Helen C. Johannes's Blog, page 6

Looking for some back-to-school reading for your favorite child? Now through October 1st, my middle-grade chapter book FREDERICK FLY-CATCHER is on sale for just 99 cents in e-book. Find FREDERICK at these retailers: Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Apple, Universal Link

Personal appearances for FREDERICK next week: 

Tuesday, Sept. 21, visit Cherie Colyer's blog to find out what inspired FREDERICK: https://cheriecolyer.blogspot.com/ 

Wednesday, Sept. 22, hop over to NN Light Book Heaven's Bookish Event to check ...

I love fresh tomatoes. I can literally step outside my back door and pluck a ripe tomato growing alongside the steps. This year's harvest has been astounding--and from only three plants (two grape tomato plants and one Super Fantastic). 

We've been enjoying BLTs almost daily and making lots of spaghetti sauce to freeze for winter. Our homemade sauce is heavy on the tomatoes and light on the spices with a decidedly sweet taste. No garlic, no meat, but plenty of hearty flavor. Perfect for the finic...

Load up your e-readers! Half of my titles are on sale for just 99-cents across e-book platforms.

Now through Sept. 3rd, get LORD OF DRUEMARWIN for 99 cents at Amazon, B&N, & Apple. 

LORD OF DRUEMARWIN is my Princess-and-the-Pea story, an outsider heroine has to prove her worth to the family and folk of the man she loves. She’s given up everything she knows for him; will it be enough?

“I read this book in a span of hours. I have work I should have done yesterday that I did not do today because I had...

There's something about being by the water, hearing the gulls, watching the waves curl into shore, feeling the spray on the breeze. 

I've really, really missed this over the last two years. We live land-locked, and we usually would take two to three trips to ocean or lake to reconnect with the shore. 
Last week we finally had a chance to do so again, heading to our favorite peninsula, Door County, where we can go bayside to lakeside as the wind or whim takes us. Here's a few highlights.

On the Lake...

I'm halfway through a year of giving away one autographed print book per month of my award-winning fantasy romances. This month's prize is THE PRINCE OF VAL-FEYRIDGE, perfect for those who devour enemies-to-lovers stories. 

She’s all wrong for Prince Arn, this lowborn healer who keeps meddling in his march to conquer her homeland. If only she hadn’t helped him, and he hadn’t kissed her, he could stop looking for her everywhere, hoping to find her…again.

If you long to be swept away from today’s wo...

June is the perfect month for BLOODSTONE giveaways. 

First, this fantasy romance celebrates a strong father/daughter relationship. Tolbert is the somewhat absent-minded artist in gemstones who nonetheless dotes on his daughter. Mirianna is the loving protector who subverts her own dreams because one of them has to be practical in order to survive. Their journey into the Wehrland leads to the ultimate test of devotion and sacrifice.

Second, June is Audiobook Month and BLOODSTONE is available in Aud...

If you follow me on Goodreads or Bookbub, you know I love a good mystery, no matter the genre or time period. If it has action and snark, all the better. That's why I jumped at the opportunity to read an ARC by this first-time author.

DRAGON(E) BABY GONE by Robert Gainey 

Fans of Mulder and Scully, you’ll be delighted to know there’s a new investigator on the scene. Diane Morris is a Special Agent in the FBI’s branch of Intangible Assets, code for the management and containment of dragons, fire de...

Join me in celebrating a fabulous review for LORD OF DRUEMARWIN: 

"Lord of Druemarwin stands strong among its peers as a solid sword and board fantasy story, which is what attracted me to it. I came for duels on parapet walls, political intrigue, and the ever-present burden of honor, but I stayed for the characters and tightly woven plot. Johannes has built a world where characters and their struggles keep the reader turning pages until the very end." 

Check it out at your favorite source on Bookb...

The Wild Rose Press is celebrating 15 years in publishing today. Happy Anniversary to Rhonda Penders and RJ Morris, my editor Claudia Fallon, and all the staff and authors of this fine independent press.

I'm pleased and proud to have three books published in their Fantasy Rose line. In late 2009, after hearing Rhonda speak at the Green Bay, Wisconsin, WisRWA writers' conference, I took a chance and sent them my first fantasy romance, THE PRINCE OF VAL-FEYRIDGE. That was my debut novel and I didn'...

Long to be swept away from today’s worries? Drawn to swash-buckling heroes and fiercely determined heroines? Want to join larger-than-life characters on an epic quest where honor matters, a broken land’s future is at stake, and forbidden love requires world-altering sacrifices? 

You're in luck! Now, for a limited time, THE PRINCE OF VAL-FEYRIDGE, Crown of Tolem #1, is available for only 99¢ on Kindle and Nook. 

She's all wrong for Prince Arn, this lowborn healer who keeps meddling in his march to ...