BIRTHDAYS AND BOOK BIRTHDAYS AND WEDDINGS, OH MY!

By Caroline Clemmons

June welcomes summer, vacations, luscious summer fruits and vegetables, and more. My Hero’s birthday is today, June 20. Our daughters and I will whisk him away for his favorite birthday meal—seafood—at one of his favorite restaurants. Then, we’ll give him gifts he probably won’t really want but will pretend he does because he is a true Hero.

Tomorrow, June 21 is my book’s birthday, DEBORAH’S DILEMMA, book 3 of the Pearson Grove Series. I love this series set in a small (fictitious) North Central Texas town. One of the reasons I enjoy small town series is the (in mine) wholesome environment and keeping in touch with previous characters throughout the series. Until tomorrow, DEBORAH’S DILEMMA is available for preorder. Then, if you've preordered, it will magically appear on your e-reading device.  I’ll be giving away two e-book copies to someone who comments today. In your comment, be sure to leave the email at which you wish to be notified if you win.

I enjoy reading series as well as writing them. Most of us at Romance Gems have admitted to pouring over Nancy Drew novels as girls. When I discover a book I love and learn it’s the first of a series, I’m excited. I want to read every release. I hope other readers share this love.

Pearson Grove is named so because of my father, whose first name was Pearson, and who was born in Pilot Grove, Texas. Daddy's stories ignited my love of history. Though the fictitious Pearson Grove is not actually at Pilot Grove, it’s not that far away either. I also write stand alone novels and take part in multi-author series, but Pearson Grove is the eighth series I’ve originated. Ahem, I did admit I like writing them, didn’t I?

Pearson Grove is home to several young women of marriageable or near-marriageable age. Seven, in fact, will have books in the series. Interspersed among releases of this series’ books will be multi-author series releases for the Proxy Bride Series, the Pinkerton Matchmaker Series, a duet with my friend Jacquie Rogers, and perhaps others. I’m always up for a challenge.

DEBORAH’S DILEMMA breaks a rule and perhaps I should have chucked it and started over. Frankly, I liked the story too much to do so. I hope it’s true that you learn the rules and then you can break them. There rule I broke? There really isn’t any inner conflict, or at least not enough to count. The story includes plenty of external conflict, though, and a genuine happy ending.

Here’s a synopsis of DEBORAH’S DILEMMA:

What can Deborah do to protect herself from the devil plaguing her hometown?

Can a young man who’s been away for six years fit into the community he left?

What madman is responsible for the murder and mayhem plaguing Pearson Grove?

Deborah Taber has been concerned by her inability to choose a life’s occupation. That worry was pushed aside when someone shot her brother and fire bombed her family’s newspaper, The Pearson Grove Gazette. She believes Trey Pearson is innocent of attacking her brother—isn’t he? She’s had a crush on Trey since second grade and desperately wants to trust him.

Wade Pearson III, called Trey, is happy to be home on Pearson Ranch after six years in New England. He trained to manage his family’s far-reaching investments. Nothing prepared him to be accused of murder or targeted by a killer. If not for quick action by the sheriff, Trey would have been lynched by vigilantes. He wants to help trap the real villain while protecting Deborah, her family, and his.

Can Deborah and Trey survive the threats against them? Will this clever murderer be caught before he delivers his terrible revenge against those he believes slighted him? 

Should you wish (and I hope you do), you can find DEBORAH’S DILEMMA at the Universal Amazon buy link of http://mybook.to/Deborah in e-book, print, and in KU.

In the event you don’t know me yet, here’s my bio:

Through a crazy twist of fate, Caroline Clemmons was not born on a Texas ranch. To compensate for this illogical error, she writes about handsome cowboys, feisty ranch women, and scheming villains in a tiny office her family calls her pink cave. She and her Hero live in North Central Texas cowboy country where they ride herd on their three rescued indoor cats and one dog as well as providing nourishment outdoors for squirrels, birds, and other critters.

The books she creates in her pink cave have made her a bestselling author and won several awards. She writes sweet to sensual romances about the West, both historical and contemporary as well as time travel and mystery. Her series include the Kincaids, McClintocks, Stone Mountain Texas, Bride Brigade, Texas Time Travel, Texas Caprock Tales, Loving a Rancher, and Pearson Grove as well as numerous single titles and contributions to multi-author sets. When she’s not writing, she loves spending time with her family, reading her friends’ books, lunching with friends, browsing antique malls, pursuing genealogy, checking Facebook, and taking the occasional nap.

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