tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82304173427749135142024-03-13T09:54:53.435-07:00Sophie BarnesA little bit of everything about me, my life and the world of historical romanceSophie Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13853319619612467291noreply@blogger.comBlogger212125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230417342774913514.post-29647573493928553452019-02-21T15:03:00.000-08:002019-02-21T15:03:35.356-08:00My most recent Youtube videos<span style="font-size: large;">If you've subscribed to my <a href="http://www.sophiebarnes.com/sb1/?page_id=2538" target="_blank">newsletter</a> or you've been following me on Facebook, you'll know that I'm giving my YouTube channel a lot more attention this year. There are new book trailers up, both for <a href="https://books2read.com/u/m2xZlo" target="_blank">When Love Leads To Scandal</a> and <a href="https://books2read.com/u/4EMoKM" target="_blank">The Infamous Duchess</a>, along with videos about my work in progress and writing in general. If you're thinking of writing a novel but don't know where to begin, some of these videos may help, and if you follow along, you'll be able to see how I go about plotting a story, crafting characters and putting a novel together from start to finish.</span><br />
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<br />Sophie Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13853319619612467291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230417342774913514.post-31234079354604660612019-01-08T06:17:00.001-08:002019-01-08T06:17:22.437-08:00The Infamous Duchess - Trailer<span style="font-size: large;">After navigating Shutterstock and downloading Filmora9, I've finally managed to put together the book trailer for <i><b><a href="https://www.books2read.com/u/bWz7X0" target="_blank">The Infamous Duchess</a></b></i>. Have a look, read the blurb, and if you're intrigued, please feel free to follow the buy link to your preferred online retailer.</span><br />
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Branded a money-hungry con artist for marrying the elderly Duke of Tremaine days before his death, Viola Cartwright has found refuge in her work at St. Agatha’s Hospital. No one must know the painful reason behind her marriage. She steers clear of attachments—until Henry Lowell, heir to the Viscount Armswell, lands on her operating table after a duel. Charming and wickedly handsome, Lowell is one of London’s most inveterate scoundrels. Yet he may not be all that he appears.
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Sophie Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13853319619612467291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230417342774913514.post-8121060839886061302018-12-10T09:49:00.000-08:002018-12-10T09:49:33.815-08:00Ten Kisses To Scandal by Vivienne Lorret<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Briar Bourne needs a win so she can prove to her sisters and to her uncle that she's just as capable of being a successful matchmaker as they are. Especially after her latest disaster where she accidentally paired a mother with her son, for it did not reflect well on the Bourne Matrimonial Agency. But when she meets </span><span style="background-color: none;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nicholas Blacklowe, the Earl of Edgemont, a daring plan starts to form in her head. What if the notorious rake could help her better understand what draws men and women together and how to determine compatibility? </span></span></span></div>
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Sophie Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13853319619612467291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230417342774913514.post-766381393717880932018-11-28T05:27:00.000-08:002018-11-28T05:27:15.507-08:00Official Trailer - Miss Compton's Christmas Romance<span style="font-size: large;">I put this together using Getty Images and Rawshorts, which ended up being a bit of an ordeal. The first time around, I forgot to save, the second time, the voice got deleted from a couple of slides and I could not for the life of me get the same voice back, so once again, I had to start from the beginning...Oh, and it turned out that the images I'd initially selected through Rawshorts and created a beautiful trailer with, weren't royalty free, so that also meant I had to go back to square one. But, I now have the voice I want, some great alternatives to the original images and a trailer that's more or less decent...lol.</span><br />
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Sophie Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13853319619612467291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230417342774913514.post-28445900388546316382018-11-20T07:21:00.000-08:002018-11-20T07:21:01.969-08:00The Other Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Poppy Bridgerton is curious by nature, so when she discovers a cave during an un-chaperoned walk, she obviously has to explore it. Which is how she ends up kidnapped and on her way to Portugal with the incredibly handsome Captain Andrew James and his crew. The journey promises to be quite the adventure, even though Poppy has no intention of liking Captain James, no matter how well he treats her or how much he gradually tempts her. After all, he did kidnap her, which is not exactly gentlemanly behavior. But when danger strikes along the way, Poppy is forced to examine her feelings for the Captain and ask herself if he might be more than he seems and possibly even the man of her dreams.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Sophie Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13853319619612467291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230417342774913514.post-89042205068757780662018-11-12T11:25:00.000-08:002018-11-12T11:25:14.517-08:00How I got published - my publishing journey<span style="font-size: large;">Over the course of the weekend, I decided that it might be useful to aspiring authors to hear about my publishing journey and to hear my input on publishing related topics. It seemed like a simple plan: make daily videos and publish them to Youtube...</span><div>
<span style="font-size: large;">Well, we'll have to see how that goes, because since I've gotten a new computer after the last video I created, I no longer have the video editing software I'm used to, which means it took me two full days to find a different solution and make it work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I believe the most helpful <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiKriqPPQVY&t=395s" target="_blank">video</a> I found was the one informing viewers that all hand lettering tutorials are sped up and that drawing each letter should be approached with the same degree of slowness you might apply when giving yourself a French manicure. Also, it helps to pick the tip of the brush pen off the page in between strokes. After following these tips, my writing improved dramatically and creating beautiful headings for my bujo became a cinch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After popping the Tombows into my shopping basket, I spotted some Artist's Loft journals on sale and picked up two. They're not the same quality as my <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Minimalism-Art-Classic-Notebook-Journal/dp/B077Y5KDJP/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1541636367&sr=8-5&keywords=minimalist+art+journal" target="_blank">Minimalist Art journal</a> (the faux leather looks cheaper up close), nor do they have a pocket at the back for clippings, but they do have an Index AND they were only $5.00 compared with the $10.95 I spent on my Minimalist Art journal and the steep $19.95 of a Leuchtturm 1917. So I picked up a couple, figuring it was a good deal. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lady Ida Howlett wishes she had the courage to be seen as more than just the talkative know-it-all she invariably turns into at social events when she gets nervous. Exhausted by having to attend balls only to watch people's eyes glaze over as soon as she opens her mouth, and by her mother's determination to marry her off to a gentleman whom she knows she'd be miserable with, Ida leaps at the chance to go find her runaway sister when evidence of her location comes to light. To this end, she steals a carriage and sets her course for the north of England, only to discover that she's not alone. Bennett, Lord Carson, the man who was meant to marry two of her sisters until they decided to marry his brother and best friend instead, is with her, and he refuses to let her travel alone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bennett is tired and frustrated by the responsibilities of his life and by his father's insistence he marry in order to obtain a large dowry. Especially since his father is the one to blame for the family's depletion of funds. Wishing he could escape from it all, just for a while, he decides to accompany Lady Ida on her adventure to find her sister and bring her home, even though he's never really thought much of the youngest Howlett daughter. In the past, his attention has been on her sisters whom he was courting, while Ida...she always struck him as far too talkative and opinionated - the sort of woman a man would not wish to get trapped with. But as their journey together progresses, he discovers another side to Ida - an amusing, intelligent and vulnerable side she never lets anyone see.</span><br />
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<br />Sophie Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13853319619612467291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230417342774913514.post-27575128543521948762018-10-24T18:02:00.001-07:002018-10-24T18:02:17.628-07:00For the Duke's Eyes Only by Lenora Bell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lady India Rochester and Daniel Bonds were destined to marry before they were born. Raised on neighboring estates, their childhood friendship bloomed, turning rapidly into young love. They were inseparable and neither ever considered spending the rest of their life with another.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So begins <i>For The Duke's Eyes Only</i>, a story of loyalty that never waned, in spite of appearances, for although Indy hates the pompous libertine duke Ravenwood appears to be, he has never stopped loving her and is actually doing his best to protect her and the rest of his family from a dangerous villain. But protecting her in the overbearing, do as I say, kind of way proves difficult when the Rosetta Stone goes missing, for Indy has a keen interest in it and is quite set on finding the artifact no matter what Ravenwood tells her.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Before he knows what's happening, they're off on a secret mission together, but perhaps he's been going about everything all wrong. Maybe Indy is perfectly capable of holding her own. </span><span style="font-size: large;">When he decides to trust her, he learns that she's far more resourceful than he ever imagined and the perfect partner for a spy like himself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was a wonderful James Bond'esque historical romance. There was action, compelling dialogue and some beautifully written tender moments between the hero and heroine. A book I would definitely recommend.</span><br />
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Sophie Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13853319619612467291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230417342774913514.post-4521850722865205582018-10-22T07:04:00.000-07:002018-10-22T07:04:27.469-07:00Enter to WIN a PRINT copy of THE HONORABLE SCOUNDRELS ANTHOLOGY<span style="font-size: large;">The Honorable Scoundrels Anthology contains three separately published novellas: The Governess Who Captured His Heart, The Earl Who Loved Her, and The Duke Who Came To Town.
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Impoverished, the Potter sisters have few prospects, yet each is about to find love in the most unlikely of ways… </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">When Louise sets out to accompany her new employer’s uncle to the Northern part of England, she expects to share her journey with an older gentleman. Instead, she finds seduction itself in the form of Alistair Clay Hedgewick, heir to the Duke of Langley. Confined to each other’s company for a week, friendship starts to bloom, and the closer they become, the more temptation beckons…</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Life has been a constant struggle for Louise in recent years. So when an arrogant duke arrives on her doorstep and starts making demands, she is livid. But when he enlists her help in saving his business, she starts to realize that this man is so much more than she ever imagined – the sort of man who can lead her straight into temptation…</span><br />
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Sophie Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13853319619612467291noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230417342774913514.post-25793990121848293952018-10-20T07:16:00.002-07:002018-10-20T07:16:51.362-07:00Featured Author - October 2018<span style="font-size: large;">Welcome back to the featured author post! This month we'll be taking a look at Valerie Bowman and her upcoming release, <a href="http://www.valeriegbowman.com/books/kiss-me-at-christmas/" target="_blank"><i><b>Kiss Me At Christmas</b></i>.</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've had the pleasure of spending some wonderful quality time with Valerie on a few separate occasions. The last time was in NYC during the Romance Writers of America convention in 2015 where we had a blast, both at the hotel where we were staying as well as out and about in the city. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Valerie is a ton of fun and up for pretty much anything, which she proved when the two of us went out for dinner together. The restaurant was Mexican and when we discovered that they served fried grasshoppers...well...we just had to order up a dish :)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">What was that like, you might ask? Crunchy with a lemon/lime flavor and not the worst thing I've ever had - escargots and tripe is worse. In my humble opinion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 2014 Valerie appeared in season six, episode 18, of <b>Say Yes To The Dress</b>. I wish I could have seen it since I'm sure it must have been fun to watch due to Valerie's wit. This element of her personality has been reflected in all of the books I've ever read by her. She has the ability to not only make you sigh with the pleasure of a perfect romance, but to laugh out loud as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Valerie Bowman’s debut novel was published in 2012. Since then, her books have received starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, Booklist, and Kirkus. She’s been an RT Reviewers’ Choice nominee for Best First Historical Romance and Best Historical Romance Love and Laughter. Two of her books have been nominated for the Kirkus Prize for fiction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Valerie grew up in Illinois with six sisters (she’s number seven) and a huge supply of historical romance novels. After a cold and snowy stint earning a degree in English Language and Literature with a minor in history at Smith College, she moved to Florida the first chance she got. Valerie now lives in Jacksonville with her family including her mini-schnauzers, Huckleberry and Violet. When she’s not writing, she keeps busy reading, traveling, or vacillating between watching crazy reality TV and PBS.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now, there's only a little over a week until the release of <b><i><a href="http://www.valeriegbowman.com/books/kiss-me-at-christmas/" target="_blank">Kiss Me At Christmas.</a></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">S</span><span style="font-size: large;">o get ready, mark your calendar or pre-order just to make sure you don't forget about this one. It sounds like a wonderful read - one that I'm definitely looking forward to reading this coming holiday season.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>A spirited lady facing spinsterhood. A common man with a noble mission. And a surprise that just might be waiting for them under the mistletoe in </i>Kiss Me At Christmas<i> by Valerie Bowman.</i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Regina has one mission: to find a night of passion in the arms of a gentleman. Considered firmly on the shelf, Regina has given up on marriage—but that doesn’t mean she wants to be denied the pleasure married ladies experience. Daffin has long captured her attention…and when a threat calls him to her side, the sparks between them ignite. But how can a hired bodyguard find his way into Regina’s noble heart?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What's your favorite Valerie Bowman book? Did you see the episode of Say Yes To The Dress that she participated in? Let me know in the comments below!</span></div>
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Sophie Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13853319619612467291noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230417342774913514.post-27206632744635990912018-10-15T13:10:00.000-07:002018-10-15T13:10:24.625-07:00Author advertising - Creating memes using Microsoft Word<span style="font-size: large;">As I've touched on before in a previous post, at least half of an author's job is advertising. This means hours of work spent on researching best promotional sites, writing blog posts for tours, setting up newsletters, running FB adds, daily social media posts and a whole lot more.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">One of the funnest forms of advertising, I find, is creating memes, because this allows me to be creative and that's something I can appreciate. Now, I don't have expensive art programs, not because I don't know how to use them, but because I don't want to pay for something I don't need. And that's because all the memes I have ever created for my books were made using Microsoft Word. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yup. That's right. All I really need is one program. Plus the standard Paint program that comes with windows computers. I use this to crop my images and convert them to jpeg files.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Consider the image below as an example:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first thing I did, was create the 3D book image. You can do this <a href="https://diybookcovers.com/3Dmockups/" target="_blank">HERE</a> for free.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Now, create a new Word document, select the insert tab and click on shapes. Choose the rectangle and size it to a perfect square since this format works well for Instagram as well. Simply hold down the shift key while resizing.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Once this is done, select the square, go to format, and pick the fill color and outline color you want. Play around with the outline width until you're happy with the way it looks.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Next, it's time to add some text. Go back to insert and select text box. The meme above contains three of these because this makes it easier to control the placement of different text fonts and sizes. The first is Sophie Barnes, the Second is No Ordinary Duke and the third is the quote. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The quote part had to be modified in order to fit around the 3D book image. After inserting the image somewhere outside your square in the document, select it, right click on it and choose 'wrap text in front of text'. This will allow you to move the image about and place it where you want. Resize it and then adjust the text around it. You may have to drop some text to a different line in order for it to look just right.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I grabbed the squiggly thing from 'insert clipart' where there are loads of great choices. If you need to remove the background from a clipart image, you can do that as well. Just select it, click format, choose color followed by 'set transparent' and then select the color in the image you want to remove. If there is more one tone it gets slightly more complicated and you'll have to use Remove Backgrounds.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And that's it. Select all the elements in your design: the square, image and text boxes, and go to the formatting tab to group everything together. Then copy and paste into Paint, trim to size and save as a jpeg file.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made this even more fun by downloading it onto my phone and then using an animated photo app to add pink falling rose petals. The result was great on Instagram! You can check out the result <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BotyRsohbqe/?taken-by=sophiebarnesromancewriter" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><br />
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<br />Sophie Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13853319619612467291noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230417342774913514.post-90880839800223681522018-10-04T12:42:00.001-07:002018-10-04T12:42:51.157-07:00Free Historical Romance Deals - October 2018<span style="font-size: large;">It's been a while since I went scavenging for freebies so I thought I'd take a look at Bookbub deals and it turns out that there are some really good ones right now! Below you'll find a list of the ones I plan on grabbing along with the necessary links. I'm really excited about these. Some authors are new to me while others, like Courtney Milan and Heather Boyd are familiar, but it's been a while since I read them, so this is perfect! These are limited time offers, so you should try to get them while they're still available. If you can't access Bookbub for some reason, try searching Amazon, iTunes and B&N directly.</span><br />
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A charming Regency romance: Lady Sally Ford might have been engaged to Captain Felix Hastings six years ago, but that was before he broke her heart. When he returns, Sally wants nothing to do with him — but she can’t ignore the passion still between them…</div>
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Coming face-to-face before her wedding with the scoundrel who broke her heart and destroyed her trust could not be more awkward or ill timed for Sally Ford. When she agreed to give her hand and fortune to London’s most eligible earl, she did so believing she would learn to love him after they tied the knot. Her betrothed has no idea she was engaged to Captain Felix Hastings six years ago, or that she gave her innocence to the ambitious officer.</div>
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When Felix answered the summons from his superior he never expected to face Sally Ford, the woman who’d believed a lie and labeled him a fortune hunter before calling off their engagement six years ago. In his determination to clear the air about the past, pride clashes with the truth as every argument and stolen moment reignites a passion that has never waned. Giving in could destroy everything they’ve both worked so hard to achieve, or will fate offer them a chance to begin again if only they can forgive?</div>
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Tabitha works in her father’s hat shop, wishing more than anything that she could escape her stepmother and stepsister. Nicholas, a duke, comes from an entirely different world than her. Can a masquerade ball unite them? A steamy and entertaining historical romance!</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tabitha Blackmore is a woman who knows what she wants.</i></span><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </i><br />
A life of her own, one free from her hostile stepmother and gold-digging stepsister, and the ability to profit from her own talent. Working out of the shop her father began, Tabitha creates some of the most noteworthy hats and accessories in London, and looks forward to the day she can attend millinery school in Paris and break free of her current life. An opportunity arises to outfit and protect the Duchess of Stowe, leading to a chance meeting with her son, the Duke.<br />
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As his mother returns to society following her mourning period for his father, Nicholas dreads his responsibility to entertain vapid, fortune-seeking socialites and, eventually, find a wife. He happens upon Tabitha, who is everything he would have hoped for but nothing that he would have ever expected.<br />
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">He’s a duke who holds honesty above all; she’s a commoner hiding her true identity. Can they find their happily ever after at the masquerade, or will what separates them be too much to overcome when the final chime sounds at midnight?</i></span><br />
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Lady Sybil expects Stephen, her husband’s heir, to marry one of her daughters. But when Sybil and Stephen meet, a forbidden passion erupts between the two in this steamy Regency romance!</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;">Her Gilded Prison</span> is Book 1 in the <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Daughters of Sin</i> series, a Regency-set ‘Dynasty’ that follows the sibling rivalry between Viscount Partington’s two nobly-born and his illegitimate daughters as they compete for love during a glittering London Season. <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;">Her Gilded Prison</span> can, however, be read as a stand-alone.</div>
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To avenge her father’s death, Fianna will stop at nothing to find the Englishman who oversaw the execution. But when she mistakenly goes after the man’s son, Kit, she’s surprised by the passion between them… A stunning Regency romance!</div>
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Fianna Cameron has devoted her life to avenging the death of her father, hanged as a traitor during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Now, on the eve of her thirtieth birthday, only one last miscreant remains: Major Christopher Pennington, the English army officer who not only oversaw her father’s execution, but falsely maligned his honor. Fianna risks everything to travel to London and confront the man who has haunted her every nightmare. Only after her pistol misfires does she realize her sickening mistake: the Pennington she wounded is far too young to be the man who killed her father.<br />
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In this smoldering gothic tale, penniless Darcie Finch takes a position at the estate of the enigmatic Dr. Damien Cole. But even as she falls for him, she can’t help but wonder what secrets he’s hiding… With nearly 900 five-star ratings on Goodreads.</div>
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Betrayed by those she trusted, penniless and alone, Darcie Finch is forced to accept a position that no one else dares, as assistant to dangerously attractive Dr. Damien Cole. Ignoring the whispered warnings and rumours that he’s a man to fear, she takes her position at his eerie estate where she quickly discovers that nothing is at it seems, least of all her handsome and brooding employer. As Darcie struggles with her fierce attraction to Damien, she must also deal with the blood, the disappearances … and the murders.</div>
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Idealistic Miranda Fenster fervently believes in true love. And she’s convinced she can persuade the cynical Duke of Kerstone to see things her way in this spirited tale!</div>
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Miranda Fenster was known as the Fairy Tale Miss during the one disastrous London season that convinced her she would never have a happily-ever-after. But when her brother’s elopement is thwarted by the stubbornly proper Duke of Kerstone, Miranda sets off to convince the duke to champion her brother’s cause for love. Unfortunately, he is too proper to consider love, or any matters of the heart, a suitable reason for marriage, and too proper not to marry Miranda when they find themselves compromised. Now, Miranda is an unexpected duchess caught up in a marriage-of-convenience with a man she has loved from afar. The new duchess is sure of only one thing: she has a second chance for happily-ever-after, if she can uncover her new husband’s darkest secret, and make him believe that fairytale endings can be real.</div>
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Mercy, Duchess of Romsey, is struggling to keep an estate running when Leopold Randall — her late husband’s estranged cousin — arrives on her doorstep. Out of duty, he agrees to help her, but they soon find their hearts entangled…</div>
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A duchess should be regal, aloof and the image of calm elegance. But those words have never applied to Mercy, Duchess of Romsey. A widow and mother of a young duke, Mercy is lonely and floundering to keep the estate afloat. When she discovers the existence of Leopold Randall, her husband’s estranged cousin, Mercy commits to help him locate his missing siblings if he’ll return the estate to order. Although cautioned against trusting a man who would inherit everything should her son die, she impetuously hands over the estate to Leopold’s care in the hope of keeping him near.</div>
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Leopold Randall, heir to the young duke, has returned to Hampshire to demand information regarding the fate of his missing siblings. Unfortunately, the Duchess of Romsey is clueless about them, yet her struggle to maintain the estate tugs at Leopold’s sense of duty. At her insistence, he steps in to bring order to chaos while searching for hints to his family’s whereabouts amongst the old duke’s papers. Yet the duchess tempts him in ways best unspoken. He fights to hide his weakness for her and a shameful past that could see him banished again. But when Leopold discovers a threat against the duchess and young duke’s life, he must join forces with the temptress to protect his last known relative.</div>
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When Jack, Marquess of Ettington, invites his former ward to London as his sister’s companion, he’s surprised to realize Pixie Grange is hunting for a husband — and for some reason, she’s not considering him! A scintillating tale of unexpected love.</div>
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Jack, Marquess of Ettington, is at his wits’ end dealing with his twin sister’s distress. Under her name, he’s summoned Constance Grange, his vexing former ward, to London to act as his sister’s companion for the season. Although Pixie’s debt-ridden state comes as a complete surprise, what disturbs him more is his sister’s plan to find her a wealthy husband to pay off her overwhelming debts. And—despite his availability, wealth and title—he’s shocked to be overlooked for the position of Pixie’s husband.<br />
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With a nickname like Pixie, Constance Grange should be used to disasters, but debt collectors pounding on the Marquess of Ettington’s door demanding payment is beyond mortifying. Given the precarious state of her finances and the previously unknown loss of her family estate, her choices are either incarceration in debtors’ prison or turning fortune hunter to secure a wealthy husband. Yet the man who comes to her rescue more times than she cares to think about is unavailable, betrothed, and her former guardian Jack—the cold-hearted marquess.<br />
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From a <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">New York Times</i> bestselling author comes an addictive love story! Governess Serena Barton must win the favor of ruthless Hugo Marshall if she is to secure her future. “A battle of wills with the sweetest of prizes: true love” (<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">RT Book Reviews</i>).</div>
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Three months ago, governess Serena Barton was let go from her position. Unable to find new work, she’s demanding compensation from the man who got her sacked: a petty, selfish, swinish duke. But it’s not the duke she fears. It’s his merciless man of business--the man known as the Wolf of Clermont. The formidable former pugilist has a black reputation for handling all the duke’s dirty business, and when the duke turns her case over to him, she doesn’t stand a chance. But she can’t stop trying — not with her entire future at stake.</div>
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Hugo Marshall is a man of ruthless ambition — a characteristic that has served him well, elevating the coal miner’s son to the right hand man of a duke. When his employer orders him to get rid of the pestering governess by fair means or foul, it’s just another day at the office. Unfortunately, fair means don’t work on Serena, and as he comes to know her, he discovers that he can’t bear to use foul ones. But everything he has worked for depends upon seeing her gone. He’ll have to choose between the life that he needs, and the woman he is coming to love…</div>
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<a href="https://thebookjunkiereadspromos.blogspot.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">The Book Junkie Reads . . .</a>, <span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Review</span> / Excerpt<br />
<a href="https://lillysbookworld.wordpress.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Lilly’s Book World</a>, <span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Review</span><br />
<a href="http://www.whatisthatbookabout.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">What Is That Book About</a>, Excerpt<br />
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<a href="http://bookreview.dk/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">bookreview</a>, <span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Review</span><br />
<a href="http://www.feelthebook.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Feel The Book</a>, Excerpt<br />
<a href="https://silvatrend8553.blog/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Dog Eared Pages</a>, Excerpt<br />
<a href="https://beckymmoe.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Becky on Books</a>, Excerpt<br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/sinfullysnarkyreviews" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Sinfully Snarky Reviews</a>, Excerpt<br />
<a href="http://eromancenews.blogspot.ca/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">E-Romance News</a>, Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Books2Blog/b" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Books 2 Blog</a>, <span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Review</span><br />
<a href="http://www.silenceisread.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Silence Is Read</a>, Excerpt<br />
<a href="https://readyourwrites.blogspot.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Read Your Writes Book Reviews</a>, Excerpt<br />
<a href="http://www.thebookwormlodge.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">The Bookworm Lodge</a>, Spotlight<br />
<a href="https://mjbookblogandreviews.blogspot.com/?zx=77972d3951c034c0" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">MJ’s Book Blog and Review</a>, Spotlight</div>
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<a href="https://www.readingreality.net/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Reading Reality</a>, <span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Review</span><br />
<a href="http://www.buriedunderromance.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Buried Under Romance</a>, Excerpt<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/happilyeverchapter" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Happily Ever Chapter</a>, Excerpt<br />
<a href="https://imacoffeeholicbookworm.wordpress.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">The Coffeeholic Bookworm</a>, Excerpt<br />
<a href="http://www.bookreviewsandmorebykathy.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Book Reviews & More by Kathy</a>, Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/profile/amzn1.account.AEWY4KRSZLMX3U7PZ3MU3VWNPK7A?ie=UTF8&ref_=ya_d_l_profile" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">The Book Addict’s Reviews</a>, <span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Review</span> / Excerpt<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/janisejivinbookblog/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Janise’s Jivin’ Book Blog</a>, <span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Review</span><br />
<a href="https://silvatrend8553.blog/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Dog Eared Pages</a>, Excerpt<br />
<a href="http://nicolesbookmusings.blogspot.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Nicole’s Book Musings</a>, Excerpt<br />
<a href="http://www.whatisthatbookabout.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b0344e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">What Is That Book About</a>, Excerpt</div>
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Sophie Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13853319619612467291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230417342774913514.post-8383468620188409982018-10-01T03:30:00.000-07:002018-10-01T03:30:12.212-07:00What I'm Watching<span style="font-size: large;">In my last post on what I'm watching I mentioned Chuck which was simply fantastic. I've since finished watching the entire series and kept telling my husband that the networks need to come up with something similar. I mean, Castle and Psyche are no longer running either and it just feels as though it's been a while since there's been a comedy detective/cop/spy show on TV. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Well, I'm happy to tell you that's no longer the case. Hooray! The Good Cop, produced by Netflix, totally fills the void that developed when I finished binge-watching Chuck. It's not as kookie, but it is fun and rather cute.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Staring Tony Danza and (*dandadada*) singer Josh Groban, this show has great potential. Tony Danza is especially great as the character Big Tony, father to Josh Groban's character TJ. He's a loveable ex-cop who's done some time for being dirty. Recently released, he has some trouble playing by the rules which ends up clashing with his straight-laced son with whom he moves in. The pair are completely opposite, always at odds, which results fun dialogue and humorous scenes.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">TJ's partner, Cora Vasquez, is played by Monica Barbaro who's more easy going than TJ and thus a great compliment to his character. While there is an attraction from TJ's point of view, I'm not sure if these two will ever get together or if that would work. Will have to wait and see as the series continues.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Each episode features a crime TJ and Cora have to solve while keeping Big Tony out of trouble since he's always eager to get involved. As a former cop, he does tend to add some insight that ends up being useful, so there's always that balance between keeping him away from the crime scenes and suspects and accepting his expertise.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">One of the best things about this show is it's available on Netflix, which means you don't have to wait a week to watch the next episode. You can see as many or as few as you like at your convenience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The second show I'm watching right now is Maniac. This features Jonah Hill and Emma Stone as Annie Landsberg and Owen Milgrim. Annie suffers from relationship issues and depression while Owen has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Both are drawn to an experimental and somewhat mysterious drug trial involving pills that promises to repair the mind and solve the problem of pain. Of course, things don't go as planned. There's virtual intelligence involved, a hookup to a computer and a short circuit melding Annie's and Owen's consciousnesses together so they start experiencing the same dreams. I'm not sure how I would categorize it, maybe as fantasy drama, but one thing's for sure: it's different. Whether or not it will continue to hold my interest is yet to be determined, but for now there are some intriguing elements I'd like to know more about, like whether or not Owen really is schizophrenic or if he's just experiencing a different reality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Other shows I plan on watching soon are The Iron Fist, Last Man Standing (which I'm so glad has been revived), Supernatural and Dr. Who which premieres on October 7th.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What are you watching? Maybe you can recommend something I don't know about or haven't decided to give a chance. Let me know in the comments below. </span>Sophie Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13853319619612467291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230417342774913514.post-14377659809618075922018-09-29T06:37:00.001-07:002018-09-29T06:37:53.456-07:00My best September 2018 purchases<span style="font-size: large;">I made two great purchases this month, both of which I'm super pleased with. As a tea-lover who only drinks non-caffeinated brews, it was time to restock, so when I went shopping a couple of weeks ago I took a long stroll down the tea aisle at my local grocery store. My kitchen has one small drawer dedicated to tea, so I usually go for assortments to minimize the big boxes containing only one kind. But, there were two kinds of tea I couldn't resist buying this time and they're so good I don't mind drinking them every day for the next month or longer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My second, and perhaps even better, September purchase is <b>Erik and the Gods</b>. This is an adventure book written by a Danish author named Lars-Henrik Olsen. Although I have attempted to teach my kids danish, they're not fluent and they definitely wouldn't be able to read a book like this in the original language. So I was thrilled when I found an English translation on Amazon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The plot involves a 13 year old boy's adventure to save the world with the help of Thor's daughter. If you're interested in Nordic mythology, you really ought to read this book which is kind of along the lines of diving into a Percy Jackson or Harry Potter in terms of the age group it's targeting. It provides a lot of really interesting facts about Nordic Gods woven into the intrigue of the story and has won numerous awards including the English Pen Award. This story provides the reader with accurate information which is oftentimes slightly different from the Hollywood representations you encounter in the movies. Definitely worth a read and a book I'm so glad I own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Norse Gods have been fighting an endless war with the Giants and now they’re growing weak and losing their powers. So the God of Thunder, Thor, travels to earth to find help. He asks Erik, an ordinary teenage boy, to go on a secret mission to Asgard and the Land of the Giants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Together with Thor’s daughter, Trud, Erik must risk all venturing to the Land of the Giants to rescue the Goddess of Youth and her magic apples, the only thing which can revive the dying Gods. But time is running out. Can they rescue the Goddess and prevent Ragnarok, the End of the World?</span></div>
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Sophie Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13853319619612467291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230417342774913514.post-20174303346494786462018-09-26T11:21:00.002-07:002018-09-27T05:22:13.156-07:00Featured Author - September 2018<span style="font-size: large;">This is a new feature I've decided to add on a monthly basis in order to give some attention to my favorite romance authors. To kick things off, I'm going to feature Caroline Linden who I had the pleasure of meeting in May when I joined her for a book signing in Maryland. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a great time together - Caroline Linden has a fantastic sense of humor which is definitely reflected in the novels she writes. Her current series, <i>Wagers of Sin</i>, involves some serious high stakes gambling, brilliant dialogue and characters you'll wish you were spending an evening playing cards with. I've read the first book in this series though not the second - alas - since I'm way behind on my reading schedule what with edits and such, but it is definitely on my tbr list. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first book is called <i>My Once And Future Duke </i>(February 27th, 2018) You can read my review of it <a href="http://sophie-barnes.blogspot.com/2018/05/my-once-and-future-duke-by-caroline.html" target="_blank">HERE </a>and check out the blurb below the stunning cover image:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sophie Campbell is determined to be mistress of her own fate. Surviving on her skill at cards, she never risks what she can't afford to lose. Yet when the Duke of Ware proposes a scandalous wager that's too extravagant to refuse, she can't resist. If she wins, she'll get five thousand pounds, enough to secure her independence forever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jack Lindeville, Duke of Ware, tells himself he's at the Vega Club merely to save his reckless brother from losing everything, but he knows it's a lie. He can't keep his eyes off Sophie, and to get her he breaks his ironclad rule against gambling. It he wins, he wants her—for a week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A week with Jack could ruin what's left of Sophie's reputation. It might even break her heart. But when it comes to love, all bets are off …</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When Hugh Deveraux discovers his newly inherited earldom is bankrupt, he sets about rebuilding the family fortune—in the gaming hells of London. But the most daring wager he takes isn't at cards. A wealthy tradesman makes a tantalizing offer: marry the man's spinster daughter, and Hugh's debts will be paid and his fortune made. The only catch is that she must never know about their agreement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Heiress Eliza Cross has given up hope of marriage until she meets the impossibly handsome Earl of Hastings, her father's new business partner. The earl is everything a gentleman should be, and is boldly attentive to her. It doesn't take long for Eliza to lose her heart and marry him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But when Eliza discovers that there is more to the man she loves—and to her marriage—her trust is shattered. And it will take all of Hugh's power to prove that now his words of love are real.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you hop on over to <a href="http://carolinelinden.com/index.html" target="_blank">Caroline Linden's website</a>, you'll discover the following: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Caroline Linden was born a reader, not a writer. She earned a math degree from Harvard University and wrote computer code before discovering that writing fiction was far more fun. Since then, the Boston Red Sox have won the World Series three times, which is not related but still worth mentioning. Her books have been translated into seventeen languages, and have won the NEC-RWA Reader's Choice Award, the Daphne du Maurier Award, the NJRW Golden Leaf Award, and RWA's RITA Award. She lives in New England.</span></div>
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Sophie Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13853319619612467291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230417342774913514.post-8466869543094976312018-09-24T03:30:00.000-07:002018-09-24T03:30:00.147-07:00Being an author isn't enough. You also have to be a publicist.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">For those of you looking to get published and who think all you need to do is write a great book, you'd be wrong. Not to discourage you or anything, because in my opinion there's nothing better than being an author. It's my ideal job. But it's also a ton of hard work - and that's without considering the writing.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">One of the biggest jobs you'll have to take on as well, is the publicity one. If you think a publisher's going to do all of that for you while you sit back and watch your book rankings rise, think again. Sure, a good publisher will push your book because it's in their interest to make you be as successful as possible, but you have to help. For me, doing publicity for my books takes up just as much time as writing, if not more. It also costs a fair bit, so you'll need to set aside a budget and figure out the best ways in which to spend it so your book receives the attention it deserves. Over the years, I've had a lot of terrible experiences with promo opportunities I paid for without getting any results. That sucks, but with time, I've narrowed it down to a few key places I consider reliable.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">They are: <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/" target="_blank">BookBub</a> (super expensive but worth it), <a href="https://www.bargainbooksy.com/" target="_blank">Bargainbooksy</a> and <a href="http://manybooks.net/" target="_blank">Many Books</a>, which are both great for promo stacking, and <a href="https://booksweeps.com/authors/" target="_blank">Booksweeps</a>, which is great for growing your mailing list.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Now, back to all the extra work I was talking about before. A lot of authors choose to hire assistants (often virtually) to help out with this and while tempting, I really don't want the extra expense because I'd rather put that money toward advertising.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So here's a list of everything I can think of that happens after I've spent about five hours of my day writing and/or editing.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Update my website for each new book and event - I built my website myself and saved a few grand on hiring someone to do this. Was this something I knew how to do beforehand? Not at all. But I figured it out and so can you!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Update newsletter for the next mailing</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Find appropriate images for weekly FB posts and schedule those posts</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Post an image to instagram at least once a day with hashtags</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Write a blog post at least three times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Create memes, quote cards and banners for new releases and/or promo events</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Set up giveaways on <a href="https://promosimple.com/" target="_blank">Promosimple</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Order promotional bookmarks - I do this through <a href="https://www.printrunner.com/" target="_blank">Printrunner</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Mail promo material to my amabassadors</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Make sure my ambassadors receive an ARC of any upcoming releases</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Set up promos on various websites (<a href="https://www.bookbub.com/" target="_blank">BookBub</a>, <a href="https://www.bargainbooksy.com/" target="_blank">Bargainbooksy</a>, <a href="http://manybooks.net/" target="_blank">Many Books</a>)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Create FB adds</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Write blog posts and answer interview questions for tours</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Review other authors books as a way to boost traffic on my blog</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Correspondence - respond to emails, FB comments and other online messages.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Set up Goodreads giveaways - this is no longer a free service, but it is pretty effective in terms of spreading awareness for a book</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Procure a book cover</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Publish book on <a href="https://kdp.amazon.com/" target="_blank">Amazon KDP</a> and <a href="https://www.createspace.com/" target="_blank">Createspace</a> (these are currently in the process of merging) and via <a href="https://www.draft2digital.com/" target="_blank">Draft2Digital</a> (B&N, Kobo, iTunes etc)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Set up a blog tour - I use <a href="http://indiesage.com/" target="_blank">Indiesage</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Contact bloggers to request reviews and to make them aware of the tour - a very time consuming process but one I consider necessary</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Run a giveaway on <a href="http://www.librarything.com/" target="_blank">Librarything</a> in exchange for reviews.</span></li>
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from sharing my stories with readers, is all the wonderful information I find
while doing research. Writing <a href="http://www.sophiebarnes.com/sb1/?page_id=2480" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Illegitimate Duke</i></b> </a>allowed me to
dive back into Regency medicine, an area that first caught my interest seven
years ago when I started work on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">There’s Something About Lady Mary</i></b>.
What intrigues me just as much now as it did back then, is discovering how
advanced some physicians and surgeons were in the past. They weren’t all the
blood-letting quacks so often depicted in the movies. For instance, I bet it
would surprise you to know that the first successful heart surgery on record,
was performed by the Spanish surgeon, Francisco Romero, in 1801! Granted, he
‘only’ worked on the lining of the heart in order to drain excess fluid, but he
did this twice without either patient dying. And don’t forget that this was
done at a time before anesthesia, which is really quite amazing. Unfortunately,
finding information on Francisco Romero wasn’t easy. It required a bit of
digging and eventually I just stumbled upon him by chance. If you do a search
for ‘history of heart surgery’ or ‘first heart surgery’ etc. other more recent
surgeons are credited, which in my opinion is rather unjust.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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all areas of science, of course, but it always happens in the field of medicine
with great poignancy, since there the human costs of dropping the technological
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Similarly, Charles Kite and William Buchan were medical
pioneers who ought to be household names. Instead, other people are more
famously known for discoveries and claims these men made long before anyone
else. I bet it would surprise you to know that the first cardiac defibrillation
was given to a three year old girl on July 16<sup>th</sup> 1774, long before <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Jean</span>-<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Louis Prevost and Frederic Batelli demonstrated the use of defibrillation
in 1899. When Catharine Sophie Greenhill fell out of a first floor window, an
apothecary pronounced her dead. Thankfully, a neighbor named Squires, an
amateur scientist, arrived on the scene twenty minutes later with an
electrostatic generator and proceeded to pass electricity through her body.
History records that after giving her several shocks to the chest, her pulse
reappeared and she began breathing again. Eventually, after a short time in
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in, because he took note. As a member of the Humane Society (still in existence
today and originally named </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Drowned</i>), he not only
advocated the resuscitation of people in cardiac arrest by using bellows as
well as oral and nasal intubation, but also developed his own electrostatic
revivifying machine. This used Leyden jar capacitors in a similar way to the DC
counter shock of the modern cardiac defibrillator, which makes you stop and
think, doesn’t it? I mean, we’re still talking late 18<sup>th</sup> Century here
since Kite received a silver medal for his work in 1788.</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">In <b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.sophiebarnes.com/sb1/?page_id=2480" target="_blank">The Illegitimate Duke</a></i></b>, the hero, Florian Lowell, is a very
progressive man of medicine who has traveled the world and likes to keep up to
date with new discoveries. Through him and his conversations with the heroine, Juliette
Matthews, it is my hope that Charles Kite will be brought to people’s attention
and remembered for his extraordinary contribution to both science and medicine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">The same can be said about
William Buchan. I have used his book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Domestic
Medicine</i>, as the foundation for Florian’s knowledge about hygiene. He even
lends the book to Juliette and advises her to read it. This is because it
really aggravates me when the wrong person is acknowledged for an achievement.
While the Hungarian physician, <span style="background: none; color: #222222;">Ignaz
Philipp SemIgnaz (1818-1865), did find the connection between the handling of
corpses and puerperal fever in childbirth, he is not the first person to
discover the significance of hand washing, even though his finds in this area
did result in greater attention to cleanliness in operating rooms. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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here’s the problem with that theory: William Buchan wrote about the importance
of hand washing in Domestic Medicine, first published in 1772, where he says: </span><br />
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<span style="background: none; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Were every person, for example, after
handling a dead body, visiting the sick, etc, to wash before he went into
company, or sat down to meat, he would run less hazard either of catching the
infection himself, or communicating it to others.</i></b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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also mentions the importance of cleanliness aboard a ship where escaping an
epidemic would be difficult. In this context, he advises that if infectious
diseases were to break out, cleanliness is the most likely way to prevent it
from spreading. This includes the washing of all clothing and bedding used by
the sick as well as fumigation with brimstone or the like.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.sophiebarnes.com/sb1/?page_id=2480" target="_blank">The Illegitimate Duke</a></i></b>, Florian
applies these methods during a typhus outbreak. He uses tar water instead of
brimstone, however, and cleans the quarantine ship with a solution of lime, as
implemented by the Edinburgh Infirmary and advised by practitioners of the
Royal Army and Navy during the early 19<sup>th</sup> Century. Furthermore,
inspiration for the treatment of typhus was found in the Edinburgh Infirmary’s insistence
that patients be stripped of their clothing, given haircuts to remove lice (which
would have been helpful since typhus was spread by lice, though this wasn’t
known until Charles Nicolle made the connection in 1903) given a bath and in
some cases rubbed with mercurial ointment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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also uses morphine, a narcotic that wasn’t commercially available in 1821 when
the story takes place, even though it had been produced in Germany by</span><span style="background: none; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"> pharmacist Friedrich Sertürner</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"> in 1804. I like to think that Florian corresponded
with </span><span style="background: none; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Sertürner who happily supplied him with
morphine after Florian carried out his own tests. This attention to detail and
willingness to stay apprised of medical advancements is what makes Florian such
a wonderful physician and hero.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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his profession, he responds:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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against the evils of the world. The things I have seen have changed me in ways
I am not always fond of. When I began my apprenticeship, I was sixteen years
old and used to a life of leisure and luxury. Seeing a boy my own age lose a
limb that first day was shocking. I confess I fled the operating room to cast
up my accounts.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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Florian’s voice was strained with emotion. “I made it my purpose then and there
to discover the best methods of medical treatment and surgery. Forced to
complete my apprenticeship in order to be admitted into Oxford, I
dedicated my free time to reading medical texts and interviewing not only other
physicians, but anyone I could find who had traveled abroad and born witness
to successful surgeries.”</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: none; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
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funds to attend university and I don’t go into detail, this doesn’t really
convey how easy it was to gain a medical education and start your own practice prior
to 1815. Apprenticeships for physicians, apothecaries and surgeons were
extremely popular. No examination was required at the end, which lead to a huge
imbalance in student competence, depending on who the teacher had been. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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aspiring physicians did attend university since this added an element of
prestige to their profession. But obtaining a degree did not require the sort
of hands on experience one might expect. It focused mostly on </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">writings
of physicians from classical times such as Hippocrates and Galen and on the
student’s ability to defend two theses before the Professor of Medicine in
Latin. Shockingly, however, it was quite acceptable for the student to pay
someone to do this for him. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the apothecaries who were now obligated to adhere to the Apothecaries Act. Enforced
by the Society of Apothecaries and requiring qualifying examinations, its main
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the lack of regulations during most of the nineteenth century, ridding the
medical community of quacks and ensuring high levels of skill, was an uphill
battle. Even so, there were some remarkable physicians and surgeons who were truly
dedicated to their work and to their patients, such as Charles Kite and
Franciso Romero. These are the men on whom Florian is based – on the men who
saw medicine as a vocation instead of simply a way in which to make a living. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've always loved a good lasagna while my husband has never been particularly crazy about it because he always feels as though there's too much tomato sauce. With practice, however, I've managed to perfect a simple lasagna recipe that isn't too heavy on tomato sauce and doesn't even require stirring up a bechamel sauce. That doesn't mean it doesn't take time since there is some prepping and the lasagna still needs to be baked, but the final result is one that even my husband enjoys now while both of my kids are crazy for it. In fact, all I've done is modify the recipe on the back of the fresh lasagna pack I bought and create a filling that gets my kids to eat their veggies without even realizing :)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Oh, and did I mention that it's vegetarian? Fear not meat lovers! The Gardein beefless ground meat is so good everyone's shocked to discover there's no meat in it. This dish is a success every time I make it!</span><br />
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<li>Fresh lasagna (as pictured below)</li>
<li>cooking oil or butter</li>
<li>A mixture of chopped vegetables. (My preferred options are: 1 squash, 2 carrots (grated not chopped), 1 red bell pepper, a large onion, some celery and mushrooms). Whenever I'm out of some items I compensate with canned sweet corn and/or carrots.</li>
<li>Gardain beefless ground meet - 1 pack</li>
<li>Your favorite pasta sauce - mine is either Classico Sweet Tomato & Basil OR Wholesome Pantry Italian Herb</li>
<li>1/4 cup heavy cream</li>
<li>1 tablespoon Grill Mates Brown Sugar Burbon spice</li>
<li>Cayenne pepper to taste</li>
<li>Salt & Pepper to taste</li>
<li>3 packs of sliced cheese - I use Muenster (this is so much simpler than grated and allows for an even cheese covering)</li>
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<li>Prepare all your vegetables (I like to put them all in a big bowl as I do so). Put some cooking oil or butter in a large enough wok or pot and cook at medium heat for about ten minutes while occasionally stirring.</li>
<li>cover the bottom of a large oven-safe dish with some of the pasta sauce</li>
<li>Add the remaining pasta sauce to your vegetables and bring to a simmer</li>
<li>Add the beefless ground meat, bring to a simmer and wait for it to defrost. Stir well!</li>
<li>Add the heavy cream</li>
<li>Add the brown sugar bourbon, cayenne pepper, salt and pepper</li>
<li>Leave to simmer for about 10 minute</li>
<li>Start layering your lasagna by placing lasagna on top of the pasta sauce, put one third of the vegetable filling on top, arrange cheese slices on top and repeat: lasagna, filling, cheese, lasagna, filling, cheese, lasagna, filling cheese.</li>
<li>Cover with foil and bake for 1 hr in the middle of your oven at 375 F. </li>
<li>Remove the foil and bake an additional 5-10 minutes</li>
<li>Remove from the oven and let stand for about 10 minutes before serving.</li>
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Sophie Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13853319619612467291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230417342774913514.post-56554272486065710132018-09-17T03:30:00.000-07:002018-09-17T03:30:08.169-07:00Writing The Love That Saved Him<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Part of the reason why I really wanted to get into self-publishing, is because it allows me the freedom to publish some of the stories the publishing houses aren't interested in, either because they're difficult to market or don't fit the right slot at the time when I submit the manuscript. After offering this story to Avon and later to Kensington Press, and having it declined, I decided to go it alone. I knew it wouldn't be easy, simply because the story, being the contemporary one that it is, would not appeal to many of my readers. Still, I was determined to try for the simple reason that this is one of those books that <i>had</i> to be written. I can't really explain it any other way. All I can say it that the subject matter haunted me until a plot began taking shape inside my head. I started envisioning the characters and how to develop them over the course of the story. Their goals became as clear as their tragic backgrounds and scenery. So one night a couple of years ago, I sat down and wrote the first chapter. It would take another year and a half to complete the entire first draft of the book, not because I got writer's block, but because I had other projects under contract with my publisher. So this became a side project I occasionally worked on when I had time to spare, because just as I had to write it, I knew it had to be published so other people could share in Pierce and Sarah's journey. I've lost a lot of family members and friends to cancer over the years, including my aunt and my cousin. I was ten years old the first time I heard of a family friend passing away because of this awful disease. It shocked me to realize that such a thing was possible and that this friend's illness had progressed so fast. The idea behind <b><i><a href="http://www.sophiebarnes.com/sb1/?page_id=2563" target="_blank">The Love That Saved Him</a></i></b>, is to shine some light on the devastating effect cancer can have while reminding people how important it is not to let it destroy those who have to go on without the people they've lost. It's about valuing life, finding beauty in simple moments and recovering from pain through friendship and love. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Of all the stories I have ever written, this is probably the closest one to my heart, because it resonates in too many ways to count. I hope you enjoy reading it, and while I know it's not a historical, it is a cozy read filled with deep emotion and a little bit of gold-mining fun to lighten the mood. Hopefully you will give it a try and if you enjoy it, write a review. If you do, then I thank you. All reviews are greatly appreciated :)</span><br />
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Sophie Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13853319619612467291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230417342774913514.post-54005641436600317942018-09-14T07:17:00.003-07:002018-09-14T07:20:53.750-07:00The Love That Saved Him - Goodreads Giveaway - ends soon!<span style="font-size: large;">I'm giving away 50 e-book copies of The Love That Saved Him on Goodreads! This giveaway ends on September 17th, so enter now for a chance to win a copy of my first contemporary romance. This story is all about overcoming loss and having the courage to open your heart and learning to love again. It goes on sale October 2nd. Please see below for a longer description and buy links.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Suffering from the recent loss of his wife, Pierce Jackson leaves behind his corporate job in New York City and heads to the Klondike. There he meets Sarah Palmer whose eighty-five year old gold mining grandfather wants to lease the most dangerous part of Pierce's property. The last thing Pierce wants is to fall for Sarah. But as they start working together, a bond begins to form, and Pierce must eventually ask himself if he can overcome guilt and heartache and welcome the love of another woman into his heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sarah has a lot more on her mind than starting a relationship with her handsome new neighbor. But as she gets to know Pierce, she begins to wonder, what if? Encouraged by her matchmaking grandfather whose biggest wish is to see her settled, Sarah finds herself swept up in the most unexpected romance. But with shocking family history unfolding and a gold-mining expedition that could go wrong in so many ways, there's a lot for Sarah and Pierce to take care of before they can find their happily ever after.</span></div>
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