What an Incredible Book Launch!

Wow!

I am stunned. 

To everyone who has downloaded A Blueprint for Hope this week, thank you so much! I hope you love the novel.

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.

*Above: 4,579 copies downloaded! 

A Blueprint for Hope Free Promo!

From now until July 14th, 2020, get my novel, A Blueprint for Hope FREE on Amazon Kindle!

Book Launch

I am beyond thrilled to announce the publication of my new Contemporary Sweet Romance.

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 Amazon.

A 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. 

From now until July 5th, 2020, please email me at olenequinn@gmail.com for your FREE pre-release copy. Honest reviews posted on release day would be greatly appreciated.

Here is the first glimpse:

A Broken-Hearted Chef with a Big Dream. An Architect with a Past. A High School Crush. What could go wrong?

When Hope Gibson broke up with her fiancé, she lost everything. 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.

Hope’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.

When Lone concocts an ingenious plan to solve both their problems, they must commit to working together. And manage not to fall in love…

 A Blueprint for Hope is a sweet romance and is book one in the Harmony Ridge Romance Series. 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!

FREE 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.

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.

I'm not personally affiliated with any of these websites, but I have submitted Kindle promotions to all of them.

It’s Write Now https://itswritenow.com/free-book-submission/

Ebooks Habit (your book must have 5 reviews on Amazon to be submitted) https://ebookshabit.com/for-authors/

eBook Lister http://www.ebooklister.net/submit.php

Awesome Gang https://awesomegang.com/submit-your-book/

ContentMo https://contentmo.com/submit-your-free-ebook-promo 

KindleBookPromos.luckycinda.com https://kindlebookpromos.luckycinda.com/?page_id=10719 

New Free Kindle Books https://newfreekindlebooks.com/authors/

Pretty Hot https://pretty-hot.com/submit-your-book/

The eReader Café (Your book must have 3 reviews to submit)https://theereadercafe.com/promote-your-books/

Reading Deals (Your book must have 5 reviews and an average of 4 stars to submit.) https://readingdeals.com/submit-ebook

The Book Circle (This website selects just 5 books per day to promote.) https://www.book-circle.com/submit-free-kindle-ebook-listing/

eReader Love http://www.ereaderlove.com/contact-us-submit-a-book/

Discount Book Man https://discountbookman.com/book-promotion/

Book Bongo https://bookbongo.com/submit/ 

Lovely Books http://lovelybookpromotions.com/submit-your-kindle-freebie/

Frugal Freebies http://www.frugal-freebies.com/p/submit-freebie.html

FreeBooks.com http://www.freebooks.com/submit/

Books on the Knob (Don't send free books here. They only advertise discounted books.) http://blog.booksontheknob.org/subscribe-about-contact/authors-read-this

Ask David https://askdavid.com/free-ebook-promotion 

Topless Cowboy (Romance Novels Only) https://toplesscowboy.com/submit-your-book/

Superbowl Book Sale

If you would rather cozy up with a good book and a warm drink than watch the Superbowl today, I've got your back.

Get two of my sweeping historical epics for just $0.99! Sale lasts until this Tuesday 2/4/2020.

Prince Dead is FREE on Kindle:

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After the Happily Ever After - The Problem with Romance Novels

It's the genre's greatest selling point - the guaranteed HEA. Pick up a romance novel and you know that not only are two characters going to fall in love; they are going to live Happily Ever After. What happens, though, when the reader is just not convinced? When two characters seem too toxic, too selfish, or too different to make it work? Yes, they wind up together on the page, but in the reader's head?

Possibly not. And that can spoil the novel.

Can you imagine the brooding alpha millionaire mob boss doing a midnight tissues and Nyquil run at the drugstore when his lady has the flu? Will the career-obsessed, highly aggressive, totally self-involved heroine ever find it within herself to make compromises for her relationship? Will these two self-serving, argumentative, domineering people ever be able to decide where to order takeout or which laundry detergent to purchase?

Probably not. And no matter how hard the author tries to push the HEA, it won't convince the reader.

Taking all of this into account, I was bound and determined to portray the characters in my romance novels performing everyday activities, making the mundane sacrifices that sometimes define relationships, and simply enjoying each other's company. In the manuscript I currently have out for submission to Harlequin my hero and heroine go fishing and four-wheeling, tackle the annoyance of vehicle breakdowns and bad cell phone reception, and face the balance between chasing their dreams and compromising for each other. Sometimes their problems are huge, sometimes they are tiny. In the end, they overcome them together.

I think that is the ultimate romance. I hope Harlequin agrees. More importantly, I hope that one day my novel will get into the hands of readers who love it.