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Moving to Audible is such a bold step!
So proud of my editing client, Leigh Jenkins, for launching her first in the Sabina island series, Sun-Kissed Secret Baby on Audible. It was already available on kindle and paperback, and now this! Leigh is growing by leaps and I am happy for her.
Listen to a sample of Sun-Kissed Secret baby here.
The second in the Missed Opportunities Series.
Newest editing success by Leigh Jenkins
One goat + one cat + one gorgeous, awkward vet = my fresh start in France!
It’s time for a fresh start and winning a contest where I get to paint in France is exactly what I need!
An extra perk?
Meeting a tall, blond, kinda awkward (but oh so sexy) veterinarian next door.
Éric’s nothing like I expected, but maybe he’s everything I need.
Sweet, generous, and GORGEOUS!
Only problem?
How’s a girl to get any privacy with the eyes of the world on me 24/7?
So proud of the 5 star ranking on Amazon! You go, Leigh!
A Designer’s Delight French Romance (Missed Opportunities Romance)
Excited to recommend one of my latest editing clients’ novels, which is doing so well on Amazon.
Melanie
Winning a contest on a famous talk show? Oh, yes!
A dream design job in the South of France? Ooh-la-la.
Falling for my charming next door neighbor? Oh no!
They say opportunity doesn’t knock twice.
Winning a trip to France to live out my dream interior design career wasn’t a line item in my day timer.
Neither was dragging my son halfway across the planet in search of a second chance.
Falling hard for the carpenter next door definitely wasn’t part of the plan.
He’s helpful, charming, kind, capable, and oh so French!
And, something else I can’t put my finger on.
I wish I could undo our rocky start when I accidentally attacked him.
I can tell I’m not the only one with some dark history…he’s carrying some baggage and has damage of his own to repair.
Now that I’m this famous contest winner and have cameras following me 24/7, all eyes are on us.
The viewers think we would make the perfect couple – I’m not so sure yet.
But in a life full of missed opportunities, maybe love deserves another chance…
Highly rated and wonderfully evocative of the islands.
Thought you guys would like to know that my favorite new editing client has published a wonderful series set in the Caribbean. Yep, my neck of the woods. Set in the fictional island of Sabina, which feels and sounds like a mash-up of all the Caribbean islands I know, with lots of music, food, cool, funny locals and great romance stories. Awesome.
Click on each one for the link.
Well done, Leigh!
A Leigh Jenkins romance
Hey guys, one of my editing clients has started a lovely new series that’s actually set in the Caribbean! Woo-hoo!
Three innocent besties + two island boys = one unforgettable holiday — or a recipe for sun-kissed heartbreak?
Samuel:
No girl should be allowed to move like that without a permit. That hair flowing over her shoulders – like a mermaid. Her generous curves. Her arms rise and fall with the music and oh, I imagine her hands resting on my shoulders.
Her fingertips stroking my cheek. Her body pressing against mine. My lips touching hers.
NO. What am I thinking? My father’s words echo in my head, drowning out the music. “Guests to our island are off limits. Especially American girls.”
But what if she’s my ticket out of here?
One of the best clients an editor could have!
Congrats to Hazel Lynch, one of my favourite editing clients and the author of Senor Fluffy, a Cat’s Tale, for her hilarious new novella.
It’s about a Parisian cat who’s uprooted from his posh home and finds himself coping with the hoi-polloi in New York. Belly-busting funny.
Good job, Hazel!
Here’s her fabulous video.
Here’s a link to a recent Newsday article about her.
COVER BLURB FOR SENOR FLUFFY
“I laughed so hard at the adventures of Señor Fluffy and Madame Du Bois, but even more at Fluffy’s friends: a Jamaican Rastafarian cat called Marley; a parrot called Esmeralda who can cook mean Trini street food; a library-card carrying rat called Reena, and so many more. Tears!”
Roslyn Carrington, writer and editor
I, Señor Fluffy, am mystified that my owner, Madame Du Bois, is hell bent on going to New York City—that concrete jungle, of all places. I cannot wrap my whiskers around the idea of moving from Paris, the city of lights, where I was born, bred, and living a life of privilege—to embracing the unknown.
Here, I have butlers and housekeepers at my beck and call; the top floor for myself, toys, and several varieties of catnip. I’m accustomed to water flown in from the Swiss Alps, fresh cow’s milk, caviar, salmon, paté, and whatever my heart desires. I Señor Fluffy, fare sumptuously every day.
Now, Madame Du Bois is obscenely rich. To be candid, though, she is extremely gullible. Just about anyone who comes knocking at our door with a sad tale, convoluted story, or dangling a how-to-get-rich-quick scheme is welcome. Who in their right mind tries to “get rich quick” when they’re already rich? I guess what they say is true: The rich always want to get richer. My Madame Du Bois—or MDB as I call her when I am in a bad mood—gives them any amount of money they ask for, without ever signing a contract—or even a piece of stripped bark.
After about 29 hair-brained schemes—all gone wrong, all causing her to leak money like a drippy tap—she decides she needs to go where no one knows of her foolishness and no one knows her name. And of all places, New York City. I’ve been there and done that, and I am not impressed.
It was a joy to work with you, Hazel!
A collection of books that will really make you feel all snuggly
So proud of one of my favorite clients, Alexis Ashlie, who has just released another sensual and heartwarming series of short romances, the Second Chances series. I’m so proud to have been her editor for this darling collection of books.
Here’s a snippet of what the series is all about:
My name is Tabitha. I’m a third-generation matchmaker, but my gift lies in romantic second chances. My favorite thing is helping people who were meant to be together, but who lost each other somewhere along the way.
Customers walk into my little wonderland and are enchanted by the hundreds of treasures, each of which has been owned and loved before, and each of which will be loved again.
But my special customers, those who have shown themselves to be honest, brave, self-sacrificing and kind, I single out for a special gift. They each leave with a small, semi-precious stone that will bring the magic home to them. They leave holding their own hearts in the palm of their hands.
This is my magic: my ability to offer these wounded people a second chance at a long-lost love.
Yup, it’s about a magical little store where people go to browse through an endless collection of antiques . . . and always stumble upon something that leads to a second chance at love.
Sounds good? Click here to read more about each book.
A great book from a great person.
Good news! One of my favorite editing clients, Eamon Wood, has released his memoir, A Backpack, a Chair and a Beard. The cover blurb says more than I can:
A paraplegic since the age of four, Eamon found ways to give his wheelchair wings. He became the number one seed in the Kiwi men’s wheelchair tennis rankings, and represented his country on the men’s wheelchair basketball team, travelling the world. But that was in a safe, predictable team setting. He wanted more.
At twenty-eight, he set off on an epic journey, with little more than his backpack, his guitar, and an open mind. He hitchhiked around New Zealand’s southern island. The travelling bug took him to the UK and the USA, then along the fjords and lakes of Europe.
He slept rough, did odd jobs, busked in thoroughfares and made friends with oddballs. He wheeled his way through cities and small towns, searching… and found himself.
Join the Wayward Wheeler on his epic adventure, detailed with sincerity and humour in A Backpack, a Chair and a Beard.
I can in a completely non-partisan way that it’s a great read. Get it here on Kindle, or on RealNZBooks in New Zealand.
Glad to share another one of my client successes with you. Client type: Editing.
Permission to Heal: Violence, Faith & Family is the story of two exceptional people from radically different backgrounds who traversed dangerous ground and overcame great challenges to eventually find a place of wholeness, safety and success. It is the story of how an African-American ex-military man, Anthony, and a Haitian-American woman, Denise, followed separate paths, which led them so unerringly towards each other that their life’s direction could only have been ordained by God.
A lovely new book to read to your young one . . . that’s simple enough for them to read themselves.
I’m so, so happy to introduce one of my latest editing projects, If Macaroni Could Talk by Antonique Spence, which I love for so many reasons!
It’s targeted at young children, maybe four to eight, and deals with bullying in a compassionate way. It’s about the power every child has to spread love and make the world better in their own little way.
The main character, Loui, is also brown, which isn’t intrinsic to the story but I think it’s a great idea for kids of any colour to see themselves in the books they read. Here is the Amazon blurb. Please check it out for a kid you love.
As an adventurous, clever, and imaginative young girl, Loui discovers the power of her words, actions, and dreams with the help of her Grandma Carrie. Her favorite food, Grandma’s Amazing Macaroni and Cheese, quickly becomes the face of world change. The gooey, cheesy, buttery essence of Grandma’s famous recipe inspires Loui’s world, which leads her to impact others by spreading positivity to everyone, one talking note at a time.
(Side note, the author and I clicked because my grandmother’s name is Grandma Carrie too!)
Have you bought it? Do you have any comments? Let me know in the comments!