Welcome to Templeton Cove…
Hi Tricia, it’s great to be here today and have the chance
to tell your visitors a little bit about my fictional UK seaside town of
Templeton Cove. The fifth book set in this small town is sitting on my editor’s
desk as we speak.
It has always been a dream of mine to write a series of
books set in the same small town…due to my obsession with many Nora Roberts
series, Jill Shalvis’ Lucky Harbor series and Robyn Carr’s Virgin River series.
All of these books influenced my love of small town romances and creating a
huge cast of characters.
The debut book in the Templeton Cove series is Finding Justice. When my agent submitted
this book to Harlequin, I was already writing book two, A Man Like Him, with the hope both books would just be the start of
a series. These books were soon contracted…you can imagine my hysteria when Harlequin
offered me a contract for a further three! (What
Belongs To Her & Christmas At The
Cove also available to buy now)
All the books can be read stand-alone and are a mix of
mainstream romance and romantic suspense stories. I have some main recurring
characters who pop up in, if not all, of the books. The most popular of these
characters with me, and my readers, is the town’s matriarch, Marian Cohen. She
is feisty, fun and has a heart big enough to hold the whole world – she is the
oracle, the one all the young hero and heroines…and secondary characters, go to
when they need help, comfort or advice. She is a joy to write every time!
The more Templeton Cove books I release, the more people
seem to enjoy them and I have at least three more books ideas written in note
form and ready to go…I am not entirely sure when I will ever consider the
series finished and, for now, I’m just enjoying the ride J
If you like small-town romance, with a cast of quirky, fun
and sentimental characters with lots of laughter, tears, suspense and adventure,
I’d love you to give my Templeton Cove series a try!
Templeton Cove Trailer…
All Rachel’s books are available on Amazon, B&N and
Harlequin.com – for blurbs, links etc, visit my website…
Bio:
Rachel lives with her husband and two teenage daughters
in a small town near Bath in the UK. After having several novels published by
small US presses, she secured agent representation in 2011. In 2012, she sold
two books to Harlequin Superromance and a further three in 2013. She also
writes Victorian romance for Kensington--her debut was released in April 2013,
followed by a second in January 2014 and the third is released Jan 2015.
Rachel is a member of the Romantic Novelists
Association and Romance Writers of America, and was selected to mentor the
Superromance finalist of So You Think You Can Write 2014 contest. When she
isn’t writing, you’ll find Rachel with her head in a book or walking the
beautiful English countryside with her family and beloved black Lab, Max. Her
dream place to live is Bourton-on-the-Water in South West England.
She likes nothing more than connecting and
chatting with her readers and fellow romance writers. Rachel would love to hear
from you!
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Thanks for having me here today, Tricia! Look forward to chatting with your visitors :D
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