New interior design for Picture Imperfect!

Thought I’d share shots of the new interior formatting for Picture Imperfect, my steamy mystery romance, AKA “A Sassy Suspense,” and a stand-alone set in the Pacific Northwest.

I wanted to update some language from the first publication that might cause some folks harm. Ie. words like crazy, insane, and overweight (which was only used in the book once, but if it caused harm, I apologize). Now that I know better, it felt like the right thing to do was correct some language.

While at it, I redesigned the interior with some snazzy new formatting that I love! The cover hasn’t changed, but I’m including a shot of Picture Imperfect next to Head Over Heels, as PI is twice as long!

PI is my longest book, with multiple points of view, a love story, a mystery to solve, family and friendship complications, and – ta-da, of course a happy ending!

What I found doing this update is there was one typo!! Fixed it.

I also got to update a bit of technology.

And I discovered I still love this book!

The new formatting applies to the print and digital editions, so if you pick up a copy, you’ll get it as it is now, February 2024 moving forward.

Same cover, “Not for Resale” because it’s a proof copy
Title page is the same
Sample of new interior formatting (this is the first scene with Gabe’s mom’s point of view – she gets a love story in the book too!)
Another sample of the new interior formatting. I love the script! (PS, don’t zoom in and read the page if you don’t want a spoiler)
New author pic, taken, you know the drill, in my bathroom with my shower curtain backdrop behind me.
Comparing spine width to Head Over Heels

Wanna check out PI? HERE

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Before Brady reviews!

I’m 6 weeks out from my surgery and still have a long way to go on my journey, but I’m keeping my toes in the writing world when I can.

I’m busy updating DMARC records (gobbledegook for email deliverability rules that are coming into place on February 1st.)

I’ve done a light edit on PICTURE IMPERFECT to update some word choices and tech. Happy to report that I only found one typo!

I’m about to upload the new editions of the book and will let you know when it’s ready. Same cover, no big changes. Just minor edits.

And…

My books can always use more reviews, and because I had a medical challenge in 2023 that will be continuing into this year, I didn’t do a great job getting ARCs out for BEFORE BRADY. But some fab reviews have come in from readers around the world!

5 Stars! “Every girl wants to meet Mr. Right, but sometimes it takes a long time to figure out that Mr. Right might not check all the boxes.” CA Cindy on Amazon (not me, I promise)

5 Stars! “I loved Alicia and Brady’s story . . .great characters, sparky interaction and a little steam . . . plus terrific humor.” Laura on Amazon Canada

5 Stars! “Alicia is missing her chance with Brady. This was a really good story where Alicia needed to figure out how to “multi-task”. This was a fun and enjoyable story with some great steam.” Deb on Amazon Canada

Thank you, readers!

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Before Brady release day!

Today, Before Brady, Book 3 in Love & Other Calamities Romantic Comedy, releases (nearly) everywhere ebooks are sold!

IOW, the biggies: Amazon, Apple Books, BN, Kobo, and Google Play. I’m not sure when I’ll get things sorted on smaller stores reached through another distributor.

Normally, I would be all over things, but I’m having surgery in two days and am in serious prep mode. So my home page might be out of date for a little while. It’s not as easy to update as this blog (which really should have a soft green background to go with the rest of my site, but that’s something that also needs to wait).

But take a look at Before Brady if you want a quick-read, emotional steamy romcom that includes fun cameos from characters (and a dog) from Books 1 and 2!

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Amazon

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Kobo (also available in Kobo Plus!)

Google Play Books

Let me know what you think, either commenting here, or in the form of a book review on your fave site.

By the way, Before Brady is a Top Indie Favorites pick for Barnes and Noble! Thank you, BN!!!

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Countdown to Before Brady!

Before Brady releases December 12th and is a Top Indie Favorites pick for December and January from Barnes and Noble. Yay!!

I should be all over social media with this news.

I’m not.

I have my newsletters scheduled to go out, and some wonderful authors are gonna be picking up my slack, sharing news about my release when I won’t be feeling up to it.

I’m not going into details right now, but the upshot is I’ve had some unsettling medical news and will be having surgery two days after Before Brady releases. So now while I’m in between prep stages and feeling good enough to slap a smile on my face, let’s hear it for Before Brady!

Coming in four days! On Apple Books, Amazon, Kobo, Google Play Books, and Barnes and Noble!

Quick Links

Check it out!

https://www.cindyprocter-king.com/Books/before_brady.html

https://books2read.com/before-brady

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I did it?

Oh, my ever-lovin’ knocked noggin, I think I actually updated my website!

It took forever because my FTP software no longer links to the server, and I have to dig around behind the scenes and I, well, make mistakes. I upload things to the wrong folders, have to start again.

But!

It’s not perfect, but I think it’s done. I still need to check some links.

These are the pages I’ve updated, and, please, note, if you’re a frequent visitor (hahaha), you might have to hit Refresh to make the new pages load.

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Books

Bio

Deceiving Derek

Catching Claire

Before Brady (now on preorder!)

Just Janie (currently exclusively on preorder at Apple Books)

Trusting Trey – TBA

That only took, like a week.

My next website is going to be a heckuva lot easier to maintain, I hope.