Since three of my sci-fi adventure books are hitting virtual bookshelves, I’ll switch gears and do another “Not Quite the Hero” post. This time the focus is the vintage-era drama Bellevere House and Horace Carter. Anyone familiar with Jane Austen at all knows this character is based on Henry Crawford from Mansfield Park. (After all, the first letters of their names are the same!)
Everyone loves the drive Henry brings to the plot and I really enjoyed turning him into Horace Carter. Horace was just a great person to write about, because he’s so entertaining. Like Henry, he’s the sort of type you love to see in a book—debonair, a little bad-boy, perhaps quite flawed, but ultimately has a good heart. I’m not sure that person is quite realistic, but he’s what makes novels so great. I wanted to give him and Maria a happy ending because I just couldn’t stand for him to be sad at the end—but of course he shouldn’t end up with Fanny/Faye. Besides, Horace deserves some gratitude for all that he offers the story. He’s a perfect side character and almost embodies the guy who just missed being the hero. But without him the book would almost fall apart and would be a good deal less fun. Sometimes if we look at someone’s flaws too much—even if those flaws are real—we can overlook their good qualities and we shouldn’t. There’s more to almost everyone than meets the eye. And there will be more updates. Most of my books have been on a long journey since they were first written. Over the next few months, they will finally be coming to more retailers outside of Amazon! City of the Invaders, which was unpublished for years after its first release, will be making the move to broader distribution first. For a detailed description of the books and to find purchase links to all the stores, you can visit the book's website page.
Release Order (for iBooks, Kobo, Library Overdrive, etc) City of the Invaders A Year with the Harrisons Consuela Facets of Fantasy The Birthday Present/MC Victoria: A Tale of Spain Bellevere House Ryan and Essie The Test of Devotion Visit your preferred store and if you see a book on preorder, snap it up the preorder price of $0.99 before the book goes up to the regular list. The book will already be available on Amazon and discounted there to match. And there will be more updates. |
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Bellevere House has been featured on Ezvid Wiki video "10 Wonderfully Inventive Retellings That Interpret Classic Stories in a New Way." Click to see the video.
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