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Countdown to E-launch day for A SHADOW IN THE PAST<\/h2>\n

I’ve said in a previous post blog post that I want you to wait until August 4th<\/strong><\/span> to buy your copy so that A Shadow in the Past<\/em><\/strong><\/span> skyrockets up the rankings with all the launch day purchases.<\/p>\n

Asking people not to buy a book right away sounds daft but I’ve seen it work before with my author-friend, Janice Horton’s<\/strong><\/a>, novel Bagpipes and Bullshot<\/strong><\/em>, which recently won in the Kindle category of The People’s Book Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now that I’ve extolled the virtues of my friend’s successes, it’s time to get on with extolling the virtues of mine.<\/p>\n

What people are saying about<\/strong> A SHADOW IN THE PAST<\/strong><\/em><\/span>…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stone circles, Scottish legends and romance.\u00a0 A SHADOW IN THE PAST has it all.<\/p>\n

… a captivating read.<\/p>\n

… a compelling time-travel journey.<\/p>\n

… a seemingly impossible romance.<\/p>\n

… Incredible how the author weaves each character with the story.<\/p>\n

Don’t those comments intrigue you? I think they did so read on and find out what all the hype is about.<\/p>\n

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Blurb:<\/strong><\/p>\n

When a contemporary teen is transported back through time to the Victorian era, she becomes A Shadow in the Past\u2026<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nineteen-year-old Sarah Shand finds herself thrust back into the past. There she struggles to keep her real identity from a society that finds her comments and ideas strange and her speech and actions forward, unlike Victorian women. When Sarah verbally confronts confining social practices, including arranged marriages; powerful enemies commit her to a lunatic asylum. After falling in love with the handsome Laird of Weetshill, Robert Robertson, she must decide whether to find her way back to her own time or to remain in the past with him.<\/p>\n

I’ve got a fun-filled party with giveaways planned for August 4th so I hope you’ll drop by for some virtual food and drink and listen to some Scottish music and your chance to win some signed book swag or a 2014 calendar.<\/p>\n

Where to buy links:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\"amazon.com<\/a>
\n\"amazon.co.uk<\/a>
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But don’t forget, August 4th<\/span><\/strong> is the big day!<\/p>\n

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