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⌗Free ebooks for two weeks!

From now until 31st July you can get the first three books in the Princelings of the East series absolutely FREE from Smashwords.  You can download them for Kindle, Nook, Kobo or iPad, or just as a pdf if you prefer.  Use the coupon SSW75 where necessary – you’ll see all the instructions on the purchase page linked below.

The Princelings of the East

– Princelings Fred and George set out into unknown territory in their quest to solve the mystery of the great energy drain.  Click here for purchase page

The Princelings and the Pirates

– investigating a simple problem for Prince Lupin, Fred and George are captured by pirates.  Will they survive the shipwreck and rescue the princess held hostage in their castle?  Click here for purchase page

The Princelings and the Lost City

– kidnap, impersonation, and a totalitarian government all rear their ugly heads as Fred and George discover a strange castle lost in the forest.  Click here for purchase page.

Want more than a simple preview of the books?  Check our new YouTube channel for videos of Jemima reading from the first three books!

 

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Pirates is three years old

It’s three years since I published The Princelings and the Pirates.  That was book 2 and I’m now working on book 7!  I know a few readers are rushing to keep up, and it’s all the more helpful since the first book went on free sale, as Pirates’ sales picked up beautifully in 2014.

The Princelings and the Pirates is where Fred meets Kira for the first time.  Kira is kidnapped from her home castle, Dimerie, and Fred rescues her from Castle Marsh.  How their love blossoms is part of the adventure in the Princelings and the Lost City.  It’s not really a romance, though – except I love the way Fred does that cool thing of pretending he doesn’t care when he has to sort out the mystery.  Yes, Fred, we read you – ok!

The rest of the series is really about the way life in the realms changes, partly due to the inventions George is involved with, but also other reasons, like commercial developments and power struggles.  Will they be able to meet the commitment Lupin, Fred, George and Victor were involved in making to Hugo, Lord Mariusz, at the end of Book 1?  Time will tell!

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Ideas for new covers

During the blog tour last year for The Princelings of the East, one comment made by a reviewer suggested I should rethink the covers for the trilogy, or at least for the first book.  Joshua, at Published Bestsellers said “Overall outwardly the book title and cover is very deceiving however the plot is absolutely brilliant.”

Asking around, I think the problem is the covers don’t imply action, although they might be slightly mysterious.  Danielle English (my illustrator) and I have been working on this off and on, and Dani has come up with these concept sketches.  I suggested we should be thinking about electrical sparks from Castle Marsh in the first one, and more action at sea for the second.  I’m still not sure about the third, since I love the original Lost City cover.  We’ve just gone more 3D with it, and Dani suggested trying it central.

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I also like the titling.  In many ways I love the freshness of the drawing, but then as you know from the illustrations, I tend to be a bit scribbly myself!  They will of course be tidied up and in colour for the final versions.

What do you think?