Second chances never looked SO good!
Meet the ISLAND ESCAPE SPECIAL EDITION paperback of A SMILE IN A WHISPER!
Isn’t it gorgeous? Nick and Evie are so adorable as they stroll around Hoy, the most rugged of Orkney’s islands. The artwork by Liz Parkes totally nailed this stunning part of Scotland, and yep, that brick cottage in the background on the right is the infamous Rackwick bothy from the story. IYKYK! *blushes*
The Island Escape Special Edition paperback of A Smile in a Whisper is AVAILABLE NOW from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Indigo, and Bookshop!
I’m so proud of this story with Evie’s Crohn’s disease representation (my husband has Crohn’s) and Nick’s panic attacks (which I have). Let’s bust the stigmas, shall we?
But wait! There’s more!
In addition to the stunning illustrated cover with its puffin-decorated mint green spine and cute sheep on the back cover (all designed by Liz Parkes), the inside of the Island Escape Special Edition of A Smile in a Whisper includes:
– travel tips to create your own adventure on Scotland’s Orkney Islands,
– an EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT of my next book, my early 1990s romance set in Toronto, LOVE WANTS US TO WIN, which releases this November in ebook & paperback.
Here’s the description:
NOT ALL FAREWELLS ARE FOREVER…
Evie Sutherland throws herself into everything. Like many on Scotland’s picturesque Orkney Islands, she works several jobs: managing her family’s shop, researching genealogy for tourists, and writing historical romance novels. Evie aces most challenges—except love. With a childhood diagnosis of Crohn’s disease and a disastrous dating history, Evie has convinced herself that guys won’t date the “sick girl” and the blame falls on the shoulders of her first love, a famous boy from London who spent his summers on her island.
To the outside world, Nikolai Balfour lives a charmed life. Starring in a popular British TV series as a teen, young Nick stole fans’ hearts from the Isle of Wight to Shetland. However, that was a lifetime ago, and the years since have been filled with “Didn’t you used to be…” moments, career wrong-turns, and empty relationships. Now finding success behind the cameras, Nick is still racked with regret and guilt over how things ended with the Orcadian girl he’d loved and left behind.
But when a television series filming in Orkney blows Nick back into Evie’s quiet life, they’re forced to face their heartbreaking past and revisit old secrets that should never have been kept.
Unfolding in alternating past and present timelines, A Smile in a Whisper is a touching story of first love and second chances, and the enduring summer memories that shape us.
(No AI was used in the creation of this book’s cover or its contents.)
And the special edition is available now! Here are the purchase links:
Amazon US
Amazon Canada
Amazon UK
Barnes & Noble
Indigo
Bookshop.org
Waterstones UK
Tell your friends! Tell your book clubs! Shares of this special edition cover on social media would be appreciated, too!
FYI, the original paperback cover with the stunning photo of the kissing couple on Scapa Beach is also available in ebook and paperback, so now you have a choice! The new illustrated cover is available in paperback only.
Happy reading!