tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17502785055456047432024-03-05T14:12:48.640-08:00Olene Quinn Author, Blogger, Armchair Historian Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-62779541141572943292023-04-11T16:35:00.003-07:002023-04-11T16:35:21.575-07:00The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery Book Review<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvnQfdiwXXRJuXgva7ZF1noKj1y3s3Gj7vi-ApqPWXYPMOlHnVLNwqX7N6eMxiwakjH_rNMw5hbP1bmaHvwHMVvGyElOOK1UdMxqmJ7CALOCdjNro33G7adTVTQqQjIfEEv_mfIxXQzfEZ8772YkRZt3h6DPGZrDuPvC-LUK7oXgdQTx3VIi5bS62FLg/s1080/The%20Blue%20Castle%20Book%20Review.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvnQfdiwXXRJuXgva7ZF1noKj1y3s3Gj7vi-ApqPWXYPMOlHnVLNwqX7N6eMxiwakjH_rNMw5hbP1bmaHvwHMVvGyElOOK1UdMxqmJ7CALOCdjNro33G7adTVTQqQjIfEEv_mfIxXQzfEZ8772YkRZt3h6DPGZrDuPvC-LUK7oXgdQTx3VIi5bS62FLg/s320/The%20Blue%20Castle%20Book%20Review.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I really struggled with how to rate this book and to explain my issues with it. It has an over-arching loveliness and whimsy. The prose is beautiful. The setting feels so real, so wonderful! The premise of finding your voice and your freedom can be nothing other than appealing. I could see where the high ratings and rave reviews were coming from. Yet, I found this book disturbing. I was disgusted by the main characters. It took me a while before I could pinpoint exactly why.</span><p></p><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Spoiler warning here! I'm going to get into some nitty, gritty details.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Twenty-nine year old Valancy Sirling's life has always been a misery and the author spends the first 30% of the book pounding in this fact. Neglected by an emotionally abusive mother and forced into a narrow box by her stuffy, judgmental family, she cannot even sneeze without being judged. Consequently, she has grown up into a dour, people-pleasing, doormat extraordinaire. We ought to feel so sorry for her. And, I did. I felt very sorry for her. But, something wasn't setting right, even at this early point in the novel.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">As the opening continues, we are meant to believe that every member of this family and this town is an absolute nightmare. Not one person has ever been kind to Valancy. There was not a kind teacher, no pleasant neighbors, not even a friendly mailman or milkman. The librarian, the store clerk... all of them... absolutely everyone is morally bankrupt. Everyone mistreats Valancy. Hmm... that's a little weird.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I can't help but think of that saying that if you meet a jerk in a day, then you met a jerk. If all you meet every day are jerks, then you might be the jerk. But, I was willing to overlook this.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Then, we are given the unqualified and serious statement that Valancy has not had a single happy moment in her life. What? Not one? You never got a slice of birthday cake at school and sat in the sunshine eating it and were happy for a single moment? You never saw a daffodil bloom in the spring and were happy that winter was almost over? You never saw a mother kiss her smiling baby and felt happy for them and all the love they have? Not for one moment? Not ever? Ok...</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This is starting to look like it's a Valancy problem, not an everybody else problem. But, I excused her because I figured that at this point in the book she is depressed. She has lost her perspective. Everything and everyone seems bleak and terrible. The whole point of this novel is going to be Valancy regaining her perspective, setting necessary boundaries, forming healthy relationships, and finding her happiness.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Valancy gets diagnosed with a fatal illness and that marks the turning point in the novel. It is finally time for Valancy to set herself free and live her own life. She is going to do what she likes and say what she thinks.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">But, oh dear! What she thinks is pretty nasty and petty. Her aunt has an ugly wort, her cousin shows too much of her gums when she smiles, her uncle tells lame jokes, a widower at church has too many children, etc. I get it. These people haven't been the best to her and she's angry. Getting it out of her system is going to be part of her healing process.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Eventually, she'll discover that these are other human beings working through their own traumas, trying to find their own places in the world, and seeking their happiness. They may not have gone out of their way to make her life sunshine and roses, but she has not done that for them either. It's time to start humanizing everyone, to start maturing, to make and accept apologies and peace, and to start building friendships. (I am excusing her mother from this thought, btw. Because her mother absolutely mistreated her and it's probably best Valancy cut her off.)</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Valancy moves out of her mother's house to care for a dying school friend who has become a social pariah since she got pregnant out of wedlock. Her father is a notorious alcoholic and they live in the back woods. They are good friends with a local hermit who supposedly has multiple felonies to his name. I assumed this was a set-up to make Valancy realize that she doesn't actually have it the worst out of anybody in the world.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Valancy's family is absolutely outraged. Now, some of their outrage is selfish and unacceptable (what will people think of the Sirlings- how will this reflect on me?) but some of it is actually reasonable and sympathetic. I imagine we'd all be concerned if our loved one moved out on their own to some remote place with a severe alcoholic known for having a temper, an ex-con, an ill woman, and no way to summon help or leave if something goes wrong. (No phone, no car, etc.) Valancy snickers at and mocks everyone in exactly the same way - no one's feelings or concerns are legitimate to her. She will take no effort to make sure they know she is safe, she'll just rub her dislike of them into their faces.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Her Aunt Georgianna comes into focus. She is a sweet widow who want the best for Valancy. Despite her conformity, she goes against the family in support of Valancy. The ill girl dies and Valancy asks Barney, the hermit and supposed convict to marry her. He does. Valancy goes into town and runs into Aunt Georgianna who thinks she has a good marriage prospect for Valancy. Valancy makes an absolute fool of her aunt, letting her carry on and making subtle digs at her for an entire car ride before letting her know that she is already married. The Aunt still sews Valancy a quilt and takes her side against the rest of the family without thanks and without any effort on Valancy's side to foster a relationship.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">At this point, Valancy is getting difficult to tolerate. Is she any better than her family? She can certainly be as cruel. She can certainly be as judgmental. She can't seem to see anyone's side but her own. Neither can the author, which is very strange and uncomfortable.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">On to the romance section of the book. Barney and Valancy reflect each other's personalities. They agree on almost everything, enjoy the same things, and love shoving their non-conformity into society's face. This section of the book was actually ok. The descriptions of the setting and the passing seasons were glorious. I thought Valancy was finally growing as a character. Barney is scarcely sketched in, though. He's very secretive and we really know nothing about him except that, even as much as she loves him, Valancy can totally buy that he might be a criminal on the run. But, she still thinks its stupid anyone might worry about such a trivial matter.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Finally, we get to the resolution, which really resolves nothing. Valancy is not dying. Barney is in love with her. Oh... and he happens to have an insanely rich dad who will pay for them to travel the globe together.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">A dad whom Barney cut off for eleven years (5 with minimal contact to let him know he was alive and 6 with no contact whatsoever). What did Barney's dad do to deserve the sleepless nights wondering if his son was alive or dead? If he had grandchildren he'd never meet? How he could have gone so wrong? If his only family in all the world will ever forgive him?</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Well... he didn't really get Barney. They have different personalities. That's all.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">And it's a perfect illustration of what was so unsettling about this novel. Everyone's thoughts, feelings, and needs were unimportant except Valancy's and Barney's. They extended no grace to people who did not reflect themselves. They never softened and they never grew up. Everyone else is the problem. Everyone else is wrong. Nobody suffers as they do. They are always the victims.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">And the author doesn't seem to see the problem with that. I got the uncomfortable feeling that I was reading through the view of a pair of narcissists and that their marriage was going to end in disaster if they had kids that turned out to be different from them.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-89794573190491834772023-03-03T08:49:00.005-08:002023-03-03T08:49:28.796-08:00A Blueprint for Hope Free on Kindle<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5xrCC7PJoRYDhmSEa1irZxK5CeiNfyQ1AG0VzXMjqbcsJsYGwaZ9CXuPAtyddfLa0zoQWpKcCdIzYYgaUm2xQTFWXxV8p9hCn5_6YHkMCyBMkt8QjJsTifmo2bJ_eb4LJZCTauVPgVE5s_HDSBNLj-60CSf4Ucj11YpgBYT11YO_VcPQNY1lTdNmyg/s1080/BfH%20Instagram%20Ad%20Free.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5xrCC7PJoRYDhmSEa1irZxK5CeiNfyQ1AG0VzXMjqbcsJsYGwaZ9CXuPAtyddfLa0zoQWpKcCdIzYYgaUm2xQTFWXxV8p9hCn5_6YHkMCyBMkt8QjJsTifmo2bJ_eb4LJZCTauVPgVE5s_HDSBNLj-60CSf4Ucj11YpgBYT11YO_VcPQNY1lTdNmyg/s320/BfH%20Instagram%20Ad%20Free.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> They can build their dream restaurant together... so long as they don't fall in love.<p></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Blueprint-Hope-Harmony-Ridge-Romance-ebook/dp/B08CD9438S?ref_=ast_author_dp" target="_blank">FREE ON KINDLE</a><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-56991187835388948112023-02-22T08:46:00.005-08:002023-02-22T08:46:58.962-08:00Soooo.... I might have written a regency romance with an amnesia trope.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgohFzBLaRQpnKqD3ydSB0RS6SLO4ViycKe_I3RPngxgYH3KtJ2i7Q0XIp_jrtbRl7FGiSVJcljjDQKgCzji2IVC_ggNqpI-LCEEL7Sb9Jdl0vtABrbBp5EJzL1lQTkFQXEg3oKMUuP8EF01CL1-CUn2vtD4TqoYU1A-qmAWYSyO66eqCYrZq7g6PahEg/s862/Screenshot%202023-02-22%20083954.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="369" data-original-width="862" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgohFzBLaRQpnKqD3ydSB0RS6SLO4ViycKe_I3RPngxgYH3KtJ2i7Q0XIp_jrtbRl7FGiSVJcljjDQKgCzji2IVC_ggNqpI-LCEEL7Sb9Jdl0vtABrbBp5EJzL1lQTkFQXEg3oKMUuP8EF01CL1-CUn2vtD4TqoYU1A-qmAWYSyO66eqCYrZq7g6PahEg/w640-h274/Screenshot%202023-02-22%20083954.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> I know, I know, it's my usual genre or part of any of my series. But what can I say? I was feeling inspired. Plus, I managed to roll so many fun tropes into one! We have not only amnesia, but surprise pregnancy, second chance romance, and a swoony, pining, head-over-heels in love hero!<p></p><p>I'll update more as I get closer to release.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-9593031109882765072023-02-15T09:51:00.003-08:002023-02-15T09:51:16.423-08:00Heart of Gold is Now the #1 Western Romance in the Kindle Store<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-bgWgXURwViedYYgNxp6hQRrje8T5hltUR0ceCwUcOXzNEe9ZHkpBmx9GLlJTSGdyjIP6KmVgjeCPU_wleRw8F4RmHLQTDOHMbHPo6yqesi_ZYq860jOcxyaMQ2_70FVGLPaPsAQDiQZQvcUYuvUfL1soF0GDIfD7HWfJYU231VmkoEp2KFIXEVZW_w/s2400/Screenshot_20230215-061807.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-bgWgXURwViedYYgNxp6hQRrje8T5hltUR0ceCwUcOXzNEe9ZHkpBmx9GLlJTSGdyjIP6KmVgjeCPU_wleRw8F4RmHLQTDOHMbHPo6yqesi_ZYq860jOcxyaMQ2_70FVGLPaPsAQDiQZQvcUYuvUfL1soF0GDIfD7HWfJYU231VmkoEp2KFIXEVZW_w/s320/Screenshot_20230215-061807.png" width="144" /></a></div>Thanks to all my readers for your support. I look forward to reading your reviews and feedback. <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-21362785323321324552023-02-12T16:02:00.005-08:002023-02-12T16:02:51.625-08:00Heart of Gold FREE on Kindle 2/12/2023 - 2/15/2023<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BMpQm1Et2fk5h-pxGPS-hCj8LtKsZ5Dqily6gOq5IvFav5EQwYY7nfUreIWqswEoftqgl_5_Ry3YO1Y6LHQs6vd3lV6gXdl71uSxULOAqAO_6P7Fsu2FCo-ui6jqCuMz-Z3jJL5BsPDKuD54E7k6g7AjUO7OBu4BhF0Y2W3J-latiSM5Ix-QG4lN8g/s1080/Release%20Date%20(1).png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BMpQm1Et2fk5h-pxGPS-hCj8LtKsZ5Dqily6gOq5IvFav5EQwYY7nfUreIWqswEoftqgl_5_Ry3YO1Y6LHQs6vd3lV6gXdl71uSxULOAqAO_6P7Fsu2FCo-ui6jqCuMz-Z3jJL5BsPDKuD54E7k6g7AjUO7OBu4BhF0Y2W3J-latiSM5Ix-QG4lN8g/s320/Release%20Date%20(1).png" width="320" /></a></div><p>Love is in the Air!</p>As part of my Valentine's Day Launch, I am hosting a free promotion for my new release Heart of Gold. Get your copy on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Harmony-Ridge-Historical-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BQWD3NPM?ref_=ast_author_dp" target="_blank">Amazon</a> now through Wednesday.<p></p><div>Here's a snippet of what you'll get:</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="S1PPyQ" style="font-weight: 700;">"For a moment, he was taken by her beauty, lying there in her floral gown, with her lashes turned down on her round cheeks, and wispy, golden waves of hair fanned out around her, totally unselfconscious and unaware that she was being admired."</span></div><div><span class="S1PPyQ" style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="S1PPyQ"><b><span class="S1PPyQ" style="color: #171a11;">"Ada found she liked all of his strange ways, from his daring completion of crosswords in ink, to the boxes of bugs he fed weekly, to his choice of dowdy flannels. It was not because she had ever sought those habits in a husband, but only because they were </span><span class="S1PPyQ" style="color: #171a11; font-style: italic;">his </span><span class="S1PPyQ" style="color: #171a11;">habits and she regarded them with true sentimentality."</span></b></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-41352892701110071982023-02-06T07:45:00.008-08:002023-02-06T07:45:45.001-08:00Official Release of Heart of Gold<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-GAOx3lPhAw7J48oSfZq1ezQN1fU2oJgLj0-PSm4bX87gXDr8jLxDTdkbziO_ESyKPY2XzFcQZdjVNrFHqivsQn5mD273bHD2s8j3xo2oIKFChwkok519DcIEtqnE7_4IeV7YBPY84F_9q0iNEsB0BhsugdssmcBwmfqVMcuY7mJY_JAVYlsuFZxVg/s1080/Now%20Available%20on%20Kindle.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-GAOx3lPhAw7J48oSfZq1ezQN1fU2oJgLj0-PSm4bX87gXDr8jLxDTdkbziO_ESyKPY2XzFcQZdjVNrFHqivsQn5mD273bHD2s8j3xo2oIKFChwkok519DcIEtqnE7_4IeV7YBPY84F_9q0iNEsB0BhsugdssmcBwmfqVMcuY7mJY_JAVYlsuFZxVg/s320/Now%20Available%20on%20Kindle.png" width="320" /></a></div>I am so excited for the launch of my newest book, Heart of Gold! This novel is a prequel for my Harmony Ridge Romance Series. Set in the wild and rugged mountains of California's Gold Country, this heart-warming historical romance follows the story of Ada and Callum, two old friends who agree to a marriage of convenience in order to secure their families business prospects. <p></p><p>Mutual respect and affection quickly blur the boundaries the boundaries with a passionate romance. But, when a ghost from their past returns to torment them, can their fledgling relationship survive?</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-66320117750633239342023-01-24T10:23:00.005-08:002023-01-24T10:23:35.292-08:00Get my Novels FREE when you join Booksprout!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_PzXITMrmH7Le0G1sxyyDSA0Z_56PXMXmrBPrQn6giXoWh5aB0eDhrddKHxdtbEE58uWQTSEZd4CS5UMC0G9YX60HBMAt6PsRg-1bxnjxaIMQdXakAGKh9MyD9HSeRBdJeuEhvOFSal6qF2x78_XVXuiYR_yTIcLPhj-LLl2KD3TXMs8USc5xXEyPFQ/s1080/Are%20you%20a%20book%20reviewer.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_PzXITMrmH7Le0G1sxyyDSA0Z_56PXMXmrBPrQn6giXoWh5aB0eDhrddKHxdtbEE58uWQTSEZd4CS5UMC0G9YX60HBMAt6PsRg-1bxnjxaIMQdXakAGKh9MyD9HSeRBdJeuEhvOFSal6qF2x78_XVXuiYR_yTIcLPhj-LLl2KD3TXMs8USc5xXEyPFQ/s320/Are%20you%20a%20book%20reviewer.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Get my full Harmony Ridge Romance Series free </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">on <a href="https://booksprout.co/reviewer/review-copies">Booksprout</a> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">now until 1.24.2023! All I ask in exchange is an honest review. Setting up your account takes minutes and will give you access to thousands of free books. No need to enter any personal details or credit card numbers. The authors pay for everything.</span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-37407630435704473992023-01-23T09:08:00.001-08:002023-01-23T09:24:08.247-08:00Evelina's Garden Book Review<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5-bRWANaf9vI_uqy7hHodNMKzXIP1jpXLUFGSENMeAh3cazlm_t08IVoB7lvWk8gUhSwjqIo0BUo5_QaS8r4WuyFxCQjfFf-nucZZdUynZURk7DxE6ov-oA28DsdwE7zVEoWBYcwmzQCfPLcZS2Fpwcvp8L7AiW-0uKtmi5Fou57K0XH6kPR6S3--A/s1080/Evelina's%20Garden%20%23bookreview.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5-bRWANaf9vI_uqy7hHodNMKzXIP1jpXLUFGSENMeAh3cazlm_t08IVoB7lvWk8gUhSwjqIo0BUo5_QaS8r4WuyFxCQjfFf-nucZZdUynZURk7DxE6ov-oA28DsdwE7zVEoWBYcwmzQCfPLcZS2Fpwcvp8L7AiW-0uKtmi5Fou57K0XH6kPR6S3--A/s320/Evelina's%20Garden%20%23bookreview.png" width="320" /></a></div>After a failed romance, Evelina Adams spends the rest of her days pouring her love into her garden. When her young cousin, Evelina Leonard, comes to town and begins a relationship with the local minister, will her romance end in the same fate?<br /><br />This was a fanciful romance with some frustrating decision-making from most of the protagonists. However, its short length (apx 60 pages) and purple prose are its saving grace. It reads as a dreamy fairy tale and ends on a high note. This would be a great story to read aloud to young children, or a perfect "starter romance" for young teens. Originally published in 1899, this <span class="x7l2uk3 xt0e3qv">novella</span> is widely available to read for <span class="x7l2uk3 xt0e3qv">free</span> .<p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-29243395273944012242023-01-18T09:50:00.008-08:002023-01-18T09:50:30.452-08:00A Holiday by Gaslight Book Review<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0Bz8XKHYY-gXvkSbq5Sc8M--AL6d-0B4SN8UhcDqqTpfI1WEcfX7-86wftaFI7Q2y2PIZbWPbzqs8H6s0cqpIT051r1uK03FfYnkmcGeEJGn_s2n-uNCR19mmMIZXw0X4jo51n5dZGH11OUiHdry5IFq61pJhYt_d23RIdqTp68dthAD1VmrURhnhQ/s1080/sweet%20romance.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0Bz8XKHYY-gXvkSbq5Sc8M--AL6d-0B4SN8UhcDqqTpfI1WEcfX7-86wftaFI7Q2y2PIZbWPbzqs8H6s0cqpIT051r1uK03FfYnkmcGeEJGn_s2n-uNCR19mmMIZXw0X4jo51n5dZGH11OUiHdry5IFq61pJhYt_d23RIdqTp68dthAD1VmrURhnhQ/s320/sweet%20romance.png" width="320" /></a></div>Aristocratic Sophie Appersett invites wealthy tradesman Edward Sharpe to spend Christmas at her father's estate. There, she will give him one last chance to win her heart and secure the future of her father's floundering estate.<br /><br />This was a charming novella filled with lush historical scenery. The lead romance was mild without any major angst or fighting, which I appreciate in a holiday read. The secondary characters were well drawn. It is clear that Mimi Matthews has a passion for research and a talent for bringing her setting to life.<br /><br />I would have rated this five stars but for two personal preferences. (Warning! Minor Spoilers!) First, Sophie's character was rather money driven which I did not like given the Christmas setting. Second, her emotionally abusive never got the comeuppance I felt he deserved. <br /><br />Overall, I would highly recommend this sweet, little read and I will be looking for more works from the author.<p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-61257975643982997812023-01-11T13:31:00.003-08:002023-01-11T13:31:14.610-08:00Snippet Release<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSparjH_Z_0yUWvtUqWUIjn5w84odThJbZeMVVHsVym3zRSERC4CLYAX3y57LYRO7uEu5KowvkWQwo-UCv4uTj9mnizEc-Q3v8iYWYbVf1jpXOlb1jYn-7qFExITDBEkTFvsJDyYCCOMeXH6Zm1uT-SXI5lcuMEI5mXBTWUcNymNcCRxtIbo0bwy-fVw/s1080/HOG%20Snippet%20Release%201.11.23.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSparjH_Z_0yUWvtUqWUIjn5w84odThJbZeMVVHsVym3zRSERC4CLYAX3y57LYRO7uEu5KowvkWQwo-UCv4uTj9mnizEc-Q3v8iYWYbVf1jpXOlb1jYn-7qFExITDBEkTFvsJDyYCCOMeXH6Zm1uT-SXI5lcuMEI5mXBTWUcNymNcCRxtIbo0bwy-fVw/s320/HOG%20Snippet%20Release%201.11.23.png" width="320" /></a></div>Now Available for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Harmony-Ridge-Historical-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BQWD3NPM/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=1l3rZ&content-id=amzn1.sym.f05f10a7-d30f-4cc9-9521-a1dfe37686ab&pf_rd_p=f05f10a7-d30f-4cc9-9521-a1dfe37686ab&pf_rd_r=9GJ54XFES85GMYFTKXSB&pd_rd_wg=zDbWO&pd_rd_r=ab8686e7-e3f9-49dd-9ba2-4ba64c3e5e30&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mi" target="_blank">Pre-Order</a><p></p><p>Gold Country, California 1885</p><p>When Ada Jackson’s groom is shot dead at the altar, her future dies with him. Though she was only half-married, the salacious gossips of Harmony Ridge don’t care. Ada is no longer allowed to serve as the mistress of the one-room school house. Stripped of her calling, she is left in a cloud of grief with no prospect of having her own children. Her father, however, has a plan. A marriage between his daughter and his business partner, Callum Oake, would bring a vast fortune to his family. Yet, the man in question is an unconventional match at best.</p><p>Callum has sworn never to marry. If his orphanage upbringing, his service in the Civil War, and his experiences in the rugged hills of the west have taught him anything, it’s that people hurt you. Solitude does not. Though he does his best to fight off Malick Jackson’s suggestions of marriage, he is no match for his manipulations. Almost before he knows what has happened, he finds himself wed.</p><p>Bound by mutual respect as well as their vows, Ada and Callum agree to try to love one another. But, when a ghost from their past returns to torment them, can their fledgling relationship survive? </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-43724704454386635822022-12-31T09:12:00.001-08:002022-12-31T09:12:00.161-08:00Happy New Year's 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9PgHrkETIQ6dR70PjqxJYMHgGgE1KAhmtqXhsH8aqtK5LEpa30AFGJ8mEIkJlzsMNv9wsGPn6Nb9ZXGHzs3IpwGYJxoSE9djKB8K-W2K9O2tyvGeJ9HeA91iRZZIGHNGCCTAJdGBw5RExPkw_1PEVnDx_ZrrdpSmeLYMmNtbRlQTqJTzJscTQyIQuA/s4032/1229220800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9PgHrkETIQ6dR70PjqxJYMHgGgE1KAhmtqXhsH8aqtK5LEpa30AFGJ8mEIkJlzsMNv9wsGPn6Nb9ZXGHzs3IpwGYJxoSE9djKB8K-W2K9O2tyvGeJ9HeA91iRZZIGHNGCCTAJdGBw5RExPkw_1PEVnDx_ZrrdpSmeLYMmNtbRlQTqJTzJscTQyIQuA/w480-h640/1229220800.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">As the polar vortex continues to slam North America, I thought you all might enjoy the charming cover art from this Winter 1962 edition of The Sphere. This photo comes from my modest collection of vintage and antique magazines. I love the doggie!</span><p></p><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Keep warm and safe, everyone. And have a Happy New Year's.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-20903844746725072382022-12-20T07:00:00.001-08:002022-12-20T07:00:31.052-08:00Join by BookSprout Team to Review a Pre-Release Copy of Heart of Gold<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBbpPi81A_W7GyJKusW9Ej_7EFX3BPXTVjqfJM2sItlPMayfoz5RZtAQp6OPokbv6rWXSsKtl8CIj6YEOknNcXjB1zBsstUWAHK2JIydKWd90OTN76LnvqRzQRvkVxNKR4bXUjnfzQfDLitCCSHfAqF1fOTAisBK5B5FHwCw1PwrE6NsQiUVq7Cq4R8w/s1350/HoG%20Pre-Release.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBbpPi81A_W7GyJKusW9Ej_7EFX3BPXTVjqfJM2sItlPMayfoz5RZtAQp6OPokbv6rWXSsKtl8CIj6YEOknNcXjB1zBsstUWAHK2JIydKWd90OTN76LnvqRzQRvkVxNKR4bXUjnfzQfDLitCCSHfAqF1fOTAisBK5B5FHwCw1PwrE6NsQiUVq7Cq4R8w/w320-h400/HoG%20Pre-Release.png" width="320" /></a></div>I have an awesome opportunity for avid readers who love to share their opinions and feedback.<p></p><p>BookSprout is a service that connects writers and readers. By signing up for a reader account, you open the door to access thousands of novels before their release date. The service is absolutely FREE for readers. </p><p>You can share private feedback with the author as well as posting public reviews. Sign up <a href="https://booksprout.co/readers" target="_blank">here</a> and make Heart of Gold the start of your free reading journey.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-271637608157488442022-12-18T13:04:00.002-08:002022-12-18T13:04:09.918-08:00Time to Release a Snippet!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVwCu3BDTeVLqNFaV-jwlX5vRmlQjka4AvxfYaecPIB4lAahSemUYOxbxXAKuXXRvM9saqlNJN1tKZdTY6V0Z8v1AvhqO2rH_BnzjNPoOFaUDf7j2l4tg230xE64oo1RJBtLKjLdNG1OuEmAsZqy5igUqYFI6pdNn5UrmDdOoW27llD9p-AqBEemw3g/s1080/sneak%20peak.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVwCu3BDTeVLqNFaV-jwlX5vRmlQjka4AvxfYaecPIB4lAahSemUYOxbxXAKuXXRvM9saqlNJN1tKZdTY6V0Z8v1AvhqO2rH_BnzjNPoOFaUDf7j2l4tg230xE64oo1RJBtLKjLdNG1OuEmAsZqy5igUqYFI6pdNn5UrmDdOoW27llD9p-AqBEemw3g/s320/sneak%20peak.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Ada and Callum have been friends nearly all their lives. Surely, they can never be more!<p></p><p>Follow me for more pre-release details on my historical, sweet romance, Heart of Gold.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-54288883731836750152022-12-15T10:00:00.001-08:002022-12-15T10:00:00.152-08:00Leave a Comment - Get an Advanced Reader Copy of Heart of Gold!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5TaurGjd1ycLDHjd8Ajy6iZH0CA3n87OSXMEgVbg2iZiuUHlKsy4LCfyMxy4RNMr6LVUvNUhsOmcvKcLA6sp2rHXIRyRj-4j1xsQ_nr4Ex8Kr7ziIjX4Ly3vyegODV2xP-Hcbr6aXJpeaxp3xjtOXk_aE_z5b6onZmpqkhGW_gH_LR-DWBJERbojC8Q/s1080/ARC%20READERS%20WANTED.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5TaurGjd1ycLDHjd8Ajy6iZH0CA3n87OSXMEgVbg2iZiuUHlKsy4LCfyMxy4RNMr6LVUvNUhsOmcvKcLA6sp2rHXIRyRj-4j1xsQ_nr4Ex8Kr7ziIjX4Ly3vyegODV2xP-Hcbr6aXJpeaxp3xjtOXk_aE_z5b6onZmpqkhGW_gH_LR-DWBJERbojC8Q/s320/ARC%20READERS%20WANTED.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> The first 25 commenters will receive an advanced copy of my new historical romance novel absolutely free! No gimmicks and no strings attached.<p></p><p>Simply:</p><p>Leave a comment below telling me why you love sweet romance novels.</p><p>Email me at olenequinn@gmail.com with the subject line HoG ARC.</p><p>That's all.</p><p>Please remember that an honest review is an author's best marketing tool and that early reviews can make a break a novel's release.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-11987718846099152222022-12-11T06:54:00.001-08:002022-12-11T06:54:24.550-08:00Book Release Announcement<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuW-R0d7JNdODYVdfZA9HKivTIMavJ44xQMfPE7Nqn0qj0qQxN1Y3DVEhWgBF0yzIpC6uf76HiX5-h_VdhEBHRB5A631Mankwy09uMFVMwT__Wos5muawCugHCFsi-ypVlviPlulDYZAlC6je-ZTfyTS0iWnWoTpTg6f7wcwHQrzSGcDj8ybrnbUOtAQ/s1080/HG%20Release%20Date.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuW-R0d7JNdODYVdfZA9HKivTIMavJ44xQMfPE7Nqn0qj0qQxN1Y3DVEhWgBF0yzIpC6uf76HiX5-h_VdhEBHRB5A631Mankwy09uMFVMwT__Wos5muawCugHCFsi-ypVlviPlulDYZAlC6je-ZTfyTS0iWnWoTpTg6f7wcwHQrzSGcDj8ybrnbUOtAQ/s320/HG%20Release%20Date.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Harmony Ridge is getting its Wild Western backstory! When a powerful Gold Baron arranges a marriage, can the bride and groom find happiness? And when a sharp shooter with a grudge gets on the loose, will they even be able to survive?<p></p><p>Follow my here or on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/olene_quinn_author/" target="_blank">Instagram </a>for upcoming news and previews!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-53300888591627719582022-12-08T07:00:00.001-08:002022-12-08T07:00:00.189-08:00Free On Kindle!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxoLgtSBv5aGymk4KdFHg_hze5CkTk6dcQ0ik5ZIvuW7Zx0vIv0slJve7OVDqwhHOzLTlEgD-2TPRqxUauMjuKObO5PUl3ol3vUDc88xhQVugNSZKdomZUwdMryYTZ5RA261z6fCr-m63v6vZEkC21tY-PS1G_oZOq5TvYYGgZABpR-wsWr9_mq_jLCQ/s1080/FREE%20CHRISTMAS%20BOOK%20GIVEAWAY.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxoLgtSBv5aGymk4KdFHg_hze5CkTk6dcQ0ik5ZIvuW7Zx0vIv0slJve7OVDqwhHOzLTlEgD-2TPRqxUauMjuKObO5PUl3ol3vUDc88xhQVugNSZKdomZUwdMryYTZ5RA261z6fCr-m63v6vZEkC21tY-PS1G_oZOq5TvYYGgZABpR-wsWr9_mq_jLCQ/w400-h400/FREE%20CHRISTMAS%20BOOK%20GIVEAWAY.png" width="400" /></a></div><b>Today through Saturday only, get all the Holiday Feels Free on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Harmony-Ridge-Heartwarming-Holiday-ebook/dp/B09KX2L9ZQ/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=nNNWO&content-id=amzn1.sym.a5eaa569-8a45-4530-84d2-2dcf8023272a&pf_rd_p=a5eaa569-8a45-4530-84d2-2dcf8023272a&pf_rd_r=KCQAS8RRR4JW654W2GJX&pd_rd_wg=qzvIs&pd_rd_r=a34bb979-e865-414d-8a9e-cb9126ae9744&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mi" target="_blank">Kindle</a> !!</b><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">It is a gloomy winter morning when Becca Evans arrives at her grandparents’ home with little more than the clothes on her back. Struggling with a recent trauma, she seeks refuge in the small, mountainous community of Harmony Ridge. She wants nothing more than to be left alone, but her grandparents have other plans. According to her grandmother, Mikhail Volkov, the widower next door, is as close to perfection as a man can get. Handsome, charming, kind, and thoughtful, he also just so happens to be the county sheriff.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">When danger follows Becca to town, Mikhail offers not only his help, but his friendship. Soon she realizes that if she has the courage to open her heart to him, he may have a place in it. As the darkness of winter gives way to the brilliance of Christmas lights, so too does Becca’s loneliness give way to the warmth of love and family.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Please follow my blog and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/olene_quinn_author/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> for future book giveaways and updates! Thank you to all my loyal readers. Merry Christmas! </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-3942469730040754572020-12-25T10:10:00.006-08:002020-12-25T10:10:53.577-08:00 About that Christmas Kindle...<p> Tomorrow only, download two of my novels for free!</p><p>In the mood for comedy and romance? Looking for a Happily Ever After to brighten up the dreary winter weather? Download His Lucky Catch.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lucky-Catch-Harmony-Ridge-Romance-ebook/dp/B08MJ92Z38/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=olene+quinn&qid=1608919726&sr=8-1" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1283" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjecwAYP0LBot8b_rJlIeU83T-soT0SYc1WvGARU05vSsZjcAlf6D34A5j1iWkEsxFNet_FBRC1f_NJHvMH8H5Dwdf5GT6l6qKRAeYe2LxgwqBWHzG8k7LGct7rJxOjla9OEKWKav9prpSh/s320/His+Lucky+Catch+Kindle+Cover+JPEG.jpg" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lucky-Catch-Harmony-Ridge-Romance-ebook/dp/B08MJ92Z38/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=olene+quinn&qid=1608919726&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Take one sassy, capricious City Girl. Add one broody,
hard-working Country Boy. Throw in the world's most disgusting RV, a ragtag
group of rescue animals, a reality TV star, and one disastrous fishing trip.
What do you get?<o:p></o:p></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lucky-Catch-Harmony-Ridge-Romance-ebook/dp/B08MJ92Z38/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=olene+quinn&qid=1608919726&sr=8-1" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">A recipe for romance, of course!</span><o:p></o:p></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Craving action and adventure? Join my Viking prince and his Celtic Lady for swashbuckling action set in Dark Ages Ireland.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Dead-Northman-Saga-Book-ebook/dp/B00ME1Y9DW/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=olene+quinn&qid=1608919463&sr=8-3" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="217" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAXOsY0YeN80QKyiFlpaAf-Q70qC8eDeG8aeF-gHypz-nrTlcf4i_186JUpBWVt5yn_euxEXUiUx5242bGH9tflhB1sRzsJEqHuNOfdHXmh1mm0PpoBu79XSteggRzlIr6Jg6Qgx3RvGb/s320/PD+Cover.jpg" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Dead-Northman-Saga-Book-ebook/dp/B00ME1Y9DW/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=olene+quinn&qid=1608919463&sr=8-3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">When a Viking Prince is shipwrecked and stranded, a Celtic
woman makes him an offer he cannot refuse.</span><o:p></o:p></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Merry Christmas!</b></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-47552843935046638632020-11-05T16:13:00.004-08:002020-11-05T16:13:30.438-08:00Novel Release!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08MJ92Z38?pf_rd_r=G6HVBJE9YRJN5BMDECMS&pf_rd_p=edaba0ee-c2fe-4124-9f5d-b31d6b1bfbee" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1283" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmKKyCX5fIl25GEABbLt5yuB0EGYqadfCUnKQS0V6VjzJLxI09BiNMDwkcDqSv96gr9vU2dzxBl4NW0p93soUYsgeCUFmLZVykH_Z7q5hcKFhPCGIwKVCTfVV3cD-oAv0RhyphenhyphenDVpq4CvCz_/w250-h400/His+Lucky+Catch+Kindle+Cover+JPEG.jpg" width="250" /></a></div>Take one sassy, capricious City Girl. Add one broody, hard-working Country Boy. Throw in the world's most disgusting RV, a rag-tag group of rescue animals, a reality TV Star, and a rattlesnake. What do you get?<p></p><p>A recipe for romance! </p><p>You've waited long enough for the second installment in the Harmony Ridge Romance Series. I couldn't be more thrilled to announce it's publication. Get it for just $0.99 on Kindle or read it free on Kindle Unlimited.</p><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-77600031173328387792020-09-04T20:19:00.008-07:002020-09-04T20:19:51.751-07:00Leaving Twitter & Writing Updates<p> I just wanted to let you all know that I deleted my Twitter account tonight. That makes this blog my only form of social media. </p><p>Drafting of my third Harmony Ridge Romance is underway. My plan for the series is to subtly dip in and out of different contemporary romance subgenres and book three is going to be a thriller romance! It is making for a fun change of pace.</p><p>Stay tuned for a release date for Book Two.</p><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-30317646407375520242020-07-16T10:00:00.023-07:002023-01-03T08:54:15.834-08:00Moving ForwardAfter my amazing book launch for A Blueprint for Hope, I've made some decisions about how I would like to move forward in my writing.<div><br /></div><div>Firstly, I will minimize my time spent on Twitter. What was at one time a wonderful app for connecting writers and readers has devolved into a numbers game and a pissing contest. I don't believe that readers find novels through Twitter. </div><div><br /></div><div>As to the Writing Community, you can imagine how dismayed I felt when I shared the happy news of my book launch, only to find a thread of other writers ripping me apart. Apparently, they decided to take the screenshots that I shared as an invitation to criticize a book they had never read and a marketing strategy I never shared. My goal in posting the screenshots was to thank my audience and to encourage other indie authors on their publishing journeys. I never wanted to make anyone feel badly about their own novels. I decided not to engage with the thread, but reading the nasty comments has soured me to the platform for now. I am not going to delete my account at this time. However, I will be removing the app from my phone. I will use Twitter only to share writing and publishing updates in the future.</div><div><br /></div><div>My time is limited and I have decided to devote more of it to this blog and to writing my new novels. </div><div><br /></div><div>I think good things are coming and I will do my best to keep you all updated. As always, thank you for your years of support! </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-20776252203964632012020-07-15T10:00:00.000-07:002020-07-15T10:00:07.455-07:00What an Incredible Book Launch! Wow!<div><br /></div><div>I am stunned. </div><div><br /></div><div>To everyone who has downloaded A Blueprint for Hope this week, thank you so much! I hope you love the novel.</div><div><br /></div><div>They say a picture is worth a thousands words, so I'm going to leave a few screenshots here to show you what this launch looked like from my dashboards and why I've been left almost speechless.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsW5p9skoPn6-NIJm7TYZka4rSXTMf_DCYVGeWn-ujiAbI0f_HOmjWyraT6ClFGtUwzK2ZHt5IsxXHxkvckKwU7wcfiksEEDvBl41e6q0da9kAxB66h7RXukKHzN_1jC5m-KdyDPZOqgtL/s1138/A+Blueprint+for+Hope+KDP+Launch+7.10-7.15.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="1138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsW5p9skoPn6-NIJm7TYZka4rSXTMf_DCYVGeWn-ujiAbI0f_HOmjWyraT6ClFGtUwzK2ZHt5IsxXHxkvckKwU7wcfiksEEDvBl41e6q0da9kAxB66h7RXukKHzN_1jC5m-KdyDPZOqgtL/s320/A+Blueprint+for+Hope+KDP+Launch+7.10-7.15.png" width="320" /></a></div>*Above: 4,579 copies downloaded! <span><a name='more'></a></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpAUbphujCsy7u-0Qng4aYGmaamkSrFOo5hyphenhyphenXrc4Le2jfuYT4jOPvMDyNIqQNWHpTu9n_ZFwi7nwVMDeJkD4p93tyL7Ml-pIeITSvFiUPMdu4PcEM3P085sk6DjyBSJzXeMzyvV7JTMUTj/s393/A+Blueprint+for+Hope+Goodread+Rating+7.15.20.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="130" data-original-width="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpAUbphujCsy7u-0Qng4aYGmaamkSrFOo5hyphenhyphenXrc4Le2jfuYT4jOPvMDyNIqQNWHpTu9n_ZFwi7nwVMDeJkD4p93tyL7Ml-pIeITSvFiUPMdu4PcEM3P085sk6DjyBSJzXeMzyvV7JTMUTj/s320/A+Blueprint+for+Hope+Goodread+Rating+7.15.20.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiiXsxi4oZ2uBOyBftjzVTNTJEORYC2f4pQrNJ-iOKtZAnR2SZAO-DvIg4Ilw60KLuddd4uXgQwdgK0lPrq_E4Ke1SgcIqQWzb9897gGU6DZ0R9N2WETaFVCUliRnYGZD5Kr6goYPPtzOf/s1138/A+Blueprint+for+Hope+KENP+Read+7.10-7.15.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="1138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiiXsxi4oZ2uBOyBftjzVTNTJEORYC2f4pQrNJ-iOKtZAnR2SZAO-DvIg4Ilw60KLuddd4uXgQwdgK0lPrq_E4Ke1SgcIqQWzb9897gGU6DZ0R9N2WETaFVCUliRnYGZD5Kr6goYPPtzOf/s320/A+Blueprint+for+Hope+KENP+Read+7.10-7.15.png" width="320" /></a></div>*Above: 2,906 pages read on Kindle Unlimited. I want to give a special thanks to anyone who has read the book through Kindle Unlimited during the free promotion period. Doing this means that, at no additional cost to the reader, the author gets paid.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOiGBUR4atdgFT77Suo1SUW23FKSnS8F6hyphenhyphenp_aoZD6-EhYCdU42EM4Nu9HBBTqw2UN20nxdvH0OGVb-GwPNenGbowwbEbPsRc4EwEYy0AgwBsrZ9YIotBzIw_ZpY3eO7pzvY6lOLGxQiyz/s555/Amazon+Best+Seller+Rank+7.10.2020+6.11PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="66" data-original-width="555" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOiGBUR4atdgFT77Suo1SUW23FKSnS8F6hyphenhyphenp_aoZD6-EhYCdU42EM4Nu9HBBTqw2UN20nxdvH0OGVb-GwPNenGbowwbEbPsRc4EwEYy0AgwBsrZ9YIotBzIw_ZpY3eO7pzvY6lOLGxQiyz/s320/Amazon+Best+Seller+Rank+7.10.2020+6.11PM.png" width="320" /></a></div> *Above: I hit #5 in Amazon's Best Seller rank for Contemporary Romance Fiction. Honestly, I almost fell out of my chair</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0ix4zdhInk0296vQIcWsCW0sIDsRgATyhjsP6A49sIOWF6lu_h-xHDypzbZty2M4pYOHXeY1ZigOc71ti0JFVzakRBxaI3qFlB40K9rJe0kFgN1IYfy7vaYcmMZYDeO0vPGibQ2C17Iv/s393/A+Blueprint+for+Hope+Goodread+Rating+7.15.20.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="130" data-original-width="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0ix4zdhInk0296vQIcWsCW0sIDsRgATyhjsP6A49sIOWF6lu_h-xHDypzbZty2M4pYOHXeY1ZigOc71ti0JFVzakRBxaI3qFlB40K9rJe0kFgN1IYfy7vaYcmMZYDeO0vPGibQ2C17Iv/s320/A+Blueprint+for+Hope+Goodread+Rating+7.15.20.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">*Above: The current ratings on Goodreads. Sales, downloads, page reads and rankings are all exciting for an author, but nothing compares to seeing that readers are enjoying your work.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks again to all of you for your support. I couldn't do it without you. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-62350690294581531902020-07-10T09:00:00.000-07:002020-07-10T09:00:06.912-07:00A Blueprint for Hope Free Promo!From now until July 14th, 2020, get my novel, A Blueprint for Hope FREE on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CD9438S/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1594049492&refinements=p_27%3AOlene+Quinn&s=digital-text&sr=1-1&text=Olene+Quinn" target="_blank">Amazon Kindle</a>!<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CD9438S/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1594049492&refinements=p_27%3AOlene+Quinn&s=digital-text&sr=1-1&text=Olene+Quinn" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="1410" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidwDWPRMx6sK7Qf_ymkeLY5NY6WXBvJ22epS_Icb7emoMHX1tbdsXF6NVVPZWo2N3pICewQoHpHMcnbbYPLFfep001MP34nFqkhC5z1furYqUatO6GZZ5R4oDpi0ZOdFVBl11YBDxdACBQ/s320/A+Blueprint+for+Hope+Kindle+Cover+%2528JPEG%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-86609653856315003452020-07-06T08:39:00.001-07:002020-07-06T08:39:24.978-07:00Book LaunchI am beyond thrilled to announce the publication of my new Contemporary Sweet Romance.<div><br /></div><div>Thank you to all of my readers for your years of support! I hope you enjoy the new novel. It is priced at just $0.99 on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CD9438S/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1594049492&refinements=p_27%3AOlene+Quinn&s=digital-text&sr=1-1&text=Olene+Quinn" target="_blank">Amazon</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CD9438S/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1594049492&refinements=p_27%3AOlene+Quinn&s=digital-text&sr=1-1&text=Olene+Quinn" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="1410" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKNIuQQlhR0zt_2btGDlmS9eQHahzbqvURmuKzRcsxNC_YFg9DlEKvBXLnR7rwCHhiPjyWfr6n9f81JG1dsVdXX800NzQTUiwoAEeoXOpmVbRSkDoFxFjgFCHR3Mmmr1uEzXio0JWNHML/s320/A+Blueprint+for+Hope+Kindle+Cover+%2528JPEG%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-80960861835250702792020-06-16T10:00:00.003-07:002020-06-16T10:00:03.466-07:00A Blueprint for Hope Release Announcement & Free Giveaway!I am so excited to announce my new book launch! A Blueprint for Hope, a contemporary sweet romance will be released on July 6th, 2020. Thank you to all the followers who have encouraged and supported me on my writing journey. <div><br /></div><div>From now until July 5th, 2020, please email me at olenequinn@gmail.com for your <b>FREE</b> pre-release copy. Honest reviews posted on release day would be greatly appreciated.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Here is the first glimpse:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgceoO8vuWOejCdgpPVoAiVhCmv2nxelm6S3YPxocJWAPV3ISW9-uNfLCs5H5Omna_9j5dFHp4QVrOOAk1JXKTPZsH747DuO4CEZA9FERFz0fZa5_IwlnXEQJXhVzM2FIfDQy-r3n0lAmH1/s2250/A+Blueprint+for+Hope+Kindle+Cover+%2528JPEG%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="1410" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgceoO8vuWOejCdgpPVoAiVhCmv2nxelm6S3YPxocJWAPV3ISW9-uNfLCs5H5Omna_9j5dFHp4QVrOOAk1JXKTPZsH747DuO4CEZA9FERFz0fZa5_IwlnXEQJXhVzM2FIfDQy-r3n0lAmH1/s320/A+Blueprint+for+Hope+Kindle+Cover+%2528JPEG%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="verdana"><b>A Broken-Hearted Chef with a Big Dream. 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Architect with a Past. A High School Crush. What could go wrong?</b></font><font face="inherit"><o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">When Hope Gibson broke up with her fiancé,
she lost everything</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">. She returns to her small hometown
of Harmony Ridge with a modest savings account and big dreams of opening her
own restaurant. However, she soon learns that her own father and his cronies in
the county government have every intention of blocking her plans.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Hope</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">’s high
school crush, Lone McGregor, is not having any better luck. The death of his
grandfather forces him away from his high-speed life as an architect in Los
Angeles to repair and sell the property he inherited in Harmony Ridge. As a
member of the least popular family in the county and boasting a hell-raising reputation
of his own, he too finds the local government standing in his way.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">When Lone concocts an ingenious plan to solve both their</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">
problems, they must commit to working together. And manage not to fall in love…</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><font face="inherit"> </font></o:p></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">A
Blueprint for Hope is a sweet romance and is book one in the Harmony Ridge
Romance Series.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Each book in the series can be read
as a stand-alone novel. Keep up with your favorite couples by reading them in
order. Happily Ever After guaranteed!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><o:p></o:p></p><br /><p></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750278505545604743.post-44087633252790371462020-03-31T09:21:00.002-07:002020-03-31T09:21:32.365-07:00FREE Book Promotion Websites (A Resource for Broke Indie Authors)So, you're an indie author. And you're broke. Not just a little broke. Very, very broke. You want to schedule an Amazon ebook promotion and you have zero dollars to spend.<br />
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I can help. At least a little bit. Listed below are twenty websites that offer free slots for ebook promotions. Some require that the book be free, some that it be discounted. On many of these websites you have a 1 in 50 chance of getting listed. Still, 1 in 50 is better than nothing and even a single listing will help you to climb Amazon algorithms.<br />
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I'm not personally affiliated with any of these websites, but I have submitted Kindle promotions to all of them.<br />
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<b>It’s Write Now</b> <o:p></o:p><a href="https://itswritenow.com/free-book-submission/">https://itswritenow.com/free-book-submission/</a></div>
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<b>Ebooks Habit</b> (your book must have 5 reviews on Amazon to be submitted) <o:p></o:p><a href="https://ebookshabit.com/for-authors/">https://ebookshabit.com/for-authors/</a></div>
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<b>eBook Lister</b> <o:p></o:p><a href="http://www.ebooklister.net/submit.php">http://www.ebooklister.net/submit.php</a></div>
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<b>Awesome Gang </b><o:p></o:p><a href="https://awesomegang.com/submit-your-book/">https://awesomegang.com/submit-your-book/</a></div>
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<b>ContentMo </b><a href="https://contentmo.com/submit-your-free-ebook-promo">https://contentmo.com/submit-your-free-ebook-promo</a><b> </b></div>
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<b>KindleBookPromos.luckycinda.com </b><a href="https://kindlebookpromos.luckycinda.com/?page_id=10719">https://kindlebookpromos.luckycinda.com/?page_id=10719</a> </div>
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<b>New Free Kindle Books </b><o:p></o:p><a href="https://newfreekindlebooks.com/authors/">https://newfreekindlebooks.com/authors/</a></div>
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<b>Pretty Hot </b><o:p></o:p><a href="https://pretty-hot.com/submit-your-book/">https://pretty-hot.com/submit-your-book/</a></div>
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<b>The eReader Café</b> (Your book must have 3 reviews to submit)<a href="https://theereadercafe.com/promote-your-books/">https://theereadercafe.com/promote-your-books/</a><br />
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<b>Reading Deals </b>(Your book must have 5 reviews and an average of 4 stars to submit.) <o:p></o:p><a href="https://readingdeals.com/submit-ebook">https://readingdeals.com/submit-ebook</a></div>
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<b>The Book Circle </b>(This website selects just 5 books per day to promote.) <o:p></o:p><a href="https://www.book-circle.com/submit-free-kindle-ebook-listing/">https://www.book-circle.com/submit-free-kindle-ebook-listing/</a></div>
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<b>eReader Love </b><o:p></o:p><a href="http://www.ereaderlove.com/contact-us-submit-a-book/">http://www.ereaderlove.com/contact-us-submit-a-book/</a></div>
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<b>Discount Book Man </b><o:p></o:p><a href="https://discountbookman.com/book-promotion/">https://discountbookman.com/book-promotion/</a></div>
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<b>Book Bongo </b><a href="https://bookbongo.com/submit/">https://bookbongo.com/submit/</a><b> </b><br />
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<b>Lovely Books </b><o:p></o:p><a href="http://lovelybookpromotions.com/submit-your-kindle-freebie/">http://lovelybookpromotions.com/submit-your-kindle-freebie/</a></div>
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<b>Frugal Freebies </b><o:p></o:p><a href="http://www.frugal-freebies.com/p/submit-freebie.html">http://www.frugal-freebies.com/p/submit-freebie.html</a></div>
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<b>FreeBooks.com </b><o:p></o:p><a href="http://www.freebooks.com/submit/">http://www.freebooks.com/submit/</a></div>
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<b>Books on the Knob</b> (Don't send free books here. They only advertise discounted books.) <a href="http://blog.booksontheknob.org/subscribe-about-contact/authors-read-this">http://blog.booksontheknob.org/subscribe-about-contact/authors-read-this</a></div>
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<b>Ask David </b><a href="https://askdavid.com/free-ebook-promotion">https://askdavid.com/free-ebook-promotion</a><b> </b><br />
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<b>Topless Cowboy </b>(Romance Novels Only) <a href="https://toplesscowboy.com/submit-your-book/">https://toplesscowboy.com/submit-your-book/</a></div>
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