Summer Nights in The Works and a Cover Reveal
I'm really behind on sharing news on my blog. Really, really behind. So this is just a quick post with a few updates which you'll have seen if you follow me on the socials and/or subscribe to my newsletter but which you won't have spotted if you only follow my blog.
Summer Nights at The Starfish Café in The Works
Last month, the final part in The Starfish Café series – Summer Nights at The Starfish Café – went into The Works. You can pick it up for £2.50 or as part of the 3 for £6 deal. At the time of writing, it's still available online here.
As always, I had a wonderful warm welcome from my local branch of The Works (Scarborough) and signed the copies they had in stock.
They'd placed a copy in the window so that was lovely to see when I arrived. And if you're wondering about my top, yes I did deliberately wear it to coordinate with the purple and orange colours on the front cover.
A reminder that Healing Hearts at Bumblebee Barn is also still available in The Works. It has sold through online but you might still find it in your local branch, particularly if it's on a high or low shelf where readers don't spot books as easily. Again, check out that coordinated outfit!
Thank you to the hubby for the fab photos.
Cover reveal for The Best is Yet to Come
We've had a cover reveal for the third book in my Escape to the Lakes series – The Best is Yet to Come. I love the covers for this whole series, designed by the fabulous Lizzie Gardiner and I'm really looking forward to recreating the cover, like I've done with the other two. I already have the yellow bobble hat ready!
Isn't that sky gorgeous? Here's all three of the covers together. Makes me very happy seeing them side by side:
You can pre-order The Best is Yet to Come for Kindle here and I'm delighted to say that, even though it hasn't yet been recorded - as it has literally just had the final proofread finished and been sent to production this morning - it is now up for pre-order on Audible here. All versions will be out on the same day. You'll notice there are limited details on Audible because it isn't ready but I can confirm that we've used the same voice narrator across the whole series - Rebecca Norfolk.
Here's the blurb:
Emma is having a fresh start.
After a successful teaching career, an exciting new chapter awaits Emma – helping her fiancé Grayson run one of Beatrix Potter's farms. While imagining days spent supporting Grayson with his dream, working the land and helping with the animals, Emma harvests a dream of her own – to set up an alpaca-walking business around the farm.
But working together isn’t as easy as Emma expected. Soon her dreams are in tatters and, broken-hearted, she must start over yet again.
When Oliver, Rosie and the team at Willowdale Hall welcome Emma with open arms, she can't believe her luck. But starting a new business in a new place is a daunting prospect, especially when it comes with unexpected obstacles. With a reserved, prickly groundskeeper as a partner, rapidly changing family dynamics to contend with, and time running out to get her new career off the ground, Emma may have bitten off more than she can chew.
But even though things are not going to plan just yet, the best is yet to come for Emma, if she can just take a leap of faith and follow her heart...
Escape to the Lake District with million-copy bestseller Jessica Redland, for an uplifting story of family, friendship and love.
This is Emma's story - a new character - but, don't worry, the question readers had at the end of A Breath of Fresh Air will be answered right at the start of The Best is Yet to Come.
Big hugs
Jessica xx