Look! Christmas came early! I’m thrilled to share this surprise — The Certainty of Chance: Christmas Pudding Special Edition! My award-winning, Kirkus star reviewed Christmas novel set in London now has a very special alternate paperback cover illustrated by the incomparable Leni Kauffman. It features Madeleine and Julian on London’s
A SMILE IN A WHISPER, my sixth novel — a past/present timeline, second chance summer romance set in Scotland’s Orkney Islands — is really special to me. I know, I know! Authors say that about every book they write (and yeah, it’s true!), however, A SMILE IN A WHISPER with
I AM SO HAPPY! A SMILE IN A WHISPER received another stellar industry review, this time from Kirkus! They said “Middleton shows a real knack for creating realistic and deeply developed characters” and they even loved my secondary characters – “Evie’s childhood friends Sunita Kumari and Fiona Groundwater, are vibrant,
Another industry review arrived and…it’s a STARRED REVIEW from BlueInk Review, a partner of the American Library Association’s Booklist! This review is the second starred industry review (the first being last week’s Editor’s Pick by Publishers Weekly Booklife), and oh my god, this one is just gorgeous! Here’s an excerpt:
Music and writing go hand in hand for me. When I started working on A Smile in a Whisper, I was repeat-listening to several songs that felt like Evie and Nick. That playlist grew from a few songs until I had six individual playlists! Eventually, I edited down the novel
I am SO excited! I came home from errands this afternoon and found this waiting in my email—an industry review from Publishers Weekly Booklife for A SMILE IN A WHISPER—and as soon as I spotted that little Booklife lightning bolt, I knew! It received AN EDITOR’S PICK, Booklife’s equivalent to
I’m SO excited to announce that my first book signing for A SMILE IN A WHISPER will be where my second chance, summer romance takes place…in ORKNEY! I’m bringing Evie and Nikolai home to Kirkwall, home to Scotland! On Saturday, July 22nd from 10:30am to 12:3opm, I’ll be signing paperbacks
I’m so excited for the release of my sixth novel, A SMILE IN A WHISPER! If Carley Fortune’s Every Summer After had a book baby with Chloe Liese’s With You Forever, you might just get Evie and Nikolai’s first love & second chances, dual timeline Scottish romance! Nothing screams summer
UPDATE: I now have paperback pre-orders for the US AND Canada! Keep reading for the scoop. I’ve teamed up with Love’s Sweet Arrow bookshop in the US *and* Happily Ever After Books in Canada to offer paperback + swag pre-orders for A SMILE IN A WHISPER! Check out the graphic
IT’S HERE! 🎉 The cover of my upcoming second chance, small town romance, A SMILE IN A WHISPER! 🎉 Isn’t it gorgeous? I’m so grateful to the talented artists who made this cover possible: • the loving couple photo was taken by @philchester • the Orkney Scapa Beach photo was snapped
