Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Release Day Party.... Second Time Around!

 I love release day parties!

I can honestly tell you that sixty books in, I still love, love, love release day parties.

This one is a second release for this beautiful story of second chances, new beginnings and the chance to start over.  It was my third sale to Love Inspired, and this North Country series began my career... so how fitting to be able to re-release them on Amazon now!

I was just chatting with Pam Hillman about re-releases... I love working with companies that re-release books. I've often wondered why more don't do that???? It's quick cash for them and if there's been a space of time, authors often have a whole new stable of readers, so wouldn't it make sense to re-release? Low investment, strong return.... Sweet for all involved. 

And Love Inspired is great about this. They re-release stories on a regular basis and they've done this with a lot of mine, but when I started writing for LI, the books were longer... that means those longer books don't fit the current packaging, so they gave me back the rights to my first three books and I'm re-releasing them this summer. 

I know I party-danced when "Waiting Out the Storm" released in June...

And now "Season of Hope"  is releasing!!!! Did I mention that???? :) With new formatting from the Killion Group (I've been happily using them for years) and a beautiful cover by Beth Jamison of Jamison Editing who is crazy reasonable with her editing and her cover work. 


And next month will be the re-release of an award-nominated debut novel "Winter's End", but today we're celebrating "Season of Hope", a story that has touched a lot of hearts. It tackles some rugged subjects, a family betrayed by the husband/father that was supposed to love them and protect them... The strength of a former Delta Commander who's risen above his slip into alcoholism years before and the growing strength of Rita Slocum who we met in Book One, the widow who fell into the hole of substance abuse when her world fell apart.

But Rita has taken the reins once more with the help of her sister-in-law, AA, and the love of her children. Two of them, anyway. The third is a handful in so many ways, but as Rita strengthens, so do her children... and her chance at a new beginning. 

I love stories of mended hearts. I love stories that wrap us around the hero and heroine's hearts and let us see them as real people... and that's because I surround myself with real people. I love people. They amaze me, impress me, confound me and bless me in so many ways and I often think of how much introverts miss in the story and glory of life by not embracing people.

Because therein lies the story. With people.

I have TWO COPIES of "Season of Hope" to give away today. E-copies... the paperback is coming but won't be available for a week or two. I hope you win a copy!!!

But if not, I can absolutely promise you that Brooks' and Rita's story is well worth every penny of that $1.99 price tag... or free on Kindle Unlimited.

And you honor me with every book you read and/or buy! So thank you!


BUY SEASON OF HOPE HERE!!!!



Multi-published, USA Today Bestselling author Ruth Logan Herne lives a prosaic life on a pumpkin farm in Western New York and she absolutely, positively loves it, but she also loves to write unforgettable stories that lift women's souls because a woman who's soul sings to the Lord is a woman that can handle whatever this life hands her. With over 2,000,000 books sold, you know that Ruthy loves what she does!

You can email Ruthy at loganherne@gmail.com, visit her website ruthloganherne.com or friend her on Facebook (where she loves to talk... and talk... and, well, you get it.... )  :) 

28 comments:

  1. Hi, Ruthy! Happy book release day! It's wonderful to know writers are still as excited as ever about a new book going out to readers. Congratulations to you! And great work by Beth Jamison on the cover. I love that mother and daughter work so well together! Have a great book release day!

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    1. Tanya, thank you! I love being a hybrid author, working in both very important markets... And thank you! I love the cover, I love the formatting by Jenn at Killion (because I love good interiors, that's probably one of my "buttons", to open a book and find it riddled with formatting errors... and you know I'm a pretty laid back person about a lot of stuff, but I love professional looking results. And Beth will love your nice words, LOL! She is great to work with!

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    2. Thanks, Tanya! It really is a lot of fun to work together! :)

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  2. Congratulations 🎈🎉 Happy RELEASE DAY,

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    1. Lucy, thank you! It's actually been out for two weeks, but we had other things going on in the family that took precedence... so we're giving it the send-off now. :) And it's such a beautiful story! Thanks for stopping by!

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  3. Love it! And I'm always so impressed by you, mama, and your incredibly beautiful stories.

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    1. Well, thank you.... and I appreciate the partnership!

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  4. Beautiful cover to highlight your beautiful story! Congrats on re-issuing one of your early LI releases. Beth did a wonderful job with the art work! You're a great team. Readers will be eager to get their own copy of SEASON OF HOPE!

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    1. I wanted sweet, simple covers for these stories.... the Love Inspired covers were very nice but I wanted the covers to show that this is a series.... and I'd renamed this novel, so this was perfect. We kept all three in this mode.... and now she's working on Wishing Bridge 4 cover, and that's a whole other kettle of fish!

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  5. Congratulations on giving new life to this great story! I missed this one the first time around, so I'm looking forward to reading it!

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    1. Jan, I loved this series! But they don't get reprinted because Love Inspireds were longer then, so these wouldn't fit in the current box set-up....

      That made me really happy when rights reverted to me. It made sense to put them out myself at that point.

      I hope you love it!

      Winter's End comes next.

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  6. Happy Release Day! Congratulations!

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  7. Ruthy, so exciting! Congrats on the re-release!!

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    1. Missy, thank you! The beauty of longer books not fitting into publisher's boxes any more!!!!!

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  8. Hi Ruth:

    Wow!

    I'd have to nominate the artwork for "Season of Hope" as the best ever depiction from a line in the novel!

    "…a delectable window showcasing mouth-watering treats, a baker's palette of perfection."

    Now that's truth in advertising…on steroids.

    However, I have to give you one marketing gig for not including a link to "Season of Hope". I would hope that after sixty books you'd have this down. Especially on the re-release of your classic reality romances!

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08GL1M966?ref_=dbs_dp_rwt_sb&binding=kindle_edition

    I'm just delighted to get these books in the Kindle format with the large easy-to-read type (that I can even change the font -- try doing that with a static print book!!!), search option to find favorite passages in the books at once, (if they are really in that book) and the ability to carry all sixty of your books in my top shirt pocket.

    Keep those early books coming out because the new author energy is truly invigorating! The higher the energy, the more rewarding the HEA can be felt. Even years later. (BTW: This number 2 book, "Season of Hope", is my heartwarming favorite of the three.

    One last comment:

    Introverts embrace people…only from a distance.

    ( That's in right now, you know. :) )

    Vince

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    1. Vince, I added them, LOL! That's so funny... this post was scheduled for two weeks ago and then we had a death and I had to put things off.... and never even thought about links, so thank you!

      And I love, love, love this story, so it deserves links!

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    2. And this one is your favorite??? I love hearing that. It's a great story and Brooks Harriman is an amazing hero... and I love that Rita perseveres and takes charge of her life. Go her!!!!

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  9. I could have sworn I had this one, but I can't find it. So stick my name in for a free copy. Digital or print, you can't go wrong with a Ruthy book.

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    1. It was Made to Order Family in 2010.... and it was book three then, but they had flip flopped the order. No biggie, but this gave me the chance to re-address them (and modernize them, do you know how much has changed with technology in the last ten years???? That surprised me!) Tucking your name in!

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  10. Congratulations on your new release of this series, Ruthy. I have already purchased it so no need to put me in the drawing!

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  11. YAY Release Day!!! It never gets old!!!

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    1. Right? I just feel absolutely blessed to be doing what I'm doing.

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    2. We worked hard for it, Ruthy and we are working hard to keep it. Go us!!! :)

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  12. Happy Release Day! I love the chance to read titles that I haven't read before!! Thanks for your giveaway.

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