The Ebb

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Discover The Lady of the Pier trilogy

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Today, I am pleased to announce that I am launching The Flow on June 26. This is book 2 in my trilogy, The Lady of the Pier. If you are pining for a beach holiday and looking for a read that’s the next best thing, then this trilogy is perfect for the job. What’s more, now, you can drift in your mind to a Greek paradise at a minimal cost!

The Ebb is currently only 99c and The Flow is on preorder for 99c too, but only for a limited time!

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What is The Lady of the Pier trilogy about?

The Lady of the Pier trilogy tells the stories of Sofia and Laura – two girls from two different worlds who have a mysterious connection. In book 1, although similar in some ways, the two stories are seemingly unrelated. In book 2, they begin to merge and in the concluding volume, The Storm, they become one story. I recommend to start reading from book 1. The Storm is in the editing stage and will be published in December 2015.

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Book 1

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LOVE WILL GO ON FOREVER, SEEKING A SECOND CHANCE.

BRIGHTON, 1937

Dreaming of wealth and happiness, Laura Mayfield arrives in Brighton to pursue a new life. She falls for Christian Searle, a happy-go-lucky stagehand at the West Pier theatre, but when she’s offered a chance to perform there, her love for him is put to the test. Charles Willard, a wealthy aristocrat, is fascinated by her and pursues her relentlessly. Will Laura choose love… or money?

CORFU, 1987

On a long holiday with her grandparents, Sofia Aspioti meets Danny Markson, a charming flirt who makes her laugh. Although she tries to keep him at arm’s length, worried that village gossip will get back to her strict family, she falls desperately in love. That’s when strange dreams about Brighton’s West Pier and a woman dressed in black begin to haunt her. Who is this grieving woman? And how is her lament related to Sofia’s feelings for Danny?

 Only 99c on Amazon!

 

Book 2

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She won’t find peace until she finds redemption.

But it’ll take more than love; it’ll take two worlds, to merge into one.

BRIGHTON 1938

Laura and Christian enjoy a blissful summer, while Charles watches from a distance, waiting for the right time to intervene. This time, he’s prepared to do something truly vile as to leave nothing to chance. WWII breaks out, and Laura does her best to settle in a new life, having paid a terrible price. Will she find happiness at last, or will the past continue to haunt her?

CORFU 1988

Sofia arrives in Vassilaki brokenhearted over Danny. Just as a new boy comes into her life, the strange dreams start anew. Now in Brighton, she meets Danny again, but he blows hot and cold. When she sees a female apparition on the West Pier, she finds out the locals call her ‘The Lady of the Pier’. Is this the woman in her dreams and why is Sofia the only one who can see her?

 Official launch date: June 26, 2015

Available on preorder – only 99c for a limited time on Amazon!

 

 Book3

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The concluding part of the trilogy, The Storm, is currently in the editing stage.

It will be released in December 2015.

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The Ebb and my soft spot for Robert Pattinson

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Okay, this is a weird world we’re living in! Last week during my promo for The Lady of the Pier – The Ebb, I talked about my favorite actor, Robert Pattinson, during a couple of interviews. I spoke more extensively about him during my blog chat on Kelly Smith Reviews, saying that I’d cast Rob as the hero of my trilogy.

Before I knew it, a Twitter follower from Argentina had picked this up and sent it to a Robert Pattinson fan site, namely RobertPattinsonWorldWide.com (141K followers just on Twitter). The site posted the excerpts from the interview where I mentioned the actor and showcased The Ebb beautifully too, even posted the link to Amazon! Here is this post. The added bonus was that my promo was still on, so the fans had an extra incentive to buy my book. I know that at least a couple of them bought it that day because they tweeted to let me know! The next day I found I had sold 30 books but as I had run ads for my promo too, I can’t tell how many downloads were made by the Rpatz fans. Still, no matter how many I got, I am very grateful to this site and its awesome readers!

Later in the same week, and after the promo had ended, a second fan site got a whiff of the same interview too. These guys posted an even larger part of the interview where I talk about both my published books, and even ran a giveaway of The Ebb, willing to gift copies off Amazon directly to two lucky winners! This site, RobsessedPattinson.com has 117K followers on Twitter and another 14K on Facebook, and they posted about this interview ceaselessly on both platforms! What can I say about these guys? They’re the best! You can find their post and giveaway here.

Having thanked both sites and shared the posts everywhere too, I am left speechless just thinking about it today, one week later. This has been a weird week! It just goes to show that sometimes, lucky breaks can come from anywhere. Of course, I am delighted to have found this wonderful niche as to spread the word about The Lady of the Pier trilogy, and my scheduled tweets on Socialoomph have now been enriched with all sorts of Robert Pattinson hashtags.

After all, I am not pretending. As I wrote The Lady of the Pier, I always pictured Rob playing my favorite scenes of Christian and Danny inside my head. Rob is my inspiration in general when I write romance. He is also Phevos in The Necklace of Goddess Athena in this Rpatz-besotted mind of mine. I don’t know about you, but I’ve always followed my dreams and my passions in life. If my soft spot for RPatz has got me a few sales, it has to mean something.

That is not to say that I believe it’ll carry on necessarily. Maybe it was just a pretty firework that’s already starting to fade. But even so, what a pretty firework it was! I am celebrating my weird Rpatz  week by watching him in a movie today – my only problem is which one to choose as I have so many favorites! If any RPatz fans are reading this, what do you think guys? I am thinking Water for Elephants or Bel Ami…

Before I go, to say the giveaway on RobsessedPattinson.com will be open for another couple of days. You can enter here for a chance to win a kindle copy of The Ebb gifted to you from Amazon by those truly amazing guys!

#love and #gratitude to: Kelly Smith Reviews, Flavia from Argentina (my Twitter follower who spread the word), the site admins, and the fellow Rob fans who took a chance on my book, simply because I pictured RPatz in it!