I know it's been a while since I posted but I'm back and with a great guest post.
Katie Hamstead is here again with a new release that you don't want to miss:
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Katie Hamstead is here again with a new release that you don't want to miss:
Title: Branded
Author: Katie Hamstead
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing
Genre: New Adult Romantic Suspense
Blurb:
Terrorists have invaded Sydney, and
Allison King barely escapes her brother’s wedding reception alive. She and her
siblings flee, but their parents are killed by firing squad.
Now Ali’s on the run and
terrified. While searching for other survivors, she is captured by the General
who leads the invasion. He’s smitten by Ali, and when she refuses to submit to
his whims, he brands her for death. In a wild act of defiance, she snatches the
branding rod and sears the mark onto his face. Marking not only him but also
sealing her fate. Ali manages to escape and flees into the bush once more where
she finds a group in hiding. Even with the scars left by the General, Ali
learns to love and falls in love with the young man who found her—Damien
Rogers.
But the General is hunting her. When he
discovers their location, and finds her with another man—Damien—his wrath is
kindled and his obsession is inflamed. Ali must put herself on the line or the
General could kill her family, those who help her, and most significantly, the
man she loves.
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Being Katie and Aussie she will share with us about writing a novel set in Australia:
A Novel Set
in Australia
Branded
is set in the Sydney area, mostly the western suburbs and Blue Mountains. I set
most of my contemporary books around there simply for the fact that it is where
I grew up.
I
heard somewhere once that you should write what you know. So when it comes to
things that involve high school, university etc I set my stories in the
schooling system I am familiar with. My time as a foreign exchange student and
the few years I have lived in the USA have taught me the basics of the American
school system, but I don’t know it the way I do the Aussie one.
For
Branded, the concept also originated when I lived in Australia still. I came up
with the concept in 11th grade English, and wove ideas together
while staring out at the bush on hiking and road trips. The bush is a place
that has this ancient spirit to it, it’s hard to explain, but I am completely
in love with it. So Branded has some beautiful settings that I wanted to
showcase.
Knowing
the bush like that, I know easy it is to disappear. So with a map for my
characters to go by, it was the perfect place to provide refuge to the people
who escaped the carnage of the “invasion”.
Plus,
not many books are set in Australia, so why not? J
About the Author:
Born and raised in Australia, Katie’s
early years of day dreaming in the “bush”, and having her father tell her wild
bedtime stories, inspired her passion for writing.
After graduating High School, she became a foreign exchange student where she met a young man who several years later she married. Now she lives in Arizona with her husband, daughter and their dog.
She has a diploma in travel and tourism which helps inspire her writing. She is currently at school studying English and Creative Writing.
Katie loves to out sing her friends and family, play sports and be a good wife and mother. She now works as a Clerk with a lien company in Arizona to help support her family and her schooling. She loves to write, and takes the few spare moments in her day to work on her novels.
After graduating High School, she became a foreign exchange student where she met a young man who several years later she married. Now she lives in Arizona with her husband, daughter and their dog.
She has a diploma in travel and tourism which helps inspire her writing. She is currently at school studying English and Creative Writing.
Katie loves to out sing her friends and family, play sports and be a good wife and mother. She now works as a Clerk with a lien company in Arizona to help support her family and her schooling. She loves to write, and takes the few spare moments in her day to work on her novels.
Thank you Katie! So you can buy Branded here if you're interested and don't forget to visit the rest of stops of Katie's blog tour.
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Thank you beautiful, wonderful lady!!!