Monday, April 15, 2013

Sherry Gloag from The Heart of Romance is on the Bloggy!

Before I was a published author for Secret Cravings Publishing, I was a newbie with Musa Publishing and even before that, I was a greenie with Astraea Press.  I read Amanda Hocking's blog and learned she credited her popularity with bloggers.  So I sought them out when I had my first release, Spellbound.  One of the ones who welcomed me with open arms was Sherry Gloag.  Little did I know we would both be published authors with the same Houses!

So, today I am so happy to showcase my longtime (in Facebook years, anyway) friend, Sherry Gloag.  Her blog, The Heart of Romance, has been a must-stop for all my releases and it should be for yours.  Learn a little more about her recent release from Sweet Cravings Publishing, No Job for a Woman.


No Job For a Woman ....by Author Sherry Gloag

Blurb:
Deborah Stavely is determined to overcome the increasing harassment from her neighbour without
calling on her brother for help. So she is not pleased when Freddie intervenes and involves his friend, Julian Fanshaw.
Circumstances demand Julian and Deborah learn to work together and Julian dares to dream that he might gain the love of the only person he’s ever given his heart to.
But will Deborah live long enough to discover that by releasing everything she values, she will gain everything her heart desires?
Julian Fanshaw answers a call for help from his life-long friend Lord Worth to help keep his friend’s widowed sister, Deborah, safe from her increasingly vindictive neighbours. It doesn’t take long to realise him or Freddie long to realise the Grangers aren’t using her as a long-promised act of revenge against them; but are playing a deeper and far more sinister game of their own.


Excerpt:
Julian Fanshaw ignored the other letters in front of him when he recognized one from his long-time friend Freddie Dalrymple, now Lord Worth. He broke the seal and scanned the single sheet with growing concern.

Julian, my friend, I am writing to implore you to put aside whatever plans you have in hand and to set out immediately to stay with us for an indeterminate period of time.

Thoroughly alarmed, Julian flipped the page in his hand to discover it had been dispatched more than a week ago.

If I bring to mind a certain student up at Oxford with us, and reveal that he and his wife are, and have been, my sister’s neighbors for several years, it will give you but an inkling of the root of my concern.
It has come to my attention, due to the arrival of his brother upon the scene, and recent events concerning my sister, Deborah, I am persuaded you need not only to know what is happening here, but be on hand to assist in circumventing any consequences of actions taken against her.
I have taken the liberty of gathering some friends together for a couple of shooting parties, thereby creating a reason for your presence.

Since his return from the Peninsular, Julian kept promising himself a trip to Worth’s Norfolk estate. Unfortunately in the last eighteen months, time and circumstances had worked against him.
Casting the letter aside, Julian strode to the door and called for his butler.
“I am leaving immediately for Norfolk. Please see that my bags are packed and have my horse ready within the hour.”
“You do not intend to use your chaise, sir?”
“No. I’ll ride, with a stop to visit Mr. Sewel. Arrange for Becket and French to follow me in the chaise with everything I’ll need for a month.”
Not by so much as a flick of an eyelid did Thomas reveal he recognized the name of his master’s man of business.
“Very good, sir.”

BIO

Multi-published author, Sherry Gloag is a transplanted Scot now living in the beautiful coastal countryside of Norfolk, England.  She considers the surrounding countryside as extension of her own garden, to which she escapes when she needs "thinking time" and solitude to work out the plots for her next novel.  While out walking she enjoys talking to her characters, as long as there are no other walkers close by.
Apart from writing, Sherry enjoys gardening, walking, reading and cheerfully admits her books tend to take over most of the shelf and floor space in her workroom-cum-office.  She also finds crystal craft work therapeutic.


As always, indie authors love to hear from fans, friends, and followers.  Give her a shout!

Amazon author page: http://tinyurl.com/buj6zj8

7 comments:

  1. Thank you for your invitation today, and for spotlighting No Job For a Woman, Samantha :-)
    I read your lovely introduction, and it hit home just how much time has flowed under the bridge since we first me. Thank you for your friendship.

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  2. Hi Sherry!
    Your book sounds awesome! Thanks for sharing :)
    Blessings!
    Catherine Bennett

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  3. Another great adventure! I love reading your excerpts. Very exciting!

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  4. THanks for being here, Sherry. It was fun to go back and remember when it all began for me. Thanks for sharing, too!

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  5. Thanks for your company and kind words Cathy, No Job For a Woman is my first Regency and I had great fun with it.

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