News from Suzanne Brockmann www.SuzanneBrockmann.com Tuesday, May 29, 2018
A HIGHLY Recommended Read:
Roan Parrish's Riven is out today!****I LOVED THIS BOOK!!**** Before I was a romance writer, I was a musician. I sang in a band, and for a while my (brutal and soul-crushing!) day job was with a Boston-based music management agency that repped some rather large names.In fact, the very first romance novel I wrote had an injured rock mega-star as the hero, because I innocently followed the "write what you know" rule! The book was never published for a lotta reasons, one of them being that, back in the early 1990s, rock-star heroes were a giant "no." (Gay characters, too, were a giant "no" at that time. I'm so grateful that romance has progressed!!)Fast-forward to a few months ago, when my long-time editor at Random House, Shauna Summers, emailed and asked me to give Riven an early look. Now, she knows me well. I've worked with her for most of my twenty-five years in romance. And she knows that I rarely read and blurb books, because I'm so freakin' critical. But about Riven, she said: "I'm pretty sure you're gonna love this."She was right.Here's what I wrote back to Shauna after reading Riven:
Thanks SO much for letting me read this wonderful book. I loved it. It was beautifully written—it worked for me on so many different levels. Roan Parrish really got (IMO) the fascinating and brilliant complexity of the musicians' brains right—as well as the struggles of recovery from addiction.
Here’re some potential quotes:
“My favorite book of 2018!” (Yeah, it’s early, but it’s gonna be hard to top this one…)
“Roan Parrish’s Riven is the romance you’ve been waiting for.”
“I loved this book.”
Please pass along my heartfelt appreciation to Roan for writing RIVEN so I could read it as an escape from the current hellscape.
Here's Riven's blurb:
Two tortured musicians inspire each other to risk their hearts in this edgy and emotional novel.
“Riven is the romance you must read next. You’re welcome.”—Suzanne Brockmann, New York Times bestselling author of Some Kind of Hero
Theo Decker might be the lead singer of Riven, but he hates being a rock star. The paparazzi, the endless tours, being recognized everywhere he goes—it all makes him squirm. The only thing he doesn’t hate is the music. Feeling an audience’s energy as they lose themselves in Riven’s music is a rush unlike anything else . . . until he meets Caleb Blake Whitman. Caleb is rough and damaged, yet his fingers on his guitar are pure poetry. And his hands on Theo? They’re all he can think about. But Caleb’s no groupie—and one night with him won’t be enough.
Just when Caleb is accepting his new life as a loner, Theo Decker slinks into it and turns his world upside-down. Theo’s sexy and brilliant and addictively vulnerable, and all Caleb wants is another hit. And another. That’s how he knows Theo’s trouble. Caleb can’t even handle performing these days. How the hell is he going to survive an affair with a tabloid superstar? But after Caleb sees the man behind the rock star, he begins to wonder if Theo might be his chance at a future he thought he’d lost forever.
And here are the buy links:
Riven by Roan Parrish
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2IR5vAf
iTunes: https://apple.co/2LELZoz
Nook: https://bit.ly/2xkxIdG
Kobo: https://bit.ly/2xjbzfA
GooglePlay: https://RivenGooglePlay(Enjoy your lovely escape from the current hellscape! You're welcome!)
#SEALCamp !!
A reminder that I, too, have a new book out:SEAL Camp, the stand-alone 12th installment in my Tall, Dark & Dangerous series about Navy SEAL Team Ten!While I've been enjoying SEAL Camp's one- and two-star reviews for helping drive sales among readers who live in the real world, your four- and five-stars have been making me smile, too! (TY to all who've posted on-line reviews!!)Reminder: SEAL Camp is also available in a print-on-demand paperback, and Amazon has recently dropped that print edition's price. (I honestly don't know how long that sale will last, so if you're a print lover, order SEAL Camp fast!)
SEAL Camp by Suzanne Brockmann
Print paperback: https://amzn.to/2KRNY8q
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HU3iUx
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07CVQZBQM
Nook: https://bit.ly/2JRrtiP
Kobo: https://bit.ly/2ro1gR8
iBooks: https://apple.co/2rluSzp
(Audio listeners, I'm hoping to have info about an audiobook edition soon! Thank you for your patience!!)
Last but not least, ICYMI:The trailer for my latest indie rom-com movie, Analysis Paralysis, is up on Vimeo!Check it out here:
Analysis Paralysis trailer: https://vimeo.com/271327084
Okay, that's all the news for now!As always, thank you so much for your time and attention!Please feel free to email, blog, post, tweet, and/or share any or all of my news with your social circle! I appreciate it greatly when you do!And if you've read and enjoyed SEAL Camp, I'd love it if you'd post a review on your favorite on-line bookseller site! (TY if you already have!)Thank you so much for your ongoing support!Hang in there, triple-check your voter registration, #Resist, and happy reading!Love,Suz