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January 10, 2019
January Sale!
Ring in 2019 right with great deals on three of my books: Tempting, Claimed By The Rogue and Scribbling Women & The Real-Life Romance Heroes Who Love Them.
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Victorian Romance (A- Grade) Katie Babs “My favorite book by Tarr set in the Victorian era with a Jewish hero who becomes a very rich and powerful man and falls for a poor, country girl tricked into a brothel.”
On sale at Smashwords for just 99 cents now through January 28th. Use coupon code QY62E at checkout.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this book “It was a story about two people who were lost to each other for 6 years. The pain both went thru during this time was heartbreaking. Especially Robert. Good Story! Read It!!!!!!!!!!”
On sale at Smashwords for just $1.00 now through January 28th. Use coupon code JD43E at checkout.
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Get the jump on Valentine’s Day with this wholesome, heartwarming anthology of 28 authors’ real-life love stories to benefit Women in Need, Inc.
Patricia M. 5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this book! Some of the stories are funny, some are romantic, some are cute, some will break your heart but all are wonderfully true stories of love. I read anywhere from one to four stories a night. Enjoy, while you help a charity.
On sale at Smashwords for just 99 cents now through January 28th. Use coupon code KA34Z at checkout.
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December 2, 2018
‘Tis the Season
It’s beginning to feel A LOT like Christmas here in New York City. The windows of Macy’s, Saks, Bergdorf’s and other grande dame department stores are done to dazzling perfection and our humble abode is likewise decked out. Christmas tree trimmed – check. Stockings hung by the fire – check. Gift shopping finished — er, still working on that one.
Whether you’re looking for a feel good gift for family and friends or a fun, bubble bath read to kick off holiday self-care, I hope you’ll check out my following two books:
Magazine managing editor and unapologetic Scrooge, Starr Starling is just as happy to sleep through the holiday. On Christmas Eve Starr is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future—all in the form of Matt Landry, the hot new art director she’s secretly crushing on.
“Award-winning author Hope Tarr’s A Cinderella Christmas Carol presents a different kind of Dickens story — one with a hunky Ghost of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Be.” – Joyce Lamb, USA Today
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Twenty-eight bestselling romance and women’s fiction authors, including Deanna Raybourn, May McGoldrick, Lisa Renee Jones and Yours Truly, share their real-life love stories in this wholesome, heart-warming anthology perfect for the winter holidays. Net sales benefit the formerly homeless moms and kids of Women in Need, Inc.
Patricia M. 5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this book! Some of the stories are funny, some are romantic, some are cute, some will break your heart but all are wonderfully true stories of love. I read anywhere from one to four stories a night. Enjoy, while you help a charity.
Wishing you a holiday season brimming with fairy tale dreams come TRUE.
Hope
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October 2, 2018
Happy Ween!
October is my hands down favorite month and not only because it’s the host month for my birthday, October 2nd, which I share with Mahatma Gandhi, Annie Leibovitz and Donna Karan! PSL (Pumpkin Spice Latte) and crisp autumn air, candy corn and boot shopping (finally!) – what’s not to love!?
In the midst of savoring all that’s ghoulish and garish, I hope you’ll check out my article on a rare and wonderful opportunity I stumbled upon: spending the Day of the Dead, or El Día de los Difuntos, at Cementerio de la Almudena, Cusco, Peru’s oldest and largest ossuary. Tradition holds that on this day the souls of our ancestors return to earth to visit with their loved ones. The eve of November 1st through sunset on November 2nd finds Peruvian families flocking to cemeteries to honor their dearly departed with music and dancing, picnics and toasts. What a privilege it was to join them!
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June 8, 2018
#SALE Get OPERATION CINDERELLA for 99 Cents
Now through Thursday, June 14th, get OPERATION CINDERELLA on sale for just 99 cents! Download the e-book at any of the following:
Kindle
Nook
iTunes
Kobo
Google Play
Entangled Publishing
What readers are saying about OPERATION CINDERELLA:
Operation Cinderella was wonderfully heart-warming and romantic, so it deserves those 5 shiny stars I’m gladly giving to it! – Stella
Sweet, romantic, heart-warming, and filled with lots of laughter…It melted my heart right from the start.” – Cindy F
Totally absorbing! The comedy and the romance are combined in the right proportions. Even for someone like me who is not usually interested in romance stories, it was a very powerful and compelling mix. – PSP
I loved it! This book keeps you wanting more right up until you finish. And even then, there is still a bit of a craving for the story and characters to keep going. – J. Boxer
Already read OPERATION CINDERELLA and/or the other books in the Suddenly Cinderella series? Please support my work by leaving a review on Amazon, Goodreads, Nook or other book platform of your choice.
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May 18, 2018
April 2, 2018
Panel Talk – Challenges of Writing Historical Fiction
Event: FREE, Open to the public
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
Hope C. Tarr is the award-winning author of 25 historical and contemporary romance novels. Her books have been translated into 30 languages including French, Spanish, German, Japanese and, most recently, Slovene! Hope has been featured in numerous entertainment news programs and publications, including NBC’s Today Show, Time Out New York, and The New York Post. She is also a founder and curator of Lady Jane’s Salon®, NYC’s first and still only regular reading series for romance fiction, now in its ninth year with satellites nationwide, all of which support a 501c(3) charity. (The NYC Salon supports Women in Need, Inc).
Radha Vatsal is the author of A Front Page Affair (a Library Journal “Debut Mystery of the Month”), and Murder Between the Lines (Book Riot’s 100 Must-Read Books Of US Historical Fiction) set in WWI-era New York. She received her Ph.D. from the English Department at Duke University and her writing has appeared in the online editions of the Atlantic, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and the Smithsonian magazine. She is also co-editor of the Women Film Pioneers Project. She was born in Mumbai, India and lives in New York City
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January 11, 2018
Join Hope at Lady Jane’s Salon®
Monday, February 5, 2018
7-9 pm at Madame X
94 W Houston Street
New York, NY 10012
$5 admission, Cash Bar
Join Hope and guests Rafe Bartholomew, Karen Rock, Falguni Kothari and Kate Manning in celebrating the ninth year of Lady Jane’s Salon®, the monthly reading series Hope co-founded and continues to curate. Complimentary champagne toast sponsored by Kensington Books. Snacks courtesy of Graydon House Books. Annual donation award to Win (Women in Need, Inc).
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December 20, 2017
Get A CINDERELLA CHRISTMAS CAROL #FREE
Q: What do Scrooge, Cinderella, fab footwear and a Matzo Ball Singles Supper have in common?
A: Absolutely nothing–unless you’re reading my A CINDERELLA CHRISTMAS CAROL!
Download the #FREE #ebook between now and January 7th from these e-book e-tailers:
Kindle
Nook
iBooks
Kobo
Google Play
Reader reviews are enormously important in getting eyeballs on a book. Please take two ticks and leave a kind but honest review!!!
And check out the other books in my Suddenly Cinderella series:
OPERATION CINDERELLA , formerly optioned by FOX – Macie and Ross prove opposites attract–but will they stick?
THE CINDERELLA MAKEOVER – Reality TV takes a fairy tale turn when a fashionista celebrity “fairy godmother” judge finds herself falling for a handsome but geeky tech CEO.
A CINDERELLA SEDUCTION – “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” meets Cinderella when a plus-size personal chef, Stefanie, sets out to woo the hawt Greek real estate entrepreneur who’s hellbent on taking her tight knit family d-o-w-n.
And while you’re cozying up to my Suddenly Cinderella series books, you might also want to cozy up to this – my recipe for Super Simple Hot Buttered *Bourbon.* Enjoy!
Hope’s Super Simple Hot Buttered Bourbon (serves one)
2 ounces Bourbon – Maker’s Mark, Blanton’s or your favorite small batch spirit
1 pat of butter – I’m a fan of Kerry Gold
1 generous teaspoon raw honey
1 tablespoon brown sugar
Hot water, boiled
Cinnamon stick (optional)
Hot Man (also optional but highly recommended (in which case, double recipe)
Add butter, honey, and brown sugar to an Irish coffee style glass mug. Pour in the bourbon. Beat mixture with a fork. Fill mug with the hot water and stir well until the ingredients are dissolved. Add cinnamon stick as garnish. Put on your favorite Christmas Classic—Nat King Cole’s iconic Christmas Song is my go-to—a comfy holiday sweater (ugliness optional), and curl up with A CINDERELLA CHRISTMAS CAROL.
Wishing you a holiday season brimming with fairy tale dreams come true!
Hope
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December 3, 2017
Get A CINDERELLA CHRISTMAS CAROL #FREE
Q: What do Scrooge, Cinderella, fab footwear and a Matzo Ball Singles Supper have in common?
A: Absolutely nothing–unless you’re reading my A CINDERELLA CHRISTMAS CAROL!
Download the #FREE #ebook between now and January 7th on any (or all!) of these e-book e-tailers:
Kindle
Nook
iBooks
Kobo
Google Play
Reader reviews are enormously important in getting eyeballs on a book. Please take two ticks and leave a kind but honest review!!!
And check out the other books in my Suddenly Cinderella series:
OPERATION CINDERELLA , formerly optioned by FOX – Macie and Ross prove opposites attract–but will they stick?
THE CINDERELLA MAKEOVER – Reality TV takes a fairy tale turn when a fashionista celebrity “fairy godmother” judge finds herself falling for a handsome but geeky tech CEO.
A CINDERELLA SEDUCTION – “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” meets Cinderella when a plus-size personal chef, Stefanie, sets out to woo the hawt Greek real estate entrepreneur who’s hellbent on taking her tight knit family d-o-w-n.
Wishing you a holiday season brimming with fairy tale dreams come true!
Hope
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July 12, 2017
#99cents #Sale #ChristmasinJuly
Call it #ChristmasinJuly or maybe just a desire to help kick off beach read season – either way, I’ve put two of my historical romances, TEMPTING and CLAIMED BY THE ROGUE, on sale on #amazon #kindle for just #99cents each. Sale ends this Friday, July 14th at 12 midnight.
A Word on Reader Reviews. Reader reviews posted to Amazon, Goodreads etc. are a hugely important factor is getting potential readers’ eyeballs on these books, so once you’ve read TEMPTING, CLAIMED BY THE ROGUE, or ANY of my published books, pretty please take two ticks and leave an honest review – what you loved or at least liked as well as what perhaps you didn’t. You needn’t write a book, tho you’re certainly welcome to – as few as 2-3 succinct sentences will suffice. For tips on leaving an Amazon customer review, check out this short HuffPo article.
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