Showing posts with label The Quilting Circle series. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Quilting Circle series. Show all posts

Monday, December 11, 2023

I COULD REALLY USE YOUR HELP

My publisher is asking me again to get reviews for this boxed set. They need reviews to be able to purchase certain ads. If you have read any of the books in this collection, would you please consider leaving a review for it on Amazon, BookBub, and/or GoodReads. It is not necessary for you to have read them all. Merely review whatever one you have read. Even if you copy and paste from a previous review you posted. This industry revolves around reviews. Thank you sooooo much!

Here is the link: https://www.amazon.com/Quilting-Circle-Box-Set-ebook/dp/B0CNZPRRS2

I’m so excited that my publisher decided to release books 1-4 of my The Quilting Circle series in a boxed set.

It is aptly titled The Quilting Circle Series.


Here is an overview:
Book 1: The Widow's Plight
When Lily Lexington Bremmer arrives in Kamola with her young son, she’s reluctant to join the social center of her new community, the quilting circle, but the friendly ladies pull her in. She begins piecing a sunshine and shadows quilt because it mirrors her life. She has a secret that lurks in the shadows and hopes it doesn’t come out into the light. Will her secrets cast shadows on her bright future?

Widower Edric Hammond and his father are doing their best to raise his two young daughters. He meets Lily and her son when they arrive in town and helps her find a job and a place to live. Lily resists Edric’s charms at first, but finds herself falling in love with this kind, gentle man and his two darling daughters. Lily has stolen his heart with her first warm smile, but he’s cautious about bringing another woman into his girls’ lives due to the harshness of their own mother. Can Edric forgive Lily her past to take hold of a promising chance at love?

Book 2: The Daughter's Predicament
As Isabelle Atwood’s romance prospects are turning in her favor, a family scandal derails her dreams. While making a quilt for her hope chest, Isabelle’s half-sister becomes pregnant out of wedlock and Isabelle--always the unfavored daughter--becomes the family sacrifice to save face. Despite gaining the attention of a handsome rancher, her parents are pressuring her to marry a man of their choosing to rescue her sister’s reputation.

A third suitor waits silently in the wings, hoping for his chance at love. Isabelle ends up with three marriage proposals. A handsome rancher, a stranger, and an unseen suitor are all waiting for an answer. Isabelle loves her sister, but will she really allow herself to be manipulated into a marriage without love?

Book 3: The Damsel's Intent
Nicole Waterby has lived her whole life in the hills due to her grandfather’s mistrust of people. But now he’s passed away, and Nicole is left to care for her two younger cousins. Feeling inadequate, she heads down the mountain to fetch herself a husband. She doesn’t realize women don’t wear trousers, buckskins, or carry a gun. She has a lot to learn about being a lady if she’s going to catch a husband. And the quilting circle is just the group of women to help her.

Rancher Shane Keegan has drifted from one location to another to find a place to belong. He longs to have a family of his own but feels doomed to live a life alone. When Nicole crosses his path, he wonders if he can have love, but he soon realizes she’s destined for someone better than a saddle tramp. Even though he knows there’s no future for him with the intriguing mountain girl, he still steps in to help her at every opportunity. Will love stand a chance while both Nicole and Shane try to be people they are not?

Book 4: The Débutante’s Secret
Geneviève Marseille, a French socialite, has only one purpose in coming to Kamola—stopping her brother from digging up the past. Kamola is so different from her beloved Paris that she is tempted to abort her mission, but the kindness of a handsome deputy tempers her desire to flee.

Deputy Montana has lived a simple life. But when a fancy French lady steps off the train and into his arms, his modest existence might not be enough anymore. Even though he’s warned he can have no future with Miss Marseille because her grandparents would never accept him, he is drawn to her at every turn. Can he make himself worthy of her?
Mystery surrounds Aunt Henny. She is aunt to all but related to no one in Kamola. When a nemesis from her past arrives, she must decide whether to flee, or stand her ground in the town she’s made her home and risk going to jail. When secrets come out, will the lives of Geneviève, Montana, and Aunt Henny ever be the same?

HAPPY READING!!!


Monday, November 27, 2023

Tuesday Tidbits: NEW RELEASE!

I’m so excited that my publisher decided to release books 1-4 of my The Quilting Circle series in a boxed set.

It is aptly titled The Quilting Circle Series.

If any of you have read even one of the books in this series, my publisher would greatly appreciate it if you would go to Amazon and leave a review. They need to have a certain number of reviews before they can try for an ad on BookBub. Even if you copy and paste from a previous review you did. Thank you sooooo much!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNZPRRS2/ref=sr_1_7?crid=3NJNTQ5SD1WGB&keywords=the+quilting+circle+by+mary+davis&qid=1700957455&s=digital-text&sprefix=%2Cdigital-text%2C155&sr=1-7

Here is an overview:
Book 1: The Widow's Plight
When Lily Lexington Bremmer arrives in Kamola with her young son, she’s reluctant to join the social center of her new community, the quilting circle, but the friendly ladies pull her in. She begins piecing a sunshine and shadows quilt because it mirrors her life. She has a secret that lurks in the shadows and hopes it doesn’t come out into the light. Will her secrets cast shadows on her bright future?

Widower Edric Hammond and his father are doing their best to raise his two young daughters. He meets Lily and her son when they arrive in town and helps her find a job and a place to live. Lily resists Edric’s charms at first, but finds herself falling in love with this kind, gentle man and his two darling daughters. Lily has stolen his heart with her first warm smile, but he’s cautious about bringing another woman into his girls’ lives due to the harshness of their own mother. Can Edric forgive Lily her past to take hold of a promising chance at love?

Book 2: The Daughter's Predicament
As Isabelle Atwood’s romance prospects are turning in her favor, a family scandal derails her dreams. While making a quilt for her hope chest, Isabelle’s half-sister becomes pregnant out of wedlock and Isabelle--always the unfavored daughter--becomes the family sacrifice to save face. Despite gaining the attention of a handsome rancher, her parents are pressuring her to marry a man of their choosing to rescue her sister’s reputation.

A third suitor waits silently in the wings, hoping for his chance at love. Isabelle ends up with three marriage proposals. A handsome rancher, a stranger, and an unseen suitor are all waiting for an answer. Isabelle loves her sister, but will she really allow herself to be manipulated into a marriage without love?

Book 3: The Damsel's Intent
Nicole Waterby has lived her whole life in the hills due to her grandfather’s mistrust of people. But now he’s passed away, and Nicole is left to care for her two younger cousins. Feeling inadequate, she heads down the mountain to fetch herself a husband. She doesn’t realize women don’t wear trousers, buckskins, or carry a gun. She has a lot to learn about being a lady if she’s going to catch a husband. And the quilting circle is just the group of women to help her.

Rancher Shane Keegan has drifted from one location to another to find a place to belong. He longs to have a family of his own but feels doomed to live a life alone. When Nicole crosses his path, he wonders if he can have love, but he soon realizes she’s destined for someone better than a saddle tramp. Even though he knows there’s no future for him with the intriguing mountain girl, he still steps in to help her at every opportunity. Will love stand a chance while both Nicole and Shane try to be people they are not?

Book 4: The Débutante’s Secret
Geneviève Marseille, a French socialite, has only one purpose in coming to Kamola—stopping her brother from digging up the past. Kamola is so different from her beloved Paris that she is tempted to abort her mission, but the kindness of a handsome deputy tempers her desire to flee.

Deputy Montana has lived a simple life. But when a fancy French lady steps off the train and into his arms, his modest existence might not be enough anymore. Even though he’s warned he can have no future with Miss Marseille because her grandparents would never accept him, he is drawn to her at every turn. Can he make himself worthy of her?
Mystery surrounds Aunt Henny. She is aunt to all but related to no one in Kamola. When a nemesis from her past arrives, she must decide whether to flee, or stand her ground in the town she’s made her home and risk going to jail. When secrets come out, will the lives of Geneviève, Montana, and Aunt Henny ever be the same?

HAPPY READING!!!

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Tuesday Tidbits: THE TROUBLE WITH SECONDARY CHARACTERS

All stories have them.

All stories need them.

If you make them too bland, they don’t read as real people. They’re flat.

A flat secondary character. Why bother?

If you make them too interesting, they get minds of their own and try to take over.

This delicate balance between making them interesting enough but not too interesting that they demand their own story is a thin line to navigate.

This secondary character needs a story all her own.

I wrote a book years ago where the sister of the hero was to have a brief appearance in exactly one scene. ONE! Her whole purpose was to introduce the hero, then I was done with her. However, she wasn’t done with me. Every time I turned around, she was showing up again. She didn’t even live in the same town. She was in college. I kept on trying to get rid of her. “Go back to college.”

When she showed up with her car loaded down with all her earthly possessions, I put my foot down. “Go away! This isn’t your story.”

She folded her arms and said, “Make me.”

“Seriously!”

I bartered, made a deal with her, and sent her off to her parents’. She stayed away for the most part but did reappear for the holidays.

One of my critique partners (Hi, Suzanne!) had a walk-by character. If I remember right, the character didn’t even have any dialogue. Suzanne was careful to make sure the character wasn’t flat and didn’t want to use a typical description for her. Our other critique partner (Hi, Kathy!) said, “That character better be coming back, because I want to know her story.” I wholeheartedly agreed. Suzanne had no plans for further scenes for her. What got us was her haunted expression. We wanted to know why she was haunted. There was a backstory there we longed to hear.

In my current The Quilting Circle series, each book introduces additional secondary characters that further the current story. The trouble is, I want to learn more about them, and they deserve their own stories. One of those secondary characters was Lamar Kesner (the hero of book 5). From book two on, he had mild to serious interest in the heroines of those books, but he never got the girl. My publisher was eager to read his story. I was eager for it too by that time.

So, in book 5, another interesting lady waltzes into his life, but can he capture her heart as she has his and hold on to it?

Among soirees, hot air balloon rides, and a bachelor quilt, their hearts stitch together. Hopefully, the threads are strong enough to keep them together.

 

THE LADY’S MISSION (Quilting Circle 5)

Will Cordelia abandon her calling for love? Cordelia Armstrong wants nothing more than to escape the social norms for her station in society. Unless she can skillfully maneuver her father into giving up control of her trust fund, she might have to concede defeat—as well as her freedom—and marry. Every time Lamar Kesner finds a fascinating lady, her heart belongs to another. When a vapid socialite is offered up as a prospective bride, he contemplates flying off in his hot air balloon instead. Is Lamar the one to finally break the determination of Cordelia’s parents to marry her off? Or will this charming bachelor fly away with her heart?

 

Available for pre-order on Amazon. (Releases October 5, 2022)

 
MARY DAVIS, bestselling, award-winning novelist, has over thirty titles in both historical and contemporary themes. Her latest release is THE DÉBUTANTE'S SECRET (Quilting Circle 4) THE DAMSEL’S INTENT (Quilting Circle 3) is a Selah Award Winner. Some of her other recent titles include; The Widow’s Plight, The Daughter's Predicament,Zola’s Cross-Country Adventure” in The MISSAdventure Brides Collection , Prodigal Daughters Amish series, and "Bygones" in Thimbles and Threads. She is a member of ACFW and active in critique groups.
Mary lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband of thirty-seven years and one cat. She has three adult children and three incredibly adorable grandchildren. Find her online at:

 

 

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

LISTENERS WANTED!!!!!

I am so excited that the first book in my Quilting Circle series recently released in an audio addition. This is the first book I've had come out in an audio addition. I found the process enlightening and fun.

I have a limited number of codes for free audio copies of The Widow's Plight for people who would be willing to listen to it and then consider leaving a review on Audible and Amazon. I am offering these free codes to my email subscribers first.

Washington State, 1893
   When Lily Lexington Bremmer arrives in Kamola with her young son, she’s reluctant to join the social center of her new community, the quilting circle, but the friendly ladies pull her in. Will the secrets lurking in her past cast shadows on her bright future?
   Widower Edric Hammond and his father are doing their best to raise his two young daughters. He meets Lily and her son when they arrive in town and helps her find a job and a place to live. Lily resists Edric’s charms at first, but finds herself falling in love with this kind, gentle man and his two darling daughters. Lily has stolen his heart with her first warm smile, but he’s cautious about bringing another woman into his girls’ lives due to the harshness of their own mother.
   Can Edric forgive Lily her past to take hold of a promising chance at love?

To qualify for a free code:
     ~You must not have already read The Widow's Plight
     ~You need to be signed up for Audible
     ~You would be willing to listen to The Widow's Plight
     ~You would be willing to consider posting a review on Audible and Amazon

If you fit the bill, email me.

Reviews help authors sooooooooooo much. We appreciate them greatly.

If you have left a review for any of my books, thank you so much!


NEW RELEASE!
THE DAMSEL’S INTENT (The Quilting Circle Book 3) #TheDamselsIntent #HistoricalRomance #FreeKU #KU #ChristianRomance
Can Nicole learn to be enough of a lady to snag the handsome rancher?
   Nicole Waterby heads down the mountain to fetch herself a husband, not realizing women don’t wear trousers or carry a gun. She has a lot to learn. Rancher Shane Keegan has drifted from one location to another to find a place to belong. When Nicole crosses his path, he wonders if he can have love, but he soon realizes she’s destined for someone better than a saddle tramp. Will love stand a chance while both Nicole and Shane try to be people they’re not?

Free on Kindle Unlimited, or $2.99 to buy ebook.


NOW in audio!
Book 1 THE WIDOW’S PLIGHT
FREE Preview: http://a.co/1riJfrA
A single mother steps out of the shadows of abuse and into the sunshine. But will a secret clouding her past cost her the man she loves? Get it here for FREE on Kindle Unlimited or Kindle to buy for $4.99 or paperback for $12.99: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CV4XDLH/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_XaM.DbMKBGBG1
#TheWidowsPlight

Coming soon to audio! Book 2 THE DAUGHTER’S PREDICAMENT
FREE Preview: http://a.co/4UXlRN5
Can a patient love win her heart? Or will a forced marriage be the end of her romantic dreams? Get it here for FREE on Kindle Unlimited or Kindle to buy for $3.99 or paperback for $12.99: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NQZVNWY/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_WcM.DbRBRKVQ9
#TheDaughtersPredicament

#ChristianRomance #HistoricalRomance #Romance

MARY DAVIS s a bestselling, award-winning novelist of over two dozen titles in both historical and contemporary themes. Her 2018 titles include; "Holly and Ivy" in A Bouquet of Brides CollectionCourting Her Amish HeartThe Widow’s PlightCourting Her Secret Heart , “Zola’s Cross-Country Adventure” in The MISSAdventure Brides Collection , and Courting Her Prodigal Heart . 2019 titles include The Daughter's Predicament and "Bygones" in Thimbles and Threads. She is a member of ACFW and active in critique groups.
Mary lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband of over thirty-five years and two cats. She has three adult children and two incredibly adorable grandchildren. Find her online at:


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