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Thursday, March 15, 2018

Book Stories: Nothing But Luck (it's free for St. Patrick's Day)

One day I had an idea...and idea about a tiny grandma who cursed her family to bad weddings. It made me laugh. I wrote up up a proposal that ended up under my bed. (Well, not literally under my bed, but tucked away.) A few years later, I met an editor who asked if I had anything for her and I remembered some of my under-the-bed stories.

She was an editor for small niche publisher, Avalon Books. They sold their books to primarily libraries. She bought not just my WLVH Radio romances, but also my Everything But...series as well. They were all lovely, hardback, library-bound volumes. I didn't make a ton of money, but those books introduced me to new readers...readers who fell in love with the main character, Nana Vancy. The first three books are romances where Nana Vancy is trying to break that curse.

After she broke the curse, there were three more books where she tried her hand at matchmaking with her two friends and sidekicks, the Silver Bells (Annabelle and Isabel...named after two of my grandmother "Nana's" friends). Uh, she wasn't good at matchmaking. And that's how the Everything But...series was born. Just a casual conversation at a conference.

I thought that was it. That I'd wrapped up the series. I got word that Avalon was closing it's doors and a new publisher bought their backlist. And that's when the series made a comeback. Montlake books republished them all as ebooks...and last year they all came out as audiobooks!

Well, to make a short story longer, to celebrate the Everything But... ebook release, I wanted to do something for readers. So I wrote a trilogy of short stories. Nana Vancy has given up matchmaking people in the final book of the series, Everything But a Dog (those are my dogs on the cover!) and she's matchmaking pets to their new owners in the trio. I tied them to holidays as well. Nothing But Heart was a Christmas story. Nothing But Love was a Valentine's story and Nothing But Luck...well, that's a St. Patrick's Day story and it's free for the next few days to celebrate one of my favorite holidays! Yes, I have deep Irish roots and a mad love for Guinness.

So Sláinte!

If you've read Nana Vancy before...thank you for making her one of my best-loved characters. Please pass on the free copy of Nothing But Luck to a friend. If you haven't read her stories, pick up Nothing But Luck for yourself...and feel free to pass it on to friends!

Holly

(Nana Vancy cameos in
Christmas in Cupid , A Simple Heart and in Carry Her Heart.)

Friday, April 21, 2017

I've got a Confession...Confessions of a Party Crasher is out today!

I've got a Confession...a new book is out and there are more subscriber treats!
Open the newsletter to find out more...

Happy Spring, everyone!! If you hang out with me on social media, you'll know I've already been out in the garden and working out at camp! I love this time of year!! Especially when I have good news. Are you ready?

Confessions of a Party Crasher
is out today!!

...and I have a confession, the party is just getting started!

Morgan Miller is out of work and out of luck. She’s moved back home to Pittsburgh to try and put her life back in order. When she agrees to attend wedding reception with her mom for she's appalled to learn her mother’s invitation is far from legitimate. Her mom has turned her into an inadvertent party crasher.

When her friends agree that party crashing is a great way to meet men, Morgan's life goes from crazy to completely crazy. Wedding photographer Conner Danning keeps shooting her swoon-worthy glances and Morgan's ex is trying to de-ex himself.

Coming home and falling in love might just be the one party Morgan doesn’t want to miss as she discovers that sometimes what you think you want isn't what you want at all!

Reviews:

"...a funny tale of falling in love when you least expect it, best friends, and off-beat mothers..." We Write Romance

"...a sweet, entertaining romance..." ~RT Bookclub

"Hilarious situations, deep emotions, and lots of love make this one party you won't want to miss." ~Cat Cody, Romance Junkies

"Confession of a Party Crasher is an entertaining frolic. I know whenever I see Holly Jacobs name on a book I can be guarantee that I am are going to have one laugh after another..." Writers Unlimited

"Confessions of a Party Crasher is a book about relationships and life. As always, Holly Jacobs uses plenty of zany humor to enhance the story and make it dazzle." ~© Kelley A. Hartsell All rights reserved.

"CONFESSIONS OF A PARTY CRASHER is a charming romantic story, where love is made even more special with laughter." Cataromance.com

Buy Confessions of a Party Crasher!!

Last newsletter, subscribers were given a free short story, The Book. It's up now for sale. If you missed it, or enjoyed and want to pass it on and/or review it, you can find it at:
Amazon: http://amzn.to/2kJfWWx
Nook: http://bit.ly/2kwL3nv
Kobo: http://bit.ly/2l7sk3K
(Yes, I listened to you all and I'm trying to publish more books for other platforms!)

BIG NEWS!! By Popular Demand, the entire Everything But... series is being published in audio!
Here are their release dates. They're all available for preorder now!
Everything but a Groom - 5/2/2017
Amazon, Audible, BN and iTunes
Everything but a Bride - 5/9/2017
Amazon, Audible, BN and iTunes
Everything but a Wedding - 5/16/2017
Amazon, Audible, BN and iTunes
Everything but a Christmas Eve - 5/23/2017
Amazon, Audible, BN and iTunes
Everything but a Mother - 5/30/2017
Amazon, Audible, BN and iTunes
Everything but a Dog - 6/6/2017
Amazon, Audible, BN and iTunes

Here's a treat for all of you! My friend, Susan Gable, has a free book out now as she relaunches her Hawkin's Family series! You can pick it up here.

That's it for now! There are more books coming out this year, so you'll hear from me shortly! Thanks as always for all your support! I hope you enjoy Confessions of a Party Crasher and that you pick up the Everything But series...on audio!

Holly

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

Pearly Gates

Pearly Gates has been readers' favorite since her first book.  I'm so thrilled she's getting another chance to shine in March when A Day Late and a Bride Short is finally available as an eBook.  Here's one of Pearly's famous stories...

“Well, I was right about that. Like I said, turnips were more interesting. But somehow, years ago, she managed to capture a beau. His name was Trubald.”

“Trubald?” Sarah repeated.

Pearly bristled. “It’s a good name. His granddad Trubald was a soldier and that’s who he was named after. Anyway, he lost his leg.”

“Trubald’s grandfather lost his leg in a war?” Sarah asked.

“No, Trubald.”

“Oh, how tragic. That must have been hard for him to deal with. How did it happen?”

Pearly skooched half a cushion closer, and her voice lowered, as if she were telling some State secret. “Well, the way it was told to me was, he was out drinking one night, and just lost it. No one ever quite figured out how you just lose a leg, but somehow Trubald did it, and no one ever saw hide nor hair of it again.”

“He’s lucky he didn’t bleed to death,” Sarah said, trying to imagine being so drunk you could lose a leg and not know how.

“Now, why on earth would losing a prosthetic limb make you bleed to death?” Pearly lightly tapped Sarah’s forehead. “Keep up, girl. He’d had that peg leg since he was seventeen and lost his real leg in a fluke racin’ accident.”

Sarah wasn’t going to ask what a fluke racing accident was. She just wanted to get out of here, so she wasn’t going to ask.

She wasn’t.

But Pearly just sat there, obviously waiting for her to ask, and despite her best intentions she couldn’t disappoint Pearly. So she asked, “Fluke racing accident?”

Pearly beamed. “Yep. Trubald, he was racin’ his brother Truck—who, before you ask, was really named Truman, but seeing as he looked more like a truck than a Truman, well, Truck was the name he went by. And he was racin’ Trubald that day when Trubald lost his leg. Only it wasn’t a fair race. Truck was in an auto and Trubald wasn’t. Trubald, he slipped and Truck ran over his leg. So Trubald got that fake one, and years later got drunk one night and lost it.”

Pearly paused and sucked in a quick breath. Sarah was waiting for it, ready to jump and try to get out of this story, but years of telling long-winded stories had made Pearly an expert on breathing without giving up the floor. Before Sarah could get a word in edgewise, Pearly was back at it.

“Well, my cousin Lerlene said she wasn’t marrying no man who drank so much he lost a leg, and she broke off their engagement. A couple years later, Trubald, he laid off the drink, got a new leg and a new fiancée and Lerlene’s one chance at love limped off to a marriage that’s still strong today.”

You can find out more about A Day Late and a Bride Short or preorder it at Amazon.

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

eBook Series Order

I've been asked a lot lately about the order of various series. All of my books (hopefully) stand alone, but I know I like reading series in order, and from what I've heard, so do a lot of you. So here you go!

Holly

eBooks by Holly Jacobs: