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“In the land of Gilgamesh and Enkidu, the city of Ur rose above Sumer like a crown jewel.” (page 1)

To Steal the Sunrise.

*sighs happily, proudly*

To Steal the Sunrise, my first historical romance (m/f, no less!) has now been published.

*giggles giddily, perhaps a little manically… I am mentally “off” after all*

I am a published historical romance author!... Yes, if anything deserves an exclamation point this one unbelievable statement of fact certainly does.

As I’ve chronicled over the last two years, oftentimes painfully for both myself and my readers, the beast called Panic has had its grubby claws wrapped firmly around my neck so tightly that it has cut off all possibility of a “normal” career, not to mention a “normal” life. Well, the “normal” life mirage is still shimmering just out of reach on the other side of my horizon. The “normal” career dream, however, has just gone Technicolor, and perhaps just a little 3-D.

Historical romance, particularly in the m/f pairings, is a road that could possibly lead to some financial independence. Yes, the road will be tricky, hazardous and possibly unkind, but the journey, I pray, will be worth it.

Besides, if I get thrown flat on my ass I’ll have a pretty new bruise to show the world.

Working with a new publishing house (the newly re-vamped Noble Romance), I’ve found myself tip-toeing a little through the release process. I apologize for that. My not wanting to jinx or flub this big career step has kept me unusually silent about To Steal the Sunrise’s release…

No more!

Standing proudly in my living room, I throw my shoulders back, stretch my arms out wide to the side and sing to the world my first historical romance blurb/synopsis/back cover tease…

The year is 2600 BCE.
The land is Ur.
Royal temples of mud bricks rise in the stifling desert air. Fields of barley, groves of date palms lay stagnant in the baking heat.
The Sumerian gods watch idly. The tragedy that is about to unfold means nothing to them.
A young woman searches for her queen on the banks of the Euphrates River. But Elenu, the royal lyre player, does not find her ruler. Instead, she finds Asar.
He is the builder to the king. He is a man who holds secrets of his own.
Asar will save Elenu’s life that night.
In return, she will save his soul.
This is the story of love born of sacrifice, of a forever forged in the ashes of one brutal night.
This is the story of Elenu and Asar.

Goosebumps, right? Well, I have goosebumps, nice, tingly ones I never, ever want to get rid of.

So, here are the details as I know them… To Steal the Sunrise is a novella now available for $2.99 through Amazon. In the next few days, it will be available through all the usual suspects, including www.nobleromance.com. Word is that once I have a couple more novellas written in the Sumerian Sands series, I will even be published in paperback.

*giggle, giggle, happily holler to the heavens, “Yes!”*

The Sumerian Sands series will be a series of novellas, the characters not interconnected, based in the time period of Ancient Sumer, from approximately 3500BCE to 1000BCE. It’s a wonderfully rich time period in which to uncover love. With my Masters of Ancient Art History sitting proudly on my shoulder, expect the stories to be nothing less than historically accurate… or so I try. Any gray areas I will fill in with an imaginative, dramatic flair I promise will be true not only to the era but to the story and its characters.

Can you hear that?

The beast by the name of Panic is groaning. Its claws, while still held tight around my throat, are hopefully itching in a little taste of the discomfort their grasp have dealt me over the last twenty years.

I may never be able to breathe freely, but I will continue to breathe…

Deeper.

Richer.

Prouder.

Thank you for your continued support. Every other breath is because of you.

Sincerely,

Chloe Stowe