Dear Readers, today I’m
hosting a dear friend of mine and a member of the critique group that meets in
my home.
Welcome, Marji. Tell us
about your new project.
LOVE BOAT BACHELOR is a romance novella
written by eight different authors.
You were involved in
something like that last time you were here, weren’t you.
Yes,
through Write Integrity Press. This is actually our fourth collaborative
novella, and they all have about the same concept. Given a detailed character
and a setting, each author writes an original chapter in the story. It’s
amazing how the character journey weaves together. And even more confounding
how our voices tend to blend. Readers have had trouble believing that the
stories have more than one writer.
What’s special about this
book?
The Love Boat
Bachelor
is our first sequel. I’m really excited to tell the further story with this.
With last year’s book, A Dozen Apologies,
we introduced a lady with a changed life who needed to make amends to 12 men
she’d humiliated. Each fellow met with Mara in his own chapter. At the end we
asked the readers to help us figure out who should win her heart. It was a
tough decision and many of the men walked away disappointed. So we took the guy
who collected the second-most votes and built a new story around him. Sort of
like the Bachelorette and the Bachelor TV shows. Lol!
Here’s
the back cover information:
Romance
is a joke.
After
the love of Brent Teague’s life came back into his world only to marry someone
else, Brent is through with women. He might be through with being a pastor,
too.
Brent
was so sure that God brought Mara Adkins home to him so they could marry and
live happily ever after. Six months after her wedding to another man, that
theory is obviously a dud. If Brent could be so wrong about that, who’s to say
he’s not mistaken about God calling him to pastoral ministry?
Tired
of watching Brent flounder for direction, Brent’s feisty older sister boots him
out of Spartanburg
As
the ship sets sail, Brent starts to relax. Maybe a cruise wasn’t such a bad
idea after all. But there’s just one little thing no one told him. He’s not on
any ordinary cruise. He’s on The Love Boat.
What’s
a sworn bachelor to do on a Caribbean cruise
full of romance and love? He’ll either have to jump ship or embrace the
unforgettable romantic comedy headed his way.
Will there be a contest
with this book?
Yes!
Just like last year’s novella, our hero meets a number of eligible
bachelorettes and falls head over heels in love with one of them. The problem
is, the authors have no idea which gal he’s chosen. We’ll be posting a new
chapter each weekday, starting Monday, January 26 – February 4, on the Write
Integrity Press blog. (http://www.writeintegrity.com) Readers are encouraged to
vote on their favorite heroine from the 4th through the 7th. The winning gal
will be in the final chapter that will release with the book on Valentine’s
Day.
So you have to download
the book to find out the ending?
Yes.
In order to learn just who the readers voted for, and who won Brent’s heart,
you have to download the actual e-book. But there is good news with that! The
book is FREE on www.Amazon.com for 4 days. February 14th – February 17th. So while
I don’t have a free book to give away today, or even a chapter to share online,
the chapters – all but one of them – will come up starting Monday at www.WriteIntegrity.com
and the book is free for EVERYONE on Valentine’s day. With Love J!
How can readers keep in
contact with you?
I’m
always responding to comments on my website – MarjiLaine.com
And
I’m on Facebook all the time. Facebook.com/MarjiLaine
I’m
also on:
Twitter
- @MarjiLaine
Pinterest
- /MarjiLaine
Goodreads
– Marji
Laine
And
I have an author
page on Amazon.
Readers, don't forget to go to www.amazon.com February 14-17 claim your free copy.
