Happy Dance The Promised One in print.
We are walking around with big smiles today. Not as big as when our book was first published in July 2013 as an eBook, but close. You see, we got our first paperback versions we ordered from Amazon today.
Actually getting to hold the print copy is exciting. You can fan the pages and, if it wasn’t so cold, you would really enjoy the breeze. At least it brings out the smell of fresh ink, the smell of the results of hard work and editing. Something we weren’t even sure of when we came up with the idea for The Turning Stone Chronicles years ago as we brain stormed the idea on a long car trip.
We were reading road signs, brainstorming book ideas. We came up with several ideas, but the one that caught our interest came from a road sign in New York State pointing to a place called Turning Stone. That idea just took off. We wanted to come up with something in the paranormal realm but not the usual vampire or were-something. The building of the world, what the characters could do, and how they could do it made the miles fly by. Now to actually hold that book in our hands is pretty awesome.
We got another surprise when we turned the book over to read the blurb and discovered a back cover photo we hadn’t seen. Awesome! eBooks don’t show the back cover.
To get a flavor of the book, here is a favorite excerpt:
The woman stared at him, blood seeping from the corner of her mouth. “Return the ring, or you’ll be sorry.”
With a short laugh he stood. “Big words for someone bleeding to death.” After dropping the ring into his pocket, he gathered the scattered contents of her purse, and started to leave.
“Wait.” The words sounded thick and slurred . . . two octaves deeper . . . with a Scottish lilt.
Shaw frowned and spun back toward her. The pounding in his chest increased. On the ground, where the woman had fallen, lay a man.
He wore the same slinky blue dress she had—the seams ripped, the dress top collapsed over hard chest muscles, instead of smoothed over soft, rounded curves. The hem skimmed across a pair of hairy, thick thighs. Muscled male thighs. Spiked heels hung at an odd angle, toes jutting through the shoe straps. The same shoes she’d been wearing.
The alley tipped. Shaw leaned against the dumpster to steady himself. He shook his head to clear the vision, then slowly moved his gaze over the body.
A pair of steel-blue eyes stared out of a chiseled face edged with a trim salt-and-pepper beard. Shaw whirled around scanning the alley.
Where was the woman? And who the hell was this guy?
Terrified, Shaw fled.
The dying man called out, “You’re cursed. Forever.”
GIVE AWAY:
In celebration of our first batch of print books we’ve decided to give away a free, autographed copy with personal message, to some lucky person who leaves a comment on this blog along with their email address, so we can get in contact, before midnight EST January 29.
So if you want to put your name in the hat for the drawing leave a comment and your email address. U.S. commenters only for the print copy.
Thanks for stopping by.
Congratulations!
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Thanks. It was so exciting, as you well know. We can hardly wait for book 2 to come out now.
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Congrats! They did a really nice job on the wraparound cover. Don’t put me in the drawing, as I already have (and greatly enjoyed!) the ebook.
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Yes they did. We really like the wraparound. Thanks for coming by.
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Congratulations you guys! There is nothing like the feel of holding your baby in your hands.
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We agree. Thanks for stopping by.
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Congratulations! You can put my name in the hat (semckitrick (at) aol (dot) com).
E-books are great, but I don’t know what it is about a paper book that just makes it feel real, you know? I hope you have many sales!!
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We also like the feel and smell of the print book. You are in the hat!
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What a lovely cover! Congrats. I really enjoyed this story. I’d love a copy. 🙂
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We agree the cover is lovely. Your name is in the hat.
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Congrats Catherine & Donald! Loved the book and the cover. Enjoy 🙂
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Thank you Joanne. Yes Fiona did a good job with the cover and the way it wraps around to the back.
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