April is the month for re-introducing ourselves here at Sweet Romance Reads.
It’s a great idea and especially appropriate for this time of year. Some of you
may know that I write the Emerald Isle, NC books, BEACH RENTAL, BEACH WINDS,
BEACH WALK and BEACH CHRISTMAS, and the Virginia Country Roads novels, CUBCREEK, LEAVING CUB CREEK, KINCAID’S HOPE and A STRANGER IN WYNNEDOWER. I was born and raised in Virginia but my mother is from North Carolina and I have many friends and family members there. You can find more info about the books I've written on my website www.gracegreene.com.
I
wrote on and off through the years, but never published. I painted, mostly in oils (I was an art major in college) and took a turn at quilting,
spent many years crocheting blankets and doilies, raised children, stayed married, and so on. Here's a grouping of some of my paintings.
In late
2010, I submitted two books I’d written to a small press, Turquoise Morning
Press, and they offered a contract for those books and within a few months, in
July 2011, I became officially published. It was a great experience and I learned a
lot. I published my next books myself and discovered how much I enjoyed
being Indie. I loved creating my own covers, even doing the formatting. The only issue was finding the time I needed to get it all done.
A lot changed for me in 2016. A year ago this month I became a full-time writer. After
decades of working day jobs and writing in the evenings and weekends, I took
the leap.I
was also very blessed because Lake Union Publishing (an Amazon Imprint
specializing in Women's Fiction) contacted me about that time. I was thrilled.
Ultimately, we agreed that I would write two books, both standalone single titles, for them.
The first book I
published with Lake Union was THE
HAPPINESS IN BETWEEN, released January
31, 2017. The second book, THE
MEMORY OF BUTTERFLIES,
is currently available for pre-order and
will be released on September 5, 2017.
Can I tell you something about THE
MEMORY OF BUTTERFLIES? I
wrote that book starting with only the vaguest idea. Really, nothing more than
a writing prompt, a "what-if". It gave me a starting
point but I had no idea where it would go. I'm
comfortable creating stories that way, but
THE MEMORY OF BUTTERFLIES was
different. It was a new experience for me. I felt as if Hannah Cooper was
sitting beside me whispering the story to me. I merely recorded it. I to
do a bit of revision and clean up, especially since I was crying my heart
out through most of it, but the story itself is Hannah's.
It was a very emotional
experience for me. I will leave it to you, the future reader, to determine
whether it moves you emotionally. I hope that when you are done ~ after the
book is closed ~ it will linger with you and that Hannah will feel as real to
you as she does to me. The book blurb is
below. Pre-order
link is here.
THE MEMORY OFBUTTERFLIES (release date September 5, 2017)
A young mother's lies
could end up destroying everything, and everyone, she loves. The Memory of
Butterflies is a poignant story of family and forgiveness—of knowing when to
let go and when to hold each other close.
Hannah Cooper’s
daughter is leaving for college soon. The change is bittersweet. A single
mother since the age of eighteen, Hannah isn’t eager to confront the pain of
being alone, but she’s determined not to let her own hang-ups keep Ellen from
the future she deserves. As Ellen’s high school graduation approaches, Hannah
decides it’s time to return to her roots in Cooper’s Hollow along Virginia’s
beautiful and rustic Cub Creek.
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Grace Greene is a USA Today Bestselling Author who writes sweet romance and women's fiction. Visit her at www.gracegreene.com
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