Just linking here a piece I wrote for TripFiction about my research in Brittany, France for The Forgotten Life of Arthur Pettinger. https://www.tripfiction.com/suzanne-fortin-brittany/
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Exciting Book Deal News!
Say hello to Suzanne Fortin – yes, that’s me!
I’m delighted to be able to finally share the news that I have signed a three book deal with ARIA FICTION writing dual timeline women’s fiction novels as Suzanne Fortin. THE FORGOTTEN LIFE OF ARTHUR PETTINGER will be released in ebook on 4 March and paperback in June. You can preorder by clicking on the link HERE. I’m especially pleased about this book as it’s one that is close to my heart and something I’ve wanted to write for several years but had to wait for the right time.
Here’s a quick blurb to the story – you can read the full on Amazon.
The Forgotten Life of Arthur Pettinger is set in the present and during World War Two, and follows Maddie, who moves home to look after her grandfather when he develops Alzheimer’s where he fixates on his life during the war. When a video of him asking about a woman he knew during the war goes viral, Maddie begins to uncover a life she never knew her grandfather had lived.
I’m still going to be writing mystery and suspense under Sue Fortin but we felt there needed to be a clear distinction between the two genres while still maintaining a connection, hence the new name.
On the technical side of writing under two different names, I’m going to be keeping the same social media as it will be easier to manage both writing names under one roof, especially as the names are very similar so you can follow all my writing news from one place.
Publication day for THE BIRTHDAY GIRL
Wow, it’s ebook publication day for THE BIRTHDAY GIRL, my sixth novel for HarperImpulse since signing with them in 2013.
I’ve been delighted with the early reviews coming in and if you do read it, I hope you enjoy it as much as others have.
A huge thank you, as always, to my readers who read, buy and chat about my books – I really do appreciate you all.
Dear Carys, Zoe and Andrea
Come and join me for my fortieth birthday adventure weekend, full of mysteries and surprises
the like of which you can’t imagine.
When Joanne’s friends reluctantly accept an invitation to her birthday party, it quickly becomes clear that there is more to this weekend than they are expecting.
One of them is hiding a secret.
And Joanne is planning to reveal it…
A weekend away in a cottage in the woods sounds like fun – until no one can hear your cries for help.
Four friends.
A party to die for.
Who will survive?
Paperback and audio to be published 30 November.
RECRUITING – Romaniac Sparklers!
We’d love you to join us as a Romaniac Sparkler!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
We love you, you know that, right?
We’re a group of eight writers who set out to support each other in the most enthusiastic way possible. When the chips were down, we’d find a way to cheer each other on. When we triumphed, we’d applaud each other. But this feverish excitement and zest for sparkling through life has caught on, so we wanted to expand. We’ve built an extension on Romaniac HQ so it’s no longer a cosy room that’ll only fit eight of us, it’s now a virtual coffee (and cake) house where we invite you to pop by and support us and in return, we hope to support you. Please click the picture below where it should take you to our new Facebook group and we very much hope you will join us.
The plan is for this to be a ‘street team’ and we’ll…
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SFTW: AS Weekends Go
Delighted for my good friend and Romaniac pal, Jan Brigden, as her debut novel AS WEEKENDS GO is published today.
WAHOOO!
This is a very special Something For The Weekend.
It’s publication day for Jan Brigden’s debut As Weekends Go!
As Weekends Go won the Choc Lit and Whole Story Audiobooks Search For A Star competition 2014/2015, and we are immensely proud of and thrilled for Jan. It is a fabulous novel, with a stunning cover. Jan’s warmth oozes from the pages.
Under normal circumstances, Jan is custodian of the Romaniac Honkometer, but we liberated it from HQ so we could do this:
HONNNNNKKKKKK!!!!!
And now for a few words from the Romaniacs …
Laura: Jan, many congratulations on the release of your debut. It’s a huge achievement and I am absolutely delighted for you. Not only are you a wonderful writer, but a genuine, supportive and warm-hearted person, who I am very lucky to be able to call my friend. Have an incredible day – take it all in, enjoy…
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Life Cycle of a Writer – Sue Fortin
My turn on Life Cycle of A Writer feature on The Romaniacs’ blog today.
The past few months have been particularly busy for me, both writing wise and home wise. Sometimes it’s hard not to get bogged down by it all and feel under pressure from all directions, however, I’ve taken comfort and strength from all the positive things that have also happened in my writing world.
My novella The French Retreat has been out for just over a month and, I’m pleased to say, is holding its own amongst my other titles. The sales have been steady, although the reviews have been slow. The reviews I’ve had have been positive so no complaint there, even if one of them, on the face of it looks poor. However, once you read the additional comment, the reviewer makes it clear they got muddled up with another book and I appreciate they’ve made the effort to point this out.
Another positive was meeting up with my lovely…
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SFTW – What We Would Have Said Had We Not Lost The Power Of Speech.
Delighted and stunned to receive this industry Media award with my writing gang, The Romaniacs! 😀
Award-winning Romaniacs!
Sue, Catherine, Jan, Laura, Debbie & Vanessa, with Celia & Lucie holding the fort back at Romaniac HQ, but with us in spirit.
Lucie
Celia
Rarely is a Romaniac lost for words, but on Wednesday evening, 18th November 2015, at the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s Winter Party, we were struck dumb.
The moment that took our collective breath away was when the always-divine, ever-sophisticated Adrienne Vaughan, editor of the RNA’s magazine, Romance Matters, announced the runners-up and the winners of the inaugural RNA Industry Awards. I won’t repeat the details contained within the lovely report from the RNA, or from the write-up in The Bookseller, other than to say The Romaniacs picked up the RNA Industry Media Star Award!
This week’s Something For The Weekend is what was in our heads, and what we would have said had we regained the power of speech in time.
Laura:
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Renovation of a French Cottage
I’m over at The Romaniacs’ blog talking about the renovation of our cottage in France which inspired my novella The French Retreat.
Source: Renovation of a French Cottage
Life Cycle of a Writer – Sue Fortin
My turn of Life Cycle of a Writer …
Since my last Life Cycle of a Writer post where I talked about how I plot my novels with Post-It Notes (click HERE for link), and how I was aiming to finish the first draft of my WIP, I’m delighted to say that I typed THE END! Yay! That novel had been put to one side for quite some time while I worked on other projects, so having finally completed it and sent it out, I’m now waiting for feedback.
In an effort to stop myself constantly refreshing my inbox for any news, I’ve been keeping myself busy by writing a novella. It’s a romance with a mystery set in France called The French Effect, which I’m aiming to publish around the end of October.
Breton flag
As a family, we have a great love for France and have a second home in Southern Brittany. I’ve wanted to use the…
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Publication Day : RESURRECTION by Michelle Betham
RESURRECTION
Book #3 in THE LONE RIDERS MC ROMANCE SERIES
Release Date – July 28th
Forgetting the past can be dangerous. Re-living it can be deadly…
Someone in the shadows wants Coby Walker dead.
He’s not the only one.
Someone wants to bring The Lone Riders down.
He isn’t alone.
The club is in danger, but even Coby isn’t aware how deep that danger runs. How personal it’s all become. How many lives are at risk because he got distracted…
Ben Salter didn’t want to return to a life he’d left behind.
He was happy.
He was in love.
He was moving on.
But all of a sudden he finds himself thrust back into that world he’d never intended to return to, as the person he’d swore he’d never be again.
He thought he could handle it.
He thought pushing her away would be easy.
He was wrong.
Lines become blurred and loyalties confused as Ben’s need to avenge a past he couldn’t forget intensifies. And as his world quickly spirals out of control, that past starts to threaten his future; truths are revealed that change everything, and a secret is exposed that threatens to destroy the one thing that can keep him from falling apart – the one person who can save him; a secret that leads to a bitter betrayal that becomes a catalyst for an endgame he’d never wanted to play out…
Messed-up loyalties and a dangerous loss of focus puts The Lone Riders at risk; puts their resurrection in jeopardy. And they should have seen it coming…
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Author Bio
Michelle Betham is an ex-media technician turned author of hot, edgy, gritty romance, usually involving rock stars, sports stars, and bikers. But not usually all in the same book. Yet.
She is both self-published and published through HarperImpulse, a division of HarperCollins Publishers.
Addicted to binge-watching TV dramas she struggles to think of a life before Netflix, loves rock music, tattoos, spicy food, and Keanu Reeves – a crush that’s lasted over twenty years, and one she blames entirely on ‘Point Break’…
Her dream is to ride a Harley. And visit Las Vegas. And be able to eat any amount of chocolate without putting on weight…
She lives in County Durham, north-east England, with her husband and West Highland Terrier, where she can be found most days drinking tea and making up stories.
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Website – michellebetham.co.uk
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