Welcome to the Blog + Review Tour for Pearl's Promise by Edwina Kiernan, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
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Welcome Edwina! Thank
you for taking the time to answer my questions and allow my readers a chance to
get to know you and your newest book Pearl’s
Promise.
I like to start these interviews the same way, with something fun to break the
ice.
Can you share 5 random facts about you
that we will not find in your bio.
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My absolute favourite colour is red.
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I have been navigating chronic illness since the age of 3. Some symptoms
have a diagnosis, some symptoms are currently under investigation.
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My favourite meal is risotto, and I’m a huge fan of rice dishes.
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I photographed a lot of celebrities during my time working as a media
photographer. Ewan McGregor once rushed over to hold a door open for me as I
was leaving a press interview room.
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The oldest book I own is an 1891 edition of Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
When did you first discover you had a
passion and talent for writing?
I discovered my passion for writing when I was
little. I was constantly writing stories on every scrap of paper I could find,
and had notebooks filled with little stories that I loved to imagine and
invent. Since then, I’ve always been writing in some shape or form and have
read various books and taken different classes to work on honing my craft.
Reading good fiction also has taught me a lot about various aspects of writing.
The first novel I wrote was through NaNoWriMo in 2010 and it is in my digital
drawer (and best that it stays there!). With each book I write, hopefully I
improve, and my editor has been a great help and encouragement to me, helping
me learn as I go.
What drew you to Regency romance?
I’ve always loved watching period dramas and reading classic literature,
especially Regency and Victorian (which are extremely different worlds even
though they’re in the same century). I love historical fiction and when I set
out to write the Gems of Grace series,
I settled on the Regency era, because it’s such an interesting little slice of
history - so different from the rest of the Georgian era and the Victorian era.
Perhaps, in future series, I may write Victorian, but as a huge fan of Emma and Mansfield Park (and most of Austen’s novels!), I knew I had to
start with Regency!
What type of research goes into creating
this type of historical book?
A lot! Every aspect of life and society is so different now than it was then,
so it’s important to understand all the social customs, what was permitted and
what wasn’t, and what the general milieu of the time period was like. So there
has been a lot to take in, and I still have so much more to learn!
What was the most challenging part of
bringing this story to life?
In truth, I think it was the concern as to whether or not people who enjoyed Ruby’s Redemption and gave me such great
feedback on it would enjoy this one as much or not! Some of the research was
tricky, too, but overall the biggest challenge was after it went live and I was
waiting for some reviews to appear! It was difficult to stop second guessing
it. It’s quite a different story from the first one - this one has probably the
most conventional Regency storyline and characters, and not as much danger and
intrigue as the first one had. So even though it’s the same genre and same
series, it’s quite a different dynamic than the first one. That was a bit
unnerving at times - wondering if people would like it as much as they said
they liked Ruby’s Redemption. So far,
so good, though!
Can you tell us
a little bit more about Pearl’s
Promise?
Pearl is a dejected young
lady, who has recently been heartbroken by the marriage of the man that she
secretly admired from afar. Nicholas is heir to Thornton Hall, yet a huge
disappointment in his father’s eyes. He loves riding his horse through the fields
and composing poems - not wealth and prestige, despite possessing both. The
story follows both of them on the paths their parents are forcing them to take,
and the journeys that lead them both to each other. But whose plans will
ultimately prevail?
What do you hope readers will take away
from the book?
I hope that people will feel
encouraged and uplifted after reading Pearl’s Promise by the truth that no
matter how bleak our circumstances appear - especially when we must travel
paths we’d rather not venture down - that God is in control. He will guide us
if we’ll ask Him to, and in His presence - not in our circumstances - we’ll
find true and lasting joy.
Pearl’s
Promise is the second book in the Gems of Grace series. Will readers
who have not yet read the first book still be able to enjoy this one on it’s
own?
Yes. Pearl does make an appearance
in the first book, but each of the 3 books in the series are written in such a
way that they stand alone as their own stories, too. If you’ve read the other books,
you’ll notice the connections, but if you haven’t read any of the others in the
series, you won’t miss anything in terms of story. They’re more of a standalone
series - not a sequential series.
Thank you again for taking the time to answer these questions. Before you go, are there any other projects you are
currently working on that you can share?
I am currently writing Beryl’s
Blessing, the 3rd book in the Gems of
Grace series. Not-your-average heroine meets not-your-average hero and they
face some pretty tough themes on their journey toward their happily ever
after... Guilt, death, disability and forgiveness all play a part in the story.
Lord-willing, it’s set to release on November 1st, 2021, and the eBook is
available on Amazon to pre-order now.
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Sounds like a good read.
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