Interview with Catherine Hemmerling and Joan Avery, authors of Tempting Her Reluctant Viscount and Love's Justice - Win Prizes!
Title: Tempting Her Reluctant Viscount
Author: Catherine Hemmerling
Publisher: Entangled Scandalous
Pages: 225
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Ebook
A pretend courtship…a real scandal
London 1814 Hope Stuckeley has lusted after the handsome and charismatic Michael Ashmore, the Viscount Lichfield, for ages—never mind that she’s never actually spoken to him. When the two join forces to investigate a London stock market scandal, pretending he is courting her gives her the chance to prove she’s more than the bookworm he takes her for. After years of service as a soldier and newly titled as a viscount, actual marriage and settling down are the last things on confirmed bachelor Michael’s mind. But when their investigation puts the delectable Hope in danger, discovering the truth about the scandal could jeopardize the future he didn’t know he wanted.
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Q: Welcome to The Writer's Life, Catherine
Hemmerling. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and how long
you’ve been writing?
A: Well, I
have only recently become a published author, but I have been a writer for over
20 years. I was a technical writer for many of the largest software companies
over the years and while I enjoyed it and was very gratified by my career, I
always had the dream of becoming a fiction writer nagging at me. It is nice to
have silenced that voice. It was becoming annoying.
Q: Can you please tell us about your book and why
you wrote it?
A: This
book is the third in a series of romantic mysteries. All the books in the
series are based on an actual historic event that happens in England during the
Regency period. This book is centered around the Du Bourg hoax. A stock market
scam which netted the perpetrators over one million pounds. The main heroine
(Hope) and the hero (Michael) work together to solve the crime and mix a little
romance in with the intrigue. I wrote this series to explore how women in a
time period not conducive to personal exploration could have found a way to become
more than what they seemed. Hope is the perfect example of this. She was born
with an uncanny way with numbers. In a day and age where that skill would have
been relegated to just household accounts, I have created a world in which she
can do so much more.
Q: What were some of the biggest challenges you
faced writing it?
A: Staying
true to the time period, even while trying to break Hope out of her proper
shell. So much of her growing had to be internal, because her outward actions
had to remain true to the age in which she lived or she could have been deemed
“ruined” and “unmarriageable”. It was a fun little puzzle. Hopefully I pulled
it off.
Q: Do you have a press kit and what do you include
in it? Does this press kit appear online
and, if so, can you provide a link to where we can see it?
A: I don’t
have a press kit. But it has come up twice now with this release (but not with
my previous two), so I need to seriously look into creating one. My website
(catherinehemmerling.com) has my information, my blog, and my upcoming events
page. You can also read excerpts of all my currently released books. That’s the
best I can do for now. ;o)
Q: Have you either spoken to groups of people about
your book or appeared on radio or TV?
What are your upcoming plans for doing so?
A: Aside
from the blog tours and interviews like this, I haven’t had any public
appearances. My books are strictly e-books, so a book signing is difficult.
However, I have printed publicity postcards that I can sign at an event. I am hoping
to set some appearances up in the next few months. I also have been asked to
turn one of my books into a play for a local theater. I cannot wait!
Q: Do you have an agent and, if so, would you mind
sharing who he/is is? If not, have you ever had an agent or do you even
feel it’s necessary to have one?
A: I do
have an agent, Kathryn Green. She is amazing and I don’t think I would be
published now if not for her. I highly recommend getting an agent. These days,
it is difficult to get your book in front of a publisher without
representation. Check out the current Guide to Literary Agents. It is a great
resource!
Q: Did you, your agent or publisher prepare a media
blitz before the book came out and would you like to tell us about it?
A: We blitz
the media the day the book officially releases and for a month afterward. You
can visit Pump
Up Your Books to see more information on my publicity tour. Or you can
visit my website under Tour Events.
Q: Do you plan subsequent books?
A: Yes, I
have a contract for five books in total. So there are at least two more on the
way. I hope to get the series extended even further. Fingers crossed!
Q: Thank you for your interview, catherine. Would you like to tell my readers where they
can find you on the web and how everyone can buy your book?
A: The best
place to find me is on Facebook or on my own website. You can find my book on
Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and most anywhere e-books are sold. I hope you enjoy
reading them as much as I have enjoyed writing them!
Catherine Hemmerling has spent most of her career as a technical writer in the software industry, but in the last few years has realized her dream of becoming a novelist. Every day she pinches herself to make sure her new life is real. Living with her family in the hills of southern California, Ms. Hemmerling spends her days devising plot twists, agonizing over titles, and making a lot of new imaginary friends; and loves it.
Her latest book is the historical romance, Tempting the Reluctant Viscount.
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Title: Love's Justice
Author: Joan Avery
Publisher: Entangled Scandalous
Pages: 215
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Ebook
He holds her fate in his hands… London, 1879
American heiress, Victoria Wentworth has spent her life blithely ignoring her father’s wishes…until he enters her into an unwanted marriage contract with a despicable man. She has two choices: marry the bounder or fight the archaic English laws in court. Her only hope is Hugh Worth, the Earl Montgomery and Lord Chancellor of the Exchequer: her judge and jury. Society paints him as stern and subdued, yet fair. Society didn’t warn her that beneath his somber façade beats a passionate heart and soul. Hugh finds himself irresistibly, inexplicably, drawn to the spirited American, despite himself and his better judgment. As the inconvenient heiress takes on the fight against the very foundation of his life and career, another battle wages in his once cold heart. Everything about her is inappropriate, illogical, and unexpected. Yet, she is a woman he could admire. A woman of intelligence and beliefs that challenge the existing world. But she is forbidden.
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Q: Welcome to The Writer's Life, Joan Avery.
Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and how long you’ve been writing?
A: Years
ago, after I finished college, I applied for a job in the mailroom of a major
advertising agency. The personnel
director suggested I was over-qualified for the job and suggested a secretarial
position instead. I had worked as a
secretary during college and was quite frankly, terrible at it. I replied that I
didn’t want a secretarial positon and that the mailroom was a better place if I
wanted to be promoted into a position that I might be good at. I guess I
impressed her enough to get a position as a trainee in the broadcast department.
The first woman to do so. I spent the next fifteen years working my way up
until I was a writer/producer of TV and Radio commercials for national
advertisers. When I made the decision to leave advertising to stay home with my
children, I sought a new creative outlet.
Amidst crying babies and diaper changing I had found pleasure in
historical romances. In a famous ‘I can
write one of these’ moments I started to write one. While I never sold the first one, I did get
some encouragement from an agent and sold the second one I wrote to Harper
Collins over 30 years ago now.
Q: Can you please tell us about your book and why
you wrote it?
A: I wanted
to set a book in England as part of a trilogy about three English brothers who
marry three American women. Victorian
England was in the throes of dealing with the rights of women in society, which
is an issue very close to my heart. At
the time women, once they married, lost all their wealth and property to their
husbands. The women had no legal standing
to prevent this. While this seems
archaic to us today it had the backing of Queen Victoria herself. For a wealthy American woman of that time it
was almost impossible to accept. This is the dilemma my heroine faces.
Q: What were some of the biggest challenges you
faced writing it?
A: Keeping
it as historically accurate as possible.
There are a lot of real people in the book (Mark Twain for example) and
I was particularly concerned that I represent them and their views correctly.
Q: Do you have a press kit and what do you include
in it? Does this press kit appear online
and, if so, can you provide a link to where we can see it?
A: I’m
sorry I have no press kit.
Q: Have you either spoken to groups of people about
your book or appeared on radio or TV?
What are your upcoming plans for doing so?
A: While I
have done so in the past, with this book I have no plans to do this.
Q: Do you have an agent and, if so, would you mind
sharing who he/is is? If not, have you ever had an agent or do you even
feel it’s necessary to have one?
A: Yes, I have had a very supportive agent for
several years now. Kevan Lyon of the
Marsal Lyon Literary Agency, LLC
Q: Did you, your agent or publisher prepare a media
blitz before the book came out and would you like to tell us about it?
A: My publisher, Entangled, is very savvy on
marketing and I always follow their lead on such things.
Q: Do you plan subsequent books?
A: Yes, the third book of the trilogy will be
out in November.
Q: Thank you for your interview, joan. Would you like to tell my readers where they
can find you on the web and how everyone can buy your book?
A: Sure, it’s been my pleasure. My website is joanavery.com and the book is
available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble websites.
Joan Avery was an award-winning writer/producer at a major national advertising agency for over fifteen years before she retired to raise a family and write. Joan has been blessed with a daughter, two sons and two stepsons. She and her husband now have five grandchildren. Although she has lived in the Detroit area her entire life she has traveled extensively for both work and leisure. She and her husband, an attorney, have visited many fascinating parts of the world. Joan feels her travels enrich her writing. THE WORTH BROTHERS TRILOGY takes place in three of her favorite places.
Her latest book is the historical romance, Love's Justice
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