Monday, November 17, 2014

Ghosts of Grace Cottage Blog Tour! (+$50 Giftcard Giveaway!)

Title: Ghosts of Grace Cottage
Author: Carolyn Wren
Series: N/A
Pages: 67
Date Published: November 15th, 2013
Publisher: Secret Cravings Publishing 
Format: Kindle
Genre: Mystery
Source: Goddess Fish Blog Tours

Synopsis:
Eloisa Waters is creating a new life for herself.  After travelling for twelve months, she comes home at Christmas, purchasing a small country cottage in a sleepy English village, despite the fact its previous owner was a recluse, the original owner was supposedly a witch, and it’s now rumored to be haunted!

On the first night in her new home, sensual erotic dreams surprise and delight her.  Only these aren’t dreams.  The rumors are true.  Two handsome Regency ghosts inhabit the cottage, becoming corporeal at night, trapped by a curse, compelled to satisfy every desire of the new owner.


Elly begins to fall in love with Anton and Phillipe, her charming ghostly lovers.  But is there more? Can the curse be broken? Or does Elly risk her own soul. As Christmas approaches, and memories surface, how will Elly choose?  How can she possibly leave behind the Ghosts of Grace Cottage?  
~Try an Excerpt!~
“Are you sure?”

Elly grinned at her friend. “Sal, I think you’re doing this wrong. You’re a realtor, I’m looking for a house. Your job is to talk me into buying, not out of it.”

Sally, her lifelong buddy and trainee real estate agent, looked dubious. “It’s old.”

Elly let her gaze wander over the deep red bricks of the cottage almost obscured by the climbing white roses. She saw the faded paint on the window frames and doors, the cracked tiles on the roof. None of that mattered. Something about this place called to her, tugged at her. “Imagine it with snow on the roof.”

“I’m imagining the roof collapsing.”

“Just look at those flowers. Whoever heard of roses blooming so close to Christmas?”

“It’s a freaky property. The climbing white roses bloom all year round. The bushes in the front garden don’t bloom at all, ever.”

“Imagine lying in bed and letting the fragrance waft over you.”

“Imagine lying in bed and letting the freezing cold wind waft over you from the cracks in the wall caused by the climbing roses penetrating the mortar between the bricks.”


“You do realize, Sal, you have no romance in your life.”
~Meet Carolyn!~ 
I was born in England. My parents loved to travel as my dad spent many years in the navy. By the time I reached the age of 12 we had traveled pretty much around the world on cruise ships.

This sounds fun and exciting unless like me you can get sea sick sitting in a bathtub. Lets just say boats do not feature highly in my books.


I still love to travel, but I use planes. All of my life I have written stories in my head. I would rewrite and add characters to TV shows, edit and change novels I was reading, invent scenarios and scenes to amuse myself on long journeys. But strangely I never wrote any of them down. About three years ago I woke up with a scene so clear in my head I knew I had to put it down on paper. Now, what should I do with this one page of prose? I know, I will email it to some friends. The friends approved, in fact they asked what book it was from. I shyly admitted it was my own work and the reaction was immediate...please write the next bit! I did and I have not stopped writing since.
Carolyn will be awarding a $50 gift card to winner's choice of Amazon or Secret Cravings Publishing to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
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22 comments:

  1. Thank you Andrea for hosting me and my book today. The world and the characters of Ghosts of Grace Cottage will have more stories in the future. I'm too fond of Elly, Phillipe and Anton to leave them behind.

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  2. I enjoyed the excerpt, thank you :)

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  3. Nice Excerpt! I hope to read this book.
    Thanks for the giveaway!
    v_theberge@hotmail.com

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  4. I enjoyed reading the excerpt and look forward to reading the rest of the story. I enjoy holiday themed books especially this time of the year :)
    Lori
    lorih824 at yahoo dot com

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    1. I have always wanted to write a holiday book. I'm looking forward to continuing the story this year.

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  5. The excerpt is intriguing!

    vitajex(at)Aol(Dot)com

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    1. Thank you, Glenda. Ellys friend, Sally, will feature as a main character in another story.

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  7. I enjoyed the excerpt. Since you traveled a lot, what cities are your favorite or you'd like to return to often?

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    1. Thank you, Ash. I visited Rio as a child and the memory of it is still so vivid in my mind. One day I'd love to go back and explore the streets and see it through an adults eyes. Hong Kong holds a real fascination for me, its a unique hybrid of people and history. In a current WIP book, I placed a character in Lake Como, Italy which required a significant amount of research for accuracy. The result is, I'm now completely enamored with Lake Como and need to make it my next holiday destination.

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    1. Thank you Alishea for reading the excerpt. And thank you for the comment.

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  9. i loved the excerpt

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  10. I liked the Excerpt!

    rounder9834 @yahoo.com

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