A Gothic Romance?

One month ago exactly I released Deep Blue Eternity.  I've never been so nervous in my life. More nervous than my first book!  This book is a little different than most romances so I've spent a good long while (months and months) teetering between 

freaking out .... 

.... and freaking the H8ll out. 


I CAN'T DO THIS!

The problem with doing something different is that if people are expecting one thing and get another, it might not matter how good it is, they could still feel a bit let down. Thankfully most feedback has been amazing! And thankfully, I've had some good friends around to encourage me (My husband, Julie, Lisa, Karina, Faith, Shannon, Rachel, Reagan, Al and Dave etc.) and get me through it. Amazing readers who have sent me the most incredible messages upon reading Tom and Livvy's story and of course, there are almost no words to describe what freely-given support from other friends and authors like Mia Sheridan​ , Brenna Aubrey​ and R.L. Griffin​ when they read DBE before I published did for me 

...  or being asked to be in the Bookworm Box by Colleen Hoover​.  

And finally the friends and bloggers who read it and reviewed it supporting my release day.  All of you helped me get through this scary time!  Thank you! Special thanks to Whitney and Patricia of A Literary Perusal for featuring me for the whole week of release! 

I was lucky to receive discount spots on both BookBub and Free Kindle Deals and Tips today! So hopefully, this 'little book that could' will reach some new readers today and also over the next few days with Booksends and Bargain Booksy. 

Click the birdie to tweet the deal :)

And thanks to everyone's support today, I earned a #1 Best Seller tag !  I grew up reading Virginia Andrews, now known as V.C. Andrews so to be ranking in that category is very exciting! 

WHAT IS GOTHIC LITERATURE?  DEFINITION TAKEN FROM LITERATUREINTRANSLATION.COM:  In the most general terms, Gothic literature can be defined as writing that employs dark and picturesque scenery, startling and melodramatic narrative devices, and an overall atmosphere of exoticism, mystery, and dread. Often, a Gothic novel or story will revolve around a large, ancient house that conceals a terrible secret or that serves as the refuge of an especially frightening and threatening character. ... William Faulkner transplanted Gothic preocccupations—threatening mansions, family secrets, doomed romance—to the American South.

Where Natasha then picked it up, and used this narrative device with a smaller house, modern times,  and a way, way sexier male love interest. It is a contemporary romance, after all.  ;-)

Thank you, again. 
With Love and Gratitude,