Storms and Secrets Giveaway

Storms and Secrets for Kindle is free for the next five days (until October 9). If you don't have a Kindle you can still download the app. for use on other devices here.

Enjoy

In search of her husband, Heather reluctantly travels from London to his Texas home town where she is vocal about her dislike of snakes, spiders, and cowboys.  She vows to spend no more than two weeks away from her city apartment but finds a slew of secrets swirling like a Texas tornado.  While her husband keeps his emotional distance, and she tries to maintain her British reserve, Heather is nevertheless intrigued by the friendliness of Fort Worth locals.  Despite developing friendships, Heather struggles to find out what illness her mother-in-law is suffering from, how a neighbor fits into her husband’s past and why a vagrant sits across the street each day staring at the house. One by one, Heather uncovers the mysteries surrounding her husband’s family.  Can her marriage be saved, and will her new Texas friends entice Heather to share their love for the Lone Star State?  

99 Cent Books for Kindle and Other E-Readers

We're coming up to Thanksgiving Week - a day for turkey and reflection on things we are grateful for. It seems to be a good time to thank all my followers, readers, friends and family who have encouraged me this year.

As a thank you, I've listed my e-reader cozy mysteries for sale at 99 cents for a limited time. I know many of you are enjoying the Lowenna series (A Graceful Death and High Tide) and I'm working on the third book in the series, Gwinnel Gardens, which should be in print by 2012.

Meanwhile, I'm wrapping up The Berton Hotel which is currently available on Smashwords.Com and should be up on Kindle and available in print on Amazon by the middle of December.

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

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We're all excited that fall is here and the Texas triple digit summer temperatures are behind us.


To celebrate, Storms and Secrets may be uploaded from Smashwords.com at no charge and is available for most e-readers.


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Go to Storms and Secrets on the Smashwords web site here
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Notes

Handwritten notes are so rare these days and are treasured so much more than an e-mail, tweet, or a post on a Facebook wall. When my friend handed me a note she had received from her aunt in New Orleans, I was thrilled that her aunt took the time to write to say how much she enjoyed Storms and Secrets. 

Storms and Secrets

Helen, at Straight from Hel posted a review of one of my cozy mysteries today. Hop on over and take a look at Storms and Secrets Review. As usual Helen interspersed the review with her delightful humor. Thanks Helen.

Book Blog Tour Continues

This is the last week of the blog tour. Today Helen Ginger at Straight from Hel wrote a very funny review about High Tide. Thanks Helen. You can read her review here and my interview with Helen here.

Be sure to stop by the Cozy in Texas original post by April 30 here. I'm giving away three books. This got a bit confusing and some people on the tour posted these would be High Tide, others Storms and Secrets, so I'll let the three winners take their pick of which book they would like.

It's also the last week for the Kindle/e-Reader sale. All three of my books (A Graceful Death, Storms and Secrets and High Tide) are on sale for $2.99 at Kindle and Smashwords.com.

Thanks again Helen.

By the way - there's no shipping costs at www.bookdepository.com

Review Competition - Storms & Secrets

Want to be mentioned in the next Ann Summerville novel, High Tide, and receive a free copy?

Here’s the deal.

1. Become a follower of Cozy in Texas.

2. Write a Storms & Secrets review on your blog (you can read part of the novel on Kindle or Smashwords.Com).

3. Note in the comments section of this post when you post the review so that I can give you a shout out.

4. Send the review (up to 200 words) to Ann.Summerville@Yahoo.Com, include your blog address and mailing address. You can also add a sentence or two about you and/or your blog.

Deadline February 4, 2011. Once a winner is chosen, the review and blog address will be added to a page in High Tide which is due for publication at the end of February and a printed copy will be mailed to the winner.

And if you want to read about Texas, hop on over to the blog Semicolon 

Ann Summerville Interview

The Crazy Bookworm has kindly posted my interview today.  Hop on over and take a look. The Crazy Bookworm is a great blog to follow for book reviews.

Book Club

Last week the book club girls got together. We're not very organized and I don't think we actually picked a book to read, although Atonement was mentioned a couple of months ago. We met in Fort Worth, and as I don't work in the downtown area any longer it was nice to wander around. I'm always amazed at the constant building going on. My favorite structure is the Bass Hall with the beautiful angels outside. We ate at Thai Tina's which is located in the Embassy Suites on the corner of 5th and Commerce streets. And our next book to read is Storms & Secrets.

Fairmount Tour of Homes

The Fairmount Tour of Homes has become an annual Mother's Day event for my daughter and me and we were joined this year by Joanne from WordSplash and our friend Linda. Fairmount was developed as a middle-class residential area between 1890 and 1938. Many of the homes are Craftsman style. The Fairmount Neighborhood Association has worked tirelessly toward historic recognition and achieved their goal and were placed on the National Registry in 1990. Each year there are six or more houses that can be toured. Many have interesting stories such as the Rodriguez Home which was originally built by a prominent Fort Worth surgeon who is credited with saving the city from a meningitis epidemic in 1910. While looking at one of the houses, I came across a yellow house that I had taken a picture of last year and used to describe a home in Storms & Secrets. The story is fictional, but is based in the Fairmount area.

Storms & Secrets - Ann Summerville

Storms & Secrets e-book is available on Smashwords and for my blogging friends enter the coupon code GY39F for a discount (good until June 4).

In search of her husband, Heather reluctantly travels from London to his Texas home town where she is vocal about her dislike of snakes, spiders, and cowboys. She vows to spend no more than two weeks away from her city apartment but finds a slew of secrets swirling like a Texas tornado. While her husband keeps his emotional distance, and she tries to maintain her British reserve, Heather is nevertheless intrigued by the friendliness of Fort Worth locals. Despite developing friendships, Heather struggles to find out what illness her mother-in-law is suffering from, how a neighbor fits into her husband’s past and why a vagrant sits across the street each day staring at the house. One by one, Heather uncovers the mysteries surrounding her husband’s family. Can her marriage be saved, and will her new Texas friends entice Heather to share their love for the Lone Star State?