Showing posts with label Days of Rakes and Roses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Days of Rakes and Roses. Show all posts

Friday, July 05, 2013

We have winners!

Thanks everyone for making my lovely guest, Anna Campbell, so welcome.

Winners have been picked and May has won a copy of DAYS OF RAKES AND ROSES and Princess Fiona has won THESE HAUNTED HEARTS. Will you please email Anna at anna@annacampbell.info to let her know what format you'd like the book in.

And here are links for everyone else who, like me, can't wait to read the books. 


Tuesday, July 02, 2013

Revelling in a Reunion!



It's so fun to welcome back, the fabulous Anna Campbell to my blog.

Last year I just lapped up The Winter Wife and I can't wait to get my hands on a download of Days of Rakes and Roses (I'm having cover and title envy!) Love me a good rake! :) 

But here's Anna to tell you all about it.

Hi Liz! Thank you so much for having me on your blog. As you know, I ADORE your books so this is a real treat for me. Speaking of treats, how good was ANYTHING BUT VANILLA? About as good as ice-cream (I’m on an ice-cream kick at the moment which makes my tastebuds happy and my hips cranky!). 

I’m visiting today to talk about my brand-new e-novella (available in North America only at present, although we’re working on other territories) DAYS OF RAKES AND ROSES which is out today from Grand Central Forever Yours.

You can read the blurb and an excerpt here

There’s a lot of things I like about this story.

The cover! Seriously, isn’t that gorgeous? Love the pink and the roses! 

The fact that it’s billed as 1.5 in the Sons of Sin series. Kind of like it’s a teenager! 

The fact that I got to play with a couple of the characters out of the rest of the series like Camden Rothermere and Sir Richard Harmsworth.

It’s only 99 cents! Seriously, that’s a bargain! 

The fact that it’s a reunion story. 

I love reunion stories. Do you? I love the way they give a couple a second chance at love when circumstances were against them first time around. I love seeing the hero and heroine recognise the mistakes of the past and with the benefit of time and wisdom, do things better. I love the awww factor at the end of a good reunion story when a couple always meant to be together finally gets their act into gear. 

While I love to read reunion stories, up until my e-novella DAYS OF RAKES AND ROSES, I’d only written one, a short novella called THE WINTER WIFE http://annacampbell.info/winterwife.html which I released last Christmas. The reunion was a theme I decided I wanted to return to. 

Lady Lydia Rothermere and Simon Metcalf are childhood sweethearts. The problem is that Lydia is the daughter of the powerful Duke of Sedgemoor and Simon is the penniless younger son of a mere knight. When Lydia’s father catches Simon and Lydia in a compromising position, he exiles Simon to the Continent and shames Lydia into a lifetime of toeing the line. 

Cue ten years later. Lydia is about to marry a rising political star Sir Berwick Grenville when, after a decade of no contact, Simon returns, determined to disrupt her engagement. Scandal has always dogged the Rothermere family and Lydia refuses to set tongues wagging by running after Simon. She also baulks at jilting an honourable man for someone who abandoned her and has since gained a Europe-wide reputation as a rake and vagabond.

But the passion she felt for Simon has never died. Duty versus desire? Which will win? And what events will tip the balance either way? 

Yeah, I think you can guess the outcome. But with these stories, it’s the journey that counts, isn’t it? And I loved both these characters. Lydia is SOOOO determined to do the right thing and Simon is SOOOO determined that he’s not going to surrender the love of his life for the second time. 

So are you a fan of reunion stories? Do you have any favourites? Why do you think reunion stories are so perennially popular in romancelandia? 

I’ve got a download of DAYS OF RAKES AND ROSES for a North American commenter and a download of my e-novella THESE HAUNTED HEARTS for someone from outside North America to give away today.

Please let me know where you’re based when you comment! Good luck! 



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