Wednesday, 13 January 2016

Amazon Best Seller!

I hadn't got around to updating my blog yet this week as I was away in Edinburgh on Monday speaking to the lovely writing club there. I'll be adjudicating the first of three story competitions over the next week or two so I've been trying to get more organised.


However, today I discovered I'm a Number 1 best selling author on Amazon UK in two categories - with my dual-time novel, The Highland Lass! I'm excited, surprised and delighted as this has always been the 'book of my heart' and it has been steadily gaining great 5 star reviews before today. My publisher, Crooked Cat, has been so supportive and you can read more about the publishers through Sally Quillford's interview with Crooked Cat on the RNA blog.

As I'm enjoying it while I can, I thought I'd post the blurb on here today as it's still on the special promotion of 99p on Amazon UK and 99c (or around that) on Amazon US for a very limited time!

The Highland Lass

Eilidh Campbell returns to her Scottish roots from America with one main aim: to discover the identity of her real father. But her mother’s past in Inverclyde is a mystery with family secrets, a book of Robert Burns’ poems with a hidden letter and a photograph link to the Holy Loch at Dunoon when the American Navy were in residence.

Staying with her childhood friend, Kirsty, while searching for answers, Eilidh begins to fall in love with handsome Scot Lewis Grant, but just how free is he? Together they trace the story of Highland Mary and Robert Burns, with its echoes to her mother’s story. In short alternate chapters, Highland Mary tells her own story from 1785-6. From Dunoon, to Ayrshire and culminating in Greenock, Eilidh finds the past is closer than she realises.

12 comments:

Deborah Carr said...

Huge congratulations, Rosemary! I love the sound of your book and will have to buy it right now. x

Patsy said...

Congratulations, Rosemary! That's a great achievement.

Rosemary Gemmell said...

How lovely, Debs - thank you very much!

Thanks, Patsy - it may well be a one-off occurrence!

Julia Thorley said...

Well done, Rosemary. How was Edinburgh? Chilly, I bet.

Rosemary Gemmell said...

Thanks, Julia. Edinburgh was lovely as always but unbelievably, it was raining and it wasn't at home! We're more used to that in the west of the country, but it wasn't too cold.

Maria said...

Well deserved Rosemary!

Frances Garrood said...

That's wonderful, Rosemary. Very well done.

Rosemary Gemmell said...

Thank you, Maria - that's kind of you!

Many thanks, Frances - as I said, it doesn't last!

Helen Pollard said...

Congratulations, Rosemary. It's been on My Kindle a few weeks now . . . I REALLY must get to it soon! :)

Wendy's Writing said...

Wow! Number 1 in two categories! Well done and well deserved.

joanne fox said...

Great news, Rosemary! You must be thrilled. Well done. x

Rosemary Gemmell said...

Thanks so much for buying it, Helen! Don't worry, my TBR list is huge.

Many thanks, Wendy!

Thanks, Joanne - I certainly am but it's a fleeting boost!