Today I’m celebrating – the champagne cork has been popped and the bubbles are fizzing over the side of the glass as I speak!
The reason is that I’ve just signed a contract with –
Sapphire Star Publishing
forThe Quintessential Gemini!
Based in Tucson, Arizon this new publishing company have already hit the ground running! They know what they like and what they are looking for and I will be joining four very special authors who have already been signed up:-
A. L. Jackson, Gary Kassay, Mandy Baggot, S. Blue Remy and Nicky Wells
What is especially thrilling, is that Mandy Baggot is a fellow featured author over at loveahappyending.com and we already share a special bond!
The wonderful Amy Lichtenhan and Katie Henson, who run Sapphire Star Publishing, don’t waste a minute and plans are already in hand to launch The Quintessential Gemini on 7 June 2012. As every writer out there will know, each manuscript is a labour of love and seeing it through the process that takes it from a stack of double-line spaced sheets or a word file, to something you can hold in your hand or download on your Kindle, is a tricky journey. To say that I am excited to be sharing this journey with Sapphire Star Publishing is an understatement.
So what DID Katie say in the Email she sent telling me the news that they were offering me a contract?
“You brought some very lovable characters to life…No. 4 being one of my favorites. James and CK have wonderful chemistry between them, and I was pleasantly surprised to gain so much insight into the world of astrology. Furthermore, Katherine kept me chuckling throughout the book. Very lovable characters indeed.”
So a big ‘thank you to Katie and Amy – I raise my glass to the start of our journey together! And just in case Katie’s comments have piqued your interest, here’s a little taster……
The Quintessential Gemini – a fun, romantic story about Katherine Dale and the three men in her life! Two astrologers and a cat named No. 4. Who would have thought that this rather reserved lady would end up caught in a mystic love triangle…. if only!
For twenty-one years the main focus of Katherine Dale’s life has been her work. Love interests and hobbies came and went; but always there for her, her only constant – other than her cat delightfully named No. 4 – was her nine to five habit. Until she’s replaced.
Her confidence is dented and she’s angry; at life and at herself. She’s failed to grasp the office politics that were going on around her and ignored hints of ‘changes to come’ in her horoscope forecasts. For over twenty years she has followed Mark Ainsley-Thomas, a renowned Astrologer in the UK and USA. His daily forecasts direct the way she lives her life as a typically complex Gemini. Mark is now an ‘A’ list celebrity and his new Agent is determined to raise his profile in America, so he has to take on James Kingman to help him run his website.
Katherine is totally confused by James’ forecasts. After a couple of Email exchanges, James admits he’s writing the daily forecasts now instead of Mark and advises her ‘it’s probably best not to get too bogged down with the minute detail’. Katherine explodes and drafts a reply, letting out all of the hurt and anger she’s been bottling up. She feels better afterwards and instead sends James a much friendlier Email, acknowledging Mark has a unique style and wishing him luck. To her horror she receives a tirade back from James and realises she sent the wrong Email !
The story is told through the eyes of Katherine, Mark and James. Gossip results in all three being named in a national newspaper headline ‘Mystic Love Triangle Surprise’.
The problem is, what will Mark’s wife say when she hears this shattering news – especially as it isn’t true? What will Katherine’s family think now she’s a scarlet woman? And as for James, well – can it possibly get any worse?