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International Women’s Day

Today March 8, 2021 is International Women’s Day! As a woman’s fiction and romance writer I love writing books featuring strong women leads. Romance books are a great way to celebrate women and the challenges we all face in our lives. My two recent romance books The Fall In Love Checklist and Hero Ever After are books featuring strong women who face seemingly impossible situations, yet they push through to not only survive but grow and thrive.

Every year International Women’s Day has a theme and this year’s theme is “choose to challenge”. Challenge can mean different things to each of us. Challenging one’s self to grow and be your best self every day is a great place to start.

There are so many inspiring women writers who have touched our lives and here is a list of 15 inspiring quotes from great women authors as mentioned on the International Women’s Day page. How will you challenge yourself today, and tomorrow and everyday after that?

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Romance Books in Libraries

It’s no secret. I love libraries. In fact, one of my upcoming books features a librarian as the heroine. Libraries are awesome. I love that you can get romance books in libraries. The first romance novel I ever read I picked up on a whim off a public library bookshelf. It was Whitney, My Love by Judith McNaught. That book was like a gateway drug. I got sucked into historical romance, then I crossed over to paranormal romance, then contemporary romance, then, well, I kept going. I had to read them all.

All thanks to browsing at a library.

Libraries are such an amazing way to discover new books, new authors and new worlds. We’re very lucky that libraries support romance authors, romance books and carry our work in both paperback, hardback and ebook format.

In case you didn’t know, you can grab The Fall in Love Checklist and Hero Ever After in public libraries (on OverDrive and other platforms). If it’s not available you can request it through your librarian. Because librarians are awesome.

Ask your local library to carry Hero Ever After today!

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Happy Valentine’s Day to all my awesome readers!

If you want to celebrate Valentine’s week or Valentine’s month you could go on a romance novel reading binge. If I were to do that I’d go back and read some of my old favorites. Here’s my top 5 romance novels for valentines week!

Contemporary:  Nobody’s Baby But Mine

Rom Com: The Hating Game

Historical: Beguiling the Beauty

Paranormal: Demon From the Dark

Fantasy: A Court of Thorns and Roses

Then I’d go on a rom com movie binge and go back and watch my top 5 romantic movies of all time:

What’s Up Doc – so classic, so funny, I laugh hysterically every time.

Bringing Up Baby – Hepburn at her best.

While You Were Sleeping – Somehow, Sandra Bullock makes ugly sweaters look cute.

Coming to America – I had this one on repeat as a teen.

Isn’t It Romantic – When you know and love the genre so well you can poke fun at all its ridiculousness.

What’s your list of top 5 romantic movies and top 5 romance novels? After reading and watching all the old favs, I’d eat a bucket full of dark chocolate (because dark chocolate is delicious). And that would be an amazing Valentine’s day/week/month. I hope yours is just as fabulous.

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Romance Author New In Books Interview

The Fall in Love Checklist is featured on New in Books this week! Because of the feature, you can pick up the ebook until February 9 for only $4.99.

If you or any friends/family haven’t read it, this is a great time to grab it.

New in Books also interviewed me about The Fall in Love Checklist and my writing. You can check it out the interview on New in Books Author Interviews. 

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Hero Ever After Release!

It’s official, Hero Ever After release day is here! It’s a contemporary romance, for lovers of sexy movie stars, single mom romance, small towns, and second chances at love.

You can grab a copy of Hero Ever After at any of your favorite e-tailers.

Also, thank you so much for all your wonderful early reviews! I’m so glad you loved reading Hero Ever After as much as I enjoyed writing it. So thank you for spreading the love!

Get your copy of this single mom romance today!

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Behind the Cover of Contemporary Romance Book : Hero Ever After

If you subscribe to my mailing list or have read the post The Inspiration Behind the Contemporary Romance Book Hero Ever After then you know that my kiddo was integral to the idea for this book.

Because of that he is super excited for the release of this book (awwww, right?). When Mr. Ready and I were discussing cover ideas kiddo said that he had the perfect cover in mind. Then he opened up his drawing app, drew the cover and said, “this is what it should look like.”

Cover idea from my kiddo

So, I sent on our ideas to my amazing cover designer and here is the final product. Pretty darn close to kiddo’s adorable cover art.

Pre Order the Contemporary Romance Book Hero Ever After today.

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An Excerpt from the Friends to Lovers Romance Book : Hero Ever After

I’m one of those people who doesn’t like to read book excerpts because I don’t like any spoilers at all. Sometimes (frequently) I won’t even read the description! I’ll just pick up a book based on the cover and the title and let myself be completely surprised. But sometimes I’ll be so excited, so crazy excited for a book, that I have to read an excerpt in advance.

The Inspiration Behind the Contemporary Romance Book Hero Ever After

It’s really interesting where ideas for romance books come from, or really, books in general. Some ideas brew for a long time (months/years) in the back of your mind, others just smack you upside the head and say “write me! Write me right now!”

Hero Ever After was one of those romance books that appear out of nowhere and then jump up and down and demand to be written.

It all started innocuously enough. I was reading the children’s book Homer Price to my kiddo for a school assignment (side note: this book is by the author Robert McCloskey who wrote Blueberries for Sal, one of my favorite children’s books ever – I used to pick blueberries just like this as a kid (and my adventures also sometimes included black bears)). One of the stories in Homer Price was about a little boy who was obsessed with a comic book/movie star super hero. The boy insisted that the super hero was the real deal. Homer insisted he was a fake. The super hero visited the town and sure enough, he was a dud.

This little story in Homer Price caught my imagination and held on tight. I started writing Hero Ever After that very afternoon.

I had two characters cemented in my mind. A failed, washed-out Hollywood “super hero” named Liam Stone and a little girl who believed he was the real deal. The idea for the little girl, Bean, came first. Her mom, Ginny, came next. Most parents will probably agree, one of the scariest things you can go through as a mom or dad is your kid being sick and not being able to do anything about it. That’s Ginny’s story. She is willing to do anything to help her daughter, and that’s where Liam Stone comes in. Love is the happy consequence of their struggle.

Beyond love, I always want my hero and heroine to be better off than when the book began, so even if they don’t end up together they are still better for having known each other. The point isn’t to fall in love, the point is to grow and become a better person – love helps us do this.

I hope you enjoy reading Hero Ever After. I really enjoyed writing a book with so many wonderful characters. I fell in love with them and I hope you do too!

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Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! To all my readers, a big, warm heart felt thank you. I hope your holiday season has been filled with joy.

I hope 2021 is filled with many blessings and lots of wonderful books to read!

xx

Sarah

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Pre-Order Hero Ever After – a contemporary romance novel

Hero Ever After: A Romance Novel by Sarah Ready

The pre-order for my next contemporary romance novel and romantic comedy, Hero Ever After is up! It will be available in ebook and paperback on January 26, 2020 at all your favorite retailers.

Check it out!

She needs a hero. He needs a second chance.

Single mom Ginny Weaver needs a hero. Not an average hero. Not an everyday hero. A full-fledge, honest to goodness, super-duper A-list movie star, comic book action hero.

And she’ll do anything to get one.

Liam Stone is a washed-up, has-been, former Hollywood superhero – now dubbed “the super zero”.

He isn’t what Ginny needs.

But Ginny’s six year old daughter is sick and she has one last wish…

So, Ginny and Liam make a deal. Ginny will get a cape-wearing superhero for her daughter and Liam will get his chance at redemption. 

But deals come with unexpected consequences, like questioning what really makes a hero, or a family, and whether or not love has anything to do with it. 

Maybe, just maybe…love makes heroes of us all.

A feel good, heart-warming romance about the power of hope, family and love. 

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