, one spot as I wrote this book and again, every time I edited it. 🙂 What can I say? I’m a softy. 🙂
- JGS is so right. There is most certainly a great evil in this story. When I write “bad guys” (and I’m not talking about just your regular annoying, get in the way protagonist, but a truly bad person), they tend to be thoroughly evil. In this one, there is more than one evil character who commits some truly heinous crimes. I’ll add here that there is also mystery and intrigue involved in this story — much of it stemming from Lady Catherine’s history. Therefore, you’ll want to read carefully and look for the clues in the details about all the bad guys and their vile actions.
If you haven’t read this book yet, I hope you’ll take advantage of the special pricing to give it a try.
Something Extra for Last
What I read this week:
This week, I read a book that has been sitting on my Kindle for some time. In fact, I’m not sure when I bought it. However, I was looking for something new to read and hoping for something short as I didn’t have much time for reading. Infatuation and Independence by Jennifer Becton fit the bill. As it turns out, it was a Kitty Bennet story! I was delighted by that, and I was entertained by the story. In fact, I was entertained enough to purchase Jennifer Becton’s short story anthology, A Year with Jane Austen: Modern Austen Short Stories. I’m a huge fan of satisfying short stories and I found Infatuation and Independence, as well as The Work of an Instant (the only other short story I have read in this collection so far), to be just that: satisfying short stories.
Some KU (Kindle Unlimited) news from a friend:
Zoe Burton has just put a couple of her books into KU for a limited time. Those books are Darcy’s Secret Marriage and Darcy Overhears.
**Links given in this section are for amazon.com and affiliate links, which means if you purchase using these links, Amazon will pay me a couple of cents at no extra charge to you.
**Also, I believe Jennifer Becton’s books are in KU. (I do not have a KU subscription, but I think I remember seeing the option on the sales page.)
That is it for this week other than to say: I’d love some help sharing the news about the price drop on Listen to Your Heart.
Have a great weekend. I’ll be back on Monday with some music and a story excerpt.
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Thanks for all the news. I’ll share it with my friends. Blessings on the hard work you are doing. You are appreciated. And… thanks to Burton for helping you through a tough spot. Usually a soundboard is the best thing a friend can do for another. You just wanted to toss a few ideas about. Happy February.
Thank you. Yes, sometimes tossing the ideas around is just what is needed. Happy February to you as well. 🙂 I can’t believe it is a new month already.