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Showing posts with label Wendy Soliman. Show all posts
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Monday, July 1, 2013
Blog Tour: "Beguiling the Barrister" by Wendy Soliman (Interview/Spotlight) + Giveaway
Welcome to our virtual tour stop of Wendy Soliman's Beguiling the Barrister brought to you by Lit Connect.
1. Tell us 5 things about
yourself that readers may not about you.
I’m an animal junkie – I
particularly love all waifs and strays.
I write erotica under a
penname.
I’m trying to persuade the
taxman that chocolate is a legitimate deductible expense for all female
writers.
I once reversed an old Jeep
into my husband’s precious vintage sports car. (We’re still married!).
I have a handbag fetish for
which there appears to be no counseling available.
2. What does a typical writing
day look for you?
I need to clear all the
dross—all the unimportant things like housework, deciding what to have for
dinner, checking email and stuff like that. Once my mind is uncluttered I can
then disappear off into a fictional world of my own making, and stay there.
It’s lovely to be able to make people behave exactly the way you want them to.
Better yet, they never talk back!
3. Tell us a little bit about Beguiling the Barrister and why readers
should check it out?
It’s a courtroom drama set
in the famous Old Bailey Courthouse in London. The justice system was very
different then—heavily weighted in favour of the prosecution. My hero, Darius
Grantley, is a barrister with a conscience, throwing his considerable talent
behind the cause of the underprivileged. Unfortunately that doesn’t earn him
enough money to woo the woman he’s always adored – his neighbor Lady Felicity
Forster. Except Flick has a few ideas of her own on that score…
4. What was the easiest and
hardest scenes to write in Beguiling the
Barrister?
I find the flirtation
between the characters—the banter etc. quite easy. Getting the particulars of
the legal system right without making it sound too ‘info-dumpy’ was a
challenge.
5. What inspired you to write
the Forsters Series?
I adore regencies in general
but as a reader I like to be able to follow the fortunes of characters through
a series. Each book in the Forsters series is stand-alone but readers can get
updates on characters they’ve already met and, hopefully, enjoyed.
6. Who designed the beautiful
cover of Beguiling the Barrister?
Carina Press has a very
talented team of cover artists. This one
was handled by Millennium Promotions, Inc.
7. Do you ever suffer with
writer's block and if you do how do you deal with it?
No, just the opposite. I’ve
written over forty books, both under my own name and a penname, across a series
of genres, and have yet to get stuck. If I stutter, I take my dog for a long
walk and that usually clears my head. Perhaps switching from historical to
contemporary to erotica helps to keep my mind active!
8. Fun question: If you could
travel back in time, where would you go and why?
To the regency era, without
a doubt. It fascinates me, but I’d only want to be there, giving Mr. Darcy a
run of his money, if I could be rich. One of the reasons I enjoy being a
novelist is that I don’t have to live in the real world, (at least not inside
my head), and deal with poverty and all the misery it brings with it. Escapism,
isn’t that why we all enjoy a good book?
9. What is up next for Wendy
Soliman?
The third book in the
Forster series, Finessing the Contessa, comes out in November. This is Lord
Robert’s story. He meets an exotic Sicilian widow who’s a chess master worth
pitting his wits against. Shame she appears to be trying to steal the secrets
of state that Rob has been charged by his brother to deliver.
10. Do you have anything
specific you want to tell your readers?
Yes, please give me feedback. Tell me what you like
about my books and, more importantly, what turns you off. I’m always striving
to improve and can take constructive criticism – honest!
Thanks so much for having me here.
Beguiling the Barrister
(The Forsters #2)
by: Wendy Soliman
Publishing Date: 6/24/13
Publisher: Carina Press
Genre: Regency, Historial Romance
Heat Level: Mild
Format: Digital
Word Count: 71,000
Description:
England, 1814
Flick--more properly known as Lady Felicity Forster--was twelve when she decided she was going to marry her handsome neighbor Darius Grantley. Now, embarking on her second season, she's no nearer to that lofty ambition. She commits to making Darius fall in love with her, if only he'd take a break from pleading the case of the common criminal as a barrister at the Old Bailey.
Darius adores the lovely, high-spirited younger sister of the Marquess of Denby, but he's all too aware that Flick is far above him in social status, not to mention fortune. Winning the high-profile Cuthbert case will earn him a promised appointment to King's Counsel and just enough income to provide a home for his well-born lady.
But the cards are stacked against him. Not only do the newspapers trumpet his clients' guilt, but a powerful peer bribes the witnesses and threatens Flick unless Darius sabotages his own case...
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Purchase at Carina Press | Amazon
For more of the Forsters, check out Compromising the Marquess , available now!
Wendy Soliman was brought up on
the Isle of Wight in Southern England but now divides her time between Andorra
and West Florida. She lives with her husband Andre and a rescued dog of
indeterminate pedigree named Jake Bentley.
The Isle of Wight is full of
historic buildings, which is where she acquired her love of history, absorbing
it like osmosis. She is the author of nine single-title Regency romances and is
excited about her up-coming series charting the fortunes of the Forster
dynasty.
When not writing she enjoys
reading other people’s books, walking miles with her dog whilst plotting her
next scene, and is on a one-woman mission to save the wine industry from the
economic slump. Well, someone’s got to do it!
Contact email: wendysoliman@rocketmail.com
Website: www.wendysoliman.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/wendyswriter
Blog: Confessions of a writer http://wendysoliman.blogspot.com/
One digital copy of
COMPROMISING THE MARQUESS or BEGUILING THE BARRISTER (winner’s choice)
Winner will be announced on 7/8.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Blog Tour: "Compromising the Marquess" by Wendy Soliman (Guest Post/Giveaway)
Welcome to our Virtual Tour stop of "Compromising the Marquess" by Wendy Soliman brought to you by Lit Connect Events.
Hi, thanks for having me here. You asked where I get the
inspiration for my books. Wish I knew, then I’d bottle it and flog it on E-Bay
for a fortune!
I’m not a plotter, but I do seem to possess the ability to
create a full-length novel from a single idea. I’m here today to talk about Compromising the Marquess, the first in
a four-book series of Regency romances published by Carina Press. I’ll explain
the inspiration for this title later, but first let’s move forward to the third
book in the series, which is a pretty good example of how I create something
out of not very much.
Finessing the Contessa is
Rob Forster’s story. He’s the middle of the three Forster brothers and readers
will have met him briefly in the first two books in the series. He’s a chess
master and so, not unnaturally, I wanted him to meet a woman who was his equal
when it came to that game. I also figured an exotic foreigner might make it
more interesting. But where ought she to come from?
That decision was made for me when I researched famous chess
moves and happened upon The Sicilian Defence. Okay, so my heroine is going to
be Sicilian. I then researched Sicily and found that small Island had been
occupied more times than you can shake a stick at over the centuries, due to
its strategic location in the Mediterranean. This was true during the
Napoleonic wars, when the British took it over as a base for their fleet, even
setting up a Parliament similar to the English one.
At the time of my story, the war is just over and the British
have withdrawn, probably leaving mayhem in their wake if I know anything about
my countrymen! Therefore, the British would have to step in and help Sicily to
re-establish itself, wouldn’t it? Seems only fair. Trade agreements worth
stabbing one another in the back to obtain would be up for grabs…hmm, I was
off.
Back to Compromising
the Marquess. Along with most of the nation, I was watching Prince William
getting hitched at about the time I was thinking up this series. That got me
dwelling upon Princess Dianna’s untimely demise, caused by the paparazzi. That,
in turn, made me wonder about the origins of newspapers in England. Hence, my
heroine, Leah, writes gossip for a scandal rag in order to support herself and
her sister. Only she writes stuff that isn’t true about the Marquess of Denby,
putting him in a compromising position, and throwing the two of them together
as they try to put things right.
Leave it to the press to get the wrong end of the stick!
The Forsters Book 1,
Compromising the Marquess by Wendy Soliman available now from Carina
Press http://bit.ly/TA6VOg
for just $1.99 Amazon.com http://amzn.to/TZgDHT
and Barnes and Noble http://bit.ly/QllKUf.
I’m giving a copy of Compromising
the Marquess away. For a change to win it, please leave a comment here,
along with your contact details, telling me what you like most about Regency
romances. Good luck!
Find me here on the net: www.wendysoliman.com
Blog: Wendysoliman.blogspot.com
Twitter: @Wendyswriter
Facebook: Wendy Soliman – Author
Thanks for having me. It’s been fun.
Wendy
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Compromising the Marquess
(The Forsters #1)
Publisher: Carina Press
Publishing Date: 12/10/12
Genre: Historical romance, Regency
Tone: Light-hearted
Element/Tags: historical romance, Regency romance, Regency newspapers, Fanny Hill
Format: ebook
Words: 83,000
(The Forsters #1)
Publisher: Carina Press
Publishing Date: 12/10/12
Genre: Historical romance, Regency
Tone: Light-hearted
Element/Tags: historical romance, Regency romance, Regency newspapers, Fanny Hill
Format: ebook
Words: 83,000
Description:
Leah Elliott and her sister Bethany remove to the south coast, where
Leah makes a living by picking up tidbits of gossip for a scandal sheet
about the local family of consequence, the Forsters. She erroneously
reports that the marquess, Hal Forster, is about to marry a local lady. To
make up for her mistake, Leah offers to act as Hal’s paramour. In return
he agrees to educate her in matters of romantic love, acting out scenes
from Fanny Hill, a book which they have both read.
Leah discovers that Hal has a young Frenchman hidden on his boat,
which makes her suspicious. During a grand ball at Forster Hall, the
Frenchman kidnaps Leah, using her to lure Hal into a trap. Using her wits,
Leah manages to warn the man she has fallen in love with that he’s in
deadly peril. Managing to overcome his foes, Hal concentrates on discov-
ering the truth behind the fire that killed Leah’s father and supposedly
destroyed the rare books he so treasured. His efforts lead them both into
more danger when they have a deadly confrontation with a scoundrel at
an inn in the backstreets of London.
Deeply in love with his feisty scribe, Hal proposes marriage. Leah realizes that true love simply doesn’t
recognise the class divide invented by society and joyously accepts him.
In a sentence:
A sparkling Regency in which a marquess finds his destiny in an impecunious siren with a beautiful voice
and scorching pen.
Wendy Soliman was brought up on the Isle of Wight in Southern England but now divides her time between Andorra and West Florida. She lives with her husband Andre and a rescued dog of indeterminate pedigree named Jake Bentley.
The Isle of Wight is full of historic buildings, which is where she acquired her love of history, absorbing it like osmosis. She is the author of nine single-title Regency romances and is excited about her up-coming series charting the fortunes of the Forster dynasty.
When not writing she enjoys reading other people’s books, walking miles with her dog whilst plotting her next scene, and is on a one-woman mission to save the wine industry from the economic slump. Well, some- one’s got to do it!
Contact email: wendysoliman@rocketmail.com
Website: www.wendysoliman.com
Facebook: Wendy Soliman – Author
Twitter: @wendyswriter
Blog: Confessions of a writer http://wendysoliman.blogspot.com/
One randomly drawn commenter from each tour stop will win one digital copy of COMPROMISING THE MAR-
QUESS. The giveaway is open internationally and the winner will be notified via email after the close of the
tour.
Tour Stops:
Additional tour stops can be found at: http://events.litconnect.com/virtual-book-tour-compromising-the-marquess-by-wendy-soliman
The more stops readers comment on, the greater their chance of winning.
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The more stops readers comment on, the greater their chance of winning.
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