Free Online Event for Readers!

 Readers!! Join us for a free online event, Let's Talk About Historical Sagas 3rd March 7:30pm UK with 5 bestselling authors.

Please email writetojean@Jeanfullerton.com for details.

Australian historical novels don't sell...?

Three of my novels are in the top 10 of @AmazonUK Australian category. Kitty McKenzie's Land, Nicola's Virtue & Southern Sons.

I'm so pleased that they are doing well because I feel that a lot of the time the reading public ignore the region of Australia and southern countries and islands, when in truth they are wonderful places to learn about and enjoy. I suppose everyone has their favourite areas where authors set stories, as they do by having favourite genres and historical eras. However, there is room for more, less known countries to be featured and explored, and I really encourage readers to try something new and different.

Throughout the many years I've been writing, I've been told constantly that Australian set historical novels don't sell outside of Australia. Well, I beg to differ. Agents who have said in the past to me to not bother writing Australian historical novels may not have been willing to take a chance, and I think that is a mistake.
I'm excited by the fact that people may be branching out and trying books set in other areas outside of the main countries that are so popular. If you are one of those readers, thank you!

Amazon UK. Australian & Oceania category. 13th October 2017. 9:48 am.

Proof that sometimes readers buck the trend.

 

 



A Farm in West Yorkshire

Isabelle's Choice is set in West Yorkshire, in the area around Halifax, Hebden bridge and Heptonstall. This story was a favourite of mine to write, and after visiting the area I could really imagine Isabelle living there. The quaint village of Heptonstall, situated on top of a moor and over looking Hebden Bridge and the river below is the perfect setting for the run-down farm where Isabelle goes to live when she marries Farrell, a drunken waster. She thought him a better man than he was, and out of desperation for her and her brother's safety, she hopes marriage will give her a decent life after the trauma of being in the workhouse. Little does she know...

Blurb
Halifax, 1876. On the death of her mother and sister, Isabelle Gibson is left to fend for herself and her brother in a privately-run workhouse. After the matron's son attempts to attack her, Isabelle decides to escape him and a life of drudgery by agreeing to marry a moorland farmer she has never met. But this man, Farrell, is a drunkard and a bully in constant feud with his landlord, Ethan Harrington. When Farrell bungles a robbery and deserts her, Isabelle and Ethan are thrown together as she struggles to save the farm. Both are married and must hide their growing love. But despite the secrecy, Isabelle draws strength from Ethan as faces from the past return to haunt her and a tragedy is set to strike that will change all of their lives forever.

Isabelle’s Choice is available now
Purchase:
Amazon: myBook.to/IsabellesChoice

Kobo https//goo.gl/a95NS3

iBook https://goo.gl/1oY8BH

 

New cover for To Gain What's Lost

I just wanted to show off my new cover for my Victorian historical novel, To Gain What's Lost.

The previous cover for the book wasn't suitable and I made the decision to change it and I'm so glad I did. 

JB Graphics did a wonderful job in creating me a cover that suited the book so much better.

It takes a while for all the book stores to change over to the new cover, and it is disruptive to sales, but I feel it is worth the effort and expense.

To Gain What's Lost is available in ebook and paperback.

The ebook is only 99p - a real bargain!

Amazon UK https://goo.gl/X152tU  

Amazon Aust https://goo.gl/UYxwlZ

Contract for book number 15!

Today I signed a contract to publish my 15th novel, Whispers of Hope. This novel is a family saga set in Edwardian England. It is Charlotte and Harry's story.
I don't have a release date yet, that will come later, but I'm very happy to have Whispers in the publishing pipeline.

Now, I've to finish writing novel 16!

Isabelle's Choice - historical saga

Isabelle's Choice

Blurb
Halifax, 1876. On the death of her mother and sister, Isabelle Gibson is left to fend for herself and her brother in a privately-run workhouse. After the matron's son attempts to rape her, Isabelle decides to escape him and a life of drudgery by agreeing to marry a moorland farmer she has never met. But this man, Farrell, is a drunkard and a bully in constant feud with his landlord, Ethan Harrington. When Farrell bungles a robbery and deserts her, Isabelle and Ethan are thrown together as she struggles to save the farm. Both are married and must hide their growing love. But despite the secrecy, Isabelle draws strength from Ethan as faces from the past return to haunt her and a tragedy is set to strike that will change all of their lives forever.

Isabelle’s Choice

Amazon UK  https://goo.gl/THWIyH

Amazon USA https://goo.gl/hRTOCh

Aurora's Pride - Victorian Saga

Aurora's Pride

My
Victorian historical novel, Aurora's Pride, is set in 1898 Yorkshire.
 This is Aurora and Reid's story and will be available in paperback and ebook March 14th 2017.

Back blurb:
Aurora Pettigrew has it all, a loving family, a nice home, a comfortable life. She’s waiting for the right man to offer her marriage, and the man for her is Reid Sinclair, heir to the Sinclair fortune and the love of her life.
But, Reid’s mother, Julia, is against the match and her ruthlessness unearths a family secret that will tear Aurora’s world apart.
Unwilling to bring shame on her family and needing answers to the allegations brought to light by Reid’s mother, Aurora begins a long journey away from home. She leaves behind all that is familiar and safe to enter a world of mean streets and poor working class.
Living in the tenements of York, surrounded by people of a class she’d never mixed with before, Aurora struggles to come to terms with the way her life has changed. By chance, she reconnects with a man from her past and before he leaves with the army to war in South Africa, he offers her security through marriage.
Aurora knows she should be happy, but the memory of her love for Reid threatens her future.
When tragedy strikes, can Aurora find the strength to accept her life and forget the past?

Review:
If you're looking for a fairy tale with a twist, then look no further than Aurora's Pride. The characters may not fill out all the classic roles precisely, and you'll get to meet the entire townspeople around the "castle", but they are beyond a doubt entertaining and very adeptly written. It's a great read that reminds the little girls in us that sometimes the princess has to become Cinderella in order to be a good queen one day.
Books N Beans

 Aurora's Pride is available in paperback and ebook from March 14th 2017.
Preorder on Amazon

Aurora’s Pride

Amazon UK https://goo.gl/yp2QK1

Amazon USA https://goo.gl/ADQnG8

(orginally published as To Take Her Pride)

Historical Saga Novels blog

Some UK, and the odd Australian, authors of historical sagas have banded together to create a blog showcasing the genre.
If you've ever wondered about family saga books and the people who write them, then pop over to the blog and read about these great books.
http://historicalsaganovels.blogspot.com

Large Print Woodland Daughter

My historical family saga, Woodland Daughter, has been released in large print in the UK and I've just seen the cover for it. I've put it on here but it's not very clear for some reason, sigh.

blurb:
Throughout her years of devoted service to the Bradburys, Eden Harris has hidden a secret that would affect them all, a secret shared only with her husband, Nathan, and her grandfather. But an enemy returns, shattering her world and exposing her secret. Then, robbed of Nathan, she must flee from the country estate. However, her attempt to start anew is not so simple as the past haunts her. Now Eden must gather her strength and look into her heart to accept what the future offers.

Woodland Daughter can be bought in hardback here with free worldwide delivery, or in this large print version here.

Woodland Daughter, my historical family saga novel has been released in large print in the UK.
I haven't received a copy of the new cover yet but you can purchase the book in large print from the publisher. http://www.ulverscroft.com/title.php?sqlCmd=isbn%3D9781847827487

Woodland Daughter in hardback is available here. http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780709086079/Woodland-Daughter

Other news is that my literary agency closed its doors at the end of June. So now I am officially without an agent and must begin searching for a new one. Wish me luck. I think I will need it. The words 'needle and haystack' come to mind.

I'm pleased that the first draft of my current family saga is finished. I'll take a short break from it before I start the next edit.

Final edits of my rom com, Hooked On You, have arrived. I'm looking forward to having that book wrapped up and published. I'm still waiting on the release date.

I'm all set to watch the Ashes and the Tour de France this month. I see some many late nights ahead.

I'm also looking forward to seeing the new Ice Age and the latest Harry Potter movies. if you like romantic comedies, go see The Proposal, it a nice movie and Ryan Renoylds is lovely eye candy!