Showing posts with label GA.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GA.. Show all posts

Monday, June 22, 2015

NEW BOOK COVER AND NEWS

Dear Readers~I've been away buried under a numbers of things for a couple months but wanted to share my exciting new cover and tell you what's happening in my world.

I have such a fabulous team of designers for my book covers by Revell with beautiful models that depict my heroine perfectly. I'm pleased to share with you the new cover for book two, A Sweet Misfortune in my Virtues and Vices series. It's wonderful in my humble opinion. :)

Here's a glimpse into my new book that I hope you'll order when it becomes available in Feb. 2016 or for pre-order sooner.


Rachel Mathews isn’t one to rely on others to take care of her. Destitute and alone, she still wants to make her own way and her own money—even if she’s forced into the life of a dance hall girl. Horrified by her circumstances, Rachel’s brother sends a friend—the widely admired cattle baron John McIntyre—to rescue her, then sets off to earn enough money to buy back the family ranch. But when months pass without her brother’s return, Rachel isn’t sure she can take one more day in John McIntyre's home—especially once she discovers that he’s the one who holds the deed to her family’s ranch.
Sparks fly between this spunky, independent heroine and the ruggedly handsome hero as they navigate the snarled terrain of pride, greed, faith, and love in Maggie Brendan’s delightful series set in the Old West.

On the home front, the landscape has changed in a BIG way! My husband retired from architecture and we decided to sell our house, find another one and move from Atlanta to outside of Augusta, GA. My daughter and family live here and were are super excited about the move, as difficult as it was to leave our son and family. It's a smaller community with much less traffic which suits me to a tea.

My office is almost completely set up but it has taken some time to get it that way, and I'm ready to get back to the third book I'm writing.

It's been miserably hot in Georgia and I hope you're staying out of the heat and enjoying your summer with family and friends.

Back soon. Love to you all!

MAGGIE 



Thursday, October 10, 2013

Happy Fall!

I hope your fall weather is as spectacular as Georgia's! It's my favorite time of year, and I'm especially happy that Perfectly Matched was released last week. The feedback for my new book, Perfectly Matched, has been good so far. This completes The Blue Willow Brides series.

I attended Georgia Romance Writers Conference and had a good time. I finaled for The Maggie Award of Excellence but sorry to say, I didn't win, but my good friend Eva Marie Everson did. Congratulations to Eva! I believe all the finalist are winners to make it this far.


Wouldn't you know the lights were out for nearly two hours in the hotel and surrounding Norcross! I was in a workshop that evening and the only light we had at first were flashlights from my cell phone and a few other attendees. Elevators of course were out. Very eerie to say the least. Finally, the emergency hall lights came on so we had to move to the hall to have the workshop. We all had to laugh since the conference is called Moonlight and Magnolias. :)

The speakers were great! Deborah Dixon and Deborah Smith. Deborah Smith was quite the comedian. I met new friends from GA as well as from states far away, and food was delicious!

I'm excited about a magazine interview in the Nov/Dec issue of Southern Writer's Magazine! What an honor! I'll be posting the link here and on my Facebook Author page when it's available.

I have fabulous new to share about a tea that will be given for me at the Historic Blue Willow Inn in Social Circle, GA. So mark your calendars for February 8th if you live in driving distance. More to come when details are ironed out. This is going to be so much fun! I'm thrilled that they have asked me, and they will be selling my series in their lovely gift shop. I can hardly wait to tell you all about it!

One last piece of good news--Amazon selected Twice Promised for Kindle Big Deal and will be available for $3.99 on Kindle Oct. 11-27th. Here's the link: http://tinyurl.com/nnee77w .

Come back soon, I have a giveaway coming up!

Happy Reading,

MAGGIE