Hey beautiful
people!
Excited once
again to be joining another of Carrie Ann’s amazing hops. Love the rush of
being together with so many fantabulous authors, and the chance to meet so many
readers and bookaholics during those tours.I’ll admit this one nearly ran past me – I’m up to my eyeballs in deadlines, and wasn’t planning to post on the blog today. Thank goodness for reminders, lol.
So... Autumn Harvest Blog Hop. 200+
participants, as many opps to win books & swag & other goodies, and as
many chances to enter the draw for these fabulous Grand Prizes. Check them out:
I know I am tempted... J
1st Grand Prize: A Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet
2nd Grand Prize: A $50 Amazon or B&N Gift Card
3rd Grand Prize: A Swag Pack that contains 10+ paperbacks, ebooks, 50+ bookmarks, cover flats, magnets, pens, coffee cozies, and more!
But there definitely is something magical about our Autumn when it happens, a sense of hovering between two mighty shores, suspended in an airy bubble...
Now this got me
thinking – what would the characters from my books have to say about Autumn,
the ones who do experience this season at the time we’re speaking? I asked them
the question; check out the answers.
From WalkingThe Edge (Corpus Brides: BookOne) – a romantic suspense thriller on the backdrop of amnesia and
espionage:
Amelia Jamison – the ‘bored’ housewife with no memory of her past
life, who however feels something is off in her existence: I barely remember seeing autumn strike in this year...
With me not remembering anything about my past, I hoped this time would be a
transition to the real life I’m supposed to live... Then, my ‘husband’ took me
home, and my hopes crashed.
Gerard Besson – the Marseille police commissaire who reluctantly finds himself running to Amelia’s
rescue: Autumn on the
Mediterranean coast is magical. Marseille never looks any better, though with
night coming in earlier, that does spell a more active lookout for us cops
where crime is concerned.
From BeforeThe Morning (Corpus Brides: BookTwo) – a high-stakes, espionage thriller on the backdrop of childhood best friends
reuniting through marriage and heavy-handed, crazy family involvement.
Rayne Cheltham – the former espionage mastermind & skilled
assassin who has just ‘retired’ and is looking forward to a peaceful, domestic
life with the man she never stopped loving: Autumn is the time for slowing down and taking stock
of your life, and the path you’ve taken. *sigh* For the first time in seventeen
years, I’ll be able to do that, because this fall, I will not be undercover on
any mission to rid the world of some of its biggest, baddest criminals.
Ash Gilfoy – the former policeman turned ambulance worker, who
suddenly finds himself hitched in Vegas to a complex puzzle, the girl who used
to be his childhood best friend, and now a woman with more secrets than all the
secret services of the world combined: Autumn... Beer in front of a roaring fire inside the
cosy comfort of your home. Doesn’t get better than that; not yet a biting sting
to the cold, just enough chill to have your woman want to snuggle up with you
in front of that fire. *grin*
From CallingHome (A Destiny’s Child Book)
– a sweet, romantic contemporary tale between an uptight forensic pathologist
who suddenly lands herself custody of a tween girl, and the young and sexy country
doctor who steps in as a modern knight in shining armour.
Margo Nolan – forensic pathologist, clueless mother,
half-dead/zombie-brained woman where love & relationships are concerned: Autumn? Kinda depressing. I mean, that’s the season
when we get the most suicides, you know— *her ‘hero’ interrupts with a shake of his head here* Fine. The season where you bring the wide range of designer
boots you own out. That’s the best thing about Autumn.
Jamie Gillespie – young, up-and-coming doctor who chose life in a
quiet Surrey village over a lucrative career in London’s private practice
world: Autumn is the time
of hot chocolate with marshmallows, comfy afghans, and baking gingerbread men.
Time well spent in the kitchen, making families tighter.
I think these
people have it as for what Autumn truly represents...
What does Autumn
mean to you? Answer in the
comments to let me know – and enter to win a copy of one of the 3 books I
feature above (winner’s choice!).
A comment here
also gets you another entry into the draw for the Grand Prizes – just don’t forget to leave your email
address, otherwise we cannot compute your entry in.
And check out
the Blog Hop’s page with the list of all the participants here!
From Mauritius
with love,
Zee