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Blurbs Sell Books
Today on the show, BPF Editor-in-Chief John Phythyon and Blurb Whisperer Abigail Dunard are back at it with another deep dive into the scintillating sea of book descriptions! Here are this episode’s read-along selections: Blurb: Men of Bone by David Penny 1501: London, England Can a man turn his back on all hope to protect those he loves? Returning to an England now alien to him Thomas Berrington falls foul of a thieves’ guild. In his efforts to protect a stranger he becomes their target. When the bonemen come to inflict punishment he has no choice but to kill one of their order. Fleeing...
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Blurbs Sell Books
Today on the show, BPF Editor-in-Chief John Phythyon and Blurb Whisperer Abigail Dunard are back at it with another deep dive into the scintillating sea of book descriptions! Here are this episode’s read-along selections: Blurb: Hopeless for You by Raquel Riley Cyan was hired to tutor Griffin in the ways of love. He never expected to become the student. Will their lessons in love lead to the real thing? Griffin Clark A twenty-one year old virgin college freshman? Yep, that’s me. But I didn’t wait this long to just throw it away. I dream of the perfect romantic night, straight out of one...
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BSB 150
Blurbs Sell Books
Today on the show, BPF Editor-in-Chief and Blurb Whisperer Abigail Dunard are back at it with another deep dive into the scintillating sea of book descriptions! Here are this episode’s read-along selections: Blurb: A Last Gift: One Midlife Crisis by Beca Lewis Five women. One dead husband. Too many secrets. A letter from her dead husband turns Bree Mann’s world upside down, forcing her to confront not only his past but hers. When four childhood friends come to her rescue, they uncover secrets and lies that will change all their lives forever. Was the gift Bree received a blessing or a...
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BSB 149
Blurbs Sell Books
Today on the show, BPF Editor-in-Chief and Blurb Whisperer Abigail Dunard are back at it with another deep dive into the scintillating sea of book descriptions! To watch video of this episode, view it on Facebook at Best Page Forward. Here are this episode’s read-along selections: Blurb: Old Debts by T.L. Riffey Detective John Hanlan hates these kind of cases. 'Normal' murders were bad enough but add the uncanny and he really disliked them. Called to a peculiar murder scene, he immediately knows there's more than the usual insanity involved. He deduces that the killer is after the...
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BSB 148
Blurbs Sell Books
Today on the show, BPF Editor-in-Chief and Blurb Whisperer Abigail Dunard are back at it with another deep dive into the scintillating sea of book descriptions! To watch video of this episode, view it on Facebook at Best Page Forward. Here are this episode’s read-along selections: Blurb: Good Vibrations By Patrick J. O’Connor A human. An alien. A one-afternoon stand and a fertilized egg. What could possibly go right? Greg and NaDii are going to find out. They're about to become a hybrid family, it turns out. In book one of this series, during the life of their first child,...
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BSB 147
Blurbs Sell Books
Today on the show, BPF Editor-in-Chief and Blurb Whisperer Abigail Dunard are back at it with another deep dive into the scintillating sea of book descriptions! To watch video of this episode, view it on Facebook at Best Page Forward. Here are this episode’s read-along selections: Hook: The Death of the Groom in the Ceremony Room By Suz Williams A witch sworn off magic, a bad-tempered bridegroom with a peanut allergy, and a cunning killer who considers he’s above getting caught. The death of the groom in the ceremony room is only the beginning of the story. Blurb: Blurb...
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BSB 146
Blurbs Sell Books
Today on the show, BPF Editor-in-Chief and Blurb Whisperer Abigail Dunard are back at it with another deep dive into the scintillating sea of book descriptions! To watch video of this episode, view it on Facebook at Best Page Forward. Here are this episode’s read-along selections: Blurb: NECESSARY SINS book 1 in Lazare Family Saga by Elizabeth Bell In antebellum Charleston, a Catholic priest grapples with doubt, his family's secret African ancestry, and his love for a slave owner's wife. Joseph Lazare's life is built on lies. He believes his black hair and olive skin...
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BSB 145
Blurbs Sell Books
Today on the show, BPF Editor-in-Chief and Blurb Whisperer Abigail Dunard are back at it with another deep dive into the scintillating sea of book descriptions! To watch video of this episode, view it on Facebook at Best Page Forward. Here are this episode’s read-along selections: Blurb: Mr. Darcy & Elizabeth: What Time Has Done: a Pride and Prejudice Variation Romance by Alyssa Jefferson “Do not refuse me now. I have waited so long.” Elizabeth Bennet has lived a life of deprivation and penance for six and a half years. After refusing the pompous marriage proposal of Mr....
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BSB 144
Blurbs Sell Books
Today on the show, BPF Editor-in-Chief and Blurb Whisperer Abigail Dunard are back at it with another deep dive into the scintillating sea of book descriptions! To watch video of this episode, view it on Facebook at Best Page Forward. Here are this episode’s read-along selections: Blurb: Untitled Cozy Mystery by Marisa D'Vari Ambitious new college grad Nina Brown exploded with excitement when assigned to oversee a fancy weekend competition in Provence, France. As assistant editor for a trendy lifestyle magazine, this foodie scribe knows her success will make or break her editorial...
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Blurbs Sell Books
Today on the show, BPF Editor-in-Chief and Blurb Whisperer Abigail Dunard are back at it with another deep dive into the scintillating sea of book descriptions! To watch video of this episode, view it on Facebook at Best Page Forward. Here are this episode’s read-along selections: Blurb: The Legacy: Scotland Bay the Return by Cecly Ann Mitchell For almost four decades, Rhys Le Noireau has been a man out of place, trying to fit together the jigsaw pieces of his life. When his mother Astral, is injured and hospitalized in a coma, Rhys, a single successful architect, is tasked with...
info_outlineToday on the show, author Jim Heskett and copywriting guru Abigail Dunard tackle an author-submitted blurb to dissect it and understand how to write killer sales copy.
To watch video of this episode, view it on Facebook at Best Page Forward.
Here are this episode’s read-along selections:
--Blurb:
Author: Rachel Ann Smith
Title: Secrets of Lady Lucy
It’s never easy keeping secrets…
Only her desire to crush the Crown’s enemies could induce Lady Lucille Stanford to endure another Season. For years she has worked secretly for the Home Office, and she has come to London with one purpose: foil the attempted kidnapping of a highly valuable target, identity unknown. Inconveniently, Lord Harrington—Lucy’s brother and guardian—has other plans. He won’t be satisfied until she is at long last married.
He never forgets a face …
After years on the Continent, Blake Gower, Earl of Devonton, returns to England in need of a wife. He should not be surprised when his best friend Harrington’s sister recaptures his attention. But there’s more to the woman Lady Lucy has become than the delightful girl Blake remembers. When she takes an unexpected jaunt to the country during the height of the Season, Blake is determined to know why—and to discover all Lady Lucy’s secrets.
Unwilling to give up her patriotic mission for marriage, Lucy is conflicted when she meets the enigmatic Lord Devonton. She never expected to feel this way about a man again.
When the ransom demand comes due—will it be for Lady Lucy’s heart?
Secrets of Lady Lucy is the first book in the steamy Agents of the Home Office regency romance series. If you like unconventional heroines, hero’s with hidden talents and romance with a twist, then you’ll adore Rachel Ann Smith’s fast paced series opener.
Download your copy to uncover the Secrets of Lady Lucy today!
--Abigail's Targeted Tip:
Don’t be afraid to take a little time to set up series-spanning organizations, locations, premises, etc. in your first-in-series blurb.
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