Blog Tour - Summer Thunder
Summer Thunder
by A. B. Gibson
On my Blog today I have the pleasure of
Sharing with you......
Summer Thunder.
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Looking for a dreamy romance to escape into, check out Summer Thunder by A.B. Gibson!
All week, we'll be sharing reviews, excerpts, and guest posts from the author himself. There's also a fantastic giveaway -- a $20 Amazon Gift Card and a print copy of the book!
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BOOK INFORMATION
Publication Date: October 15th, 2019
Genre: Contemporary Romance
A Modern-Day Fairy Tale That Will Have Readers Swooning
Lily is headstrong, independent, and stuck in a loop of bad luck. She makes fairy figurines that customers buy to bring them good luck, but her merchandise doesn’t seem do the same for her. Maybe it’s because she doesn’t believe in them.
Theos is handsome and charismatic, a kite-surfing superstar who travels the world. So why is he drawn to Lily and the store on a California beach she struggles to keep afloat? And could she be the one to trigger the awakening of his unusual destiny?
“Summer Thunder is one of the most anticipated romance novel debuts this year.” — Kendra Goldsborough, Four Seasons Books
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Author Guest Post
Confessions of a Romance Author
Until I decided to write one of my own, I’d never read a romance novel. I preferred the
fast pace of thrillers and the intrigue of murder mysteries, which I both read and wrote. I’m not sure what caused my bias against romance, but like most prejudice, mine stemmed from ignorance. Today, I chalk it up to the last vestige of sexism I may have carried from growing up in the fifties and sixties: romance novels weren’t a guy thing.
As an active member of the writing community, I knew that in the world of fiction romance had the rest of us beat. But I also saw its power first-hand. Nora Roberts, the undisputed Queen of Romance, lives twelve miles away, and she’s generously included me at three of her book signings. At each event, hundreds of fans cheerfully waited in lines that snaked through her town of Boonsboro, MD hours before her store opened, to buy her latest book and to meet Nora, herself. Despite the phenomenon I witnessed first-hand, I was still not tempted to read one of her books.
In late February 2019, on a dark and stormy night in Scotland (Yes, it really was!), a few author friends and I were sipping whiskey around a fire. The conversation was relaxed, and I let my prejudice slip. Most of the group were crime writers, but when I suggested that romance writing was child’s play, a friend pounced.
“Is that so? I’d like to see you write one.”
The rest of the group smelled blood, and soon my friend’s half-joke morphed into a full-fledged challenge. Things escalated quickly, and within a few seconds, like Mary Shelly “I tossed myself into the dare with vigor.”
By now, the whiskey was doing the talking. “I accept. And, I’ve already got the story line,” I bragged.
I cringed when I saw the twinkle in my publisher friend’s eye, knowing what was coming.
“Yeah? Tell us,” she said, settling back in her chair to watch me squirm.
Watching her settle back into her chair gave me time I needed to improvise a plot, but not since I sat for my PhD orals, did I feel such pressure to prove my worth. My publisher friend admitted my idea was quite good, and with the same twinkle she suggested a tweak to the setting to make it more suitable for the movie adaptation that would undoubtedly follow.
Back home in the States it was game on. The first thing I needed to do was crack open one of these books I’d shunned. I’d agreed to help my sister relocate from Arizona, and the drive across the country gave me a painless opportunity to immerse myself. I popped in one of Nora’s audio books and prayed I could endure at least one. No one was more surprised than I to find myself rushing back to the car after every stop for fuel or food, so I could get back to the story.
My debut romance Summer Thunder is a success. A Hollywood producer has asked me to write a treatment for television, and I’ve just approved the cover for Summer Lightning, the second book in the series.
Perhaps the best thing I learned from experience was that, like romance novels themselves, there is always the guarantee of a happy ending.
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Giveaway
$20 Amazon GC and Print Copy of Book
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About the Author
With over four decades in the advertising business, Alan has written and produced television, radio, print and digital commercials and built his reputation as one of the most creative players in entertainment advertising. Not content with writing in thirty and sixty-second formats, he took to novel writing in 2015 and published three best-selling mystery/thrillers, under the pen name of A.B. Gibson. High Voltage is published by Story Merchant Books.
Alan’s first book, The Dead of Winter, is the inspiration for The Seeding, a feature film he is producing with Ken Atchity Productions. Gibson also is an Executive Producer of The Book of Leah, a feature film due for release in 2020.
He serves as Co-founder and Chairman of OneClick.chat, a video social engagement platform startup that often competes for time with his writing.
A.B. Gibson: http://abgibson.me/
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