NEW RELEASE! Coattails and Cocktails, by Rumer Haven

COATTAILS AND COCKTAILS

by Rumer Haven

Genre: Historical Mystery, Romantic Suspense
Publisher:  Fallen Monkey Press
Cover Designer:  RoseWolf Design

Release Date: September 14, 2017

A body clearly shaken, but not stirring…

Summer, 1929. Murder isn’t on the menu when Chicago tycoon Ransom Warne hosts a dinner party at his country estate. But someone’s a victim—and everyone’s a suspect—when drinks and desires lead to disaster.

Hollywood starlet Lottie Landry has returned home to celebrate her engagement. She’s famous for her on- and off-screen romance with co-star Noble, but, privately, she’s having second thoughts. As her former guardian, Ransom doesn’t approve of the match. Yet his own affections raise questions when his wife, Edith, suspects him of having an affair—just as Noble suspects Lottie. Stirred into the mix are Lottie’s friends Helen and Rex, a young journalist and football hero who can feel tension building in the Warne mansion like a shaken champagne bottle.

And once the cork pops, a body drops.

Coattails and Cocktails is where Agatha Christie meets The Great Gatsby, a whodunit spiked with new love and old baggage, public faces and private vices. Filled to the brim with romance and mystery, it’s sure to intoxicate.

Cover Reveal: COATTAILS AND COCKTAILS, by Rumer Haven

Very excited to share this with you, Flappers!

COATTAILS AND COCKTAILS

by Rumer Haven

Historical / Romantic Mystery

Releasing September 14, 2017

SUMMARY

A body clearly shaken, but not stirring…

Summer, 1929. Murder isn’t on the menu when Chicago tycoon Ransom Warne hosts a dinner party at his country estate. But someone’s a victim—and everyone’s a suspect—when drinks and desires lead to disaster.

Hollywood starlet Lottie Landry has returned home to celebrate her engagement. She’s famous for her on- and off-screen romance with co-star Noble, but, privately, she’s having second thoughts. As her former guardian, Ransom doesn’t approve of the match. Yet his own affections raise questions when his wife, Edith, suspects him of having an affair—just as Noble suspects Lottie. Stirred into the mix are Lottie’s friends Helen and Rex, a young journalist and football hero who can feel tension building in the Warne mansion like a shaken champagne bottle.

And once the cork pops, a body drops.

Coattails and Cocktails is where Agatha Christie meets The Great Gatsby, a whodunit spiked with new love and old baggage, public faces and private vices. Filled to the brim with romance and mystery, it’s sure to intoxicate.

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Inspirations-n-Things for @RumerHaven's #NewRelease!

Hello, hello, my darlings! I have released my second novel and lived to tell about it!

In fact, I've been yacking about it all over the place, thanks to the gracious authors who've hosted me at their blogs. Today, I'd like to give them all a shout-out for sharing assorted tidbits about What the Clocks Know and yours truly:

Miriam Drori - "Easter Eggs"

Nicki Elson - London Settings

Cherie Colyer - Story Soundtrack

Emma G. Hunter - Personal Inspirations

Tim (T.E.) Taylor - Literary Inspirations

Sarah Allan - Cinematic Inspirations

Nancee Cain - Dream Cast

Shani Struthers - Cemetery Scene Excerpt

Ailsa Abraham - Ouija Scene Excerpt

Aubrey Wynne - Random Author Facts #1

Kishan Paul - Random Author Facts #2

Most recently, I've been invited to talk about my writing challenges, fears, and advice at a fellow Crooked Cat Publishing author's blog:

Margaret K. Johnson - Write Despite...

For even one of these authors to acknowledge me is an honor, let alone this delightful dozen! Thanks are also in order for the multitude of authors and book bloggers who shared the release news, including:

Beck Valley Books

Jeff Gardiner

Jennifer Lane

Feather Stone 

Book Partners in Crime

Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents
Abibliophobia Anonymous Book Reviews
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Em & M Books
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Danielle's Domain
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J.C. Clark
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Traci Hayden
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Sweet N Sassy Book A Holics
Little Shop of Readers
Deal Sharing Aunt
A Good Book Can Change Your View For Life

Thank you, BOOK PARTNERS IN CRIME PROMOTIONS for rallying the vast majority of those bloggers on my behalf! You were tremendous to work with for this launch.

And, finally, cheers to the authors who co-hosted and/or offered giveaways for one marathon of an online launch party! I lasted about 15 hours to accommodate time zones on either side of the pond and could've never done it without you:

Miriam Drori

Ailsa Abraham

Sue Barnard

Nancy Jardine

Angela Wren

Nicki Elson

Emma Mooney

Shani Struthers

Feather Stone

Vanessa Knipe

Nancee Cain

 Beck Anderson

Jennifer & Morgan Locklear

Sending a big, sloppy *MWAH* to you all!

New Release: FOUR SOMETHINGS & A SIXPENCE by @RumerHaven!

FOUR SOMETHINGS & A SIXPENCE

by Rumer Haven

Adult Contemporary Romance

Available February 3, 2015
from Vagabondage Romance (an imprint of Vagabondage Press)

SUMMARY:
One wedding. Six participants. Be they sitting in the pews or standing at the altar, bearing witness in person or only in spirit, each of them knows something about the unsmiling bride.

Go ahead—offer them a sixpence for their thoughts, and they'll make you these vows:

• One would love to declare this woman his “awfully wedded wife.” Verbatim.
• One fears what she already has and will have to hold—if not from this day forward, then soon.
• One takes her to be richer, not poorer—and for that reason wants to scrub the toilet with her toothbrush.
• One is better for what she told him this morning, worse for betraying a friend to get to this point.
• One worries whether today finds her in sickness or in health.
• And only one already knows—with certainty—that not even in death will they part.

Whether they speak now or forever hold their peace, they all give the bride a little something she didn’t register for. With romance, resentment, faith, fear, mystery, and the mystical, Four Somethings & A Sixpence is a loaded yet light read just in time for Valentine's Day!

*** Add it to Goodreads ***

*** Available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble ***

In celebration, I'm giving away 4 free ebooks of this 9,000-word novelette, and a lucky 5th winner will receive the ebook PLUS an authentic silver sixpence coin struck by the Royal Mint in London! RSVP at the Rafflecopter for your chance to win (runs from 2/3 - 2/14).  

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Fans, Faves, and Four Somethings...

I've got a bit of a smorgasbord going on here, with some fun developments as of this week.

First of all, I have the honor of being this month's Random Fan at the Big Spoon, Little Spoon blog, courtesy of my gracious hosts, Morgan and Jennifer Locklear. Authors of the contemporary romance Exposure, they not only interviewed me for this segment but answered questions of my own about their debut novel's inspirations and their writing process as a dynamic husband-wife duo. They're as lovely and fun as their story, which you can find here. You can access our recent Random Fan interview by clicking the image below, and Jennifer will also be reviewing the book at the Bookish Temptations blog later this week!

Next up, I am still sitting here in a very ladylike fashion with my mouth hanging open, unable to register that Bookaholic Babe has added SEVEN FOR A SECRET to her list of favorites! To be there with the likes of The Night Circus and fellow Omnific author Georgina Guthrie's Word series is such an honor.

And finally, my 9,000-word novelette, Four Somethings & A Sixpence, is scheduled for release by the Battered Suitcase Press (an imprint of Vagabondage Press) on February 3rd. There will be a Rafflecopter giveaway running from then until Valentine's Day to celebrate this season of looove, and YOU can help promote it NOW by joining my Thunderclap!

Thanks as always, daaahhlings, for your maaahhvelous support!

Zombie Takeover BLOG TOUR! Wk2: Ghostly Goodness

Week Two: Ghosty Goodness
Win Books by
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Rumer Haven

SHRIEK! It’s Week Two of our month-long Halloween takeover to celebrate Love At The End of Days by Tera Shanley, and this week we have books to win with hot rockers, 1920s razzle dazzle, and of course, GHOSTS! Check out the Rafflecopter and enter to win!

If you could be haunted by a ghost from any era, what would it be? 1940s? Renaissance times? A modern ghost who haunts your texts?  

Don’t forget to add Love At The End Of Days to your TBR: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23157764-love-at-the-end-of-days and check back every week for new, spooky good prizes! 

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My Ghoulish Goodreads Giveaway!

In the spirit of Halloween, I'm giving up the ghost...or giving it away, rather, in the form of two signed copies at Goodreads for the entire month of October. Enter to win and see if Olive's BOO! is bigger than her bite. ;)

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Seven For A Secret

by Rumer Haven

Giveaway ends October 31, 2014.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter to win

Calling All Flappers! Today, We DANCE!

I feel like I'm late to my own party for first posting this now, but the buildup to release day (a.k.a., TODAY!) has been such a weird and wonderful experience to savor. I'm so grateful to everyone who's been participating in the SEVEN FOR A SECRET promos and offering me support in general. I've been contacted by a lot of friends who have already downloaded their copy and started reading, so at this point, I'm just trying not to soil my knickers awaiting their reaction and the book reviews of kind strangers giving it a chance.

You can read the summary at my website or Goodreads. I suppose at this point, I should also divulge the deetz of where you can find this little sucker:

In the meantime, I'm having a ball over at the SEVEN FOR A SECRET Facebook party! So join me and other authors over there to answer some trivia and become eligible to WIN giveaways galore! The event runs until 6pm EST today.

And you still have six days to enter the SEVEN FOR A SWEEPSTAKES giveaway for a chance to win a free ebook, Origami Owl® key charm like the key to Olive's secret, and an Anna Chocola® cloche hat so you can step out Eva style.

All right then, it's been fun beating my gums here, but I'd better ankle and get back to the FB party!

Judging a Book by its Cover

Image from www.andrewkeir.com

I now officially understand why most publishers do not include authors in the cover art decision. Even the most chill of us will become divas in the end, trying to dictate every detail when the simple fact is, we are not the marketers. We might fancy a pretty picture and think we know what is best for representing the story, but though we all think we have good taste, the basic truth is that we ALL cannot possibly. That doesn't stop me from assuming that I do, of course, and to be fair, my marketing team did like the input I provided; it's in keeping with house style, so they did everything to give this lil' Veruca Salt what she wanted.

But in the end, I was still torn between what I'd handpicked myself and what they'd originally offered me. My publicist said, "they are both striking. [...] I think you can't go wrong with either one." My editor likewise said, "I honestly don't know which I'd pick. :-/" And in a small poll among friends and family, the opinions were divided evenly.

Long story short: This was a bitch of a decision. Truly spoiled for choice. But as of this week, I did give Regis my final answer.

In the spirit of the book's title, I shall keep the cover a secret until its reveal. ;)

I've learned this from the process, though: In these modern days of Amazon and e-readers, how a cover looks as a thumbnail is critical to its marketing. Regardless of how gorgeous it may look on a full-sized book in your hands, even those buying print copies online will first view it as a thumbnail image. So as I tried to make up my mind between two stellar options, I was not only enlarging the images to appreciate their details but shrinking them as well to see what they'd look like online.

In the meantime, am just trying to process that this chosen cover will be appearing on Amazon.com, BN.com, and Omnific Publishing's website soon. I really don't think I know what I'm getting into here. But it's awfully exciting, and I'm just going to try to enjoy the wild ride.

I have to ask you all out of curiosity, though:  

When it comes to book covers, do you think less is more--i.e., a design that's catchy but simple and leaves you guessing what the story is about? Or do you prefer more detailed imagery that sets specific expectations? 

Cheers!

~ Rumer